In its response to the pandemic. And the National Investigation into the use of chemical weapons in syria says the evidence points warily towards one place the assad government. Around the globe the number of dead continues to rise and here in europe there are fears the continent is still a long way from the peak of its corona Virus Outbreak is some of the days headlines as the pandemic unfolds the u. K. Has recorded another 938 victims the largest single addition to its total the government has promised to parse johnsons condition is improving but he remains in intensive care we know of the 2nd straight day the number of dead in spain has increased 14 and a half 1000 people have now died but the Health Minister says the outbreak is slowing in the u. S. Evidence suggests minorities are being hit hardest new yorks mayor says more than half of his citys dead were black or hispanic the head of the World Health Organization has rejected president trumps criticism of his handling of the out
Aljazeera bringing the news and Current Affairs that matter to. Aljazeera. Can the coronavirus curve be flattened some countries say their fast responses managed to slow the pandemic but the disease is still spreading so what will it take to control it this is inside story. Hello and welcome to the program im peter dobby now the number of people infected by courbet 19 is more than 1000000 globally the number who have died is almost 60000 the United States currently has the highest number of infections italy the biggest number of deaths yet some countries appear to be succeeding at flattening the curve the number of new cases each day appears to be falling in nations such as taiwan canada south korea and iceland theyve all shown that the rate of infections can be slowed down the u. S. Which has been criticized for a slow and ineffective response seems to have now become the main center of the pandemic but the u. S. President all trump says he has just the man to help tackle the crisis h
Trade likely to shrink by up to with. Bowing out of the race Us Democratic president ial hopeful Bernie Sanders ends his bid for the white house. Now were going to get on to the latest in coronavirus in a moment but were going to begin with the announcement of a cease fire right across yemen it came from the side United Coalition thats been fighting hooty rebels since the war began in 2015 its juta last 2 weeks and its going to come into force at noon thursday but in the past few hours have been reported attacks from both sides this is the result of one set to be carried out by the who thieves the missiles fired into the city of money but the saudi glad coalition is based. The u. N. Special envoy to yemen has welcomed the move calling it a critical moment muhammad ali. He says the ceasefire should help yemen struggling Healthcare System deal with the pandemic its an Important News because the situation in yemen is very difficult for the Health Care Sector to counter the coronavirus in
This is bloomberg. Vonnie thank you. We are back in a moment. Vonnie this is bloomberg markets. On vonnie quinn. Saysard chartered ceo singapore and hong kong could recover from the pandemic in the second half of the year. Francine lacqua spoke about what the western world could learn about controlling the virus. The bank of england took the view, understood the view that given the uncertainty around this crisis, uncertainty in terms of financing requirements, uncertainty around the losses that banks will take, its appropriate to be atraordinarily despite strong Liquidity Position and loan but today, regulators have taken the view that prudence should rule the day. I understand that. When can we get back to Something Like a more normal capital strategy . Role ofhave to see the banks helping the world recover from this tremendous shock, has largely flown through. We can all speculate how long that will be. I think we will see the ability to return to normal by the end of the year, but e
Top producers consider even deeper output curves. Shinzo abes state of emergency now covers the whole of japan after critics said his initial virus response offered to little, too late too little, too late. Shery breaking news out of south korea. We are getting the jobless rate coming in at 3. 8 . As expected, a rebound from the previous month of february. February was a 3. 3 . In the month of march coming in at 3. 8 . In line with estimates but still a rebound. Of course, we have seen weakness in retail and hospitality, employment, given this coronavirus pandemic. The government has tried to create jobs and that has helped the economy. They of course have already passed a 10 billion extra budget, but we are now seeing the jobless rate climbing to 3. 8 . This as president moon jaein has called for more aggressive measures on job creation. Of course, moons Ruling Democratic Party of korea just won the implementer elections. Take a look at how markets are trading at the moment. We are se