a parliamentary election in south korea has resulted in a big win for president governing democratic party south korea was one of the 1st major countries to hold a general election during the global corner virus pandemic many voters see it as a referendum on the government's handling of the crisis rob mcbride reports from seoul. as soon as polls opened it became clear people were turning out in large numbers if they were worried after weeks of social distancing they didn't seem to show it. i think they're doing it quite safely i think they're taking measurements they're doing it quite right. there koreans and people around the world are equally concerned but we shouldn't cancel we should hold elections regardless 2 days of early voting last week so record numbers of voters including coronavirus patients able to vote in specially segregated polling stations special arrangements are also being made for the thousands of south koreans currently in self quarantine to leave their homes and vote so long as they're not showing symptoms at the end of regular polling some stations are being kept ope

for oil and its prices and other news upon entry election in south korea has resulted in a big win for president governing democratic party south korea was one of the 1st major countries to hold a general election during the global pandemic many voters see as a referendum on the government's handling of the crisis those are the headlines on al-jazeera as always spente more news on our web site al-jazeera dot com coming up next it's a program piano history of a revolution stay with us. as corona virus continues to devastate the united states the race to the white house goes on joe biden has but secured his place is the democratic nominee we can be still trying to join us for continuing coverage of the u.s. election 2020 on al-jazeera. 148 the state of israel was proclaimed. palestine was lost. 16 years later in 1964 the palestine liberation organization or the p.l.o. was founded. made up of different factions the p.l.o. has been at the heart of the struggle to regain palestine ever since. setting up an independent palestinian organization was not easy. the 1st challenge the palestinians faced was to wrest control of their

be right at some future time parliamentary elections in south korea have resulted in a big win for president putin jayne's governing democratic party south korea is one of the 1st major countries to hold a general election during the global pandemic and many sources a referendum on the government's handling of the crisis rob mcbride reports now from seoul as soon as polls opened it became clear people were turning out in large numbers if they were worried after weeks of social distancing they didn't seem to show it. i think they're doing it quite safely i think they're taking measurements they're doing it quite right. for the koreans and people around the world are equally concerned but we shouldn't cancel we should hold elections regardless 2 days of early voting last week so record numbers of voters including coronavirus patients able to vote in specially segregated polling stations special arrangements are also being made for the thousands of south koreans currently in self quarantine to leave their homes and vote so long as they're not showing symptoms at the end of regular polling some stations are being kept open just for the

democratic national committee chairman said the health and safety of the convention delegates is the party top priority. he said the democratic party is ready to defeat donald trump. >> sources at south korea unification ministrtry say it approved for the first time an aide plan by a private organization to help north korea deal with the coronavirus pandndemic. the plan w worth aboutut $80,00 calllls for supplies including disinfectant to be delivered to the north. neither the name of the organization nor the delivery details have been disclosed. other organizations in south korea are considering offering their support. north korea said it has no domestic cases of infection. but speculation is spreading outside the country about the true situation. last month south korea president said he wanted to see cooperation with pyongyang on counter measures to the coronavirus. a japanese chemical firm says it will resume production of an organinic compound used. to make the flu drug studied as a possible treatment for coronavirus symptoms. tokyo based says it resume makiheompound nt mont it was supplheaterial to the e developer. the only manufacturer of compound in japan. it's suspended out put thr

south korea. the ruling democratic party took 180 places in the 300-seat national assembly, the largest parliamentary election victory in 30 years. the results are being seen as a show of support for moon's handling of the coronavirus outbreak. --e european countries european union countries have expanded their ban on selling stock within a month. france, spain, belgium, austria, and greece all say the untilition will continue may 18. hedge funds are among those opposing the band. global news 24 hours a day, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. matt? both all right, anna, corporate results and economic data are highlighting the severe hit resulting from the economic shutdown designed to combat the spread of the coronavirus. u.s. retail sales and factory output posted historic declines in march, and surveys for april look even worse. earnings reports show the virus is taking its toll. goldman sachs' investment portfolio took a massive hit, while bank of america and citi followed rivals in setting aside billions for loan losses. let's get into the markets with

south korea controlled the spiralling number of cases quickly and effectively, aggressively tracing and testing affected patients. the widely—praised response is giving his wants embattled democratic partyfection. —— there are fears. but for now, south korea is determined to prove what is possible during this pandemic. laura bicker, bbc news, seoul. this is outside source, live from the bbc newsroom. the uk health secretary has pledged to do far more testing, as anger grows over coronavirus deaths in care homes. the world health organization has called for international unity after donald trump stopped funding the body. state media in iran have shown footage of a gadget they claim is capable of detecting coronavirus in seconds. however, it looks very similiar to fraudulent devices, sold as detectors in the past. this is the device being tried out in a hospital in iran. state media there say the device uses magnetic fields to identify people who are infected with coronavirus, with the aerial above the handle. the science, to say the least, is questionable. we have no reason to think this device might work. let's speak to shayan sardarizada from bbc monitoring. on the face of it, this loo

south korea. the ruling democratic party took 180 places in the 300 seat nationalism we.he largest election victory in more than 30 years. the results are being seen as a show of support for moon's handling of the coronavirus outbreak. five european union countries have extended their ban on the shortselling of socks for further month. france, spain, belgium, austria, and greece say the prohibition will continue until may 18. hedge funds are among those opposing the ban. israel's rival leaders have failed to reach a power-sharing deal by the deadline, making up for the election in a year increasingly likely. benjamin netanyahu and the opposition leader decided not to ask the president for more time. lawmakers may now be test with finding someone to put a workable government together. global news, 24 hours a day, on air and on quicktake by bloomberg, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. coming up, the fed says the u.s. economy has contracted sharply and there's worse to come. businesses are shuttered and retail spending craters in

democratic party. firing arth korea variety of missiles. do south care at all at this point given so much going on over the virus outbreak, not to mention the economy? know, wherever that redline is, i don't think any of this has come close to the redline. there are ballistic missiles but they are not long-range. they are not the type that you can fit a nuclear warhead on, but this is business as usual for north korea. they have been doing this over and over again since the hanoi summit failed. koreans, you know, they were hopeful they would be engagement with north korea. that has dimmed, to say the least. i think south koreans are mainly ,oncerned about the pandemic you know, the government's response, their ability to recover from the pandemic. thank you so much for joining us. korean society president, thomas byrne, with us, taking a look at these election results, and we will get more on the later. the imf mission chief joins us at 10:10 hong kong time this morning and after that at 11:30 hong kong, we will be speaking to the national universit

south korea's ruling party has won a resoundingly election victory the left leaning democratic party and the satellite party 180 of the 300 seats voter turnout was the highest in 30 years despite strict coronavirus containment measures. and french president has joined other world leaders in a video conference after the talks european countries said the group of 7 industrial nations would lead the global recovery effort. life in china is gradually returning to normal after the lifting of restrictions not surprisingly some things have changed a wave of negative media coverage has focused on china's so-called what markets where the virus is thought to have originated traders fear their customers are being scared away. on noting the catch of the day in. the city was the epicenter of the corona virus pandemic sweeping. experts say the virus originated in this market apart from fresh meat and seafood it also sold wild animals such as bad is thought to be the source of the disease. while the seafood market remains closed most markets have now reopened to the dismay of international health e

news around the world partial results from south korea's general election show a landslide election victory for the left leaning governing party the democratic party looks set to gain a majority in the national assembly boosted by an effective response to the coronavirus crisis the election was carried out under strict coronavirus social distancing rules. u.s. senator elizabeth warren has become the latest high profile democratic party figure to endorse and joe biden to be the party's presidential nominee warren who ended her own bid for the white house last month announced her support in a video message mr biden has now been endorsed by all of his major former rivals. a 106 year old woman has been released from hospital in britain after recovering from kovac 19 great grandmother connoted shen is believed to be the country's oldest patient to recover from the disease she said she felt lucky to survive and was hungry after her month long ordeal. russia is reporting nearly 25000 infections and 198 deaths from the corona virus with walk down measures imposed across the country moscow spend a rocky 1st day under the new restrictions. making ever

high turnout and how important are these elections for south korea well a couple of things the liberal parties here there's a bloc there's the democratic party and then some other affiliated parties they're in power right now and they're looking to extend that to reach a 180 threshold out of a 300 member national assembly if they do that they'll be able to pass almost all the legislation that they might want in addition one of the writings here is the main one of the main writings here and in seoul in the capital seoul is a contest between the former prime minister under the current president enough young and the former president under the into peached conservative leader. those 2 are considered prime presidential candidates for that election that will take place in 2022 frank smith and saw thank you. well here in germany people are waiting to hear what chancellor angela merkel will say on wednesday about scaling back the lockdown here she is due to meet with state leaders to discuss recommendations that include a gradually reopening schools and stores but any rollback of the current restrictions will involve a delicate balancing act.

high turnout and how important are these elections for south korea well a couple of things the liberal parties here there's a bloc there's the democratic party and then some other affiliated parties they're in power right now and they're looking to extend that to reach a 180 threshold out about 300 member national assembly if they do that they'll be able to pass almost all the legislation that they might want in addition one of the writings here is the main one of the main writings here and in seoul in the capital seoul is a contest between the former prime minister under the current president enough hyun and the former president under the into peached conservative leader. those 2 are considered prime presidential candidates for that election that will take place in 2022 frank smith and saw thank you. the biggest coronavirus lockdown in the world is being extended to at least may 3rd india's prime minister narendra modi said people's lives were more important than the economy the restrictions have left millions of workers dependent on food handouts i these migrant workers just want to go home i. did at this train station in mumbai over

and partial results from south korea's general election show a landslide election victory for the left leaning governing party the democratic party looks set to gain a majority in the national assembly boosted by an effective response to the coronavirus the election was carried out under strict social distancing rules. israel's president has tasked the country's parliament with forming a government after parliament speaker binny gunson prime minister binyamin netanyahu missed a deadline to reach a unity deal the country could now face its 4th election in just one year. the i.m.f. says that the asia pacific region will experience 0 growth this year for the 1st time since the $960.00 s. due to the massive economic damage caused by the corona virus and a new report warns that the impact in asia will be quote severe across the board and unprecedented massive drops in industrial and retail activity major supply chain disruption and a huge collapse in demand from europe and north america have been felt across the continent since the start of the year. well clifford couldn't from v.w. business is covering this story for us and joi

south korea's ruling party has won resign during the victory in the country's general election the left leaning democratic party of the satellite party won 180 of the 300 seats photo that was the highest for 30 years despite strict coronavirus can take measures. well with all the stat home orders in effect around the world many in isolation have been getting creative using all this extra time to produce and reproduce works of art so here's a look at what one russian facebook group is doing. fly into a marc check out painting for me or bad. or sink into the tragedy of malays ophelia the thing greediness from your kitchen. from edward monk to michelangelo social media users are giving out classics a quarantine make over. the russian facebook group is. isolation started as a challenge between friends in moscow just a few weeks later it has nearly half a 1000000 members from all over the world. no one expected such a huge reaction that's for sure the group grew so quickly right away people are really taking time for this going through our books looking at the websites of international museums to find the righ

south korea's parliamentary election has resulted in a big win for the governing democratic party andvoter turnout. it is one of the first countries to hold an election during the pandemic and many see it as a referendum on the government's handling of the crisis. reporter: as soon as possible been, it became clear people were turning out in large numbers. if they were worried after weeks of social distancing, they did not seem to show it. >> i think they are doing it quite safely. they are taking measurements and doing it right. >> koreans and people around the world are equally concerned, but we should not cancel. we should hold elections. of early two days voting last week's record numbers, including coronavirus patients able to vote in specially segregated polling stations. special arrangements are being made for the thousands of south koreans currently in self-quarantine. to leave their homes and vote, so long as they are not showing symptoms. at the end of regular polling, some stations are being kept open just for them. this outbreak has changed the way candidates campaign and

south korea controlled the spiralling number of cases quickly and effectively, aggressively tracing and testing infected patients. the widely praised response has given president moon's once embattled democratic partyousands of health professionals on the front lines. there are fears that holding an election could trigger a second wave of infections. but, for now, south korea is determined to prove what is possible during this pandemic. laura bicker, bbc news, song. stay with us, much more to come on bbc news, including this: bringing music and light into uncertain times, the multiple grammy award—winning songwriter mary chapin carpenter performs from her home. pol pot, one of the century's greatest mass murderers, is reported to have died of natural causes. he and the khmer rouge movement he led were responsible for the deaths of an estimated 1.7 million cambodians. there have been violent protests in indonesia, where playboy has gone on sale for the first time. traditionalist muslim leaders have expressed disgust. the magazine's offices have been attacked, and its editorial staff have gone into hiding. it was clear that paula's only contest was with the clock, and as for her sporting legacy, paul

south korea's president moon's handling of the coronavirus, his ruling democratic party won a decisiveion victory, taking 180 of the 300 seats in parliament. his approval ratings have risen and earned widespread applause. the first time in 12 years his party has enjoyed an outright majority in parliament. india's planning to ease virus restrictions, i.t. hardware companies, farmers and rural industries will be allowed to resume work as a government tries to exit the biggest lockdown in the world. the restriction have been extended to may 3 and ministers will live curbs and allow movement of goods from ports and airports. launching marathon calls with business and health leaders instead. corporate figures are being asked for advice on how to bring the country back to something like normal after the pandemic. several of those involved say they only discover their participation after the president announced their names. an average daily arrivals and hong kong have fallen this month. provisional arrival nobles for march -- numbers for march slumped with arrivals for mainland china down 99

south korea controlled the spiralling number of cases quickly and effectively, aggressively tracing and testing infected patients. the widely praised response has given president moon's once embattled democratic partyf health professionals on the front lines. there are fears that holding an election could trigger a second wave of infections. but, for now, south korea is determined to prove what is possible during this pandemic. laura bicker, bbc news, seoul. 0nlyjust over 6,000 loans have been approved under the government's business interruption loans scheme — a centrepiece of its measures to help businesses through the pandemic. that's out of 28,000 who've formally applied. the government says it's picking up speed but many businesses have told the bbc they've been rejected or told they're not eligible. let's speak to the shadow business secretary, ed miliband. hejoins me from north london. good afternoon. afternoon. why is this not working at the moment?” afternoon. afternoon. why is this not working at the moment? i think it's not working because of the design of the scheme. as you rightly say, we have got 6 million smes in this country, and one in a thousand have got help under this scheme. it

south korea's ruling party as well resulting victory in the country's general election the left leaning democratic party and the satellite party a woman 180 of the 300 seats voter turnout was the highest for 30 years despite strict coronavirus can take measures. israel's president has asked the country's parliament to for. a government of the parliament speaker benny gantz and prime minister benjamin netanyahu missed a deadline to reach a unity deal the country could now face its 4th election in a year. but with all the state home orders in effect around the world a lots of us are getting highly creative using the time to produce and reproduce works of art so here's a look at what one russian facebook group is doing. fly into a painting for me or bad. or sink into the tragedy of malays ophelia the thing greediness from your kitchen. from edward monk to michelangelo social media users are giving classics a quarantine make over. the russian facebook group is. isolation started as a challenge between friends and moscow just a few weeks later it has nearly half a 1000000 members from all over the worl

around the world today partial results from south korea's general election show a landslide election victory for the left leaning governing party the democratic party to gain a majority in the national assembly boosted by an effective response to the corona virus the election was carried out under strict social distancing rules. u.s. senator elizabeth warren has become the latest high profile democratic party figure to endorse joe biden to be the party's presidential nominee warren who ended her own bid for the white house last month announcer's reports in a video message mr biden has now been endorsed by all his major former rivals. and a 106 year old woman has been released from hospital in britain after recovering from tobit 19 great grandmother connie is believed to be the country's oldest patient to recover from the disease she said she felt lucky to survive and was hungry for her month ordeal. in countries around the world people are staying at home to stop the spread of the russia it seems that cabin fever is making people creative as well members of one facebook group or turning themselves for walls in the great work start. flying int

to south korea -- that is where a big election win for the coalition, theg democratic party and a satellite taking 180 places in the 300-seat national assembly. that is the largest parliamentary election in 24 years. seen as a result of president moon's handling of the coronavirus outbreak. global news 24 hours a day, on air and at quicktake by bloomberg, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries, i'm viviana hurtado. this is bloomberg. francine? francine: thank you so much. ray dalio of edgewater associates says the hit to the u.s. and global economies will be staggering. he spoke with erik schatzker during the bloomberg invest event. here he is. estimate somewhere in andvicinity of $5 trillion, the skin in the world economy is somewhere in the vicinity of $20 trillion. who hasparticularly at what holes and how they will be filled. , the real economy, which is goods, services, production and all of that, in the world, over the next year, will probably have a fall of 5%, which is a bigger fall. this is a bigger event than the 2008 financial crisis. it is

around the world today partial results from south korea's general election show a landslide election victory for the left leaning governing party the democratic party looks set to gain a majority in the national assembly boosted by an effective response to the coronavirus the election was carried out under strict search will distancing rules u.s. senator elizabeth warren has become the latest high profile democratic party figure to endorse joe biden to be the party's presidential nominee warren who ended her own bid for the white house last month announced her support in a video message mr biden has now been endorsed by all his major former rock. the world's richest men jeff bezos has become even richer shares in his retail giant have a zone of shot up in value according to bloomberg base those assets have increased by 24000000000 to over 138000000000 dollars since the beginning of this year i was on the liver services have been in high demand as people stay home during the coronavirus help break. well there's been international condemnation of donald trump's decision to freeze u.s. funding of the world health organization president tropic us

some other stories making news around the world south korea's ruling party has won a victory in the country's general election the left leaning democratic party and a satellite party won 100 in 80 out of $300.00 seats voter turnout was the highest in 3 decades despite the poll taking place under strict coronavirus containment measures. israel's president has tasked the country's parliament with forming a government after parliament speaker benny gantz and prime minister benjamin netanyahu missed a deadline to reach a unity deal the country could now face its 4th election in the air. france's defense ministry says that almost 700 out of nearly 2000 sailors onboard it's sheilds and all aircraft carrier and escort vessels have tested positive for the corona virus more than 30 have been hospitalized the carrier was ordered back to port after an outbreak on board. well we had to asia now where the i.m.f. says that the asia pacific region will experience 0 growth this year for the 1st time since the 1960 s. due to the massive economic damage caused by the corona virus the new report warns that the impact in asia could be quite severe across t

around the world today partial results from south korea's general election show a landslide election victory for the left leaning governing party the democratic party looks set to gain a majority in the national assembly boosted by an effective response to the coronavirus the election was carried out under strict social distancing rule. israel's president has tasked the country's parliament with forming a government after parliament speaker benny gantz and prime minister benjamin netanyahu missed a deadline to reach a unity deal the country could now face its 4th election in a year. and the world's richest man jeff bezos has become even richer because the share price of shares in his retail giant amazon has shot up according to bloomberg the value of bases assets have as increased by 24000000000 to more than $138000000000.00 since the beginning of this year. it's been international condemnation of donald trump's decision to freeze u.s. funding of the world health organization president trump accused the u.n. of the u.n. body of failing in its response to the corona virus outbreak although he himself has been under fire for his handling of the

south korea's ruling party is one resulting victory in the country's general election the left leaning democratic party of the satellite policy 18300 seats a voter turnout was the highest for 30 years despite strict coronavirus can take measures. israel's president has asked the countries the parliament to form a government after parliament speak up any gaps the prime minister benjamin netanyahu missed a deadline to return to deal with a country could not face its 4th election in a year. i'm a quick roundup of some other coronavirus developments around the world and you just heard the white house says g 7 leaders of called for a review and reform. assess of the world health organization u.s. president donald trump and chad the video conference of the world's richest economies and so already cut off funding for the un health body the number of infections worldwide has now topped 2100000 the majority of cases are in you are more than a quarter are in the united states of people hospitalized or 4 coronavirus and related deaths in new york before going to them lowest levels for more than a week accor

partial results from south korea's general election show a landslide election victory for the left leaning governing party the democratic party looks set to gain a majority in the national assembly boosted by an effective 1st sponsor to the coronavirus the election was carried out under a strict social distancing rules. all there has been international condemnation of donald trump's decision to freeze u.n. funding of the world health organization president trump accused the u.n. body of failing in its response to the corona virus outbreak although he has been under fire for his handling of the pandemic now for its part the w.h.o. says it regrets. trumps move have a look at. the world health organizations response to the white house on wednesday was clear the world's most vulnerable may now be at greater risk. w.h.o. works to improve the health of many of the world's poorest and most notable people bluto is not only fighting corbett 9 to trump's decision to cut w.h.o. funding amid a pandemic has stunned the global community and drawn criticism from experts back home. you know credible. concerns. absolutely can be raised

other stories making news around the world south korea's ruling party has won a resoundingly victory of the country's general election the left leaning democratic party and a satellite party won 180 out of $300.00 seeds voter turnout was the highest in 3 decades despite the poll taking place under strict coronavirus containment measures . israel's president has tasked the country's parliament with forming a government after parliament speaker benny gantz and prime minister benjamin netanyahu missed a deadline to reach a unity deal the country could now face its 4th election in a year and all strongly and police have arrested 3 people at an immigration detention center in sydney after they refused to end a rooftop protest detainees are angry that the government has refused to release them from the center during the pandemic and has denied requests for covert 1000 testing. well jobless claims in the united states have risen dramatically once again over $5000000.00 people applied for unemployment benefits in the past week alone that brings the total jobs lost in the past month to almost 22000000 the highest spike in unemployment in u.s. history no

south korea's ruling party has won a bizarre ending victory in the country's general election the left leaning democratic party on the satellite party won 180 of the 300 since voter turnout was the highest for 13 years despite strict coronavirus containment measures. israel's president has tasked the country's parliament with forming a government after speaker betty gansett prime minister benjamin netanyahu mr deadline to be a unity deal the country could now face its 4th election in a. flood of business news and the i.m.f. is predicting that the asia pacific region but experience 0 percent growth this year the 1st time since 1960 is the downturn of course is because of the massive economic damage caused by the coronavirus pandemic their latest report warns that the impact on asia will be severe across the board and unprecedented massive drops in industrial and retail activity a major supply chain disruption and a dramatic collapse in demand from europe and north america have been felt across the continent since the start of the year. now volkswagen says it will not meet its current 2 year forecasts also

south korea controlled despite —— the spiralling number of cases quickly and effectively, aggressively tracing and testing affected patients. the widely praised response is giving his wants embattled democratic partyve of infection. but for now, south korea is determined to prove what is possible during this pandemic. connie titchen — who is 106 — is believed to be britain's oldest patient to overcome the coronavirus. the great grandmother — who has lived through two world wars — battled the virus forjust under three weeks before being given a clean bill of health as phil mackie reports. when the news is often so bad that every bit of good news is deserves a cheer and a round of applause. she was just five years old when the spanish flu killed millions. now she is 106 and she has survived covid—19. and let us not forget she lived through two world wars as well. before she left she spoke to one of the nurses who looked after her. do you feel lucky you survived all of this? yes i do. yes i do really. are you looking forward to seeing your grandchildren? yes. now she is back home with her family. earlier i spoke to her granddaughter alex jones. how did you feel when she went inside? you must‘ve been

south korea's rapid response to this outbreak has secured the ruling party a landslide to parliamentary election win results show that president moon jae in's democratic party has backed the biggest absolute majority that since nineteen eighty seven one constituency in particular that has been thrown into the spotlight as luke shrink explains. your home is just one seat representing since wealthy gangnam constitituency the district made world famous by the twenty twelve k. pop hit by sci. but what makes this a victory unlike any other. hazen korean defector and he's the fifirst to indirect election in the south in seventeen years even though it is the first step i think t these. can leave to reconciliation process between north and south korean people and my election can b bea good signal to deliver the real made several free democracy of south korea to north korean people and the only. tell you peeling and deputy m. to the united kingdom managing secret funds for kim jong un. i became disillusioned with the regime and defected to south career in twenty sixteen- verity first someone say high out. and to the main opposition conservative united future p

south korea controlled the spiralling number of cases quickly and effectively, aggressively tracing and testing infected patients. the widely praised response has given president moon's once—embattled democratic partysition, however, credit the thousands of health professionals on the front lines. there are fears that holding an election could trigger a second wave of infections. but, for now, south korea is determined to prove what is possible during this pandemic. laura bicker, bbc news, seoul. let's get more on this from june park. she's a political economist at the national research foundation of korea. as my colleague was saying in that report, there are fears that report, there are fears that this election could cause a second wave of coronavirus and it spread in the country. why do you think this election was not postponed 7 why do you think this election was not postponed? first and foremost, i do not think that south korea has had a postponed election in its history and, secondly, i think, election in its history and, secondly, ithink, compared election in its history and, secondly, i think, compared to any other countries that have had to postpone election schedules, i think south korea,

helped his democratic party of career regained support following an economic slowdown corruption scandals and tensions with north korea. rob mcbride has more on how the measures taken by the south korean government are impacting the president's popularity. 1st of all industrialists scale screening literally thousands of tests being carried out just to get the authorities here a real good picture of exactly where the infections are and where it must direct its resources that has been it has also been very good at introducing her missing new technology for example people arriving at ports of entry here into south korea have had to download apps are led to vices which keep tabs on their location within south korea and also they have to interact with that application to say that they are healthy and if you don't interact then you are followed up by officials it is all very labor intensive work but it is all very necessary and seems to have produced results and we are likely to see that in the elections that are now going to be taking place in the next week or so it has to be said with under extreme precautions that people's health is not impacted people have to wear disposable glov

moonjae—in's governing party in south korea has won an unprecedented landside in parliamentary elections which were the first to be held amid the coronavirus pandemic. the ruling democratiche number of daily infections down from a peak of 900 a day in late february, to under 30 new cases a day. millions turned out to cast their ballot in masks, using hand sanitizer and wearing plastic gloves. our correspondent laura bicker says it's been a historic 2a hours. we have seen a number of political records come tumbling down here. it's been the highest turnout since 1992, people thought coronavirus would keep voters at home, it didn't, 66% of voters turned out despite restrictions, having to wear a mask, stand a metre apart, use hand sanitiser, plastic gloves. they all managed it, we may have to wait another two weeks to see if all was kept safe however when it comes to that political records here, it is the biggest majority for the ruling democratic party since 1987. and for any party since this country held democratic elections in 1987, the records have come tumbling down and as you said, the democratic party boat the government handling of covid 19, this boat the government

in south korea, president moonjae—in‘s governing party has won a landside victory in parliamentary elections which were the first to be held amid the coronavirus pandemic. the ruling democratic highlighted the country's so far successful fight against covid—19 which has brought the number of daily infections down from a peak of 900 a day in late february to under 30 new cases a day. millions turned out to cast their ballot in masks, using hand sanitiser and wearing plastic gloves. let's talk now to robert kelly. he is a professor of political science at pusan national university. robert, good to see you. trace, test and treat was the mantra and that had paid off very well for the governing party? yeah, definitely. this was a landslide. the south korean right is in real trouble after this. the governing party of the left, the president is from the left, the president is from the left, the president is from the left, his parliamentary support expanded and it is close to something like 60% now. pretty high which means the government can really push through a lot of what it wants, barring constitutional amendments, meaning we can see amendments, meaning we can see a lot of the s

south korea controlled the spiralling number of cases quickly and effectively, aggressively tracing and testing infected patients. the widely praised response has given president moon's once embattled democratic partyionals on the front lines. there are fears that holding an election could trigger a second wave of infections. but, for now, south korea is determined to prove what is possible during this pandemic. laura bicker, bbc news, seoul. hello. this is bbc news with victoria derbyshire. the headlines from the uk and around the world. all care home residents and staff who have coronavirus symptoms in the uk will now be tested — as the government tries to tackle the rising number of infections and deaths in care homes. president trump suspends funding for the world health organization — accusing it of covering up the spread of the virus in china. the uk's labour leader sir keir starmer urges the government to show the public there is a plan and publish its strategy for ending the coronavirus lockdown. nursery and primary schools have reopened across denmark, as the country gradually begins to ease coronavirus restrictions. and he set out to collect £1000 for the nhs - now he's topped 5 million.