Prodemocracy protests clears the end of using on this Serious Violence to. They responded that white and i felt since the. M f n e how would welcome germans love the holidays in the sun and with the government lifting its pandemic restrictions on travel is the only things getting in the why of the summit dreams and National Borders so getting other countries to return the favor and lift their border controls is now a matter for the highest level of politics and diplomacy germanys foreign minister is due to discuss exactly that with his european counterparts next week. The endless beaches of france and the majestic mountains of austria in any normal summer German Tourists love to head for these and many other european beauty spots but because of the corona virus the route to germany is neighbors has been blocked at the borders for many the pandemic has given travel a new importance which gets a lot of course its about our health all around the world but they cant take away our freedom to travel not because of corona or an economic crisis and of a tough titties a walk in front of id like to go to spain i dont get know if thats possible it depends if the spanish open their border at the moment theres no sign maybe well know in 4 weeks one place that people can prove it but there is a sign from the German Government how it plans to reopen its front is the border with belgium and the netherlands was never closed and from saturday police will not patrol the luxemburg border either to the North Denmark has said it is willing in principle to allow the traffic to flow but needs more time to work out the details germanys borders with france austria and switzerland will 1st see looser controls than at present if theres no new major spread of the virus the checks will be completely lifted in me june. The borders with poland and the Czech Republic have not been closed by germany but by the governments in warsaw and prague those 2 countries are not yet ready to open their front is to germany but berlin is hoping to persuade them you know uncertainty has made some germans rethink their plans. Based on that i think ill just work a lot this summer and then go away in the autumn i hope i wont take a holiday this year it makes no sense and. There is still a long way to go until europes Vacation Home sponsor crowded from this weekend germans who want to travel at least have a timetable for when they will enjoy freedom of movement once again. And that already has the question will germans be able to afford those holidays in the sun the latest figures show that the German Economy has taken its hardest hit since 2009 financial crisis shrinking by some 2. 2 percent in the 1st quarter of this Year Coronavirus measures closed shops and restaurants wiped out tourism and sent manufacturing into a tailspin and the government says there is more pain ahead even before a recovery starts to take shape. Germanys g. D. P. Data is due me even if slowly but surely the lights of the economy are being turned on again. Folks like the countrys biggest carmaker opened its main volves port plant a few weeks ago and despite distancing measures is edging towards full capacity. As well as manufacturing the Services Sector is returning to normal hairdressers opened last week well its even possible now to meet friends for beer again as some cafes and bars open their outdoors areas. While that suggests some hope a lot of damage has been done the german g. D. P. 1st quarter fall of 2. 2 percent is a dramatic drop after years of relative stability it also means germany has now officially entered recession with 2 successive quarterly falls and the 3rd quarter will be much worse although the drop is sharp its not as bad as analysts feared and its better than most eurozone countries are lockdowns have been longer and deeper although that is not necessarily a consolation for the German Government given the state of the european economy as a whole although i believe that it will be very very important for the revival of the German Economy that the european economy is recovering to its full capacity. Because we are all dependent on suppliers all over europe is dependent on exports from all over europe its in our best interests that we do that so thats what this will do. With berlins tourist hot spots still eerily quiet due to travel restrictions its a reminder that things wont fully get better anywhere in europe until they get better everywhere. Well stephen bids they say from a business theyve been a shocking set of numbers but a surprise no not really anthony i mean keep in mind that today the Frankfurt Exchange actually ended in the positive territory so everyone is expecting this and if you take a look around you can see that the streets were empty for weeks at a starting to change now but everyone expected that this would be bad indeed it was and really if you think these numbers are bad then just wait until the next quarter as the report mentioned that could be a double digit minus but again that would be something that would like to be expected in that weve seen in one of our very eyes in general the German Economy has fared better than other economies as the report mentioned factory capacity was actually much higher than in other countries the Construction Industry actually did well in march so some of these factors are playing into what were seeing you refer to the lag case and the question is the economy likely to be back on track and he thomson we are seeing of course that businesses have been slowly reopening here in germany over the last few weeks theres going to be the question of course of demands do people feel safe enough to come out and go to those businesses and are the businesses are they able to serve their clientele in a full capacity we know that with restaurants for example which are reopening today that theyre going to be able to serve much smaller percentage of their clientele than they would have normally due to distancing measures what does that mean for them for example there are questions and because trying to be industry that industry in terms of the Airline Industry other questions of whats going to happen when short term subsidies provided by the government when those are lifted consider that in the Restaurant Industry here in germany 92 percent of employees of the labor force is actually earning a short term work subsidy so what happens when that is lifted are we going to see unemployment increase and then i would add that probably more important is germany is an export oriented economy so really its business and its g. D. P. G. D. P. Depends so much on how other countries are doing it cant sell sneakers in the us then the German Economy suffers if china stop. Machinery heavy heavily heavy industry machinery than germany suffers and dealing with whats on their plates right now business is small and large but what about the long term damage anyway the guys that long term damage i think germany is going to end up in a better spot than many other nations the debt to g. D. P. Ratio was always much lower than in other countries what i mean by that is basically germany has much less debt than say countries like italy countries like france people still want to buy german debt so if it needs money it needs to generate money if it needs to fund for the recovery it has that ability much easier than other nations do i think a lot of the damage is really going to be on the political side remember that germany does not exist in a vacuum it exists in a major european bloc and the health of that block is really going to determine europes future germanys future and that is going to be the next big struggle is the solidarity of questions like helping italy helping other nations who are starting to wobble under the intense amount of borrowing theyre going to have to do thats really going to determine perhaps the German Economy in the future just as much as factories are doing stephen because they with they do believe business thank you. In hong kong prodemocracy protests to has been for years off the pleading guilty to rioting during last years wrist the protests broke out of concerns about increasing control of the territory by Mainland China a long anticipated report released on the flop on friday cleared Hong Kong Police of any wrongdoing during the turmoil. For these protestors. Is a hero. Stay strong they shout as he is taken away in a van to serve a 4 Year Prison Sentence cin was the 1st prodemocracy protesters to plead guilty to charges of rioting nearly 600. 00 more face the same charges. The violence of Hong Kong Police during last years massive protests was also under review though they were exonerated the territorys Police Watchdog claimed officers use of force was not excessive we have to be careful and fair to 2 the police force in this case is that they did have a very very difficult. Situation to deal with and they have been forced into. The findings of the council whose members are appointed by chief executive kerry lam were quickly dismissed by the opposition. Those who read this report they simply chose to look the other way and thats why we have been adamant about all day ma and that said there has to be a proper. Genuine independent inquiry into all of this police brutality. The report is unlikely to quell the publics anger toward Hong Kong Police images like these are seared into the memories of many who participated in or supported the prodemocracy movement. Tear gas is a taste that nearly everyone remembers well all too well this ice cream shop has even made it into a flavor as a tribute to the sting of struggle. We wanted to make a flavor which reminds people to persist with the protest movement and not lose their passion. Demonstrations stop this winter because of the corona Virus Outbreak but protesters have clashed with police again in recent days now that the spread of the virus in hong kong has practically come to a halt. Now lets take a look at some of the other stories making headlines around the world. The new coronavirus has reached bangladesh has huge migrant camps which counts more than a 1000000 refugees cases of good 19 have been confirmed both within the camps and in the local population nearby Officials Say the patients are being treated in isolation and people who come into contact with them in foreign cities. The latest round of talks on the u. K. s post breaks that relationship with the e. U. Have ended in style might just weeks ahead of a change summit they use chief negotiator michel bania said he was no longer optimistic that a new trade deal would be agreed before the end of the transition period on december 31st. Brazils Health Minister has resigned after less than a month on the job becoming the 2nd Health Minister to do so amid the coronavirus pandemic nelson tights office said he disagreed with the brazilian president jaya belsen ottos approach to the crosses in particular the use of drugs to treat 19. A south African Brewery has repurposed it to be events to make soup for people struggling during the pandemic would stuff in capetown stopped making big when alcohol was banned under lockdown introduced in march now volunteers make 5000 liters of soup every day and distribute it to communities and hung. From b. To football and this weekend sees the return of professional soccer to germany the bundesliga will become the 1st major league in europe to restart following the coronavirus lockdown soccer bosses say its not just a sport bought an economic drive as well all the big leagues across europe will be watching to see how the bundesliga phase with games being played on the unusual conditions. Since mid march germanys football stadiums have fallen silent now the bundesliga aims to emerge from its coronavirus brick with socalled closed door matches without funds and under strict hygiene rules the idea to get back out on the pitch as soon as possible. Anyone who rejects closed door matches neednt wreck their brains about whether the league will have 18 or 20 professional clubs playing in the future because in that case there wont be 20 professional clubs left. To give its not only a make or break issue for the German League the other big european leagues are also deliberating how to emerge from the lockdown. The English Premier League is the biggest money maker in european football followed by the bundesliga and by spans legen for the premier league and lega t. V. Revenue accounts for more than half of all income. Its slightly less than that for the bundesliga but theyre determined to get the ball rolling again even without spectators if thats what it takes to keep revenues flowing. When matches are aired the advertising boards around the pitch will provide another financial boost in the Current Crisis the upcoming weeks will show how well the new concept works but theres no doubt that the game will be a different one as seen in south korea where the caley season kicked off last week gold celebrated with social distancing. A sign of the times. This is they wus a reminder before we go that you can keep up to date with all the latest news on our web site at any time thats d w dot com and you can follow us on twitter and instagram as well i dont think that news im anthony held signing off for now phil gile we back here at the top of the. World. Beyond. The stories that matter to you. This. Whatever it takes. No running around trying to explain further. Details you made for mines
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