Launches tomorrow. Also today, Governor Newsom announced a release package that extends the sales tax deadline for Small Businesses the next year without penalty. And in San Francisco maryland and breed announced a Small Business Emergency Loan Fund that can provide zero interest loans. According to the labor department, a record 6. 6 Million People filed new claims for Unemployment Benefits last week. Here in california 800 78,000 people filed firsttime claims. We are live with how people are dealing with the overwhelmed unemployment system. Reporter many of the people who are trying to file our feeling overwhelmed, julie. The state saw a 0 increase in unemployment claims just last week and some gig workers and contract workers are saying they are seeing long delays. Before the coronavirus pandemic steve craig was barely getting by as an uber driver. Now he is among the millions who have filed for unemployment. I know of at least half a dozen people in my family that have file. Report
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A dangerous escalation iraqs fragile security relies on managing deep sectarian fault lines as well as a threat from the remnants of isolate ourselves and bug judge at the start of the people are being rolled out the people are begging on the street there is no work you come to protest and they fire at you they are all a rainy and speaking in fasi you want to speak to them they answer in farsi the iraqis would not fire at you. Iran has close to border crossings delaying plans by millions of iranian programs to visit iraq for a religious ritual iraqs u. S. Allies and the United Nations are appealing to iraqs government to exercise restraint promised. And his year old government is facing its biggest challenge yet but its unclear how he can stop the outpour of anger against his rule with no apparent leaders of the protesters to negotiate with. Iran or does it baghdad. The spokesman for the u. N. Secretary general has not commented on the protests condemning the recent deaths in iraq. We
Bullets were fired at the. Government demonstrations in the capital baghdad for the past 3 days have also spread to other cities such as buster the city and amar as the violence escalated Security Forces blocked major roads i mean today it is also blocked in most parts to 7 social media. Protesters are demanding a change of government as well as more jobs less corruption and an end to religious discrimination you know i dont want evidence that has put the curfew we are going out to call for our rights we want to change the regime theyve arrested our people theyve done things to our people that they did not even do to die and they beat them up and humiliated them while firing live gunfire what did we do are we suicide bombers were here to call for our rights. Number of dead has risen steadily and over a 1000 have been injured since the defeat of eisel protesters say. Nothing has changed them despite the promises of politicians. What yellow even with the curfew i swear to god we will not
Now there are theres not a soldier theres a use of these so weapons corrosive language snatching of suspects and smashing of police. So the police have no choice but to use their guns to try to say their own lives and then theres the nother very worrying. Trend in the past in the recent protests and violent protests resealed last number of students taking part from june to august the number of students arrested accounted for about 25 percent of those arrested but from september since the start of school to know the percentage just gone up to 38 percent. On some. Unknown factor in a case where a protester was shot and injured he is also a secondary School Student much. So we see in isolating violence things like public is. A very dangerous state and then the last number of students taking part in protests is the running citing the violence is destroying hong kong and then young people who are our future and ill play in a very dangerous position so we must do. And violence and prevent st