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 over every car that wanted to cross the border now theyre only checking at random if you do get pulled over like that car behind me theyll ask you why you want to enter the country then you have to make their case to the officers and if they think your reason is good enough to let you through if they dont theyll turn you back and theyll escort you back across the border to austria michel so its random checking along that border what are some of the restrictions that will remain in place for certain. Ok so those restrictions have been eased just a little bit since yesterday so before that basically only people who were commuting for work for example or german citizens returning home they got to cross the border now that definition has been expanded that now includes people who want to visit Family Members on the other side of the border for example or people who have real estate on the other side that they need to tend to they now get to cross as well but still not possible its crossing for touristic purposes or for Shopping Trips for example michel i see so its still early and you likely havent had a chance to talk to many travelers but whats the collective significance for people who have an intention of crossing from one side to the other. Well look ok so 1st of all theres these people who live close to the border they routinely cross. Before the Current Crisis they would cross the border just as a normal routine in their daily life now at the moment they cant do that or only very restricted but on a bigger scale Holiday Season is coming up so people want to know if they can go on a Summer Holiday austria is one of the favorite destinations for german citizens they want to go to the mountains they want to enjoy their Summer Holiday there at the moment they dont know if they can do that now the border controls or the borders should be opened by june 15th but that is that depends highly on the number of infections self to germany teary minister said if those infections surge on either side of the border then that there that the plan that they have opening the borders by june 15th cant go ahead and even the easing of the restrictions that are taking place yesterday or last night will be will be walked back michael our correspondent boston hearting with the latest from the german austrian border much appreciated. Now on the other side of that border austria is also moving forward with the easing of coronavirus restrictions on friday the country took an important symbolic step by reopening its restaurants in traditional viennese cafes but strict safety guidelines will have to be observed its the new normal in the age of covert 19. A toast to a new beginning after more than 7 weeks restaurants and cafes in austria have been allowed to reopen but only if they follow strict guidelines. Staff must cover the nose and mouth. And tables have to be at least one metre apart with no more than 4 adults sitting together for many the welcome step says its made so its not a quite the same normal state as before but i think its good for everyone to get together again as most of you know people briefed off does not have to hope the laws are going to be a little more relaxed so that more people can come together. Zoos have also opened again as the government moves to lift restrictions across the country after bringing the number of new infections under control and keeping deaths relatively low. Art exhibitions the museums are also unlocking their doors that said initially. That i missed very modest life and desmond that you could visit museums online a bit but of course thats not the same as in real life even larger cultural events such as concerts are being allowed to restart gradually between now and august as long as organizers devise Safety Measures that meet the governments approval. For now though its a return to a semblance of normality but austrias approach is being closely watched by other countries also looking for ways of opening up the economy while preventing a 2nd deadly wave of the virus. Lets take a look now at some of the other stories making news around the world. Italy is easing krone virus restrictions allowing people to travel freely inside their home region as of monday and between regions starting june 3rd some International Travel to the country will also be allowed and a 14 day mandatory quarantine is being scrapped but local authorities will be able to reimpose travel limits if infection numbers spike. In northern india at least 23 Migrant Workers traveling in a truck have been killed in a collision its the latest deadly accident amid a nationwide lockdown aimed at containing the corona Virus Outbreak but no work and many urban laborers are attempting dangerous journeys to return to their home village or. To brazil now where the new Health Minister has quit after less than a month on the job is departure comes as the coronavirus pandemic rages in the country with hospitals overwhelmed in several cities despite the spread of covert 19 brazils far right president also narrow continues to downplay the virus and opposes lockdown measures. As brazil struggles to fight the pandemic the country has become one of the worlds hot spots for cope with 19 with the death toll now surpassing 800 people a day so the Health Ministers resignation could not come at a worse time. For i. V. The field life is made of choices and today i chose to leave i can say that i gave the best of myself to days that i was here during this period it is not simple to be in a Ministry Like this one juror in such a difficult period where sanofi to the throne to face ties didnt give any reason for his decision but its been clear he disagreed with president apl sonars promotion of a controversial and to malaria drugs to fight toby 19 and his push to reopen the economy. Our people are dying yes they are and they regret it but many more are going to die if the economy continues to be restricted to. A recent poll shows one 3rd of voters still back the president but more on happy with how hes dealing with the pain demick. News of the Health Minister resignation prompted by. In protests in major cities. Demonstrators accused boston r. O. Of recklessness and failing to save lives. To sport now and at long last the wait is almost over for his legal fans german football is returning after a 2 month suspension due to the corona Virus Outbreak of course has been so much talk about hygiene and empty stadiums but what about the actual football dortmund take on show in a crunch local derby on saturday while League Leaders by in munich are in action on sunday. Dortmund players will leave this tunnel later today and see exactly this a stadium empty of fans but despite the lack of atmosphere there will be plenty of passion on the pitch as the blunders leader resumes title challenges dortmund face arch local rival shelter in german football big darby coach Lucien Farber expects it to be a surreal experience doing that this is why i think this situation is a huge challenge for all coaches and all teams but we know what we have to do this is our job job so we asked for having to wear a mask on the sidelines weve got to do it. Miss and thats. The last time 2nd place dortmund played a good game in a packed stadium they boosted their outside title hopes with a 21 victory over a mention glad back a well worked when a from ashraf to kimi was symbolic of their attacking earth but shall cut off and raise their game against dortmund players mosques will be off for the darby as David Wagners side look to continue their push for a european spot. Training has been tweaked in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. Distance has been kept where possible but the tackles are likely to fly again storm and despite the eerie surroundings derby can honestly use it obvious that a very different to this with a full house and a great atmosphere. Is not to be surreal shame if theres no other way to do it then so be it. Without fans weve got to try and push ourselves somehow to push. The bundesliga played one game without fans in march when cloud back took on cologne as the Coronavirus Crisis began to hit. But this weekend will be totally new for most of the players who have been quarantined in hotels during the week to try to avoid infection. Leaders by munich face a tricky trip lin on sunday they are keeping themselves away from the cameras for now the defending champions of 4 points above dortmund with 9 games left but the title run in will be like nothing we have seen before. So there you have it the bundesliga kicks off this weekend as the 1st major league in europe to get back in action at mccambridge from sports is here to tell us more about this that ive got to start by by asking you why germany went forward with this despite the fact that many people say its an early restart for the season but this was bubbling over for a long time and a lot of the clubs in germany were using a lot of scary words are saying things like survival were going to go bust we need to get the football back on to survive and that was also coupled with the t. V. Companies saying to the d. F. L. The german f. A. Look we will pay the pool cost money to these clubs we will save these clubs from going broke if you get the games back on and we can show them on television we have to ask yourself you know theres a lot of other industries in germany which are also suffering at the moment so why the football and the government saying its very good for morale that so many football fans in germany lets get it back on its boost the mood to try and show people that look down you know its almost over so theres a lot of criticism about the decision but its going ahead and be interesting to see how this pans out some would argue is also part of the d. N. A. Of german and germanys but but but anyway moving on the there are reports of course that some players also voiced their concerns about this early restart that it might be too premature is that still the case or in this 1st house a lot of the players are saying do we really have to be guinea pigs for society here where it doesnt say really fair were the ones are going to go out they start training say go to different cities during a lockdown. And there was some plays in particular cloudy place of a had a brain when he came out and said well ive actually got a Family Member in a pretty poor physical condition so its not really fair for me to go out to training you know get infected with this virus and then take that home so he came out against it but over time i think a lot of these players are fall in line with what the club is once its you know the club needs to get the money it convince the players and its going ahead you know clearly this is not american football but its as anyone who knows whos played the sport it is in fact a contact sport so the question is how will these games proceed you think this weekend will there be the same aggressive play with for example tackling how is it going to change it all its going to look very different to normal football as we would you know theres no fans in the stadium among the other rules will be no hugging on the pitch theyll be no handshakes before the game the players wont come out the same tunnel for the match no mascots no spitting which is the referees going to have to try and enforce and also the coaches on the sidelines are only allowed allowed to remove their mosques when giving instructions i will have to stay a couple of metres away but like you say this is a contact sport and one of the big games today is the darby dortmund again youre not going to get those players to suddenly calm down theyre all going to be fired up and ready to get stuck into one another so how it actually plays out the pitch is going to be fascinating and a lot of these other leagues will be watching germany this weekend they want to get their league started to how things work out we very interesting mccambridge with d. D. Abuse where there was fantastic thank you so much thank you. This is g w news on michael loco fall of this year d w thanks for watching more news at the top of the hour as to see that. Thanks when the law rises cities will sink into the sea. Entire street