Raises a number of russian mercenaries helping libyan warlords in the fight against the internationally recognized government. For war on drugs has failed a global team of experts calls time on policies it says are fueling organized crime. Im joined again with sports and its confirmed germanys beyond just legal will restart next saturday becoming the 1st European Football League to resume amid the current virus pandemic well be live in berlin. Where we begin in the United States where figures just released show another 3200000. 00 people have filed for Unemployment Benefits keeping a prolonged track to be the worst month on record for job losses well that means around 33000000 people have registered as unemployed in 7 weeks economists think Economic Growth in the u. S. Could plummet by. 30 percent in the 2nd quarter in europe the bank of england expects the u. K. s Economic Production to shrink by 14 percent this year and unemployment to rise to 8 percent the European Unions been warne
Socalled cures for the coronavirus in africa. And tips for staying fit mentally and physically during the pandemic speak with a fitness expert. Lets begin in the United States where figures just really show one in 5 workers as filed for Unemployment Benefits since march last week nearly 3200000 americans filed 1st time claims according to the Labor Department well that brings the total since mid march to 33500000. 00 people the pace of weekly filing seems to have gone down slightly but its uncertain how many of those people will have jobs to return to once lockdowns the lifted. In the 1st quarter of this year the economy shrank to its lowest point since the end of the 2009 recession economists are predicting an even worse 2nd quarter White House Correspondent Kimberly Howard joins us now live from washington d. C. And kimberly those weekly unemployment numbers just soaring ahead. Yeah in the 10s of millions and expected to continue climbing although the pace of it has slowed somewhat b
Africa. We begin in the United States where figures just released show almost 3200000. 00 people have filed for Unemployment Benefits it keeps april on track to be the worst month for job losses on record more than 33000000 people filed for unemployment in just the past 7 weeks and economists say Economic Growth could plummet by 30 percent in the 2nd quarter in the u. K. The picture is also looking bleak the bank of england expects the u. K. s economic output to shrink by 14 percent this year and unemployment to rise to 8 percent meanwhile the European Unions been warned to brace for its worst ever recession with the economy tipped to slump by 7. 4 percent after years of growth but figures from china are suggesting a different picture their exports rose in april for the 1st time this year up 3 and a half percent after many factories reopened. Our economics editor is watching developments from london. I think notoriously difficult at this stage to actually say how deep recessions will b
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