this is the guardian news live from berlin the coronavirus hits north korea leader kim jong un calls an emergency meeting after a person shows covert 19 symptoms the isolated country has so far claimed to have avoided the coronavirus also coming up britain imposes a 14 day quarantine on travelers arriving from spain where there's been a recent spike in corona virus cases that spanish authorities reintroduce measures to prevent the spread of the pandemic. and

a new maiden voyage for germany's cruise travel industry the 1st line outweighs anchor since the business was paralyzed by the content but can the industry whether the economic storm hit. and gather feels welcome to the program north korea has placed the city of play song near the border with south korea under total lockdown after a person was found suspected of covert $900.00 symptoms leader kim jong un called an emergency meeting on saturday if confirmed it would be the country's 1st official case north korean state media say the person suspected of having the virus crossed illegally from south korea. for more on that story i'm now joined by josh smithy's are with reuters

correspondent in seoul south korea george if confirmed this would be the 1st case officially acknowledged by north korean authorities how credible is that. well as with all things north korea. to. buy anything. there is a near total downer troll based. internet actions like you would have basically rely on the government. for that claim that there has been here or. there that being said well there's a lot of. there's been no confirmation. so that's why this show and not. just i'm afraid we have to break it off right here the audio quality is unfortunately very but the polish apologized to us thank you josh. for britain has imposed

a 2 week coroutine on travelers arriving from spain. in covert $900.00 paces that you're a part of only recently reopened most of its orders to travel nightlife in the spanish region of catalonia is shutting down once more while national authorities are introducing new measures against the recent spike in infections. holidaymaker is seeking relief from the global pandemic have contributed to a spike in covert 19 infections sending these cattle and beaches into a 2nd shutdown. nightlife in barcelona is scaling back once more with clubs forced to close and to reimpose curfew on restaurants and bars there are concerns that young people could transmit the virus to the elderly. of course i support the new restriction system for the economy for health for

everything things are bad and will only get worse if people are not conscious of what they have to do in. britain has reimposed a 2 week quarantine for travelers arriving from spain to operator to be canceled all flights to the country following the announcement the french government is a devising its citizens against traveling across the border into catalonia prompting concerns over terrorism in the region. everything is going so badly maybe this year there has been a 30 or 40 percent drop in the french compared. if 10 or even 50 percent fewer french people come it will make a difference. spanish authorities insist the country is safe with local isolated and controlled breaks. fears of a 2nd wave across europe leave nations grappling between staving off fresh breaks and reopening their economies. in the united states record numbers

of jobless workers are facing uncertainty as they wait for congress to decide on whether to extend the boost to unemployment benefits the current coronavirus relief program expires at the end of july but republicans in the senate are divided over how much fun and aid they're willing to provide for she won the fight against coronavirus but aisha brown has lost her job and now bills are piling up that's why she's hoping to get the government's financial support through it would help out like with my car no. rain and food ever we need we need it for and i think the issue. has to be a little get the checks out there to the people who really need it congress is still debating the coronavirus aid package but time is running out the weekly complementary allocation of $600.00 for the unemployed will stop this week

republicans one payments linked to previous earnings but with an eye on the elections democrats are pushing for a quick agreement this is deadly serious the house is burning down in terms of the economic security of america's families and these people are settling wherever they may be this weekend some $30000000.00 people would be affected if the payments stop many say they will not be able to pay the rent without the extra state allowance and as the deadline looms neither party wants to see a wave of evictions. all of us all it has been following efforts to pass a new girl the virus relief package in washington. time is running out for millions of americans who are receiving unemployment benefits the current relief package is running out and congress republicans and the y. tells can't agree on a new deal the white holes wants to cut those benefits from $600.00 to $100.00 per

week president believe that at the current level they are a disincentive for returning to work republicans of congress disagree and support higher unemployment benefits and promised a new proposal as soon as monday it's a dramatic situation however because what's at stake is that many americans might not be able to pay their rent if no deal is reached they could run into default which in the end my trigger a full blown financial crisis and that's a scenario that president trump has to avoid at all costs as he's trying to turn the tide politically as he is losing support of course among his voter base but democrats don't want to be held accountable for such developments either they are fully we can't therefore we can be carefully optimistic that a deal will be reached sooner or later but the white house republicans and democrats have to hurry up if they don't want to cause more chaos and suffering all of us all that they're reporting from washington time now to look at some of the

other stories making headlines around the world today in the u.s. hurricane hanna has made landfall on the gulf coast of texas lashing the shoreline with wind speeds reaching 145 kilometers per hour the 1st atlantic hurricane this year is also threatening to bring storms to a part of the country currently facing the spike in covert $900.00 cases of. black activists and whites militia groups are facing off against each other in louisville kentucky hundreds of black activists have occupied the steps of the local courthouse demanding justice for taylor an african american health worker killed by louisville police in march. thousands of israelis have helped protests across the country called. for prime minister benjamin netanyahu to resign the largest rally took place outside its nose home in jerusalem the protests have been going on for several weeks sparked by anger of the government's handling of the coronavirus

crisis and corruption charges against it and no. 3 people were killed when the plane crashed into an apartment block in the western german town of visit the ultralight aircraft crashed into the roof of the building setting fire to the top floor apartment best get to say a resident of the apartment was among those killed. a small research lab in southwestern nigeria is working hard to develop new solutions to tackle the corona virus and prepare to battle future epidemics it could soon turn into one of africa's largest genomics research centers it's found us supports young african scientists and wants to strengthen local research his efforts are already paying off. they have a lot of loss of fever and now the coronavirus this research lab and they had this stuff western nigeria has been of the forefront in the fight against cure diseases and these scientists were the 1st to establish the genetic profile of the new

coronavirus in africa when the 1st case showed up in lagos the force behind this place is professor christian happy raised income your room he started molecular biology at harvard then he returned to africa to set up a lap. this year every mind at the african center of excellence for genomics of infectious diseases has been focused on covered 19. for what it was maybe one of the 1st cause it mentioned virus in africa and this flap in 48 hours that wasn't possible before maybe in china nor in the europe or no laboratory has he had this record before a couple of civil because a lot of hope. this center was opened in 2016 around 1000 scientists mostly from nigeria and west africa have passed through its doors professor happy trains them as top researchers in biochemistry engine omics his aim to couple young african

scientists to the top of scientific research he wants to develop affordable solutions for tackling infectious diseases in africa and in the rest of the world under 30 years in the car was a great series and if that works the other thing is that if you understand that you can move very quickly that's happened is the other thing happy steam has already said down and other marker in the battle against the corona virus they've devised a fast track test that cost less than $3.00 euros by the end of the year the lump will have moved into a larger building it is said to become the biggest generic research center in africa and with an ongoing pandemic the world is counting on it. germany cruise ship has set sail for the 1st time since the industry was shut down because of the corona virus with strict precautions for passengers and crew but the cruise industry from ship building to luxury travel is under huge pressure since the pandemic struck for. for. before boarding all passengers had their temperature

taken were monitored by thermal imaging cameras and had to fill in a form about their health quite a procedure but most didn't mind. because it had quads fired and through the us where cruise ship fans so it was obvious that we would be up for the 1st voyage doesn't. it's like christmas for me isn't as awful we're thrilled to be off again but it's not quite business as usual the crew are fresh out of core and teen every 2nd table is left unused social distancing is derica all $1200.00 passengers have their temperatures taken daily and occupancy is only 60 percent but if you know of normal it's busy evening service is primarily about showing that chris is a possible end coronavirus times profitability isn't the priority here. the glory days of the cruise industry appear to be over the future is highly uncertain no one wants a repeat of the diamond princess crisis in february the ship was quarantined for

weeks off japan more than 700 people on board were infected and more than a dozen died tourism experts point out that resuming cruise is an experiment. i see this as a very difficult challenge and i keep wondering whether it actually makes sense economically to go to all this trouble. typed some cruise operators are passing the financial pressure on to the shipyards germany is my of after has been building the giant cruise ship for piano cruises but the company is shying away from taking delivery so it can delay final payments jobs at the shipyard or at risk the german government is concerned about the future of the ship building industry. after this iteration is problematic for ship builders because contracts that are in the pipeline have all been put on hold 19 in

germany. that means at the moment we have no work beyond 2023 or 24 and also. covert 19 has turned the dream days of cruising into sleepless nights about the future of the industry. a us sports now and the 1st player to opt out of the upcoming n.f.l. season because of the coronaviruses from the kansas city chiefs he's canadian law. who plays right god he's also a doctor he made the announcement on a social media page citing the option the league has offered play as he calls it one of the most difficult decisions he's had to make in his life to the native has been recently working at a cast center near montreal players who opt out of the season get a greatly reduced salary according to sources given its head if would've and almost 3000000 dollars if he'd played. and that's it from me and the early

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