this is the w. news live from berlin the coronavirus hits north korea leader kim jong un calls an emergency meeting after a person shows covert 900 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's as the spanish authorities reintroduced measures to prevent the spread of the pandemic. and

a new maybe voyage for germany's troops travel industry the 1st line away zanker since the business was paralyzed by the pandemic but can the industry whether the economic storm mad. as welcome to the program north korea has placed the city of k. song near the border with south korea under total lockdown after a person was found suspected of covert 19 symptoms leader kim jong un called an emergency meeting on saturday if confirmed that 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 not joined by just smithies a reuters correspondent in seoul in south korea george if confirmed this will be the 1st case officially acknowledged by north korean authorities how credible is

that. there has been a lot of suspicion cast on north korea's claims to have no confirmed cases so far not least because information is so difficult to get out of north korea in any kind of independent fashion obviously there's a lot of control on any kind of media access and even international institutions like the w. h. o. have only had relied on numbers given to them by the north korean government and so while it's been a lot of suspicions that there is some kind of outbreak there we also have no confirmation that there has been any kind of outbreak and in recent weeks north korea had actually sums shown signs of lifting some of the restrictions that it imposed there and so at this point it's really unclear and as you said this would be the 1st confirmation and so that's something that's going to get a lot of attention if confirmed this case has been linked to a person whom the authorities in north korea claim defected to south korea 3 years

ago and just now returned to north korea what are we to make of that. it is somewhat interesting scenario on several levels south korean authorities here say that they're still. figuring out whether that story is credible but they have said there's actually a good chance that someone didn't turn to north korea recently at the same time it's unclear whether that person actually had covert of any type and so it's something that we'll never know the actual details of that in the past north korea has sometimes mixed a bit of facts and. facts and fiction together and that may be the case that we're looking at here. in seoul thank you. britain has imposed a 2 week orange teen on travelers arriving from spain after a surgeon covert 900 cases then europe had only recently reopened most of its

borders to travel nightlife in the spanish region of catalonia is shutting down once more while national authorities are introducing measures against the recent spike in infections as well the new restrictions are causing renewed disruption to the travel industry to tourists for. the u.k.'s sudden decision to take spain off a safe travel list left travelers with no time to prepare for its consequences to wrist returning home environment breeds barajas airport were frustrated they had come on holiday with the understanding bay would not have to quarantine upon their return. i think it's it's pretty bad because it's just come all of a sudden it's not given much time to prepare. for everyone's help on occasion and i also think that ruins comes up everybody we had a wedding to go to help plans to visit friends and family that we haven't seen in

about a long time and not looking at cats a lot as planned so it's really quite upsetting and those with holidays books for the coming days and weeks also face headaches too operated theory says it has canceled its upcoming flights from britain to spain but some airlines say they'll still fly possibly leaving would be holiday makers out of pocket. the rush to grab the mediterranean sun and sand after months of lockdown is believed to have contributed to this spike in code with 19 infections in the country sending some beaches into a 2nd shutdown. in barcelona nightlife is scaling back once more with clubs forced to close and to reimpose curfew on restaurants and bars there are concerns young people could transmit the virus to the elderly france is also advising its citizens against crossing the border into neighboring spain prompting concerns over 2 isn't there. everything's going so badly

this year there has been a 30 to 40 percent drop in a friendship compared to usual if 10 or even 50 percent fewer french people come it will make a difference our spanish authorities insist their country is safe with fresh outbreaks being local isolated and controlled fears of a 2nd wave of coded 19 across europe are seeing nations struggling to stave off fresh outbreaks while trying to reopen their economies. of story let's go to correspondent stephen bergen in barcelona stephen the spanish government says outbreaks in spain are localized and controlled so other measures taken by the u.k. and also by france too strict you think. well i would say it's up to the. decisions on the information. i think there's a feeling here in the case of the u.k.

this is yet another improvised decision. and somewhat hypocritical to have given that you're actually far more likely to get infected with corona virus in the u.k. than you are here a moment the other thing is that the worst outbreaks with there are some here in barcelona but the worst outbreaks are actually places of tourists who wouldn't visit as one that's an agricultural area in northern gaza. which is not a tourist area it's all. outside of. the outlying town opposed to. which is you know a working class don't trigger some source code of this is the other place or. another country for example which includes of course the blanket benidorm of places like roll tourist resorts there are there over there only 14 people in hospital the whole of our country so. in some ways it seems it seems disproportionate.

it's making this decision overnight this is very unfair to people people who are here will have to go home and ask for 2 weeks off work because they're going to be important in spain just open up one months ago after a very strict lockdown how big a fear is now for a 2nd wave in the country briefly if you can. well the government doesn't seem to fear a 2nd wave. that is isolated most of the outbreaks not happen in public places is not actually true that they mostly derived from beaches and mostly drug from family gatherings and people missing having family gatherings and. that's basically the main cause of them. i think the other problem is to test its mix both tests of people with the end and people who are positive most of the people who are testing positive or in fact asymptomatic stephen thank you very much for this.

in the united states record number of jobless workers are facing uncertainty as they wait for congress to decide on whether to extend a boost so unemployment benefits current coronavirus relief program expires at the end of july but republicans in the senate are divided over how much financial aid they are willing to provide for she won the fight against coronavirus but a ship 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 note in rain the food we would ever we need we need it for and i think they should. pass the below and 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 fiddling wherever they may be this weekend some 30000000 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. now to 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

a spike in covert $900.00 he says. black activists and white 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 briana taylor an african american health worker killed by louisville police in march. mourners have been paying this respects to civil rights icon john lewis in selma alabama at the historic african methodist episcopal church it was the starting point for the voting rights marches to montgomery he died of cancer a week ago at the age of 80. sorties in france have detained and charged a refugee from wanda for setting fire to nantes cathedral is lawyers says he has admitted responsibility for the blaze which destroyed several artifacts in the 15th century church including its organ prosecutors said he was

a volunteer who worked in the cathedral. a german 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 truth industry from ship building to luxury travel is under huge pressure since the pandemic has struck. 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 wear crew ship fans so it was obvious that we would be up for the 1st voyage doesn't. it's like christmas for me is that i thought for we're thrilled to be off again but it's not quite business as usual the crew are fresh out of korean 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

numbers it's because evening service is primarily about showing that chris is a possible end coronavirus times profitability isn't the priority here. on 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 of each of. those did it is typed some cruise operators are passing the financial pressure on to the shipyards germany's my of afters been building the giant cruise ship iona 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. often as this situation is problematic for ship builders because contracts that are in the pipeline have all been put on hold 19 in germany. does. 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. you're watching news here's a reminder of the top story we're following for you right now the north korean leader kim jong un has called an emergency meeting after a person exhibited 19 symptoms and trey songz near the border with south korea the city has been placed on the top if confronted would be the us led to country's 1st

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