Located in the Central Coast of libya and its very close to the oil ports and ruslan new so so its a very strategically placed. Its its extremely important now this comes after forces loyal to the warlord Khalifa Haftar have suffered major defeats and lost several key towns in western libya including the stronghold who know this battle here in central libya is much different than the ones then the battle in tripoli tripoli was very condensed it was urban the fighting was street to street house to house so its very different here the terrain is very wide and open and this makes this makes it very important for the airpower air power is extremely important in the battle here for sirte now yesterday airstrikes were were carried out by forces or carried out by the after selfstyled Libyan National army forces here adamant about control in sirte this will create a better position in power in any future peace talks also like i said it is close to russell knew of the major oil ports in libya s
We have new signs of hope. America wages war against the coronavirus. The number of people entering the hospital here in new york is slowing down, however, the death toll is not. Heres a look at the map. New york is now reporting more than 5,400 deaths. New jersey, more than 1,200 followed by michigan and louisiana. And several states are now reporting between 200 and 500 deaths including california, illinois and florida. Here in new york supplies are being brought into a cathedral thats being turned into a field hospital. Data shows the state is reaching a plateau but on tuesday the state averaged one death every two minutes. In los angeles, a new rule when it comes to wearing a nonmedical mask. Beginning friday essential workers and their customers including those at Grocery Stores will be required to wear them. Abcs Megan Tevrizian reports on the other new developments this morning. Reporter as the coronavirus death toll approaches 13,000 people nationwide, africanamericans are bein
Ignorance as he is hit with Death Threats. Good morning. This is Aljazeera America live from new york city. Im paul beban. A key u. S. Ally in the fight against isil is stepping up its attacks against kurdish fighters. Turkish jets targeted the kurdish rebel group the p. K. K. Inside turkey today. So far turkey has only attacked them in iraq. The move comes days after turkey stepped up airstrikes against isil. Bernard smith is in turkey in the kurdish city. How is that move by turkey complicating the fight against isil . We already know that in fact the u. S. Has said that the introduction of turkey into this fight against isil, turkey allowing the u. S. To use bases in turkey is a gamechanger, because it means u. S. Fighter jets dont have to fly hours away down from the gulf and now just a couple of hundred miles to hit isil targets in syria. The concern of the u. S. And nato partners is if the p. K. K. Gets drawn into the fight with turkey turkey and the p. K. K. Start fighting all o
Every month but this time around, everybody is waiting for it. Thats because the first Interest Rate hike in nearly a decade is on the table. The Federal Reserve chair has repeatedly said that the central bank is dependent and job market is central to its decision. As Hampton Pearson reports, the day before the critical report, we got additional clues as to the health of the labor market. Reporter one day before the al allimportant jobs report, the number of americans filing firsttime unemployment claims rose to 270,000. Another sign the labor market is and at the same time a closely watched report in the private sector shows layoffs topped 105,000 last month, a fouryear high with more than half the cuts coming from the military. Last week, the fed up graded its assessment of the job market, describing employment gains as solid. A jobs report in line with the Consensus Forecast for 215,000 new jobs last month and the Unemployment Rate Holding Steady at 5. 3 could strengthen the hand of
Every month but this time around everybody is waiting for it. Thats because the first Interest Rate hike in nearly a decade is on the table. The Federal Reserve chair has repeatedly said that the central bank is dependent and job market is central to its decision. As Hampton Pearson reports, the day before the critical report we got additional clues as to the health of the labor market. Reporter one day before the all allimportant jobs report the number of americans filing firsttime unemployment claims rose to 270,000. Another sign the labor market is and at the same time a closely watched report in the private sector shows layoffs topped 105,000 last month, a fouryear high with more than half the cuts coming from the military. Last week the fed up graded its assessment of the job market describing employment gains as solid. A jobs report in line with the Consensus Forecast for 215,000 new jobs last month and the Unemployment Rate Holding Steady at 5. 3 could strengthen the hand of mar