Moscow thanks for joining us today on r. T. International hawkins. Welcome to the program. Lets begin with the latest updates on covert 19 big lobel pandemic is into a new month those confirmed cases are still soaring that now surpassed 3300000 there is some hope that 1000000 people have recovered the grim number you can see though in terms of fatalities now stands at more than 234000. But we start right here in russia where Prime Minister has tested positive for corona virus becoming the highest ranking russian official known to be infected. It just became known that the tests that i took for corona virus gave a positive result in this regard and in accordance with the requirements i must self isolate and comply with the instructions of doctors i have to do this to protect my colleagues im planning to remain in active contact with my colleagues via phone and Video Conferences but yesterday it was reported that he had to see a High Temperature this night celsius but he leaves behind a
Actively denounced the u. S. For what it calls the illegal trespass of a warship off the shisha islands it doesnt stop there though china is now putting the United States on notice that its willing and capable to defend itself and then suggested that the United States should put aside its quote cold war mentality and take time instead to test and quarantine its sailors from further spread of covert 19 those are chinas words now this is a further escalation of the South China Seas controversy so let me help you visualize this ok lets do this lets go over to the map i want to show you 1st of all lets start by explaining where this ashish island is because most people look at this and theyre starting to wonder were talking about its right over here is part of the paris cell island by the way hes islands are tiny so its not like we could even show them on the map of we wanted to this ones off the coast of vietnam little furry. Theyre southeast of the Spratly Islands so these are the paraso
Actively denounced the u. S. For what it calls the illegal trespass of a warship off the she shot islands it doesnt stop there though china is now putting the United States on notice that its willing and capable to defend itself and then suggested that the United States should put aside its quote cold war mentality and take time instead to test and quarantine its sailors from further spread of covert 19 those are chinas words now this is a further escalation of the South China Seas controversy so let me help you visualize this ok lets do this lets go over to the map i want to show you 1st of all lets start by explaining where theres a shisha island is because most people look at this and theyre starting to wonder were talking about its right over here is part of a pair of cell islands by the way hes islands are tiny so its not like we could even show them on the map of we wanted to this ones off the coast of vietnam. A little further south these are the Spratly Islands and these are th
No more come on peter told me youre watching aljazeera live from our headquarters here in doha also coming up a record hit to the euro zone economy after lockdowns turned cities into ghost towns and plunged nations into recession. Also ahead a frustrated u. N. Secretary general lashes out at the World Leaders he says are falling short when theyre needed now more than ever. Lets get going we begin with the impact of the coronavirus on the worlds biggest economy almost one of the 4000000 people in the u. S. Applied for Unemployment Benefits support last week meaning more than 30000000 have made claims since march the Unemployment Rate hovered around 3 and a half percent between december and february but in march it jumped to 4. 4 percent some economists believe it could be as high as 20 percent when the figure for april is released next week hoping to begin clawing back some financial ground more than 2 dozen states are moving ahead with plans to relax restrictions on business and social
Thanks for joining us tonight and also international hawkins rev you are welcome to the program. We start with the latest figures on my team the Global Pandemic into a new month. Coronavirus cases as they now supports 3300000 there is some hope though more than a 1000000 people have recovered the grim number though as you can see fatalities now more than 234000. You. Always thought right here in russia. Tested positive for corona virus that makes him the highest ranking russian official known to be infected. It just became known that the tests that i took for corona virus gave a positive result in this regard and in accordance with the requirements i must self isolate and comply with the instructions of doctors i have to do this to protect my colleagues im planning to remain in active contact with my colleagues via phone and Video Conferences so i would to. Put across a lot of now to oddities egos thought off you go thanks for joining us whats the problem is this current condition. Wel