Hockey so night and day to get it right for the 1st time since recovering from cope at 19 the u. K. Prime minister addresses media on efforts to battle a pandemic that. Autumn months of protests a plan to tackle the financial woes but will it be enough to pull the country out of its economic spiral. And put those birthday parties been postponed South Koreans will have to wait until next month to celebrate. In the United States where the economic numbers just keep getting worse the u. S. Labor department has released yet another bleak unemployment report more than 3800000 americans filed for benefits in just the past week taking the total number of job listable them 30000000. 00 over the last 6 weeks the Unemployment Rate hovered around 3. 5 percent between december and. February this year but in march it jumps to a 2 of the hof year high of 4. 4 percent thats roughly will than 7000000 people the state governments now begin to restart their economies the easing lockdown measures more than home off of the 50 states including florida partially reopened by the end of this week but as the Johns Hopkins dashboards shows at least a 1000000 people in the u. S. A contract the virus a barely 61000 have died lets go live now to washington all right White House Correspondent kelly how could his with assert complete 30000000 people in the u. S. Of lost their jobs in just the past few weeks. Yeah those are the ones that were able to file their claims we know that there are many that are still attempting to do that because the systems were overwhelmed all across the country the numbers are projected to actually continue to climb possibly into the mid 40000000 mark in terms of the number of americans who lost their jobs overnight as a result of social distancing as a result of state whole orders and it turned businesses not just blue collar jobs but also those white collar jobs now continuing to layoff americans as they realize that the corona virus that hit the United States is going to be with the United States for some time now the u. S. President donald trump has been meeting with governors as they work to reopen their states gradually and he did so again today as he met with new jerseys governor in the oval office and he did have the opportunity to talk about the economy and continued to project optimism that it will come back. I think were going to have a really good year we want to be where we were and i think we can actually surpass where we were and we were the strongest anywhere in the world would have best that we ever were but we were the strongest anywhere in the world. But the problem for this u. S. President is that its an Election Year in november americans go to the polls the u. S. President had been enjoying historically low unemployment before the onset of covert 19 here in the United States now he is dealing with numbers that have not been seen in quite some time as a result this is a problem for the present in fact his favor ability rating in terms of most polls has plummeted as a result from 49. 00 down to 43 percent weve also seen as the president continues for jack often isnt that this could be a summer recovery that many analysts are predicting it will take much longer given the fact that the jobs were lost overnight but the recovery in the bringing back of jobs will be in phases and will be gradual often many people projecting it could be 2 to 3 years before these jobs come back of course a problem for a president trying to win reelection in november and White House Correspondent kimberly how could reporting live from washington could be many thanks well across the atlantic the eurozone economies who has suffered with its biggest losses since records began in 1905 economic output in the 1900 countries that use the euro shrank by 3. 8 percent between january march europes strongest economy germany announced a steep fall in jobs in april 1st real sign of the Economic Impact of the pandemic the number of unemployed has risen by more than 300000 the German Government has already predicted that its g. D. P. Is on track to shrink by more than 6 percent this year which is there as dominic cain has more now from bono how europe is handling the economic fallout of the pandemic. The Economic Impact of the coronavirus pandemic. It is becoming clearer than ever right across europe individual governments scrambling to put in place economic measures to try to reduce the damage their countries are suffering and at the e. U. Level the institutions and theyre doing whatever they can to provide assurance but also credit and the sorts of Financial Assistance that they think will help the governments concerned the European Central bank says it is trying to deal with a very uncertain future certainly thats what the head of the e. C. B. Christine lagarde has been saying given the high uncertainty surrounding the ultimate extent of the economy fallout. Grows scenarios produced by. Star suggests that your area g. D. P. Could fall by between 5 and 12 percent this year. Depending crucially on the duration of the containment measures and the success of policies to mitigate the economy consequences for businesses and workers. And the economic woe is clearly being felt here in germany too the economy here is going to shrink considerably in this calendar year more than 6 percent and although ministers say they expect the economy to come roaring back in 2021 thats based on projections which infer that there will not be a 2nd wave of coronavirus in this country and while they cant guarantee that ministers angle americal and the leaders of the states of this federal republic are trying to work out what their next step should be how to help the economy more was not allowing coronavirus to flare up again there are some positive signs from spain which has recorded its lowest daily increase in new cases since a state of emergency was declared 6 weeks ago the Spanish Health ministry has recorded 268 new coronavirus deaths that along with 518 new infections have been reported. The u. K. s Prime MinisterBoris Johnson says the country has passed the peak of its outbreak and that hell start to announce a plan to exit the lockdown next week johnson was holding the governments daily update for the 1st time since he was admitted to hospital 3 weeks ago with cove of 19 he says the 2670911 people have died but that it could have been far worse. Thanks to that massive collective effort to shield the n. H. S. That we avoided an uncontrollable catastrophic epidemic where the reasonable worst Case Scenario was 500000 deaths and so i can confirm today but for the 1st time we are past the peak of this disease were past the peak and were on the downward slope. Lets go live now to london i was there as neve baka is in downing street pay what i asked of the Prime Minister say. Well the Prime Minister gave her the country a glimmer of hope a tremendous amount of optimism a clear message that a cording to the advice of the scientists the mandalas who have been looking at this very closely that the country is indeed over the peak but doesnt of course mean that the country is over the worse we know that there is a continued backdrop of rising deaths that the u. K. Is 2nd only to italy when it comes to nations in europe wist affected by the coronavirus and cooed in the coming days and weeks be the worst affected country in europe because of that the British Government knows that it cannot put a foot wrong so this is in the one hand positive news but there was also a clear cut instruction from Boris Johnson that mol be expected of the british people Going Forward a continuation of current restrictions and the entire. The entire situation will be very much on whether or not the country passes 5 crucial tests that include. Evidence that the country has reduced the infection rate and that infection rate is falling consistently over a significant amount of time that obviously the death toll goes down and at the moment were clearly not seeing that which is why Boris Johnson is talks about the country entering into a 2nd phase of requirements ongoing restrictions there will only be revisited next week when we may start to get a sense of the road map for britains exit from these restrictions but when it comes to a time frame an exact idea of the date when things will start to ease that is not up for discussion as yet out as there is need for us in downing street many thanks indeed knave. Russias Prime Minister says that he says to positive for the coronavirus and will self isolate mikhail. So far the highest ranking russian official to be diagnosed with the virus is deputy will take over as acting Prime Minister russia so far recorded more than 100000 cases and 1073 people have died this is the news hour from out 0 still to come on the program find out why the United Arab Emirates could find itself on a financial watch list along with syria and yemen plus a pandemic is changing the way the day radiance observes the fasting month of ramadan. Lebanons government has approved a rescue plan for its crisis hit economy its been under pressure to act after demonstrations were held in several cities for a 3rd straight night by minister has and deb says that lebanon the seek help from the International Monetary fund and hes aiming to get 10000000000. 00 in aid its not clear how much of that will be from the i. M. F. Parliaments has to approve the financial clauses of the reforms. What. About the this plan as a stepping stone we can build our future we will continue with our request to be i. M. F. Unwilling gauge seriously with our creditors as a result we will reduce the burden of debt on shoulders of citizens at the same time we will present this plan to our partners here and beyond i call on all lebanese to consider this day a turning point to a Brighter Future the road ahead will not be easy but the plan will help us to overcome obstacles ahead if we are all united we will achieve success zeros in a hotter as in beirut and says the governments will be hoping that this plan can ease months of violent public protests. The plan is to reach out to the International Monetary fund for Financial Assistance for at least 10000000000. 00 this is a Country Estate close to bankruptcy its been blamed on years of corruption years of mismanagement dip took office a few months ago and theyve been struggling to put together a plan but many economists have been telling them the only realistic option you have is to reach out to the i. M. F. Politicians were reluctant to do that because that would involve a painful conditions maybe more taxes and already the lebanese people are suffering due to this dire economic and financial crisis but it will also involve carrying out Structural Reforms that changing the structure of the state many politicians do not want to see that happen because they will lose control of the states resources which they have been accused of exploiting for years what people would want to hear how the government is going to control the Exchange Rate and how the government is going to control inflation the economy minister just a few days ago himself acknowledged that there is inflation a rise in prices by 50 percent the Prime Minister a few weeks ago visited a supermarket and he said that they would control the prices and theyve done theyve done nothing in that sort so people are not really eased or of their concerns have not been eased by the latest government announcement germany has banned they around backed hezbollah a group and does acknowledge that a terrorist organization Police ConductedEarly Morning raids across the country and detained suspected members the government has been facing pressure from the u. S. Does rael to ban hizbollah. The top prosecutor of the International Criminal court says the court has jurisdiction over palestinian territories and that there are enough grounds to investigate crimes committed that the clarification could lead to an investigation into allegations of war crimes against israel the 2 bensouda says the areas include the occupied west Bank East Jerusalem and gaza the court is likely to decide on the matter of jurisdiction in may israel is not a member of the i. C. C. The arab league is condemning israels plan to an expanse 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 MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu is pushing ahead with the proposal of the striking a deal with rivals while forming a unity government. Let me have more color if i have to announced a ceasefire during the holy month of ramadan his forces launched a rocket attack on a medical facility after us forces have been trying to take the capital tripoli for a year now. Palace reports. 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 aletha hafta yet 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 will 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 win. Or wind up a city. 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 00 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 food the support general haftar sudanese officials deny the report their learn and they 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. Stay 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 the 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 shelob alice. The foreign minister is calling on all sides in the libyan conflict to come to the table for a political solution its released a statement condemning turkish intervention and praising war Khalifa Haftar for what it calls combating terrorism is a look at the situation on the ground libya has been divided by warring factions since the overthrow of longtime leader Moammar Gadhafi 9 years ago various forces backed one of 2 rival administrations the u. N. Recognized government in the capital tripoli controls the area in blue Border Collie for half formed the soft clad Libyan National army controls the area in red. Fires are saraj is Prime Minister of the government a passionate record in tripoli while half dozen ministrations based in the eastern city of tobruk his forces are trying to capture tripoli for a year now so far havent succeeded beyond the school citys outskirts sammy hamby is editor in chief of the International Interest a Current Affairs not assist magazine with a particular focus on the middle east he says the timing of the ceasefire isnt just about ramadan is calling a ceasefire now because the tide of the tripoli offensive has old now his 2 main bases the spine of the tripoli offensive is now under siege thats what the air base where the supplies come in from the east and that one or both of these bases are holding out which it seems have there is concern that he might not be able to hold on to them for much longer but more importantly have to believe that domestically his situation in the east needs attention he has to