9 years of war in syria the 1st trial linked to a legit state sponsored torture begins. And muslims in turkey prepare for the holy month of ramadan with new restrictions in place. Starting this hour in germany where chancellor Angela Merkel has issued a call for Greater Unity in the fight against code 19 during a speech to Parliament Merkel emphasized both the need for International Cooperation cooperation and within the European Union itself she says success can only come if the bloc can fight the virus together with that in mind she called for a bigger budget and said germany was ready to pay significantly more to help with economic recovery thats. Prepared to meet later on thursday to discuss their economic response to the outbreak while in germany the rate of new infections and this is a concern it has risen for a 3rd day and merkel warned parliament there actually still nowhere near the end of the pandemic. New month with the government nobody likes to hear it but its the truth we
Clinics desperate for supplies after years of blockade. Also ahead after 9 years of war in syria the 1st trial linked to alleged state sponsored torture kicks off today in germany. Install the n. F. L. Draft gets ready to go virtual the games best Young Players will be selected remotely with millions of fans watching on. Lets get going beginning this news in the United States where figures just paint a devastating picture of the state of the economy in just 5 weeks all of the jobs created since the end of the 2009 recession have been wiped out here are the numbers last week another 4400000 americans filed for Unemployment Benefits. Thats fewer than the week before when more than 5300000 registered for jobless support but the speed of the rise in those figures is unprecedented in all more than 26000000 americans have now applied for Unemployment Benefits since the end of march that was when President Donald Trump made the 1st of his covert 19 outbreak declarations lets talk now to our W
A legit state sponsored torture begins in germany. A standoff in the South China Sea the u. S. And a stray away into a dispute between china and malaysia. And in sports the n. F. L. Draft gets ready to go virtual the games best Young Players will be selected remotely millions of fans watching. Lets begin in the United States where figures released just hours ago paint a devastating picture of the economy in just 5 weeks tens of millions of jobs have been wiped out take a look at the numbers last week another 4400000 americans filed for Unemployment Benefits thats fewer than the week before when more than 5300000 registered for jobless support but the scale of these weekly figures is unprecedented in all more than 26000000 americans have now applied for Unemployment Benefits since the end of march that was when President Donald Trump made the 1st of his coded 19 outbreak declarations. I want house correspondent kimberly house joins us live from washington d. C. Rising unemployment kinle
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