here's the call what are we telling a good story. we're really interested in taking you into a place that you might not visit otherwise and to actually feels that you were there. or a. march from their homes in malaysia's capital our roundup of hundreds of migrants and made fear of coronavirus. fully bacteria watching al jazeera live from doha also heads. to the old back in a public view after 3 weeks north korea's state television shows video of leader kim jong il own up to local speculation about his health plus ice or carries out 2

of its biggest attacks in iraq since the sixty's 3 years ago 10 members of a paramilitary force that kail. and are fighting for survival the financial costs of coronavirus brains a bleak picture for the future of some zoos in the u.k. . thank you very much for joining us we start in malaysia where police have detained hundreds of refugees and migrant workers in kuala lumpur the raids were carried out on homes across the capital on friday tensions have been high after some malaysians blamed for an as for a surge in corona virus cases last month and for being a burden on much needed resources but elsewhere they continue to be progress in the fight against the coronavirus the united states has approved an experimental anti-viral drug for emergency use on patients a major study showed the dry. this affair shorten the recovery time and may have

reduced deaths and in spain after more than a month under lockdown strict measures are being eased and people are being allowed to exercise outside the government has plans to relax relax restrictions in phases over the coming weeks but we saw it with kuala lumpur and florence we had the details about the malaysian police raids. 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 on documented 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 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 among 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 fanfic so they have accused the government of playing to the sentiment in carrying out these raids. well let's speak to bridget welsh about this she's senior research associate at the center for east asia democratic studies at the national taiwan university and author of embracing democracy democracy how malaysians think about politics she is via skype from kuala lumpur very good to have you with us on al-jazeera brigitte tellus 1st about the reasons i mean malaysia has reported a little over 6000 cases of covert 1000 in over 100 deaths which is relatively low compared to other countries in the region why are the authorities taking such drastic measures against migrant workers. well there are 2 things going on 1st of all malaysians done a very good job of cut flattening the curve and it's opening up

a lot of her businesses starting on monday so i think that there are concerns about the potential flashpoints of the virus starting again and of course the events in singapore dr drew attention to this in the migrant community and it malaysia has around $6000000.00 migrants and of course this is a very large number and the government is trying to get a handle on it that but they're doing it in a way that of course is raising significant cern's that over the last week we've seen a rise in hate speech and of course a lot of tensions directed particularly at the or hinder community and this of course has been sparked by the fact that there have been a number of boats in the outside of malaysia a coming from bangladesh which have not been allowed to land and of course they have course there are quite a few were hinge or refugees within malaysia itself so they were targeted or seemed to be targeted in this raid where there were groups that were divided into those

that had documentation those that had documentation that recently expired and those that not have documentation and as you mention there were concerns about social distancing and others i think that this reflects internal divisions within the government right and he's also within the society about how to treat there were he injure it in malaysia it of course raises very serious questions about human rights and of course health concerns i was going to ask you about the internal divisions within the government would you say this is more of a political move rather than out of a public health concern one because even the health ministry had recommended having migrant workers and undocumented workers tested. well what we've seen is you seen a change and prioritization so there's a move away from putting a lot of emphasis on that what is coming from the health ministry and we can see that it here is other concerned with security of sort of trying to take a bigger role in to managing the area of the migrant workers where they have been traditionally been very dominant and there's a lot of people who are seen to been allowed he here undocumented there's

a lot of sensitivities across the political spectrum on this and so what we see is that that the division that is focused on rounding up particularly immigration authorities has been seen to be very active and it goes and it goes against the addition initial law of arms that the government had to be inclusive of everybody and of course use social distancing measures which have not been practiced in the recent round up some immigration raids how does the malaysian public feel all those some in the government's actions because this as human rights groups have said only increases the risk of higher number of high number of covert cases with so many migrants prompting these immigration detention centers are people not worried about this. well i think that 1st of all there is a lot of resentment towards the migrant community this has been an issue that has been highly politicized for a long period of time government has been criticized for allowing that giving or perceived to giving in undocumented workers documents to come into the country and

this is not a small number of people and it's been seen as a source of corruption and there are politicians who are facing charges on these issues it's affected the political landscape so it is a very thorny issue within malaysian politics in malaysian society but at the same time you know that there are also this sentiment nationalist sentiment that is growing that there is a sense that many people would prefer that the resources be focused on malaysians and not outsiders and of course some of the hate speech that we've seen in this last week has shown some of this sentiment this and this kind of exclusionary nationalist sentiment against foreigners well as you rightly pointed out quite a quite a few hours to recognize that if the health issue is going to be adequately addressed and actually the risks are going to be a 1000000 rated you have to have an inclusive strategy and so we see divisions within society being mirrored in humans of the activism as well as the government

different responses thank you so much for talking to us about this project thank you for your insight bridget welsh joining us and from kuala lumpur as we mentioned spain has. suffered one of the worst coronavirus operates in the wild at the rate of new infections are is falling and early on saturday the streets of madrid and boss known are were filled with people exercising and getting fresh a lot of hair reports. today people in spain were allowed to go out for exercise on the government's tabulation timetable 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 new municipality from 10 to 12 elderly people the most of society were able to go out for one hour walk not not go staying at her homes

and from a 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 the word 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. 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 they feel there's a high risk off infection. meanwhile an experimental untie viral drug has been approved for emergency use treating coronavirus patients in the u.s.

1500000 vials of the drug gram disappear will be distributed to hospitals on monday after a study showed improvements in recovery time patty kahane 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 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 an additional $1000.00 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 hayne al-jazeera. now to world news north korea's leader kim jong un has made his 1st public appearance in nearly 3 weeks as according to state media which broadcast images that it says showed came john on opening a fertilizer factory as rob mcbride wait for some soul speculation had been wife about the leader's health and whereabouts. in good spirits and seemingly in good health after disappearing from public view for nearly 3 weeks north korean leader kim jong un reemerged in style to open

a fertilizer plant. the pictures on state run television said to be from an event on friday seemed to be north korea's answer to all the growing speculation about kim's health. online news sites and some news organizations have been quoting sources that said kim was gravely ill even brain dead after a surgical procedure gone wrong. it had led to concerns about a possible power vacuum and instability in the nuclear armed state and focused attention on kim sister kim goto who attended this event as a possible successor to him she came to the world's attention as the point person in north korea's charm offensive during the 2018 winter olympics in pyongyang. she continued to feature prominently as the smiling facilitator in the subsequent into korean dialogue and in the historic summit meetings with the united states.

or. enable many. and. the family. in south korea intelligence officials had urged caution about the health rumors saying they haven't detected any unusual activity the pointed to a serious crisis south korea's unification ministry has condemned what it's called groundless content saying the speculation has caused unnecessary confusion and senior political figures here who do even suggested that kim might have died off facing strong criticism. opening this large fertilizer plant not wearing a mask while being cheered by large crowds may also be part of north korea's wider message to the world that it's feeding its people that it doesn't have any cases of

the coronavirus and the kim was very much alive and in charge of the bride al-jazeera so. at least 10 members of the iraqi paramilitary group the poppin modernization forces have been killed in 2 separate attacks by i saw fighters and all the town of make a was targeted overnight on friday in the province of salaheddine the other attack happened in tel to hob and this is as iraq tries to deal with a worsening economic crisis and the impact of the coronavirus crisis in iraq dickhead victory of isolette the end of 2017 al jazeera simona 14 is in baghdad and says they're the most brazen attacks by i saw fighters in 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 the gunfire as well as roadside bombs and

according to that commander there has been a steady increase in eyes like t.v. over the past few months it is important to say to that specific b.m.s. unit is actually so-called tribal or sunni p.m.o. 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 rule 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. still ahead on al-jazeera with technology evolving to help us track can contain covert 19 and sounds of us the violence and privacy and

finding the funny side how comedians in booking a fossil are using humor to raise awareness of and. we've got more hot weather into northern parts of china for the time being things will change as we go on through the next couple of days it's largely clear skies here but more cloud just spinning out of the yellow sea the east china sea and that's going to run its way towards the korean peninsula into southern parts of japan you'll see some what the weather just tumbling through here in tokyo ahead of the rain getting up to 26 celsius 28 in beijing says still not too bad warming up once again in shanghai to around 34 for that wet weather back down it is sent in the southern parts and yet we still got a few showers in the forecast for the time being further north well there we go the

hate is broken by some shabby rain just pushing into northern china into beijing as we go on into monday a little cooler in tokyo at around $22.00 degrees with some showers clinging on here heavy showers clinging on to into the northeast of india into bangladesh much of india well the story is about the pre monsoon heat which continues to build as one would expect so we're getting to the mid forty's not cool 44 degrees celsius but we go over some really heavy rain there into bangladesh the far north east of india maybe into myanmar as well some lively showers coming through very wet weather there around in the cabal as the andaman islands hots once again for central powers. when covert 901st struck china and began to spread across asia. some in the west criticized countermeasures a stew hot or too weak. but have the different

experiences before asian nations in fact not shown the world to root out for this group pandemic. coronavirus lessons from asia on a jazeera. who are the 4. or the. the end. of a recap of our top stories on al-jazeera this hour police in malaysia have detained more than $700.00 refugees and migrant workers in live in areas wake over $900.00 cases searched last month triggering accusations that foreigners are spreading the virus rights groups 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 says the government's plan to ease the strict coronavirus lockdown and in other news north korean state television has shown video of leader kim jong un in what may be his 1st public appearance in nearly 3 weeks the images i said to be from in opening of the 1st lies the factory kim's fairly is a show for a major anniversary had prompted speculation about his health. now while many businesses have had to shut down because of the coronavirus crisis zoos have had to keep in place a few staff to take care of the animals the u.k. government is working on a fund to support its $141.00 zoos and aquariums which has suffered a financial setback but as johnny angelo reports some say it won't be enough to cover their losses completely. mungo is the oldest resident of one of the u.k. smallest zoos and territorial animal blissfully unaware of the fragility of his

situation cedars nature center is home to 25 different species built for the local community it is a labor of love but not being 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 good ones 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 sensible ones are animals and we'll 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 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 working with 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 zoos around the world and the cartmel and donations of 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 not going was coming him as we speak right now because money was coming in

through good collections. accommodation on 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. singapore will start easing restrictions from may 12th after being under a partial lockdown for 2 months selected businesses will stop raining again in small groups of students will be allowed to return to school the health ministry says rules are being relaxed gradually to avoid a new spike in infections singapore has reported more than $17000.00 cases were also said to be foreign workers living in crowded accommodation. india has announced it will be mandatory for all public and private sector employees to use a government backed coronavirus tracking app the government is targeting at least

100000000 phones such moves by asian governments are raising privacy concerns among people but medical authorities say tracking software helps no transmission soccer has our report 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 los authorities if they breached a quarantine regulations and left their apartment it's didn't or didn't think about it i just think that this had to be done on minutes people need to be tracked and now one wants it spread further we all want to be over as quickly as possible so that just involvement with the tracking technology developed in hong kong is a y. find they 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 work an issue with using

this way that alone will be alerted when they use the left their home but 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 up or 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 some of the apps

look for people to. access on their call records in their contacts and in some cases they cannot and all the 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 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 but sarah clarke al-jazeera hong kong young people in booking a fast so are turning to comedy to deal with mounting uncertainty with a country already struggling from years of violence comedians are using humor to address serious health issues like the rubble 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 carry some comedy helps people wind their fear into loss or 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 south 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. her again i'm fully back to go with the headlines on al-jazeera police in malaysia have detained more than $700.00 refugees and migrant workers they live in areas where covered $1000.00 cases last month triggering accusations that foreign is spreading the virus wives who say they could be house for months in dangerously cramped conditions drawing story has more from kuala lumpur. 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 verifying their identity and we're also we've also seen videos of people being held at close quarters with no opportunity for physical distance thing not everyone was wearing a mosque and we're also getting reports that children will also detained so the raids have apart from being criticized as inhumane they've also been described as foolish singapore world starts easing restrictions from may 12th after being under it for 2 months selected businesses will stop raiding again and small groups of students will be allowed to return to school for the 1st time in more than a month people in spain are being allowed to exercise in go for walks this far the government's plan to ease search coronavirus lost meanwhile an experimental anti-viral drug has been approved for emergency use in treating patients in the

u.s. 1500000 vials of the drug from disappear will be distributed to hospitalised on monday a major study showed the drug shortened recovery time and may have reduced deaths in other news north korean state television has shown video of leader kim jong un in what may be as 1st public appearance in nearly 3 weeks the images are said to be from an opening of a fertilizer factory. for a major anniversary prompted speculation about his health and at least 10 members of the rocky prior military group the popular mobilization forces have been killed in 2 separate attacks i saw fighters the northern town of make case was targeted overnight on friday in the province of said i had seen the other attack happen in tel ta hobb iraq declare victory over i saw at the end of 2017. you absolutely have lines on al-jazeera the news continues right after inside story.

we're resuming warfare those are the words of colombia's largest army who after a month long ceasefire the national liberation army says the government isn't willing to talk so what does that mean for peace in colombia this is inside story. hello and welcome to the program i'm. we're talking colombia today the national liberation army better known as the e l in says it's resuming its 5 decades long armed activity after declaring a cease fire.