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i'm michael okuda welcome to day is world press freedom day and we begin our broadcast with something we here at d.f.w. are proud to announce the freedom of speech award this year the award highlights journalists who have been persecuted because of their reporting of the corona virus pandemic well only naming 17 individuals but they represent all those journalists bloggers and citizens around the world who have to fight restrictions on press freedom to report on the coronavirus michelle bachelet united nations high commissioner for human rights paid tribute to this year's award winners and all journalists going about their trade without fear or favor. i'm here to honor the courage of the journalists who despite such attacks speak up and continue to investigate and report critically without fear i pay tribute to the courage of those who have been disappeared arrested or threaten for their work my office of the united nations will continue to stand up for their rights michelle bachelet united nations high commissioner for human rights there we have this closer look now at some of the jo

also recovered from the disease many of at many aspects of which still have doctors baffle i'm michael okuda welcome to the program in a moment coronavirus and press freedom but 1st a look at some of the other developments in the pandemic japan's death toll from the virus has now topped 500 with more than 15000 infections across the country. italy the 1st european country to impose a nationwide lockdown will begin easing some of some of its restrictions on monday germany's foreign minister says urging caution on rolling back international travel curve but also but added europe's borders shouldn't stay closed a day longer than necessary new york has dispatched a 1000 police on to the streets this weekend to enforce social distancing and made warm weather drawing people outdoors day is world press freedom day as well as the human toll of the krona virus there has been one other major casualty throughout this crisis and that's truth there has been a lot of this information even propaganda concerning the virus some of it from official sources and a number of journalists have been persecuted for

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a michael okuda it's good to see you with us 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 thunderous cheers it's the 1st report of kim carrying out an engagement since he missed national 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 we've just seen new video from the state news agency there that appears to show kim jong un alive and well this is pretty much settle any speculation over the leader's health i think really it does this came out from korea's central news agency it shows footage of him walking and talking in cement lee smoking which i find remarkable if he did undergo heart surgery just less than 2 weeks ago and i think it does whether he succumb to some type of operation or not and it also i think settles the timing we saw people in the video wearing masks and so obviously this this is

a michael okuda it's good to see you with us germany has taken another major step towards normality after months of coronavirus restrictions this weekend border control says some of germany's neighbors are being eased this includes a luxembourg france austria and switzerland the goal is to resume free travel within the e.u. by mid june just in time for some holiday but it all still very much depends on keeping the virus in check the endless speeches of france and the majestic mountains of austria in any normal summer german tourists love to head for these and many other european beauty spots. but because of the corona virus the route to germany's neighbors has been blocked at the borders for many the pandemic has given travel a new importance just gets a lot of courses about our health all around the world but they can't take away our freedom to travel not because of corona or an economic crisis and of the tough days the spot in front of i'd like to go to spain i don't yet know if that's possible it depends if the spanish open their border at the moment there's no sign maybe we'll know in

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