Measures company boss you on previously called the stay at home order is unconstitutional. Also coming up how can you read someones lips when theyre wearing a face mask thats a challenge facing deaf people around the world during the coronavirus and then they put a tailor in indonesia has sold a clever solution to make sure masks are not a conversation killer. Welcome to the program commemorations have been taking place to mark the end of the 2nd world war in europe on friday 75 years ago the allies accepted germanys unconditional surrender. Any had come to an end ceremonies this year have been scaled back because of the current Global Health emergency. All the same it has been day a day of remembrance and emotion starting right here in berlin. The bell rang out across berlin to mark the moment. Germanys president frank. And chancellor Angela Merkel maintained a suitable distance from each other at the countrys central memorial to the victims of war. Steinmeier said germanys neighbors
Measures to contain the corona virus thats despite fears of a spike in infection. And how can you bring in someones lips when theyre wearing a face mask well thats a challenge thats facing the death people around the world during the coronavirus tend to make but a tailor in indonesia has sown a clever solution to make sure mats are not a conversation killer. Im married to evanston its good to have you with us russia is marking the anniversary of the victory over nazi germany a day after the rest of europe today on the 9th of may thats because when the articles of surrender were signed late in the evening of may the 8th here in berlin it was already past midnight in moscow the annual parade on red square in the russian capital has been canceled along with all of them. Across russia. Correspondent and leisure when it looks now at how russians are marking the end of what they call the great patriotic war. Oh. Oh. A peoples war a sacred afore they sing for 70 years now students and alumni
Have arrested and charged a white father and son with his murder. And electric car maker tesla is in hot water after sending workers back to its california factory in apparent defiance of lockdown measures the company boss the mosque previously called the stay at home orders unconstitutional. Also coming up how can you read someones lips when theyre wearing a face mask thats a challenge facing deaf people around the world during the virus and demick but a tailor in indonesia has sown a club or solution to make sure masks are not a conversation killer. Welcome to the program commemorations have been taking place to mark the end of the 2nd world war in europe on friday 75 years ago the allies accepted. Germanys Unconditional Surrender the nazi tyranny had come to an end ceremonies this year have been scaled back because of the current Global Health emergency but all the same it has been a day of remembrance and emotion starting right here in berlin. The bell rang out across berlin to mar
Im serious i was gonna thank you for joining us across europe people are commemorating 75 years since the end of world war 2 on may 8th 1905 nazi germany gave its Unconditional Surrender to the allies many large scale events to commemorate the anniversary had been planned but they were scaled down due to the pandemic in berlin german chancellor Angela Merkel and president. Laid wreaths after his main memorial to victims of war and dictatorship in a solemn ceremony afterward steinmeyer said germans feel gratitude for the end of the nazi dictatorship the city of berlin has made may 8th a one off Public Holiday just this year. Well lets bring in our correspondent simon young hes covering this anniversary for us here in berlin hes standing just where the ceremony took place a little earlier hi simon we heard that the commemorations have been scaled back of course because of the pandemic how did it affect the ceremony. Where so many originally the German Authorities the german president wel
Im sorry we so much got to thank you for joining us germany is marking the end of the 2nd world war on the 8th of may 1905 the heads of the german army signed the articles of Unconditional Surrender to the allied powers in berlin the day is marked as victory in europe day by the western allies in germany the date has come to be seen as a day of liberation from nazi dictatorship now the main ceremony is about to start in berlin its being held at the german central memorial for the victims of war and dictatorship and we are following the ceremony there as we said about to begin in central berlin. And we have our chief Political Correspondent and a crane with us here in our studio and on the ground in central and following the commemorations for us is a simon young and simon i want to start with you tell us more about how this day is being remembered in germany. Well as you mentioned the 8th of may is the day of liberation in germany as its now referred to this year its been made for the