Hello and welcome im peter w. Watching al jazeera live from doha with our continuing coverage of the pandemic and its impact also ahead this hour the Economic News isnt any better in the eurozone its economy has shrunk by almost 4 percent and. Were past the peak and were on the downward slope. The u. K. Prime minister back at work after recovering from covert 19 promises to set out a lockdown exit plan next week. We begin with the impacts of the coronavirus on the worlds biggest economy almost another 4000000 people in the u. S. Apply for unemployment support last week meaning more than 30000000 have made a claim since march the Unemployment Rate hovered around 3 and a half percent between december and february but in march it jumped to 4 point. 4 percent some economists believe it could be as high as 20 percent when the figure for april is released as of next week hoping to begin clawing back some financial ground more than 2 dozen states moving ahead with plans to relax restrictions
Good evening. Im andrew, the director of the Scowcroft Institute of International Affairs at the bush school of government here e at texas a and m. University. I would like to welcome our special event this evening with kim ghattas who is going to speak of the recent book, black wave saudi arabia, iran and the fortyyear rivalry that unleashed collective memory in the middle east. I have to say i spent the weekend reading it. I didnt quite get through but i couldnt put it down it was so interesting. If you havent read it after this evening you can get the book if you havent already but i would urge you to read it to be at its fascinating and very wellwritten and very well researched. There was a narrative thats very troubling. I would like to announce that our event with ambassador dennis ross is another expert in the middle east is unable to come to college station. Hcollege station. He had a family emergency and so kim ghattas is an awardwinning journalist and writer covered the middl
Longtimlongtime no see. I am thrilled to be moderating just about the most distinguished panel anyone could assemble foreignpolicy to my extreme right, max boot, i should say he used to be to my extreme right. [laughter] only on this stage in my twoyear extreme right. Not so much anymore. He is known to all of you as a prolific writer of columns for the Washington Post in the commentator on cnn, distinguished author of biographies and books on the military, i have a personal note to add, max was my first of the wall street journal and he was the best boss i have ever had and who was a good model for me on a personal basis for that reason for many years. You will notice he will get all the easy questions today. [laughter] jim fallows, well known to all of you as a distinguished writer for the atlantic, previous incarnation he was president carters chief speechwriter for a couple of years before winning a National Book award for his book on national defense, his career has taken him all
Wave saudi arabia, iran and the fortyyear rivalry that unleashed collective memory in the middle east. I have to say i spent the weekend reading it. I didnt quite get through but i couldnt put it down it was so interesting. If you havent read it after this evening you can get the book if you havent already but i would urge you to read it to be at its fascinating and very wellwritten and very well researched. There was a narrative thats very troubling. I would like to announce that our event with ambassador dennis ross is another expert in the middle east is unable to come to college station. Hcollege station. He had a family emergency and so kim ghattas is an awardwinning journalist and writer covered the middle east for 20 years for bbc and the financial times. She reported from iraq, saudi arabia, syria, and covered the war between israel and hezbollah earning an emmy for International News coverage. On the state department and on american politics regularly traveling with secretarie
Plus one city 2 sides well look at what life is like in the libyan capital after almost a year of war. Fare suspend of coronavirus to a host of new countries is really concerning the World Health Organization chief as urged all countries to invest urgently in preparedness the number of infected people is now more than doubled in south korea 229 new cases have been reported and that means its 433 for the country as a whole and theyve been 2 deaths the governments urgently sending help to the city of daegu. And the Health Authorities in iran never reported another death thats bringing the total death toll there to 5 of them is 30 infections there largely centered around the holy city of whom infected travelers from iran of reported in lebanon and in canada and theres been a 2nd death from the virus reported initially the outbreak there has spread in the Northern Region of lumber day there are 30 confirmed cases Robert Wright is our correspondent in that Southern City of daraa in south ko