Prices. Out of intensive care british Prime Minister valas johnson remains in hospital with coronavirus britains death toll is nearing 8000 and. The economic toll of the coronavirus outbreak continues to be felt in the u. S. Another 6600000 americans claimed Unemployment Benefits last week alone 87000000000 people have filed for unemployment in the past 3 weeks that 10 percent of the workforce the countrys economy has been crippled as businesses were forced to shut down in an effort to stop the spread of the pandemic john hendren has more from chicago. The president came out saying that the u. S. Was at the top of the hill when it comes to the coronavirus and in some cases going downward but thats not the case when it comes to the economy of and of course thats a lagging indicator here 6600000 new jobless claims 17000000 over the past 4 weeks out of work and filing new jobless claims and an Unemployment Rate of 12 to 13 percent thats a level not seen since the Great Depression forecasters are saying they expect that to go up to at least 15 percent and one said that this is really essentially the Great Depression 2 here in the United States one sign of that is the trouble of the u. S. Airline industries the president did address that in that briefing today he said details will come out over the weekend over the u. S. Aid package for those airlines he said the Airline Industry has hit very hard as everyone knows and we are going to be in a position to do a lot to help them but of course no details on that until the weekend so were looking forward to see what the president has to say on that. Its being called the e. U. Is most important economic plan the block finance ministers have agreed on a trillion dollar rescue package the funds designed to help the Member States recover economically from the effects of the virus and the hayward reports. The rise in new infections seems to be slowing in spain the countrys hospitals though are still overwhelmed and after weeks of loss and more deaths predicted trying to keep coronavirus at bay in public spaces is power amount and residents are reminded they should stay at home that. Spain will remain in lockdown until april the 20 but the Prime Minister says the risk now room for hope that is not someone i was going to go on after weeks of this fight which has been from the moments agonizing we see how the fire the pandemic released is starting to come under control the figures are encouraging we have reached the peak of coke at 19 and we are close to the beginning of the descent. In germany the lock down appears to be working with landmarks empty deserted even you know as. The latest coronavirus numbers in germany a reason for some hope the increase is flattening and the current number of infections is lowering a bit if we count the people who are recovered and those who lost their lives. More than 18000 people have died in italy its squares remain empty the impact of weeks of prescriptions is clear to see for those families hardest hit the government says loan and mortgage repayments will be suspended and there are questions about who will help pay for the pandemic. The thing. Italy is an integral part of the e. U. The e. U. Must show a strong swift and unified response to the repercussions of this pandemic we have to provide answers about politics finance and the economy because this is in all of our interests that does not only concern italy but also spain and all countries that face economic and social problems and those questions are being asked across europe it is grappling with this crisis from the north to the south no where is untouched by. The happening deep divisions that are inside the e. U. About how it should be financed days of talks have now resulted in an agreement held by the french finance minister as the most important economic plan in the e. U. History it will allow credit from the blocks bailout fund to go to the worst affected countries until the crisis is over this emergency plan and well shield our economic and social fabric as we dive into a recession. Where house prices abates we need we will need to spur the economic recovery he needs it is imperative that we brought together the many families in Europe Easter weekend which usually market time of togetherness coronavirus will mean many will now spend it apart remembering those who theyve lost and then he would out as there are. Feeling is a financial analyst who explain why e. U. Ministers struggled to reach a deal. Well obviously northern europeans tend to think of themselves as as frugal and they tend to think of southern europeans as profit and they dont therefore dont want to share a bank account its slightly more complicated than that but really at base thats what its about but nobodys actually talking about neutralizing all debt theyre talking about a common physical effort a temporary calm and physical effort which has to be large in order to respond to the economic emergency but would be time limited and would be for specific purposes like medical assistance or indeed helping to spark a recovery when the pandemic passes and i think its absolutely crucial 1st of all because of the scale of the economic devastation that has struck italy and spain in particular but the whole euro zone because of the threat. Of post crisis 30 and a financial crisis neutralized and indeed because of the political acrimony you know at a time when thousands and thousands of italians and spaniards. Have died theres a feeling that northern europeans are blaming them for their plight and that has gone down very badly indeed opec and its allies have agreed to a historic cut in production to counter the slump and demand caused by coronavirus the group will cut 10000000. 00 Barrels Per Day until early june thatll be followed by a daily 8000000. 00 barrel cut from july through to the end of the year all prices have plummeted by around 30 percent after lockdowns around the world cup demand clearly a mare as an oil and gas specialist and c. E. O. Of male resources she says the growing scarcity of oil Storage Space is the real issue. Well you see bad for the share industry because theyre reading high produce ad and also have a relatively high leverage so he did ok the cash they can pay better so they go bankrupt but this being said there will be Big Old Companies like a 2000 the shelf the excellence of his world buying them up however they really assume here is storage because were running out of storage and the regulator for the texas. Oil space the texas road Railroad Commission is commissioner brian sinton said recently that hes saying spy the beginning of june days no more space left in that space you see pipelines already telling you all the companies to please reduce throughput which is which is which is on hurried off so we are running out of space to store crude oil the impetus to Global Stock Markets that were. Going to want something resembling normalcy dont think thats one thing its also its a lot of people that are employed in the space so you have probably 50000000 people or so employed which makes 250000000 when you look at the when you look at the whole at the at the family is so so easy to eat does it does matter bad the question is just the real question here were really coming back to its about a story of story its in storage the british Prime Minister is out of intensive care where he was being treated for the virus Boris Johnson is back in a hospital ward and is in extremely good spirits according to downing st johns of us has the latest. Hes been moved this evening from intensive care back on to the main ward at St Thomas Hospital which is one of the countrys leading hospitals and he said to be an extremely good spirits now this would have been Boris Johnsons 4th day in intensive care hes 55 years old and he was admitted sunday evening with a persistent temperature and a poseur persistent High Temperature and a persistent cough and he received standard option treatment for 3 nights but he did not need mechanical ventilation and earlier it was reported that dominic rob who is the foreign secretary and was designated Boris Johnsons deputy during his time in hospital had not spoken to the Prime Minister since saturday and that was obviously a very large cause for concern so theres no doubt going to be a huge collective sigh of relief throughout the cabinet and throughout the government this evening and no doubt the Prime Minister will be keen to get back to work as soon as is possible soon as hes fully recovered before he was admitted to hospital he left behind some very clear instructions for what was going to happen in this country for the rollout of mass testing for covert 19 for the provision of personal protective equipment for n. H. S. Staff and i have to say neither of those things have really reached their targets yet earlier at the governments chief Scientific Officer said that the u. K. Death toll from corona virus has reached 881 thats the number of deaths recorded in british hospitals today and that brings the total number of deaths to 7978 and the Scientific Office said that it is expected to continue to rise for at least 2 weeks. Still ahead on aljazeera brazils president grows increasingly isolated as his country tries to stem the spread of a coronavirus social distancing is the last thing on the minds of thousands of afghans desperate to return from pakistan. Hello there weve had some very nice weather conditions across the Korean Peninsula over the last few days rather unsettled areas of japan and in fact a bit of a carousel lately across central and Southern China that is set to change but in the meantime as a say some good guys into seoul in south korea it is the time of year they do a spring clean up on some of the monuments and as you can see the conditions also very nice to do just that it will stay fine and dry as we go through friday wanted to sheilds pushing into west the Northern Areas of honshu tom it is not too bad 16 degrees across into tokyo and osaka but then look at this rain walls again back in the full cost really all the way up towards beijing and in particular very heavy on friday across the central areas but then it sinks southwards and this is when it could be particularly heavy Guangxi Guangdong up towards a fusion as well attempt is there not too bad but this rain is very heavy we could have some localized flooding its coming down in some very saturated ground and really the same commutes that across much of indonesia we have also had a well have more rather heavy rains across areas of come by as well as you can see sumatra widely unsettled borneo same story as we go through friday and saturday and then really a southern areas of india across into carol telling night over the next couple of days where well see the shadows and elsewhere it remains very warm. Survival for haitis poorest depends on illegal charcoal production. But for park rangers sworn to protect the dominican forests it can have deadly consequences. Witness discovers the head in world where the stakes for the environment and those who make their living from it couldnt be higher. Death by a 1000 cuts on aljazeera. Youre watching our visitor a reminder of our top stories this hour 6600000 americans lost their jobs in the past week due to measures to stop the coronavirus pandemic since mid march nearly 17000000 people in the u. S. Have filed for jobless benefits. The e. U. Has agreed to make more than one trillion dollars available to Member States under lock time fighting the coronavirus the french finance minister has described the economic plan as the most important in the blocs history. British Prime Minister barak johnson is out of intensive care after an improvement in his condition but hell remain in hospital 2 weeks after testing positive for corona virus. Brazils president has gone on television again to defend his response to the pandemic and encourage people to return to work jailable so now dont criticize state governments for imposing containment measures saying the consequences of combating the virus cannot be more harmful than the disease itself is facing widespread criticism and protests for downed plane the crisis in sao paulo haasan lawsuit says balsa now though is also backing the use of a controversial drug to treat the virus. Once again president able to confirm that his orders and directives to the ministers and his government the federal government of brazil is to return to work he said that he believes that most of resilient people wants to return to work and he held the governors the full responsibility for that this is are the actions that they took regarding the social isolation he said that they didnt ask or consulted the federal government for those measures that they took and their states at the same time president to support and supported again the use of the treatment of secure queen and he said that although its not approved by the w h o and he think that using this treatment may be a historical decision for the poor saving the brazilians life at the same time also announce that brazil will start to producing the treatment other particular green here in the brazilian industry after receiving the basic material from india after a call between him and the Prime Minister of india and he thanked india for that he said that brazil would receive the basic material next saturday. Thousands of afghans whove been stuck in pakistan are returning home before borders close again on monday pakistan opened the eastern talking Border Crossing for 4 days it had been closed to stop the spread of coronavirus the Afghan Government a sort of a Quarantine Center close to the crossing to screen travelers has the latest from islamabad. There were thousands of odd to chaos and pandemonium on the pakistan of one border door come at how the valvano and character turned to their country crush many running. After the Border Security forces were not able to control the crowd how the end of those people have now already crossed into online if done it should be remembered that pakistan in the key in the ditch stick a supply route through of run it down that has been supporting the war effort and also sending supplies Food MachineryPetroleum Products to that country their trade between their 2 countries started over 2000000000. 00 but even today a day though what a 1000000000. 00 now the budget that they have opened their borders on the request of the avalon government allowed them to were stranded in pakistan after the outbreak of the pandemic which stunned when the needs yes we are grateful to pakistan for allowing us back to our own country on street on out of money and it was hard to live in here in uncertainty i started to feel good wasnt it was so nice of pakistan i think open the border for us and if allowed us to return to afghanistan without that has sort of paperwork august on sending a gesture of goodwill methods through afghanistan. Before you go across also interestingly the Foreign Office that pakistan really also be now opening guard border for movement of trade to go to. Truck on both side of the border from the 10th of april their driver and of course will be mandated to wear put Protection Equipment they will have to change drivers on the border the pakistani drivers went up to the border from where the driver is ready to take all that had also been agreed because of the desperate situation in afghanistan. Although if i get on to the lard the oven student done home the ovens on the other hand have not allowed to plug a tiny. Dog and ive run it on to come back to iran and also throw that border because of the pandemic there and the other ones really now be hoping that some sort of trader do me but it turned out to be understood that pakistan at home to the largest number of one refugee day anywhere in the world did their whited family tens of thousands of people travel aboard side of the border to be able to keep in touch with. One if done all carnage by get on board and keeping the logistical supply lines open so white at heart if that Jennifer Ford come order to go to of an effect on statewide orders to stay at home and throughout the us are seen as pivotal in covering the spread of the virus but florida has now has more than 15000 cases has been criticized for not implementing those measures sooner and gallacher reports on the crucial decision governors face. Bracing for impact in a peaking coronavirus cases expected next month florida is preparing for what could be a brutal onslaught almost a quarter of the states population is over the age of 60 placing millions of its residents in the high risk category many of floridas iconic destinations and now deserted but the statewide order to stay at home came long after other states already enacted similar measures during the almost 2 week debate on whether to issue the order the number of coronavirus cases here rocketed on april the 1st one month after the states 1st confirmed case the order finally came given the unique situation in florida and im going to be doing an executive order d today directing all floridians to limit movements and personal interactions outside the home critics of to scientists who was initially worried about the impact on the economy say its too little too late. Supporters of the republican governor say was a measured step by step approach on march the 23rd governor dissenters rejected the idea of a lockdown by the time he gave the order at the beginning of april the number of cases here that increased 5 fold that delicate balancing act between saving jobs and saving lives is one many governors and now facing whether the delay here led to the loss of life is a debate for the future and a highly politicized one its also a stark example of the life and death decisions leaders and now having to make dissenters has been criticized for excluding religious gatherings from his order tampa Mega Church PastorRodney Howard brown was arrested over defying Public Health orders the arrest warrant being signed by dissenters critic Andrew Warren well social distancing is the only arrow we have quiver is the one thing we can do right now to actually fly current and we know that it works we want to do it in a responsible but aggressive in a way and so the next several signals were getting out of tallahassee on your minds that process Health Experts say hospitals in florida will be strained by the summer as the death toll rises but politics should be put aside for now we will come out the best but we need to come as in nation. Orcas. And be ready for the 2nd wave and be ready for the company and florida faces some unique issues as cruise ships with sick passengers dock crops rot in the field and unemployment lines grow but the focus now is on saving lives and gallacher aljazeera miami florida. In other news the u. S. Is urging yemens who 3 rebels to respect a 2 week cease fire announced by the Saudi Led Coalition on whedons day but who the spokesman has told aljazeera the group wont stop fighting while yemen is still under siege or burden monday reports. I hope in military operations in yemen. But in the days and even hours this will cease fire came into effect all too familiar scenes of violence across the country injured people taken to hospital after one to rappel shelled the port city of her data more injuries to entails of the heavy shelling the who things say the saudi u. A. E. Coalition also bomb targets in all gels had to and side. Although the coalition called for a cease fire the spokesman told our just era they have not agreed to that so long as the siege is not lifted we have all right through our Missile Systems our maritime air defenses including the drones who continue to target their military installations and just real sight is nothing but a continuation of your the coalition is just manipulating words either a total cease and halt or still sees an end to the siege or the war will continue. The saudi vice defense minister howard dean solomon said on twitter that the kingdom is taking responsibility to bring stability to the region but some analysts believe we are in the usa a looking for a face saving way out of an expensive war they cannot win and the u. N. Special envoy to yemen Martin Griffith has called for all parties to urgently cease fighting and make progress towards peace. More than 100000 people have been killed in yemen since the conflict began 5 years ago the u. N. Hopes a temporary ceasefire could be extended the warring sides are expected to hold a Video Conference to discuss halting ground air and naval attacks but millions of people are on the brink of hung and millions more suffering from displacement in their homes and disease. U. N. Officials hope the law and fighting means they can prevent another dangerous disease from entering the country coronavirus. They fear yemens Health Care System is already on the verge of collapse and it simply would be able to cope with another outbreak nor does money aljazeera. One of the uns top human rights experts is warning that changes to egypts antiTerrorism Laws could lead to more rights abuses the recent amendments include tougher penalties broader definitions of terrorist entities and imposing the Death Penalty on those found guilty of funding terrorism the u. N. Says the new measures could result in more arbitrary detentions torture and disappearances fionnuala nailon is a un special rapporteur on human rights and counterterrorism and she says in order to effectively combat terrorism its fundamental to respect the rule of law and human rights. Egypt has been in a permanent state of emergency for a number of years so weve had the occasion of the consistent use of exceptional law which is of course having a significant effect on the protection of human rights layered on top of that are a series of legislative anakin starting into 2015 some of which directly relate to terrorism but many of which build on that 2015 Terrorism Law and essentially expand the ambit of counterterrorism regulation in ways that are extensive theyre far reaching they relate to a whole range of fundamental rights practice freedom of expression freedom of ex of assembly a fair trial and of course the practice of these laws over the past 5 years plus and has increased our concerns about arbitrary detention enforced disappearances the use of torture inhuman and degrading treatment so the list is very long and i think its deeply concerning that you have the state which is currently leading the global counterterrorism strategy review process egypt as one of the 2 cold facilitators of that process and in a context where we need Global Leadership on the fundamental reality that countering terrorism will only be effectively done when we fully protect and enforce the rule of law and human rights. Iraqs intelligence chief has been asked to form a government as the new Prime Minister designate it last of all called to me is the 3rd person to be named to the post in just over 2 months so when the full team has this report from baghdad. On thursday at 9 as a few became the 2nd Prime Minister designate to withdraw his bid in just 6 weeks from running iraqs leadership crisis yes we want the political agreement is important iraq is living through a catastrophe and there should be a political consensus that we can convince the political powers to reach an agreement and we found it difficult for this government to pass in the parliament. For now the consensus seems to have converged around another man within an hour of sort of his resignation president barham saleh surrounded by leaders of Major Political parties appointed most of the me iraqs intelligence chief as the next Prime Minister designate. The previous terms were accompanied by a lot of acute struggles and disagreements and between us and the political blocs today the political blocs national and social patriotic sectors have chosen. To me for this position the government has 30 days to form a new government and although he seems to have secured widespread support at the moment that could quickly change many iraqis question whether he is the one who can put an end to months of Political Uncertainty the crisis began when caretaker Prime MinisterAbdullah Abdullah mattie resigned last december after widespread antigovernment protests constitutional deadlines to find a replacement were repeatedly missed because a fierce political infighting last month president saleh took matters into his own hands appointing a man i was a free as the new Prime Minister designate the move drew stern warnings from iranian linked armed groups who regarded sort of feel as being backed by the us their political wings in parliament accuse the president of overstepping his authority and put forth their own candidate to me that. There was no way to accept because he didnt come from the political blocs we have a parliamentary system the majority of the political blocs should agree to nominate him. As negotiations to form the new government continue iraq appears rather less as it tries to steer its way through a deepening Political Economic and Health Crisis iraqis are angry at the Political Class for not acting class enough as if they keep going with their conflicts we want this we want that there will never be a government because all these parties. They want to fill the post with one of their own and theres a growing feeling that caretaker Prime Minister either of the mahdi may weather this political storm on the top that makes they want to appoint a new Prime Minister they will prolong this crisis and keep. In power because he pleases everyone and in march of the they said he had no longer act as caretaker but has never done less continued to chair government meetings the protests that forced his resignation have all but gone away as the country battles the coronavirus pandemic and with that the prospects for systemic political change are growing increasingly thin seem on a full 10 aljazeera but that. This is all just 0 the news of the top stories 6600000 americans have lost their jobs in the past week because of the corona virus pandemic the us has the highest number of infections in the world and more than 15000. 00 deaths so far the president came out saying that the u. S. Was at the top of the hill when it comes to the coronavirus and in some cases going downward but thats not the case when it comes to the economy of end of course thats a lagging indicator here 6600000 new jobless claims 17000000 over the past 4 weeks out of work and filing new jobless claims in an Unemployment Rate of 12 to 13 percent thats a level not seen since the Great Depression forecasters are saying they expect that to go up to at least 15 percent the e. U. Has agreed to make more than one trillion dollars available to Member States and a locked up in fighting the coronavirus the french finance minister has described the economic plan as the most important in the blocks history. Opec and its allies have agreed to a historic cut in production to counter the slump in demand caused by coronavirus the group will cut 10000000. 00 Barrels Per Day until early june oil prices plummeted by around 30 percent after a lock downs around the world come to mind brazils president has gone on television again to defend his response to the pandemic and encourage people to return to work jailable also not to criticize state governments for imposing containment measures saying the consequences of combat in the virus cannot be more harmful than the disease itself is faced widespread criticism and protests for done playing the crisis those are the headlines coming up next its inside story. A ceasefire after 5 years of war the saudi u. A. E. Coalition in yemen begins a 2 week troops but the rebels say theyll continue their fight how will this affect a conflict that has already created the worlds d greatest humanitarian crisis this is inside story. Hello welcome to the program. Yemen is one of the few places left on earth without a coronavirus case but Health Workers worry its only a matter of time before they recalled the 1st infections and outbreak without more misery to a country suffer