Caribbean is expected to contract by just over 9 percent this year tell us one that has more from what is aris what covered 19 pandemic has done in many ways exacerbated already existing problem problems with infrastructure with unemployment with poverty and with gross inequalities in the distribution of wealth that is thought to have got much worse during the pandemic were talking about numbers have been released today by the Economic Committee for latin america in the caribbean which talks about 45000000 more people being plunged into poverty bringing the figures up to 231000000 people across the region with a large numbers being plunged into extreme poverty as well as these unemployment figures are rising dramatically germany managed to control its coronavirus outbreak to a much better degree than its neighbors but its economy has still been hit hard dominic kane is in berlin he says the future depends on keeping a lid on infections. This is the worst quarterly performance for 50 ye
No man or machine has gone before launch is its most sophisticated mission yet to find life on mars. With 4 stories today including criminal proceedings in switzerland against the president a deadline for russia to avoid exclusion from. Saudi arabian investors pull. United after months of premier league scrutiny. The coronavirus pandemic is crushing the worlds most powerful economies and any recovery is being threatened by a new surge in cases the u. S. Recorded 1400 fatalities from code 19 on wednesday around one death a minute and is now reporting its worst economic decline on record output collapsed by 9. 5 percent in the 2nd quarter of the year europes largest economy germany saw a decade of growth all but wiped out as g. D. P. Shrank by more than 10 percent in a country thats avoided the worst Health Problems but its in developing nations where people are likely to suffer the most likely. Mexico where the economy has shrunk by a staggering 17. 3 percent in fact theres a warning th
Lost before it can struggle. One on one east travels to the borderlands of me in my arms to investigate whats driving asians method and why authorities are powerless to stop. This socalled golden trying a border region known for its beauty and the tories for drugs. Behind these mountains is myanmar were standing in thailand and over there is a highway making it really easy for traffickers to bring drugs over the border and straight to the cities of thailand its a perfect combination of geography infrastructure supply and demand. Were on the frontline of the drug war joining a military patrol trying to stop the massive flow. Coming across the border. Colonel. Is the leader. Hes overseen some of thailands biggest violent busts. There. Covers more than 30 kilometers of the border. Many encounters and gun fights. Killed 5 traffickers doing the bust but there are always more willing to take their chances. Traffickers with backpacks full of meth can run across the border. Minutes. Depends on
Thousands from their homes. And im only a harding and doha with all of your sports world number one and defending champion naomi osaka is through to this years u. S. Open 2nd round well have that for you and more coming up this news hour. Brazils president. Says his government will find its own solution to the crisis of the amazon foz without International Help he spoke a day off to a g 7 nations pledged 20000000. 00 to help fight the flames and protect the rain forests of sonora has accused rich countries of treating brazil like a colony he says brazil is rejecting the g. 7 unless the french president. Apologizes for recent comments. We will find a solution and we will give the world such as function even people like the french president. Emmanuel must think twice he wants to get out of a complicated situation like this huge rejection hes facing his own country before starting with us nobody here is against dialogue with france not at all and we thank the work of the g 7. The french p
Representatives of workers from 26. 00 does also called for a 2 day strike while thousands gathered in the city to protest work is it queen mary hospital formed a chain to show their support but its in the universities where the power base of the protest movement can be found striking students have placed their education on hold for 2 weeks they say their books can wait because the future they are fighting for is more important wayne hay Al Jazeera Hong Kong. Well i still had saw the program will report from sudan where people are returning to destroyed homes after weeks of devastating floods. And a doctor becomes the latest victim of more lynchings activists say the government is to blame. Hello theres a smell of autumn in the air at least in the walls in europe and this is it its a long lasting and long running car front but the top half keeps getting renewed whereas the bottom half just adds a bit more cold to the atmosphere which allows thunderstorms to grow and theyve been doing t