A Michael Okuda its good to see you with us germany has taken another major step towards normality after months of coronavirus restrictions this weekend Border Control says some of germanys neighbors are being eased this includes a luxembourg france austria and switzerland the goal is to resume free travel within the e. U. By mid june just in time for some holiday but it all still very much depends on keeping the virus in check the endless speeches 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 germanys neighbors has been blocked at the borders for many the pandemic has given travel a new importance just gets a lot of courses 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 the tough days the spot in front of id like to go to spain i dont yet know if thats pos
Lockdown. A michael ok welcome to the Program Germany has taken another major step towards returning to normal so yeah after months of coronavirus restrictions starting today germany is lifting border controls with luxembourg its also relaxing checks at its borders with austria france and switzerland Authorities Say that if they can keep the virus in check germans could resume free travel within the e. U. By mid june just in time for the Summer Holiday. Correspondent bustin hartig is on the german austrian border in the town of kiefers feld and from where he joins me now boston its good to see you again in squarely a big day where you are the border between germany and austria reopened just a few hours ago give us a sense of what the situation is. As you can see michael its fairly quiet theres one car at the checkpoint right now but if you look over here this lane ive been ive been told is up until yesterday this was packed with cars at any given moment because police pulled over every
Michael oconnor its good to have you with us germany has taken another major step towards returning to normal sea after months of coronavirus restrictions starting today germany is lifting border controls with luxembourg its also relaxing checks with its border with austria france and switzerland Authorities Say that if they can keep the virus in check germans could resume free travel within the e. U. By mid june just in time for the Summer Holiday. Correspondent busseron hard ease on the german austrian border in the town of kiefers fault and from where he joins me now boston its good to see you again and its clearly a big day where you are the border between germany and austria reopened just a few hours ago. Give us a sense of what the situation is. Yeah as you can see michael its fairly quiet theres one car at the checkpoint right now but if you look over here this lane ive been ive been told is up until yesterday this was packed with cars at any given moment because police pulled o
Blowers complaint was released by the House Intelligence Committee this morning. The acting director of National Intelligences that whistle blower did the right thing. Intelligence says that whistle blower did the right thing. All eyes on James Maguire on capitol hill. The acting director of National Intelligence answering questions about a whistle blow urs complaint over a phone call made by President Trump. Whistle blowers complaint. I believe this matter is unprecedented. I also believe that i handled this matter in full compliance with the law at all times. The whistle blower alleges President Trump abused his power to so hi it is interference from a foreign country in next years election during a phone call where trump asked the president of ukraine to investigate former Vice President joe biden and bidens son. The complaint also says the white house tried to lock down all records of the phone call, including the word for word transcript. Democrats are calling it a cover up. And e
We are not going to help borisjohnson shut down parliament and drives us out of the eu over an election period, thats not going to happen. They dont trust the people, they dont want an election, ok, perhaps they dont think they can win, ill go to brussels, ill get a deal. Peers have approved legislation aimed at blocking a possible no deal brexit. Robert mugabe the man who delivered independence for zimbabwe but went on to become its dictator has died at the age of 95. In the wake of hurricane dorian, officials in the bahamas say the situation there is dire and warn the death toll may rise dramatically. In a moment it will be time for sportsday, but first a look at what else is coming up this evening on bbc news. At 7 30pm well take a look back on a momentous week in british politics and look forward to what we can expect from the coming week at westminster. Just ahead of that the secondary school in sussex, where more than 100 parents and pupils have been staging a protest over gender