We will find out in this edition with their International Affairs editor. With our International Affairs editor. Thank. You for joining us we begin in france where the prime thank you for joining us. We begin in france where they have begun to relax lockdown measures in n place. Bars will remain shut until further notice. The measures would be reviewed every three weeks but it was warned that easing of the lockdown would not happen if the numbers in france started to spike. Protect, test, isolate. Frances threepronged strategy to progressively lift lockdown measures starting on the 11th. They presented the governments roadmap for easing the quarantine. The key announcement regarding businesses. French]g restaurants and bars will remain closed until early june. As for school, students will return on a voluntary basis and reopenings will be gradual. Days and Elementary Schools will be t the first too reopen starting may 11 with middle schools following a week later. There e can be no more than 15 students per class. New details yet for high school. Regarding public transport, all passengers be required to wear a mask starting may 11. [speaking french] restrictions on personal movement will also be eased. As a first step, people will be able to travel up to 100 kilometers from their home except in work or family emergencies. Private e together reason private gatherings of up to 10 manye will be allowed but public spaces that tend to draw a large crowd such as movie theaters will remain closed. Sports events and festivals of more than 5000 people are postponed until at least september. The departments are to g for easing the lockdown, the government cleansed to the government plans to carry out 700 tests a week. Lawmakers have yet to debate m masks is a keyof papart of francece s exit frome lockdown. They will be mandatory on public transport. Reusable cloth masks will be available in pharmacies and supermarkets. Some have even been taking matters into their own hands. Before it stores or even open, the line outside this craft store stretches down n the blblock. Some waiting to buy one final key. [speaking frencnch] [speaking french] elastic has become a precious commodity, going out of stock in Stores Across the country. [speaking french] [speaking french] craft andnd fabric storeses in france were allowed to reopen at the end of last week so people could buy supplies to make their own masks. [speaking bridge] [c [speaking frerench] for some itit may bee t tedi. [speaking french] homomemade masks that first d foremost prevent the person wearing them from spspreading te only, usable useful if useful only if everyone has one on. The virus has taken a financial toll in every sector in france. The equestrian world happens to be the countrys number one private sports employer. [speaking french] the lockdown leaves no arena. Thanys can do little more make circuits at the stables. That is far from ideal for a horse like this. [speaking french] bronze018, they took the at the world championships. They were aiming even higher this year before the pandemic. [speaking french] the coronavirus has brought the entire sector to a crashing halt. The horses still need looking after. [speaking french] the clubs manager hopes may 11 will be a return to normal when they restart the economy. [speaking french] the closure of the arena was a hard blow even the pen even before the pandemic. Horses are the town lifefeblood and the local economy took a major hit. The equestrian industry is frances top private sports employer. Authorities in spain have announced a four phase plan to ease the lockdown currently in place. Measureses will be relaxed on te foururth of may and t the Prime Minister hopes to see a return to normal l by the end of f jun. The governmentnt has chosen noto set precise deadlines to avoid missing them. Brian quinn reports. A new normal for spain by the end of june. After an hours long cabinet meeting, the Prime Minister unveiled hisis governments f fr phased plan to reopen t t country wararning it will depend on weekly progress evaluatioion. [speaking spanish] phase zero officially begins may 4 as a hairdressers and other appointmentbased businesses can open shop. At ae include maximum 30 capacity. Phase two brings in theaters, cinemas and museums at one third capacity with some schools reopening. Most schools will stay closed until september. Phase three should see most commerce is most commerces opened that 50 capacity. Each phase is expected to allow is expected to last two weeks. Face masks will be required outside until further notice. Spaniards haveve been liliving n the under one of the wororls strictest coronavirus lockdowns with no one allowed out of their homes except to buy groceries. Sunday those restrictions begin to ease slightly as children under 14 were allowed outside for the first time in weeks. The government says however the reopen proceeds, strict hygiene rules will remain in placece unl a vaccine is found. Unlike its european neighborors, swedens certainty has been to impose no lockdown and to keep large parts of society open, notably bars and restaurants. Government has allowed the economy to remain functioning but although the momove was widy backed by the public,c, the latt fifigures are not as good as may in sweden may have hoped for. For more we bring in our International Affairs editor. Was it a good decision by the swedish authorities not to impose a lockdown opting instead to expose more people to the coronavirus . Authorities will say they made the right decision by night shooting the country down. This is the only country in europe where there has been no lockdown. Bars, restaurants, cinemas and cafes are all still open. If you look at the figures, there are close to 20,000 infections in sweden out of a population of 10 million. 2355 people have dieied far. That includes 50 0 of people in care homes. That is a figure that is not added d to the casualty toll in many other European Countries whwhich only give the death toll from hospitals. 2003 hundred 50 people have died in sweden so far. Died per million in sweden. That seems like a high figure but that is well below many of swedens neighbors, notably spain and france. Swedish h authorities willll say they made the right decisioion because the e death toll l per million a a lot less then a many other European Countries. Other europeanny countries. The second reason they will sasy it was a good dedecision w was because businesss ststill going. Pepeop can go o out whereas in other european c countries, they closed up all of t those secects of society and t they are suffering babadly from a lack kf trade. Thosee a are the two positive aspepects ofhat thehe swedish authorities are saying. The third one is they banked on the fact that swedish people are pretty well disciplinedd and thy will respect the governments call that they should stay at home, work from home w when they can and should also o keep socil distancing of at leaeast one to two memeters from eaeach othere. Recent opinion polls show momost people are doing that. Peoplet of 10 swedish are saying they are keeping social distancing, up frorom sen ouout of 10 a a couple months a. On all fronts the situation has beenen mostly positive so far. R. You did give us some comparatives some comparisons when you compared the numbers in sweden to spain. How is sweden doing compared d o other anandinavian c countes . Have they donene any better . That is where things begin to fall flat. Denmark, norway and finland, things are not quiuite so good r sweden. Wass go back to that toll i telling about, 233 people dying per million in sweden. If you look at denmark, that is only 75 people. Dedenmark has been under lockdon sincnce the 11th o of march. 3838 is the figugure in norway d 36 in vineland. D. That is up to three to four times more peoeople dying per millllion in swedenn thanther scandidinavian c countries. On that numbmber you can say swedens decision was not the right thing to do. One other thing which is very important to note is that the swedish are saying that there decisision will make p people decision will make people more e resilient to the. Idisease and boost herd immuniy people w who have been infected with coronavavirus for put up a barrieier to prevent more infections from happening at the question is what will the final death toll be in sweden when they arrive at that . That is something we dont know the answer to. We will have to see. Time will tell. We will see what happens. Has died in the city of mumbai. The 52yearold had been battling a rare cancer. He was one of indias bestknown exports to hollywood. He madade his bigscreenen debun the account in he is better known to western audiences as the Police Officer in slum dog millionaire. He also impressed audiences in life of pi and the lunchbox. He had broken news of his cancer back in 2018 with a note writing that he had to surrender. That is it for me. Thank you very much for watching. It i is a surprisingly clear day. In winter, it is rare to see the city frorom up here. Alayna took advantage. She put on her hiking boots and bought a ticket to the hills. Surrounded by y these mountains, the capital of this smsmall baln state is o o of the most pollututed one of thehe most polluted citities in the w worl. You cannot escape fromom this pollution. It makes me really anxious. This airle are feeling pollution anxiety because it is really scary to know that you are literally breathing cancer. Even n this mountain is no longer an escape. There is proof just a few hundred meters further. To make room for thihis pipelin, hundndreds off trees h had to be chopopped down. I can or member this place being a beautiful i can remember this place being a a beautiful forerest. I am 25 yearars old now and if i could in the last fivive years e much see so much devastation of the nature, i wonder what what i see in 50 years from now . I see this as a collective suicidide. Stefan has one thing to change. Hehe is the youngest mayor in te country. The social demo screw the social democrat is out campaigning for his party even if Upcoming Elections were processed were postponed because of the coronavirus. To try to boost the economy of the district, he launched a card for his citizens to obtain discounts a year ago. Despite the lack of customers, the shopkeeper appreciates the dynamism of her mayor because she is sorry toto see young peoe sesert the country, often tired of the power of political parties. [speaking foreign language] afterwards, the mayor visits this almost empty bar. The bars young owner is yearning to leave. When he launched this business 10 years ago he was convinced things could improve. Today he is struggling to get out. [speaking foreign language] according to world bank statatistics, a ququarter of the population has left the country in the past 10 years. Took only a few weeks ago. In love with art nouveau, this young architectct never tires of strolling the streets of brussels. This one is the most famous one. Is the first art nouveau building i learned about. We thought it was cool. We needed to come and see it in person. She is passionate and more committed to and committed to more susustainable architecture. Investors are looking maximizing thes, capacity of a site. That leads to a very low quality of life. I just wananted to get awaway fm ththat. The last straw for her was the project called 2014. Huge patriotic monuments were built throughout the macacedonin capitatal in a controversial moe by the government. That really killed the ambition. Not just architects. All of the investment that could have gone to our generation going to these monuments that are already falling apart. That was very demotivating. Keeping young people in the country has b become a national prioririty. Since january, a law commands that municipalities create local yoyouth councils. Of , found the mayor the first mayor i in the coununy to do so. Sit people table from neighborhood associations, some high h School Students and politicians. The law forces them disability to devote at least. 1 of its budget to youth. That is 10,000 euros per year in ththis town, barely enough to he a fulltime person but for this footballll coach it is already a start. Now we start to change things. The young people must stay here. I think we will be working wiwih this mayor. This is a mayor who is very active on social media. Since his election t two years ago, he has turned hisis twitter and instagram accounts into tools for direct democracy. I promised that i am young and i hahave the energy. He e wants to find out how to concretely prove improve their quality of life. He takes them to see the latest achievement of the town, a brandnew playground suitable for disabled children. For allis accessible kinds of wheelchairs. The mayor also knows that the big issue for the country in the coming weeks is not local, it is in brussels. North macedonia went so far as to change its name to meet criteria for joining the European Union. This should be recognized by all European UnionMember States and they should open the way for north macedonia. I cannot think of any other alternative. Butut these hopes have been repeatedly dashed by eu countries. North macedonia has been waiting at the door of the European Union for 15 years now. Was a child when her country obtained candidate status. For a lot of people in my generation, it is like a fairytale. Something that might happen and it would be nice but i dont know if f we still believe it is going to catch our generation. However she is an environmentalist at heart t and sees aigig potentialal advantage to align with European Environmental standards. Living in brussels, she regularly enjoys the outdoors and these woods, a stones throw away from the city center. You can see animals during thee summemer like birds and squirrels. It is a big jewewel of the city. She hadad abandoned the idea of doing yoga outdoors. Too much p pollution. She ended up dedicating her walks to garbage collection. A worsese problem for me is the situation that you cant just clean it up and it goes away. You need to change the mentality of the people. Road of north macedonia, garbage is everywhere. In the south of the country now, alayna spotted this unauthorized dump. Unfortunately a very common scene. In macedonia there is no real system that perfectly works for waste management. Being a part of the eu will help us integrate the regulations the eu has around trasash and wawase management but it is still our responsibility at the same timee to find d a way to manage our internal issues as well. But in this region, the rdfstruction of an Production Unit is not being welcomed. Members of a local association do not want this project, which is suspended for the moment. [speaking foreign language] they think the location has been poorly chosen and they also fear new pollution from the use of this fuel. Rdf fuel is e extremely it is going to literally kill everything living in the area with the way it is being used. But most of her activism is in the capital. For instance, every friday evening she takes part in the worldwide student strikes for claimant. She herself is no longer at university. She works in a flexible job that allows her to fully engage in environmental activism. Today, she invites passersby to write words on this sign. [speaking foreign language] that is painful for her to hear. This is the reality. But she is at least encouragaged by the environmentl awareness of the yououng people. I think they are doing great work. Education is the only way out of this blind menentality we e are having. We are stubborn. A lot of the population does not believe it existsts. We have a a lot to do. Generation that has decided to take charge of its own destiny without waiting for brussels to make decisions. Many of themem hope that one day they will wake up as membersrs f the European Unionon. Man i remember years back talking to my dad and saying, at some point in my career, id love to do a deli. And i remember him looking at me in a surprised way like, really . Why . Youve spent all this s time in fine dining and trtraveled the world d and traid yourself. Why the. Do you want to do o a deli . 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