every generation has a higher purpose. ours. this is al-jazeera. i don't make this is a news hour life and coming up in the next 60 minutes march from their homes in malaysia's capital a round up of hundreds of migrants amid fear of coronavirus. back in public view after 3 weeks north korea's state t.v. shows video of leader kim jong un after global speculation about his health. i

still carried out 2 of its biggest attacks in iraq since his defeat 3 years ago 10 members of a paramilitary force are killed. and some comic relief in became a faster comedians use humor to deal with the pandemic. and installed the u.s. women's soccer team has found a fight on in their battle for equal pay a judge has rejected the world cup winners claim that they're being unfairly treated other on federation. it is just after 10 g.m.t. and we're starting in malaysia where police have detained hundreds of refugees in migrant workers in kuala lumpur and the raids are carried out on homes across the capital on friday tensions have been high after some malaysians blame foreigners for surgeon coronavirus cases last month and for being a burden on much needed resources elsewhere that does continue to be progress. in

the fight against the virus the u.s. has approved an experimental antiviral drug for emergency use on patients a major study showed that the drug does have it shorten the recovery time and may have reduced deaths and in spain after more than a month on the streets people are being allowed out to exercise or to go for runs for 4 hours per day the government has plans to relax restrictions in phases over the coming weeks but let's begin in kuala lumpur where for as louis has the details about that malaysian police raid. 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 their 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 has been informed by authorities that they were being held for the purpose of very fine their identity and we are 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 girls are getting reports that children were also detained so the raids have apostle being criticised 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 all 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 it and wife having to have accuse the government of playing to their sentiments and carrying out these raids whether it's from phil robertson who's the deputy director of human rights watch and he says the malaysian or soroti is a risk in the health of the people they've arrested. the authorities are claiming that these people are undocumented that they don't have the right to be in malaysia . the problem is of course that by hurting them into unsanitary immigration detention centers it's a great way to ensure they all end up with covert 19th from a public health perspective this is probably the most stupid thing that the government of malaysia could do what they've done is send a signal to migrant workers and others you know which number in the millions and

malaysia that if you see from someone coming from the ministry of health run the other way and what we're going to see is a lack of cooperation from the migrant communities for any efforts by the government to try to control control kovan 1000 because they correctly fear they will be arrested and hauled off into camps where they may spend months in even years before they're allowed to go home there's very little recourse for those who have been taken right now i think that they're going to basically stay in these immigration detention centers where we have seen outbreaks of infectious disease in the past and deaths of migrants from things that were certainly preventable ok let's bring in. tell you what let's we're going to speak to the tomato head at a madrid there's been an easing of restrictions that. people have been allowed out to exercise we can speak tomato that are in madrid for more and that malta tell us what the latest is there and about this easy restrictions.

yes well as spain has just entered deescalation plan towards the new normal today people in spain were allowed to go out for exercise and the government's tabulation time table so not everybody would gather at the same time in the street so from 6 o'clock in the morning until 10 adults were able to go out for a walk one kilometer within their home or to exercise individually for one hour in them inside their munich municipality from 10 to 12 the elderly you dosed people the most vulnerable sector of society who are able to go out for what i will walk not those staying that homes on from 8 day until 8 oclock children under 14 accompanied by an adult 2 were are able to go out to exercise or to have a walk and then again in the afternoon adults will go back in the same terms as

conditions from 8 o'clock until 11 pm we've been talking to many people that were that came out to the streets today and we asked them what kind of of experiences what were they feeling during these 48 days of a strict lockdown confined at home they were telling us that went through many emotions like stress uncertainty and some of them told us that they had lost their jobs during this down and so they were really appreciating this opportunity today to go out some of them also told us that they were a little bit scared of getting close to other people because there was still there's a high risk of infections let's hear what they told us you read from a not go 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 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. so this is

all about getting the economy going again of course and easing people back into life what are the predictions for the spanish economy. well as spanish economy minister has made a very grim. forecast said cannot make predictions for spain for the following years she says the g.d.p. gross domestic rust domestic product will contract to 9.2 percent these year and this is the this will surpass it depression in him in 2008 she also predicted an unemployment rate rise to 19 percent we have to remember 1000 percent we have to remember that in the 1st quarter of these 2 year spain in spain unemployment rates went up to 14.4 percent the was in the last weeks of march the 21st weeks of spain slowdown were 900000 jobs well lost

she also said that the spanish recovery comical recovery would take at least 2 years and $2000000.00 jobs will be lost or amounts only with half the members a picture from madrid reporting. now an experimental antiviral drug has been approved for emergency use in treating coronavirus patients in the united states 1500000 vials of the drug ram does if it will be distributed to hospitals for monday after studies showed improvement in recovery time pretty coherent is the latest. 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 firm a suitable company to the white house to herald the results of a possible treatment for him to really people that are not doing well people that are sick people that have his horrible. plague instead and to our country and that

we're getting rid of and we're going to be we're going to be having some really incredible results and we have a 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 yet showed 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 within 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 back 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 an 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. all right chris smith as a consultant for all ages and editor of the naked scientist podcasts and he explains how the drug works. thess is an antiviral drug it was developed during

the a boehner period about 5 or 6 years ago and unfortunately for gilliatt who invented it it didn't work very well against a boa but what does look more promising is its action against this new coronavirus the way it works is that the drug molecule looks like one of the building blocks of the genetic information of the virus so when you take the drug it goes into the cells and gets activated in the cell and then when the virus is trying to grow in one of your cells it mistakes this drug molecule for one of the normal genetic letters that it would be inserting into its genome that it's copying to make new baby viruses and when the drug molecule goes into the d.n.a. or r.n.a. of a growing virus it distorts it and disrupts it and stops it growing so as a result you end up with a virus with a broken genome and so it's a bit like a computer with the operating system corrupted it won't boot up so the viruses you make are completely defunct and when given 2 cells in

a dish which are infected with the virus it slows down the growth of the virus when given to patients with the virus it makes them recover a bit quicker and it also slightly improves the mortality rate when you give it to people who are severely unwell and by slightly i mean in people who were not given the drug the mortality rates about 11 percent and in people who weren't given the drug it was about 8 percent. and trials are to begin in the u.k. this year of blood plasma from recovered coronavirus patients can be used to treat others with covert 19 let's go live now to leave barker standing by for us in london tell us more about this and the numbers of people who wrote stream to donate their lives. well as i've said thomas' hospital is playing a pretty pivotal role in britain's battle against covert 19 of course where promised to boris johnson was treated is also where some of the trials to see whether or not plasma people who have had covert 19 recovered could be used to kick

start the immune systems of people who actually still have the illness there are several hospitals across the united kingdom involved in these trials the science is quite simple if you have coded 19 develop some immunity it forms antibodies present in the past the plastic and then be injected into a sick person to kick start their immune system as a side trials are underway that hoping to have some significant results quite soon and similar trials are taking place in multiple countries internationally we know that 1500 hospitals in the united states have started trials then of the moment one persons but trust plasma can be used to treat another person so it's reasonably slow progress overseen depends upon somebody being ill and then recovering before they possibly can be used but britain's national health service is saying that they hope that by the end of may be collecting around 10000 units of

plasma every week so some way to go but the hope is soon some positive results right and the government yesterday announced it has met it is testing target a. 100000 hits a day and is now planning to further ramp up its testing and trace amounts that will the latest on the. yeah that's right that's the headline target of 100000 tests a day that the british government confirmed the didn't smash saying that it it was carrying out 122000 tests but its concerns have been raised by doctors who have said that a roughly a 3rd of that number were test simply posted through the letter boxes of people's homes or in take care homes and what's really needed to improve the health of the nation is a combination of comprehensive testing but also tracking and tracing which is why the government set a new target of recruiting 18000 officials some of them health workers to get involved in this tracking and tracing to to identify clusters of people at risk

of potentially contract in the virus they would potentially give people advice to quarantine for 2 weeks to avoid spreading the virus so that is the next target but at the moment although the british government is saying the country is over the peak when it comes to covert 19 there is still a backdrop of rising debts britain appears as if it's heading in the direction of becoming probably the worst affected country in europe at the moment since it's still italy so no sign of any easing of restrictions we won't know until thursday when the government is legally g.t. bound to review those restrictions what the plans might be they've already started talking about possibly making facemask mandatory more confidence building measures rather than any health measures or even possibly taking people's temperatures before they go on to public transport very briefly one country though the house at a time table is a republic of ireland they are saying that they're going to move every 3 weeks

incrementally to ease restrictions on the hope of restoring normality by orcas the u.k. though seems to be some way off doing anything like that or in a thanks very much so that's a picture from the u.k. a new book reporting from london. but more still ahead on the news hour including white indians was the meat minority is being targeted as corona virus spreads. small coming up to italy's top football clubs look to be on a collision course with their own government and he will be here with that story. all right north korean state media say that leader kim jong un has made his 1st public appearance in any 3 weeks these images were broadcast on state t.v. and appeared to shake him opening a fertilizer factory a speculation about the lead his health and whereabouts had been growing and after he failed to appear at birthday celebrations for his late grandfather last month all right is insult and reports about the timing of north korea releasing this

footage. 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 cheer or cheering crowds 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 it groundless content varying from the fact that it 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. this is not the 1st time a north korean leader's disappearance has caused a stir kim jong un skipped photo ops for a 6 week period in 2014 prompting speculations of coups injuries in 96 loudspeakers at the demilitarized zone started playing funeral songs for his grandfather said the misty founder kim il sung but the music quickly stopped and he was back to hold center stage till 994 kim jong il the father of the current leader was also the subject of many rumors about his health they were rampant for months

in 2008 and even led to an investigation so let's take it on let's play through it kelly is a professor of political science and the players say national university joins us on skype from busan in south korea robert welcome to the program kim jong un he looks pretty healthy for a man killed off by rumor and speculation do you think this this ends the speculation or. not quite because there are photographs and there will be and navigable questions about whether or not north korean state media has doctored photographs but this is an improvement and certainly better than you know what chinese media saying saying are we going to use dan. but at some point you know we're going to see him actually sort of like walking around as like a live human being and my guess is that i hope we have that next week or so precisely on this one when we're looking at just to jump in there what we're looking at now is moving pictures of him apparently opening a fertilizer factory and he's he's there and seemingly good health but anyway as we

as we saw we've had disappearing kims before haven't we it's is a case of kind of using this as a kind of tool of statecraft you think. you know i have a couple things i think the north great 1st of all there may be genuine health reasons why his sort of disappeared right for example a lot of people think that maybe he was going to bring the boy corona that's one of the more common sort of theories for this and last couple weeks that wouldn't surprise me at all corona going to north korea it will probably run rampant because north korea's medical system so primitive. also north koreans have a long history of sort of not caring or paying attention that people on the outside want to know about the leadership you know maybe they're trolling us the north koreans have a long history of saying that they should sort of dissemble that shows and what kim's father kim is essential so must be a fog to the rest of us out here right and if the rest of us in the wilderness we don't know what's going on right the next time something happens in north korea we just as confused right and so i'm generating confusion and distrust and concern and

and bewilderment is sort of part of north korean general strategy so in that sense the north koreans they just don't care that those of us on the outside are spending 2 weeks argue about whether or not he had a heart attack. how much would the north koreans themselves know about all this would they be aware in any way of this speculation this guy you and i around the world as you say almost certainly not again there are no independent media at all in north korea there's one media outlet the korean central news agency case you know a and that is obviously not truthful it's like the soviet it's like the old soviet problem it's very much sort of news for ideological purposes rather than you know sort of truth seeking and so no my guess is that nobody north korea even knew at all that they were concerned about his health and today is just another day with pictures and and as you sent some video and whatever of him and nothing else has changed all right live in iraq kelli thanks very much dave for that depreciates but thanks. at least 10 members of the iraqi paramilitary group the popular mobilization forces have been killed in 2 separate attacks by arsal

fighters the northern town of micky's for it was targeted overnight on friday in the province of sabha and the other attack happened in tel it's happening is iraq tries to deal with the worsening economic crisis and the impact of coronavirus of course the country declared victory over eisel at the end of 2017 let's cross live down to cement a fulton who's in baghdad and surrounded tell us more about the significance of this. well it is the deadliest attack that i saw has carried out in iraq over the past few months or even a year resulting in the death toll of 10 people as you mentioned earlier and it comes just days after the group tried to stage another attack. on the intelligence headquarters so what we're seeing is that i saw is now resorting to directly attacking the security forces which is something that we didn't see over the past years what we've seen until now was for example planting improvised explosive

devices in rural areas or trying to intimidate or terrorize civilians living in remote areas but these attacks on security forces there are signed it is more emboldened and capable of actually launching these operations now what appears to have happened last night is that the group attacked a checkpoint of the popular mobilisation forces killing 6 people in daraa gunfire in a subsequent military operation to respond to that attack 3 additional people were killed in the. in addition to that one other member of the popular mobilisation forces was killed so that's the death toll of 10 what is important to say here is that the night of the 10 people who were killed are members of the so-called tribal popular mobilization forces these are sunni members of local communities who are drawn from the tribes to try to defend rule areas and they're they basically form the 1st line of defense in these remote areas where there is often very thin

security presence on the ground and they are the ones who are of course now faced with an increase of i selected it is similar to what degree of regrouping do you think oh there must be considerable through about where this could lead. well we have seen over the past few months of steady increase in activity perhaps beginning in january when we saw the rise in tension between u.s. and iran play out on iraqi soil back then the military operations carried out by the u.s. led coalition here in iraq to fight i saw remnants were suspended and since then we have seen we've draw lot of correlation forces partly due to cope with 19 but also as a result of us iran tension and what that means that there is fewer operations on the ground being carried out for example in partnership between the u.s. led coalition and iraqi forces there is also limited surveillance or intelligence

gathering activity and of course that has an impact on the ground and it's something that i saw has exploded and of course that's not the only thing that's going on here in iraq we also have as you mention an economic crisis we've had a caretaker government for almost 6 months now and actually the latest prime minister designate he's the 3rd want to be nominated to try to form a government he said that what this means is that eisler is desperate to exploit the political instability that has prevented the formation of a new government to try to restore security to some of these areas so there is a lot of things going on in iraq of course the covert 19 pandemic and the resulting curfew is just the latest of the crisis that the country is dealing with and i still has taken advantage of this instability to step up its activities or there's a picture from baghdad some of alton thanks a lot. on to india which is rejected a report by the u.s. commission on international religious freedom which name did as a country of particular concern muslims have been turned off to religious gathering

in the capital led to a rise in coronavirus cases the minority being blamed for the spread of the disease this with reports now from new delhi. mohammad the names mother drops on to put on his bruises the 35 year old says he was attacked by a group of men when he was out something vegetables on his cot. after asking my name to said you're a muslim you've destroyed the country you've sprayed. and then started beating me with sticks there were 5 or 6 of them. community leaders in the neighborhood of author they state told al-jazeera that muslims have been harassed and attacked since a gathering of islamic preaches in delhi led to a rise in the number of coronavirus cases. window was broken in the middle of the night he says he'd been receiving phone calls from relatives telling him about rumors that his son attended the event and daddy. being spread around

that the coronavirus is being sprayed by the jamaat going to the police investigating the incidents there just some of the attacks on muslims around the country analysts say that while other groups have broken lockdown drills muslims are being targeted it's. islam is being said to be responsible for having what he waited these people and in fact. is the kind of narrative which has been very. soon after 2000 people removed from the headquarters off to the group that organized the gathering in delhi in late march many media outlets blamed it for the spread of the coronavirus 50 percent of all the cases across india in the last one week only and only because of the public ijaw march marco's so who are these people television channels and social media showed fake videos of muslims breaking lockdown guidelines and social distancing norms hashtags such as corona jihad and corona terrorism began to trend on twitter

here earlier this week a legislator from the governing body of the edge on the party told his constituents not to buy veggie. from muslim vendors. muslim vegetable vendors are spitting on the vegetables putting some live on them and then selling the vegetables so i told them that we can't do much about that but don't buy vegetables from them. mohammed my name said he abandoned his cash and ran away from his attackers because now. i have to do something to survive but i can't go back there what's the use they might beat me again the father for the family's only earning member the u.s. commission on international religious freedom has called india a country of particular concern for hindu nationalists b.j. was reelected last year india has rejected the report but the us body is just the latest to criticize the government for its treatment of muslims last week the

organization of islamic cooperation off india to take urgent action against what it calls the growing tide of islamophobia in the country elisabeth al jazeera new delhi. we're going to stay south asia let's get a picture of what's happening with you know the best part of a month away from the summer rains setting in but we've got some big downpours are the sort of the see lots of plants showing up on the satellite picture just around the of the ganges there pushing up into that wealth eastern corner of india a little crop of storms just around the andaman sea but let's start in bangladesh where we're seeing 50 millimeters of rain over the past 24 hours that's been typical cross this area as we've gone through really the past couple of weeks or so the cowboys shack ece as then in the seasonal storms that brew up ahead of the the monsoon rains there with a process of just nothing a little further east with their make way for the next crop of storms that will push their way in 6 more cloud just spilling out of northern pakistan and that's

going to roll its way across the fall north of india over the next 24 hours or so they've got more big downpours there into bangladesh pick the southern parts of bangladesh pushing down in. west bengal's seeing some live as well for a time in a push up towards some state another crop of storms are pushing across the fall north of india i'll just note the edge of those temperatures in new delhi to around 30 celsius still very hot humid as well of course 36 new delhi as we go on into monday the showers running across nepal pushing back towards that fall northeastern corner we'll see more heavy downpours coming through here then so going through the next couple of days it will quieten down but more heavy storms make us we go on into the early part of next week where i've been thanks very much thank you so later on down to there are canadians deserve more than thoughts and prayers kind of a band's assault weapons a response to last month's mass shooting tell you how far it goes. every technology

evolving to help us track and contain covert 19 we look at concerns about surveillance and about privacy. and in sports some of the world's best athletes is set to use their own dog needs in a bid to bring back some live action. i can't bring your people back to life i'm sorry.

i was. continues with me going into a war zone he said the 1st thing i look for is the exit to get in to get out of the pictures there's no point going to these places rewind. how do you watch out 0 mind about top stories this time police in malaysia have to take in more than $700.00 refugees in migrant workers who live in areas where coping $1000.00 cases surged last month triggering accusations that foreigners

spreading the virus rights groups say they could be held for months and dangerous and chronic conditions. and experimental antiviral drug has been approved for emergency use in treaty coronavirus patients in the u.s. 1500000 volleys of the drug that ram this bill will be distributed to hospitals for months and major study showed the drug shortage recovery time may have changed to. north korean state t.v. has shown video of leader kim jong un and what may be his 1st public appearance maybe 3 weeks the images are said to be from an opening of a fertilizer factory is failing to show for a major anniversary that prompted speculation about his health. ireland's prime minister live radhika has announced an extension of strict 1000 measures until may the 18th and he says if the number of new cases continues to drop the government will ease restrictions in 5 stages with the goal of returning to normal by august 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. why you well many businesses have had to shut down zoos have had to keep in place a few staff to take care of the animals of u.k. government is working on a fund to support its 141 zoos and aquariums which have suffered a financial setback is challenging reports some say it won't be enough to cover their losses complete. mungo is the oldest resident of one of the u.k. smallest zoos and territorial animal blissfully unaware of the fragility of his situation see his nature center is home to 25 different species built for the local community it is a labor of love but nothing a charity it's fallen through the cracks when it comes to financial aid from the

government with new visitors income has disappeared but the cost of keeping the animals remains the same with no funds to fall back on they are relying on donations if they can't reopen by the summer the future is bleak we've only got a couple of species here which are the centers would want but we're in exactly the same boat as is plenty of other small species everyone would be in a position where they're trying to offload their animals and find new homes for them apart from our armadillos and as a realist none of the big centers will want her animals and will have no other option that have to be euthanized the more established in higher profile zoos have a stronger chance of staying afloat but the pressure is still immense there is like malala franticly fund raising securing bank loans and furloughing staff to try and see them through the crisis and while the government's support package is welcome is limited in scope. negotiating on behalf of the sector is the british an iris

association of zoos and aquariums when we can work in the government work scheme we don't think it's going to be enough for all and especially for the long term and out we think it may be enough to just get past the crisis but as a sector are and will need long term investment but there are also 1000 this is around the world and the common law and a nation's government help uganda wildlife education center is home to 280 animals right now this orphaned elephants biggest problem is loneliness it seems and maybe food when we can was the implication was that no queen was coming him as we speak right now because money was coming in through get collections accommodation or restaurant specialized programs those are not happening anymore even if the lock down and soon tourism will take time to recover in the meantime the virtual tour is

a springing up and online donation pages hoping to secure enough support until gates can reopen charlie and out of their homes. italy's prime minister has apologized for the economic hardships faced by his people during the pandemic the government will start easing what's been your its longest lockdown for monday there are concerns about how long it may take for things to get back to normal. as this report. food on the table and some hope this store run by the clergy in northern italy is helping some of these men and women who've been out of work for weeks they've been living through the world's longest and some of the toughest go down measures. and see any i come here because i don't know how to cope i have no savings i don't earn anything the situation gets worse and worse i can't do anything but come here. things are even worse for some of the 600000 undocumented mostly african migrants who barely found enough work to survive before the outbreak

no food not to not have to. not i don't have documents. locomotive no goods and they have. italy has endured the worst of the corona virus outbreak in europe with the highest number of deaths in the region and now with a fall in the daily number of infections adding deaths the government is allowing factories construction projects and parks to reopen starting on monday putting 4000000 people back to work but with the limited easing the fistric sions has come a surge of anger from people barely coping under the strain of a pandemic and its economic cost we don't pay much we've been responsible and staying at home for the last 2 months for 2 months italian prime minister decepticon to has been the only one speaking and make

a decision social problems are growing also because many of the promises the government made have not materialized on friday prime minister just epic contrie apologized in social media for the hardships italians have endured and promised new measures for aid and economic recovery but even before the pandemic italy had one of the highest unemployment rates in the european union and a large government debt and now the euro zone's 3rd biggest economy is facing a deep recession i think it's going to be extremely difficult for italy to recover from the pandemic in part because it is my performance has been so poor of the past 2 decades it hasn't yet recovered from the 20089 financial crisis and the eurozone crisis of 2012 and indeed italians are scarcely richer than they were 20 years ago when our country joined the euro and that means that the

underlying performance of the economy even in good times is weak. during the difficult weeks of the pandemic italians have relight 20 charter to support the many who have been struggling fears that those hot chips may continue if its lease fragile economy doesn't recover soon. on 0 let's move on to some other news now and fighting on the yemeni island of sumatra has stopped off to an agreement was reached between government forces and you back separatists. districts pushed back the separatists from the islands of parental capital on friday under the agreement saudi forces will secure the town and both sides will remove checkpoints and military vehicles none of them will you. we're here to say that we're sorry for what happened sorry that we had to confront all brothers in this nation but they forced us we are peaceful here and it's a culture that we've never fired

a bullet in an act of aggression but today those separates us from the southern transitional council strongholds forced us to take up arms and fight back to defend our areas a rocket attack by forces loyal to the libyan warlord honey for half the has killed at least 2 civilians in tripoli the u.n. recognize government carried out air strikes on half the military convoys south of the capital and the government of national accord has rejected a ceasefire called by the warlord for the month of ramadan. at least one person has died and more than a dozen were injured when a fuel truck exploded in nigeria a truck rolled near a petrol station in lagos causing it to spill fuel which then ignited a fire fight has managed to control the fire before it reached the station. canadair is banning assault style weapons off the $22.00 people were killed in the country's worst mass shooting 2 weeks ago the ban comes into effect immediately but there will be a 2 year amnesty for people to turn in weapons they already i'm fine like 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 last 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 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 your lack of 0 toronto. in sports brain manages to stop play at an indoor tennis total it's. a story. i usually. treat and trace frank assessments why is it so he's struggling to cope with the number of hours failure to take really aggressive action. for informed opinion which is going to be much more challenging in a place like egypt there's one that's later very relieved. in-depth analysis of the day's global headlines as india done enough to nip the spread of the one of ours in the inside story on al-jazeera. choices and sacrifices made in the name of a mother's love to provide for her children

a woman in thailand mr pry them of the love they crave and focus this compassion and kindness on how work with alzheimer's patients from the west. one is with spam and travel halfway around the wilds to leave their own mother in her care. witness kissing mother goodbye on al-jazeera. or. i gave a digital technologies approving a popular toll for governments across asia to monitor contain the spread of the crown of us medical authorities say tracking software has helped slow transmission critics say it's highlighted the power of governments to exploit personal data

sarah clarke has this report now 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 respond the loaded authorities 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 involved may be a tracking technology developed in hong kong uses 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 nation but using this way of them will be alert when they use the left their home but at the same

time if their whereabouts. lapps 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 to 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 tool 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. well you have some sport now here's andy thank you so much nic well the u.s. women's soccer team is vowed to fight on in their battle for equal pay on friday a judge rejected their claim that they were being unfairly treated the world champions a suing their own federation arguing the u.s. men's team received better pay the judge disputed their evidence but has allowed an

allegation of discriminatory working conditions to go to trial the players are seeking $66000000.00 in damages the same spokesperson has said we are shocked and disappointed with today's decision but we will not give up our hard work for equal pay we're confident in our case and steadfast in our commitment to ensuring that girls and women will not be valued as lesser just because of their agenda and the german bunds league has had a setback in its effort to become the 1st major league threat so and so action at 3 cologne players have tested positive for corona virus in a statement a club said the players affected would not go into a 14 day corn scene at home but that the rest of the squad will carry on training the entire squad and coaching staff with sestak for the virus on thursday the league is waiting to get the government all cleared through as you matches behind closed doors in mid may well italy's top clubs want salk's with their governments as there is from an adversary astrid surnames it seems issued a joint statement saying their target is to complete the remaining fixtures that

followed the comments by the it's how in sports minister that he was unconvinced by the league's health and safety plan the clubs face losing hundreds of millions of dollars if the season is cancelled we've been talking to nicholas betsy a sports historian at the university of polonium. i think we are in front of the classic tradeoff between economic interest from one side and have the interest from the ardor with sporting interest in this moment that they are a little bit moved in the background we are enough tasing which. the clubs the city at labs who really wanted to restart at the same time stared try not to be. responsible for a knee health issue the moment when food will stop italians and there's that virus was something serious saw probably the moment that will restart the booklet

for the population will be a sign of relief at the same time so there is the real question is that is corona virus b b 10 already still dangerous well the chinese super league is planning to allow fans into stadiums when it's suspended season kicks off the country's football association will make a final decision on when the action can start next week reigning league champions going to have a grand have begun work on what will be the world's largest purpose built football stadium has a capacity of 100000 seats sports business analyst simon chadwick has told al-jazeera that venue is evidence of china's long term footballing ambitions this is comparable i guess with the bird's nest stadium that we saw being constructed for the 2008 olympic games in china. the olympic games stadium was was hugely symbolic in him it marked the their return of china into if you like the

international falls in its rise to to the the the upper echelons of the global global community and i think these images of the stadium that we seen are a source striking and so on bishops and the timing of their release was so significant that i think what we are going to see is is that china will use sport as a way of asserting its position china wants to wants the world to see it positively it wants us to be attracted to china but i think there's more than that as well i think there are public political motives there but equally china has huge support industry aspirations and one of those aspirations ace is to host the world cup and rumors are circulating in china right now that that could be as early as 203041 as i am to hold its 1st races of the 2020 season in austria in july the 1st of sirree says proposed to start the delayed season will be held at the red bull ring in spielberg no spectators will be allowed in they'll be a minimal interaction within the saints at some stage when he goes to think it will

continues we can are just playground and i'm i'm pretty adamant about it to be that everybody needs to go back to work at some stage and we need to do it. but it's just our safest possible. from out there i don't want to be quoted saying i don't care to be safe but. for a long time and longer we wait more that we get to be bigger and. now the world's top 3 pole vaulters are getting ready to compete in what they're calling the ultimate garden clash we're going to bring something to you a competition between. some kendricks monitor plan to send runner level any are taking part in a live challenge will be streamed from their respective homes on sunday or that i think this is hoping to hold up behind closed doors exhibition events in norway next month as well. and the more mundane challenges of bringing back live sport for evidence of a tennis event in germany rain managed to stop play despite it being an indoor sort of a leaking roof forced

a suspension of what is the 1st tennis events involving pro players since march strict social distancing measures are in place with the action being streamed via remote operated cameras. ok. infinite thank you very much thank you young people who became a faster auto into comedy to deal with. the with the country already struggling from years of violence comedians are using humor to address serious health issues like the global dimming it was this report. the coronavirus is no joke explains comedian abdulaziz kerry also known as the general but that doesn't mean we can't laugh about it governments are asking too much from people he explains in this sketch like everywhere else people here in brick enough 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. 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 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 lure young greek roots 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. about set for this news hopefully we'll be right back with another hot her news just cover minute

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