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As. We read in the u. S. Where unemployment skyrocketed in april saying the biggest spike in close to 90 years tens of millions of jobs were wiped out across the country this coronavirus lockdowns battered the economy lets take a look at those figures for unemployment surged to 14. 7 percent it was just 4. 4 percent back in march 20 point 5000000 jobs were lost in april along the worst losses since the Great Depression which began in 1929 and it far exceeds the 2008 global recession where 8700000 jobs were wiped out the White House Correspondent Kimberly Hawk and joins me now kimberly just put these unemployment figures into context for us. Well they certainly are not what this administration wanted to hear and i can tell you the u. S. President is trying to put a positive spin on these numbers acknowledging that they are unacceptable and also well he didnt address it directly certainly we have to point out that these numbers reflect all of the gains that he created in terms of jobs thats coming into the white house thats all been wiped out so thats a problem for a u. S. President trying to win reelection so i understand a believe the u. S. President is trying to put a positive spin on it this is something thats been echoed by his Economic Advisor larry kudlow speaking to reporters in just the last hour or so talking about how they believe that these 1st 3 quarters of this year are likely to be bad and thats certainly what weve seen in the numbers so far whether its the markets whether its the job losses the unemployment claims but theyre projecting optimism that they believe that the final quarter of this year could be positive they see this as very temporary in nature in terms of the job losses i can tell you that is in contrast to many business analysts that believe that this recovery will not be a swift why and while we lost jobs in the United States in a matter of weeks the recovery could take months or years and 1st it was President Donald Trump now were hearing reports one of the Vice President stock has apparently tested positive for covert 19 what can you tell us. Yeah this is a breaking story here on the campus of the white house what we understand is that its been widely reported that a member of the Vice President s staff mike pence has tested positive for covert 19 now the reason this was uncovered was that we noticed there was a delay in the Vice President s travel schedule but the delay was about an hour from joint base andrews where they take off from for his trip to iowa and now were told that nobody on the trip had cope at 19 and tested positive but the reason for the delay was the concern that there could be other positive Staff Members this is now is a trip thats under way but this comes just one day after learning that a member of President Trump staff a valet this is somebody who helps serve meals and get the president s clothes ready various sort of elite military unit that works here at the white house that he also tested positive now the u. S. President for his part did react to the news of his own staff member testing positive kind of shrugging it off as he spoke as he called in to fox news here in the United States saying that you know this is the kind of thing that happens what is notable about this is the u. S. President acknowledge hes not taken one of those tests to see if he has the antibodies in other words if he has perhaps already been exposed to the virus and pushed through it so this is something that he says that his administration is looking at moving forward no question we dont know if that is going to be the same for the Vice President s staff in fact so far the official staff of the Vice President has not reacted to this breaking news story thanks for that time we will of course start across that breaking story complete. House correspondent. Canadas Unemployment Rate has also shot up to 13 percent in april as lock down restrictions stalled the economy around 2000000. 00 jobs were wiped out last month the majority in the province of quebec its the worst rate that the country has seen since the recession of 1982 the government said most of the newly unemployed workers only temporarily laid off. Thousands of indian nationals are being repatriated from the middle east and Southeast Asia special flights are being chartered to bring that expats from singapore qatar the u. A. E. And saudi arabia the goal is to return at least 400000 citizens indian naval ships have also been deployed to bring people back from the maldives hundreds of thousands of indians have asked to be brought home after being stranded by Coronavirus Travel restrictions theres a big problem has more from new delhi. The 1st 2 flights touched down between the United Arab Emirates and the Southern State of care that on thursday night and more have followed today landing in the capital new delhi in india administered made this is whats being called phase one of a operation that will take all of may and maybe 15000 people will be brought home from 12 countries all in 64 flights but hundreds of thousands of indians have registered to come back to put that into context the United States is for patrick at Something Like 80000. 00 and european nations together Something Like 65000. 00 and its not just planes naval warships are involved to have arrived to bring Something Like a 1000 stranded indians back everyone to screened before and getting on these flights and train some people who have landed showing symptoms of coronavirus have been taken to special closed hospitals most of the people have to go into quarantine facilities for 14 days in their home districts that people who are pregnant women children under 10 i want to be allowed to go home but they have to self isolate there are some concerns though the government in the Southern State of carolina with so many indians abroad from has actually asked people not to come back on this they absolutely have to because theyre saying that they dont have the Health Infrastructure and testing kits and it has to be said that carola probably has some of the best Health Infrastructure in the country but this saying that they just dont have the Health Infrastructure in place for the hundreds of thousands just from kara who registered to come back and theres also criticism from some others who said that they have lost their jobs that they simply dont have the money to pay for these flights to come back. Staying in india 16 workers have been killed while walking home after losing their jobs during the pandemic they were crushed by a Freight Train and maharashtra after stopping to rest on the tracks and falling asleep the laborers were going home to their states of much help for dish hundreds of kilometers away most public transport is shells. To russia which is rapidly becoming a new hotspot in the Global Pandemic for 6 days in a row new cases have gone up by more than 10000 and moscows mayor is warning that the number of infections is far higher than official figures challah ballasts has more. That Russian Police and Fire Fighters patrolled the streets with instructions observe the corone teen take care of yourself and stay home as countries around the world start to open up much of russia is closing down case numbers have escalated to put it in the top 5 of the world with more than 177000 cases but most goes mia fears it may be even worse by the year for according to screening studies the entire number of infections in moscow ranges from 252300000 thats 3 times the official figure there could be a modest budget at the table and now we have to toughen the requirements for travelling through the city and for the cemetery protection of people starting may 12th they will be strict measures for using public transport and masks and gloves will be compulsory and public places. Moskos 11000000 residents will be allowed to leave home for essential services only with restrictions extended into the end of may the only exceptions affect trees and construction sites of which many will become medical facilities prefabricated clinics are being built next to 13 moscow hospitals and other getting urgent extensions moskos all russian exhibitions seem to is also being transformed into a Field Hospital before but when there is that here we will have patients of moderate severe itching we will not host seriously ill patients they will go to actual hospitals with more sophisticated and treats of care a quick matter to. Russia had avoided the exponential growth seen in other countries in. Last week of march it had 1000 total cases is italy in the u. S. So past 100000 president pollution sent troops to help initially now be needed at home. I think russia should be proud because when europe and the whole world was struck by the code 19 pandemic you came to lend us a helping hand and not surprisingly russia has had similar problems and this is admirable its all hands to the front line is russias battle against corona virus as well and truly arrived charlotte dallas. And the nations government is calling on beijing to respond to accusations that fishermen were works to death on board chinese vessels at least 3 indonesian men allegedly died on ships between december and march some of their coworkers say they were physically abused and forced to work for days without wrists jessica washington reports from jakarta. Underneath the sheet is the body of an intern asian fisherman its time for a quick prayer and then an unceremonious there well. Hes one of 3 indonesian crewmembers who died on the launching 69. 00 and its just a vessels members of the crew say the men all have the same symptoms swelling chest pain and breathing difficulties they also say the boats captain has refused to go to port to get them medical care. After more than a year working in the seas near the pacific nation of some oil the vessel arrived in south korea where the men had to go into quarantine as part of coronavirus measures. One of them died shortly after they arrived. The men were working for a Chinese Business the dolly and ocean Fishing Company they captured footage of their work which appears to show endangered species of fish being caught and shark finning a south korean legal team looking into the case believes the captain refused to stop the ship because of these illegal activities. You know. Its. The men say they were forced to work for more than 18 hours at a stretch and often for 2 full days with no rest they say they were under fed and often physically abused by the chinese senior crew the indonesian government says its speaking with authorities in beijing to investigate those claims. Of the fishermen who worked for the same Chinese Company on different vessels have returned home to indonesia with similar grievances. People that it is like slavery but because of the contract were forced to follow the orders of the captain and the company aljazeera has contacted the dalai and Fishing Company but it has yet to respond jessica washington aljazeera jakarta. Still ahead on aljazeera i need money though im just relying on unemployment. The stories of loss behind the u. S. Unemployment numbers we hear from one woman who went from having 2 jobs to having nothing. Fresh elections will take place in malawi after the countrys Top Court Upholds the end moment of the last years vote when. We got some very heavy right in the forecast for the Korean Peninsula over the next couple days big massive cloud which is in the process of spilling out of northern china this area of low pressure that will make its way across the yellow sea south korea seeing some heavy downpours then as we go through saturday possibly with some localized flooding and that wetter weather will eventually push on into q. C. To western parts of japan and right the way across japan as we go on through saturday into sunday some very heavy rain coming through his shoulder by the mountains i think for tokyo should be too bad temperatures here around 24 celsius but you will see some wet weather along with a kind of bright skies come back in behind northern parts of china fine and dry by the end of the weekend some wet weather there into southern parts of china pushing towards hong kong making its way to early part of next week setting i feel hot and humid as we go on through much of sunday hot and humid across a good parts of Southeast Asia not a disturbance out into the open waters here into the western side of the pacific thats going to run on towards the philippines as we go into the early part of next week heavy showers there for much of the region heavy showers to across southern parts of india at present further north the heat continues to build with more sunshine. Expelled from their base in jordan in lebanon and left in a political wilderness rebellion was rising in the ranks of the p. L. O. But was this just another inevitable step on the road to victory this is a fact of the long march to our cup that just for the conflict that would cost out a fight his leadership in life. Chronicling the turbulent story of the struggle for a palestinian home. P. L. O. History of a revolution on aljazeera. The. Youre watching out is there on her mind about top stories this hour u. S. Unemployment surged to 14. 7 percent in april the highest ratio almost 90 years new figures show that 20500000 jobs had lived out as lockdowns battered down. On the Worlds Largest International Evacuation missions has begun thousands of indian nationals to be contracted from the middle east and Southeast Asia on flights and navy ships. Russia is becoming the new global hot spots a cold that night for a 6th straight day new cases of gone up by more than 10000. Returning now to our top story the drastic job losses in the u. S. By the everyone of those grim statistics is a story of personal loss john hendren spoke to one woman from chicago who was working 2 jobs to make ends meet until the pandemic struck. Christiane montgomery had 2 jobs a Bright Future in the prospect of. A better life for her children i just want to enjoy life. Now about my kids. In a matter of weeks the coronavirus took it all away her employer gave her a pink slip a weeks notice and annoying doubt about ever recovering what she had a risk getting richer and or is it or are and if its just not fair its not fair shes one of more than 30000000 newly unemployed americans suddenly living in upside down American Dream millions of them more than any time since the Great Depression now line up that Unemployment Offices and food banks trading pride for porridge or whatever it is theyre serving today government aid is generally slow in coming here in illinois if you call the Unemployment Office they give you another number to call to file your initial claim you dial that number and generally this is what happens next. d d d month gomery wasnt just surviving she was achieving a Better Future for the next generation with a daughter in college his son in high school and another in daycare now all locked down in the home she owns she had minister grants for the us headquarters of the y. M. C. A. She used her masters degree in business to work a 2nd job as a financial in tax consultant i would like to go back to doing that work but at the same token im not going to get any clients now because nobody is going to reach out to me because of all and to rebuild that part of it thats going to take. And right now i need money though im just relying on unemployment. Its often said the virus targets indiscriminately but thats not exactly true especially on chicagos south side everybody just escaped. And i never knew that this is this virus that impacts so many lives youre more likely to get it if youre black and according to unemployment claims more likely to lose your job if youre a woman now christian on one gomery in millions of others are struggling each day to beat the virus on both counts john hendren aljazeera Chicago Police in the u. S. State of georgia have vowed to do Everything Possible to punish those responsible for shooting an unarmed black man the family of. Say he was out jogging when he was confronted by 2 white men who say they thought he was a burglar on the same place challenge to father and son with murder the charges come after a National Public outcry over a lack of action more than 2 months after the 25 year old was killed i will tell you that this case is an active Ongoing Investigation in fact or its this press conference breaks today these agents behind me of agents in the in the crowd who are here today to observe will continue their investigation theyre staying in this community theyre going to continue to work it and theyre going to go wherever the facts take them if in fact the facts take them to make another arrest in this case then they will do that. There have been protests in kenyas capital after city authorities demolished homes and shops Officials Say the buildings of one of nairobis most impoverished communities were on Government Land protestors erected barricades and set tires and cars on fire Police Responded with tear gas and bullets injuring at least one man rights activists have criticised the government for carrying out forced evictions during the covert 900. 00 crisis and while the country is under a nighttime curfew. Malawis high court has upheld the Lower Court Ruling that an old president putin with 30 because election victory last year with the rico was declared window with just 38 percent of the vote in may 29th narrowly defeating his main opposition rivals the result lead to months of protests led by the opposition are with us or has been following developments from harare. President peter has always insisted always said that he believed last years president ial election was free and fair by the Constitutional Court so they were just too many irregularities and some results were chains using typewriter correction fluid they ordered a rerun approach to Supreme Court hoping to overturn that ruling the court basically said he had no case and the judges said they thought that some of the reasons he gave in his appeal were not just to tishs they were clearly unprofessional and embarrass things another country is waiting for theres a rerun which could happen in early july thats if theres no delay because of a corona Virus Outbreak president ial candidates have already handed in the nomination papers and campaigning has essentially started it was interesting is that if you reach the another court stop the government from implementing a 21 day lockdown because of the coronavirus saying that while consultations need to take place what happened was that some human rights activists had come out and argued that a lockdown would negatively affect the poor in malawi many of whom work in the Informal Sector i mean who work in open air markets basically they stay home for 21 days they wont be able to eat so all those things will come into play in the weeks and possibly months to come the government to prepare for an election as well as trying to keep its citizens safe the judges also ruled that the next person who wins the election has to win by more than 50 percent of the vote and the original voters a role that was used in the last election has to be used again this time around and no new names can be added. France is expected to start lifting its lockdown on monday but not everyone is happy with that decision some saying thats too soon and others say its not fast enough that the reports. Charity food handouts in the paris suburb of Clichy Sous Bois many people here last would during the look down and without money coming in theyd struggle to feed their families get through this is really helpful because the cost of food these days is so high the french government is easing the lock down after 2 months but for some people here the worst is far from over. The lifting of the knock down would be difficult for some people because many havent been able to pay their bills or rent during this time and some landlords maybe get them. The end of the lowdown also presents challenges for teachers many schools will remain shot and some principals worry that getting children to socially distance is nearly impossible schools that are open will do so partially and with strict Safety Measures crossing out to be done less. Each teacher will have to wear a mask and i have ordered some facial. Despite the new regulations and risks asylum or is looking forward to welcoming customers again in her fashion shop in paris mosques will be compulsory and youll have to steam clean any clothes the her clients trial. I think business will be slow for a while many customers are still working from home others are scared to take public transport there are no tourists these days profits will be down by 50 percent as the french government will eases knelt down into phases so not all businesses and services will open on may the 11th in fact many of them will have to remain shot including balls cafes and restaurants. In the pig dressed southwestern town of lahore to call this Restaurant Owners have no idea when theyll be able to open and in what conditions they worry the social distancing rules will dissuade people from eating out i think at the start people will be scared to come even our regulars to a social distancing is hard in a restaurant sometimes we have 20 people here for coffee and they come in to have contact and be sociable its clear theyre trying to revive the battered economy and avoid a 2nd wave of infections wont be easy the government says it will continue to ease restrictions if all goes well but if corona virus infections rise a new lock down could be on the table Natasha Butler aljazeera. France 2 former u. S. Servicemen well a pair and a Venezuelan Court charged with attempting to overthrow the government there among 31. 00 people accused of trying to kill president Nicolas Maduro in an operation on sunday the countrys chief prosecutor made the announcement a short time ago a latin america editor they say in human has been following the story she joins us now live from santiago in chile lucier so whats the chief prosecutor been saying. Well hes been saying quite a bit and the most interesting thing of all is perhaps what he hasnt been saying but ill get to that in just a minute he did indeed say that 31 people have been implicated in ive been charged in what he calls a mercenary attempt to overthrow the government and kill innocent people in venezuela among them 2 americans former special forces members who were arrested on sunday when the incursion on canoes and ships or boats rather was was found out and among those people he says are also 22 other venezuelans some of whom are still at large but who they say will be captured in fact to war or according to the defense minister of court just a short while ago what he what he pointed out was that these men the americans would get a fair trial he said what would have happened if they had been arabs who are caught by americans and taken to abu ghraib prison for example he went on made a long list of the tortures and treatment that arab prisoners had received in abu ghraib including he said forcing them to eat their excrement forcing women to abort and killing them this he says would not happen in venezuela now that it is arguable considering that there are many many reports and testimonies from former and current Political Prisoners in venezuela will say similar things happened to them but the point is or that he was making is that this would not happen to the american prisoners who they are good would get a fair trial he also says that their International Arrest warrants have been issued for the 2 ringleaders the american jordan will draw and j. J. On both of whom are believed to be in the United States at this point because they cant be arrested in in venezuela so hes hoping that the International Community will help he says because these people are mercenaries and that they will be charged with terrorism in venezuela if they ever can get them. To send tens of the story just keeps going thank you for that and to see in human there that american editor. Despite spain having the 2nd highest number of infections in the world one small village has so far managed to stay virus free committed in a bar in the Southern Region doesnt have a single covered 19 case the town has a mostly Elderly Population and people there are praising the man if it keeping them safe Francisco Javier locals has been forced Strict Lockdown measures and hes even been delivering food medication and most. Will begin the target of enduring gunfire were a small town of 400. 00 neighbors its like a big family like a resilient city we all have to take care about souls from minute one the people will be recalled part of and stayed at home without leaving the town council put a cleaning plan in place and we quickly disinfected the entire you tell me between the help of one another weve tried to make the town free of the virus and so far we healthy like the bars never comes. Greek authorities said the country will open to tourists on the 1st of july popular results like santa really have been nearly empty since greece imposed a lot down at the end of march glass screens have been put up around sun lounges on beaches in anticipation of tourists return greece has one of the lowest infection rates in the europe with fewer than 7000 cases and 148 deaths. As of all battles a new kind of war with the crow virus europe is marking the end of one of the most brutal its been 75 years end of world war 2 germany conceded defeat most nations are in lockdown a number of leaders including frances a man you might call him and Germanys Angela Merkel attended closed ceremonies for victory in europe day. Chinas new prototype spacecraft has successfully returned to earth the capsule landed safely in the desert and china is in amman going to reach there was no crew on board for this test wrong but once it enters standard use the capsule will take astronauts to chinas space station which is expected to be completed in 2022. This is elves there are these are the top stories u. S. Unemployment surged to 14. 7 percent in april the highest ration almost 9000. 00 figures show that 20500000. 00 jobs were wiped out last month covered 900 lockdowns abetted the economy clearly how could has more from the white house certainly not what this white house wants to hear the jobs all of the jobs created since donald trump came into office and even the ones created by the Previous Administration barack obama those have all been wiped out and now theyre setting records in terms of the number of jobs lost not the records this administration is hoping to set now the u. S. 2 president has been talking about this trying to be optimistic saying that hes presided over what he calls the greatest a colony and that hes determined to bring it back one of the Worlds Largest International Evacuation missions as begun thousands of indian nationals are being repatriated from the middle east and Southeast Asia on flights and navy ships but many others say they cant afford to pay is the most the jobs russia is becoming the new global hotspot for covert 19 for 6th straight day new cases have gone up by more than 10000 and nieces government is calling on beijing to respond to accusations that fishermen will watch to death on board chinese vessels at least 3 indonesian man allegedly died on the ships between december and monch. 2 former u. S. Servicemen will appear and event as well in court charged with attempting to overthrow the government there among 31. 00 people accused of trying to kill the president in an operation on sunday. Alawis high court has upheld a Lower Court Ruling that an old president beat them with that he has election victory last year he was declared winner in may 2019 the result led to months of protests by the opposition. But he said the u. S. State of georgia say theyll do Everything Possible to punish those responsible for the killing of an unarmed black man and the family are. Say he was out jogging when he was confronted by 2 want men who say they thought he was a burglar. You have to die so those are the headlines dont go away the news continues here on al jazeera off the history of the revolution stay with us. The state of israel was proclaimed. Palestine was lost. 16 years later in 1964 the Palestine Liberation Organization or the p. L. O. Was. Made up of different factions the p. L. O. Has been at the heart of the struggle to regain palestine ever since