You know the Strategic Reserves and were looking to put as much as 75000000000 barrels into the reserves themselves that would top it out that would be the 1st time in a long time its been topped out with get it for the right price well some of binge of aid has more from doha on the impacts the Oil Price Drop may have in the middle east. It has a number of repercussions for the gulf economies that predominantly for leaders such as saudi arabia which have been trying to control the way the markets have been acting to the amount of oil that it has been getting in the last few weeks youve seen saudi arabia going from the Production Cut to the glut to cut again and now you see that this massive drop in we are at a point in oil prices which wasnt seen in the last time we saw the likes of it within 146. 00 that was right after the 2nd one war is going to have an impact on economies such as bahrain and oman which do not have the kind of deep sovereign funds that other countries have it is goi
Stayathome orders. Those are some of our top headlines on this monday, april 27th. We are entering the final days of april 2020. Hard to believe, may is coming. We do begin with the push to ramp up testing and reopen the country as the Coronavirus Claims more american lives. Today the governor of texas will announce his plan to end stayathome orders with some restrictions set to be lifted on thursday. New jerseys governor will also unveil a roadmap for reopening, but he says those first steps are several weeks away. Theres more progress in new york where the Navy Hospital ship comfort discharged its last patient with covid19 and is heading back to virginia this week. The state reported 367 deaths. The oneday total dipping below 400 for the first time this month. Protesters were out in san diego calling for the lockdown to end. Some of them carrying signs saying covid is a lie. More than 965,000 people have been diagnosed with the coronavirus across the country. And nearly 55,000 americ
Of racist attacks fused to spreading the coronavirus we speak to a kenyan teacher whos dreams of a Better Future half inch half of. German hospitals appear to be coping with thousands of intensive care beds still free doctors are warning the system but yet to be overwhelmed if theres a 2nd wave of infection. Im going to have as well come to the program the corona Virus Outbreak in the United States is fast approaching a 1000000 confirmed cases the death toll there has now surpassed 50000. 00 thats around a quarter of the global corona death toll so far despite these grim milestones pressure is growing in some states to ease restrictions the governor of georgia has rejected warnings from Infectious Disease experts and is allowing many businesses to reopen including those where social distancing is almost impossible to enforce. On the day the coronavirus death toll in the usa rose above 50000 thomas putting was allowed to reopen his barber shop a barber in atlanta for over 50 years he no
Nearly a quarter of parents do still have concerns shutters are also lifting across poland denmark and the Czech Republic infections in europe are nearing a 1000000 and close 2100000 people have died for britain has more from london. Here in the u. K. There is 0 prospect thats what you know a quote from a government source has been reported this morning 0 prospect of it happening here in the u. K. Because as far as the government is concerned than were not were not fully at the peak yet they havent got it under control that said of course other countries more to the south of europe off further along in the curve that we are here in the u. K. Spain for example where children are being cooped up since the middle of last month since the middle of march i mean they havent even been allowed to properly exercise better sanchez the spanish Prime Minister is saying that he hopes that spanish children will be allowed out now to parts at least its and he has also been looking at that he had the
Criticism mounts over his governments response to the crisis and why the coronavirus pandemic is threatening an already vulnerable since. The welcome to the program yemens internationally recognized government has described the declaration of self rule by separatists in the country south as a coup the agent based Southern Transitional council declared a state of emergency saying it would govern the port city and other southern provinces the s. T. C. Is supported by the United Arab Emirates the saudi backed the Yemeni Government warned of a dangerous and catastrophic consequences someone may have been is a senior lecturer in International Studies at Lancaster University in the u. K. He explains how different groups are trying to increase their influence in the country. I think its an interesting if altogether and surprising set of developments i mean those people whove been watching yemen for some time will have known that the s. T. C. Have got these these broader us peroration to close