this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. adults flock outdoors to exercise in spain, as one of the countries worst affected by coronavirus further eases its strict lockdown rules. an experimental drug developed to treat ebola is approved for emergency use by us officials for emergency use on severely—ill coronavirus patients. meanwhile, uk doctors are to trial treating critically—ill patients with blood plasma from covid—19 survivors. could temperature checks be the key for uk commuters to get back on public transport? it's thought to be one post—lockdown option under consideration. the uk lockdown puts the heat on warehouses, as cold storage space for frozen

food with nowhere to go runs short. a smartphone app to track coronavirus cases is made compulsory for all public and private sector workers in india. and smiling and smoking — north korea's kim jong—un reappears in public after a three—week absence, putting an end to rumours about his health. today is the first day in weeks that millions of people in spain have been allowed out of their homes. adults are now allowed outside to exercise, as the country's tight coronavirus restrictions are further eased.

spain has suffered one of the world's worst outbreaks of the coronavirus and imposed a stringent lockdown in march. until last week, it was the only country in europe where children could not leave home at all. but exercise is subject to a timetable for different age groups. officials in the united states have given emergency authorisation for the use of an anti—viral drug which some scientists say could help treat coronavirus. experts have warned remdisivir should not be seen as a miracle cure for treating coronavirus. here in the uk, more than 6,500 people have registered their interest to take part in a uk trial to see if blood plasma from coronavirus survivors can treat hospital patients with covid—19. commuters in the uk could be asked to take their temperature before leaving home, as part of proposals to make public transport safer. it's understood to be among measures being considered for when restrictions

are lifted here. and, according to north korean state media, the country's leader, kimjong—un, has appeared in public for the first time in nearly three weeks. his absence led to global questions about about his health. so to spain where it's the first day in weeks that millions of spanish citizens have been allowed out of their homes, with people hitting the streets for exercise. in the capital, madrid, people are happy to be out again. translation: it is difficult because we like going out to the streets in madrid, but we have been handling it with serenity. it is good. translation: the eating out plan is good so we don't cross over each other on the streets. we have to go out little by little so there is not another spike. we hope not, we hope to have beaten the virus. our europe correspondent, damian grammaticas, is in valencia, and explained how the process of easing restrictions will work.

it's quiet right now, because we're at the point where the spanish government has said people have to change over and so what we've had is, in the morning, up until right now, adults allowed out to exercise. so we've had people out here on their bikes, outjogging, going for a walk, that's adults. at ten o'clock in the morning, the government said that has to change, they all go back inside and now we've got pensioners, the elderly, anyone over 70 is allowed out for two hours, between ten and midday and then in the afternoon, children will be allowed out. the idea behind this is that it keeps the age groups apart and tries to limit the risk of infection, particularly in the elderly and that vulnerable population. it's this sort of daily timetable we have now got, but it is only for an hour each and it is, as you are pointing out, the first time in 48 days the people have been allowed outside.

while the lockdown in spain might be easing, health care workers are still treating hundreds of patients and many are concerned about a lack of quality protective equipment. dr elena klusova treats critically ill patients as a doctor with the mobile intensive care unit for the balearic islands. my my work is in the intensive care mobile unit, and we also provide helicopter transport service to the critical patients on all the islands because we work on the balearic islands. we sometimes have the necessity to transport the patients to barcelona, catalonia if the treatment of the patient requires this. we are seeing pictures of you

in protective gear, but along with doctors in the uk, germany, the united states, peru and so one, you are concerned that the ppe equipment, your clothing, is not doing thejob. equipment, your clothing, is not doing the job. that's partially true. i know that this pandemic was unprecedented, a tragedy for the whole planet. all of the systems in the world were overwhelmed by this. so the impact was huge. in spite of this it is quite understandable that when we face this unknown new enemy, in the first stages of the struggle with the pandemic, with covid—i9, we we re very with the pandemic, with covid—i9, we were very badly prepared and our

strategy was insufficient. so basically, in the beginning of the pandemic here in spain, we suffered a real lack of equipment. even now, five weeks after, we continue having problems with the quality of the equipment, with the protective equipment, with the protective equipment that we use. because of the fragility of it, because of the easiness of breaking it with a small effort, because of the poor quality of the equipment, we are highly exposed to the contagion and highly exposed to the contagion and highly exposed to the transmission of the virus to the very vulnerable patients which we treat. so problems with ppe in many countries. that account from spain. an experimental drug developed to treat ebola has been approved

for use on coronavirus patients in the united states. a recent clinical trial suggested the drug shortened recovery time for people who fall seriously ill with the virus. here's david willis on the latest developments from the us. could it prove a game changer? remdesivir is an antiviral drug that appears to help severely ill coronavirus patients recover. announcing that federal regulators had approved emergency use of the drug, president trump said it also had the backing of his medical experts. an important treatment for hospitalised coronavirus patients and it's something i spoke with dr hahn and dr fauci, i spoke with deborah about it, and it's really a promising situation. earlier this week, the government's infectious diseases expert revealed that a clinical trail had shown that remdesivir could block the virus and help patients recover more quickly.

the data shows that remdesivir has a clear—cut significant positive effect in diminishing the time to recovery. manufactured by the californian pharmaceutical company gilead, remdesivir failed as a treatment for hepatitis and ebola, but tests showed that it shortened the recovery time for coronavirus patients by more than 30%, or an average about four days. nor a vaccination or a cure, it is none the less the most promising treatment to date. after weeks under lockdown, large parts of this country are finally, tentatively starting to reopen. texas has reopened its beaches but restaurants and shopping centres have been ordered to limit their capacity to 25% for two more weeks at least. the united states remains the global epicentre of the coronavirus, a million cases and counting

and more than 63,000 deaths. medical experts are warning that by reopening their economies too quickly, some states could run the risk of sparking a second wave of the pandemic. president trump ended his 32—day white house lockdown by flying to camp david for a weekend of talks with his advisers, all part of an attempt to kick—start the american economy ahead of elections later this year. meanwhile, the hunt for a cure for the virus goes on. david willis, bbc news. meanwhile, here in the uk, doctors are working on a very different potential treatment for coronavirus. a clinical trial would see patients treated with blood plasma from people who have had the virus, and since recovered. so far, donors have given enough plasma, which is the liquid part of the blood, to treat 150 people. dr manu shankar—hari is an intensive

care consultant at guy's and st thomas' hospital nhs trust and is one of the leaders of the trial. thank you for finding time to talk to us. thank you. what are your hopes for this trial? i thank all of the donors for leading this clinical trial? in terms of the hope, what we are essentially doing is giving almost an immediate protection passively. it will help fight the virus immediately and help with recovery. how soon will you know that? once we give the plasma, we will monitor these patients closely and we will start to see some improvement within days of giving the plasma. the exact timing of it is difficult to predict. it will

differ between patients, we expect. what gives you reason for hope? why are you confident this will work? one of the earlier speakers gave this point. it has been around for a long time, we understand how it works. it clears the virus just like the drug you highlighted earlier, it will help us clear the virus from the body and therefore improve clinical outcomes. that's the reason why we are trying this. it sounds so encouraging this, it made me wonder whether you should be calling for more plasma for more survivors so you can treat more patients? you are absolutely right. that's essential for this trial to be implemented widely across the united kingdom, not only for critically ill patients but those who are in the medical wards who are less critically ill.

this donor programme has been set up nationally and if you go to the web page, there will be an opportunity to donate plasma. does the nhs have the potential for scaling up to donate plasma. does the nhs have the potentialfor scaling up and using this as a fairly typical treatment? absolutely. if the trial shows that the treatment works, what we have essentially is every single nhs trust has got a blood bank and transfusion experts, so we should be able to support convalescent plasma isa able to support convalescent plasma is a method of care. we have to leave it there, but we wish you all the best. i wasjust leave it there, but we wish you all the best. i was just admiring your einstein poster behind you on the world. some people show off their bookcases, but i think you are a step ahead of the team. thank you so

much. thank you for having us and thank you to the donors and the leaders on this project. the indian government has made it compulsory for all public and private sector employees to use a smartphone app designed to trace people who may have been infected with coronavirus. the move came as delhi has extended its lockdown but vowed to ease some of the measures in lower—risk areas. for more on this, i'm joined by our correspondent, anbarasan ethirajan. it sounds a bit like what south korea and other countries are doing. tell us about the indian model. this is what other countries are doing, a tracing app, such as in germany and china. now india has its own application. it was launched last month by the prime minister. now they are making it compulsory for

all public sector government employees and private employees. already it has been downloaded by more than 50 or 60 million people around the country. once you start your bluetooth and location, it gives you a digital code. when you go to any public place, when you are talking to someone, it starts communicating that code with the other digital code. there is also a question, asking you what the symptoms are like. based on your a nswe rs , symptoms are like. based on your answers, it gives you orange, red or green, depending on whether you are positive or high risk. it is automatically uploaded to the server. it works like google maps, they can determine trafficjams because there are high number of mobile phones on a single highway. it alerts you as and when somebody

you came in contact with has tested positive or is high—risk. you came in contact with has tested positive or is high-risk. it depends ona high positive or is high-risk. it depends on a high degree of mobile penetration through the population, and we know there are in urban areas and we know there are in urban areas and in ruralareas and we know there are in urban areas and in rural areas are some very poor people who don't have smartphones, .i. .2, it relies on a very heavy and effective use of testing. first of all, india has got one of the highest mobile phone penetration is in the world, there are about 500 million mobile phone users and many of them are smartphones. this application is only for smartphones. people in rural areas may not be using smartphones, they may have a basic phone without any of these smartphone features. at the same time, there are many people these phones. that remains a challenge for the government, how they will take it to the rural areas. otherwise, we are talking about hundreds of millions of people, those in urban areas who will be downloading this

application. if you want to travel ona train application. if you want to travel on a train or catch a flight, then it might say, you have to be showing a green and then we will allow you on this one. this is one of the concerns people have. the best way is for the testing, and this government hopes they will point out where the hotspots are, and they can impose the lockdown as and when necessary. that will help to contain the spread of the virus. we have got to leave it there, but let's hope they can find and treat it effectively. as governments around the world begin to look at ways to ease restrictions on public transport in the uk commuters could be asked to check their temperature before leaving home, it's understood to be one of several options being looked at for when the coronavirus lockdown is eased. our political correspondent, jonathan blake, has been telling me more. this, as reported by the times this morning, is one part of what could form part of that plan, although it's far from confirmed, we're told.

but it is being looked at, the idea that people could be asked to take their temperature before they take public transport, simply taking it at home using their own means. but you could see how it would work as potentially a way to allow people to feel safer and travel more safely on trains and buses and tube trains, which are, of course, going to see huge numbers of people, potentially, in the near or more distant future, travelling in a more confined space. but, as i say, it's not confirmed. the department for transport saying that experts are constantly looking at best practice around the world to inform the uk's response to coronavirus. nhs england is urging parents not to avoid routine vaccination appointments for their children. there are fears that diseases like measles and mumps could make a return if immunisations fall because patients are scared of catching coronavirus when they visit a health centre or gp surgery. anna collinson reports.

the idea has been likened to a fast—food drive through. you pull up, and you get yourjab. hello, beautiful. in this case, an mmr vaccine to protect 13—month—old safah from measles and mumps. well done. this drive—through may not be as fun, but doctors say a few tears are worth it for essential vaccinations. three weeks ago, this surgery saw a big drop in vaccinations. patients said they were scared they would come into contact with coronavirus in the waiting rooms. hello, daddy. how are you? so they started vaccinating outside the surgery, and people can come on car or foot. perfect, thank you, so much. so the first part where there would be a verbal explanation is done on the telephone and the nurse comes outjust to give the injection, so the face—to—face contact is only two minutes, not ten minutes, and goes back in and all the records are written up without the patient there. despite pressures from covid—i9,

medical officials in england, wales and scotland all agree essential vaccinations need to continue, unless a person is experiencing symptoms. they say it's essential in preventing outbreaks of diseases. if you are due a routine immunisation, so it's either your baby or child or if you are pregnant, please get in touch with your surgery and keep your appointment. there are going to be people watching, saying, even though you've got this new set—up, coming to the doctors is just too risky because of coronavirus. what would you say to them? please come and protect your children. life is all about risks and benefits. the benefits of having your children vaccinated is so much greater. it would be a tragedy, and i feel i would have failed, if we saw measles or diphtheria make a comeback. thank you so much, daddy! 0k. anna collinson, bbc news. bars, shops and restaurants have been closed for weeks here in the uk, but advance orders they made months ago have still been coming

into warehouses, and those goods have nowhere to go. that's causing problems for the companies which run the warehouses, as they make profit from the movement of items through their premises. i'm joined now by shane brennan, ceo of the cold chain federation, which represents the temperature—controlled supply chain in the uk. thank you for talking to us. i hope i expressed the problem in a nutshell, but you expand on it. you are absolutely right, the fact is right now there is more product coming into the uk coal stores than there is going out and that creates a logjam that creates operational difficulty for our members but crucially a cash flow problem because we make money when product moves into and out of our warehouses. when that product doesn't moods we start to lose money and we make this decision is about how many staff we keep on. it becomes harder and harder to do the job. everyone has been holding on

forgrim job. everyone has been holding on for grim life with the furloughs and the business loans and all the rest of it, but i suppose looking ahead to your problems, they are very particular because bars and restau ra nts a nd cafe particular because bars and restaurants and cafe is and the rest, they may be some of the latest things open. absolutely right. we are in this period of suspended animation where we hold on tight for the recovery. it will not come back straight away and operating with less volume, less movement, but the same number of customers is the worst thing that could happen. we are worried about the business failures that could come across the chain as we get into the recovery phase. our plea to the government is, please stick with it, please continue the support and put it in place for the lung and medium—term to help get the uk economy back up and running. i am just to help get the uk economy back up and running. i amjust imagining then also looking down the line that if product is not leaving these warehouses and particularly these

cold storages at the speed it needs to, you have got all of the fresh berries and all of that, you have gotan berries and all of that, you have got an even bigger problems. berries and all of that, you have got an even bigger problemsm berries and all of that, you have got an even bigger problems. it is a complex interconnected network we operate around the seasons, and it would be relatively empty now because we are coming out of easter, waiting for the start of the uk harvest. because we are full now, we are worried about what will happen in the weeks ahead in terms of where we will put stuff. that does create broader problems, particularly for the businesses that are producing. we should not worry about what is on the shelves in supermarkets and local shops, because the problem is too much food and not a lack of it. thank you. the north korean leader kimjong—un has appeared in public for the first time in nearly three weeks, ending an absence that prompted international rumours about his health. we received these images in the past hour,

courtesy of the country's official news agency, of kim jong—un opening a fertiliser plant near the capital pyongyang. our correspondent, laura bicker, explained the significance of the new pictures. you can see kim jong—un walking and talking, waving to crowds, cutting ribbons, laughing with officials. the crowds are wearing masks. the officials around kim jong—un earn are not. he certainly looks very much alive and well. he is seen smoking throughout the pictures was that suggests perhaps that there hasn't been any problems with his lungs, as some have suggested. this came about because the north korean leader was last seen on april 11 and he didn't turn up for a key celebration on april 15. it is the celebration on april 15. it is the celebration of his grandfather, the founder of north korea. it is unprecedented for him not to turn up. it raised a few eyebrows here. a few days later came a report on a

website, which is partly run by north korean defectors, which said that a source in north korea have said that the leader had had a heart operation, or some kind of heart procedure, and was recovering. that then ballooned into international coverage and headlines which range from him being gravely ill to he was ina coma, from him being gravely ill to he was in a coma, and also that perhaps he was indeed hiding from covid—i9. now it seems that these headlines have either been mis—proven or we don't really know where he has been for the last two weeks, as he be nil? as he had some kind of procedure? it is ha rd to he had some kind of procedure? it is hard to tell. state media would never comment on the supreme leader's hell. it will only be known toa leader's hell. it will only be known to a handful of people. it is worth noting that officials here have said that nothing unusual was noted in north korea. today the unification minister has said that the last two

weeks of speculation has come at a cost and says that it shows the danger of using unconfirmed sources. an enigma wrapped in riddle and a mystery. you are watching bbc news. for those lucky enough to have a garden, they have become real sanctuaries in recent weeks. some of you having working so hard to make them just so immaculate. a lot of sunshine showing up there across sussex through the morning, and there will be more around this afternoon as well. this weekend will bring a lot of dry weather although some showers in the north—east. some of those showers in recent days actually bringing some welcome rainfall will stop the load that brought them towards consonants. high pressure trying to build in the north. this weather front sitting towards the south—west will come in supply as well through the weekend.

saturday, a lot of dry weather with sunshine. showers across northern scotla nd sunshine. showers across northern scotland attending to clear, but then congregating across the south—east of scotland and the north—east of england for the a nagging breeze on the north sea coast, so quite chilly here. generally temperatures in the mid—teens, coolerfor generally temperatures in the mid—teens, cooler for northern scotla nd mid—teens, cooler for northern scotland and up to 18 in the south—east of england. you can see the clouds trying to push towards the clouds trying to push towards the south—west of england through the south—west of england through the afternoon, the late afternoon sunshine here turning increasingly hazy, with a cloud pushing on overnight, perhaps some rain overnight, perhaps some rain overnight for devon and call. meanwhile the showers in the north—east fade away. low survival six agrees. —— lows of five or 6 degrees. a lot of sunshine to get the day under way. showers breaking out across northern reaches of scotland. a front to the south not manifesting much in the way of rain, but definitely claudia skies for

england and wales by the afternoon. some shopper showers for northern england, stretching into the midlands and east anglia. a shade cooler than today as well. the high does try to win out in the week, and it will eventually come about this system towards the south—west trying to bring some rain and it looks like it will have the greatest success in doing that across south wales and south—west england through tuesday and into wednesday. a distantly average if not cool temperature for the first part of the week with eight nagging easterly. it gets warm and dryfor eight nagging easterly. it gets warm and dry for wednesday.

hello and welcome to dateline london. i'm carrie gracie. this week — another roller coaster of hopes and fears. lockdowns lifting in some parts of the globe and hopeful talk of vaccines and treatments but elsewhere infections still rising. and warnings that half the world's workers are at immediate risk of losing theirjobs. in fact, week by week the economic fallout of this pandemic looks worse.

and everyone wrings their hands and says we need a global response. so where is it? my guests, on socially distanced screens, indianjournalist ashis ray and german commentator thomas kielinger. and here in the studio observing the two metre rule, the bbc‘s chief international correspondent lyse doucet. let's focus first on india, which is so big that everything happens at once infections still rising in some parts of the country and a partial lifting of the lockdown in others. but the damage to repair is huge with 140 million people estimated have lost their jobs. so how is the indian government doing in helping them and balancing difficult judgments about how far to relax restrictions? that is obviously a question to

start with you. thank you. india