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France eases lockdown

France has eased its national lockdown in a move aimed at trying to restart the economy.

France has eased its national lockdown in a move aimed at trying to restart the economy. Carole Gillorin is a market trader in the Medoc area of France, and tells us she's worried about the health risk of resuming trade this week for the first time in two months. Philippe d'Ornano is chief executive of French cosmetics company Sisley, and president of the French Movement for Mid-sized Companies, and offers a business viewpoint. And we get a wider perspective on the move from Sophie Pedder, Paris bureau chief of The Economist. Also in the programme, in spite of a recent easing of lockdown restrictions in India, in some parts of the country millions of migrant labourers are still trying to get home. The Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ's Rahul Tandon reports that is causing a labour shortage in many parts of India. Plus, we hear how Kate Ashwell and her husband Will, who have had to close their vintage clothing store and cafe in Bristol, England, have started delivering hundreds of afternoon teas each week to isolated relatives who are sharing the experience over video calls instead.

(Picture: Customers wait outside a Paris department store. Picture credit: Getty Images.)

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