A ceasefire during ramadan soon after launching another attack on tripoli. We start with numbers just released in the us that show the continuing trend of widespread job losses more than 3800000 americans filed for benefits over the past week taking the total number of jobless to more than 30000000. 00 now the Unemployment Rate hovered around 3. 5 percent between december and february but in march it jumped to a 2 and a half year high of 4. 4 percent thats roughly more than 7000000 people the state governments now begin to restart their economies their easing lockdown measures more than half of the 50 states including florida or partially reopened by the end of the week whereas the Johns Hopkins dashboard shows at least 1000000 people in the u. S. Of contracted the virus and then the 61000 have died in just a few moments well take you live to gabriel and his own though in new york will have more on the citys planning to reopen but 1st lets start with our White House Correspondent kimberly how could she joins us with reaction to those unemployment figures and then not looking pretty. Know theyre not this certainly spells trouble for the u. S. President who up until now had or at least until krone virus hit the United States have been riding high on a strong economic numbers once he believes would propel him to reelection but that is no longer the case in fact the u. S. President struggling now with favor ability ratings that have plummeted from 49 percent to 43 percent according to some polls so the u. S. President has strategically changed his messaging when it comes to the economy no longer are we seeing those Daily White House briefings instead what were now seeing is the white house putting the president out front as he conducts economic meetings this past week it has been was small and Large Business owners today a 20 g. M. T. It will be about protecting seniors this is a key demographic for the u. S. President as he tries to win reelection one that so far as leaning support towards Vice President joe biden but with respect to the economy and where things stand for the ordinary american these numbers are particularly dismal given the fact that weve seen them rising steadily each week and the projections are sadly that these numbers could go into the 48000000 mark by the time all of these jobless numbers are processed through the various states and this is certainly led to what we should point out is the fact that there are increasing number of americans that are eager to get back to work weve seen the protests across the country and today is an important day because todays april 30th this is the day when those social guidelines and distancing from the federal government for social distancing recommendations for stay at home orders expires so what weve seen is this coming and potentially now going with little fanfare of course now we have this phase reopening guidance from the u. S. Government that is certainly encouraging governors to begin putting americans back to work so that we see that these numbers dont continue to rise but again the projections are the. There is still a processing taking place and thats why we have the u. S. Congress now discussing the possibility of another relief package that could include direct payments to americans to help them continue to live day to day oh all right good stuff there from Kimberly Halkett our White House Correspondent when dozens of bodies have been found in trucks outside a funeral home in new york city the discovery was made by neighbors who reported a smell coming from the vehicles its unclear how many of the people have died from coronavirus related illnesses ever others on those one for us in new york outside that funeral home its quite a bizarre story what do we know about this. Yeah it really is its a very grim story quite frankly its the funeral home that you see behind me there in brooklyn and late on wednesday some neighbors that live in the area said they smelled something that wasnt right the police were called they came here and discovered what or were being told is dozens of decomposing bodies that were inside that here a home there behind me the police are not giving us a lot of information at this point but what they are are sort of indicating is that there could have been more than 40 bodies these are presumed to be people that all died within the last couple weeks from coronaviruses a hoss around a virus or hospitals in new york and were brought here and were being told that perhaps there refrigeration units inside this facility were not working and so that people were put in an refrigerated trucks and some even on the floor of the funeral home the police are certainly investigating weve seen all morning various Coroners Office officials coming taking bodies out of there but the big picture of this is it really shows you how Funeral Homes more and the like are really under increased pressure in new york even though the curve thats been brought down there are 23000 people that have died from coronavirus in new york and while the pressure is not so much on over flooding the hospitals with people its now the people that are dying and in the morgues that there is just being stretched to the limit and thats where youre seeing perhaps situations such as were seeing here clearly very grim grim situation a grim situation but own so the same comes the state trying to look forward to a less grim kind of situation tell us about the move to try and ease the lonesome. Yeah about half of the states in america are talking about opening up again. Said. States such as georgia thats open but florida talking about it many states in this the midwest a central part of the United States all wanting to open to get their economy back online again and get people working again this is certainly very controversial because a lot of Health Officials say that really you need to keep a lot of the states locked down or stay at home orders d to keep this social distancing going to avoid a 2nd wave of coronavirus but clearly many governors in many states about half in the u. S. Now are talking about opening in the coming days if not the next week or so. Thanks so much carol is on the there live from new york florida is one of the states pushing ahead with plans to ease some restrictions the miami area has been particularly effective for thought the say the need to reopen floridas economy and the galaxy reports. Miamis ocean drive with its psychotic on deco buildings never really season off season for weeks now its been deserted along with the normally packed beaches and pedestrian ice shopping areas of a city in lockdown. The cautious reopening of parks golf courses and the rain is is now under way though the state officials point to corona virus cases showing a slight down to floridas governor on descent as a close ally of President Trump says a careful reopening isnt complicated although on tuesday the state recorded its highest total of new deaths on a single day on wednesday dissenters announced what he called a safe smart step by step plan to reopen this new phase will start on monday may 4th in will for the time being exclude Miami Dade Broward and palm beach counties these counties have seen the lions share of the states epidemic but they are trending in a positive direction. Even as beaches and parks reopen in some parts of the state places like Miami Dade County continue to take precautions despite the governors optimism reopening isnt a one size fits all policy over a 1000 people have died of covert 9000 in florida a 3rd of them here in miami dade like many other states what this ones facing then is a patchwork of reopening and a continuation of restrictions here in miami beach the boardwalks open but the beach and playgrounds remain off limits its a similar picture in other hard hit cities as local authorities weigh the risks against getting the economy going again social distancing rules remain in place when restaurants are allowed to reopen they will operate at reduced capacity miamis messes if people dont follow guidelines washer restrictions will come back if we start to see a regression if were not respecting the rules. Then obviously not hesitate. To start restricting and thats one of the things that we want to avoid it any version of a new normal will also be a challenge logistically miami is a hub for the distribution of goods throughout the americas and restarting trade will be difficult its very complicated. And its a critical its essential for us to understand what steps in jail and how people interact with others while some can now carefully enjoy the states parks restaurants and beaches others remain under tight restrictions the reopening of some parts of the economy and continued closure of others is mostly in the hands of local leaders and the decisions are more crucial than ever and agalloch road is 0 miami florida. Europes economy has suffered its biggest hit since records began in 1995 economic output in the 19 countries that use the euro shrank by 3. 8 percent between january and march it comes as germany europes strongest economy and mounts to steep fall in jobs in april their 1st real sign of the Economic Impact of the pandemic the number of unemployed has risen by over 300000 berlijn has already predicted that the g. D. P. Is on track to shrink by more than 6 percent this year dominic cain has been monitoring developments across the e. U. From berlin. We know that the e. U. As a whole germany also have put in place the measures they think that can help to ride through the storm as it were that the pandemic represents and they say here in berlin at least they say we expect the economy to roll back in 2021 but of course thats based on projections thats based on them inferring that they will not be a 2nd wave of infection or indeed a 3rd wave of infection which would force them to put in stringent lockdowns again here in berlin right now Angela Merkel is chatting to the different Prime Ministers of the 16 states of the federal republic most of whom want her want the government here to allow much greater easing of restrictions economically and yet they are all aware that the Scientific Data that goes with coronavirus well it suggests that loosening too quickly might bring a 2nd wave so all these economic numbers coming out right now all they relate to the 1st quarter of the year and the pandemic only struck home in march this year which begs the question how much damage is happening to the e. U. Economy right now in april and that will come in may and june and of course for the moment all they can do the officials the ministers is put in place the measures theyve already agreed upon. In the u. K. Prime minister baraks johnson is leading his 1st weekly Cabinet Meeting since falling ill with coronavirus he and his top ministers are under it extra pressure after new figures for the death toll where more than 20 6000. 00 is now the 2nd highest in europe after italy is in london he says this is bound to be an emotional rollercoaster for the Prime Minister. Hes back after his own personal battle with coronavirus he became a father again on wednesday hes facing a cabinet we gather may have strong differences of opinion over what to do next when it comes to easing restrictions on britains economy Going Forward but hes under tremendous amount of pressure as the countrys chief Decision Maker to make it clear exactly what the governments plans are but what weve heard from the Prime MinisterSpokes Person already is that they are not going to do anything that may exponentially risk increasing the death toll or increasing the rate of infection for the time being so no easing of restrictions today but we may have a clearer idea of the kind of approach the government may take when Boris Johnson gives his Daily Briefing a bit later on in the day but also the British Government is under tremendous amount of pressure to fulfill its own target of 100000 corona virus tests a day that target set by the british home by the British Health secretary at the start of the month the government saying that it has the capacity 477000 whether that means 100000 will actually be able to take place soon well the government is hopeful but really they need to be clear in the next 24 hours whether or not that is the case and they have met their goals. Still ahead on aljazeera a milestone in south koreas fight against coronavirus one of the worst hit countries in asia reports no new cases why Brazils Supreme Court has blocked the president s choice for the top job of police chief. Some lovely spring sunshine into japan at the moment in fact across the good parts of northern china through the korean potential a little weather system well out into the open waters a chance of want to show is just tucking in behind but across honshu and here she is fine dry and sunny thats the scene in tokyo at the moment not sure that these people should be quite so close together but you can see they are out there enjoying the sunshine in tokyo and more thats come as we go through the next couple of days 25. 00 celsius to tokyo on friday similar temperature as we go on into saturday maybe a degree also higher at that stage plenty awards there across the Korean Peninsula into northern parts of china a little colder a little west are into central parts of china down towards the southwest temperatures in shanghai around 28. 00 celsius so the piles of China Hong Kong at around 29 degrees here we hang on to the sunshine throughout fabulous sunshine too across india china but we are seeing some rather lively showers just around thailand pushing into malaysia sees a very heavy rain is to the north of some out to recently western pa system are also seeing some very heavy showers over the next couple of days john up the showers will see across southern parts of the by a single pushing into sri lanka southern parts of india and also into a good part of bangladesh. A lot again of television control dont know that its tremendous for the country so i think and he was determined to quote could use a little at the point of the sword to avenge its people slaughtered 8080 is he smashes the frankish off it captures the king of tourism he sees is the true cross and this is the great military victory the crusades an arab perspective that was sold 3 unification on aljazeera. Youre watching aljazeera time to recap our headlines now more bad news for the u. S. Economy thats experiencing the worst recession in years 3800000 americans filed for Unemployment Benefits in the past week alone that takes the total to more than 30000000. 00 in just over 6 weeks the european economy has suffered its biggest hit on record shrinking by 3. 8 percent in the 1st quarter of this year is the euro zone steepest drops and records began in 1995. British Prime MinisterBarak Johnson is leaving his 1st week for Cabinet Meetings since falling ill with coronavirus he and his senior ministers are under added pressure after new figures pushed the death toll to more than 26000. The lebanese government has approved a financial reform plan for its crisis hit the colony the governments been under pressure to act after demonstrations were held in several lebanese cities for a 3rd straight night Prime Minister has and has been revealing details of the plan the financial clauses need to be approved by Parliament Though then holder is in beirut she says many lebanese have little faith in Prime Minister has and the arabs are busy to reform the economy. They say that yes he may call it an independent government made up of technocrats but it is a government that came to power brought to power by the Political Parties established Political Parties who have been governing this country for decades at least some of them and so the people on the street say what the 1st thing you should be doing is not borrowing more money from the i. M. F. Or taking peoples deposits in the banks which you should be doing is retrieving stolen public funds but they dont believe that the government is able to do that by politicians who have been implicated in the corruption scandals so this is highly unlikely to calm the streets there has been unrest turned violent in recent days and its not just that you have an outcry from the Banking Sector what theyre accusing the government of doing is destroying this sector a pillar of the lebanese economy when you start you know taking peoples deposits and banks then theres no Investor Confidence in this country and the lebanese and in the diocese who are will no longer send their money back home so theyre accusing the government of this storing this this vital sector instead of reforming the Public Sector for example which wastes a lot of public funds. Yemen has recorded its 1st 2 coronavirus death spawn fears of a major outbreak in a country ravaged by civil war 5 new cases reported in the southern port city of aden takes the total number of infections to 6 nationwide yemenis already dealing with a cholera outbreak of its hospitals a fully functional the u. N. Says its likely the virus is spreading undetected in a country where millions facing starvation. For the 1st time in 2 months south korea has reported no new domestic infections of coronavirus april 30th marks but his birthday celebrations have been perspire until the end of next month because of the. Bride reports from seoul. Daughters birthday celebrated with prayers for this pandemic to be over but helders though it is still a threat from the start of the outbreak south koreas buddhists have closely adhere to the governments request to scale back on all forms of worship which is to take a. Buddhist especially have been actively following the Government Social distancing guidelines as we do not want to cause any harm to others. In this reflects the philosophy of buddhism that we care about people. It is very different to how borders birthday is normally celebrated in the day. This was last year an impressive parade of floats with thousands of spectators and people taking part. This year a far more subdued affair the centerpiece a pug odor representing the bringing together of peoples minds to overcome the crisis. Some say the virus appears to to our failure to coexist with us and they could be more events like this in the future but the buddhist practice is to train our minds to be and peaceful this year boarders birthday coincides with other Public Holidays with Many South Koreans taking the chance to go out or go on a short holiday after weeks of staying put airports and domestic flights are all busy as people travel to local resorts its raise concerns about a possible resurgence of the virus especially after reaching the milestone of 0 new cases of local transmission but similar fears were raised 2 weeks ago when millions of South Koreans came out to vote in National Elections special precautions were put in place to allow the vote to happen safely and now at the end of what would be the incubation period for new cases that resurgence hasnt happened buddhist prayers here may have been answered robin wright aljazeera so. Brazils Supreme Court has blocked the president from nominating a close family friend for the top police chief job president jayakumar said out of fired the Previous Police passed last week and as our latin america tennesseean u. N. Reports the ruling is the latest in a series of political setbacks for. Was millions of brazilians had overlooked. Massage instant racist comments religious fanaticism qantas adoration for guns during his Election Campaign because they believed he would wage a war against corruption but no longer on the same day the person had to replace the countrys most popular anticorruption crusader former just. Minister said joe mortals with his personal Legal Advisor the Supreme Court blocked his pick for federal police chief another close friend of the family the court argues the appointment would allow but also not all inappropriate influence over Law Enforcement also natl is under investigation for alleged political meddling in Police Probes expect to kill essentially it since 2 of his 3 sons are also being investigated for bizzle mint running a Fake News Network and other misdeeds the 3 deny any wrongdoing. The president whose middle name is messiah is also trying to brush off the soaring number of deaths from cold in 19 days a lament it but would you expect me to do a messiah but i cant do miracles people waiting to receive emergency aid for the pandemic were outraged like myself out of a 100 follicle when he says so what at more than 5000 deaths it shows a psychopathic character a person you cant trust any more just one more will know he continues to be crazy hes a new emperor nero of the world i dont have much more to add. Also not his popularity has been plummeting c fired the Health Minister for trying to promote social distancing measures now with the death toll surpassing that of china brazilians have good reason to be worried about their president s legal and political problems detracting from the more pressing issue of keeping brazilians alive you see in human aljazeera the arab league is condemning israels plan to annex parts of the occupied west bank in a Statement Issued after a Video Conference between Foreign Ministers the Organization Called the move a new war crime against palestinians israeli Prime MinisterBinyamin Netanyahu is pushing ahead with the proposal off the striking a deal with rivals one forming a unity government. And then to national watched obvious warning the United Arab Emirates isnt doing now only enough to crack down on Money Laundering and terrorist financing the paris based Financial ActionTask Force Says the u. A. E. Could find itself on a watch list along with countries like syria and yemen unless it improves but its method of fortes. Dubai is slowly reopening some businesses that have been ordered shot to stop the spread of coronavirus but its the failure to pull down the shutters on people suspected of Money Laundering and terrorist financing that could cause another serious financial headache for the emirates and the 6 others which for me a night Arab Emirates investigators from the paris based Financial ActionTask Force Found that theres a high risk that criminals will try to launder money or finance terrorism through the u. A. E. The f. A. T. F. Says theres little investigation all of a prosecution for Money Laundering and theres minimal formal International Cooperation with countries investigating financial crimes he does have a system whereby we look at countries with continued and significant strategic deficiencies that represent a risk to the International Financial system i cant say at this point whether the country is going to fall into that process what i can say is that the country now has its own road and its recommendations to follow but we fully expect that we do that that they will do that weve already seen a high level political commitment there to get things going and we will assess their progress next year and then well decide from there dubai is one of the Worlds Largest financial hubs not far behind london new york and Hong Kong Financial services make up almost 9 percent of the u. S. G. D. P. A lot of the money they make its driving by. Addressing that with me shining a light on a lot of schemes and making Information Available that are not in the interest of those who are who actually like. So definitely there is a trade off or even a conflict if the u. A. E. Fails to tackle Money Laundering it could find itself on the task forces grey list along with countries including pakistan syria and yemen that means Financial Institutions could be reluctant to do business there and the cost of borrowing will be higher bernard smith. Libyan warlord Khalifa Haftar has announced a ceasefire for the muslim month of ramadan hours earlier those forces launched a rocket attack on a medical facility after those forces have recently lost Ground Forces fighting for the un recognized government based in tripoli. Take a look at the situation on the ground libyas been divided by warring factions since the overthrow of longtime leader Muammar Gaddafi 9 years ago the various forces back one of 2 rival administrations the u. N. Recognized government in the capital tripoli controls the area in blue the wall or so before half time to form the self declared Libyan National army controls the area in red phase assad rajs Prime Minister of the government of National Accord in tripoli while have to this administration is based in the eastern city of tal broke his forces have been trying to capture tripoli for a year for the havent succeeded beyond the citys outskirts of the spine to seize fire announced by half to the un recognized government doesnt believe hell commit to it as mahmud up to 100. 00 ports from tripoli they say that have to us forces immediately after the announcement of his spokes man and the dimmest mahdi of that secession of hostilities have to us forces targeted the city of them said 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 the forces to try to gain time and try to regroup rearrange their plans especially after this setback they suffered in the west of libya especially after they lost control of several strategic cities along the highway linking the capital tripoli to the borders the taliban says its released another 12 members of afghanistans Security Forces they were part of a group held in the northern conducing province the armed Group Released 40 soldiers from the same area earlier on thursday as part of a Peace Process agreed between the u. S. And taliban earlier this year i can find much more on our web site the address for you there is w w w dot. Dot com. Lets take you through some of the stories we are following here on aljazeera the u. S. Economy is continuing to suffer with 3800000 americans filing for Unemployment Benefits in the past week well that takes the total to more than 13000000 in just over 6 weeks White House Correspondent kimberly hellcat has more from washington d. C. These numbers were not unexpected we have seen these numbers climbing steadily for some time and it is predicted but not for certain but that there may be as many as 46000000 americans who lost their jobs overnight as a result of the stay at home orders that affected roughly 90 percent of the United States now we know that these numbers are a reflection of that yet at the same time the bounce back that the u. S. President has been advocating for is not likely to be immediate. When dozens of bodies have been found in trunks 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 coronavirus related illnesses fear or fear an economy has suffered its biggest hit on record shrinking by 3. 8 percent in the 1st quarter of this year its the euro zone staple strops since records began in 1000 905. 00 and another indicator of the widespread economic devastation british Prime MinisterAbbas Johnson is leaving his 1st weekly Cabinet Meeting since falling ill with coronavirus new figures have pushed the death toll to more than 26000 the lebanese government has approved a financial reform plan for its crisis hit economy the governments been under pressure to act after demonstrations were held in several lebanese cities for a 3rd straight night yemen has recorded its 1st 2 coronavirus deaths sparking fears of a major outbreak in a country ravaged by civil war 5 new cases were reported in the southern port city of aden takes the total number of infections to 6 nationwide. Its the stream now stay with us were back with more news at the top of the hour with adrian as coronavirus continues to devastate the United States the race to the white house goes on joe biden has all but secured his place is the democratic nominee but can he beats donald trump joining us for continuing coverage of the u. S. Election 2020 on aljazeera. Had to be ok and you are. As we saw are the current virus pandemic in Different Countries around the welsh theres certain similarities that weve gotten used to seeing the medical his actions have the equipment they need when i see a Health Care System like how resilient is it how people handling looked at jamie going to look at those challenges in the context of russia so if you have experiences or stories all questions that want to ask and im not sure you can do that im jumping in the. Let me introduce you to our guests 1st of all we ought to. Welcome to