Coronavirus as both president s face more accusations of downplaying the crisis. The Afghan Government switches to an offensive strategy after attacks on a Maternity Hospital and a funeral the taliban calls it a declaration of war. And im somehow must not have all the sporting puting top level sport continues its return in north america with the ultimate fighting championship for the 2nd of 3 events in just 8 days. The European Union wants people to start planning their Summer Holidays and get economies moving again and the e. U. The reopening of borders closed by the coronavirus pandemic france austria and switzerland have already said theyre going to start relaxing control. As early as this weekend germany and some other e. U. Members and to completely end border restrictions by june the 15th others arent convinced spain or the worlds 4th highest number of infections is set to keep borders shut until at least july a 160000000000. 00 question for the e. U. Is how to reopen safely tourism makes up 10 percent of the unions g. D. P. Providing more than 15000000. 00 jobs that are about the begins our coverage from powers a glimpse of whats going on a holiday in some parts of europe will look like the summer barriers separating sun loungers on the greek island of santorini not the beach experience that most holiday makers a used to but one that complies with new social distancing rules we hope these barriers wont be the future for beaches we dont want this but if this is necessary and if People Safety depends on this sort of device then so be it we just want to work we want to get going in march boarders in the European Union was shot and needy all travel stopped because the coronavirus pandemic a huge blow to the Tourism Industry one of the blocks main economic sectors as some countries begin to ease the lockdowns the European Commission has presented a rescue plan for the Tourism Industry its recommending foul choose instead of refunds for Council Travel sanitary measures for hospitality and transport services and the reopening of some borders of course this is not going to be a normal summer not for any of us. But when we all Work Together and we all do our part in the ways the commission is setting out today then we dont have to face a summer shock at home or a completely lost summer for the european tourists industry some countries say that they are already considering lifting some travel restrictions germany says that it wants to reopen its border with fraud switzerland and austria and britain and france say that they wont impose quarantine for now on people traveling between their 2 countries paris is one of the worlds most visited cities the lockdown has been eased but monuments Museums Hotels and restaurants remain closed the french government has advised people to holiday in france this year after 2 months at home some people cant wait to travel. Health risk and reward here to be able to travel abroad and outside france will be a valid i have a holiday home in spain and want to go but for now there are restrictions but i want to go we cant stop living more than 6000000. 00 tourism jobs in need could be lost unless the industry is revived the European Commission says the challenge is to encourage the sectors recovery but prevent a resurgence of corona virus cases or risk is spreading even further across the block. And natasha joining us now on natasha one of the problems appears to be getting some sort of comprehensive plan for europe for this. Well i think one of the main issues is its not a really a one size fits all problem because you have. Different Member States in the European Union that have been affected in different ways by the corona virus pandemic of the Czech Republic for example had very infection rate most cases but then a country like france who had more than 26000 people have died so the issue for the European Commission today when they presented their socalled rescue plan for the Tourism Industry is really they said this these are just proposals hes a guidelines because they know that its impossible to come up with one plan thats going to fit the Member States now some of those proposals were the reopening of borders according to where the countries feel that they had a safe enough for them to be able to do that and also putting in place a found his system so if you had booked travel at the moment in your opinion during the carnivora spun to make you had a right for a full refund now what the European Commission is saying to travel operators and travel services is look try and encourage customers to take of croucher instead because then of course that they will travel in the future you get to keep the money and thats just better economically for the European Union but as i said its very difficult to impose a one plan on the hope too long because the blokes experience of the current virus pandemic is very different one of the things you mentioned before was the fact of course that this is a rather a propos proposal thats not something that is enforceable but why do you think the European Commission is to suggest this at this point given the fact that there are still strains of the virus around in europe. Yes the current virus crisis is of course far from. The European Union and in countries like here and for all and theyre all still restrictions in place even though the lockdown is being eased but what the European Commission is. Saying is that as the infection rates do drop as lockdowns all being nice the Tourism Sector needs to be revived because its its one of the Big Industries that contributes to the European Unions economy more than 6000000 jobs or is stake because the Tourism Industry say been so badly affected you talking about millions of people who have stayed at Home Airlines have been grounded you know Museums Hotels restaurants shut thats had an Enormous Economic impact on those countries and of course on individual people who rely on tourism for their livelihoods of European Commission wants to get people moving again traveling again but is that fine balance because you are trying to revive an economic sector on one hand but on the other hand you have to make sure that it is done safely so they also put out guidelines on how a hotel and restaurants should be opening for of course. Things like social distancing of course has to be have to be put in place hotels are even being told perhaps you need to have special rooms to isolate people who have coronavirus symptoms but talked about live in paris thanks very much indeed natasha well done it keynes joining us live from berlin dominic it sounds to me as though germany is intending to open some of its borders but at the same time the chancellor is a very cautious note when shes suggesting these things. Yes you have to imagine this as 2 sides of the same coin almost one side of the coin you have the government very clearly over the course of the past few weeks gradually relaxing restrictions on the freedom of movement and indeed on shops and other enterprises from doing the business they would normally be doing if there wasnt the pandemic so you have that on the one side of the coin but on the other you have angle americal and her cabinet colleagues and son Prime Ministers of states of this country all saying be cautious listen to the science listen to what ministries are saying observe social distancing when mosques wherever possible certainly where it is compulsory to do that because they dont want there to be a 2nd wave of infections in so far as Border Control is concerned from the german perspective we have heard today from the federal interior minister horst varian conservative a key ally of Angela Merkel saying that certain Border Controls will go within a few days so for example the border with luxembourg that will controls there will be relaxed very soon its possible that will also occur with denmark but that still has to be the details the fine print as it were has to be dealt with there still in so far as other countries are concerned though with france with austria with switzerland Border Controls will be relaxed there but not until the middle of june and the other thing to point out here is that other german speaking countries in europe are doing similar sorts of things so sebastien cts the chancellor of austria today announcing the relaxation of many Border Controls that suits that could have been expected as it were but crucially not with its early where is to court says that cannot take place right now because of how how profoundly deep the problem there still is and thats something that mr 0 often referred to today as well so 2 sides of the same coin on the one side the government very keen to relax Border Controls and other restrictions here but on the other side very cautious about informing their population here about what they should be doing dominic thanks very much indeed. Occurred a virus lockdowns been imposed on a city in northeast china the 2nd this week new cases in jay leno are raising fears of a possible new wave of infections betray you reports from beijing while the rest of china returns to Something Like normality a lockdown has been imposed on the city of g. Lane for 25000000 people have been told to stay home and public transport is at a standstill neighboring should line city was locked down on monday more than 20 infections have been identified in dealing province since the beginning of the month but experts say it isnt a 2nd wave of disease. Whenever new cases emerge that the Monitoring System will detect and track the cases will curb the spread of the virus in no time in rwanda china is at the center of the outbreak the discovery of 6 new transmissions has spurred plans to test the entire city of 11000000 people district authorities have been told they have 10 days to complete testing the details are still being discussed testing in some areas began this week. Analysts say the plan could cost up to 254000000. 00 and requires the rapid expansion of Testing Facilities to hans Testing Capacity reached 46000. 00 people today last month the people who live there say theyre not surprised a new class has been discovered so we know that a 2nd wave is coming anyway theres no way we can you know prevent. The new sanctions. On that 00. 0000 and that we. Knew the Chinese Government has reported about 83000 cases nationally with more than 2600 deaths since the virus broke out in december with just a week to go until Chinas National Peoples Congress the biggest political gathering of the year the government here is on high alert the communist party wants to project an image of strength and victory over the virus and these 2 new classes threaten to compromise i just want to train you al jazeera thank you. Ok lets go back to the European Unions proposal to relax restrictions and revive the blocks economy virginia messina is the managing director of world travel and Tourism Council shes joining us on skype from london thanks very much indeed for being with us it seems that one of the things that has to be overcome is actually making people confident about travelling how important is that do you think. Yeah absolutely 100 percent thank you for having me today and we actually doubly t. T. C. Just released yesterday i mean its a safe travels protocols and this is all about me gaining this confidence so we do believe that that is going to be critical in these new face of reopening or we starting trouble before a vaccine is available how important as well is the transparency of whats happening in individual countries because as we know the response of Different Countries is happening at different stages and in Different Levels and getting that information across to people who might want to travel is going to be quite tricky isnt it yes definitely transparency and these certainty for the traveler so the fact that they know that these measures are in place for them to be able to start making some plans so we know i mean its going to be in faces we know Domestic Travel is going to they have very Important Role at the beginning and then its going to start expanding to this sort of bubbles of travel between countries and then eventually the long haul but the more that the travel there is certain that theres im certain that enhanced safety and Health Protocols in place its going to be easier for sector to to restart given the circumstances that people are going to be facing if they do travel and given what theyve been through over the last few months does the travel industry believe that there is a significant number of people who actually do want to travel abroad that will make it economically viable at least in the short. Yes definitely i mean all the Research Shows that people want to travel people want to get out i mean there is a desire to go out to meet cabin these to enjoy only all all the all the beautiful things that our sector brings now of course that needs to be done with certain caution before a scene is available as as i was saying so that we dont see this in 2 faces and before that happens its very important that all the businesses and governments follow these protocols to make sure that we avoid a 2nd wave of infection the Tourism IndustryHospitality Industry like so many other industries around the world are of course anxious to get people back to work and be able to bring good people again within their own industries how concerned are you that youre leaving yourself open to the accusation that youre actually putting financial gain and the economy can only side of it ahead of peoples safety. I mean we need to consider that our industry employs 330000000 jobs that is one in 10 jobs in the planet and actually last year one out of every new jobs went out of 4 new jobs in the planet where in our sector so peoples livelihoods depend on travel and tourism so we know health is paramount and this is an unprecedented crisis but we also need to to consider the fact that people that many many people get people and its not only 11 particular industry but our sector is so interconnected that stopping travel for one company is something 11 particular side will have an enormous Multiplier Effect so its very important to consider the impact that this will happen people whilst we totally recognise that that health is a priority and that we need to follow government guidelines in that sense really good to get your thoughts on this virginia messina thank you very much indeed thank you. Thank you more ahead on the news hour including a coronavirus is on every continent but well have more on the other deadly virus sweeping through not the america. A controversial make it down project in ethiopia its a wall of sudan says no to an agreement to fill the bottle with water. And its called all eyes will be on german football this weekend details good sign on later in the show. Dozens of people across england have headed back to work for the 1st time in more than 7 weeks as part of a plan to relax restrictions which have been in place since late march people are now allowed to spend as much time as they want doors as long as they follow social distancing rules leaders in scotland wales and Northern Ireland have rejected the changes saying its too early to ease restrictions as the u. K. Relaxes its measures the leader of the Opposition Labor Party has accused the government of downplaying the severity of the crisis and not acting fast enough during m. P. s questions to the Prime Minister about us johnson was forced to respond to those accusations last week i showed the Prime Minister his own slide showing that the u. K. Now has the highest total in europe and 2nd highest in the world a version of this slide has been show that the number 10 press conference every day since the 30th of march thats 7 weeks. Yesterday the government stopped publishing its National Comparison of the slightest of. Why. Released. This is speaker. As is as he knows very well the u. K. Has been going through an unprecedented once in a century epidemic and he seeks to make comparisons with other countries which are moved by used which im advised are premature because the correct the correct and final way of making these comparisons will be when we have all the x. Assess death