everybody stays very safe stay safe for you to say. the below. 0 as. this is data over the news line from berlin north korean leader kim jong un reemergence following uncertainty over his health state media broadcast video of came at a factory opening his 1st public appearance in 3 weeks they had been rumors he was seriously ill or even dead also coming up. in the u.s. small states begin easing coronavirus lockdown rules and reopening opinions divided

across the country with many americans warning it's too soon to return to business as usual. our town. and people in spain breathed a sigh of relief as they're allowed to exercise outdoors again a country that same one of europe's toughest coronavirus lockdowns is gradually easing its restrictions. on rebecca ritter's it's good to have you with us north korean leader kim jong un has appeared in public for the 1st time in 3 weeks state media brought comes radio of kim at a dedication ceremony adding that he was greeted with thunderous applause from the crowd kim's reemergence puts an end to speculation that the north korean leader was seriously ill or even dead. the video images from

north korean state television appear to show kim jong un at the opening of a fertilizer plant he is surrounded by functionaries and appears to be healthy. most of the attendees are wearing face masks the $32.00 which is not independently verified is said to be from friday kim was absent from the public eye for almost 3 weeks his last public appearance was on the 11th of april at a communist party event in the capital pyongyang there was no sign of kim a few days later on april 15th one of north korea's most important dates he was absent from ceremonies marking the birth of his grandfather north korea's founder kim il sung rumors began to circulate with some u.s. and south korean media citing reports kim was seriously ill following a heart operation these satellite images sparked further speculation the north korea monitoring group of 38 north says the show kim's personal train parked near

the eastern coast a resort of one son where kim has a villa. north korean state media never commented on kim's long absence but these latest images are likely to quell the intense speculation about his health correspondent frank sniff joins me now from seoul frank we've just same that new video from the state news agency appearing to show came alive and well does it in fact settle the speculation over the latest health. well i think it may in fact settle that that concern about kim jong un's health those images are from korea central news agency north korea's state media in the background you see kim jong. junk that's kim jong un's sister she's the vice director of the propaganda and agitation department in north korea and i would just be kind of too far fetched to

consider that they were trying to lie to the north korean people about the state of 'd the leader's health and this really is remarkable because here in south korea just yesterday you had a south korean lawmaker a north korean defector that's a south korean lawmaker say that he was 99 percent sure that kim jong il was dead so this really goes to show you the opaque nature of media coming out of north korea and definitely why was there all this peculation over his health and even death over the past week aside. well i think when you look at north korea need to look at a few things 1st off as i mentioned the view into north korea really is blurred if not completely opaque when kim jong il died that's kim jong un's father back in 2011 the international community the world didn't find out for 2 whole days and

only when the korea central news agency announced it we also have to remember north korea has a nuclear weapons program it's under sanctions from the united nations security council and that is a tremendous concern for the international community what happens to those when there is some change in leadership in north korea and that's where all the speculation has been over the past week who is going to be the next leader and most of that speculation focused on kim jong un's younger sister kim your jiang that we saw in the background that we've seen assisting kim jong un with his various duties including the recent summits that he had with south korean president in and u.s. president donald trump facts in self thanks very much for the update. a noun it's take a look at the latest developments in the chronic virus pandemic the total number of number of corona virus infections in europe now tops $1500000.00 cases according to

a new tally russia and pakistan a both reporting may have biggest one day jump in the new infections france is extending its health emergency for 2 more months until july 24th the country's health minister said lifting the emergency this month would be to say and secondly on house is set to become the 1st german state to contact with strict starting monday people can get together in groups of up to 5. now in the u.s. more states a reopening for a business for business made a fierce nationwide debate over how soon coronavirus lockdown restrictions should be lifted many public health officials have warned it's too soon for a return to normal even as protest is in some states came up the pressure on local leaders to re-open is little consensus with different states this using different policies. finally a day at the beach the sand and gulf waters of galveston have reopened to the

public texas has become the biggest u.s. state so far to begin reopening just after recording its highest single day death toll from the coronavirus one florida man dressed as the grim reaper acted as a reminder that beach goers were risking their health. we are dealing with a deadly virus i love our beaches i don't fighting for beaches for years but i think it's too soon to draw thousands of millions of people to our beaches after a period in which 90 percent of americans were told to stay home lock down orders have now expired in several states barbershops in alabama open their doors to customers overdue for a trim shops movie theaters and restaurants are back in business in various areas though with precautions to enable social distancing. with

a 350 person occupancy in a point 5 percent of that is about 87 people but we're going to kind of slow down the operations a little bit or work with about 60 people diners who showed up celebrated the ok jle we were thinking which is the 1st restaurant we're going to go to after we are able to come out and this is the one that we ended up back so we're really happy to hear. that. you know this is great. elsewhere people are on edge and states including california were tough restrictions remain in force police in los angeles have to keep demonstrators for and against reopening from coming to blows. and a man in texas is facing assault charges after pushing a park ranger into the water for asking people to observe social distancing rules. i hear in europe the country with the most coronavirus cases spain has now

surpassed 25000 deaths but the number of new infections is on the decline and the country has begun easing some of its strict lockdown measures for 7 weeks only one person per household was allowed to leave their homes to go grocery shopping or walk their dog but starting today spaniards are allowed to go outside to exercise again albeit while still under strict restrictions. a celebration of freedom in madrid starting today spaniards can leave their homes to exercise something they haven't been able to do in nearly 2 months. it's part of the country's roadmap to recovery secret for us we feel free this article it's essential for physical and mental health it's essential to allow people to exercise . everyone does what they want if people want to catch it let them

catch it but this will mean that in 15 or 20 days we'll be locked up at home again . mr governor. i feel great they're very tough restrictions but it is what it is we have to follow the instructions from the health ministry because they know more than us was this feeling of freedom is great when this all gets better all of us will feel even better. in a bid to avoid overcrowding the government has implemented a shift system adults can exercise mornings and evenings afternoons or in mocks the children with the remaining time slots reserved for the elderly. thirty's and monitoring the situation closely with the highest number of cases in europe spain has the continent's largest coronavirus field hospital in another

positive sign it's finally closing its doors. i the last patients left the facility on friday much to the relief of the medical staff. as spain takes its 1st steps forward the rest of europe is watching closely. joining me now from severe in southern spain is correspondent john philip schultz younger looks fine has had really strict lockdown rules the past few weeks what's the feeling there now that they're being aged. that's a very good feeling personally i've been in that privilege to situation as a journalist it was to move more or less freely and there were also certain relaxations for parents and children but for a lot of people today it's really the 1st time in 7 weeks that they have been able to to leave their apartments and as you can see behind me it's

a very beautiful day it's a sunny day and people are enjoying life outside on the streets so many people and say that in some regions officials have already warned of overcrowding but of course there are still a lot of frustrations in place we have heard about the different shifts to different time slots for different age groups but there's also a one kilometer radios. restriction and a lot of people have started to don't load apps just show them where exactly they can go within the one kilometer radius well we understand that today's navy's part of a comprehensive ride membrane a tit to lock down measure is one of the next steps that the spanish government is planning. exactly this is just a 1st step of a country and the plan of 4 faces that the government calls the tradition of the transition to a new normality but prime minister sanchez has stressed that it's a gradual and asymmetrical process as he calls it and meaning but in different

regions there can be different speeds according to the infection rates and capacities but what is for sure is that in mit's may there will be restaurants that can open heart. facilities again and troubling by mid june spending cuts will be allowed to travel all over the country again. speaking to us from stein thanks very much they are in fact. here in germany the may day holiday passed off quieter than usual this year official trade union events to mock international labor day was streamed online but in some german cities there were still some of the traditional street protests by left leaning demonstrators. the scuffles broke out before nightfall rocks and bottles were thrown and fireworks set off and berlin's crowds bear district social distancing and infection prevention all forgotten and similar scenes in hamburg where several 100 people had gathered

for protests police had their hands full breaking up the unauthorized gatherings. in berlin large groups of curious onlookers added to the danger several 1000 people at close quarters hardly any wearing masks. just cannot convince some unwise people to respect social distancing rules. people are of course free to walk the streets but we could not always prevent some passers by from clogging the streets and turning into groups of rubber neckers into being. but most of them made a holiday passed peacefully restrictions on public assembly inspired some creative protests like here in berlin but a german camera team was attacked 5 people were injured some seriously 6 others were arrested some 5000 police were deployed in berlin.

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