modern times women children we couldn't believe. chronicling the turbulent story of the struggle for a palestinian homeland deal known history of the revolution on al-jazeera. an experimental antiviral drug is authorized as an emergency treatment for covered 1000 patients in the u.s. . that i missed on the attack and this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up north korea's leader makes his 1st public appearance in almost 3 weeks after a room if he was seriously ill. malaysian authorities detained hundreds of migrant workers during a strict coronavirus lockdown. and with technology evolving to help us track and

contain the spread of carbon 19 we look at concerns about surveillance. now an experimental antiviral drug has been approved for imagine c. use in treating coronavirus patients in the united states 1500000 vials of the drug ring disappear will be distributed to hospitals from monday the regulator gave its approval after a government sponsored study showed medication shortened patients recovery time by about 31 percent and slightly improved tell us he rates while the boss of gilead sciences that's a company that makes for him to severe says they're increasing production. and we're also fully committed to continuing to expand the supply of this medicine and we started investing in this back in january as soon as we came in where the krona virus this is a long time to manufacture it used to be 12 months it's now 6 months our scientists

have brought that down and so as we get into the 2nd half of this year we're able to have many more supplies available to patients and we're fully committed to working and to present with you your ministration to make sure that patients and you can get this important new medicine well dr gregory poland is editor in chief of the general vaccine and also the director of the mayo clinic vaccine research group and he says all of the initial tests of the new drugs seem to be positive there's still a lot of research to be done. we have to remember this is the very 1st one it's a new drug being used for this and yet showed i would call it a bright spot in the search just what 90 days after being notified of this of a drug that looks like it's got very promising results so so this is the 1st drug that has in randomized double blind placebo controlled trials shown a significant difference in time to recovery in the end i studied it just

statistically missed showing the mortality benefit which is probably a function of the size of the study so this is this is good news we have not seen this with any of the other in type birol drugs that have been tried nor i drops the chlorophyll and so so this is an advance i think what we're seeing is it depends on the situation under which you use it if you use it early in the course of disease we're starting to see treatment benefits if you use it late in the course of disease i think it's much harder to show a benefit in addition and that's the reason for the clinical trials people in china may have been put on a whole variety of rewrite of the of different drugs and things so you really want to know what's the effect specifically of this entire viral holding him all on the kind of isolation that for now and now that developing story north korean state media says kim jong un has made his 1st public appearance in almost 3 weeks they

then it is reported they say the need to epping a festal as a factory that remains had been threatening about king's health and even possible that it's also been speculated that china sent a team of doctors to treat him the heart procedure went from correspondent rob fried joins us live now from seoul south korea's capital from despite all the remains over the last few weeks kim jong un is looking pretty healthy. it would appear to be this does seem to lay to rest all of these wild rumors that have been circulating for several weeks now in the absence of any official news about his whereabouts it should be pointed out with that we only have at the moment this one report issued through k. cna this is north korea's state run news agency but we have no reason to believe this didn't take place this and it was accompanied by these photographs appearing to show a smiling and well kim jong un this ribbon cutting ceremony accompanied by his

sister kim jung joan and one of the photographs is in front of a wall with the depiction describing the event and also giving the date of 1st of may this appeared to have happened yesterday this would be a fitting way of celebrating international workers day we are told in this report that there were rapturous applause from the workforce assembled assembled there but of course it was kim jong un missing an even more important date in north korea's calendar this was 2 weeks ago the annual celebration of the birth date of kim il sung the founding father of north korea and kim jong un's grandfather that started all of this speculation about what had become of him we had reports from one news website here in south korea that he had undergone some sort of cardiovascular procedure followed by other reports there was a network from the u.s. that quoted a source there in intelligence saying that he was gravely ill and then we had all

your it reporting from a japanese magazine saying that he was potentially brain dead even some defectors were well placed and prominent defectors here in south korea saying that they believed it actually died well all of these rumors do seem to have got a life of their own rob you mentioned they have younger 5th decade john now what the last few weeks of speculation has raised questions about who might succeed him . absolutely i mean it has been a reminder of just about the peculiar nature of this kim dynasty and the fact that there is so much power in the hands of one person the cult that surrounds the leader what happens if that leader suddenly isn't there what fills the vacuum or who indeed fills the void can you know john his sister potentially has been groomed as the heir apparent but it's by no means certain that she would have or could have taken over so it has raised concerns about this hermetic state north of the d.m.z. of course which has all these nuclear weapons i think this has also been

a reminder about kim jong un's health he seems to be healthy now but it does appear that there was something the reports about a medical team being dispatched from china that seems to be credible also reports that potentially he was recuperating in convalescence a family compound in one san this resort on the east coast that does seem to have had some credibility so it does appear that there was some sort of medical procedure he seems to be healthy now certainly his condition is not as bad as the rumor mill would have had us believe. they're speaking to us from cell thank you very much. now canada is banning assault style weapons after the country's deadliest mass shooting 2 weeks ago that ban comes into effect immediately but there will be a 2 year amnesty for people to dispose of weapons that they already own that you lack has more from toronto. after the worst mass shooting in canadian history the

most sweeping gun controls the country has ever introduced shocking and horrific images of the aftermath of a rampage by a lone gunman in nova scotia prompted the federal government to ban about $1500.00 types of semiautomatic military grade rifles the prime minister said it was time to get rid of guns that mostly harm human beings these weapons were designed for one purpose and one purpose only to kill the largest number of people in the shortest amount of time. there is no use and no place for such weapons in canada the list of prohibited weapons includes hundreds of versions of the a ar 15 assault rifle last used in a mass shooting in canada in 2017 when a gunman killed 6 men in a quebec city mosque such attacks are much rarer here than in the united states canadians are far more accustomed to hearing of mass killings across the border

such as the las vegas mass shooting that left 58 people dead in 2017. ban like this is widely supported in canada and polls indicate that's only increased since the events in nova scotia gun rights advocates say it's a politically expedient move that ignores the fact that most gun killings in canada come from illegal handguns smuggled across the u.s. border and not from assault weapons some measures in the new legislation are similar to those in new zealand which banned assault rifles and conducted a highly successful buyback program in response to the christ church mosque massacre last year canada 2 will offer a 2 year amnesty to existing legal owners of banned weapons and will offer compensation there may also be new laws coming to allow cities to ban handguns which are already tightly regulated gun control advocates of welcome the new measures and say they look forward to further action to make canada a much safer country. and you like to enter. a fuel tank explosion in

nigeria has killed at least one person and injured over a dozen others including a firefighter the fuel on the tank ignited after the vehicle rolled over and spilled its cargo and this happened right next to a petrol station in the city of lagos 5 fires were able to control the blaze before it reached the station this is the 2nd incident of its kind in the same city and less than a week. in germany there have been may day protests against restrictions on movement several people were detained in the capital berlin germany has eased some restrictions but social distancing is still being enforced in public 10163000 people are known to have been infected there and more than 6 and a half 1000 have died. now joe biden who is all but certain to take on donald trump and this is us election has spoken publicly to deny an allegation of sexual assault the accusation has been made by a woman who went to biden when he was

a seneca the former vice president insists it never happened from washington alan fischer reports. it still many to talk about the biting presidential campaign for weeks and it wasn't going away former senate aide tara reid claimed she was sexually assaulted when she what with then senator joe biden and allegations she only made public in the last few weeks an allegation biden could no longer ignore no it is not true i'm saying on a quickly it never never happened didn't they never happened i don't remember any type of complaint she may have made it was 27 years ago and i don't remember nor does anyone else that i'm aware of democrats have been pushed to address the allegation in the last few days speaker nancy pelosi who endorsed by this week insisted she has no doubts about the former vice president i have a great comfort level with the situation as i see it with all the respect in the

world for any woman who comes forward. republicans accuse democrats of double standard saying they would ignoring the allegation against their presidential hopeful while they piled on one supreme court justice brett kavanaugh was accused of sexual assault the for his eventual confirmation more than 20 women have accused president donald trump of sexual assault he was also caught on tape of bragging of assaulting women he denies all the allegations and offered to put support to joe biden at the white house on thursday you know. it could be false accusations i know all about false accusations have been falsely charged numerous times and there is such a thing one political analyst says republicans will use the one allegation against joe biden to continue to attack him one of the things that the trump people do in their strategic. movers is they don't try to claim to be superior they trying to create moral equivalence so they say you're just as bad as i am

which makes you a hypocrite which makes you worse you know and you know it's very if that what did you joe biden knew he could no longer ignore the allegation against him he's ahead in the polls particularly with women he'll be hoping by addressing it no it won't continue to be an issue in november election alan fischer al-jazeera washington. still ahead on al-jazeera. just coronavirus lockdown is extended for another 2 weeks but india's government is easing some restrictions. on coronavirus disparity the u.k. days are showing some ethnic groups a much more vulnerable to crime in 1000.

places say we've got some quasi weather now pushing across the eastern seaboard of the u.s. eastern parts of canada still a fair amount of cloud showing up on the satellite picture here but that's in the process of pushing out into the north atlantic so brought us guys come in behind and the temperatures responding quite nicely to that sunshine 21 celsius in new york and also in d.c. they'll be some showers just around the lakes pushing up into central parts of canada some of them of a wintry nature whether they're just spilling out of the mountain states easing across the ohio valley as we go on through the next day or so brightest guys come in behind over towards the northwest there will still be a few showers but they will become human for the between as we go on through the next couple of days l.a. gets up to around $26.00 celsius not too bad here not too far off that's in washington d.c. ahead of our next area of rye south of that it is fine and dry hot one in dallas around 35 celsius fada dry across a good part of the caribbean as well although we do have some sherry rain just making its way across cuba that will push into jamaica into his band the smaller as

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the i. again. a reminder of our top stories this hour an experimental antiviral drug has been authorized by the u.s. food and drug administration for emergency use in treating coronavirus patients 1500000 vials of the drug from disappeared will be distributed to hospitals from a. north korean state media says kim jong un has made his 1st public appearance in almost 3 weeks these images reportedly show the leader opening a 1st lies a factory room is have been swirling about kim's health and even possible death. and assault style rifles are being immediately banned in canada it's in response to the country's worst mass shooting a little less than 2 weeks ago. now human rights watch says more than $700.00

refugees and migrant workers have been detained in malaysia the group says they were rounded up during raids in kuala lumpur they live in areas where $1000.00 cases last month triggering claims that foreigners a spreading the virus and being a burden on government resources malaysia doesn't fully recognize refugees regarding them as illegal migrants well florence really has more from. the police chief who was at the raid said the people would be held at detention centers we're not sure these would be the detention centers. run by the immigration department but a couple of days ago the senior minister who's also the defense minister said the government intended to detain undocumented migrants whom they had identified in lockdown areas and would be holding them in detention centers or in temporary holding facilities that the government had set up for corona virus now these places

where the raids were carried out are places under complete lockdown including several apartments in kuala lumpur where health officials have been going from door to door testing everyone because there have been a high number of cases there to people that are not allowed to go out of their homes at all and it is believed that the authorities carried out these rates because these people were sitting ducks for the operation of the world health organization says it's been assured the coronavirus is natural in origin the comments come after speculation from u.s. president donald trump that it may have originated in a chinese laboratory. we have listened again and again numerous scientists who looked at the sequences looked at this wireless and we are assured this virus is natural in origin and what is important is that we establish what that natural host for this virus is. and and the primary purpose of doing

that is to ensure that we understand the virus more we understand the animal human . interface and we understand and of the human species barrier was breached and the purpose of understanding that is that we can put in place the necessary prevention and public health measures to prevent that happening again anywhere. islands prime minister larry varadkar has announced an extension of the country's strict coronavirus restrictions until may 18th he says if cases continue to reduce the government is measures in 5 stages with the goal of having island returned to normal by august on the 18th of may our then begins to reopen and begins that journey to a new normal. from that day outdoor work by construction and landscaping will resume some retail outlets like garden centers hardware stores repair shops will reopen. and some outdoor sporting and fitness activities and small groups will be

allowed. now statistics are emerging in the u.k. showing the cravat 19 death rate is higher among ethnic minorities there have been similar disparities in the united states now the total number of u.k. deaths has risen beyond 27 and a half 1000 but other parts of europe continue to see more promising signs of recovery here's an idea. trying things are going in the right direction in space health workers celebrating the closure of a huge field hospital installed at the end of march in madrid largest conference center but although covered 19 infections are holding these facilities will remain in place in case there's a new outbreak. and i feel happy because we have won the 1st battle of this great virus let's hope it was the war but if not we will return here with more strength than before to continue fighting sprains had one of the toughest lock downs but from this weekend people will be allowed to leave home for exercise on their own of course the crisis is having

a huge financial effect to 2 the government now says it expects the economy to shrink by 9.2 percent this year the only places in europe with higher official death tolls than spain or italy and here in britain following fierce criticism over the relatively low covered 19 testing levels the british government has been increasing its capacity it wants to put in place a network to test track and trace people with the virus as it looks to ease lock down restrictions and it's announced it's a past its target of 100000 tests a day for the end of april testing is crucial to suppress the virus i know from personal experience to just how much people with symptoms want to know if they've got the disease i know that i did. it helps remove the worry it helps keep people safe and it will help us to unlock the lock down meanwhile worrying statistics of emerge suggesting coronavirus disparities a new study in england says the death rate among british black africans and british

pakistanis is more than 2 and a half times that of the white population and people in the poorest parts of britain are dying from covered 19 a double the rate of people in the richest areas on friday the french president explained the traditional may day events including protests the worst possible because of coronavirus restrictions but he said the spirit of workers solidarity was stronger than ever. it's thanks to the work is being celebrated today that our nation is still standing it's thanks to the work and dedication of our health workers our security forces and our military that we're saving so many lives every day there were demonstrations elsewhere like this one outside the greek parliament in athens keeping their distance but determined to keep up the pressure on the government. today the country's working class despite protective measures to minimize the spread of the fire is here has a voice demands not to be burdened by the crisis which is excel or rating because

of the pandemic. friday also marked the catholic church's feast of st joseph the worker pope francis used the morning mass in the vatican to say too many people globally are either denied a fair wage or treated like slaves in forced labor his audience just a few months from priests is message universal the dean barber al jazeera. and al jazeera as investigative unit has obtained exclusive video revealing a backlog of goods at china's biggest export have and this is causing a delay in the supply of medical equipment for the well to health care workers long queues of trucks loaded with cargo at shanghai airport waiting to unload at customs and the hundreds of boxes of piling up and warehouses that china produces nearly half the world supply of protective medical equipment now to be to the u.s. and europe well for one is the executive producer of al-jazeera is investigative units and he explained just why those supplies are stuck unfortunately there were

significant congress which had some standard or counterfeit goods which caused huge amounts of critical focus to come in china very embarrassing for china as the world's manufacturer as a response to that they tightened up their export and quality rules now it appears from having talked to various shipping agencies and in china those rules have been applied in a very rigid bureaucratic manner and in a slightly haphazard way which is resulted in this enormous gridlock of masks surgical gowns ventilators all of the material that's so desperately needed currently by front line workers in the battle against coke 90. and it's on the record it's been widely reported italy spain holland i think the u.k. also returned significant batches of equipment which we seem to be not made of the materials they require thaw what's highly sensitive and difficult work which which

requires good quality material is a barrier against a virus so it's possible of course patches got through that when it returns but that the key thing is china actually did react to this did tighten up the rules but the consequences of not of causing perhaps may be far greater issue. india is extending the world's biggest stock down by 2 more weeks but restrictions on family areas will be eased on monday our correspondent elizabeth cohen in new delhi explains the government's strategy. in the last nearly 6 weeks of the lockdown in india the government has divided the country into green orange and red zones depending on the number of cases and the stage of transmission and it's announced that while the national lockdown will continue for another 2 weeks that they will be a considerable easing of the structures mostly in green and or and so on and so what are they well as of may the 4th all goods are allowed to be transported they will

be buses in green zones but with 50 percent season capacity taxis are allowed to green and orange zones but with only one passenger things like all construction and industrial activity is allowed even in red zones in rural areas now over the last 10 days we have see easing of restrictions in a number of sectors most notably agriculture india's biggest employer and all the businesses which supported and all standalone shops even those selling non essential items have been open for about the last week so one of the restrictions that remain in place while there is still no air in rail travel hospitality restaurants hotels remain shut into state movements no movement between states and things like cinema halls you know malls sports complexes for main shot and they will be no political social or cultural gatherings. of digital technologies have

proven a popular tool for governments across asia to monitor and contain the spread of the coronavirus medical authorities say tracking software has helped to slow transmission but critics say it's highlighted the power of governments to exploit people's personal data sarah clarke reports from hong kong. when tricia cowen and her family returned to hong kong in april they were put in mandatory quarantine for 14 days they were also required to wear this electronic respect and the loaded authority if they breached a quarantine regulations and left their apartment. i didn't think about it i just think that this had to be done i mean it's people need to be tracked and now one wants it spread further we all want to be over as quickly as possible so that that just involvement. tracking technology developed in hong kong is a y. find there put to detect if the user changes location but the company says the only

data shared with the government is movement not personal information technology we have a lot of option like phased work in the. speed. with using this way that alone will be alert when they use the left their home. at the same time if their whereabouts. lapse and digital surveillance are being used by many governments in asia to track the spread of the corona virus china uses a color based q.r. code to monitor people's movements and health in south korea overseas travelers who don't download a government app are refused entry i think is so it's a key part of the term infection control in asia especially using this technology to track down these people who are putting them into quarantine so it is probably one of the most of the reasons why we are doing better. all the possible world but critics say some government mandated apps can also access

a user's personal data and be used as a surveillance tool it's a real fear that this data will end up in the hands of governments some of the apps look for people's. access to. their call records even their contacts and in some cases they cannot and all that information together can you know. people's lives 2 of the world's biggest tech giants at google and apple plan to embed new features in their devices using context tracing technology but say the toll will be removed once the pandemic ends the critics say it could lead to ongoing some violence with governments using the data for other purposes. technology may be playing a critical role in containing the pen demick but human rights groups warn it might also normalize surveillance in the future once this outbreak is under control. sarah clarke al-jazeera hong kong. now the u.s. women's soccer team has lost to the equal pay case

a federal court ruled the world cup winners had insufficient evidence to prove their claim against the u.s. soccer federation but the judge said the allegations of discrimination and travel accommodation as well as medical and training support can go to trial and that will happen next month in the suit the players claim that they were paid less than those on the u.s. men's team for performing the same wire. and i'm starting a tale with the headlines on al-jazeera and experimental antiviral drug has been authorized by the u.s. food and drug administration for imagine c. use in treating coronavirus patients 1500000 vials of the drug run disappear it will be distributed to hospitals from monday north korean state media says kim jong un has made his 1st public appearance in almost 3 weeks these images reportedly show the leader opening a fertilizer factory rumors have been swirling about kim's health and even possible

death robert bryce has more from the south korean capital seoul no reason to suspect that this didn't happen but we only have the one news agency report to go on and also these 2 photographs showing the red book ribbon cutting and also kim jong un in attendance it's a if it's true then it does settle all of the speculation that has been swirling for several weeks now about his condition that this all originated of course because he missed a very important celebration 2 weeks ago the day of sun this is the day when the whole of north korea celebrates the birth date of kim il sung the founding father of north korea. assault style rifles are being immediately banned in canada it's in response to the country's worst mass shooting a little less than 2 weeks ago 22 people were killed in nova scotia when a man dressed as a policeman went on a shooting spree human rights watch says more than $700.00 refugees and migrant

workers have been detained in malaysia the group says they were rounded up during raids and quote on pool they live in areas where $1000.00 cases spiked last month triggering claims that foreigners are spreading the virus and being a bad and on government resources the world health organization says it doesn't believe the corona virus was manmade that's off the u.s. president trump's claim he'd seen evidence it came from a lab in the chinese city of would have al jazeera as investigative unit has obtained exclusive video revealing a backlog of goods that china's biggest exports have long queues of trucks loaded with cargo at shanghai airport are waiting to unload at customs and that's causing a delay in the supply of medical equipment for the wilds health care workers well those are the headlines i'll be back with more news here after 101 east stay with us. talk to al jazeera we will force was when you saw

that document for the 1st story we listen to after world war saying your europeans go build united the stage of you but we will not be with you we meet with global news makers and talk about the stories that matter just 0. with its tropical climate natural beauty and traditional culture thailand has long been a popular tourist destination. but now there is another reason drawing people here a quiet revolution in caring for the elderly the care system for elderly people in europe it's not working anymore and it's going to be a problem. in the west horror stories of abuse and neglect in care homes not to mention rising costs are driving families to look for alternatives forcing many to make difficult decisions i thought they were.