A deal to cut production iran says its exempt from the agreement along with libya and venezuela. A 2 week cease fire comes into effect in yemen but the heathy say they wont stop fighting while the country is still under siege. And hundreds of millions of children desperately needing food we look at the difficulties for aid agencies during the coronavirus crisis. So that the damage to the worlds biggest economy from the current of our shutdown is really hitting home in the past week another 6600000 people in the United States have joined the jobless queue and that means nearly 17000000 americans have now filed for Unemployment Benefits in just 3 weeks that figure is around one in 10 workers White House Correspondent can be help it says there are fears the figures could be even worse. Nothing like this scene in modern history and it is expected to be more because heres the reality the states unemployment offices are overwhelmed they cannot keep up with the processing of claims so weve ha
Prices. Out of intensive care british Prime Minister valas johnson remains in hospital with coronavirus britains death toll is nearing 8000 and. The economic toll of the coronavirus outbreak continues to be felt in the u. S. Another 6600000 americans claimed Unemployment Benefits last week alone 87000000000 people have filed for unemployment in the past 3 weeks that 10 percent of the workforce the countrys economy has been crippled as businesses were forced to shut down in an effort to stop the spread of the pandemic john hendren has more from chicago. The president came out saying that the u. S. Was at the top of the hill when it comes to the coronavirus and in some cases going downward but thats not the case when it comes to the economy of and of course thats a lagging indicator here 6600000 new jobless claims 17000000 over the past 4 weeks out of work and filing new jobless claims and an Unemployment Rate of 12 to 13 percent thats a level not seen since the Great Depression forecast
Rooms have been converted into makeshift hospitals. Oil producing countries trying to negotiate a truce save a market share through global collapse to demand. A 2 week a ceasefire comes into effect in yemen say they wont stop fighting other countries still in the sea. And hundreds of millions of children desperately needing food you look at the difficulties for aid during the pandemic. So the damage to the worlds biggest economy from the coronavirus shutdown is really hitting home in the past week another 6600000 americans have joined the jobless queue and that means nearly 17000000 americans have now filed for Unemployment Benefits in just 3 weeks thats one in 10 workers and the affairs of figures could be even worse lets bring in our White House Correspondent Kimberly Halkett in washington d. C. And kimberly in just a matter of weeks 17000000 people out of work and its probably more. Yeah youre absolutely right nothing like this seen in modern history and it is expected to be more be
A major impact on global sport spains real madrid or in self quarantine as the legal suspends all match its. My. Fellow countries around the world are ramping up their response to the virus imposing increasingly drastic measures to combat the coronavirus pandemic the us has banned arrivals from mainland europe from friday and italy has strengthened its lock down closing bars restaurants and shops other than pharmacies and shops selling food several more countries have announced full School Closures including france which has reportedly nearly which is reported rather nearly 8000. 00 cases and norway which has seen more than 600. 00 and even ireland with just 70 infections so far well a move to stop large gatherings as lead to major restrictions on sporting events the National Basketball association the n. B. A. And spains top Football League have suspended all games for now and Global Markets have continued to tumble on fears of the impacts londons footsie 100 suffered its biggest dail
Across the continent all suspended due to coronavirus. Fellow around the world countries are ramping up their response to the virus imposing increasingly drastic measures to combat the coronavirus pandemic the u. S. Has banned arrivals from mainland europe from friday and italy has strengthened its lock down closing bars restaurants and shops other than pharmacies and shops selling food several more countries have announced full School Closures including france which has reported nearly 8000. 00 cases norway which has seen more than 600. 00 and even arland with just 70 infections so far well a move to stop large gatherings has led to major restrictions on sporting events the National Basketball association thats. The n. B. A. And spains top Football League have all suspended games for now Global Markets have continued to tumble on fears of the impact londons footsie 100. 00 suffer its biggest daily fall in more than 30 years and trading was automatically halted in new york after a larg