Criticism. With infection rates falling jamey says the outbreak is now manageable again. Plus Health Workers fighting coronavirus in chile report an increase in her assessment and discrimination. And im santa how much with all the sport including plans are in motion to complete it this season the European Champions League with all the 29th and 10th for the final. Alarming new numbers showing the strain of the coronavirus pandemic on the worlds 2 biggest economies there is increasing doubt about the u. S. President s 2 week deadline for getting businesses back up and running in 30 states 22000000 americans have made jobless claims over the last months numbers not seen since the Great Depression of the 1930 s. And chinas Gross Domestic Product has plummeted by almost 7 percent in the 1st quarter thats the sharpest fall since it opened up to the world 40 years ago. Theres been a big rise in the death toll in the original epicenter of the outbreak will hand 50 percent more people die there
President unveils his plan for reviving the Worlds Largest economy but there are doubts about whether it will work. And the rush to make masks in kenya as the World Health Organization walled 300000 people could die across africa. And canadians come together to help societies most vulnerable get the goods and services they need. Welcome to the news hour its 1500 g. M. T. 6 oclock local here in doha welcome to the news hour we begin in china where the coronavirus pandemic has stopped decades of Economic Growth the countrys g. D. P. In the 1st 3 months of this year shrank for the 1st time since records began on the news comes as the government revised the death toll in the city of where the pandemic began officials now say 50 percent more people died than. Its the reported from beijing our correspondent katrina you reports. The coronavirus pandemic has Strained Health systems around the world and now its caused the uninterrupted growth of the worlds 2nd largest economy to falter for the
Virtual reunion how a mother and her dead daughter have been brought back together. Im joined again. By african football play from one of the countrys major titles away from home soil to find out with. U. S. Officials say that theyve reached an agreement with the taliban which could soon lead to with the withdrawal of american troops from afghanistan a senior official at a security conference in munich has told reporters that if the weeklong agreement is successful it could be followed by the signing more pub and peace deal lets go live to our diplomatic editor james bays whos in munich at that security conference james what more do we know about this proposal. Well adrian this is something thats been in the works for a long time over a year you remember back in september though they came very close to a signing ceremony at camp david and then President Trump pulled a hole to wall of the talks of an attack that killed 12 people one of them a u. S. Serviceman but since then the talks ha
The richest. And six years after the Helicopter Crash onto the clutha pub in glasgow, killing ten people, a report says pilot error was to blame. Ina in a moment, sportsday, but first lets ta ke in a moment, sportsday, but first lets take a look at what else is coming up this evening on bbc news. Inafew coming up this evening on bbc news. In a few minutes, we will be talking toa in a few minutes, we will be talking to a member of the Grenfell Action Group about the report into the fire that took the lives of 72 people. It is critical of the london fire brigade. Also tonight, the other big story of the day, the general election in six weeks. We have a former adviser to ex conservative chancellor George Osborne and an adviser to former labour leader ed miliband to shed some light on what we can all expect, and that is at half past eight. Later on as today draws to a close, we will be looking at the papers, and our guests are anna millen, director of the think tank uk change europe, and j
Isaid, if i said, if it was your 19 year old son or your son, no matter what age, you would do the same as me, and he was holding my hand and he said, yes, i would. Four bulgarian football fans suspected of subjecting black england players to racist abuse have been detained following police raids. A severely brain damaged girl who the nhs believed should have her life support withdrawn has arrived in italy to continue her treatment there instead. Welcome to westminster. We are live from westminster on another really important day in the Brexit Process. The chances of a brexit deal between the eu and the uk being agreed this week this are now shrinking, according to government sources. We are alsojust we are also just hearing that Michel Barnier is being quoted as saying that he has told eu commissioners he is hopeful of getting a deal today. Thats the irish broadcaster rte saying that Michel Barnier has told eu commissioners he is hopeful of getting a deal today, so some variation in o