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Short supply but our journey has reached the most perilous with a very bold roof could be disastrous. Also on the day german horses and jockeys are the 1st past the post in europe horse racing has resumed here after a 2 month hiatus because of a pandemic its and were happy to be back on our horses and riding again and that the horses can race server their usual distances its important that every business gets the chance to reopen and every athlete and every team want to return to action. British Prime Minister paris johnson has published his governments plan for easing the lockdown in england amongst other things mr johnsons plan calls for the wearing of face masks in public and sets out the conditions necessary for a gradual reopening of schools and businesses and these details father Sundays National address by the Prime Minister which prompted confusion. Criticism. Should they stay or should they go british Prime Minister Boris Johnson has replaced the nation stay at home slogan with a stay alert message the rebranding comes as johnson tries to sell britains on his plans to ease the lockdown but trying to balance restrictions while pushing people to return to work has proven confusing. I just bought him cars johnson had a great opportunity to get a really clear sense of direction even to say look were not entirely sure the next step will work on them but its a very think you. Raise more questions than answers. People continues right now its just people dont seem to get it last night. Johnson 2nd shot at outlining his latest plans to the nation came before the house of commons on monday our challenge now is to find a way for with the preserves our hard won gains easing the burden of the lock down ill be counted to the house this is a supremely difficult balance to strike his roadmap for the country set out a 3 stage approach to end britains lockdown it begins wednesday with a relaxation of limits on outdoor exercise and hes encouraging the healthy to go back to work if they can nonessential shops and schools for some students will reopen in june if there are no new spikes in the numbers the gradual reopening of restaurants bars and other businesses is planned for july if the data supports it the u. K. Has the worlds 2nd highest cope at 19 death toll johnson fears if he doesnt get this right a 2nd deadly wave of the infection would have a heavy human cost. Straight to london where were joined. Welcome so tell us some more about what people in england will be able to do from wednesday that they couldnt before. Well not much is going to change for the majority of people here in the United Kingdom Boris Johnson had to strike a very fine balance between those that have been pushing him to ease the lock down to open up the economy as soon as possible and as far as possible and his own experiences near death experience having been in intensive care with covert 19 and he chose a careful rather conditional approach so from wednesday onwards people will be able to go to the parks and not only exercise once a day but do that as much as they please throughout the day they allowed to sit on pensions picnic or sun base and they even allowed to drive to other parks if they want to throughout town other region where they live and and. Encouraged to go back to work there was some confusion on that but for example construction and manufacturing workers those that cant work at home encouraged to now return to work from wednesday on or it so talk us through some of the reactions to mr imus was yesterday on the codifications that he made to parliament. Well there frankly was a lot of confusion after his announcement yesterday lots of people have a had have put lots of high hopes in that announcement how that road map out of the lock down what it looked like we didnt hear much about that last nights now in Parliament Still not many clarifications on some open questions for example how that quarantine will look like for anybody coming into the United Kingdom and when that would for example be put in place so again lots of criticism today at the time of National Unity there being clearly over for example the labor Opposition Leader keir starmer asking. A series of questions on how Boris Johnson was trying to give the public reassurance that it was safe to actually the way out of the lock down and the coal criticism behind it is that the government here has changed its message from a stay at home which was in place for the last couple of months to stay in its and really the has not been a lot of clarification on what that means stay alert and who that counts for and this was actually the reaction also in other regions across the United Kingdom such as wales scotland and Northern Ireland with the scottish leaders saying that she believes Boris Johnsons message of staying alert was not safe enough for scotland so she decided that stay at home would still be in place there and that she would not out of the lockdown. Now is so very different approaches across the United Kingdom there are very disUnited Kingdom and lots of criticism now piling up against the Prime Minister Boris Johnson. Germany on the United States are seen protests over recent days how have people there in the u. K. Been reacting. It really is the complete opposite here i would say people wanted to stay in the lockdown because they thought that was just safer to do so the reality has just been very grim and the United Kingdom with the death toll being the 2nd highest in the world and people were afraid for a long time to leave their houses and they have been very very much social distancing as far as i observed it on the streets so people did not want the lockdown to be quickly i think Boris Johnson is not doing that he has a somewhat cautious approach but even that a lot of people that i talked today to today even Boris Johnson supporters saying they were disappointed by his announcement that it was clear that it was that he was opening the economy too quickly and that they felt it was safer to stay in the lockdown for a longer while. Has taken a different approach to many others in its response to this crisis being bad for the british people. Well the government clearly has taken a different approach. When from bragging about shaking covert 900 patients hands to being in intensive care himself and then changing the governments approach now becoming more serious of course about this pandemic but in the meantime a crisis of Epic Proportions unfolded here the death toll having risen very very quickly absolute lack of testing a lack of protective equipment for doctors and nurses and therefore doctors nurses and take us across the United Kingdom dying from the disease absolutely disastrous circumstances in care homes across the country and the government having completely neglected that for weeks so really a lot of criticism now piling up against the government and i think more and more british people are now starting to realize that some of those mistakes could have been prevented by the government shot opponents in london thank you. France is also easing pandemic restrictions people are now allowed to leave home without a permit many shops and businesses reopened currently standing at more than 26000 the countrys coffee 19 death toll is the worlds 5th highest. The streets of paris is starting to look more like the usual crowded selves after 8 weeks in lockdown french citizens are venturing out again its been a cautious reopening with most shops welcoming 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. Harder you. Know. No im not afraid everything should be fine if people respect the distancing roles i took the metro this morning and people were really cautious it. Could be young white up. Traffic on the paris metro is lighter than normal mosques and now mandatory on all public transport and signs advise commuters on how to maintain social distancing. People can now travel up to 100 kilometers without filling out a form to explain why. Primary schools will also begin to reopen this week although the path forward for children in touch is remains tentative. Will see if it works the recess hours how will take in the children and the parents of the school will they wear masks what will we do if children are sick or run a High Temperature so there are lots of questions in terms of organization. That you need. The looser restrictions are based on encouraging numbers including a decline in daily coronavirus deaths or thora hes warned that restrictions could be reimposed if necessary. The hope is the prudence will be enough to further reduce the spread of the virus allowing friends to continue on its road to recovery. World Health Organization says it hopes that germany can bring a recent flare up of coverage 19 infections under control the countrys been scrambling to contain fresh outbreaks in some states meanwhile Health Officials say they are closely monitoring a recent uptick in the countrys virus infection rate as it continues as germany continues to reopen the economy. While using has become the name of the game in germany and not only at supermarkets now and the america like much of the nation is waiting to see the effects of gradually easing restrictions in recent weeks. But its important to me to once again draw attention to the fact that we are now in a new phase of the pandemic it will now be necessary in easing restrictions that we ensure safety so following the basic requirements that means keeping our distance wearing a mouth and nose covering and having consideration for others but thats very important. Because the. Clusters of new infections some linked to Meat Processing plants have emerged in several german districts that push new cases in those areas above the maximum agreed by medical and State Government leaders and locally put the brakes on easing restrictions elsewhere in germany there are some signs of returning to normality as many businesses reopen but on the streets a vocal minority is getting louder thousands of people demonstrated on saturday accusing politicians of infringing their rights concerns are growing the protests are being used as a platform for conspiracy theorists and far right extremists. Was about her packs in claims hateful stereotypes theories that either result in a scapegoat or in a kind of world villain who is supposed to be pulling all the strings people spreading this want to stir up conspiracy theories that havent gain much traction before. Anyone who spreads Something Like this want to divide our country and turn people against each other. Dimension of monday so the opening of berlins Coronavirus Treatment Center weeks later than originally planned the hope is that beds here will stay empty when the effects of easing restrictions become clear. Lets talk more about those conspiracy theories theres a video claiming to expose what it says is the hidden agenda behind coffee 19 which has been making the rounds on social media despite facebook and you to. Agreeing to ban it from their platforms the documentary style film called plan demi has been viewed tens of millions of times and features a controversial scientist who makes numerous unfounded claims many of which have been bumped by Fact Checkers the man who is heading the Pandemic Task force Marshall Allen is a Health Care Reporter for the Investigative Journalism website pro publica and the video had him scratching his head so hes been speaking to the man behind the filmmaking well is this if he could find any answers he joins us from new jersey welcome to d. W. So lets lets talk about the the the biggest claim that this but there is a hidden agenda behind the cover 19 pandemic does the film or did mr willis say what this hidden agenda is well i think that is the biggest question about it and the title of the video itself or the film is called point demick which would imply you just think theres a sort of conspiracy behind coronavirus and demick and so i asked a filmmaker. What is the point of your film i mean i watch the film its 26 minutes long it has all kinds of very wild Conspiracy Theory stacked on top of each other and there are so many wild statements in the film that you have a hard time sorting out what the allegations are so i asked the filmmaker if he could just try and explain the point to me just help me understand his thesis and i said i said my understanding of your thesis are you saying that. This was a planned. In 1000 pandemic so that wealthy people could make money from vaccines because thats one of the themes of the film and he actually told me that he wasnt sure what his point is either i mean he told me that hes a theyre still exploring what their point is this this film is just a preview of future film thats going to be coming later this summer so this is sort of a 26 minute preview and it was just surprising to me that he didnt really know whether hes exploring right now what what the film is going to be about this was just one interview he said with researcher a very controversial researcher. And so that was sort of what was surprising to me because i have i had this video i had this video shared with me so many times by people i trust and forwarded on facebook and my brother whos a pastor called me and said people were talking to him about it and so thats what i want so i started to look into it because people are believing this film and i did something which is really as you say one of the. Yeah im one of the want to send things about the article that you wrote to is that you said ok lots of other people have fact checked and debunked the claims that hes made in that so thats not what you did so what will you write doing when you spoke to him. Well what i realized is a lot of people dont have the Media Literacy and sophistication when they watch videos or when they look at means online or when they read stories online or on social media they dont seem to have the sophistication to be able to tell whats a credible piece of reporting and whats up i asked piece of propaganda and so what my column is intended to do is help people sort the difference between credible reporting and propaganda ok now most of us that we dont have the time or indeed expertise to check every assertion in every documentary or news item that we see so we so basically it comes down to trust so how should we decide who to trust. Well so i put together this checklist and my goal with the checklist was obviously i had to look up this guys phone number i had to call him no ones going to be able to have the time to do that so there are some principles though that any viewer or any listener or any reader can follow to assess the overall credibility of the information thats being provided to them so for example i think one of the key criteria is whether or not the presentation of the facts or the allegations is one sided or not in most journalism you know im an Investigative Reporter with most fair reporting they try and at least acknowledge that the other side exists they dont necessarily have to give each will share to both sides of an argument but you should at least acknowledge that theres a credible argument on the other side of the argument thats being advanced in your story. In this in this film i asked Mickey Willis the filmmaker i said well were you trying at all to be sharing any alternate side of the story for example the alternate side of the story here would be the story thats been widely reported that this is a pandemic its global proportions but its not a conspiracy by wealthy people so that they can get rich on vaccines and i guess and what he told me is that it really wasnt his goal to have anything more than a one sided presentation he just really wanted to have a very biased report good talking to you thank you so much for joining us Marshall Allen from pro publica thank you. The horse racing has resumed across germany after a 2 month hiatus because of the pandemic the 1st major horse racing country in europe to restart racing to restrictions were eased the races were tightly controlled with riders requests required to wear face masks and spectators bought from the venues. Race day at berlins hopper gotten racecourse the stands empty access to the stables is restricted and the jockeys socially distancing wearing face masks and trash dark areas right in the heart favorite today yuri knows what its like to race on an empty course having won twice in cologne on friday. And were happy to be back on our horses and riding again and that the horses can race server their usual distances its important that every business gets the chance to reopen every athlete and every team want to return to action. But despite the coronavirus measures some things remain the same the horses mask free still struck their stuff in the praver ring even if theres nobody that watch them and of course betts is still taken with a lack of other life support providing a boon to the horse racing industry for his moods and those with whom yes we want to make the most of this restart your little city the football blunders legal resumes this coming weekend so that will push us to one side but were speaking to many t. V. Stations and feel weve earned the chance to get back to where we were. An opportunity and but nothing is a given on the racecourse stocker and his mount rubaiyat 2nd from the left were pushed hard all the way down the final furlong but they lived up to their billing as favorites german horseracing was 1st past the post in europe its return a template for other race courses to follow. Well ed became rich from v. W. Sport can talk us through the way the sport is looking to return to some semblance of normality welcome germany does seem to be leading the way with the horse racing needed elsewhere and well thats right but its not only the horses that are being given a run out this week as footballers will also be taking to the field this weekend now its not just germanys top flight the burden is legal which we back in action but also the 2nd division the fighter bonus league now of course they will be. Known here in germany it goes to game so games with no fans so that will keep a lot of people away and of course reduce the risk of the crown who are spreading but germany is actually the 1st of europes top 5 big football leagues to return to action and i think thats going to surprise a lot of people around the world because i think for a long time germany has fostered this reputation is very calm and sensible nation that deals you know with the numbers you know really relies on the numbers and a lot of critics have come out and actually said this is seems very impetuous for such a you know such a respected countries germany to come out and put everybody at risk and actually the only numbers they seem to be caring about right now is the bottom line of the Bank Balances and i think this is really the vital people inside and outside of germany putting people at risk no no found so so presumably the talking about putting the players and officials at risk absolutely yes so we havent actually seen any problems with the horseracing yet of course because that might take a few days the surface but weve already seen issues with the return to the bonus league are ok theres not been games yet but to the normal drugs than players from the 2nd division actually reported with positive diagnoses of the coronavirus this week now you have to ask yourself would they have got that had they not been back in training preparing for it seems like quite an early restart to the action and i think you know thats thats happened in an isolated training complex so whats going to happen when these place start moving around the country and i think it does create a bit of a problem when you know german people on the street are asked. Carry on respecting these very strict social distancing measures yet the same time the urge to tune in and watch the bundesliga theres also the case you made for the for the players actually been treated as guinea pigs to some degree you know you know 2 players wasnt enough to stop the league restarting so how many will be is there a number we dont actually know that and i think its very unusual time and it could be a p. R. Disaster if you think other countries are likely to follow suit well spain have already said that they will be keeping an eye on what happens in germany this weekend and im sure many other countries will the head of league of spains top division actually came out at the weekend and said they are hoping to restart by june 12th and theyll be implementing a lot of the measures that germany have for instance weekly testing or even more if necessary. But you know if it doesnt work for the been this league or this weekend and if a lot of players come out next week and theyve been diagnosed then what exactly will they have to do you know will have to do then clearly the measures one works and everyone to be back to the to back to the drawing board and became rich dont be a sport thank you. I met was the day as ever they come session continues online you find us on twitter ive outstayed over the years or at phil go there to get to use a hash tag the day 100 member whatever happens between now and tomorrow im now in bed tomorrow is a method for. The lifeline a connection to. The river of spinach that protects against. A long economy an amazon. The river still runs its natural course. The countys government has big plans to develop solutions. To the horrors of environmental and to. Since peoples clothes on and. On. Its a deadly sin. And the whim of nature. Motivates us. And threatens to ruin us. Greed. Be an essential desire for. 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