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
More likely to die from coronavirus than white people. Toxic gas leaks again from a factory in india where earlier leaks killed at least 11 and left hundreds in hospital. And the war on drugs has failed a global team of experts says hardline policies are actually fueling organized crime around the world. The devastating Financial Impact of the corona virus pandemic continues to unfold as governments across the world struggle to restart the whole to the economies in the u. S. Where more than 75000 people have died of the virus a staggering 3200000 more people filed for unemployment that means 33500000 or one in 5 workers have lost their jobs since mid march when the corona Virus Outbreak forced many businesses to close their doors. Here in the u. K. The bank of england warns the economy could shrink by 14 percent by the end of 2020 the worst slump in move 300 years is this is the economy could bounce back by 2021 if the pandemic is brought under control its a slightly better picture in
Again from a factory in india where an earlier leak killed at least 11 years and left hundreds in hospital. The devastating Financial Impact of a coronavirus pandemic continues to unfold as governments across the world struggle to restart the halted economies in the u. S. Where more than 75000 people have died of the virus a staggering 3200000 more people have filed for unemployment that means 33500000 or one in 5 workers have lost their jobs since mid march when the corona Virus Outbreak forced many businesses to close their doors here in the u. K. The bank of england warns the economy could shrink 14 percent by the end of 2020 the worst slump in more than 300 years but it says the economy could bounce back by 2021 if the pandemic is brought under control its a slightly better picture in china though exports unexpectedly rose 3 and a half percent in april partly driven by sales of medical equipment but analysts warn a 14. 2 percent fall in imports signals more trouble ahead as the Glo
Tensions between the United States and china are on the rise creating concern that it could be the start of a new cold war and many likely eliminate progress on a trade deal the archies Rachel Blevins joins me now to discuss all of these details so rachel we can only imagine this escalation has been fueled by the global covert 19 pandemic and the origins of it all right that is exactly right and you know right now in the United States and china were supposed to be in the process of finalizing phase 2 of this massive trade deal but instead President Trump is questioning whether china is fulfilling the agreements it made on phase one and so because of this hes saying that he is now planning to Start Talking to farmers to question whether those agreements are being fulfilled and as a result of that he could decide to terminate the deal altogether and that could mean more tariffs on china now trump of course was asked about this and heres what he had to say about whether or not china is fu
The outcry over the murder of an unarmed black man believed to be completely innocent is intensifying throughout the country now the deadly encounter happened in february but this week cell phone video has surfaced reportedly showing that the man shot 3 times while jogging in a predominantly white neighborhood arties atocha suite has more on the Fatal Shooting and we want to warn you some of the video youre about to watch is a graphic its sight no mother wants to see. My son come in the world. And leave the world. Its not something that. Just yet well the authenticity of video has not been verified by authorities according to the attorney of a mob armories family this is him getting shot 3 times who is clearly meant to. Bless goes towards the mindset of the shooter that is intent was to kill the model of the arborist mother wanda cooper who has not watched the video says her 25 year old son was out exercising as he normally did i do believe that im on is just out for his daily job. I h