Going hungry around the world. No vaccine but that doesnt mean you know how we look at the different drugs and treatments being used to treat cope with 19. With the pandemic throwing world oil markets into turmoil donald trump says his government will look to support the domestic industry the president says hes told the energy and treasury secretaries to formulate a plan to make Funds Available to ensure the survival of american oil and Gas Companies that follows an unprecedented collapse in the u. S. Prices because of a glass in supply the u. S. Futures market dive deep into negative territory for the 1st time ever on monday the lowest the price of the u. S. Benchmark w t i sank was to minus 37. 00 a barrel the International Benchmark the brant crude on the other hand well thats trading at around 20. 00 a barrel thats still the lowest price its traded since the september 11th attacks in 2001. We begin with our White House Correspondent kimberly how could she joins us from washington d
Slavery at sea indonesia demands answers after the deaths of fishermen working on chinese boats. And you should remember its low key commemorations take place to mark the 75th anniversary of the end of the 2nd world war new. Im joining us go with sports as football returns to south korea the defending katie League Champions get off to a winning start inside an empty stadium but thank medical workers with their celebrations. Its just gone 15 g. M. T. We begin in the u. S. Where unemployment skyrocketed in april the biggest increase in close to 90 years tens of millions of jobs were wiped out across the country this crowd of ours lockdowns better the economy lets take a closer look at those figures unemployment surged to 14. 7 percent compare that to just 4. 4 percent that was back in march 20 point 5000000 jobs were lost in april alone the worst losses since the Great Depression which. Gana 1929 and that far exceeds the 2008 global recession when 8700000 jobs were wiped out and its goin
Kicks off as a country eases restrictions and restart of professional sports and helping to export task lists within months we go inside the ring in that spot of the International Push for solutions. Its being called a powerful and inspiring show of solidarity World Leaders and donors have made 8000000000. 00 for research into a vaccine and treatment for the corona virus therefrom as a cash injection during a Video Conference on monday but the United States where almost 70000 people have died didnt they ought john a whole reports. Coronavirus is away so the world must find ways to live with it better ways of testing for it more effective ways of treating it most importantly eventually of the. Against it. The practice of many the goal is one to defeat this virus and virtual pledging conference aims to channel billions of dollars into the Global Response its not just about pouring money into research but also about pooling resources and expertise for the common good. Measure of sense and
Scientists team chile to sniff out the symptoms of corbett 90. 1 of the toughest coronavirus downs in asia is to be eased even for the hong kong allowed many people to return to walk on monday and is now lifting other restrictions a lockdown was imposed in march a month after travel from china was stopped theyve been no new local club in 1000 infections reported for 2 weeks now on kongs chief executive kerry lamb announced that cinemas and bars can reopen later this week and secondary schools will return later this month lets bring in katrina you in beijing for as i imagine relief katrina for the people in hong kong tell us more about the new measures announced by carrier. Thats right a lot of relief well she attended a press conference and the theme of this was hope on the horizon and it was very aptly named as the government and kerry lamb said that they were very confident that the current Virus Outbreak in hong kong was under control enough to ease some of these very strict measure
As. We read in the u. S. Where unemployment skyrocketed in april saying the biggest spike in close to 90 years tens of millions of jobs were wiped out across the country this coronavirus lockdowns battered the economy lets take a look at those figures for unemployment surged to 14. 7 percent it was just 4. 4 percent back in march 20 point 5000000 jobs were lost in april along the worst losses since the Great Depression which began in 1929 and it far exceeds the 2008 global recession where 8700000 jobs were wiped out the White House Correspondent Kimberly Hawk and joins me now kimberly just put these unemployment figures into context for us. Well they certainly are not what this administration wanted to hear and i can tell you the u. S. President is trying to put a positive spin on these numbers acknowledging that they are unacceptable and also well he didnt address it directly certainly we have to point out that these numbers reflect all of the gains that he created in terms of jobs th