Before sunset on tuesday highly explosive material stored at a warehouse at beirut port cause the blast sending shock waves across the city now in ruins. Almost every building has been damaged many are dead thousands are injured and hundreds are missing rescue workers worked through the night and into the morning as people and bodies were feared trapped underneath the rubble telling them what. My husband is an employee at the Electricity Company he survived but his colleagues didnt there only now moving their bodies from under the rubble this is a country already reeling from a dire economic crisis where 50 percent of the population live below the poverty line its people are not in a position to cope with this disaster. Of the. Material losses are sad but its nothing compared to those who lost their lives this is my taxi its my livelihood and im still paying for it. Everyone has a story of survival or tragedy the damage spread several kilometers many are blaming those in power for the
Launching another attack on tripoli the libyan warlord after says his forces will stop fighting during the holy month of ramadan. Levon on sunday will bank under attack again during another nights of protests across several cities. Welcome to the Program Still early days in the worldwide recession brought about by the coronavirus pandemic but we do have a better sense of the damage it is doing the u. S. Economy the Worlds Largest a scene a decade of growth wiped out in just 3 months shrinking by almost 5 percent the u. S. Plane maker boeing has reported 1st quarter losses of more than 600000000. 00 over the same period its main european rival airbus losing 515000000. 00 and the e. U. s biggest economy just. Many forecasting its worst year since the end of world war 2 well begin with the u. S. We have this report from she have a tendency. The 4. 8 percent decline for g. D. P. Between january and march represents the largest decline since the 2008 recession Consumer Spending which accoun
Says his forces will stop fighting during the holy month of ramadan. Brazils Supreme Court blocks president also as choice of a family friend for the new police chief. Welcome to the program the u. S. Economy is falling deep into one of its most severe recessions in recent times its seen a decade of growth wiped out in just 3 months shrinking by almost 5 percent and theres concerns a crisis caused by the coronavirus pandemic is only going to worsen she have returns he reports. The 4. 8 percent decline for g. D. P. Between january and march represents the largest decline since the 2008 recession Consumer Spending which accounts for 70 percent of g. D. P. Dropped by an idealized rate of 7. 6 percent the. Largest drop since 980. 00 moreover this is just a preliminary estimate Analysts Expect the eventual number to be far higher than these numbers are for a quarter in which the economic locked down only accounted for a few weeks 2nd quarter g. D. P. Figures for april to june a projected to
A live update from beirut. Libyan war logs Khalifa Haftar announces a ceasefire during ramadan soon after launching another attack on. The with the sports man is set to be crowned champions in france as the Domestic League season is cancelled. With numbers just released out of the us that show the continuing trend of widespread job losses more than 3800000 americans filed for benefits over the past week well that takes the total number of jobless from 26000000. 00 last week to more than 30000000. 00 now the Unemployment Rate hovered around 3. 5 percent between december and february but in march it jumped to a 2. And a half year high of 4. 4 percent thats roughly more than 7000000. 00 people a state governments now begin to restart their economies their easing lockdown measures more than half of the 50 states including florida or partially reopen by the end of the week as the john hopkins dashboard shows at least 1000000 people in the u. S. Have contracted the virus nearly 61000 have di
A ceasefire during ramadan soon after launching another attack on tripoli. We start with numbers just released in the us that show the continuing trend of widespread job losses more than 3800000 americans filed for benefits over the past week taking the total number of jobless to more than 30000000. 00 now the Unemployment Rate hovered around 3. 5 percent between december and february but in march it jumped to a 2 and a half year high of 4. 4 percent thats roughly more than 7000000 people the state governments now begin to restart their economies their easing lockdown measures more than half of the 50 states including florida or partially reopened by the end of the week whereas the Johns Hopkins dashboard shows at least 1000000 people in the u. S. Of contracted the virus and then the 61000 have died in just a few moments well take you live to gabriel and his own though in new york will have more on the citys planning to reopen but 1st lets start with our White House Correspondent kimbe