A new sea of tension and the french president is talking about sanctions from turkey. Also talk to farmers in sudans Blue Nile State worried about the flow on effects from a mega down thats filling up and im peter salmon with the sport has once again tokyo marks one year to go to the delayed lympics. Could have you with us welcome to the news hour the krona virus crisis is causing even more pain for workers in the worlds biggest economy more than 1400000 people in the u. S. Have claimed the unemployment benefit in just the past week its the 18th week in a row that the number has topped to 1000000 economists estimate 25000000 people are now out of a job the white house says theres a fundamental agreement on a new coronavirus stimulus package so the rip. Set to unveil the one trillion dollar aid bill 8. 00 to 0 well the searches infections has seen some businesses and schools closed for a 2nd time there in all those 4000000. 00 cases in the u. S. And about 143000 its going to a White Hou
Least 45 people and on a mission to mars china sends its 1st unmanned spacecraft to explore the red planet. The sport has once again marks one year to go to the dealing in the pits. Thank you for joining us 5 west african heads of state are meeting in mali today to try to resolve this deepening political crisis 6 weeks of mass protests have demanded the resignation of president. At least 14 people have been killed in recent days the m 5 Opposition Movement activists leads the protests accusing the president of corruption mishandling the economy and failing to improve security they rejected a unity government. Goals from the Regional Organization echo us. Rebel groups linked to al qaeda and i so gain strength using mali as a launch pad for attacks in neighboring nations as there is nicolas following the story from senegal he joins us live on the newshour so nick a regional effort stepping up to try and resolve this crisis in mali tell us 1st of all who was in bomb ago today and can they
The first friday prayers at his temples hagia sophia after its change from the museum into a mosque. In sports, football has returned to france after a fofourmonth break caused by coronavirus. A limited number of fans in the stadiums. We look at the french cup final. Welcome to the newshour. More than six months since the coronavirus was first suspected in china, it is still living for the road at record rates. There is a record rise in infections, according to the World Health Organization. Nearly 10,000 people have died in that same period, the biggest spike since the end of april. Across the planet, the virus has killed more than 635,000 people. More than 1 5 of those fatalities are in the u. S. , the worlds worst hit country. New hotspots in the south and west have pushed the infection count past 4 million. Latin america also recorded more than 4 million cases. More than 176,000 people have died. We will get more on the outbreak in latin america with john homan in a moment joining
Libyas war. Is forced into a rich and important advice near the capital tripoli is back in the hands of the un recognized government pull this prolonging the civil war or kick start talks between the warring factions. Still. Hello welcome to the program. Told the world hes the only man who can bring stability back to libya the wall of launched a military offensive last year to take control d of the capital from the un recognized government in tripoli but his forces have suffered a series of setbacks in the latest have to his forces lost control of the headquarters of his offensive. Base southwest of tripoli troops are backing the government in tripoli say theyve destroyed weapons provided by russia and the United Arab Emirates and theyve since retaken 2 towns close to the base while Prime Minister fire seraj hailed the victory he warns the battle is far from over after a spokesman downplayed the last saying that always planned to leave the base. A minute yet this move was not made in t
Libyas war after is forced into a retreat an important advice near the capital tripoli is back in the hands of the u. N. Recognize government will this prolonged the civil war or kick start talks between the warring factions this is inside story. Hello welcome to the program. Told the world hes the only man who can bring stability back to libya a wall of launched a military offensive last year to take control d of the capital from the un recognized government in tripoli but his forces have suffered a series of setbacks in the latest have to his forces lost control of the headquarters of his offensive. Base southwest of tripoli troops are backing the government in tripoli say theyve destroyed weapons provided by russia and the United Arab Emirates and theyve since retaken 2 towns close to the base while Prime Minister fire seraj hailed the victory he warns the battle is far from over after a spokesman downplayed the last saying that always planned to leave the base. A minute yet this mo