A survey commissioned by d. W. News shows the majority of germans are against the bundesliga season resuming behind closed doors in may. By brant gough its good to have you with us we start tonight with germanys chancellor Angela Merkel performing a delicate balancing act easing some walk down restrictions but warning that they could be reimposed if the rate of 1000 infections increases again museums galleries places of worship and childrens playgrounds are being allowed to reopen but sports fans they will be disappointed because major events such as professional soccer matches they remain banned until the end of august. Chancellor Angela Merkel defended a step by step approach as she outlined details of the latest easing of restrictions in germany following a Virtual Meeting with the 16 state premiers its been the 5th im strongly convinced we can best work in the interest of business but also of social contacts if we focus on taking small steps towards allowing more contacts but if we dont have to take steps back and thats why we have to stay careful and have to adhere to measures of hygiene. Under the new rules religious gatherings are allowed again provided hygiene and distancing requirements are met in churches synagogues and mosques visits to zoos museums and memorials will also be possible again under the same requirements intensive care units and hospitals will start receiving noncode that 1000 patients again and playgrounds can reopen as early as this week. But 2 decisions were postponed for now one should germanys blunder sleeker Soccer League resume its season with games behind closed doors and to just which requirements need to be met before schools and child care facilities can reopen gradually. Ungrammatical said it was important to get a clear idea of the impact of the fast depps to ease the lockdown 2 weeks ago before deciding on the next steps and that will happen next wednesday. For more knowledge check in with our Political Correspondent hans branches on the story for us here in berlin going to need to you so what do todays decisions what do they tell us about well where we are right now here in germany. I think we have to see that what i call emphasized again and again today was that she wants to on the side of caution she wants to do this cafferty she wants to do this slowly she wants to measure it she referred several times to the scientists and their advice that has been given in this crisis she feels its absolutely necessary to lift certain restrictions and then to wait 2 weeks and measure whether those. Lifting of restrictions allows the virus to spread more quickly and if that is not the case any then will further restrictions be lifted. At the same time the lifting the easing that we have decided today as zoos Botanical Gardens playgrounds those kinds of things in a sense are on schedule they are not within the rhythm of 2 weeks. Every 2 weeks deciding on a new or new measures but people felt the political is involved felt that the areas where these restrictions were lifted law are not really of great consequence for society as a whole and for the spread of the virus thats why these restrictions were lifted today its interesting the german chancellor today shes she said dont shoot the messenger in other words you know she was trying to protect the scientists who sometimes have messages that the public would not like to hear give us a sense of the balancing act that the chancellor and regional leaders have to perform here. Well obviously they are under a lot of pressure on the pressure from business and industry there on the pressure from the population there and the pressure from parents whove had to spend weeks behind closed doors with their children and have needs relief from that strays from that strain business reason needs Financial Relief there are millions of people in germany who are not doing any money at the moment so the precious are intense are sivia and it is against the background of these pressures that im going now defending her very careful have very measured measures in order to basically say if we do this slowly step by step up with certainty in the end we will be more quickly at ill go of a normal society than if we had to take back reimpose restrictions if the virus spreads too quickly you know a setback is definitely not what anyone wants the one spot on the story for us tonight here in berlin hunts thank you. Would your body has banned the iran backed Hezbollah Group and declared it a terrorist organisation the moves in addition to a 2013 European Union ban on hezbollahs military faction and now includes all activities by the groups political week has below is a shiite military and Political Group based in lebanon on early this morning German Police took action against suspected supporters here in berlin and in other german cities. Early morning rigs with dozens of police and special forces in cities across Germany Police searched mosques associations and private residences collecting evidence to be used for investigations into hezbollahs activities. And searching for locations here in berlin annoyed following the ban on his blog the i miss to find out if theres a connection between these locations and hezbollah the organization which is now outlaw. Hezbollah doesnt have an official presence in germany but a network of associations is thought to provide Financial Support and deliver propaganda for the group while the groups military arm is classified as a terrorist organisation in the entire you most countries havent banned its political wing on thursday germany moved to do just that. It said it could not tolerate hezbollahs anti israel positions these meat cleaver these up to members of peace potty and nothing more than despicable is an anti semites people who not only called into question his right to exist but also openly colfer its destruction of. Questions regarding hezbollahs operations in germany arent new in december the in the saga adopted a motion urging the government to outlaw all of hezbollahs activities in the country. Hezbollah supporters have repeatedly brandished the groups flag and used anti israeli slogans at rallies the ban now allows oath already used to outlaw the use of hezbollah symbols at gatherings and on publications and the groups asses can now be confiscated. Israel and the u. S. Have welcomed germanys move to completely outlaw has. The no hope that other European Countries will follow suit. Heres a brief look at some of the other stories that are making headlines this hour russias Prime Minister mikhail was just seen has tested positive for the coronavirus russian state media say that the 54 year old will now enter self isolation the 1st deputy Prime Minister andre belew souls will be his temporary stay and did in libyas civil war rebel leader Khalifa Haftar are has announced a ceasefire for the muslim holy month of ramadan the statement follows International Calls for a truce but the countrys internationally recognized government says its forces will keep fighting citing a lack of trust after posting the proposal india is mourning the death of actor rishi Kapoor A Bollywood icon whose career spanned half a century he died from leukemia on thursday at the age of 67 his passing comes just. After another indian film legend your fun con died in mumbai at the age of 53. 00. From suggestions that injecting disinfectant can help beat coronavirus to conspiracy theories linking the pandemic to 5 g. Mobile phone networks theres been no end to the fake news during this crisis now when a new Fact Checking website where its been set up to combat some of the wild stories appearing on social media sites those stories are wild my colleague alex force winds and joins us now to talk about these wild stories that tells 1st of all about this new site its called if its h m and its an independent free Fact Checking site that has been set up in response to some of that misinformation and disinformation that has emerged over the coronavirus now the platform allows people to send a message or a link that they think might be untrue to fact check case and those Fact Checkers will then investigate decide is that content true is it folds or is it perhaps a little bit unclear and i spent to one of the cofounders the british politician Damian Collins who explains that people should if they are unsure about such and content think very carefully what they do. I dont know if you will call to the culprit is. That this is a really serious issue if people call what theyre saying its spread them something of a cult yet the established whether that is a full stereo or a host will shows that they. Dont share that how do they stop people from she has a question because this stuff is prolific but what the the site is doing is its launch its own social Media Campaign its called isolate the law ease so whether its claims that disinfectant can 1000. 00 something that apparently. Even the u. S. President dont know trump has suggested all whether its Something Else the advice is dont let it spread a bit Damian Collins wants to go even further and to make it a criminal offense to knowingly and maliciously spread disinformation about the virus and he says that even those in power should be included in that. If it will lead to. Is sharing information that is false it could lead to a whole lot should be cool and indeed twitter i think today was a message just for the president of brazil was a good potential hopeful could leave his go home but the boss would follow it so absolutely they should you know that could have terrible consequences for a couple of president s in north america what about the social media sites who are hosting all of this fake news yeah exactly and Damian Collins as she spent many years in the u. K. Trying to push for more regulation of their social media sites such as facebook and also making sure that they take responsibility for what theyre hosting and he says that although some of them have done better during this crisis he still thinks that they need to be held liable if that dissin from ation is not removed hes also said he thinks its crucial that the key networks that have dissed distributing the stuff off found and they all stopped because if that doesnt happen then this battle will never be won yes its not a good thing when people are drinking disinfectants in any political situation as always thank you. A survey commissioned by d. W. Sports has revealed that public support for a resumption of the bundesliga soccer season is fading dramatically the majority of people surveyed say they do not support football resuming in may with socalled ghost games. When disney games behind closed doors are necessary for survival all sports sending the wrong message the g. W. Commission survey shows the majority of now against socalled ghost gains 49 percent of people dont support a resumption in may without fans thats almost 20 percent more than an identical survey conducted 3 weeks ago. When this league clubs and officials that desperate to play again to guarantee some 300000000 euros in missing t. V. Revenue leaks plans for a restart would involve things like testing play is and restricting stadium access the head of the league says some clubs will go out of business if the season contrie starts to be too high to show a lamb asking all of those who are interested in the bundesliga really all of the full leniency and support to want to play without spectators is not what we want because the only thing that seems possible at the moment was much bushland but in the end any return to action depends on political sign off with the public mood shifting that sign off may now be harder to get for this is a good story captain tom moore the british war 2 veteran who raised millions for Britains NationalHealth Service hes been promoted to the rank of on the every colonel on his 100th birthday captain tom gained global acclaim after completing a record breaking charity walk around his own garden Britains Royal Air force flew world war 2 planes over the same terror centenarians home in Central England in his on air while. 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