in switzerland smiles and celebrations after it opened its borders with germany and austria and now unmarried couples in long distance relationships can give united once again previously only people who are married live in a registered partnership or have children together could dentist switzerland and in austria tight security remains on its border with germany but despite relief that the crossing is open once more travelers still have reservations. asking me to stay as it's for me this has been a real challenge because me my girlfriend are expecting a baby and she lives across an order in bavaria. up until now we could hardly meet if i was going to get easier now in. europe isn't in the clear over the covert 19 pandemic yet but at last there seems to be something to say cheers about. time now to take a look at some of the other stories making news around the world. kenya's president hu of kenyatta has announced that the country will close its borders with tense india and somalia in a statement on saturday he also extended an existing dusk to dawn curfew and a ban on movement in and out of t

lift lifting the restrictions to france to austria to switzerland deeply convinced this is a very important signal especially for those citizens who live next to the to the borders and certainly in a lot of reach and. the economy is linked to each other very intensively and it's very important for the people on both sides of the border that we lift these restrictions now mr my you're from the c.s.u. this is the ruling party and the biggest party in the state of bavaria and bavaria as we've been known to many of our international viewers is really a tourism hot spot not just within the e.u. but also internationally are you under any pressure from the tourism industry within a very all from a neighboring austria for instance to try and open the borders. certainly we are in a very intensive dialogue and discussion with the tourism industry but on the other hand. i'm deeply convinced that everyone understood that we had to impose this boss to restrictions and all the and also to impose these border controls because specially in austria and italy there was in a very dynamic spread off the corona

this is why we expect the maybeg in switzerland, going straight to 10%. compared to 3% as a starting point before the coronavirus crisis. we don't expect inflation in switzerland like for the rest of europe, and also because the swiss franc is very strong, as an asset of people, with investors, appreciate a lot the oftiment currencies including the swiss franc. and this is another reason of the strengthening of a lack of inflation in switzerland. switzerlandation in is very much supported by the combination of government interventions and of the swiss -- thel bank, which first one is like for all totral banks, but liquidity help the economy, and also thanks to government spending. francine: thank you so much for .oining us, christoph donnee let's go straight to the bloomberg first word news in new york city with ritika gupta. ritika: vice president mike pence has been self-isolating from the white house. on friday his press aide was diagnosed with the coronavirus. that brought the virus into president trump's inner circle. new york has reported its lowest

in switzerland smiles on celebrations off to is hoping its borders with germany and austria and now unmarried couples in long distance relationships can be viewed united once again previously only people who are married live in a registered partnership will have children together could anticipate finland and you don't stray a tight security remains on its border with germany but despite relief that the crossing is open once more chapman is still have reservations. after me because this is for me this has been a real challenge because me my girlfriend are expecting a baby and she needs a cross and in bavaria. up until now we could hardly meet i was going to get easier now. to. europe isn't in the clear over the covert 19 pandemic yet but at last the seems to be something to see about. oneself and let's have a look now at all of the latest developments in the krona virus endemic spain's government says it will seek a fresh extension of its state of emergency that will last about a month until the transition out of walked on is completed british researchers are launching a trial to see whether d

few days and from june the 15th there will be no more checks at the borders with france austria and switzerland i'm hoping that the border controls that the polish and czech friends currently do have will also be lifted in the forseeable future. however both warsaw and prague say they are keeping the restrictions in place for the foreseeable future in switzerland smiles and celebrations after it opened its borders with germany and austria and now unmarried couples in long distance relationships can give united once again previously only people who are married live in a registered partnership will have children together could dentists with and and in austria tight security remains on its border with germany but despite relief that the crossing is open once more travelers still have reservations. they have to make it this it's for me this has been a real challenge because my girlfriend are expecting a baby and she needs across an order in bavaria. up until now we could hardly meet you i was going to get easier now in. europe isn't in the clear over the covert 19 pandemic yet but at last there see

in switzerland smiles and celebrations after it opened its borders with germany and austria and now unmarried couples in long distance relationships can be very united once again previously only people who are married live in a registered partnership will have children together could dentis with them and and in austria tight security remains on its border with germany but despite relief that the crossing is open once more travel is still have reservations. they have to make it as it's for me this has been a real challenge because me my girlfriend are expecting a baby and she needs across an order in bavaria. up until now we could hardly meet i was going to get easier now in. europe isn't in the clear over the covert 19 pandemic yet but at last there seems to be something to say cheers about. people have demonstrated again in several german cities against the government's coronavirus restrictions this. some of those measures being lifted on friday thousands of demonstrators in cities it's in stuttgart munich berlin and duesseldorf called for a complete end to the long protests have been held s

switzerland's story isn't unique. but on one side of town, luxury watchmakers and jewellery shops, the offices of the united nations and the world bank, whilstjust a few kilometres away, hundreds queue up for basic food, bags of pasta, tins of soup. here, it is perhaps more stark. rich preston, bbc news. the self—proclaimed "architect of rock ‘n‘ roll" richard penniman, better known as little richard, has died of bone cancer at the age of 87. in a statement his lawyer said "little richard passed away this morning in tennessee — he was loved by his family and adored by millions". david sillito looks back at his life. # wop—bop—a—loo—mop alop—bom—bom. # tutti frutti, oh rutti.# little richard and tutti frutti — nothing had sounded quite like this before. and while it would be going too far to say he invented rock and roll, he was certainly one of the founding fathers. i wanted to sound different. me and the young kids, we was tired of all those slow tracks, we wanted to boogie. lucille, long tall s

switzerland's story isn't unique. one side of town, luxury watchmakers and jewellery shops, the office of the united nations and the world bank, while just the united nations and the world bank, whilejust a the united nations and the world bank, while just a few kilometres away, hundreds queue up kilometres away, hundreds queue upfor kilometres away, hundreds queue up for basic food, bags of pasta, tins of soup, here, it is perhaps more stark. rich preston, bbc news. guiding a country out of lockdown may appear to pose more challenges than imposing one in the first place, but denmark seems to be making it work. it was one of the first countries to ease restrictions after containing the virus early on, as gene mackenzie reports. go on, peer into the future. bank holiday beers, saturday mornings at the nail shop. this is life after lockdown. it's like normal life almost! laughter it's weird, such a little thing, like, getting your nails done, but, yeah, it feels nice. how does it feel... to be reopened? i'm so happy! bu

switzerland's story isn't unique. but one side of town, luxury watchmakers and jewellery shops, the offices of the united nations and the world bank, whilstjust a few kilometres away, hundreds queue up for basic food, bags of pasta, tins of soup, here, it is perhaps more stark. rich preston, bbc news. and there is plenty more on the coronavirus on our website. you can also read this article written by one of the bbc‘s producers on how he used technology to stay in touch with his dying mother in hospital. she'd needed urgent surgery but had also been kept in isolation due to suspected covid—19. there's a guide to the technology he used to comfort her in her last waking moments at the bottom of the page. and just before a go. with zoos and aquariums closed to visitors in countries across the world, some animals are getting the chance to explore. this japanese aquarium in yokohama has shared these videos online of penguins doing their daily exercise around the grounds and getting the chance to meet neighbours, like s

switzerland's story isn't unique. but on one side of town, luxury watchmakers and jewellery shops, the offices of the united nations and the world bank. whilst just a few kilometres away, hundreds queue up for basic food, bags of pasta, tins of soup. here, it is perhaps more stark. rich preston, bbc news. the united states is by far the country hardest hit by coronavirus but within it, the state of hawaii has a relatively low number of infections with just over 600 cases. however, the economic impacts has been felt hard — the island state gets the bulk of its income from tourism, an industry devastated by the crisis. tom george is a reporterfor kitvii island news in hawaii. he explained how the state discouraged visitors by requiring them to self—quarantine for 1h days. we have this mandatory quarantine and state leaders here have really had to balance the health of the island community with having tourists. as you said, we rely on tourism and we really are the only state that has this really strict ban coming thr

switzerland's story isn't unique. but on one side of town, luxury watchmakers and jewellery shops, the offices of the united nations and the world bank, whilstjust a few kilometres away, hundreds queue up for basic food, bags of pasta, tins of soup. here, it is perhaps more stark. rich preston, bbc news. now the united states is by far the country ha rdest—hit by coronavirus — but within it, the state of hawaii has a relatively low number of infections — with just over 600 cases. however, the economic impacts has been felt hard — the island state gets the bulk of its income fom tourism — an industry devestated by the crisis. tom george is a reporter for kitvii island news. he joins us from honolulu. thank you very much for being with us. we all know right around the world hawaii is full, relies on tourism, but of course with people not being able to travel, what are the impacts their? well, that is the catch—22. that is what a lot of wines are having. we have this mandatory quarantine and state leaders her

borders to help revive the continent's summer tourist season and battered economy france austria and switzerland say that they'll start relaxing their coronavirus closures as early as this weekend germany and some other e.u. states will open their borders by june the 50 s. others though are not convinced spain which has the world's 5th highest death toll plans to keep its borders shop until at least july thousands of people in england meanwhile have gone back to work for the 1st time in 7 weeks but leaders in scotland wales and northern ireland say it's too early to relax restrictions and china has placed a 2nd city under lockdown this week after a cluster of more than 20 cases were discovered in jean well the european union's a summer holiday season is worth $160000000000.00 with tourism providing 15000000 jobs and the e.u. says the industry is at risk of collapse unless urgent measures are taken that the reports from paris. a glimpse of war going on a holiday in some parts of europe will look like this summer barriers separating sun loungers on the greek island of santorini not the beach exper

he and his daughter tania have flown more than 13 hours from their home in switzerland to see her but it's a bittersweet reunion my is not sure who they are. we all have that this is bruce idea right yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah well yeah yeah yeah i know. 'd 'd 'd 'd 'd 'd why i was just 50 and running a michelin starred restaurant with her husband when she was diagnosed with alzheimer's 9 years ago 'd 'd it was devastating for the family she knew. what's what's coming and she was crying every morning. and one morning i remember i said to my oh no i promise you want to sing i would always do the best for you or worse for me not for anybody else just for you and she was kissing me on saying thank you so much. that she scared were you scared i will scared she was. my as home is now a villa at the bon cam one child aged care center in chiang mai thailand her family brought her here 2 years ago when it became apparent she needed 24 hour to hand them rent them again it came with the simple ok you know you know your history. but this is going on for 10 years and it is slowly. taking her apart

yesterday, the continued inflationary trend and the outright deflationary trend in switzerland. the numbers in europe in inflation on price change are simply grim, and you are dead on about unemployment. overnight, goldman sachs readjusted their unemployment rates, and they get steve englander of standard chartered bank, a stunning statistic, francine -- 25% unemployment rates modeled out now by goldman sachs. and of course we get claims at 8:30 this morning. francine: we will have plenty more on that throughout the day. it's good to first word news with richie good -- let's go to first word news with they take a to first-- let's go word news with ritika gupta. ritika: wanted to play all sides of the equation, reopening the country too soon could lead to coronavirus flareups. he warned about the impact on children in schools reopened. president trump called that comment unacceptable. has seizedortedly the mobile phone of the intelligence committee, richard burr. after a closed-door briefing on the threat of the coronavirus. his office has denied any wrongdoing. it is prime minst

control says some of germany's neighbors are being eased this includes luxembourg france austria and switzerland the goal is to resume free travel within the e.u. by mid june just in time for some holiday but it all still depends on keeping the virus in check. the endless beaches of france and the majestic mountains of austria in any normal summer german tourists love to head for these and many other european beauty spots but because of the corona virus the route to germany's neighbors has been blocked at the borders for many the pandemic has given travel a new importance. just gets a lot of courses about our health all around the world but they can't take away our freedom to travel and not because of corona or an economic crisis and of the tough to do that but in front of i'd like to go to spain i don't yet know if that's possible it depends if the spanish open their border at the moment there's no sign maybe we'll know in 4 weeks if you will. but there is a sign from the german government how it plans to reopen its frontiers the border with belgium and the netherlands was never closed from tod

freedom of movement but the coronavirus put a stop to that cross border travel to neighboring austria switzerland and france was limited to those with an urgent reason to move now the interior minister has announced a road map to get the roads open again. that is simply that if people continue to show discipline observe the hygiene rules and wear face coverings then in spite of the easing of restrictions during may not only here but across europe we can foresee that the borders will be open on the 15th of june. 5th and 6th. race if a. border points which were closed completely will be reopened and there will only be random checks by police all 4 countries have agreed to review their policies in mid june and there are hopes of freeing up travel to germany's other neighbors as well but the minister warned if the virus spreads the rules could change again that is in line with the cautious exit strategy set out by angela merkel on wednesday the chancellor was facing questions in the bundestag the unknown is that now it's a lift if not accepted all these previously unimaginable limitations in our live

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 won't impose quarantine for now on people traveling between the 2 countries paris is one of the world's most visited cities they look down has been eased but more humans museums hotels and restaurants remain closed the french government has advised people to holiday in france this year after 2 months a home some people can't wait to travel. abroad and friends 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 can't stop living more than $6000000.00 tourism jobs in need you 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 bloke who talks about how just 0 powers the u.k. economy shrank by 2 percent in the 1st 3 months of the year and there were fears it could get much much worse on wednesday some versions of

s 1st travel bubble while austria has agreed to open its borders with germany switzerland and stein in mid june. and germany is preparing to relax entry rules for all travelers from the e.u. the travel zone and the u.k. the interior ministry says quarantine will only be recommended if people are coming from countries with high numbers of infections travelers from countries will still face a 2 week quarantine. so head on al-jazeera and ferret out break the fast covered $9000.00 cases reported in a refugee camp in bangladesh. colo we got more heavy rain into southern parts of chart of the seasonal downpours these of course just pushing out to the southwest of china in sioux the eastern side of the country rowing across the east china sea and heading towards the korean peninsula and also into japan so there's that west of weather that conveyor of heavy downpours which will push their way into the southern half of japan much of honshu seeing some rather wet weather on the cool side for take a at around 20 degrees celsius on saturday off new ones up nicely as it brightens up on sunday the s

which have contains the virus would open up while others would keep restrictions in place germany and switzerland are among the countries partially relaxing their controls as early as this weekend our correspondent is in paris she explains that not all countries are on board with this plan. well we just heard from the vice president of the european commission you outlined the commission's rescue plan for the tourism industry now what she said was that many countries have to of course close the e.u. to close its borders in march at the beginning really of the current virus pandemic in the european union but the some countries should now look at reopening their borders lifting those restrictions now she said that it's not the european commission's a place to prescribe how and when countries do that but we know that some countries have already started looking at this discussing this germany for example announced today that it intends to open its border with france switzerland and austria britain and france have already discussed free travel between the 2 countries so without any quarantine measures

the green light to produce a coronavirus antibody test that follows approval for a test produced in switzerland which scientists claim is 100 percent accurate the test shows whether there's ever been covert $1000.00 infection but it's not yet clear whether the antibodies provide permanent immunity a spokesman for the prime minister boris johnson said the tests are quote a potential game changer as a way to ease restrictions in england only some workers have been allowed to go back and people can also spend more time of sight but there are concerns that moving too fast could spark a 2nd wave of infections the u.k. is one of the hardest hit countries in the world with more than 33000 reported that's just one home has more from london. the concern is now quite widespread that this is happening far too soon to talk too fast albeit these are only the very slightest teasings of the lock down and only here in england the devolved administrations in northern ireland scotland and wales have continued to be cautious they're not taking the steps just yet but here as of the beginning of this week if you wo

their former president of switzerland and chair of the global commission on drug policy thank you. thank you health experts are warning the pandemic could lead to a surge in mental health problems as a growing number of people turn to drugs and alcohol to cope a federal u.s. emergency hotline reported a 1000 percent increase in calls and i pull well a new poll found nearly half of americans say the crisis is affecting their mental health john hendren reports from chicago it 13 jennifer jimenez became the face on a 1000 fashion magazines my life literally went from growing up and went outside us argentina where there is dirt roads and donkeys run around all over to becoming a supermodel overnight just like that then after ending years of cocaine and alcohol addiction she went from the youngest model to grace the cover of elle to the front of recovery today now she says she fears a pandemic of drug addiction within the coronavirus pandemic there isn't it and. you know. it's. i think now it's. i think that there are people. that's out drinking. those her husband tim ryan is a former h

but he never actually trained to be a banker for most 20 years he worked in logistics in australia switzerland and points in asia. he also met his wife in asia in 2015 they decided to open a bakery together. i was really really surprised at how german food lived the outbreak i was like wow if we do open the big feet then you know that is fine then this is a different lifestyle is something where we can both work together because in a previous job he was always he was separate we know so now this is like you know before all of us can do it together as a team the great desert expedition vehicle accomplishes its mission it's on the road in brandenburg from 70 to 80 days a year mostly at markets and festivals these are seems to appreciate the fresh bread service as well it's a bit of unfortunately the last real baker fresh bread closed shop over a year ago that was a shame all we've got now are the industrial bakeries on supermarkets there aren't that many bakeries left here in the region so it's a good way to supply. well with freshly baked bread again. only one of you wants to know preserve it i

bubble austria has agreed to open its borders with germany switzerland and that since time in mid june. iran is reporting its highest number of new infections in more than a month while the 2000 cases were reported iran has gradually lifted restrictions since the end of last month the independent police complaints council in hong kong says the force generally acted within guidelines during last year's protests though it said there was room for improvement the watchdog has been looking into allegations of misconduct and for tallahassee. dozens of palestinians holding friday prayers were injured after israeli forces 5 to guess what happened in some way of it in the occupied west bank illegal israeli settlements have already been built and much of the area around the village. the headlines more news here after p.l.o. history of a revolution. 948 the state of israel was proclaimed. palestine was lost. 16 years later in 1964 the palestine liberation organization or the p.l.o. was founded. made up of different factions the p.l.o. has been at the heart of the struggle to regain palestine ever

a job for the bread as that expedition vehicle a mobile bakery once used by the military in neutral switzerland where the need was probably not quite as an agent. the swiss had 168 of these vehicles about one for every part of their army they were meant to supply the military in the field of course they've never been used since the army just exercised with them. in the early 2000 song all these mobile bakeries were decommissioned and sold off. and i got hold of number 130. space in the expedition vehicle has to be used up to many it has a meeting machine a water tank and a gas tank the rest is done by hand the metal bakery is entirely self-sufficient it could produce bread and a real business. is the drawbacks of the small baking space and a positive light. for mobile bakeries in general it's of course not ideal to have such limited space because it means less freedom to move. but on the other hand it's interesting how you start to work more efficiently and effectively. you have to get a different perspective on your craft. unesco has listed german bread culture as an intentional cultural herit

you mentioned switzerland. the kansas citys, and the madison, wisconsins, and the denver, colorados, those have been underserved by venture capital. as both you and sand hill road figures out you know, we can do a lot of this remote. >> and there are great entrepreneurs building companies in places other than big city centers. a lot of the sectors that we are excited about watching growth, a full rebuild of the financial services sector. sectors where women dominate, health care and education sectors. there might be a massive opportunity for new ideas to be generated in these communities that don't rely on major city centers and the let people know that we actually can build new companies, right, that just because you weren't an entrepreneur before because you didn't think you were in the right space or the right, you know, network, doesn't mean that you don't have an opportunity now to build a really great company and that there are tons of venture capitalists out there who will be willing to back you. and in

she fell in love with a disaster aid worker from switzerland they got married and had a child. today the woman who once attended an islamic school as a child sees herself as a citizen of the world she divides her time between subang and switzerland and between sharia law and twist in abundance. back home she runs a hotel that has won many awards most of her guests are foreigners while most of her employees all single women. so many women suffer and in my place especially where we can kind of and talk i can't even make decision about my own marriage i cannot even make a decision of my study because we are a woman everything we said is a no no and i think i am extreme in this because i have been pushed down any been hiding he didn't under the under the cupboard or under the like a dead case you know about i want to open it up now because i think it's so important that i could help other woman to feel like. they are not alone you know and they are not wrong and they are good enough. baucus says she hasn't turned her back on the. only on the version of it propagated as the right an

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 won't impose quarantine for now on people traveling between the 2 countries paris is one of the world's most visited cities the look down has been eased but more humans 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 can't wait to travel. abroad and friends will be averted i have a holiday home in spain and want to go but for now there are restrictions but i want to go we can't stop living more than 6000000 tourism jobs in need you could be lost unless the industry is revived the european commission says the challenge is to encourage the sec does recovery but prevent a resurgence of coronavirus cases or risk is spreading even further across the bloke who talks about just 0 hours. thousands of people in england have gone back to work for the 1st time in 7 weeks the find the return people were urged not to use public transport were poss

measures german interior minister abbas they hope by says agreements have been reached with france switzerland and austria to ease travel restrictions starting on saturday a border checks with luxembourg will be entirely lifted from that day and similar measures are being discussed with denmark germany closed its borders to all but essential travel almost 2 months ago. or more before groom our political correspondent kate brady is following the story for us hi kate give us the latest on this announcement. well that press conference where these measures are being announced is just coming to an end right now a lot of the details still being questioned but what we know so far is that indeed as you say there will be a relaxed border checks the in the coming days out of the 15th of may with friends austria and switzerland but there will still be some checks in place but with look some back however all of the border controls are being lifted and we can expect to see a similar situation with denmark as well for the german interior minister said that that would most likely be possible once denmark has

or basically as of saturday may 15th there will be relaxed controls on the borders of france switzerland and austria and on the border of looks and border controls will be completely lifted and that could also be the case even with denmark as well but the whole civil for and the medical research as well during the chances question time that the plan is to have you free free travel across the e.u. by made june but of course in the meantime germany's global travel warning still remains in place around our political correspond kate brady there for us thank you . as germany and many other countries across europe loosen lockdown measures the aviation industry is preparing for a resurgence in passenger numbers depending on the airline that could mean a radically different airport and on board experience let's take a look at what taking to the skies might involve. flying during a pandemic passengers on board this booked out ryanair flight from london to lisbon may have been wearing masks but they weren't able to keep much distance from each other. all over the world airlines are having to conte

she fell in love with a disaster aid worker from switzerland they got married and had a child. today the woman who once attended an islamic school as a child sees herself as a citizen of the world she divides her time between subang and switzerland and between shari'a law and western abundance. back home she runs a hotel that has won many awards most of her guests are foreigners while most of her employees all single women. so many women suffer and in my place especially where we can kind of and talk i can't even make decision about my own marriage i cannot even make a decision of my study because we are a woman everything we said is a no no and i think i am extreme in this because i have been pushed down any been hiding he didn't under the under the cupboard or under the like a dead case you know but i want to open it up now because i think it's so important that i could help other woman to feel like. they are not alone you know and they are not wrong and they are good enough. barker says she hasn't turned her back on islam only on the version of it propagated as the right and

fresh direct coming in the heavy rain that will make its way through central parts of europe through switzerland pushing over towards southern parts of germany and heading over towards poland meanwhile across northern africa basin places that with one or 2 showers to the northwest. but. when these young street kids were filmed in burundi little could they have imagined that 30 years later they'd be reunited on camera. an intimate portrayal spanning a life time probes the twists and turns of friendship survival and the quest for meaning. in another life a witness documentary on al-jazeera. to the athlete. again you're watching al-jazeera remind our top stories this hour and libya's u.n. recognized government is promising to retaliate after forces loyal to the war not only for have to attack the capital's only functioning at least 3 civilians were killed in nearby residential areas. south korea's president says that is no reason to panic cause for a new coronavirus outbreak consoling to nightclubs enjoy and praised his country's efforts to contain the pandemic warned of a 2nd wave of infections th