A legit state sponsored torture begins in germany. A standoff in the South China Sea the u. S. And a stray away into a dispute between china and malaysia. And in sports the n. F. L. Draft gets ready to go virtual the games best Young Players will be selected remotely millions of fans watching. Lets begin in the United States where figures released just hours ago paint a devastating picture of the economy in just 5 weeks tens of millions of jobs have been wiped out take a look at the numbers last week another 4400000 americans filed for Unemployment Benefits thats fewer than the week before when more than 5300000 registered for jobless support but the scale of these weekly figures is unprecedented in all more than 26000000 americans have now applied for Unemployment Benefits since the end of march that was when President Donald Trump made the 1st of his coded 19 outbreak declarations. I want house correspondent kimberly house joins us live from washington d. C. Rising unemployment kinle
Tackle racism and hate in the country. And containing the coronavirus in italy people are told to keep their distance but not everyones heeding that advice and i will continue kissing this coronavirus will not stop me ill continue to kiss and hug and you. Will hear about italys other moves as well to keep the virus in check. Im brian thomas its good to have you with us for the program today turkeys president of tire area one is set to hold talks today with his russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on the escalating conflict in Northern Syria that has displaced thousands of civilians this as a new migrant crisis looms. On the external border of the European Union more than 12000 migrants are now and camped on the turkish side of the border with greece they use says it stands alongside athens with the political fallout from 2015 when more than 1000000 migrants enter germany still reverberating max and reports now from costa nice where the latest confrontation between migrants and Border For
Superman. Superfood stylish starlight come on. Let oh whos. Lifestyles go. On. This is news africa coming up on the program. Virus very few cases are being confirmed in african countries so what is the risk of the mosse ill break on the continent on what all countries be equipped to deal with an epidemic we speak to a w. H. O. Experts also coming up. Education is an expensive privilege for me across africa a one young woman in nigeria is helping to provide basic education to kids living in the slums. The rain gentle and gigantic but these drops called also will be facing extinction if we dont make some important changes very soon. Its great to have you on the program so how prepared we are virus will be. In the show for now africa has been spared by even major outbreak of the disease so far they have been just 12 confirmed cases thats in egypt tunisia algeria moral call nigeria senegal but is this because that is these has not spread all because it has not been detected thats the 10000
To. Stop the crimes against humanity libyas u. N. Recognize government calls on the International Community to act against warlords police faster. And finally a hole in ukraine and pull russian separatists completes a prisoner swap after 5 years of war. But 1st the u. S. Says it will not relent further action after launching airstrikes on a shia armed group in iraq and syria but iraqs Prime Minister has called the attack a breach of sovereignty 5 camps belonging to khattab has ball over hits 3 in iraq and 2 in syria at least 25. 00 people were killed the pentagon says its a response to rocket attacks on iraqi bases the most recent killing a year. A civilian contractor last week what we did was take a decisive response that makes clear what President Trump has said for months and months and months which is that we will not stand for the Islamic Republic of iran to take actions that put american men and women in jeopardy. We will always honor that commitment to take decisive wreck action
A Helicopter Crash. But we begin in turkey where its formants is expected to vote in the next few hours on a government motion to deploy troops to libya so he has allied itself with the u. N. Backs governments in the b. S. A fight warlord her if i have to or have to launch an offensive to capture the capital tripoli last april well turkey says the forces will protect its rights in the Mediterranean Sea and its interests in libya has recently signed deals with the country on military cooperation and maritime boundaries meanwhile greece israel and cyprus are about to sign off in athens on an agreement to channel gas from the Mediterranean Sea europe now thats it awards with turkeys deal with libya to extract gas from the sea lets head straight to ankara where mohammed is standing by at mohamed 1st of all is all this likely to pass the Turkish Parliament says the rainy opposition to these proposals. Yes seeing more and more support for these laws from the foreign minister. Being a positio