The pandemic causing a return to traditional gender roles with women taking on the nines share of housework and home schooling please take a look at the situation here in germany. Last east africa battles that may along with the pandemic look as saw devastating crops across the region expects warned this 2nd wave. Poses an unprecedented threat to Food Security. Hello im christine want to welcome to the Program Across Europe countries have begun easing they occur on a virus restrictions even amid fears off a possible 2nd wave off infections were bringing you updates from germany the u. K. And france where people are now allowed to leave their homes without a permit and many shops and businesses have reopened frogs currently has the worlds highest or 5th highest death toll that would be from close at 19 with more than 26000 fatalities. The streets of paris looking more like their bustling selves on monday morning after 8 weeks under a Strict Lockdown french citizens are finally back on the streets a tentative reopening with most shops allowed to welcome 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. Or you. Know im not afraid everything should be fine of people respect the distancing rules i took the metro this morning and people were really considerate. Did you know the young. Traffic on the paris metro is lighter than normal masts are now mandatory on all public transport and signs advise commuters on how to maintain social distancing citizens are now allowed to travel up to 100 kilometers without filling out a form to explain why primary schools will also begin to reopen this week the loosening of restrictions is based on encouraging numbers like this a klein in daily coronavirus deaths but authorities warn that restrictions could be imposed again. Virus would get out of control again as opposed to risk for the health of french citizens we would be implemented lockdown measures. And differentiated way as we did initially. Some regions remain red zones such as the northeast of the country including paris the area is subject to additional restrictions for example parks and gardens remain closed 37. 00 also urge those who can to continue working from home. The hope is that caution will be enough to further reduce the spread of the virus allowing friends to continue on the path to a full reopening. Is bring in correspondent lisa lewis who is standing by for us in paris hi lisa so this is a snow reopening of the country its not all happening at once. Yes you mentioned as was mentioned in the piece we just saw before hand france is now divided into green and red zones one red zone is the overseas territory in my yard where no restrictions have been lifted so far here in paris there is an additional rule in the morning rush hour and in the evening so 6 hours a day you need to have an additional certificate saying that you need to take public transport if you want to take it otherwise you have to pay a fine of 135 years and thats also because here in paris the spread of the virus is still quite fast and authorities are quite worried about the situation. So how did things go today. Quite smoothly i must say according to a recent poll 2 thirds of the french are quite worried about the lifting of restrictions and you could see that most of the Public Transport Network was not actually at cracking point there were only a few people taking the metro taking the trains there were some exceptions though for example on line 13 which flings cents on the new frances poorest department to the center of parents and where many people actually have to go back to work on that line additionally there was a technical problem this morning thats why the 1st few trains were really powered about apart from that most trains were quite empty people have been reporting that only a few people take a preview protect taking trains and there most of them Wearing Masks and trying to keep a distance from each other lets talk about the economy for a bit shell which is expected to plummet what is president many of the crime and his government doing to get people back to work. Well the government has already put 110000000000 euros on the table to help those who are struggling because of the coronavirus that is that money will finance temporary unemployment it was all it will always hold companies that are struggling these companies can apply for subsidies or government loans and dont have to pay employees charges on top of that the government is now working on 3 specific packages for the car industry for the Aeronautics Industry and for the Tourism Industry to help these sectors that are particularly struggling at this very moment and also theyre working on a stimulus package to get the economy back on track in september thats when they are hoping that the economy will completely reopen again hand france ok thats lisa reporting for us in paris thank you. Just across the English Channel british Prime MinisterAbbas Johnson has published his governments plan for easing the nations walked al among other things the plan calls for people who wear face masks in public and necessary conditions for a gradual reopening of schools and businesses the details come a day off to a National Interest from johnson on reopening the economy prompted confusion and criticism. Should they stay or should they go british Prime MinisterBoris Johnson has replaced the nations 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 the hit bars johnson had a great opportunity to be really the sense of direction to even just say look were not entirely sure the next step will work on them but instead of a very very bad i think youre. Right its more easy to counsel. People continues right now its his future now people dont believe 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 candid with 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. Now for a brief look at some other current related stories making headlines around the world russias president Vladimir Putin says the nationwide economic shutdown will end tomorrow but some regional restrictions will remain in place which in ses it will be up to regional portuguese to see which companies are allowed to open and who can return to where. Saudi arabia has slashed oil output again the Kingdoms Energy ministry ordered the National Oil Company around port to make an additional voluntary output cuts off 1000000000. 00 barrels a day starting next month Global Oil Demand has slammed by about one 3rd as the coronavirus endemic devastates global demand. Many parents around the world have been struggling to balance the new demands of child care and home schooling on top of their jobs and surveys show its mainly women who are bearing the brunt off that work at home cheering the pandemic those findings raise a question is the crisis emerging important gains in gender equality. Sometimes happiness is simply a trip to a reopened local playground a rare moment of respite from constant crisis mode after 8 weeks of parenting through a pandemic. Mom i can sum up my mom can you do this mom its not working mommy i want this i want that all i want. Im fair. My own. With day cares an Elementary Schools closed across germany the pandemic has made motherhood and around the clock job again for many moms it means the challenge of managing both the kids and the office at home. In this meeting during meetings and video conferences shes right there the whole time its very distracting and hard to concentrate any of us have to whenever i was busy with him i was worrying about work and the things that i couldnt get done and you have to mans from work its really difficult 6. Months you just feel torn between child and job. For many women its often the career that suffers between working from home housework helping the kids with their homework and acting as their School Teacher or task that primarily fall on women. Sociologists say that while many men do offer support its women who bear the brunt of unpaid care work. Right now were seeing a real regression in terms of gender equality because we didnt finish the job before corona hit it by making sure that both house hold and paid work a distributed between men and women. Working mom or housewife or both at the same time some worry the pandemic could be reinforcing traditional gender stereotypes were already seeing that women struggle more in neck careers as a result of interruptions and part time work this has negative repercussions both in the short and long term. Right now the playground gives these moms a well deserved break but sharing the burden of this crisis requires a more concerted effort from everyone. Now to kenya where a 2nd wave of. Descended on east africa is to mates indicate it will be 20 times worse than the swarms that made their way through that region 2 months ago the ses they look at spurs and increase it into traits to Food Security and livelihoods this is home for the same blue tribe and since recently millions of locusts the terrain is difficult but locust track is working for the you when food and Agriculture Organization only have 2 helicopters locals often go by foot you know my lets talk a lot just places thats going to be accessible by i hold my back so if were sometimes youre close you can talk before coming to us in the valleys locust swarms can engulf heck tears of land and as they eat their own body weight each day the swarms devour practically everything in their path the World Bank Warns that the horn of africa could lose more than 7000000000. 00 euros worth of crops crops like moses motors tomatoes. 3 sim i dont know whether god will send us any angels the truth is that we farmers have been totally wrecked nuff its obvious will be wiped out regular rainfall has been contributing to the explosion of the locust population and the covered 19 crisis is slowing down the fight against this investigation. 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