Says his forces will stop fighting during the holy month of ramadan. Brazils Supreme Court blocks president also as choice of a family friend for the new police chief. Welcome to the program the u. S. Economy is falling deep into one of its most severe recessions in recent times its seen a decade of growth wiped out in just 3 months shrinking by almost 5 percent and theres concerns a crisis caused by the coronavirus pandemic is only going to worsen she have returns he reports. The 4. 8 percent decline for g. D. P. Between january and march represents the largest decline since the 2008 recession Consumer Spending which accounts for 70 percent of g. D. P. Dropped by an idealized rate of 7. 6 percent the. Largest drop since 980. 00 moreover this is just a preliminary estimate Analysts Expect the eventual number to be far higher than these numbers are for a quarter in which the economic locked down only accounted for a few weeks 2nd quarter g. D. P. Figures for april to june a projected to register a decline of around 30 to 40 percent with some Financial Institutions predicting much much worse the white house is still clinging on to the hope of a v. Shaped recovery helped by a rapid reopening of the u. S. Economy i think theres a tremendous feeling of optimism in this country i think the 3rd quarters transitional that it would were transitioning into but its a very transitional period d i think its going to do good but i think the 4th quarter is going to be fantastic but reopening the economy too soon and then facing an even deeper recession is a risk i think fundamentally its going to end on whether the u. S. Is capable of actually putting implants sophisticated widespread testing in crime scene which allows people to essentially go out and where they can be in this community likely to be true and out recovering back at the Federal Reserve dream poll pledge to do all that could be done were doing all we can to help American Families and businesses whether this difficult period we will continue to use our tools to assure that the recovery when it comes will be as robust as possible Interest Rate cuts and trillions of dollars in spending by the fed have injected liquidity into the Financial System along with the stimulus passed by congress markets have been reassured in fact this street ruse after the g. D. P. Figures were announced but there is more and more evidence of that the money being spent is not reaching those most in need with unemployment now projected to reach 20 percent in june there are increasing calls for far bold action to help those who now find themselves without the mud. The for rent mortgage is health care and food Shihab Rattansi how does iran. Dozens of bodies have been found in trucks outside a funeral home in new york city the discovery was made after neighbors reported a smile coming from the vehicles is unclear how many of the people had died from corona virus related illnesses new york state is the epicenter of the u. S. Break that nearly half of the worlds workers are in danger of losing their livelihoods because of the pandemic the uns International Labor organization is forecasting that up to 1600000000 people working in the informal economy could be out of a job most of them have no welfare protection nor access to health care well in just the 1st month of the outbreak these workers lost 60 percent of their income manufacturing Food Services and retail are among the worst hit sectors what we find in report in this monitor is of the that of the 2b2b informal workers of the world about 1600000000 as suffered massive damage to their ability to earn a living and to support themselves and their families if they are not able to go out and work for a day and earn some income day by day because thats how it tends to work their family wont eat they wont eat and their family will not eat and there is no social protection german g. D. P. Has focused to shrink by more than 6 percent this year the government expects the most painful recession in generations to bottom out in the next 3 months now Economic Activity it says could pick up after that as long as a 2nd wave of infections can be avoided. Well britain has europes 2nd highest current virus death toll after italy the numbers jumped to more than 26000. 00 after the government started to include faith teletubbies in places like care homes for the elderly the upward revision has prompted new criticism of the governments handling of the break well more current Virus Coverage later but now will turn to other news and libyan warlord cleaver have to has announced his forces will observe a cease fire during the most imposing month of ramadan and hes been trying to take over the capital tripoli for a year and remove the un recognized government as base there earlier on wednesday at least one person was killed and several injured during an attack on the Health Complex east of the capital well the tripoli government blamed it on hafter on monday he ended peace talks with the government. Are cars but of mahmoud of the one who is in tripoli he says that although frontlines of quiet for now have to announce that. And thats what has not been taken seriously i have thought as spokesman and i assume as has been contradictory you know that the last ramadan last year they said that ramadan is the month of jihad the were boosting their forces to continue the battle to attack the capital tripoli this ramadan this year he is calling on it he is an hour. Secession of hostilities but that this has been interpreted here in the west of libya as a kind of maneuver to gain time to maintain their positions maybe to regroup and rearrange their plans and to also plan another or fresh attack on the capital tripoli a member have to have to himself rejected that many cease fire proposals in the past and only this comes only a few weeks after this set back his forces suffered in the west of libya after the last several strategic cities and towns along the highway linking the capital tripoli to the tunisian borders and only a few hours ago have those forces have been engaging in heavy fighting against the Government Forces in the vicinity of the city after this and i was meant has not been taken seriously has not been taken for granted especially in the west of libya they dont forces do not trust have to especially with his past experience of rejecting many ceasefire proposals. And in another Development Sources have told al jazeera the plane carrying problems officials from the United Arab Emirates flew to the sudanese capital khartoum on tuesday now the sources say the amorality delegation including the brother of abu dhabis crum prince met sudanese officials to discuss military support for Khalifa Haftar sudanese officials have denied any meeting took place while William Morris the former u. S. Diplomat in libya and the professor of International Affairs at the American University explained why the presence of sudanese fighters had become a notable feature of the libyan conflict the core of the sudanese troops that were sent to libya were the farmers in india we accused of war crimes in darfur and elsewhere and theres a sort of a safety valve effect on sudan and letting the sort of worst of the worst of cities troops were implicated in heart to massacres last june out and after leo went in committed whatever war crimes they want that i want to have an effect on sudan so theres that site in the back theres also debates within the Sudanese Security forces and military about you know which troops are involved in the current machine which arent and certainly theres a lot of poverty now its again which will be aggravated further biological benteen shutdowns and those sudanese soldiers and guards and others want the employments whats interesting on the front lines in libya is theres increasing segregation among all these mercenaries who dont trust each other so weve got russians running away from syrians on the credit line we on the other side to be as great to line up with syria churchmen and so when a team is also affecting the front lines which makes it much harder for have to are which is part of the context of this cease fire that were looking at right now. Protests in several lebanese cities for a 3rd straight loiters crowds voice of frustration over the worsening Economic Situation demonstrators in the Southern City of sidon threw a molotov cocktail at a branch of the Lebanese Central Bank its change has been descending the banks role during the collapse of lebanons currency it was a mahanta has more than the capital. At Bank Branches across lebanon people line up to try to withdraw as much of their savings as they can informal restrictions have been in place for months and recently access to dollars stopped further fueling public anger banks say they face a liquidity crisis through the central bank they have been lending money to the state which is now almost bankrupt or. Not if the central bank funded the state we didnt spend the money we need to know her the money was spent the central bank doesnt have the capability for oversight this is a campaign against a central bank and particularly its governor. The Central Bank Governor defended himself after the Prime Minister has sandia indirectly accused him of trying to topple the government by engineering the collapse of the local currency the pound along with lebanons worst economic crisis and decades is a struggle for power. Protesters anger is targeting the banks and the government which took over in january but has still to present the plan to save the economy lebanons foreign reserves are dwindling. What we need to do is to dismantle government and have channels through which Government Spending are done and those Government Spending let the last one i use the word right we have 175 percent well that is due to and to the city and that it should be this problem should be sure to open the competition something privatization without just and corruption but it would be more profitable instead of draining Government Funds such Structural Reforms are what International Donors have been demanding. The United Nations western governments and the arab league are all reiterating the need for reforms in lebanon it seems that changes in the structure of the state is what well im not billions of dollars in assistance western and some arab nations dont seem to be willing to give blanket checks particularly to a government controlled by the iranian backed hezbollah and its allies politics is at play as popular discontent worsens that. They vote. Well still ahead here on aljazeera how coronavirus is forcing american bowing to accept thousands of jobs and well tell you why some members of new yorks Jewish Community are angry with those stories after the break. Weve got another round of severe storms making their way across southern parts of the u. S. Central plains also seeing some rather wet weather day perrie of low pressure here just tucked in and lot will drive the wet the windy weather and a few tornadoes further a switch as we go through the next few days pushing across the appalachians alabama georgia seeing some very heavy rain through the carolinas right into the middle antic states and that very wet weather with the possibility of some localized flooding will be in place as we go through a good part of thursday dry weather comes in behind still very hot down towards the Desert Southwest temperatures hit could well get up around the 40 degree mark i would towards the west coast some mild pleasant weather but a more pleasant weather coming through here at around 20 celsius a few showers there just tumbling across the rockies on thursday theyll skirt a little further east which is to go on through friday pushing across the Northern Plains central parts of canada and by friday night is that wet weather into the northeastern corner so pulling across new york into new england that east side of kind of the further south it should be largely fine and dry slightly fought and dry across the caribbean although we do have some showers little bit more clout there into cuba so for the Greater Antilles you can expect see a little bit of wet weather with a chance of some showers making their way to jamaica. But. A history of guerrilla warfare. A place on the. King string there revolutionaries see you know no bounds to the series of the final spot there splinter groups damage the palestinian cause for insurance survival chronicling the turbulent story of the struggle for a palestinian home in p. L. O. History of a revolution on aljazeera. Welcome back youre watching algis there with me said holroyd new reminder of our top stories new Financial Data shows the impact the coronavirus pandemic is having on the world economies the United States and germany are amongst countries experiencing their worst recessions in years libyan war 3 to have to has announced a ceasefire for the muslim holy month of ramadan earlier on wednesday he was accused of ordering an attack that killed at least one person in tripoli. That aljazeera has learned that a plane carrying prominent officials from the United Arab Emirates through to the sudanese capital khartoum on tuesday sources say the iraqi delegation was meeting sudanese officials to discuss military support for Khalifa Haftar. Of all the covert 19 epidemic cajole 100 volts all the huge losses reported by the worlds 2 biggest produces. Buffeted by a Global Pandemic in a crisis of its own making boeing is plunging deep into negative territory the company has been scrambling for more than a year to get its most lucrative plane this 737 max back in the air after it was grounded following 2 crashes that killed 346 people then the coronavirus emptied planes in airports with passenger travel down an unprecedented 95 percent boeing reported a loss of 6 141000000. 00 and now plans about 16000. 00 layoffs 110th of its Global Workforce light all shut not just europe and United States pretty much everywhere in the world the ramifications are. For the most part the industry is not interested in taking delivery of airplanes at the moment and or. Against contracts that we have in here and so as a result there is this moment in time for try to contend with the dramatic reductions southwest and other airlines are cutting their orders for the 737 max and with fewer long haul travelers boeing is cutting back on production of its massive 777 and 787 dreamliner jets boeing is the United States largest exporting manufacturer and it said that when boeing sneezes americas economy catches cold now foundations of highly skilled highly paid boeing workers will be joining the waiters Service Workers and others who are among the 1st wave of coronavirus layoffs and that will reverberate down the boeing supply chain and throughout the u. S. Economy boeing rival airbus also posted a 521000000. 00 loss in what its c. E. O. Calls the greatest crisis the aerospace industry. As ever known analysts say boeing and airbus will have to restructure for a new marketplace and compete with their own cheaper used planes languishing on tarmacs around the globe youre all roughed up and got no where to go even being there isnt any crap and certainly across the Pacific Coast bad news europe not many people are planning a trip to the great country of italy right now so its going to be a long time theyre going to readjust and be a Smaller Company although the Global Pandemic took just months to ground much of the Aviation Industry analysts say it will take years to arrive at a new normal John Hendren Jazeera chicago now the International Monetary fund has approved emergency funding and sold 3400000000 dollars from nigeria its a colony relies heavily on oil revenue which has been hard hit by the unprecedented drop in demand and would address has more from. Hours before the International Monetary fund and now the 3400000000. 00 loan grant to nigeria the National Parliament approved 2100000000. 00 for going to the German Government on following a request by the president for such an amount to be brought up from domestic market to finance the 2020 by the it may interest you to know that already the country is reviewing its budget by nearly 40 percent down ward and this is a country that has seen a lot of borrowing in recent times in march early march 2020 the government at the parliament approved more than 22000000000. 00. For for the Nigerian Government to borrow externally so this is also coming at a time when the external results of this country has seen a significant drop from more than 4000