revealing eco friendly solutions to come back threats to our planet on al-jazeera. looking at you. back in public view north korea's state television shows video of its leader after weeks of speculation about his. player watching al-jazeera live from doha fully back to bill also ahead new hope for coronavirus patients to us approves emergency use of an experimental drug as a treatment but he's in malaysia great homes and detained hundreds of migrants

while some blame foreigners for a rise in call the 19 cases and spain takes another step towards easing its lockdown people are now loud to exercise outside. thank you for joining us north korean state media says leader kim jong un has made his 1st public appearance in nearly 3 weeks these images were broadcast on state television if he had to show came opening a fertilizer factory speculation about that he has health and whereabouts had been growing after he failed to appear at birthday celebrations for his late grandfather last month that speak to our correspondent rob mcbride who is in seoul south korea drop talk a sword for us what we're seeing in these images savin broadcast on state television and they finally sign and say rumors about kim jong il and health.

kim jong un seemingly in perfectly good health it seems especially given some of the reports had him barely clinging to life just a couple of days ago this was a big stage on which to reemerge into public view the opening of a large impressive fertilizer plant with cheap cheering crowds this all happened yesterday friday may the 1st in north korea it was widely reported on the case again a the official north korean news agency and now they're running extensive video footage on north korean state run television it is being run quite quickly compared to how north korean media machine often works so it is possibly possible that it is putting out these image images to quash as convincingly as possible all of these rumors that have been swirling about kim's health kim jong un appeared that the the ribbon cutting ceremony he was accompanied by his sister kim you know john he seems

to be in good health he seems to be alert he was interacting good naturedly with officials other officials were seen around him diligently taking notes as he gave field instruction as is often the case on these visits and he was seen touring the plant on some of the sequences where we see him walking he was moving quite slowly but then came does move quite slowly in any case so he does seem to be in good health the unification ministry here in south korea has confirmed that this event has all taken place we only have of course the reports that come from state run media in north korea but officials here in south korea have confirmed it and also used the event to criticize some of the speculation that there has been by various news sites portals news organizations saying that this was a lot of groundless content which did very little it was caused unnecessary confusion but of course because he missed that all important ceremony the. the

birthdate celebration of kim il sung the founder of north korea and his grandfather that did lead to war that this speculation if the varying from the fact that he had had some sort of operation some sort of possible cardiovascular procedure that possibly went wrong right up to reports that he could have been brain dead but all of that seemingly to be perfectly premature right while the north korean tenney very keen to dispel the rumors but there is so the question rob of who would replace came john if he were to die what do we know about that the succession that . absolutely this is a very timely reminder just of the precarious nature of the north korean leadership politics and the fact that there is this huge cult surrounding the north korea's leader that does raise the big question of what would happen in the vacuum of the void that would be left behind and there isn't in north korea at the moment

seemingly an heir apparent we know that can be john his sister probably his strongest ally in north korea has possibly been groomed for the position but it's in no way certain that she would she would become the next leader of north korea so it has raised concerns and also raised some issues about kim's healthy does appear on this video still smoking very heavily and still certainly very overweight thank you for that robin wright live for us in seoul. now the news now and an experimental untie viral drug has been approved for emergency use in treating coronavirus patients in the united states 1500000 vials of the drug from disappear will be distributed to hospitals from monday after studies showed improvements in recovery time particle hain reports. this is a president that throughout has tried to project a feeling of hope as the coronavirus rips through the world and his country now

bringing in the c.e.o. of a pharmaceutical company to the white house to herald the results of a possible treatment for him to severe really people that are not doing well people that are sick people that have his horrible plague and said to our country that we're getting rid of and we're going to be we're going to be having some really incredible results we have. very promising studies coming out on the vaccines we have promising studies coming out on therapeutics. in the 1st widespread trial the drug it did shorten the length of the hospitalizations days for the virus and it's slightly decreased the mortality rate but scientists say it's the 1st real hope that a drug can work against the virus we have to remember this is the very 1st one it's a new drug being used for this and you showed it well i would call it a bright spot in the search just what 90 days after being notified of this of

a drug it looks like it's got very promising results and the company that makes it says it will donate its stockpile which the food and drug administration cleared for use on friday will be working with the government to determine how best to distribute that over the united states will be working very closely to get that to patients working with female working with other parts of the government to make sure that we get fed to the patients in need as quickly as possible because there are patients out there that can benefit from this medicine today that are hospitalized and we don't want any time to waste for that the white house trying to project a sense of hope of a near return to normal for the country but as some states begin to reopen like georgia for bodie numbers in additional 1000 cases diagnosed in a single day and experts say it'll take as many as 2 weeks to determine the true cost as cities and towns begin to reopen pedicle hanging al-jazeera

the hundreds of migrant workers and refugees have been rounded up by police to mend maisha raids were carried out on homes in the capital kuala lumpur on friday a surge in coronavirus cases last month seoul some blame for an as for the spread and for being a burden on government resources but it doesn't for many recognise refugees regarding them as illegal immigrants florence 3 has more from kuala lumpur. a couple of days ago malaysia's senior minister said the government would detain undocumented migrants it had identified in areas under lockdown and these include several apartments in kuala lumpur where the raids were carried out on friday the police chief who was at the operation was quoted by local media as saying they would have the detaining undocumented migrants because they are difficult to trace and so it made more sense to hold them in detention centers to prevent the spread of the coronavirus but the timing and the manner in which these rates have been

carried out have been criticised the u.n.h.c.r. said several asylum seekers and refugees have also been picked up and it had been informed by authorities that they were being held for the purpose of very fine their identity and we're also we've also seen videos of people being held at close quarters with no opportunity for physical distancing not everyone was wearing a mosque we're also getting reports that children were also detained so the raids have apostle being criticized as inhumane and they've also been described as foolish human rights watch said malaysia is making the mistake of singapore which has a high number of cases among its migrant workers and malaysia could be following singapore down that path now others point out that the rates seem to be at odds with the ministry of health initiated of or aim which is to have as many migrant workers undocumented foreigners and refugees tested as far as possible but in recent weeks

we've seen more anger amongst malaysians directed at refugees and foreigners with some accusing them for spreading the coronavirus and others saying that the resources that the country has should be used to help malaysians 1st over foreign is and why it's africa so they have accused the government of playing to the sentiment in carrying out these raids now for the 1st time in more than a month people in spain are being allowed to exercise and go for walks outside this was a scene earlier in my. dreda people are taking advantage of the nato step towards easing the straits coronavirus lockdown the government plans to gradually relax relax restrictions in phases over the coming weeks let's speak to the harrell in madrid for us so mater how are people feeling about being allowed to go out again well the they're feeling the going through many feelings different feelings people told us that that during these 48 days of strict lockdown they went through

feelings like and uncertainty some of them lost their jobs during this this period of time and this is that what they were very happy about these new decision of the government of of leasing of these lockdown measures so these deescalation plan launched by their son to have last week includes these these the people allowing people to go out to exercise and they just publish a timetable from 6 o'clock. to 10 we so going out for one hour walk within one kilometer from their home or one hour of exercise within their municipality exercises individually and now we will see from $10.00 to $12.00 to meet day the most vulnerable people people over 70 going out for a walk but not those that are staying in care homes from 12 until aid will get all of the children accompanied by their parents out for one hour walk or for one hour exercise and later in the day from 8 to 11 will get older adults back in the

streets so what we're saying is that all these people have been going through very tough times and they really appreciate having a little time of the day to exercise to go out to breathe fresh air the spite some of them are still very cautious on are very scared off getting close to other people because of the risk of of being infected let's hear what some of them told us. if you read from or not though i had to force myself to go out because at the heart of it i'm scared i could get infected i feel i should make the effort to go out for half an hour it's good for me going into fun and exercising i know deep inside i'll be frightened of other people but i shouldn't feel like that we just have to be responsible. and marto of course spain starting to ease this long down to revive this economy i wonder what are the predictions for the economy especially given that it was so just now starting to recover after years of recession.

well a start is economy minister not even you gave the worst scenario a prediction for the spanish to come on me for the coming years she said that the gross domestic product will contract a 9.2 percent these year it's it's so passes it's over the what we stole during the great recession in $28.00 and until $2313.00 the unemployment rate is suspected to rise to a 19 percent we have to remember in the 1st quarter of the year including the 2 1st weeks of spain's lockdown 100000 jobs were lost the spanish economy recovery is suspected to take at least 2 years and $2000000.00 jobs will be lost thank you very much for that matter heroine live for us in madrid. still ahead on al-jazeera with technology valving to help us track and contain covert 19 we'll

look at concerns about surveillance and privacy and finding the funny side how comedians in brooklyn are faso are using humor to raise awareness about that and. how the weather is looking very unsettled across europe now lotsa showers rockley game from the atlantic pushing across much of central europe in particular we will see some rather heavy showers from time to time possibly thundery into those central areas possibly with some hail as well i suspect the wettest weather that's going to be diving in that cross from central i was a frost maybe 30 to 50 millimeters of rain coming through here south of that that's where the warm sunshine is some lovely weather coming into spain over the next couple of days 26 celsius in madrid and rising there are showers that are going to

continue driving the way further east which as we go on through sunday will see temperatures in bucharest falling back to around 26 celsius heaviest showers as you can see of the eastern side of you have the moscow's temperature 22 celsius so some warm sunshine here plenty of walk down towards the southwest as a set temperatures rising in madrid $29.00 celsius on sunday could touch $3031.00 as we go on into monday and tuesday all the parts of africa well here is fine and dry lots of sunshine coming through well sunshine as well as one would expect could touch 30 celsius in tripoli higher still in cairo showers further south into the gulf of guinea west africa seeing the seasonal rice popping up nicely wish i was there around the ethiopian high. isolating times the listening post. cuts through the noise leaving looking at

another side of the story not the marquee information around the outbreak but the misinformation separating propaganda from fact it's reality we have to. exposing the optics try and fit in if their rhetoric and claims but they cannot manipulate the fires listening post your it's like going to the media if you 0. the in the the on. the top stories on out as here this hour north korean state television has shown video of leader kim jong un in what may be his 1st public appearance in nearly 3 weeks images are said to be from an opening of a fertilizer factory an experimental untie viral drive has been approved for

emergency use in treating coronavirus patients in the united states 1500000 vials of the drug rim disappear will be distributed to hospitals from monday and police in malaysia have detained more than $700.00 refugees in migrant workers they live in areas where called $900.00 cases search last month triggering accusations that foreigners asked spreading the virus. islands prime minister leo varadkar has announced an extension of over 1000 measures until may 18th he says if the number of new cases continues to drop the government will ease restrictions in 5 stages with the goal of island returning to normal by. we need 2 more weeks of tight restrictions to weaken the virus further so it doesn't have the strength to make a comeback when we start to interact with each other again unfortunately the risk of a 2nd wave of the virus is ever present so we can only move from one phase to the next

if the virus stays under control between each face now digital technology is proving a popular tool for governments across asia to monitor the spread of the virus medical authorities say tracking software has helped slow transmission but critics say it's highlighted the power of governments so exploit personal data reports market. when trichet 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 respond the los authorities if they breached a quarantine regulations and left their apartment it's didn't think about it i just think that this had to be done i mean it's people need to be tracked and no 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. speech what condition they're using this way that alone will be alerted when they use the net their home but at the same time it. mobile apps 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 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 so the apps look for people to. access. their contacts and in some cases they cannot and all the information together can vary. people's lives to the world's biggest tech giants a good girl and apple plan to embed new features in their devices using context tracing technology but the tool will be removed once the pandemic ends the critics say it could lead to ongoing some violence with governments using the doctor for other purposes. technology may be playing a critical role in containing the pen dimmick 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. and other world news now at least 10 soldiers

from the iraqi paramilitary group the popular modernization forces have been killed in 2 separate attacks by eisel fight is they were both carried out in the province of salahi dean overnight on friday the northern town of make was targeted as was tell to hop simona 14 is in baghdad and says says the this they are the most brazen attacks by isis fighters within the last year. earlier today i spoke to the commander of the p.m.s. brigade in. which saw the biggest number of casualties 9 people were killed in that attack which involved gunfire as well as roadside bombs and according to that commander there has been a steady increase and eyes like to vittie over the past few months it is important to say that that specific p.m.s. unit is actually so-called tribal or sunni p.m.i. which draws its members mostly from local tribes and local communities and these

forces are the 1st line of defense against eisley in these remote rural areas which is where the group has been mostly active over the past few months and what we've seen more recently is that previously the group was very active in remote rural areas they would perhaps at most to lay an i.e.d. or harass civilians but this attack specifically targeted at a checkpoint of the security forces definitely marks an uptick in eisel activities that we have seen recently canada is banning assault style weapons after $22.00 people were killed in the country's worst mass shooting 2 weeks ago the ban comes into effect immediately but they'll be a 2 year amnesty for people to dispose of weapons sale ready on danny and mark 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 earth or mouth of the rampage by

a lone gunman in nova scotia prompted the federal government to ban about $1500.00 tapes of semiautomatic military grade rifles the prime minister said it was time to get rid of guns that mostly fair and 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 los vegas mass shooting that left 58 people dead in 2017 an assault weapons 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 to 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 your lack of his era toronto. joe biden has all but certain to take on donald trump in this election. sexual assault accusation has

come from a woman who works for biden in the early ninety's from washington on fishery. was it still many to talk about the vice presidential campaign for weeks and it wasn't going away former senate aide tara reid claimed she was sexually assaulted when she worked with then senator joe biden and allegations she only meet public in the last few weeks an allegation biden could no longer ignore no this is not true i'm saying on a quickly it never knew. 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 that 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 like 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. verse 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 you know would continue to be an issue in the vendors election alan fischer al-jazeera washington . the u.s. women's soccer team say they are shocked and disappointed after they lost their equal pay case a federal court ruled the defending world champions had insufficient evidence to prove their claim against the u.s. soccer federation but the judge said there are allegations of discrimination in travel allowances as well as medical and training support can go to trial that will happen next month not to work in a facile way young people are turning to comedy to deal with mounting uncertainty with a country already struggling for me is a violin's comedians a using humor to address here us health issues like the global coronavirus pandemic

reports. the coronavirus is no joke explains comedian abilities kerry also known as in general but that doesn't mean we can't laugh about it governments are asking too much from people he explains in the sketch like everywhere else people here in britain afonso are dealing with the outbreak and diarrheal disease these doctors are using comedy to bring awareness to these important health issues diarrheal disease alone killed over 5000 people here last year the government tells people to wash their hands but the country has little running water this is confusing and absurd explains kerry as a comedy helps people wind their fear into lawson yes there is a deadly pandemic that people need to love this is not the end of the world. but away from the comedy there are serious issues facing burkina faso 800000 displaced people most of them children have been fleeing the north of the country where the

state in the greater sahara and al-qaeda affiliated armed groups are fighting each other and attacking civilians schools in the north have been shut for nearly 2 years only last month did the government start broadcasting classes on television because of the covert 1900 break but watching t.v. is not an option for hungry and displaced children living in camps without electricity some armed groups argue online that corona virus is a punishment a western invention saying that they have a cure and then type viral this is a trick to learn younger kreutz watching from her dorm room as law student appalled that people would believe in this she has other more pressing concerns before the lockdown i sold cell phones as our job to support myself since the lockdown is launched i can no longer go to market the measures are affecting everyone surviving has become difficult. in a country where most people live in poverty

a day without work is a day without food closing these markets is as dangerous as the virus itself confinement is not an option and social distancing a luxury few can afford the virus continues to spread with only 855 doctors for 19000000 people comedians are stepping in humor in these trying times has become the healer of the masses nicholas hawk al-jazeera. hello again for me back to her with the headlines on al-jazeera north korean state television a video of leader kim jong on in what may be his 1st public appearance in nearly 3 weeks the images appear to be from the opening of a fair to lies a factory his failure to show for a major anniversary had prompted speculation about his health problem a bride has this update from seoul it does show that kim jong un looking remarkably

healthy especially as some reports had him barely clinging to life just a couple of days ago what's interesting is the speed at which these videos have now been released coming so soon after the event it does possibly seem as though the north koreans wanted to dispel it as decisively as they can all of these swirling rumors that have built up over the past couple of weeks. an experimental anti-viral drug has been approved for emergency use in treating coronavirus patients in the u.s. 1500000 vials of the drug from disappear will be distributed to hospitals from monday a major study showed the drug shortens recovery time in may have reduced deaths police in malaysia have detained more than $700.00 refugees in migrant workers they live in areas where covert $1000.00 cases surged last month triggering accusations that foreigners are spreading the virus writers who say they could be held for

months in dangerously cramped conditions. for the 1st time in more than a month people in spain are being allowed to exercise and go for walks it's one of the government's plan to ease the strict coronavirus lockdown people are limited to specific hours can and can only go within one kilometer of their homes at least 10 soldiers from the iraqi paramilitary group the popular mobilisation forces have been killed in 2 separate attacks by eisel fight is they were both carried out in the province of salaheddine overnight on friday. and canada has announced an immediate ban on assault style rifle south to $22.00 people were killed in the country's worst mass shooting 2 weeks ago the measures include a 2 year amnesty for people to dispose of weapons they already own those are the headlines on al-jazeera as always more news on our website al-jazeera dot com and this think post is next stay with us. with its 25 year long broadcast license coming to an end will president goodridge go to tertius succeed in shutting down

a.b.s. c b n t v by the fulfilled may join this was special coverage as we look at the possible demise of a media giant and the ramifications for press freedom in the philippines on al-jazeera. official shelters of which. i'm not just. of also now still maintain rather to find it. so i mean if i speak out the beach a couple. hello i'm richard gere's virgin you're watching the listening post working from home here are the coronavirus stories the media elements that we're looking at this week brazil both or not all in the fake news contagion that colors the coverage of covert 19 the world health organization took too long to get the word out on the virus but the story is more complicated than it seems.