Launching another attack on tripoli the libyan warlord after says his forces will stop fighting during the holy month of ramadan. Levon on sunday will bank under attack again during another nights of protests across several cities. Welcome to the Program Still early days in the worldwide recession brought about by the coronavirus pandemic but we do have a better sense of the damage it is doing the u. S. Economy the Worlds Largest a scene a decade of growth wiped out in just 3 months shrinking by almost 5 percent the u. S. Plane maker boeing has reported 1st quarter losses of more than 600000000. 00 over the same period its main european rival airbus losing 515000000. 00 and the e. U. s biggest economy just. Many forecasting its worst year since the end of world war 2 well begin with the u. S. We have this report from she have a tendency. The 4. 8 percent decline for g. D. P. Between january and march represents the largest decline since the 2008 recession Consumer Spending which accounts for 70 percent of g. D. P. Dropped by an idealized rate of 7. 6 percent the largest drop since 980. 00 moreover this is just a preliminary estimate Analysts Expect the eventual number to be far higher than these numbers are for a quarter in which the economic locked down only accounted for a few weeks 2nd quarter g. D. P. Figures for april to june a projected to register a decline of around 30 to 40 percent with some Financial Institutions predicting much much worse the white house is still clinging on to the hope of a v. Shaped recovery helped by a rapid reopening of the u. S. Economy i think theres a tremendous feeling of optimism in this country i think the 3rd quarters transitional that it would were transitioning into but its a very transitional period i think its going to do good but i think the 4th quarter is going to be fantastic but reopening the economy too soon and then facing an even deeper recession is a risk i think fundamentally its going to end on whether the u. S. Is capable of actually putting in plants sophisticated widespread testing in crime scene which allows people to essentially go out and where they can be in this community is likely to be as might be true on our recovery mountains back at the Federal Reserve drain poll pledged to do all that could be done were doing all we can to help American Families and businesses whether this difficult period we will continue to use our tools to assure that the recovery when it comes will be as robust as possible Interest Rate cuts and trillions of dollars in spending by the fed to have injected liquidity into. The Financial System along with the stimulus passed by congress markets have been reassured in fact street ruse after the g. D. P. Figures were announced but there is more and more evidence of that the money being spent is not reaching those most in need with unemployment now projected to reach 20 percent in june there are increasing calls for far bold action to help those who now find themselves without the money for rent mortgages health care and food. Well that does appear to be some better news on the treatment front top u. S. Infectious diseases advisor dr anthony felt she says theyre seeing progress in trials and antiviral drugs. She said the average Recovery Time was cut from 15 days to 11 or the u. S. National institutes of health reported that the mortality rate dropped from 11 and a half percent to 8 percent. Although with 31 percent improvement doesnt seem like a knock out 100 percent is a very important proof of concept because what it is proven is that a drug can block this virus live now to washington and my colleague mike hanna so my clearly not a Silver Bullet in the fight against the pandemic but perhaps a step in the right direction. Or very much so peter very early days in terms of actually testing the drug and this was a very small sample as well just over 1000 patients some of whom were given rendez of deference here and some of whom were given a placebo as you heard dr anthony found she saying that the number of those recovering quicker given the drug was some 40 percent more than those who were not given the drug so certainly theres an indication in this very limited trial what dr felt she pointed out as well there is that why this is important is that it indicates that there is possibly a drug that can combat the virus now we must stress as well this is not an antidote it is a drug for the caring off a sun with corona virus it is a way to ease their health and to make them get better quicker but its a long way to go the f. D. A. Is going to grant an emergency proclamation for the drug to be used in wider clinical studies that will begin to give an indication how effective it is i must mentioned as well peter that the lancet the british medical journal has produced a report on rand disappear and that is not quite as optimistic and to quote studies made in china which show that the drug had little impact on the virus so certainly theres a lot of work to be done before one can start calling this anything near a Silver Bullet against this virus mike many thanks. More coronavirus coverage a little later well turn to another developing story for you this libyan warlord holy fire after announcing his forces will observe a cease fire during the muslim holy month of ramadan hes been trying to take over the capital tripoli for a year and remove the u. N. Recognized government this base there early on weapons to at least one person was killed and several were injured during an attack on a Health Complex east of tripoli the tripoli government blamed it on have to on monday he ended peace talks with the government our correspondent mark went up to what heads in tripoli he says all the front lines are quiet after the announcement has not been taken seriously across the country. Half the others spokesman and i assume as has been contradictory you know with the last ramadan last year they said that ramadan is the month of jihad the were boosting their forces to continue the battle to attack the capital tripoli this ramadan this year he is calling on it he is an hour. Suspicion of hostilities but that this has been interpreted here in the west of libya as a kind of maneuver to gain time to maintain their positions maybe to regroup and rearrange their plans and to also plan another or fresh attack on the capital tripoli remember half the others have to himself rejected that many cease fire proposals in the past and only this comes only a few weeks after this set back his forces suffered in the west of libya after the last several strategic cities and towns along the highway linking the capital tripoli to the tunisian borders and only a few hours ago have those forces have been engaging in heavy fighting against the Government Forces in the vicinity of the city after this and i was meant has not been taken seriously has not been taken for granted especially in the west of libya forces do not trust have to especially with his past experience of rejecting many ceasefire proposals. And in another development to libya sources have told al jazeera that a plane carrying prominent officials from the United Arab Emirates flew to the sudanese capital khartoum on tuesday the sources say the emirate a delegation including the brother of Abu Dhabis Crown prince met sudanese officials to discuss military support for hunting for half topknot sudanese officials have denied any meeting ever took place when lawrence is a former u. S. Diplomat in libya and a professor of International Affairs at the American University he says half to his use of mercenaries from around the world is bringing the pandemic to his front lines core of the sudanese troops that were sent to let you know were the farmers in india we accused of war crimes in darfur and elsewhere and is it sort of a safety valve effect on sudan and letting the sort of worst of the worst city stoops were implicated in hard to massacres last june out and after leo went in committed whatever war crimes they want that they want to have an effect on sudan so theres that site and in fact theres also debates within the Sudanese Security forces in military about you know which troops are involved in the current regime in which arent and certainly theres a lot of poverty now its a gang which will be aggravated further by all the qubit benteen shutdowns and those nice soldiers in gardens and others want employment whats interesting on the front lines in libya is theres increasing segregation among all these mercenaries who dont trust each other so weve had russians running away from syrians on the front line we thought on the other side to be as great to line up with syria churchmen and so when a team is also affecting the front lines which makes it much harder for have to are which is part of the context of this quiet zone ceasefire that were looking at right now. Well protests broke out in several cities across lebanon for 3rd consecutive nights as crowds voiced their frustration over the worsening economic crisis the demonstrators in the Southern City of. A branch of the Lebanese Central Bank earlier the governor of the central bank defended his organizations role during the collapse of lebanons currency has more from beirut. But Bank Branches across lebanon people line up to try to withdraw as much of their savings as they can in formal 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. 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 keep 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 that have channel through which Government Spending are done and those Government Spending one. Right we have 175 percent of that is due to an electricity and it should be this problem to sort through opening the 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 the state is what will on lot of billions of dollars in assistance western and some arab nations dont seem to be willing to give blanket checks particularly to a government controlled by the iranian backed hezbollah and its allies politics is at play as popular discontent worsens that after their ashes into beirut. Plenty more ground still to cover for you including this story as it grapples with rising cold with 19 infections castle starts producing its own ventilators. However we have High Pressure dominating the weather across a good part of eastern asia so its looking lousy fun and dry with some hot sunshine for some have got a few showers just spilling out of north korea pushing over towards northern parts of honshu northern parts of japan could see one or 2 shots but essentially it looks fine a dry temps getting up into the mid twentys over the next couple of days thats the hate beijing at 33 celsius 30 celsius there for shanghai as we go through thursday afternoon clad in the rain will make its way across the central parts and thatll just the temperatures down a peg or 2 for shanghai around 24. 00 celsius south of that it is generally dry although without the possibility of the odd shower just making its way towards hong kong one of 2 showers across india china as well more than just see our child though into thailand recently this is the same in bangkok recently where we saw some very heavy rain coming through those seasonal downpours now gathering the heat of the day thunder a showers popping out really quite nicely at the moment to more of those as we go on through the next few days than say weather never really too far away weather not too far away from a good part of the philippines this little circulation may well develop into a tropical depression over the next couple of days. Ramadan a time of spirituality reflection and gratitude raise the flags all the flags every color. Al jazeera world well how do you know how he reveals the stories behind some of the arab world songs and chants for the holy month you know this song touched the hearts of all arrows for ramadan songs on aljazeera. The move toward the war. Welcome back youre watching aljazeera remind the top stories this half hour new Financial Data shows the impact the coronavirus and make is having on world economies the u. S. Germany in one area of the Economic Cost of africa one country is experiencing their worst recessions in years. The libyan warlord has announced a cease fire in the muslim holy month of ramadan and weapons stay he was accused of ordering an attack that killed at least one person in tripoli. And al jazeera has learned that a plane carrying prominent officials from the u. A. E. Flew into the sudanese capital khartoum on tuesday sources say the admiralty delegation was meeting sudanese officials to discuss military support for. More now on the growing Economic Impacts of covert 19 john hendren reports on huge losses reported by the worlds 2 big plane makers. Buffeted by a Global Pandemic in a crisis of its own making boeing is plunging deep into negative territory the company has been scrambling for more than a year to get its most lucrative plane this 737 max back in the air after it was grounded following 2 crashes that killed 346 people then the coronavirus emptied planes in airports with passenger travel down an unprecedented 95 percent boeing reported a loss of 6 141000000. 00 and now plans about 16000. 00 layoffs 110th of its Global Workforce light all shut not just europe and United States but pretty much everywhere in the world the ramifications are. For the most part the industry is not interested in taking delivery of airplanes at the moment or paying against contracts that we have been here and so as a risk. Well there is this moment in time. Frozen striking jen with the dramatic reductions southwest and other airlines are cutting their orders for the 737 max and with fewer long haul travelers boeing is cutting back on production of its massive 777 and 787. 00 dreamliner jets boeing is the United States largest export ing manufacturer and it said that when boeing sneezes americas economy catches cold now thousands of highly skilled highly paid boeing workers will be joining the waiters Service Workers and others who are among the 1st wave of coronavirus layoffs and that will reverberate down the boeing supply chain and throughout the u. S. Economy boeing rival airbus also posted a 521000000. 00 loss in what it c. E. O. Calls the greatest crisis the Aerospace Industry has ever known analysts say boeing and airbus will have to restructure for a new marketplace and compete with their own cheaper used planes languishing on tarmacs around the globe theyre all dressed up theyve got nowhere to go the reason being there isnt any crap and certainly across the Pacific Coast that news europe not many people are planning a trip to the lake countries of italy right now so its going to be a long time theyre going to readjust and be a smaller company. Although the Global Pandemic took just months to ground much of the Aviation Industry analysts say it will take years to arrive in a new normal John Hendren Jazeera chicago. Nearly half of the worlds workers are in danger of losing their livelihoods because of the pandemic the uns International Labor organization is forecasting that up to 1600000000 people working in the informal economy could be out of a job most of them have no welfare protection nor access to health care in just the 1st month break these workers lost 60 percent of their income manufacturing Food Services and retail are among the worst affected sectors motley find and report in this monitor is of the that of the 2b2b informal workers of the world about 1600000000 as suffered massive damage to their ability to earn a living and to support themselves and their families if they are not able to go out and work for a day and earn some income day by day because thats how it tends to work their family wont eat they wont eat and their family will not eat and there is no social protection germany europes economic powerhouse is forecasting that its g. D. P. Will shrink by more than 6 percent this year dominic cain is 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 Anglo American 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. And the watchdog is warning that the United Arab Emirates isnt doing nearly 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 such as syria and yemen unless it improves his burn smith. Dubai is slowly reopening some businesses that had been ordered shut to stop the spread of coronavirus but its the failure to pull down the shutters on people suspected of Money Laundering and terrorist financing but cook cause another serious financial headache for the emirate and the 6 others which for me are knighted 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 the does have a system whereby we look at countries with continued and significant strategic divisions is 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 map 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 secret and addressing that with me sending out light on a lot of schemes and making Information Available that are not in the interest of those who are who actually like to put their money. Are investing that so definitely there is a trade off there or even a conflict there 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 bernat smith. New york city mayor bill de blasio is being accused of unfairly singling out acidic jewish members of the Hasidic Jewish community and forcing covert 19 restrictions he personally called on the police to disperse hundreds of mourners gathered for rabbis funeral is gabriel elizondo. Thousands of ultraorthodox his city jews packed the streets of a neighborhood in brooklyn they were mourning the death of a prominent local rabbi and gathered for a funeral procession in accordance with their religious traditions with new york the epicenter of the covert 1000 pandemic in america and strict stay at home orders in place the police were called and gave numerous warnings to disperse before breaking up the gathering something the Police Commissioner defended on wednesday it cannot happen and it will. And its going to be met with very stern as it was last night immediately being broken up. Consequences new york city mayor bill de blasio was furious the gathering took place at all and mentioned the Jewish Community by name in a tweet saying the time for warnings has passed and arrests would be made of those who gather in large groups the reaction was swift liz smith a new york political strategist tweeted new york city has been a refuge for jews fleeing persecution and death for decades and more how on earth does a mayor of new york city singled him out for persecution in the middle of a pandemic others called on the mayor to apologize with some going so far as to say he should step down and calling him antisemitic arguing that he unfairly singled out all jews the issue has divided new yorkers but there are many that support the mayor and say that its not he that should be criticized rather his sytycd use that held the mass gathering this new yorker tweeting no one is prosecuting them but they need to follow medical and Health Guidelines this is for not only their protection but the protection of others its ridiculous an irresponsible to give them or anyone else a pass during this pandemic they need to follow the rules period on wednesday the mayor said he was not trying to single out the Jewish Community but didnt back down from his criticism members of the Jewish Community were putting each other in danger. They were putting our Police Officers in danger now if i see it in any other community ill call that out equally the Hasidic Community doesnt need to look too far to see the dangers of deadly viruses the rabbi whose funeral everyone was at. Santo zita new York Hospitals around the world have found them so short of ventilators of course which to save the lives of patients who suffer the worst of the symptoms to do with 19 cats up is among countries which are making their own as it grapples with large increases in the number of new cases story. Meet save the event many facts here in doha this machine is equipped with sensors to alert medical staff in case the long functions of a coronavirus patient rating pneumonia is a stage where ventilation becomes the bridge between life and death. For qatari officials this is a Pivotal Moment as a country battles 19. The has instructed the government to take all necessary steps to contain the spread of the virus. A company affiliated with qatars ministry of defense teamed up with a us based laser and optics that bottomless ship produced saver his highness to become of the tiny requested the ministry of defense to source and manufacture a ventilator and design holdings. To execute this project and as you can see in our in the law today we are in the very final stages and were starting manufacturing the ventilators we plan on manufacturing 10000. 00 units a month to support qatar a majority of the components are manufactured here and house so from raw material to manufacture of the components and some components are you know obviously. Are sourced from outside africa and Assembly Takes place here ventilators have become central in the global fight against co the 19 manufacturers are ramping up output to cope with the growing demands. The pandemic is showing no signs of slowing down and many governments are desperate to acquire ventilators to ease the pressure on hospitals but officials here say qatar wont face any shortages. And as the country steps are its war against corona virus it has sent 2 field hospitals to italy and shipped medical supplies to china iran and algeria the hope now is to produce more ventilators to send all over the world as the pandemic continues to spread. Around. Recapping our top stories so far today new Financial Data shows the impact the coronavirus pandemic is having on world economies the United States germany and nigeria the economic heart of africa are among the countries experiencing their worst recessions in yours. The Aviation Industry is also reeling from the coronavirus pandemic u. S. Plane manufacturer of boeing has reported losses of at least 600000000. 00 it says it will cut 10 percent of its workforce and its european rival spaced and to lose says its lost more than half a 1000000000. 00 in the 1st quarter of the year as well but there does appear to be some better news on the treatment front the top u. S. Infectious diseases advisor antony fauji says theyre seeing progress in trials with an antiviral drug run disappear dr fauji says the average Recovery Time has been cut from 15 days to 11 mike hanna as our correspondent in washington certainly this is an indication as dr prouty pointed out that there is some kind of impact that this drug does have on the virus very important but it must also be stressed this is not a vaccine this is for treatment of the virus and what it appears to do is that the virus replicates itself as the patient is suffering the drug is aimed at preventing that duplication of the virus within the patients body the libyan warlord after it has announced a cease fire for the muslim holy month of ramadan comes after numerous calls from the International Community for a stop to the violence to focus on combat in coronavirus al jazeera has learned a plane carrying prominent officials from the u. A. E. Flew to the sudanese capital khartoum on tuesday sources say the m. R. C. Delegation was meetings to do these officials to discuss military support for half the sudanese officials deny that. No protests in several lebanese cities for a 3rd straight months over the worsening Economic Situation there demonstrates is in the Southern City of sidon through a tough call to the branch of the Lebanese Central Bank those are your headlines you are right up to speed with all the top stories up next inside story im back with a summary of to see that. Back out on the 3. Targets government and financial buildings theyre angry at the failure of their leaders to deal with president hardships as the country slips further into crisis what can be done and what will the fallout both at home and for the region this is inside story. Of the program im Richelle Carey struggling to make ends meet and begging for food lebanese people have defied restrictions to contain code