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 kinley is a rising challenge for the trumpet ministration right absolutely all of those gains brought in with the us president s election in 2016 and taking office and 2017 all of those jobs created which were historic if it wiped out these numbers are also historic and they are going to continue to rise we are told because overnight we heard that at least upwards of 40000000 americans lost their jobs were really just a little more than half that in terms of these claims that have been filed and thats because they simply have so many claims the antiquated system of filing them is overwhelmed so weve seen this across all sectors whether its in the Hospitality Industry but weve also seen it in the white collar jobs as well sort of now adding to this as more and more employers realize that this is not going to be a short term stay at home order longer in terms of the way things operate now we have had these general guidelines in place till the end of the month but as states start to reopen effects of 20 states are looking at reopening this is going to be in a limited type of you know social distancing is going to continue people are still going to have abbreviated hours as they try to continue to make sure that cope with 19 doesnt spread and an even peak again so this is not the economy that was once in place 3 coronavirus here in the United States and that is a challenge for this president because he is trying to win reelection in november and its become quite clear that the economy he was hoping to win reelection on has ceased to exist the same time the house of representatives is you know the new Financial Aid package whos about to get some money kimberly. Well Small Businesses that are hoping to keep people on their payroll to alleviate these jobless claims the last package had about 350000000000. 00 in order to do just that to help Small Businesses keep people on their payroll as they adjust to this change in the u. S. Economy it was so successful the money ran out so now congress has asked for more money we know that theres going to be another 370000000000 in this package but in addition there is also going to be 75000000000 for hospitals thats something democrats insisted on to provide the proof personal protective equipment or peepee that people talk about that theres been a shortage of and also tucked into this is something that democrats have been pushing for that money for testing because of course you cant get your workforce back in the marketplace if you dont know if theyre going to spread it so you have to test people and this has been one of the persistent criticisms now there but 25000000000 for that all side show that weve already had this passed in the senate its going to pass the house of representatives the president hoping to sign this legislation by the end of the week i think so much can believe how could that. Aarons to jonah is a labor economist and professor at the university of minnesota he says despite the jobless figures rushing people banks work is not the answer. Im telling you theres no short cut around the public option around theres no way to get around it other than. To develop Public Health strategies that can preserve lives well people that get a long with their regular Economic Activity you can try to take a short cut her people back to work without being able to tell whos just. But it will provoke a worse Health Crisis than were economic crisis you know theres plenty of people who are working right now who are doing essential jobs karen. Groceries and Public Safety and they are taking additional risks than they used to and you know were all grateful for that what i would advise them is to invest every productive resource you can in meeting the Public Health challenge talk to the Public Health experts and give them everything they need to be successful. And at the same time i think that the important question is how do we support families and Small Businesses through this time when were asking them and we need them to stop doing their usual ways of supporting themselves and give up that income and we need to find alternative ways to support them so that they dont deteriorate economically and health wise. To europe where chance or anger merkel is issued a call for Greater Unity in the fight against the virus during a speech to Parliament Michael emphasized both the need for International Cooperation and also within the e. U. Saying success can only come if the bloc fights together that in mind she called for a bigger budget she said germany was ready to pay significantly more to help the economic recovery e. U. Leaders are beginning a Virtual Meeting to discuss their economic response as for germanys outbreak of the rate of new infections has risen now for a 3rd day merkels warned there nowhere near the end of the pandemic newman to the gallon nobody likes to hear it but its the truth were not living in the final phase of the pandemic but still at the beginning we will have to live with the virus for a long time lets talk about the Virtual Meeting of e. U. Leaders now attach a bottler joins us from the west of france whats on the virtual agenda then. Yes e. U. Leaders meeting by Video Conference to discuss a Recovery Plan for the European Union because what theyre looking at is the future that they are also expected to sign off on i 500000000. 00 that was ready agreed by euro zone finance ministers that would respond to emergency message measures so needed help that is needed right now for european European Union members but what theyre looking at is the long term how many 0 how is the European Union going to recover after the coronavirus pandemic and while it is still going to continue because we know that weve been told by many Health Experts we can expect the coronavirus to continue as a crisis of sorts for many months to come now the problem is there are real deficiencies among those leaders as to exactly how this Recovery Fund is financed you have frauds its silly and spain some of the countries that have been worst affected by infections who are calling for more solidarity they are calling for mutual eyes day they want all members to come together and perhaps join in for example corona bond schemes what countries like germany or the netherlands have been saying particularly the netherlands up until now as they are wealthy nations they are more fiscally conservative and they all worry that if they join in any kind of new so i state that they will be in the future shouldering the burden of financing this recovery so there are deep divisions once again a crisis dividing European Union members but weve heard a lot about this from the french president emmanuel macro and for the past few days he is saying solidarity is absolutely key because what he says is if they e. U. Cannot stand united and help each other during this crisis well they might not be and even the future because a politically you might have people in countries such as italy who feel let down and that may see you and sentiments and hes also saying you would have a huge impact on the euro zone if you have some economies that simply called survive so he is saying its absolutely necessary to stand together to show solidarity in this time of unprecedented crisis. All right thanks so much natasha. Oxford university has begun testing a possible covert 19 vaccine on humans Scientists Say theyll know in a few months if it works and if it does millions of doses could become available by autumn but experts are warning is going to take a lot longer to control the pandemic trial itself will take take at least a year because we want to monitor these volunteers after theyve been vaccinated and see what both what happens from a safety perspective whether the vaccine works and also to study their immune response to see how long it lasts so a lot of work has to now go into the process of upscaling to be able to make large amounts of vaccine and that process is already started its certainly possible if nothing goes wrong in that upscaling process that the could be millions of doses available in the autumn but to get to the scale that we really need to control this pandemic is going to take much longer than that. Lets get more from the u. K. Now rory chans joins us from london so how is the how are those trials kicking off. Well weve been told today that there is a very interesting study being launched tracking study essentially. Going speech trying to work out how to. Move through the u. K. Population and its being driven by the office of National Statistics which is the governments stats agency and the department of health and what theyre doing is contacting 25000. 00 households to get people to essentially buy into this. System where theyre going to be testing these people on a periodical basis most are going to have taken from their throats and their nose that will tell the scientists who ran lies in the states or. Whether these people do have covert 90. A further 1000 people are going to have blood tests taken to look for antibodies to look for immunity and that will give an idea of you know and in the u. K. Population what kind of i suppose the term that has been used so far is heard it. Might be in the population and this i think will give an extra platform of information for the governments to. Covert 19 response around. Workouts. And in whats order restrictions can be lifted. The same time weve got some discussion going on about face masks in public where is Public Policy heading on that. Yes i have stood to victoria train station in london which is one of the u. K. s Main Transport hubs its the sort of place that you see people quite frequently wearing mosques like this all the more light weights material versions they do that when they using public transport they also do that when theyre when theyre out shopping for groceries etc places where they might come in contact with other people now at the moment the u. K. Has not made face mosques matta treat the Scientific Advice Group for emergencies which is a group of scientists that is basically telling the government what they think the government should do in terms of policy or. Has considered this. Question should these be mandatory in the u. K. And has made a recommendation to the government now we dont know what that recommendation is at the moment argue that the government has received it and is thinking about it the expectation is that the u. K. Will probably not go the full step towards making mosques matta treat for a few reasons there is the worry of course that if everyone runs out and starts buying up then there wont be enough of people who do actually need them medics essentially people working on the front line but also the science around whether these do actually make much of a difference is questionable the w. H. O. Has said that yes they can make a small difference but if youre a healthy person wearing one of these is not going to make that much of an impact on whether or not you actually get the people who need it are the ones who actually have it already and stop in spreading it somewhere else and of course also people who are working on the front lines doctors nurses etc. All right roy chalons there updating us from london. Well there are warnings in the u. K. That more people are being pushed into poverty because of a pandemic charities are trying to provide for the growing number of families who need assistance lawrence really has that story from london. In an affluent part of one of the worlds richest city is a sense of how even before this new world the wealth will share so badly. All of this has been donated by people whose children no longer need it for those so poor they cant afford it themselves before the virus expects them to new mothers from the poorest demographic would come here to be told that things would be ok but now they cant and the worry is that if theyre at home theyre stranded families are already struggling with a broken system before this all started and what were seeing now is families struggling to get out of the stuff that they need struggling with incomes that are falling when they dont have a safety they dont have a safety net they dont have savings but also just the the social and emotional impact of being at home and often with small children often quite cramped spaces the human cost of all those closed shops is just becoming understood many businesses can and have now applied for the government to pay their staff but just as happened in spain in italy a few weeks ago well over a 1000000 people have suddenly now applied for government benefits in one of the worlds most expensive cities you could be from any social demographic with a baby due about now and be in a load of trouble its already the case in the earlier 3rd of children in the u. K. Live in some form of poverty and the expectation is that perhaps a 5th of all adults in this country will be forced to claim benefits through losing their jobs because of the virus that in turn means that even in traditionally middle class areas like this people are facing the prospects of bringing their children up on benefits. The key used to receive support from a Little Village charity when she was expecting now she has to get by on benefits she lives in a single room in a house with her daughter whos now 2 and a half the virus means theyre stuck in here together for most of the day its tough its expensive and its endless you know over things go up not just your rent on the farm bill cost of deliveries for packages that you need because its not always essential age need other things to keep your kids busy as well the u. K. Government program known as universal credit was already controversial as the money takes weeks to arrive and forces people to choose between things like rent and food some big players in the Charity World are now demanding the authorities go further to protect those most at risk it got lots of extra costs with food with extra Energy Particularly with into that time to be able to support the childrens learning at home and they just say that bit of extra support to be able to cover those costs and to be able to make ends meet. The Little Village charity now describes itself as virtual changing its model to deliver goods to the most desperate rather than hosting them but they have made that having to push hard to meet the fast growing demands the realisation is dawning that just as there was born out of the banking collapse more than a decade ago grew up in austerity so those born now are going to be raised by parents with no idea when their work might come back and potentially with years of hardships to follow largely aljazeera in london. Thank. You. Now 2 syrian suspected of being former Intelligence Officers are on trial in germany the men are accused of committing crimes against humanity during the early days of syrias revolution its the 1st court case linked to a legit state sponsored torture by president Bashar Al Assads government dominic cain is following the trial from berlin. The case against these individuals is that in different capacities at the start of the Syrian Civil War they were part of the intelligence and Security Apparatus of president Bashar Assads government and in those capacities they either carried out or were complicit in the carrying out of multiple murders of torture theres one allegation of rape and other serious Violent Attacks against the Syrian People as i say at the start of the Syrian Civil War whats interesting about this is these individuals came to germany at different times and presented themselves to the authorities as refugees and yet starting today for the course of the next few months theyre going to hear claims that they are anything but that they are guilty as i say of the crimes and the offenses which i just outlined outlined of course the presumption of innocence applies here they deny the charges there are other interesting elements about this the German Government is choosing to to implement the jurisdiction it claims that it has under the universal genet jurisdiction for