Lift its lockdown restrictions despite the high number of cases there. So there are some worrying signs coming out of europe where the economy has suffered its biggest quarterly hit on record it shrunk by 3. 8 percent so far this year the euro zones sharpest drop since records began in 1905 yet another indicator of the widespread economic devastation caused by the coronavirus lockdowns around the world i was off to germany of course europes strongest economy announced its g. D. P. Is likely to shrink by more than 6 percent this year dominic kane in berlin looking at this one. Looking for some for some good news or maybe a bit of a turn around but this is going to be in a bad way for a while. Yes used the audio problem slightly coming to my end kemal but yes a tale of economic woe is unfolding at a european level but also at the german level says you were saying that the German Economy is definitely going to shrink by perhaps more than 6 percent but thats for the year for the current course of the projection is almost 10 percent and then looking at the e. U. The euro zone over 3 percent drop that shows you that the world is right across the continent but it also shows itself in so far as jobs are concerned joblessness unemployment very much on the rise in this country to unemployment which has been almost like a Gold Standard as it were for germany for many years now that the jobless total has been relatively low certainly in regard to the rest of the e. U. Well here too joblessness is rising also one of the key planks of policy from the German Government these are the this pandemic but also the e. U. Institutions its been about short working where effectively the state helps employers to pay their payroll so that the employers dont as it would lay off many many jobs will that total in germany now is at its highest ever so you have a very clear sense building that at the european level in a macro sense but then also in the micro sense here in germany the joblessness the Economic Indicators are looking very poor right now and the figure is relate to the 1st quarter of the year and of course the pandemic only really took hold in march so what about it begs the question what about whats happening right now what about whats going to happen in may and in june and if the rest of the year all the optimistic for cost from germany about their economy roaring back next year will that based on a projection where there wont be a 2nd wave of infection and of course that remains to be seen. John mccain in berlin thank you and say from in bag now professional a little sorry professional Research Fellow at the European Institute at the London School of economics explains us now this special buying that governments are in theres a very cruel paradox of the heart of this which is that governments need to slow down the economy to contain the virus this is a deliberate recession its not some Something Like the financial crisis when it came out of the blue and the challenge for governments is to work out exactly when to press the button to reste to mutilate the economy having closed it down thats going to be very difficult because its balancing the Health Imperatives with the economic imperatives are expected to occur as quickly as possible from the from the Health Perspective because so many governments are increasingly worried about the economics and the economic damage thats being dumb they have the means of doing it the Central Banks have acted theyve made money available theyve cut Interest Rates below 0 governments are not as huge fiscal packages and theyre this is where we end that difficulty and some countries are better at this in others. But a positive sign in spain which is recorded its lowest daily increase in new cases since the state of emergency was declared 6 weeks ago the Spanish Health ministry has recorded 268 new coronavirus deaths along with 518. 00 new infections reported this to the u. K. Where Prime Minister baraks johnson is leading his 1st weekly Cabinet Meeting since falling ill with coronavirus he and his top ministers are on to extra pressure off the new figures released on wednesday pushed the death toll there to more than 26000. 00 which is now the 2nd highest in europe after italy for more whats expected at todays meeting need is in london to take us through this i mean the Prime Minister coming back off his corona virus infection has just had a baby as well and now it will get serious again the real hard work. Thats all right if you look at he looks like things were pretty hard for boys johnson like you said after that close stint with coronavirus recovering of course and now he has become a parent again he was hoping that this would be the start possibly of paternity leave but the country needs its chief Decision Maker perhaps more than ever before all were hearing though is that there are potentially divisions within the cabinet over when and how to lift restrictions imposed johnson in his 1st job really back in the chair leading those Cabinet Meetings is to decide what exactly to do next all we are likely to see is the Prime Minister later on in the day behind the podium at the downing street press Conference Briefing saying exactly when restrictions will be lifted we may have an indication of how but oh im restrictions may start to be easy but an actual date seems to be some way off the government is very concerned given the figures that the u. K. May soon become the worst effect. Country in the year in europe the last thing it wants to do now is to ease things too fast and too soon to risk the possibility of a 2nd or potentially 3rd spike in cases 6 actually 3 months since the World Health Organization an ounce an International Health emergency calling on all governments to do Everything Possible immediately in the absence of a vaccine to mitigate the effects of the virus so than the government of being accused of being distracted by breaks it happened only a day after that statement was given by the w. H. O. Boris johnson was also accused of not appearing at 4 out of 5 emergency meetings to deal specifically with the effects of the corona virus and now he and his government are under pressure to explain exactly what its measures have been and what its measures will be Going Forward and when it comes to the all important question of testing well the government had promised that by midnight tonight 100000 tests would be carried out a day according to the government on wednesday 7310000 tests happening it looks like it could well miss the target although the Health Secretary but one cog has 100 pounds resting on reaching that target the government clearly very much stretched into proving that it can deal with this problem can deal with this crisis Going Forward as it has promised so sure Boris Johnson most certainly has his work cut out the back with the update from london thank you some interesting news coming from the u. S. The top Health Advisor bears confirm they are seeing progress in trials with the antiviral drugs. Dr Anthony Fauci says the average Recovery Time has been cut in 15 days to 11 u. S. National institutes of Health Reports the mortality rate also dropped from 11 and a half percent to 8 percent. For the 1st time in 2 months south korea has no new domestic cases of coronavirus eased restrictions have also allowed the Buddhist Community to celebrate but as birthday or macbride as more from seoul weve been seeing numbers of around 10 new cases per day being reported sometimes down and to Single Digits and we know that most of these cases have been coming from abroad people arriving into south korea the latest figures show that there have been 4 new cases but all of those cases have been from abroad so for the very 1st time we have no cases of local transmission so it is something of an achievement you have to say when you compare it to the height of the outbreak here the end of february south korea was reporting Something Like 900. 00 plus cases every day so to get it down to this has been a real achievement of the government here though the authorities are still advising caution as they would especially at the moment we do have what is a very actually a very busy travel period we have several Public Holidays by coincidence all forming very close together so people are using this opportunity especially after being cooped up for so long in coinciding incidentally with beautiful spring weather to take breaks for the 1st time for many many of them for many weeks its difficult obviously still to travel outside of south korea but people are going to domestic destinations resorts around the coast we know that planes are busy so theres the domestic terminals and some of the hotels in the more popular resorts are completely full this thursday we are seeing buddhas birthday its a very Important National holiday here its being celebrated temples across the country but an indication of just how things are changing in previous years the high point of this celebration would be a carnival a parade through the streets of seoul at night time with lanterns attracting thousands of people well that has been delayed for a month with much simpler ceremonies taking place instead. In libya warlord Khalifa Haftar as an ounce to cease fire for the muslim holy month of ramadan hes been trying to take over the capital tripoli for years now is also learned that senior officials in the United Arab Emirates for to sit down to discuss military support for after all the 2000 support from shelob else. 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 terrorist militias who face an immediate and 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. Half the controls east in libya a year ago he launched an offensive for the weakest and with it libyas capital tripoli but his forces have been pushed back in recent weeks the worry is just general haftar is not going to. Or wind up as a dictator or. Where we have to. Rise up and get into. Place. Its an intractable conflict with both hafter and the tripoli government receiving support from multiple nations fuel that feeds the conflict one of half his 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 nearly 30 wounded this is not the 1st time that it appears that you are. 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. More from mahmoud up the one had in tripoli as the u. N. Recognized government does not believe half there is committed to this ceasefire they say that have to force immediately after the announcement of his spokes man mcguinness mahdi of that sation of hostilities have to us forces targeted the city of them salon with heavy weapons and then the Government Forces returned the fire with heavy artillery fire. They say that the Government Military sources say that they cannot trust have to as forces announcement they say that this could be a kind of attempt by have to the forces to try to gain time and try to regroup rearrange their plans especially after this set back they suffered in the worst of libya especially after they lost control of several strategic cities along the highway linking the capital tripoli to the borders Amnesty International has released evidence of multiple violation of a u. N. Arms embargo in south sudan the organization sent investigators to 12 military camps in february they found new weapons can film and arms and continued use of child soldiers all violations of a peace deal that requires disarmament president salva kiir of the revelator it was shuffled to unity government in february. In the news ahead why Brazils Supreme Court has blocked the president s choice for the top job of police chief to fly past in a promotion for british war veterans it turns 100 captain tom moore who raised more than 37000000. 00 for the National Health service. How the weather is looking fine and dry for good parts of northern china now and pushing up across the Korean Peninsula and over towards japan still a chance of one of 2 showers into the fall north of japan nothing too much to speak up but they will be there nevertheless temperatures responding nicely to the sunshine tokyo getting up to 25 celsius asako similar values will still for salt getting up to 34 in beijing where it stays on the warm side and the same temperatures into the thirtys for shanghai recently cloud and rain will dampen down those numbers as we go through the next couple of days to 24 celsius as it has increased the wet across central parts of china out west the weather will continue to push a little further east was into the East China Sea but 28. 00 celsius brightens up by the time we come to sas day off to new hong kong should stay dry and fine temperatures here had around 29 celsius. We got dr fine whether its the central parts of india certainly on the hot side once again here southern areas we can get some very wet weather as we go on through the next day also some wet weather there just pushing up into carola still a chance to some showers through additional pushing up towards west bengal far more theist of india seeing some larvae downpours over the next perhaps not quite as wise but as they have been recently and you see the showers stay in place the bangladesh. You know route through the city in iraq and. Magic documents the stories of the survivors recording back hopes and dreams for a peaceful future after american troops withdrawal. But the conflict is far from over. He turns the camera on himself when i so take control and his family are forced to flee no where to hide a witness documentary on aljazeera. Route. Oh. Oh. The top stories on aljazeera this hour the european economy suffering its biggest hit on record shrinking 3. 8 percent so far this year 3 months its the eurozone state destruct since records began in 1905 and another indicator of the widespread economic devastation. U. K. Prime minister baraks johnsons leading his 1st weekly Cabinet Meeting since falling ill with coronavirus government under pressure after new figures pushed the number of deaths to more than 26000. And some positive news on the pandemic from south korea the 1st time in 2 months there have been no reported domestic cases struction have eased in the buddhist communities being allowed to hold events marking his birthday. Hospitals around the world of found themselves short of ventilators which save the lives of patients who suffer the worst symptoms of covert 19 carter is among the countries that are making their own ventilators as this report from here into. Meat save the event later many factor here in doha this machine is equipped with sensors to alert medical staff in case the long functions of a coronavirus patient are deteriorating. Pneumonia is a stage where ventilation becomes the bridge between life and death. For qatari officials this is a Pivotal Moment as a country battles 90 the emir shifts i mean been hammered out than he has instructed the government to take all necessary steps to contain the spread of the virus. A company affiliated with qatars ministry of defense teamed up with a u. S. Based laser and optics that bottle a ship produced savor his highness to become a golf tourney requested the ministry of defense to source and manufacture a ventilator and his own holdings were. Passed to execute this project and as you can see in our in the law today we are in the very final stages and were starting manufacturing the ventilators we plan on manufacturing 10000. 00 units a month to support qatar a majority