A plague of locusts the insects are devastating crops across the region experts warn that this 2nd wave of the year poses an unprecedented threat to security. Im suzanne whats gonna thank you for joining us across Europe Countries have begun easing their coronavirus restrictions even as fears remain of a possible 2nd wave of infections and were bringing you updates from germany the u. K. And france where millions headed back to work after 2 months under one of europes toughest lockdowns most shops have reopened and people can now leave their homes without carrying a sign to declaration as to why they are on the streets of france has been hit hard by the current virus has killed more than 26000 people the worlds 5th highest death toll. For weeks now pariss main landmarks have been quiet. Silenced by a virus that wreaked havoc across france. Since march the 17th people ordered to stay home lockdown rules further tightened at the beginning of april when all Outdoor Activities in paris were banned. But still the number of deaths from corona virus continued to rise. Health care workers on the front line among the dead. So tonight our country has reached a symbolic and particularly painful mile star with more than 20000. 00 deaths. As the growing need for food banks is shown the lockdown has also highlighted frances inequalities. In mid april civil unrest broke out in paris is northern suburbs over claims that police were using heavy handed tactics against minorities. The economy has also been hit hard by the knock down. France is officially in recession with its biggest contraction since the end of the 2nd world war. With pressure mounting its no wonder politicians have been so desperate to begin opening up the country once again. Never in the history of our country have we seen of this situation not even during the war not during the occupation not during previous epidemic never never has the country been confined as it is today. With frances president emanuel mark home is the latest world leader hoping to save his country without costing more lives. And for more on the story we can speak to our correspondent lisa lewis who is standing by in a paris hi lisa good to see you can you explain whats been happening there this morning because not all of the countries are opening up in the same way. Well absolutely so france is divided into green zones and red and one red zone is the overseas territory my yacht where actually no restrictions have been lifted today and then theres also the east of france and paris and its region and here in these regions in the red zones public parks and schools remain closed for now whats more in paris actually you need to specify specifics of certificated take public transport young rush hours so that is 3 hours in the morning 3 hours in the afternoon at specific times you need to show that you know half have a reason to take public transport because of the the authorities want to prevent the public transport system from getting overcrowded. Its been 2 long months of lockdown there you know what is the atmosphere of fear like there today what are people telling you. Well according to a recent poll 2 thirds of the french are quite worried about the lifting of restriction restrictions when you look at what happened in public transport today lots of people stayed at home really you know there are about lots of a lot less passenger volume than usually with some exceptions like the airline 13 which subset that metro stop just behind me which takes you know people from suns and the need which is frances poorest department to the center of paris most of these people have to go back to work just to have to make a living but ive been talking to some of those who have gone to work this morning i think its time to go back to work and so i think if. We show. Up in showing all of them are wearing math can be very bad but i think it will be fine because it cannot possibly transform this morning for the 1st time since the beginning of the epidemic it was packed. Was that frightening a little bit but i think its still very risky for the population but costs are rising for companies so we need to go back to work. But no im not afraid everything should be fine if people respect the distancing rose i took the metro this morning and people were really cautious. To the young. Or at least so we heard mixed voices there but the reality is that the economy is expected to contract by at least 8 percent this year and a lot of people want to get back to work so what is the government doing to help them. The government has already put on the table a package of 110000000000 euros its helping Different Companies that are struggling injecting capital its financing temporary unemployment and today the minister of economy also said that the government is working on 3 stimulus packages for 3 sectors at the erudite takes the car industry and the Tourism Sector and the government is also working on a specific stimulus package to get the economy back on track in september theyre hoping that by then the economy will have reopened completely again. Lisa lewis reporting there in paris thank you. Lets check in on some other stories making headlines around the world around half of all German Hotels and restaurants cut jobs in april according to the countrys a full insitute in the auto sector nearly 40 percent of businesses laid off workers with a similar figure for travel agencies that is despite the Government Spending billions of euros in aid to stem job losses. There have been renewed antigovernment protests in iraq just days after the appointment of new Prime Minister was stuff ill cut the meat demonstrations against rampant government corruption 1st erupted in the country last year one of his 1st acts in office was to order the release of antigovernment protesters from prison. Shanghai disneyland is the 1st disney park to reopen worldwide ill be under strict conditions visitors have to show and up to date Health Certificate to get in the Coronavirus Crisis has hit the disney group hard with theme park closures slashing income by 1400000000. 00 in the 1st quarter of this year. Police in hong kong say they arrested more than 200 people in antigovernment protests the pandemic has turned attention away from the citys prodemocracy movement but as the threat from the virus appears to be receding demonstrations are once again moving forward. Theyre back riot police and protesters confront each other inside the hong kong shopping moloch i. Stand ups like these all but power lies the chinese territory last year restrictions imposed over the virus put an end to the protests earlier this year but these clubs are now slowly easing. The government is allowing public gatherings of up to 8 people many more than that were involved here on kongs prodemocracy protesters have not forgotten that unfinished revolution. In the midst of the coronavirus the government has imposed restrictions on gatherings and turned it into a crackdown on freedom of assembly. Which is a gross violation of human rights. To how you see among. The. Various police should be protecting us and society and instead they are doing the opposite of this affects peoples everyday basic rights. Activists sang their protest and some glory to hong kong a reminder to the authorities that the prodemocracy protesters have not gone away the gradual easing of corona restrictions means more demonstrations unlikely in the coming weeks government to permit some more determined than ever to press their demands. Now to kenya where a 2nd wave of Desert Locusts has descended on east africa as the mits indicate that it will be 20 times worse than the swarms that made their way through the region 2 months ago the u. N. Says the locusts present an unprecedented threat to Food Security and livelihoods. This is home for the symbol root tribe. And since recently millions of locusts the terrain is difficult but locusts trackers working for the u. N. Food in agriculture than ization only have 2 helicopters locals often go by foot snow my lets talk little custom places that come out to be accessible by right old my back so that if we select your clothes you and local folks come to us in their wireless locust swarm scanning gulf hectares of land and as they eat their own body weight each day the swarms devour practically everything in their wake. The World Bank Warns that the horn of africa could lose more than 7000000000 euros worth of crops crops like moses mood has tomatoes. I dont know whether god will send us any angels the truth is that we promise have been totally written off its obvious will be wiped out. Regular rainfall has been contributing to the local population explosion and the cold in 1000 crisis is slowing down the fight against this infestation. This and it just this is using. You are getting them promoted. And what you are the sunni fundamentalists locked down in 15 transports and then you are these Little Movement of this is the un feeds 20000000 people in the region but is now warning that the number of hungry people could double. And for more on the story we can speak to on a call in nairobi hi selah why are we seeing this massive 2nd wave well the 2nd wave is main the locusts which have bred now which were breeding down if european kenya which are not the usual breeding grounds and this is because especially over the past few months there have been heavy rains here outside the normal rainy season which many experts also attribute to Climate Change and that has basically created the perfect breeding ground for the locusts or kenya says it hopes that these swarms will abate by june or july is that really realistic. Well that is the hope because june and july is where than when theyre expecting the next big harvest. But there are several challenges to this for example there are only kenya and ethiopia only have a handful of planes they have ground in that in these countries and also also in uganda but countries like somalia for example dont have ways of fighting the locals and this is a regional problem so if the locusts. May be eliminated in one part and one region they can still migrate back to the regions and attack. The farmland there and then of course as we heard in the report as well there is the problem of corona which is which has posed a big just tickle problem to getting equipment to getting pesticides into the country and also 3 through the country as a morrow checks and so on which which makes the whole situation more difficult all right good of you correspondents neko reporting for us in nairobi sela thank you very much and for more analysis plus key data on east africas locust invasion visit our website and that is dot com. Now Sports Center football in the remote Faroe Islands kicked off again this weekend with some unprecedented global interest as is the case elsewhere fans are not allowed in the stadium so some took advantage of the hilly landscape to watch for free for those clubs are hoping for a financial boost after norwegian t. V. Bought the rights to the 1st of 12 matches players contended with some typically fresh summer weather on the remote islands which lie between scotland and iceland. And for some life under lockdown means more times to practice hobbies an 11 year old skateboarding prodigy from brazil is making good use of his free time by becoming the youngest person to land a 1080 and the 1st ever to land it on a vertical ramp that is 3 full 360 degrees spins in the air the young skateboarders name is go eat koori has been was a half turn more than tony hawks best the legendary hawk only managed 900 degrees thank you for watching the news dont forget to go to our website dot com for all the latest well see you at the top of the hour. The global corona trial. You can find more Information Online at g. W. Dot com and on. Your travels