Observing the fasting month of ramadan. So coronavirus developments for you from around the world starting in south korea which was one of the worst hit countries in asia but there is good news for the 1st time in 2 Months Health officials there have reported no new infections no new domestic infections since the outbreak in february it means the total sits at. Just over 10700 cases and 247 deaths according to Johns Hopkins university in britain though the number of deaths has jumped at more than 26000 now after the government started to include fatalities in places like care homes for the elderly what it means is that the u. K. Now has the 2nd highest number of fatalities in europe after italy but some positive news about a possible treatment coming out of the u. S. Officials say they are seeing progress in trials of the antiviral drug via the mortality rate is reported to have dropped from 11 and a half percent to 8 and americas top advisor on the pandemic Dr Anthony Fauci says the average Recovery Time has gone down from 15 days to 11 although with 31 percent improvement doesnt seem like a knock out 100 percent it is a very important proof of concept because what it is proven is that a drug can block this virus so lets look at the situation in south korea which you mention has robbed mcbride and so. Its just thinking and we talked about the peak in february which seems like so long ago its actually you know a couple of months ago and such a different picture. Thats right weve been expecting to reach this milestone for some time now and finally we have now reached it at this point yes weve been expecting in the last week and a half or so weve been seeing numbers of around 10 new cases per day being reported sometimes down and to Single Digits and we know that most of these cases have been coming from abroad people arriving into south korea the latest figures show that there have been 4 new cases of but all of those cases have been from abroad so for the very 1st time we have no cases of local transmission so it is something of an achievement you have to say when you compare it to the height of the outbreak here the end of february south korea was reporting Something Like 900. 00 plus cases every day so to get it down to this has been a real achievement of the government here though the authorities are still advising caution as they would especially at the moment we do have what is a very actually a very busy travel period we have several Public Holidays by coincidence all for being very close together so people are using this opportunity especially after being cooped up for so long and coinciding incidentally with beautiful spring weather to take breaks for the 1st time for many many of them for many weeks these difficult obviously still to travel outside of south korea than people are going to domestic destinations resorts around the coast we know that planes are all busy so theres the domestic terminals and some of the hotels in the more popular resorts are completely full this thursday we are seeing but his birthday its a very Important National holiday here its being celebrated temples across the country but an indication of just how things are changing in previous years the high point of this celebration would be a carnival a parade through the streets of seoul at night time with lanterns attracting thousands of people well that has been delayed for a month with much simpler ceremonies taking place instead so im hesitant to use the phrase life returning to normal rob but you have described you know movement busy places and let us not forget there was an election what 22 weeks ago as well. Thats right you do get a sense here that people are going out more and they are feeling as though they can go out with some confidence weve been around town on this Public Holiday obviously all the Business Districts are quiet but all of the parks seem to be full of people pedestrian areas and so on people are out at cafeterias it has to be said that while most people have been Wearing Masks for many weeks now quite a few masks are coming off the there doesnt seem to be as much social distancing but you got to remember that people here would have a certain degree of confidence in the system that is in place there is mass testing here you do get a real sense that the authorities here would know if there is a case an outbreak and would be dealing with that very quickly where as you wouldnt have that same degree of confidence in many other parts of the world right now so you do see a change still though at the temples for example are on this borders birthday you have social distancing in place the buddhists as they will tell you they it is one of the tenets of buddhism that you do not cause harm to others and as you mentioned theres other big milestone that weve just marked here it is exactly 2 weeks since these National Elections were held with all of these warnings that despite precautions we could see a spike a resurgence in infections well if there had been we would have known that by now but guess what 2 weeks on 0 new infections which is pretty good news isnt it just right mcbride with all the news from seoul thank you. And now fortunate the number of corona virus related deaths in the u. K. Has jumped more than 26000 are because the government is now including numbers from care homes for the 1st time previously it was just hospitals and in germany lockdowns are raising fears about the state of its economy catherine stansell has the news from across europe. Despite 5 weeks of lockdown the u. K. Reaches a grim milestone the death toll from corona virus is now the 2nd highest in europe behind italy the man standing in for Prime MinisterBoris Johnson himself still recovering from coronavirus says this is down to the fact that deaths outside of hospitals were not being recorded in the daily figures until now we have recorded an additional 3811. 00 deaths in total and i think its just important to say that those additional deaths were spread over the period from the 2nd of march the 28th of april so that they dont represent a sudden surge in the number of deaths but secretary rob. And parliament for a Prime Ministers question time where most m. P. s took part in virtually not in person Opposition Leader cure starmer wanted to know why there were still so many people dying of coronavirus in care homes and shortages of protective equipment for Frontline Health workers or monday the promise to set in his short speech that many were looking at our apparent success in the United Kingdom but just the 1st secretary agree with me so far from success these latest figures are truly dreadful so he also asked when the government would announce a strategy for lifting the current restrictions but rob simply said it was still too early but he will know because i know hes in the situation of the International Evidence that germany has now have to think twice about easing up on the measures because of the risk of the 2nd spike germanys economy minister says he now expects Economic Growth to shrink this year by minus 6. 3 percent meaning the countrys deepest recession since the 2nd world war output is predicted to rebound by more than 5 percent next year. But that depends on the angle a merkels government being able to gradually lift lockdown measures from wednesday germans have to wear a mask when entering shops which began to open last week nose and mouth coverings are already compulsory on public transport but while this kind of travel is permitted International Trips are very much off the agenda its going to. The cabinet decided that Global Travel restrictions were nonessential on Holiday Travel will be up held until june 14th this is a decision that we have had to take because we are not at the point in our fight against the disease to be able to offer safe travels. Meanwhile in spain one of europes worst hit countries theyve recorded a daily coronavirus death count below 400 for the 6th day in a row in the summer times theres reason to be hopeful catholics dancer al jazeera. Now nearly half the worlds work is may lose their livelihoods because of this pandemic United NationsInternational Labor organization the i was forecasting up to 1600000000 people in informal jobs could be out of work remember they dont have welfare protection or access to health care and cant work from home in the 1st month of the outbreak such workers lost 60 percent of their income manufacturing Food Services retail these are some of the worst hit industries. Markley find and report in this monitor is of the list of the 2b2b informal workers of the world about 1600000000 at suffered massive damage to their ability to earn a living and to support themselves and their families if they are not able to go out and work for a day and earn some income day by day because thats how it tends to work their family wont eat they wont eat and their family will not eat and there is no social protection. Now processed have been held in several lebanese cities for a 3rd straight nights demonstrated still angry over the worsening economy in side on in the south crowds turned a petrol bomb at a branch of the Lebanese Central Bank its chief there has defended the banks role during the recent collapse of the lebanese currency. On some other news the libyan war 200 after was announced a cease fire during the holy month of ramadan hours earlier his forces have launched a rocket attack on a medical facility theyve been trying to take over the capital tripoli for a year now has more details. This is the aftermath of a grad missile hitting a house complex near tripoli on winston morning one person died and at least 5 were injured libyas un recognized government lay blame with warlords general after youd always later after a spokesman announced a ceasefire for the muslim holy month of ramadan when headley slept well we hereby announce the sation of all military operations on our part in any breach of the session of military operations by terrorists militias who face an immediate in very severe response will be labeled a terrorist militia is actually the un recognized government this week it accused tuft of a coup after he declared himself a leader by popular mandate and ended peace talks with them the un reacted sternly we stand against any unilateral measures that would pretty jeopardize. After controls Eastern Libya a year ago he launched an offensive for the west and with it libyas capital tripoli but his forces have been pushed back in recent weeks the worry is just general haftar is not going to. Or wind up as a dictator or. Where we have to. Rise up and get into. Place. Its an intractable conflict with both huffed and the tripoli government receiving support from multiple nations feel that feeds the conflict one of have to close allies is the United Arab Emirates sources told al jazeera that a senior abu dhabi delegation including the crown princes brother flew into khartoum on choose day to discuss how sudan and the u. A. E. Could further support general haftar sudanese officials deny the report there learn and then leave you if you had a part of the u. A. E. Is playing a role bigger than its size by its constant interference in the affairs of a number of arab countries we need to consider that we in libya are in a state of war against the u. A. E. The United Arab Emirates was also out on wednesday in Human Rights Watch report for a drone strike on a biscuit factory near tripoli in november 8 civilians were killed in nearly 30 wounded this is not the 1st time that it appears the us is firing from drones in libya at targets with disregard for civilians last year general have to include ramadan the month of jihad this year its the month of peace with their own not his cease ation of a still if hes lost his ambitions to control libya fully remain shalah ballasts. And libyas state oil company says the blockades cost over 4000000000. 00 in lost revenue or productions been shut down since january when locals and tribes in the east and south declared their closure and said the oil revenue was going to what i called militias in tripoli the fields under blockade account for more than 80 percent of libyas oil production. Amnesty internationals released evidence of multiple violations of a u. N. Arms embargo this is in south sudan the organization sent investigators to 12 military camps in february and found new weapons concealment of arms and continued use of child soldiers d all violations of a peace deal that required disarmament president salva kiir the rebel leader in the shower formed a unity government in february after 7 years of war which killed hundreds of thousands of people germany has banned the iranian backed Group Hezbollah and made it a terrorist organization police have been conducting Early Morning raids across the country and detained suspected members of the group germanys been facing pressure from the u. S. And israel to ban has a law we spoke to rami khouri about the senior Public Policy fellow an adjunct professor of journalism at the American University of beirut who says this raid shouldnt come as a surprise to has below. Germany in all of europe kept an eye on hezbollah and its allies on this members and its friends and this is something routine they had been banned the military wing of hezbollah had always been banned but now theyre looking at the social and cultural and Political Activities the interesting thing is that the news came with really no details so if you look at the news reports they say suspected or possible members or supporters and thats a hint that actually they havent its maybe send but we dont know so i think the important thing is to ask the germans to put the evidence out there in public if you have people in charitable groups in mosques and schools who are actually helping a group that is those are made as a terrorist group the thats important for people to know but if this is a political pressure game that the americans and the israelis already are doing which is typical then thats a whole different ball game than that this is something that has been has dealt with for the last 15 years or so and it doesnt really impact them at all so the question is will what happened recently to bring this about and this is something the german governments going to have to explain. In the news the head is covered 19 looms over war ravaged syria president Bashar Al Assad is accused of holding on to medical supplies. And there we have it that were having to live jumping to a degree in the demand dropping warnings of a catastrophe for the dairy industry in the u. K. Hello its all changing the weather across europe after whats been a very warm and sunny april for much of central and Northern Europe weve got these massive weather fronts pushing for a lot of cloud lots of wet and windy weather pushing back in across central and Northern Areas of the continent then so we got cloud and rain is on the cool side as well 13 celsius in london 15 there for paris with that wet weather pushing all the way across into germany berlin about 18 degrees single figures there for still call it 7 degrees celsius basin places a shabby rain over towards the east as well wanted to show was there to turkey for much of Southern Europe there it is looking fine and again something of a change here and it looks good in spite and portugal for the most part one of 2 showers across northern parts of spybot temperatures in madrid there on the riser getting up to 20 celsius on thursday could touch 23 by the time we come to a friday for madrid war weather piling into the central part so central areas of france seeing some rather wet weather some snow over the high ground for a time that wet weather will continue to drive its way for the race was potent saying some of the cloud and right in the tad cool there into where vienna by the time we come to friday back into the map lots of warm sunshine for all this weekend. As the world fights the corona pandemic and were learning more about this every day its a new adventure and join our Global Community its up to us on how we come together to fight im sorry your questions can i just ask you think this is me directly thats coming on on you tube as you were saying im concerned about the funny like oh nothing very quiet and not keeping you up to date amusing countries beating back and beating back successfully the stream on 00. With our jazeera these are the headlines this hour positive news on the pandemic front in south korea for the 1st time in 2 months it has recorded no new domestic cases restrictions have been eased and people have been allowed to hold events marking put his birthday. Germany is banned the iranian backed Group Hezbollah and designated a terrorist organization police are conducting Early Morning raids across the country and of detained suspected members of the group. In the libyan war to leave a half dozen ants to cease fire for the muslim holy month of ramadan afters forces of recently lost ground to forces fighting for the u. N. Recognize government based interim. Now how the u. N. Secretary general is again appealing for an immediate cease fire in syria after what he described as the horrific bombing of a market in the north on wednesday u. N. Officials warned that with covered 1000 looming there is an urgent need to end violence and to ensure the delivery of critical medical supplies to syrians mor