The program they expected a quiet wedding at the city hall far from their friends because of the pandemic. Was something of a blast from the past a tribe in waiting with 30 cars 60 friends and one has come. Hello im terry martin good to have you with us germany is back in business but teach the option to shut down again thats the word from chance im going to announce the easing of some coronavirus lockdown measures in the coming weeks germanys states will now manage the gradual reopening of more businesses and schools but it will be a balancing act between preventing infection and allowing public life to resume. In the town of vine ma in central germany restaurants and cafes have already started to reopen customers must be seated outside with their need 2 people allowed per table itself service and there are strict hygiene rules but for many this is more than enough doses. Its wonderful its liberating and healthy i think. Its nice to see how happy its joyful crews could be for the record im happy to be able to go out again with a group from saturday more restaurants and cafes across germany as well as all shops will start to reopen as part of the next phase in relaxing lockdown restrictions but there will be regional variations due to germanys federal division of power as. We have seen Good Progress as far as the number of new infections is concerned that means we can now take further steps. But we have to be careful to keep control of the Emergency Response mechanism we have to fed it means i can feel quite confident. That means that if the number of infections rises too high in any region tougher restrictions must be introduced there but for now its up to the 16 state governments to decide how and when to reopen daycare facilities restaurants and hotels social distancing rules are to be extended for another month although members of 2 separate households can now meet large events like concerts remain banned until the end of august but the bundesliga football season will be allowed to resume in mid may with strict rules in place. Germany is gradually reopening albeit with restrictions but these regained freedoms will only last as long as the corona virus infection rate remains under control. Our Political Correspondent keep bradys covering this story for us kate germany is coming out of the law for the most part what does this say about where the pandemic is right now in germany well im going back on so summarize that quite simply yesterday in that press conference saying that its safe to say the 1st phase of this pandemic is now behind germany but that we are here in germany still in the early phases in the fight against this virus and that it will be something that germany still has to tackle for a long time to come but of course there was a lot of pressure growing in recent days both from the business sector and also from those state premiers on the 16 states say in germany to ease restrictions and in the end of that pressure had a huge effect on the results of those talks yesterday and the relaxed measures that were expecting to see put in place in the next couple of days but lets not forget all of these relaxations are in the condition on the condition the social distancing is still a did too and german people here all expected to still follow those rules and angloamerican has made it clear that until there is a vaccine covert mining is something that germanys still going to have to live with as part of this new normal is that not a huge risk kate that this relaxation of the law will calls a 2nd wave of infections perhaps bigger than the 1st. That certainly is a risk and its a concern thats been raised as well on several occasions just even a couple of days ago again by the Public Health institute here in germany the robert cock institute and the president of the roma caucus issues said just the other day that it is with great certainty he said in his words that there will be a 2nd wave and this is something that both the state governments and the federal government are now preparing for and as we heard that in the report and a mouthful made it clear yesterday that should there be an increase in acute cases all of cloven 19 its specifically 2 specific districts in germany then it will be the states individual responsibility to ensure that restrictions of re implemented so we could see waves of mini lockdowns depending on how and whether the number of new cases in germany does indeed increase in the coming months germany states as you say do have a lot of freedom in terms of how far and how fast they go and relaxing restrictions that lead to a lot of difference is that working out well what weve seen so far is indeed germanys federal system in action of course there is advantages to that in many states have decided to take it upon themselves to take a more tog approach to tackling the restrictions and also more importantly how they are relaxed at the moment but of course so far we have also seen a bit of peer pressure between the state premiers and it seems so father whatever one state premier goes the others on very far behind kate thanks so much from d. W. Political correspondent kate pretty. Is a roundup of some of the latest pandemic news from around the world more than 3700000 people have been infected or confirmed to be infected with the corona virus globally with more than 260000 deaths of course thats according to data from Johns HopkinsUniversity Thailand has confirmed 3 new cases and no new deaths in the last 24 hours spain has extended its state of emergency for 2 more weeks from sunday and turkey says it has brought the outbreak under control and will set out new social guidelines of Business Practices to prevent a resurgence. At least 8 people have died after again after gas leaked from a chemical factory in india the factories located in the city of the csicop hundreds of people have been rushed to hospital and almost 3000 evacuated from nearby villages footage shows people suffering from nausea and apparent dizziness or just lying on the street a south korean form that owns the factory says the gas leak has now been brought under control. To find out more were joined now by d. W. Correspondent when youre a child dari in delhi and there were getting reports of several People Killed numerous injuries in that gas leak what more can you tell us. Well the situation is why panicked like now from the reports of a common false midnight accounting party in one of the chambers of the as you call them up it leaked and it may. Have led to a dead including that of the chinese it has led to hundreds being hospitalized people little inhaled this gas they were disturbing ritual which came out of people and unconscious on the streets so victim accounts have come out which say that since it was someones so they were sleeping with their windows open and then lived in the dead of the night that they couldnt leave their skin started running there i started watching it and out of the house and people just started falling unconscious something hitting the gas so at the moment multiple villages and im going to kilometers radius around the plant multiple diligence and in that t. D. s have been evacuated im going to the operation of actually going on multiple villages affected what kind of gas are we talking about here what does the factory produce well theyre not really confirmed reports again but some reports saying that it is the gas so this is the lord in the meeting look which is basically. Whats the title plastic which is used in the making of toys in the plants and. Loves to dance. So this gas his use in the making of that and if you there are reports that it was. Fun to actually to want to do that can actually be fatal especially for Young Children so the gas is quite toxic in need so and that is why we have seen images of people in hundreds running around the streets and we didnt want ambulance how sort of dealing with the situation. Well immediate measures have been taken as i mentioned as you operations are going along the Prime Minister has taken note of the situation he even called up and meeting with the n d m e which is the National Disaster management of 20 and the same a quantity is also working to those we would the government of state to which this tragedy has happened so as a moment to the devil of things going to. The death toll which we have a number of into the which are in the boat its need increase as more reports come out were hearing from the company l. G. Chem that the situation is under control is as you mentioned is there still any risk to Public Health at this point at the moment i think you just want to see that i mentioned it in the developing story and a ghastly even invest in disaster which as history shows us has lead to long term impacts when evidence has happened so as long as the impact on Public Health the concern i think we need to wait for more detail deports an expert analysis on what exactly this gas can lead to one and receiving in fact coming out and there are thank you very much for bringing us up to date there that was manure dari in delhi. Heres a look at some of the other stories making headlines around the world today the Italian Coast Guard has impounded the rescue ship island cordie in sicily saying it has found technical irregularities the ship with picks which picks up migrants in the mediterranean will be held by authorities until sorties say the issues have been thinks. Chinas exports unexpectedly rose by 3. 5 percent in april despite the ongoing covert 19 pandemic and its destructive effect on the Global Economy but the outlook for chinas exports remains bleak as the Health Crisis around the world sparks fear of a global recession. And Economic Activity in russia has plunged by 3rd because of the lockdown which was imposed in late march president Vladimir Putin has warned could be more restrictions as the growth of buyers continues to spread. In the midst of a pandemic couples around the globe are still trying to make their weddings memorable in a positive way in one german city the mayor is offering a helping hand a drive in ceremony thats quite a production for this wedding is going hollywood sort of janine in Philip Schultz tie the knot at a dislike to drive in theater they guest on their cars because of the coronavirus only a wedding for 2 was planned but then im gonna hurt my brothers out of work. On thursday i was called to see if we would like to from the Registry Office would carry out the wedding himself and of course we said yes without thinking yes there could be 30 cars we didnt count on that otherwise we could only have celebrated a loan at the Registry Office. The cars all decorated in the colors of the Bundesliga Club for tuna dusseldorf a wish of the newlyweds theyre big fans then things got serious by now i mean my name is thomas gazal i am the master of the city of dusseldorf is my main job that im no guillory register as a Part Time Job this is an activity particularly enjoyed doing. The muffled sound from the car radios the separating plexiglas it doesnt matter if it takes the spotlight away from the romance movie where you are now legally connected spouses by law wouldnt any you. Guess congratulate the happy couple with a concert of beeping from behind the wheel perfect with the horns you know exactly great feeling it couldnt be nicer. And overjoyed bride and groom no fireworks in the world could change that. Just row under the top story were following for you here today on the news and more german businesses are getting ready to reopen as the country moves to further relax coronavirus restrictions schools also gradually resume but school but social distancing rules will remain until at least june 5th lockdowns could be reimposed affections spike again. And finally the German Electronic band concerts back has lost one of its founding members Florian Schneider has died at the age of 73 after suffering from cancer comes back achieved International Fame with a 970 s. With hits like out of bon and trans europe express bands play and hearing electronic sound is credited with influencing china as ranging from hip to techno we leave you now with the music. This state of emergency is the. People around the world are documenting these dramatic times. And theyre keeping a corona diary and welcoming us into their lives they let us get as a close and personal as the pandemic will allow. 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