this is deja vu news a live from berlin north korean leader kim jong un is said to be greeted with thunderous cheers in his 1st public appearance in nearly 3 weeks there were rumors he was seriously ill or even death but state media pictures appear to show came opening a fertilizer factory also coming out. but also in spain or are now allowed to leave their homes to get exercise outdoors as of a country with one of europe's toughest proto viruses locked down slowly ease its its restrictions will go live to our correspondent. and europe steps up the search

for a coronavirus vaccine percival a funded line wants to raise 7500000000 euros to fund an affordable vaccine for the whole war. a michael okun welcome to the program north korean state media say leader kim jong un has made his 1st public appearance in nearly 3 weeks kim is said to have opened a fertilizer factory near the capital pyongyang the official news agency says he was greeted with cheers it's the 1st report of came carrying out an engagement since he missed actual anniversary celebrations last month there has been speculation he was seriously ill or even dead. joining me now is correspondent frank smith in seoul frank it's good to see you how

reliable is this information coming from the state news agency showing kim jong un alive and well well certainly i would trust the information coming in from korea central news agency much more than the reports that we got over the past couple of weeks there are a couple of indicators that we need to look at at these pictures one is of course it's kim jong than himself that it's certainly doesn't look like a double in the background you see can you know john his sister younger sister and perhaps an heir to the leadership of north korea as much speculation there's been a boat that this week she's also the vice. director of north korea's propaganda and agitation department so she's vested in seeing. the north korean media and kim jong un portrayed in a very positive light it would be an astonishing photo i think for north korea to

try to you know hoodwink or fool or lie to the north korean public in this way suggesting kim jong than was alive when in fact he is dead so you know in this case i think it really is a credible report that kim jong un is a lot coming from again north korea's central news agency a likely credible report and we certainly have seen images of him over the course of our lifetimes plenty of images but are north korean watchers able to authenticate that these are in fact recent photos of the north korean leader. i think that might be a little bit more difficult but if we look at some of the other photos there there was a photo of 'd thousands of people releasing new balloons now kim jong un was in in that photo that is on the internet that korea central news agency released but that photo is of people releasing of balloons thousands of people and those people are wearing masks which would indicate this is after the coronavirus sort of outbreak

had had perhaps filtered into north korea so that indicates again that this is quite a recent sort of event quickly frank has this shed any light on how the kim family dynasty works into a might be next in line to take power certainly it has initiated a tremendous about of speculation over who would lead north korea next and again i mentioned earlier his sister kim jong she's just 32 years old but she has sort of developed a much more stronger and influential role within his sort of executive branch she has been a decide for for many of the summits handing 'd kim jong un his pen pulling back his chair and stamping documents that and declarations and accords that he signed with other leaders so i believe it it sort of points to her frank smyth thanks so

much for that u.s. president donald trump is threatening to slap trade tariffs on china over the coronavirus much of china's industrial output is made for export to europe and america where demand for its goods has collapsed beijing is trying to kick start the economy but for many chinese businesses it may already be too late. physical distancing and sights masks at the great wall of china life is slowly returning to normal. but jim's in beijing are still closed. they opened briefly last month but were then forced to shut after fears of a 2nd wave of the virus. we hope were not to reopen the soonest possible coronavirus is hitting us hard and no one knows how the situation will pan out. the restaurant industry has also taken a hit food outlets are now gradually welcoming customers back exporters are

also under pressure it's not known when demand from the u.s. and europe will rebound and many small and medium sized businesses may not survive. where expecting at least 22000000. to lose their jobs this year and that will push the unemployment rate up to around 10 percent however an additional $250000000.00 people are going to experience some kind of wage cuts between 10 to 50 percent here in harbin a city of 10000000 people there's been a cluster of new cases the threat of more shutdowns looms large in china she hears a roundup of some of the latest pandemic developments the u.n. is warning that millions of children risk missing out on vital medicines because

travel disruption has delayed shipments u.s. regulators have given fast track approval to hear a drug which appears to help some covert 19 patients to recover faster the world health organization says the rate of infection across africa is increasing singapore is easing restrictions as cases there begin to subside again. now look at some of the other stories making headlines around the world the white house has blocked top health official anthony found chief from testifying before congress members are investigating the trumpet ministrations handling of the virus outbreak found she has often contradicted trump the administration calls it counterproductive for a member of the covert response team to testify. u.s. presidential hopeful joe biden has denied sexually assaulting a former senate aide in 1903 these are the former vice president's 1st public remarks on the issue more than a month after the

a leg ation surface. here in berlin hundreds of people have defied a ban on public gatherings to celebrate may day traditionally a day of leftwing protest in the german capital activists protested against coronavirus restrictions and conditions in greece's overcrowded refugee camps. the toughest lockdown restrictions in europe will begin to loosen their grip on public life starting today people in spain have been told to stay at home since mid march but now residents can go for walks an exercise outdoors either alone or with one member of their household the government hopes to further east curbs on movement by the end of next month. we're joined now by our correspondent philip schultz in seville in southern spain yon it's good to see you as well spain has had

a very strict lock down rules in place for the past few weeks of course what's the feeling now that they're being needs. honestly it's it's a great feeling especially since that comes together with a significant decline in the number of corona virus deaths we have seen the lowest figure for for more than 2 months personally i've been in a privileged situation in the past 2 weeks as a journalist i was more or less allowed to move freely and as a parent i could take my child at least since last weekend but still many people it's really the 1st time for more than 7 weeks that they are allowed to leave their park and for anything else than buying food however the restrictions are still here they can only go out at specific times there's a specific time slot for each age group for example adults can only go out in the morning and in the late evening and the other times reserved for elderly people and

children. so staggered session city speak we understand today's move is part of a comprehensive roadmap there what are the next steps the spanish government is planning. exactly at the moment it's just the 1st part of a comprehensive plan for faces that the government calls the so-called transition to a new normality prime minister sanchez has stressed that it's a gradual and what he calls asymmetrical troll assist meaning each phase can be 2 weeks but it can also be longer according to the infection rates and different regions can also move on in different speeds what is clear is that in mid may restaurants will be to open again at least at a limited capacity and at least in their. facilities which is of course an important part of spanish life especially now in spring and summer and then in the

face in june there will be also movement of people and travel within the country at least in the short amount of time that we have left spain is one of europe's most popular summer holiday destinations of course does the plan also include a reopening of holiday resorts there. says that in mid may open at least 30 percent capacity but boak president of the hotel association and southern spain sundays ago and he said that there would be no normal summer season international tourists would probably not be allowed to come maybe there would be some spending. but that's it i can just see heads dropping everywhere yun phillipe schultz in seville spain thanks so much for that thank you . germany and france are spearheading european efforts to fund research into

a coronavirus vaccine a virtual pledging conference next week is aiming to raise 7500000000 euros european commission president fundal line says the goal is to develop vaccines treatments and tests to be available worldwide and an affordable price. of scientists around the world race to develop a vaccine the e.u. is trying to rally global support in the fight against corona virus in an interview with the commission president person of on the lie and call for a coordinated approach have to build up capacities to manufacture and zillions of those and then we have to make sure that we can deploy to every corner in the world in a fair and affordable price and that's what exactly we're working on for that we need money and we need to go global corporation the pandemic is also putting a strain on state finances countries like italy and spain or supporting the shape

of so-called corona bones effectively shared debt between eurozone countries but illustrating the blocks north south divide the plan for either solidarity has met opposition from germany and the netherlands. in the whole instrument we will have certainly the right balance of loans and grants this is the process where we have to negotiate with all 27 member states of course and i think this is democracy we have to speak about the detailing out the tailor made programs but all i do agree that it is important to support the countries that were hardest hit by the virus and the economic consequences. a majority of e.u. countries have decried states of emergency in a bid to contain the virus but vonda lion had a warning for any government seeking to abuse the power as. we're looking very

closely to how these measures are implemented when it comes to the european values indeed the freedom of speech the freedom of media for example so we stand ready to intervene immediately and if this is not appropriate and time limited. for now the priority remains saving lives and stopping the spread of vaccine the key to some kind of return to normality. and you can see our full interview with ursula fun the line on our website that dot com now for some sports news or what passes for sports news these days hopes of restarting their german football season have suffered a blow after 3 people at cologne tested positive for the virus all are symptom free and in quarantine the club is not disclosing the names or positions of those who tested positive group training for the team is continuing the league hopes to restart matches without spectators later this month.

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