And farewell to an icon of both bollywood and hollywoods a fun car and dies at the age of 53. 00. Its still early days in the pandemic caused worldwide recession but we now have a better sense of how hard key sectors of the economy being impacted the Worlds Largest economy the United States is wiped out a decade of growth shrinking by 4. 8 percent in the 1st quarter according to figures released a short time ago one of its largest manufacturers boeing has reported losses of at least 600000000. 00 while european rival airbus says that it lost more than half a 1000000000. 00 in the 1st quarter of 2. Europes largest economy will have the worst year since the end of the 2nd world war germany contracted by 2 percent in the 1st quarter but is forecasting a 10 percent drop in quarter to compare those figures with what we heard from china 2 weeks ago a near 70 percent decline and historic drop in performance compared to the same period last year out of there as john hendren has been following developments from chicago he says that boeing has been losing money already but this pandemic has made its problems even worse. For boeing these numbers were worse even than analysts expected it was hit by a double whammy 1st the company has been trying for a year to get its 737 max plane back up in the air thats its new most lucrative plane in that happen after 2 crashes the killed nearly 350 people it is now hoping to get that plane back at midyear but meanwhile its losing revenue from that and then along came the coronavirus and the Global Pandemic just wiped out traffic the c. E. O. Of boeing dave calhoun says traffic passenger traffic in commercial airplanes is down 105 percent and that has just walloped the Company Airbus is down to half a 1000000000. 00 in losses the c. E. O. Of that company says this is the grave is crisis the Aerospace Industry has ever seen and it hasnt just hit them Southwest Airlines posted its 1st loss since 2011 analysts are saying this could hit the aerospace and Airline Industry for 5 years to come it could take them that long to recover and here in the United States boeing is the largest manufacturing export are so it said that when boeing sneezes america catches a cold and now found sins of highly skilled highly paid workers are going to be joining workers from the Service Industry waiters and others who were in that 1st wave of coronavirus layoffs this is going to be devastating not just to boeing not just to the aerospace and Airlines Industry but to the u. S. And global economies. Europes economic powerhouses expects the plunge into its deepest recession and 50 is your numbers released by the governments have the countrys g. D. P. Shrinking by more than 6 percent this year how does the us dollar to k. This in berlin. Before the coronavirus pandemic really took hold here people thought that the economy of germany would grow by just over one percent this year and now in the full flood of d the statistics coming through every day about corona one really gruesome statistic economically for this country that it is going to go into recession will shrink by 6. 3 percent and theres no way of sugarcoating that from a governmental perspective the economy minister peter meyer a key ally of angloamerican who works in that building behind me in the chancery building she and mr my are having to deal with this very serious economic shock that everyone in this country is experiencing they say they project that germany will rebound from this recession the worst in 50 years that they expect the economy to rebound next year in the next calendar year but of course those are projections those are based on an interpretation of how this pandemic might unfold if there is a 2nd wave of infections if they need to be more lockdowns if restrictions cant be eased so much then of course that means theyll be even more economic pain the director general of the World Health Organization has defended his agency against criticism over its handling of the pandemic its been accused by the u. S. Of mishandling the early stages of the outbreak its been 3 months since the w. H. O. Declared a Global Health emergency at the time as you may remember there were less than 100 cases and notice out join up to be specific we had 82 cases but outside china and no death when we declared the highest level of global emergency. From the beginning the bluto has acted quickly and decisively to respond and to warn the world we sounded the alarm merrily and we sounded it often the uns outgoing human rights envoy for me on loss as the countrys leader Aung San Suu Kyi has failed to live up to her reputation as a humanitarian now yemeni has told al jazeera that she believes army carried out ethnic cleansing way hey reports. For more than 2 years young he leave was unable to do her job properly the United Nations expert on human rights in myanmar was barred from the country in late 2017 as the government labeled her biased and unfair just months earlier Security Forces had begun their latest and most violent crackdown against rethink their communities in Rakhine State now as she prepares to leave her position leases the military continues to deliberately target running gas and other ethnic groups as it fights a buddhist separatist army they know where there has been really no way the religious right in our schools not one monastery was yet and shelling and bombings continue and its really hard to believe theyre not targeting civilians. Following the violence of 2017 hundreds of thousands of running get fled to neighboring bangladesh where they remain the murder rape and torture carried out by Security Forces was documented by many Rights Groups and resulted in genocide charges being laid against me and at the International Court of justice in december last year me and mas leader Aung Sun Suu Kyi travel to the hague to open her Governments Defense against the charges which she said are misleading in a preliminary ruling the judge has ordered the National League for democracy or n l d government and the military to take steps to prevent further attacks on the ring but li and other observers say nothing has happened not yet variac human rocket attacks by the burning me and the there are repression and i remember the army and the government and the not in any direction are there in your nation in every direction are men and their right and yet all are very conventional you are right in vision or in your current thank remain suchi was once held up as a symbol of hope for me and my but his silence and inaction on rights abuses mean most of that hope has been extinguished young he leases shes utterly disappointed in her real knew that she was put on how to still were great trade as the icon democracy and human rights but as a sense the n l d has taken on and ever since she took the are as a state councillor all of her actions and her words statements quite otherwise. There is an election judge ruled later this year and sue cheese party will be expected to win again many believe the military which once ruled the country for almost 50 years will continue to control it from behind the scenes and the un. Human rights inspector will probably continue to be banned wayne hay aljazeera. Libyas un recognized government has complained to france of allegations that french warplanes have been operating over the city of misrata. Explains why that significant. This city of misrata is the major stronghold for the Government Forces fighting against forces the way into the world could be for have that belief that. As you know that france is one of the major allies for the war lord have to so theyre very messy here in tripoli says that its a waiting getting spawns from the French Foreign ministry and the 1st French Foreign ministry also sad that its checking with the French Defense ministry so that it can respond to that complain from the libyan Foreign Ministry meanwhile the internationally recognized government says that one person has been killed in an attack on the Health Complex to tripoli 6 others were injured during shelling on the military medical authorities headquarters the building is reportedly next to a Medical Center thats treating coronavirus cases the attack has been linked to forces loyal to the warlord company for off top. Saudi arabias oil revenues of foreign by 24 percent since the start of the year the Worlds Largest oil exporter suffered a deficit of 9000000000. 00 in the 1st quarter Global Demand has collapsed and Storage Units in the early fall as factories stay closed due to the pandemic the oil glass is creating a strange spectacle off the coast of california as well brunells reports now from los angeles. A sign of Global Economic breakdown floating offshore dozens of huge oil tankers sitting outside the port of los angeles each vessel up to 365 meters long is brimming with tons of crude oil but theres no place to put it what we have right now is a significant imbalance in supply and demand in the oil markets basically driven by significant demand contracts. And as a result of the economic slowdown translated from corporate economic speak that means that in the global lockdown fewer people are driving to work or anywhere else as evident in these shots of near empty streets in los angeles with so many out of work people are buying less so fewer goods are being trucked from place to place and check out this near empty airport hardly anyone is flying so who needs jet fuel u. S. Consumption of petrol diesel and Aviation Fuel plummeted 31 percent since mid march with the price of benchmark texas crude dow 90 percent for the year in normal times we use about 100000000. 00 barrels of oil per day globally and in the month of april experts are estimating that that number is going to be around 75. 00 or 80000000. 00 barrels a day which is about the amount that was used globally 20 years ago storage tanks on land are chock full and so well companies are using ships as expensive storage bins the price charged by shippers for doing so is up to more than 150000. 00 per day and there is more oil on the way a flotilla of 20 Saudi Arabian super tankers is steaming toward the gulf of mexico u. S. Purchasers bought the saudi crude earlier when prices were higher as the ships keep on coming the u. S. Government plans to store millions of barrels worth in the Strategic Petroleum reserve a series of gigantic underground caverns below louisiana and texas as seen here from above meanwhile back off shore from the port of los angeles the u. S. Coast guard is monitoring and adapting its procedures to make sure the mammoth ships remain safe and that the maritime traffic jam doesnt pose a hazard to navigation or the in. Vironment ending the oil glop depends on reviving the economy which in turn depends on beating back coronavirus Industry Experts say it may be months before those oil tankers get on load their cargo rob reynolds aljazeera sand piedro california a weather update next year on houses here and then. Bring it update from lebanon after a 2nd by surprising force on by the currency crashed. And i have the latest on plans from large scale prisoner swap in yemen. Hello we do still have some disturbed weather across the middle east at the moment but some pieces of cloud sliding across iraq into iran and thats where were going to see the all of the weather little bit of cloud there just around southern parts of the gulf you might squeeze a spot or 2 of light rain after that i think a great feature will be the other the cane wind which will lift them dust and sand across the eastern side of the peninsula saved here a concept we could see a little bit of lift the dust and sand over the next couple days 34 celsius with a top temperature here on thursday there we go with the showers just around the other side of the gulf pushing across iran up towards the caspian and that west the weather will gradually slide over towards the foothills of the himalayas so we see its having increased the cloud increased missionary course northern parts of afghanistan come further back towards the west and islam they go want to see spots a possibility southern end of the red sea you could catch a sharrow to joining up with the showers that we have on the ethiopian highlands still seeing somewhat weather there for a time into somalia much of north africa was dry and settle west africa the seasonal rains are doing quite nicely here actually then watching their way a little further north was as they should day meanwhile the showers they continue into a kenya more heavy rain for eastern past tense in the. The. Eyes only test. And trace frank assessments why is it so hes struggling to cope with the number of coronavirus failure to take really aggressive action really get them behind her informed opinions its going to be much more challenging in a place like even theres one ventilator 3000000 people indepth analysis of the days global headlines india done enough to nip the spread of coronavirus in the inside story on aljazeera. Well again this is al jazeera lets remind you of the main news this hour the u. S. Economy has shrunk by 4. 8 percent in the 1st quarter of the year its the worst economic decline since the 2008 recession President Trump has been pushing for some states to ease coronavirus restrictions in order to get the economy moving again. The Aviation Industry is also reeling from the pandemic plane make a boeing has reported losses of a priest 600000000. 00 it says that it will cut 10 percent of its workforce and european rival airbus says that its lost more than half a 1000000000. 00 in the 1st quarter 2. And europes biggest economy germany is expected to suffer its deepest recession since the end of the 2nd world war newly released government statistics show. G. D. P. Will shrink by 6 percent this year. Lebanons Central Bank Governor has defended his organizations role during the economic crisis protests against lebanons deepening financial problems turned violent for 2 nights running in the Northern City of tripoli demonstrators target banks and set fire to cash machines saying the harder reports now from beirut. At Bank Branches across lebanon people line up to try to withdraw as much of their savings as they can informal restrictions have been in place for months and recently access to dollars stopped further fueling public anger banks say they face a liquidity crisis through the central bank they have been lending money to the state which is now almost bankrupt. Not if the central bank funded the state we didnt spend the money we need to know how to money was spent the central bank doesnt have to cut ability for oversight this is a campaign against a central bank and particularly its governor. The Central Bank Governor defended himself after the Prime Minister has indirectly accused him of trying to topple the government by engineering the collapse of the local currency the pound along with lebanons worst economic crisis in decades is a struggle for power. Protestors anger is targeting the banks and the government which took over in january but has still to present a plan to save the economy lebanons foreign reserves are dwindling. What we need to do is to dismantle government. And have channel through which government. And those government spending. Right we have 175 percent of that. And it should be this problem. Competition something privatization would not just end corruption but it would be more profitable instead of draining Government Funds such Structural Reforms are what International Donors have been demanding. The United Nations western governments and the arab league are all reiterating the need for reforms in lebanon it seems that changes in the structure of this state is what billions of dollars in assistance western and some arab nations dont seem to be willing to give blank checks particularly to a government controlled by the iranian backed hezbollah and its allies politics is at play as popular discontent worsens. Baber. Secretary of state. China cooperate with an investigation into its handling of the pandemic it says that beijing must allow access to its Research Labs including one inside where the virus originated we need partners we can rely on that when they tell us something it is accurate and then we dont think theyre hiding anything but we still havent gained access the world hasnt gained access to the. Big. Institute there we dont know precisely where this virus originated from the arse multiple labs that are continuing to conduct work we think can do contagious pathogens inside of china today and we dont know if they are operating at a level of security to prevent this from happening again. Authorities in the southern yemeni port city of aden have announced a 3 day curfew after 5 new corona virus cases there were confirmed the United Nations earlier warm there was a very real probability that the virus was circulating in the water country yemen reported its 1st case nearly 3 weeks ago which prompted fears that an outbreak could ravage the countrys already decimated healthcare system. Aljazeera has learned that the u. N. And the International Committee of the red cross have advanced plans for a mass Prisoner Exchange in yemen a swap which could potentially take place in a matter of days as part of a ceasefire proposal proposed by the u. N. Special envoy Martin Griffiths its thought about 1000. 00 prisoners will be released in the 1st batch of diplomatic as a james bays has our exclusive report a mass Prisoner Exchange was 1st proposed in the Stockholm Agreement in december 28th all sides agreed to the idea but it never actually happened now its being revived as part of a peace plan proposed by the Un Special Envoy Martin Griffiths he said he believed that plan was close to fruition when he spoke to the Un Security Council last week he didnt reveal that arrangements that now advanced for a Prisoner Exchange to be organized by the un and by the International Committee of the red cross we were asked to organize a release during this endemic of it and we had to balance the interest that you made there in the trust of the people to tame the fact that they could go back home city to family after years of detention and the risk we were taking as you made an operator is the fact to do so the risk of detainees to being so balancing those interests we decided that we would go for it you seem to have everything in place what needs to happen for this exchange to take place. I would see that almost everything is in place. To me oh its a final alignment of the tree parties involved in their release. The government of said it would be arabia and sarah and the government of yemen. We are there we still need a couple of days to be ready but we need this this this button to be pushed and for this we need an alignment and just to be clear on the timeline you mentioned a couple of days this could happen within days potentially but tends to yes u. N. Sources tell me the actual prisoners for the 1st stage of a transfer have been identified there are about 1000 of them. Human rights activists say the Philippine Government strict enforcement of lockdowns has led to serious violations committed by police the u. N. Describes the countrys responses highly minister arised. Reports for. These were the last few moments of winston ragas his life before he was shot dead by police they say the former soldier refused to follow their orders and was threatening to shoot them so they fired detained. Twice. But witnesses deny this they say he posed no threat to anyone in the movies who spoke to the family says rug was suffering from posttraumatic stress disorder and his death is a huge loss for them and. He was very thoughtful especially to his nieces and nephews here remember there were birthdays and he was a very generous man. Other videos that critics say show excessive use of force by police have gone viral to. Prevent in this one a Police Officer forcefully tries to arrest a Foreign National jury a dispute over quarantine measures imposed by the government. And here another officer appears to break into a private condominium before threatening to arrest people using areas like a Swimming Pool the Philippine Government displays around 50000000. 00 people under lockdown across the region designed to clamp down on the spread of the coronavirus thats nearly half of the countrys population just a few weeks ago president rodrigo to tear 2 or there de mille a chief and police to shoot anyone who creates trouble. Police have denied allegations of wrongdoing and say they have arrested more than 100000 people since the lockdown was in plymouth. And did more than a month ago Human Rights Watch has issued a statement urging the government to investigate reports of abuses and hold officers have committed Rights Violations accountable. I mean its really been subjected to very harsh regulations regard the realities of basic to asia. And that its going to soak in a lot. Anger and frustration and. The government says its policies are necessary to fight the spread of the coronavirus but people here tell us the use of what they say easy heavy handed and violent response by police is creating fear and anxiety. Duggan aljazeera manila. A well known home movie screens in india and worldwide as diet of on khan passed away in mumbai of the suffering from cancer he was 53 when michael so looks back at his life. There he was one of indias most recognize faces treading red carpets around the world but his success was gained after many years of struggle born in 1967 and rajastan shahab saw the it finally han switch from chasing a korean cricket to one and acting and graduated from indias most prestigious to go to school. In 1988 he made his debut in the acclaimed salaam bombay produced by Indian American filmmaker mira nair the small role one little praise that changed in 2001 when he starred in british movie maker asif the warrior. The low budget film went on to win several International Awards including a buff the the best british film in an interview. With aljazeera the actor said despite acting in many bollywood and hollywood films it was his role in the 2008 oscar winning Slumdog Millionaire the transformed his life doctors lawyers never get beyond 60. 4 actor main thing is to enter into mass audience psyche and that you will. Fortunately it happened with me because of consecutive firms you know i did my the. Namesake dodging limited and certainly after that you know this film came in a lot of people who didnt see my id heard of names in the my from the song in song dog in the research about me in the saudi earlier films so thats important you know where it leads you know you know nobody can say you know that success led found to more phones and greater recognition at home and abroad including a National Film award and indias 4th highest civilian award the pub mistry then he shot finance the dissonance meant on twitter in 2018 if one had been diagnosed with a rare form of cancer after nearly 2 years of treatment in london informed returned home to shoot on crazy media that would turn out to be his last film it was released last month the news of a farm khans dad has brought tributes pouring in from across the world with his fans remembering the legacy of an actor who wasnt interested in his fame living on i dont want to be remembered no i just want to know what was going to happen after im gone after you believe your body what if i can feel that for a moment that will be my my what were they being alive i dont want to be remembered in any which way. That is good terry with us hello Adrian Finnegan here in doha the headlines on aljazeera the u. S. Economy has shrunk by 4. 8 percent in the 1st quarter of this year thats the worst economic decline since the 2008 recession President Trump has been pushing for some states to ease coronavirus restrictions in order to get the economy moving again the Aviation Industry is also reeling from the pandemic u. S. Plane make a boeing has reported losses of at least 600000000. 00 it says that it will cut 10 percent of its workforce and european rival says that it lost more than hala for a 1000000000. 00 in the 1st quarter to europes biggest economy germany is expected to suffer and steepest recession since the end of the 2nd world war nearly released government statistics showed g. D. P. Shrinking by 6 percent this year. Libyas internationally recognized government says that one person has been killed in an attack on a Health Complex they have tripoli 6 others were injured during shelling on the military medical authorities headquarters it has been linked to forces loyal to the warlord khalifa haftar. The uns outgoing human rights and voice from the says that the countrys leader Aung San Suu Kyi has failed to live up to a reputation as a humanitarian a time of the row has been especially dominated by myanmars crackdown in Rakhine State 2017750000 people mostly Rohingya Muslims from across the border to bangladesh now jani leap has told al jazeera that she believes me and most army conducted ethnic cleansing of the su cheese in action was utterly disappointing. News that she was. Put on how to still were free trade as the icon democracy and human rights but ever since the n. L. D. Has taken on an ever since she is a state childs. Actions and her words statements point otherwise. The governor of Lebanon Central Bank has defended his organizations role during the economic crisis protests against lebanons deepening financial problems turned violent for 2 nights running in the Northern City of tripoli demonstrators target banks and set fire to cash machines those are the headlines the news continues here on aljazeera the inside story next. Back out on the story are testers in love and on target government and financial buildings are angry at the failure of their leaders to deal with unprecedented hardships as the country slips further into crisis what can be done and what will fall out both at home and for the region this is inside story. Hello welcome to the program im Richelle Carey struggling to make ends meet and begging for food lebanese people have defied restrictions to contain cobra 1000 and resume their protests rallies started in october but run erupted by the lock down violence escalated on tuesday banks were set on fire and Security Forces pelt
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