Lift its lockdown restrictions despite the high number of cases there. So there are some worrying signs coming out of europe where the economy has suffered its biggest quarterly hit on record it shrunk by 3. 8 percent so far this year the euro zones sharpest drop since records began in 1905 yet another indicator of the widespread economic devastation caused by the coronavirus lockdowns around the world i was off to germany of course europes strongest economy announced its g. D. P. Is likely to shrink by more than 6 percent this year dominic kane in berlin looking at this one. Looking for some for some good news or maybe a bit of a turn around but this is going to be in a bad way for a while. Yes used the audio problem slightly coming to my end kemal but yes a tale of economic woe is unfolding at a european level but also at the german level says you were saying that the German Economy is definitely going to shrink by perhaps more than 6 percent but thats for the year for the current course of the projection is almost 10 percent and then looking at the e. U. The euro zone over 3 percent drop that shows you that the world is right across the continent but it also shows itself in so far as jobs are concerned joblessness unemployment very much on the rise in this country to unemployment which has been almost like a Gold Standard as it were for germany for many years now that the jobless total has been relatively low certainly in regard to the rest of the e. U. Well here too joblessness is rising also one of the key planks of policy from the German Government these are the this pandemic but also the e. U. Institutions its been about short working where effectively the state helps employers to pay their payroll so that the employers dont as it would lay off many many jobs will that total in germany now is at its highest ever so you have a very clear sense building that at the european level in a macro sense but then also in the micro sense here in germany the joblessness the Economic Indicators are looking very poor right now and the figure is relate to the 1st quarter of the year and of course the pandemic only really took hold in march so what about it begs the question what about whats happening right now what about whats going to happen in may and in june and if the rest of the year all the optimistic for cost from germany about their economy roaring back next year will that based on a projection where there wont be a 2nd wave of infection and of course that remains to be seen. John mccain in berlin thank you and say from in bag now professional a little sorry professional Research Fellow at the European Institute at the London School of economics explains us now this special buying that governments are in theres a very cruel paradox of the heart of this which is that governments need to slow down the economy to contain the virus this is a deliberate recession its not some Something Like the financial crisis when it came out of the blue and the challenge for governments is to work out exactly when to press the button to reste to mutilate the economy having closed it down thats going to be very difficult because its balancing the Health Imperatives with the economic imperatives are expected to occur as quickly as possible from the from the Health Perspective because so many governments are increasingly worried about the economics and the economic damage thats being dumb they have the means of doing it the Central Banks have acted theyve made money available theyve cut Interest Rates below 0 governments are not as huge fiscal packages and theyre this is where we end that difficulty and some countries are better at this in others. But a positive sign in spain which is recorded its lowest daily increase in new cases since the state of emergency was declared 6 weeks ago the Spanish Health ministry has recorded 268 new coronavirus deaths along with 518. 00 new infections reported this to the u. K. Where Prime Minister baraks johnson is leading his 1st weekly Cabinet Meeting since falling ill with coronavirus he and his top ministers are on to extra pressure off the new figures released on wednesday pushed the death toll there to more than 26000. 00 which is now the 2nd highest in europe after italy for more whats expected at todays meeting need is in london to take us through this i mean the Prime Minister coming back off his corona virus infection has just had a baby as well and now it will get serious again the real hard work. Thats all right if you look at he looks like things were pretty hard for boys johnson like you said after that close stint with coronavirus recovering of course and now he has become a parent again he was hoping that this would be the start possibly of paternity leave but the country needs its chief Decision Maker perhaps more than ever before all were hearing though is that there are potentially divisions within the cabinet over when and how to lift restrictions imposed johnson in his 1st job really back in the chair leading those Cabinet Meetings is to decide what exactly to do next all we are likely to see is the Prime Minister later on in the day behind the podium at the downing street press Conference Briefing saying exactly when restrictions will be lifted we may have an indication of how but oh im restrictions may start to be easy but an actual date seems to be some way off the government is very concerned given the figures that the u. K. May soon become the worst effect. Country in the year in europe the last thing it wants to do now is to ease things too fast and too soon to risk the possibility of a 2nd or potentially 3rd spike in cases 6 actually 3 months since the World Health Organization an ounce an International Health emergency calling on all governments to do Everything Possible immediately in the absence of a vaccine to mitigate the effects of the virus so than the government of being accused of being distracted by breaks it happened only a day after that statement was given by the w. H. O. Boris johnson was also accused of not appearing at 4 out of 5 emergency meetings to deal specifically with the effects of the corona virus and now he and his government are under pressure to explain exactly what its measures have been and what its measures will be Going Forward and when it comes to the all important question of testing well the government had promised that by midnight tonight 100000 tests would be carried out a day according to the government on wednesday 7310000 tests happening it looks like it could well miss the target although the Health Secretary but one cog has 100 pounds resting on reaching that target the government clearly very much stretched into proving that it can deal with this problem can deal with this crisis Going Forward as it has promised so sure Boris Johnson most certainly has his work cut out the back with the update from london thank you some interesting news coming from the u. S. The top Health Advisor bears confirm they are seeing progress in trials with the antiviral drugs. Dr Anthony Fauci says the average Recovery Time has been cut in 15 days to 11 u. S. National institutes of Health Reports the mortality rate also dropped from 11 and a half percent to 8 percent. For the 1st time in 2 months south korea has no new domestic cases of coronavirus eased restrictions have also allowed the Buddhist Community to celebrate but as birthday or macbride as more from seoul weve been seeing numbers of around 10 new cases per day being reported sometimes down and to Single Digits and we know that most of these cases have been coming from abroad people arriving into south korea the latest figures show that there have been 4 new cases but all of those cases have been from abroad so for the very 1st time we have no cases of local transmission so it is something of an achievement you have to say when you compare it to the height of the outbreak here the end of february south korea was reporting Something Like 900. 00 plus cases every day so to get it down to this has been a real achievement of the government here though the authorities are still advising caution as they would especially at the moment we do have what is a very actually a very busy travel period we have several Public Holidays by coincidence all forming very close together so people are using this opportunity especially after being cooped up for so long in coinciding incidentally with beautiful spring weather to take breaks for the 1st time for many many of them for many weeks its difficult obviously still to travel outside of south korea but people are going to domestic destinations resorts around the coast we know that planes are busy so theres the domestic terminals and some of the hotels in the more popular resorts are completely full this thursday we are seeing buddhas birthday its a very Important National holiday here its being celebrated temples across the country but an indication of just how things are changing in previous years the high point of this celebration would be a carnival a parade through the streets of seoul at night time with lanterns attracting thousands of people well that has been delayed for a month with much simpler ceremonies taking place instead. In libya warlord Khalifa Haftar as an ounce to cease fire for the muslim holy month of ramadan hes been trying to take over the capital tripoli for years now is also learned that senior officials in the United Arab Emirates for to sit down to discuss military support for after all the 2000 support from shelob else. 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 after youd 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 would 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. Or wind up as a dictator or. 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 al jazeera 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 further support general haftar sudanese officials deny the report there learn and then 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 was also out on wednesday in Human Rights Watch report for a drone strike on a biscuit factory near tripoli in november 8 civilians were killed in nearly 30 wounded this is not the 1st time that it appears that you are. 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 shalah ballasts. More from mahmoud up the one had in tripoli as the u. N. Recognized government does not believe half there is committed to this ceasefire they say that have to force immediately after the announcement of his spokes man mcguinness mahdi of that sation of hostilities have to us forces targeted the city of them salon with heavy weapons and then the Government Forces returned the fire with heavy artillery fire. They say that the Government Military sources say that they cannot trust have to as forces announcement they say that this could be a kind of attempt by have to the forces to try to gain time and try to regroup rearrange their plans especially after this set back they suffered in the worst of libya especially after they lost control of several strategic cities along the highway linking the capital tripoli to the borders Amnesty International has released evidence of multiple violation of a u. N. Arms embargo in south sudan the organization sent investigators to 12 military camps in february they found new weapons can film and arms and continued use of child soldiers all violations of a peace deal that requires disarmament president salva kiir of the revelator it was shuffled to unity government in february. In the news ahead why Brazils Supreme Court has blocked the president s choice for the top job of police chief to fly past in a promotion for british war veterans it turns 100 captain tom moore who raised more than 37000000. 00 for the National Health service. How the weather is looking fine and dry for good parts of northern china now and pushing up across the Korean Peninsula and over towards japan still a chance of one of 2 showers into the fall north of japan nothing too much to speak up but they will be there nevertheless temperatures responding nicely to the sunshine tokyo getting up to 25 celsius asako similar values will still for salt getting up to 34 in beijing where it stays on the warm side and the same temperatures into the thirtys for shanghai recently cloud and rain will dampen down those numbers as we go through the next couple of days to 24 celsius as it has increased the wet across central parts of china out west the weather will continue to push a little further east was into the East China Sea but 28. 00 celsius brightens up by the time we come to sas day off to new hong kong should stay dry and fine temperatures here had around 29 celsius. We got dr fine whether its the central parts of india certainly on the hot side once again here southern areas we can get some very wet weather as we go on through the next day also some wet weather there just pushing up into carola still a chance to some showers through additional pushing up towards west bengal far more theist of india seeing some larvae downpours over the next perhaps not quite as wise but as they have been recently and you see the showers stay in place the bangladesh. You know route through the city in iraq and. Magic documents the stories of the survivors recording back hopes and dreams for a peaceful future after american troops withdrawal. But the conflict is far from over. He turns the camera on himself when i so take control and his family are forced to flee no where to hide a witness documentary on aljazeera. Route. Oh. Oh. The top stories on aljazeera this hour the european economy suffering its biggest hit on record shrinking 3. 8 percent so far this year 3 months its the eurozone state destruct since records began in 1905 and another indicator of the widespread economic devastation. U. K. Prime minister baraks johnsons leading his 1st weekly Cabinet Meeting since falling ill with coronavirus government under pressure after new figures pushed the number of deaths to more than 26000. And some positive news on the pandemic from south korea the 1st time in 2 months there have been no reported domestic cases struction have eased in the buddhist communities being allowed to hold events marking his birthday. Hospitals around the world of found themselves short of ventilators which save the lives of patients who suffer the worst symptoms of covert 19 carter is among the countries that are making their own ventilators as this report from here into. Meat save the event later many factor here in doha this machine is equipped with sensors to alert medical staff in case the long functions of a coronavirus patient are deteriorating. 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 90 the emir shifts i mean been hammered out than he 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 u. S. Based laser and optics that bottle a ship produced savor his highness to become a golf tourney requested the ministry of defense to source and manufacture a ventilator and his own holdings were. Passed 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 coronavirus it has sent 2 field hospitals to italy and shipped medical supplies to china iran and algeria the hope now is to produce war ventilators to send all over the world as the pandemic continues to spread. The u. S. Economy is falling deeper into one of its most severe recessions in 50 years decade of growth has been wiped out in just 3 months ranking in the 5 percent and there are concerns the crisis is only going to worsen this report from shepparton say. 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 its likely that these might be true in 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 have injected liquidity into the Financial System along with the stimulus passed by congress markets have been reassured in fact street ruse of to 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 pools for far bold action to help those who now find themselves without the money for rent mortgage is health care and food she see aljazeera. Officials in the u. S. State of florida are pushing ahead with their plans to ease some restrictions despite concerns about the threat of coronavirus the miami area has been particularly affected but Authorities Say they need to reopen floridas economy and again it has. Miamis ocean drive with its iconic on deco buildings never really season off season for weeks now its been deserted along with the normally packed beaches and pedestrian ice shopping areas of a city in lockdown. The cautious reopening of parks golf courses and the rain is is now under way though the state officials point to coronavirus cases showing a slight downturn floridas governor Rhonda Sanchez a close ally of President Trump says a careful reopening isnt complicated although on tuesday the state recorded its highest total of new deaths on a single day on wednesday dissenters announced what he called a safe smart step by step plan to reopen this new phase will start on monday may 4th and will for the time being exclude Miami Dade Broward and palm beach counties these counties have seen the lions share of the states epidemic but they are trending in a positive direction. Even as beaches and parks reopen in some parts of the state places like Miami Dade County continue to take precautions despite the governors optimism reopening isnt a one size fits all policy over a 1000 people have died of covert 9000 in florida a 3rd of them here in miami dade like many other states what this one is facing then is a patchwork of reopening and a continuation of restrictions here in miami beach the boardwalks open but the beach and playgrounds remain off limits its a similar picture in other hard hit cities as local authorities weigh the risks against getting the economy going again social distancing rules remain in place when restaurants are allowed to reopen they will operate at reduced capacity miamis messes if people dont follow guidelines washer restrictions will come back if we start to see a regression if were not respecting the rules. Then obviously not hesitate. To start restricting and thats one of the things that we want to avoid it any version of a new normal will also be a challenge logistically miami is a hub for the distribution of goods throughout the americas and restarting trade will be difficult its very complicated its. The critical its essential for us to understand what steps entails and how people interact with others while some can now carefully enjoy the states parks restaurants and beaches others remain under tight restrictions the reopening of some parts of the economy and continued closure of others is mostly in the hands of local leaders and the decisions are more crucial than ever and a gala crowd is there a miami florida. Brazils Supreme Court has blocked the president from nominating a close Family Member for the top police chief job president john bolton are fired the Previous Police boss last week and as a latin america editor in the cinema reports this ruling is actually just the latest in a series of political setbacks for the president to get millions of brazilians had overlooked scenarios massage and distant racist comments his religious fanaticism can decide to ration for guns during his Election Campaign because they believed he would wage a war against corruption but no longer on the same day the bulls are now to replace the countrys most popular Anti Corruption crusader former Justice Minister said joe mortals with his personal Legal Advisor the Supreme Court blocked his pick for federal police chief another close friend of the family the court argues the appointment would allow be inappropriate influence over Law Enforcement also natl is under investigation for alleged political meddling in Police Probes expect to kill essentially it since 2 of his 3 sons are also being investigated for bezel mint running a Fake News Network and other misdeeds the 3 deny any wrongdoing. The president whose middle name is messiah is also trying to brush off the soaring number of deaths from cold and 19 a lamented but would you expect me to do a messiah but i cant do miracles people waiting to receive emergency aid for the pandemic were outraged like myself out of a 100 follicle when he says so what at more than 5000 deaths it shows a psychopathic character a person you cant trust any more just one more will know they continue to be crazy hes a new emperor nero of the world i dont have much more to add. Also not his popularity has been plummeting c fired the Health Minister for trying to promote social distancing measures now with the death toll surpassing that of china brazilians have good reason to be worried about their president s legal and political problems detracting from the more pressing issue of keeping brazilians alive. You see in human aljazeera now the british world war 2 veteran who raised more than 36000000. 00 for the countrys Health Service has got a promotion there is a letter here from the chief of the general staff become very you will point to become the only curlew of Army Foundation college in harmony and peace an honorary colonel now captain tom moore receiving the honors on the eve of his 100th birthday where he was also given to military medals and to 2nd world war era spitfire planes before him to fly passed over his house as well to mark his birthday and to recognize his Fundraising Efforts he raised all that money by doing laps of his garden with the help of his walking from. Half past the hour on al jazeera these are the headlines the european economy suffering its biggest hit on record shrinking 3. 8 percent so far this year it is the euro zone steepest drop since records began in 1905 and another indicator of the widespread economic devastation also germany which is europes strongest economy announced its g. D. P. Is on track to shrink more than 6 percent over the whole hear more from john mccain in belin. You have a very clear sense building that at the european level in a macro sense but then also in the my crew sense here in germany the joblessness the Economic Indicators are looking very poor right now and the figures relate to the 1st quarter of the year and of course the pandemic only really took hold in march so what about it begs the question what about whats happening right now what about whats going to happen in may and in june and if the rest of the year for Prime MinisterBarak Johnson is leaving his 1st weekly Cabinet Meetings and falling ill with coronavirus the government there under pressure after new figures pushed the number of deaths to more than 26000 now the 2nd highest in europe after italy some positive signs in spain though which recorded its lowest daily increase in new cases since the state of emergency was declared 6 weeks ago the Spanish Health ministry has also recorded 268 new coronavirus deaths now for the 1st time in 2 months theres been no new domestic cases recorded in south korea restrictions it eased and the Buddhist Community has been allowed us to hold events to mark his birthday the libyan warlord who for half his announced a ceasefire for the muslim holy month of ramadan after forces recently lost ground to the forces fighting for the un recognized government based in tripoli and Amnesty Internationals release evidence of multiple violations of a un arms embargo in south sudan organizations and 12 investigate his 2 military camps to 12 military camps in february they found new weapons concealment of arms and continued use of child soldiers which are all violations of a peace deal that requires disarmament president salva kiir and rebel leader erect much i formed a unity government in february. Theres your headlines on aljazeera shows you next with the latest inside story. Back out on the story protesters in london on targets 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 code