To or they chose not to do. A frustrated un secretary general lashes out at World Leaders he says a falling short when theyre needed more than ever. And as long time restrictions disrupts the Food Supply Chain in india farmers struggle to sell their crops. We begin with get more bad news out of the worlds biggest economy almost another 4000000 people in the u. S. Applied for unemployment support last week mean more than 30000000 have made claims since march of the Unemployment Rate hovered around 3 and a half the same between december and february but in march it jumped to 4. 4 percent some economists believe the figure for april could be as high as 20 percent hoping to begin clawing back some financial ground more than 2 dozen states are moving ahead with plans to relax restrictions but as politicians in michigan were debating whether or not to do so armed protesters surrounded the State Capitol building some even made it inside a calling for an end to stay at home mishas more now from our White House Correspondent kimberly hellcats. These are just the ones that have managed to file their claims online or even to get into an Unemployment Office that has been overwhelmed by the sheer number of americans that suddenly found themselves out of work this is just another bleak indicator we seem to be reporting on them every day that reminds us just how bad things have gotten in the United States as a result of the stay at home orders that were probably put in place to you know keep americans safe and well it has certainly resulted in a lower number of deaths than was initially projected there are certainly some very dire impacts economically and this is the latest measure of that now for his part of the u. S. President has been speaking at the white house today he was meeting with yet another governor this time new jersey of course a very hard hit state about reopening the economy this is something that is going to be done very gradually and as a result this means that the sort of jobs returning is not going to be a very quick snap back even as the u. S. President continues to project optimism why is he continuing to sort of cheerily the economy of this economic recovery well because its an Election Year and hes trying to win reelection in november but its going to be difficult because most Business Experts projects that while the jobs were lost overnight could be 2 to 3 years before they come back. Well with the bad numbers mounting donald trump has again focused on chinas role in the pandemic he suggested without evidence that covert 19 when its been created in the chime example and the government may have chosen not to stop it from spreading pedicle has more. A Conspiracy Theory has been floating on the fringes of conservative media for weeks and now its made its way to the white house paper you seen anything at this point that gives you a high degree of confidence that they would have instituted a raji was the origin of these fires yes yes i have that was the president of the United States indicating he seen something that says the coronavirus was made in a chinese lab he didnt say if it was from a us agency or from Cable Television where he gets a lot of his information after reports that the city ministration has been trying to get the Intelligence Community to find a connection to the lab the director of National Intelligence issued this statement saying the Intelligence Community also concurs with the wide Scientific Consensus that the covert 1000 virus was not manmade or genetically modified and 2 weeks ago the u. S. Military seemed to make the same conclusion on the on the lab piece of that thats theres a lot of. Rumor and speculation in a wide variety of media the blog sites etc should be no surprise to you that weve taken a keen interest in that and weve had a lot of intelligence take a hard look at that and i would just say at this point its inconclusive although the weight of evidence seems to indicate natural some republicans have been trying to point the blame and public anger at china some even saying they should simply refused to pay china back for the u. S. Bonds it holds the president though said he wouldnt go that far indicating more tariffs could be his response further straining the relationship between the 2. 00 countries and the already stretched Bank Accounts of consumers in the u. S. Who ultimately pay the price for those tariffs pedicle hain aljazeera. Well i met her again is a china political analyst he joins us now on skype from beijing thank you for your time 1st of all was your response when you heard President Donald Trump saying those things about the virus coming from the institute of rural ity. Well i mean the particular child being doubling down really is so another white rabbit that hes fond of these especially when he knows bad news is coming in news he knew that there was going to be about 3800000 some around 4000000 jobs lost and thats not even including those who couldnt get online to register so he needed something to eat up oxygen and this is a very you know. From the odonnell big own court virus which is the place that he in the Republican Party without its always attacked china dont worry about the fence just attacked the american Intelligence Community did however put out a statement basically concurring on the one hand with the International Scientific community that the virus was not manmade not a bio weapon but that it is actually examining whether it was the result of an accident at the bar a tree what does that do to the Public Perceptions around around the origin of this virus do you think. Well it casts doubt on it just remembering that this is. Its 2 were talking about was he joined lee run by french and chinese the french authorities have put out an absolute. Statement saying that it never happened there was no accidents they were involved in this kind of are all and so at this point you have to believe that the french are in all including with china and the w. H. O. If you want to believe this kind of narrative that donald trump was trying to put out you know quite frankly its just a little hes desperate he doesnt have many options at this point china is a consistent theme and one which is appealing to a lot of americans 66 percent of americans see china as a threat and displays directly. Chinas own Foreign Ministry spokesman has suggested that it was the American Army that brought the virus to han is that an effort to deflect criticism on the part of china well i dont know if it deflects i would say that it was a very poor p. R. Move i think any kind of speculation by any government at this point is really not useful because it all it does this is fuels other speculation by other groups i think it was clearly a mistake i dont know that its been remedied but i dont think that this is productive. What do you say this whole doing to china u. S. Relations long term. Long term its going to its going to settle things what you have here is an American Public and an increasingly. The chinese public are seeing each other as hostile i mean when you have all of these taxed against asians theyre not even necessarily against chinese just anyone perceived as chinese theres a lot of you know bad feeling i mean many chinese hold and held the United States as a kind of. The ultimate in systems that there is a lot of opportunity and things like this theres a tremendous amount of power at this point though thats changing now youre hearing a lot of people who are saying theyre moving back and then these are just College Professors and its like that these these are titans of various industries who feel very uncomfortable or families you want cover only us so i dont know if this is the plan for it because i dont know that its necessary you know better not its really good to get your analysis there thats untag and a china political analyst live from beijing thank you thank you. The eurozone economy has sustained its biggest hit since the bloc started compiling statistics and 995 outposts in the 19 countries that use the euro shrank by 3. 8 percent between january and march unemployment in germany the e. U. Strongest economy rose by more than 300000 in a full timmys government has already predicted its g. D. P. Is on track to shrink by more than 6 percent this year where you came meanwhile is past its coronavirus fake thats according to Prime MinisterAbbas Johnson fronting his 1st government Briefing Since recovering from cove at 19 he promised to lay out plans to ease the lockdown drills that next week the u. K. Death toll is heading towards 27000. 00 navy barkha reports from london. Back leading britains Coronavirus Response after his personal battle with the virus and only a day after his fiance gave birth the Prime Minister faces mounting criticism of his governments response to the outbreak and questions over how to ease current restrictions and meet a backdrop of rising deaths but now a glimmer of optimism in britains battle with covert 19 i can confirm today that for the 1st time we are past the peak of this disease were past the peak and we are on the downward slope britain may be over the worst but its still at risk for now the lock down will not be loosened weve come through the peak or rather weve come under what could have been a vast peak as though weve been going through some huge outpoint turn and we can now see the sunlight own the the pasture ahead of us and so it is vital that we do not lose control and run slap into a 2nd and even bigger mounted in the past 24 hours compass and flowers have been arriving here to 10 downing street to welcome by storm since new baby closely followed by scientific advisors of ministers clutching folders it is a confusing juxtaposition echoing a Wider National confusion over how and when this crisis will end the governments also under mounting pressure to reach its mass testing target by friday at the start of april the Health Secretary matt hancock said he was determined to deliver 100000. 00 tests per day so determined he reportedly made 100. 00 Pound Charity betty to achieve it. In recent days mobile testing units staffed by the army have been traveling around the country as the government races to meet its target smashing his goal with an air force fly past his captain tom moore he initially wanted to raise just over a 1000. 00 for completing the laps of his garden before his 100th birthday he marked the milestone having raised more than 37000000. 00 for the National Health service the Prime Minister described captain tom as a point of light for the nation the government is now under pressure to be a point of trust in Uncertain Times barca aljazeera london. Still to come here on aljazeera well have the latest on the investigation into the discovery of decomposing bodies outside a new york funeral home. And after months of protests a plan to tackle lebanons financial woes but. To pull the country off its economic spiral. Hello there yet more wes and all the blustery weather across the northeast of the United States you can see this massive cloud and trading down to the south in the southeast that is where yet again we have seen some fairly Stormy Weather but as i say headed out to the northeast has been bright and sunny this is a very nice day indeed up into brooklyn in new york city but that will change that you know friday not much sitting in the pocket 18 degrees of those clearing fairly swiftly away all thought north east coast but certainly leaving a shoddy pattern behind 20 celsius in washington d. C. But we have at least got these Clear Conditions to the south for a while we have a break from those severe thunderstorms system just sitting off the a west coast of southern canada that will bring the rain onstage the mountains as we head through saturday in fact that rain extensive even pushing down into northern as the california but meanwhile across the fall southwest those temperatures still on the high side with those heat warnings in place but again it is warm but dry across much of the south and the east. Becoming fairly frequent across the bahamas this is all part of system clearing away from the eastern side of the United States so why spend showers across much of cuba and some heavy rain into southern areas of mexico as well also still rainy conditions really into costa rica and panama and as we go through saturday theyre becoming again more prevalent across the bahamas. Desperate for a better life millions of people have. Sought refuge in europe sometimes their dreams of century are realized but sometimes disenchantment and hostility drive them home. In the 2nd of 2 films on these contrasting experiences people and power meets the returning migrants now determined to discourage others from following the same path. Gambia back home from algiers in. The. The old. There are a mind of our top stories this hour as the krona virus pandemic continues to batter economies around the world almost another 4000000. 00 people applied for unemployment support in the u. S. Just last week a total of 30000000 americans have made claims since late march. With unemployment numbers mounting donald trump has again focused on chinas role in the pandemic he suggested without evidence that covert 19 might have originated in a chinese lab the government may have chosen not to stop it from spreading. And the british Prime Minister says the u. K. Is past the peak of its corona Virus Outbreak virus johnson fans to outline next week how he will reduce lock down measures. A funeral home is being investigated in new york after the discovery of dozens of bodies and on refrigerator trucks the owners say a freezer failed so they had to rent the trucks to store bought it as under fords. The lives lost already victims of new yorks Coronavirus Crisis now part of a funeral home for dozens of bodies were found decomposing in trucks at this funeral home in brooklyn there maybe were as many as 50 bodies inside the police moved in and discovered it after residents complained about a foul smell emanating from the building by thursday morning caskets were arriving to take away corpses to unknown locations and family members with loved ones inside who are showing up in a desperate search for information ronald 60 year old brother francoise died of covert 19 he tells me his brothers corpse has been inside the funeral home for more than a week now. About it because they were. So its not true not only exactly what they say because its really so very very sad to me shit covington said she thinks her moms body is also inside so right here this but its too much for me im sorry but im so clouded right now because this hurts her words hurt. People who live in the neighborhood were shocked this is a residential neighborhood its unbelievable unbelievable there were people. And that. You know. The funeral home said its freezers failed so it had to bring in the rental trucks to store bodies and explanation that did not satisfied new yorks mayor they have an obligation to the people they serve to treat them with dignity i have no idea in the world how any funeral home could let this happen for a city that is supposedly coming out of this crisis the nightmare that happened at this funeral home is a grim reminder of how far there is still to go and the incredible toll this is having on a city. How do you hear brooklyn new york. Yemen has recorded its 1st 2 coronavirus death sparking fears of a major outbreak 7 in a country ravaged by civil war 5 new cases were reported in the southern port city of aden takes the total number of infections to 6 nationwide yemen is already dealing with a cholera outbreak can only huff of its hospitals are fully functional the u. N. Says its likely the virus is spreading undetected in the country where millions are facing starvation the u. N. Chief has spoken of his irritation at what he says is a lack of World Leadership during the pandemic and tony harris is nowhere near enough is being done to help developing countries and his calls for a global ceasefire are being mostly ignored as our diplomatic editor james pace. Speaking to reporters by video link the frustration of the u. N. Secretary general was clear its well over a month since he demanded a global cease far but the fact the u. N. Security council has been unable to pass a resolution was the result of what he called a dysfunctional relationship between the major powers and that makes it difficult for the Security Council to decide as it makes it difficult in many other areas for International Cooperation to work secretarygeneral given the scale of the pandemic do you believe that Global Leadership has been adequate. It is obvious that there is a lack of leadership it is all is obvious the International Community is divided in a moment where it would be more important than ever to be united there is indeed a problem of leadership or if you want a disconnect between leadership and poll we see remarkable examples of leadership but they are usually not associated bollard and when we see power we sometimes do not see the necessary to the ship i hope this will be overcome sooner rather than later as a Security Council session this week a very public demonstration of the disagreements among the worlds Top Countries as the un syrias special envoy spoke during the Virtual Event one of the ambassadors and not me today is microphone in your name are bouncing. Around. The french ambassador was on a separate phone call unaware everyone else could hear him ask you. For one second thing you know at the franks my his words were very telling he talked to problems related to the w. H. O. And then starts to talk about the americans before hes alerted to the fact hes on mute it might refer. To going through security on the ballot in that moment the ambassador inadvertently revealed in public the problems the un Security Council has been facing in trying to come up with a resolution on covert 19 the french have been leading those negotiations for weeks diplomats say its a torturous process the u. S. Is objecting to any reference in the resolution to the World Health Organization after President Trump pulled funding from the Global Health body meanwhile russias foreign minister Sergei Lavrov has been pushing the idea of a meeting of the 5 permanent members of the Security Council russia china the u. S. U. K. And france at leader level it still though hasnt happened james pays out zira at the united nations. Well that half of the indian workforce are employed in the Agriculture Sector but the lockdown has caused a breakdown in supply chains with no migrant laborers to help the farmers struggling elizabeth for our reports from indias most populous state suit up for a dish in the latest in our series on how the pandemic is affecting farming and Food Security. Of activity during a nationwide lockdown farmers been there week 2 a Government Procurement center in the state of. Its a small victory for british who struggled to harvest his crops the season without the help of seasonal workers. The father of 3 says his family helped him cut the crop and register to sell it to the government for everyone feels to a lot of problems with the registration everything is shut so how and where are we supposed to do it we had no idea the children have some education so they were able to do it on their mobile phones the government to sending alec tronic coupons to farmers with a date and time to bring their projects to the centers. Areas many dont have smartphones and Internet Connections to receive them and he is locked down couldnt have come at a worse time for fathers theyre at their busiest between april and june when went across like way to harvested and the fields are prepared for some across to be. Without the technology needed to register has crossed public transport to take it to a Government Center or private market the pain that parties worried about how he and his family will survive. We cant so the next crop as we need the money from this harvest to buy seeds are fertilizers. Many farmers have seen their fruit and vegetables go to waste despite farming being exempt from the lock down the restrictions on Peoples Movement and transport has led to supply chains breaking down. India has large reserves of grains but economists say extra stocks of rice and wheat to nuff its also about pulses and fruits and vegetables and indian diets are already ready poured the malnutrition rates are very high so we need to ensure that that ideal for people splitsville both from the point of your Food Security as well as keeping the economy going its very important that we support agriculture and gold plated collapse. The government says agriculture is functioning smoothly and there are no shortages of food but many reject that and with more than half of indias workforce employed in agriculture experts say it must do more to help farmers and secure the harvest for the next season elizabeth aljazeera blanchett author of the. Moving now to some other news libyas internationally recognized government in tripoli has rejected a ceasefire. After the government of National Accord says hostile has violated previous truces and accused him of staging deceptions after said his forces would pause hostilities during the holy month of ramadan. Ally the u. A. E. Is calling for all sides to find a political solution to the conflict through what it describes as a supervised process sources have told aljazeera of a recent high level m. R. C. Visit to sudan where they discussed military support for. The top prosecutor at the International Criminal court says the court has jurisdiction of the palestine clarification could lead to an investigation into allegations of war crimes against israel. Says the areas of investigation into the occupied west Bank East Jerusalem and gaza a quarter is likely to decide to on the matter of jurisdiction in may israel is not a member of the i. C. C. Trist seen a lot of nearly all is a member of the legal team representing victims and garza before the International Criminal court he expects the Pretrial Chamber to rule in favor of the jurisdiction. Hes a very important step forward just the 3rd International Level and for victims in palestine weve been waiting for justice in the form where effective remedy seems to dollar. Not so or there are very High Expectations on them or big dreams youve got tamed all of them say your lower part of time before the court war burn their soonest possible any investigation in the chamber to work 2 days of request of the prosecutor in the bay the next few weeks or months for it to be honest would be very surprising if for the quarter but not to the possibility because palestine is not the 5 of the state of an International Criminal court into the 15 it should be not needed as a state party maybe 2015 hes a member of the blog you are simply overstayed party so after 5 years as the prosecutor correctly say he will be burdocks he called to say that well its not a party saw you call not to join or 5 years ago to say that over the International Criminal court a bomb explosion has had an armored Egyptian Military convoy in northern sinai at least 10 personnel of being either killed or injured the military hasnt given specific details no group has claimed responsibility. The lebanese government has approved a financial reform plan for its crisis hit economy leaders have been under pressure to act after months of violent public protests so hot reports from beirut. Since taking office in january Prime Minister has sandy abs government has been working on a plan to save lebanons economy that plan is now ready the state is close to bankruptcy and lebanon defaulted on its debt for the 1st time after much reluctance the government intends to seek Financial Assistance from the International Monetary fund for number. With this plan as a stepping stone we can build our future we will continue with our request to the i. M. F. And willing gauge seriously with our creditors as a result we will reduce the burden of debt on the shoulders of all citizens the Economic Hardship has been mounting anger spilled onto the streets and it turned violent the National Currency the pound lost more than 60 percent of its value in recent weeks International Donors have demanded Economic Reforms and then end to corruption to unlock billions of dollars in aid while the governments plan mentions the need for reforms its focus seems to be on the Banking Sector and taking back what the Prime Minister calls unrealistic interests on Bank Deposits over the past 5 years while the government wants the Banking Sector. Because of the crisis. If you asking for a special of the story structure of the Banking Sector this will result in your total lack of confidence in the lebanese economy and the Banking Sector by the generation of deposits lebanese politicians most of whom are accused of involvement in corruption have traded blame over who is responsible but the opposition says the governing alliance is using its power to target them in an anticorruption drive for. The current government chosen by those in power in their political allies unfortunately has been turned into a tool to settle political schools and revenge practices. The power struggle is worsening tensions the government moves to restore the trust of its citizens deb says his cabinet is made up of independent experts but it was brought to power by some parties implicated in corruption scandals that is why protesters have been trying to topple the Political Class say they have little faith in promises to recover stolen public money the Prime Minister may think the plan will put the country back on track but the concerns of many lebanese who have lost the value of their money have not been eased. Beirut. Im committed with the headlines on aljazeera as the coronavirus pandemic continues to batter economies around the world almost another 4000000. 00 people applied for unemployment support in the u. S. Just last week a total of 30000000. 00 americans have made claims since late march several u. S. States are beginning to reopen to watch house guidelines on social distancing expires. Are expected to relax their stay at home orders allowing some businesses restaurants and including restaurants rather to reopen. Donald trump has again focused on chinas role in the pandemic he suggested without evidence that covert 19 might have been created in the chinese law if the government may have chosen not to stop it from spreading. One of 2 things happened a day the didnt do it and you know they couldnt do it promised competence in point where they let it spread. You know i would say probably it was going to get out of control but you know theres another case that how come they stopped all the planes and all of the traffic from going into china but they didnt stop the planes in the traffic from coming into the United States and from coming into all over europe the eurozone economy has sustained its biggest hit since records began in 995 posts in the 19 countries that use the euro shrank by 3. 8 percent between january and march your strongest economy germany announced a steep fall in jobs in april the number of unemployed rising by more than 300000 the british Prime Minister says the u. K. Is past the peak of its corona Virus Outbreak our stance on plans to outline next week how he will reduce lock down measures. Yemen has recorded its 1st 2 coronavirus deaths sparking fears of a major break in a country ravaged by civil war 5 new cases were reported in the southern port of southern port city of aden the u. N. Says its likely the virus is spreading undetected in the country libyas internationally recognized government and tripoli has rejected a ceasefire announced by waterloo for hafta the government of National Accord says half to has violated previous truces. Those are the headlines when you say on aljazeera off to people and. Throughout history humankind has come together in our darkest moments this is a moment for pretty much the opposite where retreat from the world could actually save every generation has its moment this one is ours. Desperate for a safer more prosperous life millions of people have sought refuge in europe sometimes the dreams have come true sometimes disenchantment interest in the city have driven them home in the 2nd of 2 films on these conflicting experiences people in power has been to cambria where disillusioned for the microscope or trying to persuade others from following the sight of