A country out of its economic spiral. And put Us Birthday Party has been postponed will suffer the South Koreans will have to wait until next month to celebrate. The sport paris man is set to be crowned champions in france is the Domestic League season is cancelled. Just 1500 hours g. M. T. Will start this news in the United States where the economic numbers just keep getting worse the u. S. Labor department has released yet another bleak unemployment report more than 3800000 americans filed for benefits in just the past week taking the total number of jobless to more than 30000000. 00 over the last 6 weeks the Unemployment Rate hold it around 3 and a half percent between december and february but in my. Watch it jumps to a 2 and a half year high of 4. 4 percent thats roughly more than 7000000 people the state governments now begin to restart their economies the easing lockdown measures all the hoff of the 50 states including florida or partially reopened by the end of this week as the Johns Hopkins dashboard shows at least 1000000 people in the u. S. Of contracted the virus the 61000 people have died in just a few moments well take you live to algiers gablers on the who is in rainy new york you have more of the cities that are planning to reopen their economies but 1st lets speak to our white house corporate correspondent kimberly how could for reaction to those new unemployment numbers which make for pretty grim reading kambli. Very grim as the number is expected to continue to rise in terms of the millions of americans filing for unemployment claims for at least a few more weeks overnight predicted that up to 46000000 lost their jobs and this is not good for a u. S. President who is trying to win reelection who was expecting to ride to reelection with historically low unemployment numbers now we have historically high given the time that this happened and the time period now the u. S. President for his part is likely to continue to try and paint a rosy picture in terms of recovery were watching very carefully he is set to meet at this hour with the new jersey governor in the oval office but we can tell you that the president has been continuing to predict that there will be a quick recovery that is not something that economic analysts say because you have to remember well these social distancing measures were put into place across the board for 90 percent of the United States the reopening is going to be phased and gradual and so the recovery is as expected to mirror that now already weve seen protests across the country of americans that are frustrated that want to get back to work but again the many of these jobs simply arent going to be there and thats why we expect that these unemployment numbers will remain high for some time all right kelly but i think sometimes there is some White House Correspondent kimberly how could that live for us in washington lets go well a little further up the coast there is giving us on those in a rainy new york tell us gave about the plans of some of these states that want to reopen their economies as quickly as possible. Yeah there are states in the Middle America in the midwest particularly that are talking about reopening in the next week or so theres also other states such as georgia and florida that are talking about reopening as well they all want their economies to be restarted again. Because the states just dip devastated their economies a lot of these states that are opening up particularly in the midwest are ones that have not been hit as hard as new york and new jersey and some of the other states but theres a real worry and its really controversial because a lot of Health Officials saying by reopening some of these states it could lead to a burst of more cases in areas that havent been hit as hard as well as perhaps a 2nd wave of coronavirus cases as well. To their new york tell us about the situation in that state as far as the coronavirus is concerned the number of people who have the infection the number of people who died. Yet there are more than 300000 people just in the state of new york. That have confirmed with coronavirus and there are about 23000 that have died why we are here and this is the real story thats happening right now here is behind us is a beautiful home and overnight dozens of decomposing bodies were found inside this funeral home presumably people that have died for from coronavirus cases coronavirus in the last week or so and they were brought here and apparently the funeral home their refrigerator and unit that keeps preserves the corpses of the people broke and so they were just putting bodies of people in in trucks. The police were called they are still on scene here it was just a grim grim Situation Police are saying as many as 40 to 50 bodies of people were in there. Overnight it just gives you an idea that even though the curve is flattening in new york and even though that this is a city and state that are presumably being told coming out of this and the worst is behind us here it still gives you an idea of how far. The state has to come and how desperate the situation is especially for Funeral Homes and more its there are just over overwhelmed out of there as k. Brill elizondo reporting live from new york many thanks indeed. As we reported a few moments ago florida is one of the u. S. States pushing ahead with plans to ease some lockdown restrictions the miami area has been particularly badly affected by local leaders there saying they need to reopen the economy and soon and he gallica reports. Miamis ocean drive with its iconic on deco buildings never really sees an 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 marinas is now under way though and state officials point to corona virus 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 to santas 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 ones 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 caution restrictions will come back if we start to see every gresham if were not respecting the rules then obviously you will 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. 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 agalloch road is there a Miami Florida or across the atlantic the euro zone economy has been suffering with its biggest losses since records began in 1905 economic output in the 1900 countries that use the euro shrank by 3. 8 percent between january and march europe strongest economy germany announced a steep fall in jobs in april the 1st real sign of the Economic Impact of the pandemic the number of unemployed has risen by more than 300000 the German Government has already predicted that its g. D. P. Is on track to shrink by more than 6 percent this here officer is dominic cain has been monitoring developments across the e. U. From berlin. We know that the e. U. As a whole germany also have put in place the measures they think that can help to ride through the storm as it were that the pandemic represents and they say here in berlin at least they say we expect the economy to roll back in 2021 but of course thats based on projections thats based on them inferring that they will not be a 2nd wave of infection or indeed a 3rd wave of infection which would force them to put in stringent lock downs again here in berlin right now Angela Merkel is chatting to the different Prime Ministers of the 16 states of the federal republic most of whom want her want the government here to allow much greater easing of restrictions economically and yet they are all aware that the Scientific Data that goes with coronavirus well it suggests that loosening too quickly might bring a 2nd wave so all these economic numbers coming out right now will they relate to the 1st quarter of the year and the pandemic only struck home in march this year which begs the question how much damage is happening to the e. U. Economy right now in april and that will come in may and june and of course at the moment all they can do the officials the ministers is put in place the measures theyve already agreed upon. Spains Health Ministry has recorded 268 new deaths from covert 19 that along with 518 new infections from reported thats the lowest daily increase since spain declared its state of emergency 6 weeks ago. There with the news out from syria still to come on the program find out why the United Arab Emirates could find itself on a financial watch list along with syria and yemen. A fly past at a promotion for a british war veteran who raised more than 37000000. 00 for the National Health service of the u. K. As he turns 100. 00. On his force itself Health Advisor in the u. S. Tells an l. L. B. Star how they can get back to playing baseball during the pandemic thats coming up a little later with. Lebanons government has approved a financial reform plan for its crisis his economy its been under pressure to act after demonstrations were held in several cities for a 3rd straight night from minister has and the ad has been revealing details of the plan which parliament will need to approve. Well. For about you know this plan as a stepping stone we can build our future we will continue with our request to do you know m. F. And willing gauge seriously with our creditors as a result we will reduce the burden of dept on shoulders of citizens at the same time we will present discipline to our partners here and beyond i call them all lebanese to consider tuesday a turning point to a Brighter Future the road ahead will not be easy but the plan will help us to overcome obstacles ahead if we are all united we will achieve success lets go live out of beirut 00 how to tell us more about the Prime Ministers plans and. Well the plan is to reach out to the International Monetary fund for Financial Assistance for at least 10000000000. 00 this is a country in a state close to bankruptcy its been blamed on years of corruption years of mismanagement dieppe took office a few months ago and they have been struggling to put together a plan but many economists have been telling them the only realistic option you have is to reach out to the i. M. F. Politicians were reluctant to do that because that would involve a painful conditions maybe more taxes and already the lebanese people are suffering due to this dire economic and financial crisis but it will also involve carrying out Structural Reforms that changing the structure of the state many politicians do not want to see that happen because they will lose control of the states resources which they have been accused of exploiting for years so negotiations with the i. M. F. Are to begin the Prime Ministers talking about restructuring the Banking Sector as well which was really a vital sector in the lebanese economy but bankers are up in arms theyre saying what this government is trying to do is change lebanons free market economy because theyre thinking about taking deposits or his money in banks already there are informal capital controls and play. Yes but what there was a leaked document suggesting the government. In fact some of the. 50000 and above annually over the past 5 years though the Prime Minister did not mention this in his speech so its still not clear if this will happen so the Prime Minister saying that he wants changes he wants to fight corruption but people are asking whether or not he can do that because hes a man who came to power he was brought to power by some of the politicians who have been governing this country for decades is the Prime Ministers plan going to be enough to calm the anger of people the people whove been out on the streets protesting for months now well people are protesting for a number of reasons but the latest reason is the fact that the local currency the euro has devalued on the black market due to a shortage of dollars and we heard jeff say that this is the responsibility of the central bank to fix the Exchange Rate of the dollar what people would what it wanted to hear was how the government is going to control the Exchange Rate and how the government is going to control inflation the economy minister just a few days ago himself acknowledged that theres inflation a rise in prices by 50 percent the Prime Minister a few weeks ago visit to a supermarket and he said that they would control the prices and theyve done theyve done nothing in that sort so people are not really eased or their concerns have not been eased by the latest government announcement many thanks indeed says that a lot of the reporting. From beirut. Well return to the coronavirus pandemic in a few minutes but 1st lets take a look at some other stories making news right now germany has banned the iran backed Hezbollah Group and designated it a terrorist organization Police Conducted Early Morning raids across the country and detained suspected members the government has been facing pressure from the u. S. And israel to ban despite. The libyan warlord announced a cease fire during the fasting month of ramadan earlier his forces launched a rocket attack on a medical facility after us forces and trying to take the capital tripoli for a year now aljazeera has shot a palace reports. This is the aftermath of a grad missile hitting a house complex near tripoli on winston morning one person died and at least 5 were injured libyas un recognized government lay blame with warlord general. 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 terrorists militias who face an immediate in very severe response will be labeled a terrorist militia is actually the un recognized government this week it accused tuft of a coup after he declared himself a leader by popular mandate and ended peace talks with them the un reacted stinney we stand against any unilateral measures that would pretty jeopardize. We. Have to control the Eastern 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 a general is not going to win. Or wind up as a dictator or. Where we. Rise up and get into the place. Its an intractable conflict with both huffed and the tripoli government receiving support from multiple nations feel that feeds the conflict one of have to is 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 hafta 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 u. A. E. Is firing from drones in libya at targets with disregard for civilians last year general have to code ramadan the month of jihad this year its the month of peace with their own not his cease ation of a still if hes lost his ambitions to control libya fully remain shelob alice. The u. E. S. Foreign ministry is calling on all sides in the libyan conflict to come to the table for a political solution its raised a statement condemning turkish intervention and praising the wall of Khalifa Haftar for what it calls combating terrorism well heres a look at the situation on the ground in libya which has been divided by warring factions since the overthrow of longtime leader Moammar Gadhafi 9 years ago the various forces back one of 2 rival administrations the u. N. Recognized government in the capital tripoli controls the area in blue award Khalifa Haftar form the self declared Libyan National army controls the areas in red fires also the Prime Minister of the government of national a cold thats the u. N. Backed one in tripoli while half those administration is based in the eastern city of 2 broke his forces have been trying to capture the capital tripoli for a year but havent succeeded beyond the citys outskirts sorry hamdi is the editor in chief of the International Interest of Current Affairs analysis magazine with the to get a focus on the middle east he says that the timing of the ceasefire isnt just about ramadan. Hes calling a ceasefire now because the tide of the tripoli offensive has altered now his 2 main bases the spine of the tripoli offensive is now under siege thats what the air base where the supplies come in from the east and out of one or both of these bases are holding out but it seems have there is concern that he might not be able to hold on to them for much longer but more importantly have to believe that domestically the situation in the east needs attention he has to cement his authority in the east he responded 1st by declare making a unilateral declaration saying that he would rule libya by popular mandate this was a bid to cut off any potential opposition that might take advantage of the reversal in the offensive there is talk that he is pursuing some sort of constitution of course i state a government this idea of trying to create a stable government to present to as opposed to the chaotic government as he wants to put it in the g. N. A. T. And i think this is the trajectory in which he is going and this is why were seeing this ceasefire here he wants to protect what the anti who want to he wants to regroup he wants to go clean up the mess in the east ideal asylum is trying the head of the house of representatives has been trying to get tribes to go on his side against have to have their wants to put a pause to the tripoli offensive go clean up the mess before he returns actually today to renew that offensive. Thanks national watched aug warning that the United Arab Emirates isnt doing nearly enough to crack down on Money Laundering and terrorist financing the paris based Financial Action Task Force Says the u. A. E. Could find itself on a watch list along with countries like syria and yemen unless it improves smith reports. Dubai is slowly reopening some businesses that have 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 knighted Arab Emirates investigators from the paris based Financial Action Task 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 he does have a system whereby we look at countries with continued and significant strategic divisions is there 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 roadmap 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 buys addressing that with me shining a 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. So that there is a trade off or even. If the usa 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 but its meant. The International Criminal court says that it has jurisdiction of the palestinian territories and that there are enough grounds to investigate crimes committed that clarification could lead to an investigation into allegations of war crimes against israel the courts top Prosecutor Says the areas include the occupied west Bank East Jerusalem and gaza israel is not a member of the i. C. C. Testino not in the yellow is a member of the legal team representing victims in gaza before the International Criminal court and he joins us now via skype from naples in italy so Fatou Bensouda the the i. C. C. Prosecutor said she is satisfied that there is a reasonable basis to initiate an investigation into the situation in palestine whats your reaction to that. And what the prosecutor just asked the chamber when i was going to put out a chamber to confirm that the court has jurisdiction on the situation in palestine mainly because palestine needs a state under the state of the International Criminal court. Is that barry important step for justice at International Level and for victims in palestine weve been waiting for justice and the for effective remedy seems to down 9 so all there are very High Expectations or more big themes youve got same dollar would say you know all of palestine before the court it was soon as possible an investigation in the chamber to all on to work to these requests of the prosecutor in the very next few weeks or months its what needs to happen before that can get underway. So now its up to the plate chamber to come that very high c. C. Has jurisdiction on the whole. Over the palestinian situation which means to confirm that what the particular exhausting and at the core that palestine needs a state under their own state going to be honest would be very surprised hes the coauthor but not of the possibility because palestine is not the 5 of the state opening to the trucking of coast into the peach dean its been not me that is faith but the maybe 2015 is a member of the bill all over the us and beyond the state department the softer pay d. F. S. The bills if you look at the savings it would be but oxy called to say that well its not a pot so it will not join the fight b. S. They go to the state of the International Criminal court so now its up to the trial judge to come for a 4th ballot simon state under their own statement and 2nd to confirm that the courts jews deeksha and all the time policy emphatically change the west Bank Including East Jerusalem and that the got to 3 i just want to clarify here because we said a few minutes ago the its National Criminal court says it has jurisdiction of the palestinian territory and thats not quite right from what youre saying that the i. C. C. Prosecutor says shes satisfied that thats me to say that the court will necessarily agree with. I know it because its not confirmed that his views diction today the prosecutor or summited had only said they show him on. Sunday shut up being a percentage of the court and by states that societies call i think spurs on whether the court has jurisdiction on the chamber to look or secure top to apply what recently shown and the particular thoughts hed be confirmed what they already say in december and january that because sure that the chamber should confirm that they have a jewish deeksha no on. The situation in question so now the next step is to let you know the chamber which to be honest its not a necessity because the prosecutor here thats not really needed out of its action about the chamber why because palestine has some 20 never further out into the situation its not a prosecutor but the psyche that will continue with an investigation warrant thought among any basic geisha even without but the particulars of the office of the prosecutor the saudi to request a de facto confirmation despite it was not necessary under the state you are right subject suggest to correct what we told you a few moments ago the i. C. C. Prosecutor says shes satisfied theres a reasonable basis to initiate an investigation its now up to the Pretrial Chamber to decide on territorial jurisdiction we could get a decision on that sometime in may dress in a good many thanks indeed for being with us thank you very much for the nation the arab league is condemning israels plan to annex parts of the occupied west bank in a Statement Issued after a Video Conference between Foreign Ministers the Organization Called the move a new war crime against palestinians israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is pushing ahead with the proposal after striking a deal with rivals when forming a unity government. Were going to weather update next here on the news hour then brazils president under pressure well have more on his latest political setbacks plus a new report says that 3 quarters of the worlds journalists are facing government restrictions or threats or trying to report on the pandemic and thats not the only hodell thats causing. An hour delay to the Olympic Games is leaving older competitors with an uncertain future thats coming up with joe in the spores. How the weather is generally set fabric across the middle east at the moment to send the case across much of the Arabian Peninsula still some shop shall is just sliding out of iraq into iran up towards caspian sea theyll make their way further a swiss pushing into techmeme astonished as but just maybe into afghanistan as well as we go through friday but as you can see for many thats a bit behind east of positive he will still see one of 2 showers as we go on through friday push on into sas they the showers will become fewer and further between dry across anika the worst 31 celsius here in doha with some increasingly warm sunshine as we go on through the next couple days with the winds falling somewhat lighter than they have been a recently but me a warm sunshine across northern parts of africa was saying the end of the showers there just around the Atlas Mountains northern parts of morocco and Northern Areas of algeria it is generally set that little colder there with him all the wind coming into benghazi temperatures here around 23. 00 degrees why the shallowest just around the ethiopian pushing down into kenya into somalia well see more of those showers to just flooding a little further south was but for johannesburg gorgeous autumn sunshine beautiful still weather here and it stays 5 and sunny as we go right through the coming days. In countries like mine people have been killed to be like william United States have privatized the old monk Public Function more this was a deal with saudi arabia things were done differently saudis are there are roads were they trying to britains will be all to help the process was due to low fuel rumsfeld was meeting saddam isnt that interesting the shadow on aljazeera. The latest news as it breaks with no treatment or vaccine for her and a virus volunteers who say theyll continue to provide the services they go to fight the disease with details coverage along without any planning for indias millions of lies and political. And fearless journalism from around the world for many coming to this place is the only chance they have to leave at least once a day. Early. The. It is good to have you with us hello Adrian Finnegan here in doha with the news out from out as they are up the headlines more bad news for the u. S. Economy is experiencing the worst recession in the years since 2008 the number of people who filed for Unemployment Benefits in the last week has risen by 3800000 to around 30000000 since the pandemic forced businesses to close last month. And the euro zones economy has suffered its biggest hit on record shrinking by 3. 8 percent in the 1st quarter of the year its at is an steepest drop since records began in 1995 for the other indicator of widespread economic devastation that. The lebanese government has announced details of a plan to rescue its crisis hit economy Prime Minister has on says that hell seek support from the International Monetary fund leaders upon the pressure to act with protests turning violent for a 3rd straight line. One on our top story those dismal unemployment numbers out of the u. S. Lets bring in our own surgeon up and minneapolis minnesota hes a labor economist who served on the u. S. President s council of economic advisors from 2016 to 2017 what do you make of those dismal figures. Oh the u. S. Labor market its been battered this is 6 week of multimillion dollar multimillion new claims. 30000000 claims over the last 6 weeks. Its really a historic leap that it and you know it its. For millions and millions of American Families the president seems to think that were in for a v. Shaped recession here that the economy will bounce back in the 3rd particularly the 4th quarter of this year do you share his optimism well i hope thats right that would be that would be wonderful. Spirit there is a very real risk that its not going to happen youre not going to spring all the way back to where we started in the were in for you know i think it certainly will have some recovery that is pretty quick once the. Stay at home orders are lifted or loosened but until we really get the Public Health challenge under control with vaccine or her treatment or very widespread testing and Contact Tracing you know were going to be living under this. World with where its harder to do business and more expensive to do business ready and riskier and so it is going to depress the economy for a while whats it going to take to get some of those 30000000 people back into the into the jobs that they have lost is the government going to have to offer further incentives. Yeah. I think the most important thing is to deal squarely with the Public Health challenge and to right now in the u. S. We dont have very widespread testing so its very hard for us to tell who its safe d to be out in the Community Working and who needs to be home getting care or in the in health care so they get in care or be isolated because theyre contagious so under those conditions where were kind of blind we cant its not safe to have people circulating broadly so i think again the 1st thing is to throw every productive resource we have at the Public Health challenge to improve our ability d to tell you know whos ill and needs care and whos healthy and can work. And that means a big investment in testing and Contact Tracy and mast and p. P. Even other techniques to keep our Healthcare System robust. The 2nd thing is to making workplaces safer so that people can go back to work without making the pandemic worse and that requires a big investment in Occupational Safety and how there are companies to invest in changing the way that work is done and making the workplace safer require that happen across many you know millions of work places all across the country and its you know uncharted territory for a lot of a lot or coming so its not a simple address ok good so too many thanks data on so join other in minneapolis. Thank you. The Worlds Largest organization of professional journalists as the reporters worldwide a facing a crisis because of the pandemic 3 in 4 journalists dealing with government restrictions or threats while covering the outbreak 2 thirds of staff and freelance journalist say their working conditions are getting worse because of pay cuts cancel commissions and job losses for freelancers as those who are not full time employed by one particular company its especially bad nearly everyone is either lost money or Job Opportunities while the half of journalists say that theyre suffering from stress and anxiety and one in 4 says they dont have any protective gear to work in the field especially jeremy dhea in brussels hes the deputy general secretary at the International Federation of journalists a certain extent jeremy the current virus pandemic and the difficulties that its brought has merely exacerbated the problem but it was getting worse for journalists in the 1st place. Its a has the Media Industry had been going for a decade through a very difficult time that had been job losses that had been closures have been big technological changes but what it has done nased greatly speed up the situation faced by maybe media but it has also enabled governments to bring me new restrictions and new legislation and new ways all siphoning independent voices and what i have so that we released today showed walls in countries like across the world that were newly go restrictions that was on the facial obstruction journalists were being assaulted journalists will be arrested trying to do. That press policies were not being recognised they were being denied access to last questions of press conferences a whole range of new measures that all exacerbating a crisis that was already that just at the very time that citizens need access to a dependent maybe from asia are there any Organization Organizations who are. Looking to assist journalists as they deal with the potential the precious the particularly the pandemic has brought about. Yeah absolutely i mean there is a theres a whole Media Freedom community but in 99 percent of countries around the world there is also a Journalists Trade Union which is the professional organization of journalists and many of these organizations have special funds to help out in situations where journalists of last word or a suffering poverty unable to be bills theres a lot of health and safety advice theyre all unions that are distributing mosques and protective equipment themselves because employers or governments have not been able to make that kind of equipment available there are a unions who are helping people set up computers to be able to work. More provide the resources they need to carry on reporting so theres an enormous effort by journalists themselves to try to ensure that they can carry on doing their job at this point when its a vital for the citizens could start to germany thanks jeremy that there that the deputy general secretary of the International Federation of journalists as youve heard on the news hospitals around the world have found themselves short of ventilators which can help to save the lives of patients who suffer the worst symptoms of covert 19 counts is among countries making their own ventilators this country grapples with large increase increases in the number of new cases are serious hashim about all reports now from here into the. Meat save the event to later many factored 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 kovi 19 the emir shift 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 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 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 jasper to acquire ventilators to ease the pressure on hospitals but officials here say qatar wont face any shortages. And as the country steps up 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. Brazils Supreme Court has blocked the president from nominating a close family friend for the job of Senior Policeman president jabal sonora fire the previous Senior Police officer last week and as a latin america and its understand human reports the ruling is the latest in a series of political setbacks for bulls and. Millions of brazilians had overlooked. Massage honest and racist comments his religious fanaticism and its adoration 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 code 19 days alone into it but would you expect me to do a messiah but i cant do miracles people waiting to receive emergency aid to 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 anymore just one more will not be continues 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 since he 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. Aljazeera a british world war 2 veteran has raised more than 36000000. 00 for charas he has got a promotion there is a letter. From the chief of the general staff. Your appointment to become the only colonel of the Foundation College of inherently captain Tom Morrissey of the ana on the eve of his 100th birthday he was also given to military medals. Really. Know most. People to put in who were. Talking take. Here. For the 1st time in 2 months south korea has reported no new domestic infections of coronavirus april 30th marks but as 1st day but celebrations upon perspire and until the end of next must use the lockdown bride reports from seoul. Daughters birthday celebrated with prayers for this pandemic to be over but held as though it is still a threat from the start of the outbreak south koreas buddhists have closely it here to the governments request to scale back on all forms of worship which is to take on that and more buddhists especially have been actively following the governments social distancing guidelines as we do not want to cause any harm to others. This reflects the philosophy of buddhism that we care about people it is very different to how buddhas birthday is normally celebrated in the day. This was last year an impressive parade of floats with thousands of spectators and people taking part. This year a far more subdued affair the centerpiece a pogo day representing the bringing together of peoples minds to overcome the crisis. Some say the virus amused to see our failure to coexist with view and they could be more events like this in the future but the buddhist practice is to train our minds to be calm and peaceful this year buddhas birthday coincides with other Public Holidays with Many South Koreans taking the chance to go out or go on a short holiday after weeks of staying put airports and domestic flights are all busy as people travel to local resorts its raise concerns about a path. The resurgence of the virus especially after reaching the milestone of 0 new cases of local transmission but similar fears were raised 2 weeks ago when millions of South Koreans came out to vote in National Elections special precautions were put in place to allow the vote to happen safely and now at the end of what would be the incubation period for new cases that resurgence hasnt happened buddhist pres here may have been a. Bright aljazeera so. Just ahead here on the news with france and another one scrapping the football season is there a way back for Englands Premier League joel thomas in just a few months. Youre. Again time to sport history adrian thank you the French Football League has now confirmed the season has been cut short and that paris sunshine might have been declared champions p. S. G. Were 12 points clear when the action stopped with 10 rounds of games left to play but bad news for im in toulouse who have been relegated to the 2nd division as they were at the bottom when the standings were frozen its also been announced that the new french season will start on aug 22nd presumably behind closed doors because the government has banned gatherings until september. Its looking more and more likely that italy will follow france in cutting short their football season clubs in italys top set a division will be allowed to start training next week for the country sports minister of unchained so spadafora thinks it will be wise to focus on next season and write this one off he predicts most couple says feel the same way. Resuming training does not mean receiving the season if we dont want uncertainty then we need to follow the path of fronts and that the netherlands and of many other countries which have already shut down football if i were the president of a club i would think about planning for next season which starts at the end of august certainly the path to syria restarting is very narrow in the coming days there will be a League Meeting and i think that we could have a surprise because i think there could be a majority of president s ready to ask for the season to be ended still leagues in england germany and spain are pressing ahead with plans to restart action but a. P. Sports correspondent Robert Harris told us that the decision may ultimately not lie in the hands of football fish oils. Just shows the conflicting advice and decisions being taken across the continent and it makes it difficult for late to try to plan their resumption of competitions when ultimately its the governments that will take the decision on whether Mass Gatherings can be shared and Mass Gatherings will include hundreds of people that are required football stadiums so that you do get the risk of infection spreading so youre also getting potentially government allowing players to regime training but what were discovering from across europe is that doesnt necessarily mean that games can resume and for all the speed that leads of rushing towards trying to get start dates in that direction governments will take the stations ultimately helps their hands if they decide that lock downs and social distancing need to continue and be extended and the clay is obviously some of them will be missing football theyll be struggling lockdown away from that scene mates but also they have Health Concerns they know you that it may also be back on focal pitch they get and theyre going to have to be tested very regularly for quite a bit 19 in spain thats all they need testing englands also planning a max testing in the premier league and that comes at a time when this theyll shortages of coronavirus test in wife society and spanish Ways Association didnt say it would look bad if the testing is still scattered in white decides a and yet foot warmers seem to have access to hundreds maybe thousands of tests so they can be tested regularly because teams are going to have to maintain a sterile environment not only training but also around the stadiums as well. The u. S. Is top Health Advisor says Major League Baseball could come back this summer barring any major current virus outbreaks dr anthony found she has a Washington Nationals fan laid out the scenarios in an interview with the teams 1st baseman ryan zimmerman. As we start trying to get back to normality and pulling back on some of the strict mitigation you know we have a 3 phase way to get back to normal for if you get past the checkpoint the gate way you know kind of like the Minor Leagues before you get into the big leagues then you go to phase one and then if you do well you go to face 2 and then face 3 if we do that successful and theres no major outbreaks i could foresee any of a number of scenarios one of the scenarios would be something that i know is not pleasing to the players like yourself is to at least get the fans to see it on t. V. You know get the play is all tested so they may get in the not going to infect each other let them go to a place a few places we could play ball and play and watch it on t. V. Thats one option the next option is to do the same thing but if things are really low to restrict the number of people in a stadium the next thing every 5th seed or every 4th seed that could be done and then the best of all is if things really work out rel you can have a regular season but i hope that theres some form of baseball this summer even if its just t. V. And i and i do that for i feel that strongly one because im an avid baseball fan but also i mean its for the countrys Mental Health to have you know the Great American past time we seem to its the players like yourself that dont have a lot of years left if you want to lose another year right its for the rookies who are coming up who waited all their wives since high school to do this were getting a season taken away from them and as for the people who are on a roll you know like many of the players on the mets that you want to keep going so theres so many reasons to want to do that. Well with the take care lympics delayed until next year its left a lot of uncertainty for older competitors who sporting careers are coming to an end but. She is one of those the 35 year olds ty was planning to retire after taking over says for now hell keep training and hopes to make it to the next years games although this doubts about whether theyll be able to go ahead after japans Prime Minister said on wednesday it would be impossible to hold them if the pandemic isnt contained and i know how they got more while. Others may think that its an advantage that we have another year to prepare ourselves but actually we had everything planned for this year that plan has collapsed and we have to start over the next year i originally planed to end my career after this years Olympic Games as im getting older is the olympics has to be perspiring for another 2 to 3 years i would just give up my place in the games. 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