Virus outbreak thats along with the pandemic east africa battles the plate of locusts the insects are devastating problems across the region experts warn the 2nd wave of the gift poses an unprecedented pressure to Food Security. And to welcome to the Program Across Europe countries have begun easing the coronavirus restrictions even amid fears of a possible 2nd wave off infections were bringing you updates from germany the u. K. And france where people are now allowed to leave their homes without permits and many shops and businesses have reopened france currently has the worlds 5th highest death toll from close at 19 with more than 26000 fatalities. In the streets of. Paris looking more like their bustling selves on monday morning after 8 weeks under a Strict Lockdown french citizens are finally back on the streets a tentative reopening which most shops allow to welcome customers and many people returning to work. I think its still very risky for the population but costs are rising for companies so we need to go back to work. Or you. Know im not afraid everything should be fine of people respect the distancing rules i took the metro this morning and people were really consider us. The young. Traffic on the paris metro is later than normal masts are now mandatory on all public transport and signs advice commuters on how to maintain social distancing citizens are now allowed to travel up to 100 kilometers without filling out a form to explain why primary schools will also begin to reopen this week the loosening of restrictions is based on encouraging numbers like the decline in daily coronavirus deaths but authorities warn that restrictions could be imposed again. The use of the virus would get out of control again as opposed to risk for the health of french citizens we would be implemented lockdown measures. And differentiated way as we did initially. Some regions remain red zones such as the northeast of the country including paris the area is subject to additional restrictions for example parks and gardens remain closed authorities have also urged those who can to continue working from home. The hope is that caution will be enough to further reduce the spread of the virus allowing friends to continue on the path to a full reopening. Its bring in these every correspondent lisa lewis who is standing by for us in paris hi these this is a snow reopening of the country its not all happening at once. Absolutely as you mentioned as was mentioned in the piece we just saw before hand france is now divided into green and red zones one red zone is the overseas territory my york where no restrictions have been lifted so far here in paris there is an additional rule in the morning rush hour and in the evening so 6 hours a day you need to have an additional certificate saying that you need to take public transport if you want to take it otherwise you have to pay a fine of 135 years and thats also because here in paris the spread of the virus is still quite fast and authorities are quite worried about the situation. So how did things go today quite smoothly i must say according to a recent poll 2 thirds of the french are quite right about the lifting of restrictions and you could see that most of the Public Transport Network was not actually at cracking point there were only a few people taking the metro taking the trains there were some exceptions though for example on line 13 which lings cents on the new francis post department to the center of paris and where many people actually have to go back to work on that line additionally there was a technical problem this morning thats why the 1st few trains were really popped about apart from that most trains were quite empty people have been reporting that only a few people take it create people taking trains and there most of them were Wearing Masks and trying to keep a distance from each other lets talk about the economy for a bit shell which is expected to to plan this what is president menem a crime and his government doing to get people back to work. Well the government has already put 110000000000 euros on the table to help those who are struggling because of the coronavirus that is that money will fly in and temporary unemployment it was all it will always hope companies that are struggling these companies can apply for subsidies or government loans and dont have to pay employees charges on top of that the government is now working on 3 specific packages for the car industry for the Aeronautics Industry and for the Tourism Industry to help these sectors that are particularly struggling at this very moment and also theyre working on a stimulus package to get the economy back on track in september thats when they are hoping that the economy will completely reopen again hand france ok thats the news lisa lewis reporting for us in paris thank you u. K. Prime minister Boris Johnson has doubled down on his plan to get britain back to work this time before the house of commons says the nations sacrifice has brought us closer to rebuilding and reopening the country restrictions such as physical distancing are still in place but the plan calls for a gradual reopening of schools from june 1st mandatory quarantine for International Travelers and the recommendation to wear face masks in public. Shot of parts is with us now from london hello to you charlotte so private enterprise johnson has been addressing parliament this afternoon to explain the new road map and give details about lifting lockdown measure did we learn anything new. Well weve seen a Prime MinisterBoris Johnson who was trying to strike a balance between those that matter to him such as his party donors who have been trying to push him to open up the economy a. S. A. P. And really as fast as he can and as much as he can and his own experiences own near death experience he spends time in the hospital and in intensive care having fallen sick with kovac 19 as well so weve seen a slow and somewhat cautious conditional approach their 3 phase plan starting on wednesday where people can enjoy the parks again picnics on base there many people here in britain are quite happy with that also who cannot work from home on now encouraged to go back to work from wednesday onwards and then in the beginning of june if the reproduction rate of the virus keeps down we will see the slow opening of the rephrasing into the opening of some schools and shops and in july the opening of some parts of the Hospitality Industry but again everything with caution and rather slowly what did we hear from the opposition in parliament today. Well what became clear is that the time off unity is over that weve seen the past month weve heard the labor opposition leader. Accusing the Prime Minister of being vague in his plans of not giving the public reassurance and overall criticising the governments new message of staying alert the government here has changed the official message from staying at home to staying alert and weve heard criticism around the country especially from the other regions wales Northern Ireland and scotland who dont want to follow the advice of the Prime Minister who say businesses should not be reopening at this time and people should indeed stay home so we really have seen a rebellion of those regions and disunited kingdom and the past couple of days and a Prime Minister who has not cooperated with the leaders of those regions. Reporting from a very windy london thank you. Now for a brief look at some of the current related stories making headlines around the world russian president Vladimir Putin say the nationwide economic shutdown will end tomorrow but some regional restrictions will remain in place putins days it will be up to regional authorities to see which companies are allowed to open and who can return to work. On saudi arabia has national oil but again the Kingdoms Energy ministry ordered the National Oil Company around co to make an additional voluntary output cuts of 1000000000. 00 barrels a day starting next month Global Oil Demand has slammed by about one 3rd as the coronavirus pandemic devastates global demond. Shanghai disneyland is the 1st disney park to reopen world wide albeit under strict conditions visitors have to show an up to date help sit if they get to get in a Coronavirus Crisis hit the disney group hard theme park. By the equivalent of 1300000000 euros in the 1st course of this. Many parents around the world have been struggling to balance the new demands of childcare and home schooling on top of their jobs and surveys show its mainly women who are bearing the brunt of the work at the home during the pandemic those findings are raising a question is the crisis eroding important gains in gender equality. Sometimes happiness is simply a trip to a reopened local playground a rare moment of respite from constant crisis mode after 8 weeks of parenting through a pandemic. Mom i can so mom im a mom can you do this mom its not working mommy i want this i want that all i want. Im fair my own. With day cares and Elementary Schools closed across germany the pandemic has made motherhood and around the clock job again for many moms it means the challenge of managing both the kids and the office at home. During meetings and video conferences shes right there the whole time its very distracting and hard to concentrate on anything he does have to whenever i was busy with him i was worrying about work and the things that i couldnt get done you have to manage from work its really difficult 6. Months you just feel torn between child and job not for many women its often the career that suffers between working from home housework helping the kids with their homework and acting as their School Teacher or task that primarily fall on women. Sociologists say that while many men do offer support its women who bear the brunt of unpaid care work. Right now were seeing a real regression in terms of gender equality because we didnt finish the job before corona hit by making sure that both ties hold and paid work a distributed between men and women. Working mom or housewife or both at the same time some worry the pandemic could be reinforcing traditional gender stereotypes were already seeing that women struggle more in neck careers as a result of interruptions in part time work this has negative repercussions both in the short and long term. Right now the playground gives these moms a well deserved break but sharing the burden of this crisis requires a more concerted effort from everyone. Part of the political fallout of the current vice. They make is delayed elections in a number of countries among them poland its ruling law and Justice Party was pushing ahead with the president ial vote cheerful this past weekend and still mounting public pressure cause the party to postpone his critics say this back and forth is an example of the way the law and Justice Party has been chipping away at democracy in poland most notably the radical changes the party has made to the judicial system e. U. Leaders say the revisions undermine the rule of law now one polish challenge than the galatea of the reform says he suffered consequences lady justice the symbol of the moral force and judicial systems of forethought one check one chesty tried to uphold traumas 20 years under force the former judge feels is now being undermined in his home country poland. In most cases citizens go to court because they need protection but how are they going to get that protection when their opponent is the state courts and when judges risk losing their jobs because they deliver verdicts that the state doesnt like but. Poland is governed by the nationalist conservative law and Justice Party parties since it started its controversial judicial reform independent judges have suffered one cesky was one of them he had convicted a leading piece politician for abuse of office. Someone stole my car well then someone shot my windscreen here the Public Prosecutor suspended the investigation in both cases and the perpetrators were not found. Much to me ted i defends the countrys judicial reform he says its needed to fight corruption still around from polands communist past. Pay. The government wants to reform and repair the system. Lets not deceive ourselves since 1909 for 3 decades no government has tried to improve things. It. Opponents have repeatedly taken their protests to the streets a recent petition to the European Commission gathered 25000 signatures their message to europe dont give up on poland the European Commission has not been silent on the issue it has begun several procedures aimed at safeguarding the rule of law in poland. Let me be very clear on that the Member States when they form the tradition but in doing so they must respect the e. U. Treaty. Why czech one chair if hes stopped working as a judge because of the reforms he now wants to become a lawyer but. Peace and power hes not sure that hell get the necessary permits. It watching the news still to come. Out finding new ways to tie the knot despite duck down descriptions we say they look at how people in rio are making their commitments official to these ideal times. In hong kong say they arrested more than 200 people in an antigovernment protest the pandemic has turned attention away from the citys prodemocracy movement but as the threats from the virus appears to be receding demonstrations once again within fall it. Back riot police and protesters confront each other inside the hong kong shopping miles. I. Dont like these all but paralyzed the chinese territory last year destructions 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 i dont see 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. Has descended on east africa is to make indicate it will be 20 times worse and the swarms that made it way through the region 2 months ago the un stays the locus person and president the threats to Food Security and livelihoods. This is home for the somebody who 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 thats going to be accessible by may hold back so if we know youre hosting and local folks come to us in their wireless locust swarms getting golf 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 moochers tomatoes. I dont know whether god will send us any angels the truth is that we farmers 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 in the distance is using. Us. And what you harm in front of him and in 15 transport and then youll have a very slow movement of this. The u. N. Feeds 20000000 people in the region but is now warning that the number of hungry people could. Get more on the story from. Nairobi hello santa alter all the local swarms were monitored and predictions were made months ago how come things still got this bad well i think there are a couple of things there so the 1st thing is that at the start when the local 1st came the government responded quite late and then another thing is of course what we saw in the reporters at the very little equipment a few helicopter a few planes and a ground staff to deal with. And then another thing is the climatic conditions so. There have been rains here since december even outside the normal rainy season and basically this has allowed the locals to breed in kenya and ethiopia places where they havent been breeding before. So in kenya where you are the hope is that the swarms will abate by june or july 1 of the experts saying about how realistic that is. Well that is the hope because in june and july thats when a pharmacy expect the next big harvest. And there are basically theyre saying that there are several challenges to this one the one thing is that. That of course that theres very little equipment the other thing is that that of course with the corona crisis as weve seen in the report as well there have been. There has posted logistical problem and the 3rd thing is also that. Its a regional problem so even if you fight the locusts and one area they can still migrate from another area like for example somalia which has no way of no means of fighting the locusts so the u. N. Is talking about Food Security being created in 10 and preset into crisis what needs to happen to avert a major hunger crisis in east africa. Yes so the u. N. Food and Agriculture Organization have said that they need about 153000000. 00 u. S. Dollars to respond to the crisis and which is basically in 10 countries across africa the middle east and parts of asia and they have about 70 percent of this so the hope is that they will be able to help governments to fight to prevent the worst the other thing is that. With the krona outbreak here there have been theres also the problem of the slowdown in the economy so they have so so they have basically one thing that they maybe have to do is basically put together the measures combined measures of how they want to help people affected by the economic downturn due to the current outbreak and the locusts ok thats. Reporting for us from kenyas capital nairobi thank you. Its now to brazil with a current of ice and they make has prompted Civil Servants interest to get creative with the services they offer prospective brides and grooms many of whom are deciding not to wait for the pandemic to pause before they say. The beaches of Rio De Janeiro may be closed off but life still goes on today this car is their wedding coach leonardo and the talia are on the way to their wedding but they dont plan on getting out of the car the Civil Servant in charge of the ceremonies comes out to meet them during the corona virus the Registry Office offers drive in service and yes they love each other but no they wouldnt of got married so quickly if it werent for the coronavirus they had planned on waiting a few years. I am a nurse and i work with corona patients every day so like them i could die so i want to get married now to make your Partnership Legal one last look at the papers all ok their registrar fabio nader has had his own Notary Office for a few years according to brazilian law he can also perform marriages when demand remained steady after the virus hit he came up with the idea of driving weddings so a lot of couples are too scared to come to the Registries Office during a pandemic they feel a lot safer in their cars so i decided lets just do the services there with gloves and masks. Over performing marriages is a nice change from fabios usual work which at the moment is processing death certificates. The marriage certificate is finished after 6 happy years living together leonardo and antalya felt they were ready to commit for life they sealed the deal with their signatures so. Love is in the air in the car brazil has been very hard hit by the pandemic natalia is angry that president ball so now acts as though the crisis were not a serious issue. Well i dont agree with paulson are all i think social distancing is important you have to take the crisis seriously because people are dying and you cant boost the economy with dead people. More. And now they are man and wife legally they exchange rings. And now their 1st kiss as a married couple. Even the coronavirus cant stop tradition. After the pandemic has passed they will have a big party and celebrate with their whole family but for now theyre happy with their humble drivein wedding. Now 1000000. 00 thats the starting bid for take a tall play by ivana front man. 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