Back in public view after 3 weeks north koreas state Television Shows video of leader kim jong il after global speculation about his health. But into the program the united kingdoms coronavirus death toll is now the 2nd highest in europe just after italy another 621. 00 people have died after contracting the virus in the past 24 hours taking the total to just over 28000 more than 182000 people have tested positive lets go over to london our correspondent leave barca hes following events for the needs of the u. K. Government have just had their Daily Press Conference in the what the past hour with that sort of significant daily death toll what else have they been saying. You know just to remind you that figure comes despite the fact that the Prime Minister earlier in the week announced that the country was over the peak there is still very much a backdrop of rising death 28 1131. 00 thats the total at the moment and if my calculations are correct thats only 105. 00 deaths behind italy the worst affected country in europe so if things continue like this it looks very likely very soon that the u. K. May take the lead ahead of italy so at the moment the British Government cant afford to do anything wrong its reached its target of carrying out 100000. 00 Coronavirus Task per day that it was a huge achievement said the government but some doctors and scientists looking at those figures of cast some doubt on perhaps maybe the government has inflated those figures given that some tests were posted through peoples letterboxes or sent directly to care homes what the doctors want to see is a concerted comprehensive link up of approaches so not only coronavirus testing but also using tracking and tracing to pinpoint potential clusters to advise people whether or not they may have come into contact with people who are testing positive and to encourage those people order those people to isolate to avoid any increase in the infection rate across the board so thats what the government is focusing on doing next by mid may its hoping to recruit 18000 people to take part in that tracking and tracing so that they can show in the long run in a matter of weeks they hope a decline in the infection rate and most certainly a decline of the death toll only then can they seriously Start Talking about easing restrictions indeed a new course of events that the government is keen to tell us that there. Is the sort of the global focus of blood plasma trials to talk us through how the u. K. Is involved in all of that. Its very much a global effort but here in the u. K. Particularly this hospital behind me st thomass they are trialing the use of blood plasma taken from patients who have suffered from the corona virus and recovered i mean the science is quite simple if you do recover from coronavirus you develop antibodies which are present in the blood plasma it takes about 45 minutes if you are a donor to to contribute your blood so thats then put through a machine its separated into the plasma and then it is injected into a patient with corona virus simulating their immune systems and hopefully speeding up their recovery the same thomases is playing a pivotal role in britains battle against corona virus because of course this is where the Prime Minister received treatment when he was struggling with the virus himself there are several other hospitals across the country doing similar things but it is somewhat slow progress largely because obviously you need somebody whos recovered from the coronavirus. To be available to provide plasma 6000 people have signed up for the scheme so far the governments hoping by mid may that theyre going to have on a weekly basis around 10000 usable supply as of blood plasma to be able to help people across the country recover for the update thanks for all correspondent in london. Meanwhile in spain Prime Minister. That mask will be compulsory on public transport for monday the government plans to relax restrictions in phases after 7 weeks of Strict Lockdown people are being allowed to exercise outside alexy obrien reports. Their 1st taste of freedom in 49. 00 days thats 1176 hours of lockdown spent mostly indoors. Runners cyclists rollerbladers taking to the footpaths across spain which for weeks had been off limits except for those out to buy food and medicine but you know as of yet i was rollerblading with open arms through the streets because they went to me cause there was a feeling of freedom. Going for a walk and playing sports have been banned to stop the corona virus spreading in spain which is one of the worst affected countries in europe theyve been more than 25000 deaths and 216000 cases but Authorities Say the outbreak here is finally past its peak that its very great to go out to run today and im thinking like me like you know if there again moment you know i get with everybody out like this im very happy about that and i think that people are quite respectful and. I think theyre very happy. Last weekend children under 14 were allowed out for an hour a day of supervised activity now adults and Senior Citizens can also go out and say protime in a bid to reduce overcrowding. Though it didnt work everywhere with thousands out along the house alone as prominent. As and i mean there for me personally its incredible that i can finally go out after so long it just seems a bit strange to me that there are these time ships because in the end there are so many people out at the same time in the same place beaches though remain closed and crowds exercised under the watchful eyes of police. Prime minister Pedro Sanchez tweeted that allowing outdoor exercise was a new step and measures to ease the confinement that called for people to be responsible because the virus is still here the World Health Organization says countries should lift their lockdowns gradually be ready to restore restrictions if infections rise there are tough days still ahead for spain the lock down has hammered its already faltering economy and unemployment is expected to soar. On this saturday though people enjoyed the Simple Pleasures of being outdoors on a sunny spring day. Brian aljazeera. Over to asia now where the malaysian government has detained more than 700. 00 like ransom refugees it says its part of an effort to contain coronavirus but it comes after weeks of social media attacks on foreigners but some posts have accused them of spreading the virus others blame them for bringing or being a drain partly on the countrys resources for me has more from kuala lumpur. Hundreds of migrants and refugees including children rounded up in a raid in kuala lumpur on friday theyre being held in detention facilities migrant rights group. Has criticised the raid as inhumane and counterproductive arguing it will deter migrant and refugee communities from getting tested at a time when the world is still struggling to contain the pandemic. But the government is defending it as part of efforts to contain the coronavirus state the flick there is still on documented migrants their status remains the same the laws of this country havent changed these people broke the law or when they entered the country illegally in recent weeks foreigners have been the target of hate speech with some malaysians blaming them for spreading the coronavirus hostility towards the rangar and undocumented migrants appear to have been set off by several events this suburb outside kuala lumpur home to a large population. Was placed under lockdown more than a week ago to curb transmission of cases there are social media posts telling the rohingya theyre not wanted here there were at least 5 online petitions some of which have since been taken down urging the government to expel the refugees from malaysia malaysians have also directed their anger at the ethnic minority after Rights Groups criticised the government for turning away a boatload of refugees last month. For nor john been much and her family these are worrying times they escaped from scituate kind state in myanmar in 2012 after intercommunal riots between buddhists and muslims or hunger killed 200 people and displaced more than 100000 others. Live here hasnt been easy malaysia has not formally recognised refugees they cant work legally or go to school she says shes heard rumors about the malaysian government wanting to send the running back militia there it made me think back to our journey here we were at sea then human traffickers picked us up and they kept my husband for months because we couldnt pay it was only after 8 months here when we were finally registered with the un as refugees that i felt safe what if we have to go through that again. The coronavirus and malaysias curbs on movement has already put north johns family in dire financial straits now the fear of being detained hangs over their florence italy aljazeera kuala lumpur at least 10 members of the Iraqi Paramilitary group the Popular Mobilization forces have been killed in 2 separate attacks but i saw fighters the northern target of mecca shar was targeted overnight on friday in the province of salahadin the other attack happened in the harbor the country declared victory over i saw at the end of 2017 al jazeera samone a full team is in baghdad and said that these are the most brazen attacks for i saw fighters in the last year. Well it is the deadliest attack that i saw has carried out in iraq over the past few months or even a year resulting in the death toll of 10 people as you mentioned earlier and it comes just days after the group tried to stage another attack in kill kook on the Intelligence Headquarters so what were seeing is that i saw is now resorting to directly attacking the Security Forces which is something that we didnt see over the past years what weve seen until now was i saw for example planting improvised explosive devices in rural areas or trying to intimidate or terrorize civilians living in remote areas but these attacks on Security Forces there are a sign that i still is more emboldened and capable of actually launching these operations now what appears to have happened last night is that the group attacked a checkpoint of the Popular Mobilisation forces killing 6 people in daraa gunfire and a subsequent military operation to respond to that attack 3 additional people were killed in. In addition to that one other member of the Popular Mobilisation forces was killed so thats the death toll of 10 what is important to say here is that the one of the 10 people who were killed are members of the socalled tribal Popular Mobilization forces these are sunni members of local communities who are drawn from the tribes to try to defend rule areas well still ahead here on al jazeera release after the riots prisoners in argentina a big turnout as a coronavirus precaution also we need some of the indonesian delivery drivers putting themselves at risk in the hope of a Better Future those stories after the break. Probably we still got a few showers in the forecast for the middle east villagers in the cloud in the rain thats been around the gulf recently that pulling through iran over towards afghanistan took many stan also seeing some showers and these will slide a little further eastward over the next day or so making way for the next crop of showers just pushing out of turkey northern parts of syria northern parts of iraq for the most part as you can see it does look essentially fine and dry as a chance of the shower just creeping over towards that eastern side of amman as we go on into monday and into western parts of yemen as well quite a brisk wind to watch out for across northern parts of saudi arabia so lifted dust and sand certainly a possibility but showers continue across ethiopian highlands somalia seeing more showers longer spells of frank quite a bit of wet weather there the same right as they are doing nicely across much of west africa nothing a little further northwards plenty of showers still where they name to kenya more heavy downpours in northern parts of tanzania still seeing some very heavy showers showers there once again into the democratic republic of congo notice somewhat to weather just around the southern type for a time and a slow little further east which as we go on through monday dry brush the weather returning next week. Frank assessment why is italy struggling to cope with the number of coronavirus failure to really aggressive action with them behind the curtain and indepth analysis of the days global headlines inside story on aljazeera. What impact will covered 19 and a drop in the oil price have on the race to the white house cant go on will trump survive these historic setbacks and does joe biden have what it takes to beat. The special coverage on aljazeera. On. The back youre watching all of his are with me so romney a reminder of our top news stories the united kingdoms coronavirus death toll is now the 2nd highest in europe just after italy another 621 people have died from the virus in the past 24 hours taking the total to just over 28000. 00. Also spains Prime Minister has announced a multibillion dollar Reconstruction Fund to help deal with the economic fallout from the pandemic it comes as the government begins easing restrictions allowing people to exercise outside for the 1st time in 7 weeks and police in malaysia have detained more than 700. 00 refugees and Migrant Workers live in areas where covert 1000. 00 cases surge last month triggering accusations that foreigners are spreading the virus Rights Groups say that they could be held for months in dangerously cramped conditions. On to other news now a north koreas leader kim jong un has made his 1st public appearance in nearly 3 weeks and thats according to state media who broadcast images which appear to show kim opening a Fertilizer Factory as broad reports from seoul and speculation has been rife about the Leaders Health and where abouts. In good spirits and seemingly in good health after disappearing from public view for nearly 3 weeks north Korean Leader kim jong un reemerged in style to open a fertilizer plant. The pictures on state run television said to be from an event on friday seemed to be north koreas answer to world the growing speculation about kims health. Online news sites and some news organizations have been quoting sources that said kim was gravely ill even brain dead after a surgical procedure gone wrong. It had led to concerns about a possible power vacuum and instability in the Nuclear Armed state and focused attention on kim sister kim go joan who attended this event as a possible successor to him she came to the worlds attention as the point person in north koreas Charm Offensive during the 2018 Winter Olympics in pyongyang. She continued to feature prominently as the smiling facilitator in the subsequent into korean dialogue and then the historic summit meetings with the united states. Or. One. Or. The only. In south korea intelligence officials had urged caution about the Health Rumors saying they havent detected any unusual activity the pointed to a serious crisis south Koreas Unification Ministry has condemned what its called groundless content saying the speculation has caused unnecessary confusion and senior political figures here who dont even suggested that kim might have died off facing strong criticism. Opening this large fertilizer plant and not wearing a mask while being cheered by large crowds may also be part of north koreas wider message to the world that its feeding its people that it doesnt have any cases of the coronavirus and the kim is very much alive and in charge of the bride al jazeera so. Prisoners in argentina are being set free early over fears that corona virus will spread through correctional facilities many have been protesting the step which is used to release nonviolent prisoners serving their sentences under house arrest but historys about reports victims say many let off have been involved in Violent Crimes i the sound of part time pants against the release of prisoners in argentina. Is resonated in dozens of cities across the country. In the last weeks discontent in argentinas penitentiary system has been on the rice called 1000 has prisoners in the yellow light demanding better prison conditions or have. The rest. But victims of those under arrest are afraid of being victimized for a 2nd time if some prisoners are released. My sister was rights during a Birthday Party right next door he told her to remain quiet and hed give him money then we received a phone call from the school because my sister was crying every day now he has been release. The last 13 year old sister was raped by baby the 68 year old neighbor. Was released a week ago because hes considered to be at risk of call 1000 we have it all in with family relive right here next door to the 13 Year Old Girl he raped last year and even though hes not serving his house arrest in this location neighbors say that hes able to move around freely and fear for their safety even though almost as in detention 20 blocks away a few days ago his family threatened one carlos and his family they were armed. We were talking to local media and his grandson came out with a weapon inside he was going to kill us my sister is afraid hell come back and write her id like to tell the judge that relates to what would he do if the same thing happened to him there are currently over 90000. 00 prisoners in argentina theyre requesting nonviolent inmates at risk should be put under house arrest going to go get it are they waiting for blood to be spilled who are human beings isnt there a right to life. Local media reports over 2000 priso