Haftar says his forces will stop fighting during the holy month of ramadan. And there we have it that were having to live dumping to let go. As demand for projects drops due to the pandemic warnings of a catastrophe for the u. K. Stabbing industry. Welcome to the program the us 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 the crisis caused by the coronavirus pandemic is only going to worsen she had returns and starts our coverage. 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 a 4th 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 is 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 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 that 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 wear it and be in this community is likely to be as might be cheaper to one out recovering happens 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 to 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 hope those who now find themselves without the money for rent mortgage use health care and food Shihab Rattansi out 0. Nearly half of the worlds workers are in danger of losing their livelihoods because of the pandemic the Us InternationalLabor 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 no access to health care in just the 1st month of the break such workers lost 60 percent of their income manufacturing Food Services and retail are among the worst hit industries what we find in report in this monitor is of the of the 2b2b informal workers of the world about 1600000000 at 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 germanys g. D. P. Is forecast to shrink by more than 6 percent this year now the government expects the most painful recession in generations to ease over the next 3 months it says Economic Activity could pick up again after that if a 2nd wave of infections can be avoided or britain now has europes 2nd highest credit virus death toll out of italy the numbers jumped to more than 26000. 00 that the government started to include faith tallaght ease in places like care for the elderly the Upper Division has prompted new criticism of the governments handling of the outbreak. Dozens of bodies have been found in trucks outside a funeral home in new york city the discovery was made after neighbors reported a smell coming from the vehicles its unclear how many of the people had died from corona virus related illnesses new york state is the epicenter of the u. S. Outbreak south korea has reported no new domestic infections for the 1st time in 2 months members of the Buddhist Community gathered in seoul to pray for those infected they were also marking put his birthday a nationwide holiday in south korea but large scale celebrations have been put off for a month in hopes of the virus will be further contained restrictions on religious gatherings were relaxed on sunday lets cross over to our correspondent robin bride who joins me from seoul it does seem that south korea may not be celebrating quite yet robert sort of certainly smiling should we say the possibility of a more positive outlook on several fronts. Thats right this is a very important milestone of 0 and you local cases weve been expecting this for quite a while now for about the past we can do a half weve been getting the daily figures of around 10 new cases sometimes down into Single Digits and most of those cases coming from abroad and the latest figures they tell us that there are only 4 new cases and all of those were from abroad so there have been no new local cases needless to say the local authorities they are pleased with this this is a big achievement but they are still urging caution especially at the moment because we by coincidence we happen to have several Public Holidays here all happening about the same time which coinciding with beautiful spring weather the fact that many people here have had to stay put for so long many people are choosing this moment to take breaks obviously its very difficult to travel abroad for a holiday but they are certainly traveling in strength for local domestic holidays we know that all the Airlines Domestic airports are busy some of the more popular resorts hotels are simply booked out so the eightys are still urging caution with the most one of the biggest holidays happening at the moment this borders a birthday its a National Holiday all of the temples across south korea are very busy but it is different this year in this evening they would normally be holding a very elaborate float parade of. Colorful lanterns attracting thousands of participants and also thousands of spectators well that has been delayed by a month in place of that they were having far more somber prayers taking place temples with social distancing very much in evidence but there is some other good news in that 2 weeks ago we had all of the National Elections here in south korea for the countrys parliament and there were. Various warnings about to doing such a thing in the middle of a pandemic in spite of all kinds of elaborate precautions being taken such as disposable gloves to hold your ballot papers and so on in spite of that the elections went ahead millions of people came out to vote largest turnout for several decades its now 2 weeks later this is at the end of the incubation period when we would expect any new cases or any resurgence and thankfully we have a number of new cases being at 0 so again pretty good news. For the latest from seoul thank you. But be more current virus news later ballots move to some of the days other news now in libya warlord Khalifa Haftar has announced a ceasefire for the muslim holy month of ramadan hes been trying to take over the capital tripoli for a year aljazeera senior officials from the United Arab Emirates flew to sudan to discuss military support for hafta schaller palace has the details. This is the aftermath of a grad missile hitting a house complex near tripoli on winston morning one person died and at least 5 were injured libyas un recognized government lay blame with warlord general after youd always later after a spokesman announced a ceasefire for the muslim holy month of ramadan when headley slept well we hereby announce the sation of all military operations on our part in any breach of the session of military operations by terrorists militias who face an immediate in very severe response would be labeled a terrorist militia is actually the un recognized government this week it accused tuft of a coup after he declared himself a leader by popular mandate and ended peace talks with them the un reacted sternly we stand against any unilateral measures that would pretty jeopardize. After controls Eastern Libya a year ago he launched an offensive for the west and with it libyas capital tripoli but its forces have been pushed back in recent weeks. General. Or wind up as. We. Get into. Place. Its an intractable conflict with both hafter and the tripoli government receiving support from multiple nations that feeds the conflict one of have to is closest allies is the United Arab Emirates sources told al jazeera that a senior abu dhabi delegation including the crown princes brother flew into khartoum on choose day to discuss how sudan and the u. A. E. Could further support general haftar sudanese officials deny the report there learn and then leave you if you had a part of the u. A. E. Is playing a role bigger than its size by its constant interference in the affairs of a number of arab countries we need to consider that we in libya are in a state of war against the u. A. E. The United Arab Emirates was also out on wednesday in Human Rights Watch report for a drone strike on a biscuit factory near tripoli in november 8 civilians were killed in the 30 wounded this is not the 1st time that it appears that us. Firing from drones in libya at targets with disregard for civilians last year general have to include ramadan the month of jihad this year its the month of peace with their own not his cease ation of a still if hes lost his ambitions to control libya fully remain shalah ballasts. Amnesty international has really is what it says is evidence of a u. N. Arms embargo in south sudan is being violated the organizations and investigators to 12 military camps in siberia and sound new weapons concealment of arms and the continued to use of child soldiers all violations of peace deal that requires disarmament president salva kiir rebel leader right from the unity government in february after a 7 year war has killed hundreds of thousands of people. Protests have been held in several lebanese cities for the 3rd straight night as people voiced surface trace and over the worsening Economic Situation demonstrators in the Southern City of sidon threw a petrol bomb at a branch of the Lebanese Central Bank its chief has defended the banks role during the collapse of lebanons currency. Still ahead here on aljazeera the surprising reason a cave of 900 that scene being developed in britain might be delaying. The manufacturer boeing feels the pinches demand for global aviation grinds to a halt those stories after the break. Hello the weather is lossy dry unsettled across much of the Arabian Peninsula we have got some basin pieces of clapped sickly further north a little area cloud there just into that asians out of saudi arabia he recounts a little bit of a cloudy weather why squeeze out the spots of spot or 2 of rain but nothing much to speak of the wetter weather will be on the other side of the gulf so pushing into iran you could see some light showers as we go on through thursday they extend all the way up towards the caspian sea southern parts of the caspian and theyre going to trundle their way further east with as we go through friday so pushing into turkmenistan maybe into his back is down as well still a few showers there into iran across regulation should be last you try and find temperatures here in doha getting up to around 30 celsius now in the other side of the red say we have got some lively showers in place across much of the ethiopian highlands some wetter weather there too just around the horn of africa this little clutch of storms here want to draw your attention to there on the shore breeze fading in some very heavy downpours into the coastal fringes of kenya and these will push up into a good part of somalia as you go on through the next couple of days with the risk of some flooding elsewhere the showers extend all the way to the gulf of. The oppression of an ethnic minority and man mine goes back many decades the intention was to make sure that rangers were no longer entitled to either basic rights or Citizenship Rights in a new documentary aljazeera explores the history and motives behind the systematic persecution of the him and me and my. Exile on aljazeera. Book about what you all just there with me sell rom the reminder of all top stories new Financial Data shows the impact the current virus pandemic is having on world economies the United States and germany are among the countries experiencing their worst recessions in he is also libyan walt cleaver hostiles announced a cease fire for the holy month of ramadan early on wednesday he was accused of ordering an attack that killed at least one person in tripoli and aljazeera has learned that a plane carrying prominent officials from the United Arab Emirates flew to the sudanese capital khartoum choose day sources say the amorality delegates went to meet sudanese officials to discuss military support for Khalifa Haftar. More on the growing Economic Impact now of covert 1900 reports on the huge losses suffered 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 of. Not just europe and United States but 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 or paying against contracts that we have in hand so as a result there. This moment in time. Dr jenn 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 7 87. 00 dreamliner jets boeing is the United States largest export ing manufacturer and it said that when boeing sneezes americas economy catches cold now thousands 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 it c. E. O. Calls the greatest crisis the Aerospace Industry has 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 theyre all dressed up theyve got nowhere to go the reason being there isnt any crap and certainly across the Pacific Coast that news europe not many people are planning a trip to the lake country is only 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 Al Jazeera chicago the International Monetary fund has approved emergency funding to all 3400000000. 00 to nigeria the countrys economy relies heavily on oil revenue slump since the president to drop and demand i would address hustle from the capital a big check. Hours before the International Monetary fund and now the 3400000000. 00 loan grant to nigeria the National Parliament approved 2100000000. 00 for when i joined government 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 as 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 40000000000. 00 just a few years ago to only 33000000000. 00 the grant from the i. M. F. Is seen by economists and g