Start of the fasting month of ramadan. And the biggest shipment in years of saudi oil is heading to the u. S. Will tell you why it may not get there. Well its a figure that is as extraordinary as it is vast the amount of emergency funding the United States is now heading towards as it tackles the fallout from the coronavirus and another stimulus bill is set to be approved by President Donald Trump and that will take emergency spending to nearly 3 trillion dollars the latest relief package was agreed in congress its a 4 day package so far and will support Small Businesses at the pandemic has made more than 26000000 americans unemployed in the last 5 weeks from those says the economy will bounce back quickly despite the number of cases and deaths continuing to rise some states like georgia are preparing to reopen their economies later on friday. Economy will start to pick up very substantially as soon as the states get open and thats happening as we speak and its actually very exciting and. People are just they just thrilled to see it because our country has to get back to work they want to get back to work you see that whether its a demonstration or just in talking to people they going to get back to work and theyre going to get back to work very fast well its an hour from roseman jordan has more on the millions of jobs lost 4400000 u. S. Workers filed for unemployment last pushing the countrys unofficial jobless rate to nearly 13 percent its more evidence the coal that 1000. 00 pandemic has damaged the u. S. Economy i long can stop. Me and with my. Hat in hand is very well you know. The gentleman from ask congress is voting this week to spend another half a trillion dollars to help Small Businesses and hospitals but when it comes to helping State Government reeling from the loss of business and personal tax revenues the republican leader of the u. S. Senate says thats not going to happen yeah im a i would certainly be in favor of allowing the bankrupt route it saves some so theres no good reason for the bay of vailable my guess is their 1st choice would be for the federal government to borrow money from your generation to send it down to them now so they dont have to do that they are going to be in favor of more money if the governor of new york state who is a democrat called Mitch Mcconnells comments outrageous yes airlines are important yes Small Business is important so of police and fire and Health Care Workers who are the front line workers and when you dont fund the state then the state cant fund those services fiction or sense them. Whats more new yorks economy is the 3rd largest in the u. S. And in the top 15 worldwide which means its survival as a financial and Cultural Center is key and u. S. President Donald Trumps decision to suspend immigration for 60 days on economic grounds could hurt the u. S. Is ties with other countries Indian Officials are closely studying the order since hundreds of thousands of their citizens many who work for u. S. Firms could be affected all that matters though to connie boyd in North Carolina is her own Economic Future and say were going to go back through we dont know issue next you know name especially in that job you just dont know the only certainty right now the economic pain is worsening rosalyn jordan aljazeera what its all produces code for an abundance of supply with an abundance of supply and low demand caused by the Global Pandemic and the biggest saudi Oil Shipments in years is making its way to the United States but u. S. Politicians are calling for the tankers to be turned around because domestic oil storage in the u. S. Is expected to be filled up soon and there are reports the kingdom is trying to work out where those tankers can go if washington does protect prevent them from docking john 100 has this report. A flotilla of Saudi Oil Tankers is slowly steaming toward the United States and into a chilly welcome for a u. S. Ally its indicative of how desperate these petro states are to sell their oil to find a place physically to find a place to plant their oil with the coronavirus driving all prices to historic lows all u. S. Oil storage is expected to be filled in the next month the saudi move to occupy much of that precious Storage Space on the u. S. Gulf coast has been called by some industry insiders an economic pearl harbor a hostile attack on u. S. Soil a coalition of 13 u. S. Senators from energy state goes even further calling it Economic Warfare texas senator ted cruz writes on twitter 20 tankers filled with 40000000 barrels of saudi oil are headed to the u. S. This is 7 times the typical monthly flow my message to the saudis turn the tankers the hell around cruz says the longtime u. S. Ally is exploiting a pandemic to kill the rival American Shale Oil industry some analysts say hes right what the saudi arabia rightfully doing as any other oil producer is to get rid of the competition and competition in this case is Expensive Oil shale oil expensive but use u. S. Leaders have longer chewed strong bonds with saudi leaders even since the rise of shale oil helped the u. S. Overtake saudi arabia is the Worlds Largest oil producer 3000000000. 00 the fact that saudi leaders are now willing to risk the anger of their American Allies suggests they believe the worlds oil glut wont end anytime soon with much of the world on lockdown few drivers on the road and fewer planes and ships are using fuel. Oil prices are so low they briefly hit negative territory this week at the chicago board of trade that left some sellers are actually paying buyers to take it off their hands now many producers are simply storing it and waiting for prices to rise the u. S. Can hardly turn the ships away the saudi government owns them ot the oil refinery in port arthur texas americas biggest its usually crude that a refinery you know. Market well you must just buy your own oil even as american politicians lament the saudi incursion the ships sail ever closer john hendren aljazeera chicago to the United Kingdom now where millions of kids have become eligible for credit cards testing if they show symptoms of the illness the British Government has made test a key part of its strategic strategy to fight the pandemic but its faced criticism over the slow rollout of mass testing or challenges in london he says skepticism about the governments ability to meet its talk it. Testing has been has been pretty sluggish here certainly when you compare to countries like germany which is much greater emphasis on testing so there is a sense here that the government has been playing catch up it has pledged to reach 100000. 00 test being done every day by the end of the month. Lets look at where we are the moments the number of tests actually done in the u. K. Yesterday was i think around 23 and a half 1000 the government is saying that it has the capacity to dream doing 50000 a day but then it gets into questions of some antics and thats one thing that the government is being picked up on by the opposition when you say capacity well that doesnt really meet the number of tests youre being actually doing a day so lets concentrate on lets concentrate on the number of tests actually being performed and it still seems that the government is languishing behind we dont know yet whether it has the chance of reaching its target of 100000. 00 a day by the end of the month. Indonesian government has announced it will temporarily ban all travel until june to control the. Almost the new measures come into effect on friday the start of the muslim holy month of ramadan government warnings of social distancing many still attending prayers indonesia is the worlds most populous muslim nation. Because you know this is why ship the holy reward is different if you pray in a mosque. The key is not touching other people so during the prayer i keep distance with other people not touching that we take care of ourselves so hopefully this way we can keep worshiping and avoid infection well there are fears that infections in pakistan could rise rapidly during ramadan the government has decided to keep mosques open and people gathering to pray must follow social distancing measures they say but doctors have urged the government and Muslim Leaders to reverse that decision and what hyder is following developments from the capital islamabad. Doctors have certainly made a play and theyve said that the government and the clergy must reconsider that decision because of the threat that disband them a court spiral out of control as far as pakistan is concerned and they say they will not be able to handle that situation now earlier the buggers arnesen pulled the lockdown they closed all the mosque and told people that are stairway and prayer to home however then the cleric cleric dead took matters into their own hands they started defying goa god does deport pressure on the government that they would not listen to the government and that of course led to our top talks between the president and the clerics the government and a buckling under pressure and allowing them to hold these congregational prayers including dharavi prayer which i held that night and in the month of ramadan and that of course attracts a large number of people that said really a is that every days social distancing measures on your dog and what we have been able to find today and that people have not been paying any attention to that some of these religious leader to a screen and large crowds announcing the beginning of ramadan and that of course showed that there is no attention being paid to Safety Measures or indeed a lot of bridges there are meant as far as the people are concerned and apprehension that this could all lead to an escalation and the number of call read 100 cases here in pakistan still ahead here in al jazeera has come down some figures from venezuelas government that suggest there are a few cases because 19 the. 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How i once again because some blustery showers affecting not japan over the next couple of days but a lot of fine weather in between weve got so this weather system well ill say into the open water as well i suppose starting to slacken off so though the winds will generally as we go through the next couple of days but there we go want to see showers into northern parts of honshu just pushing up towards hokkaido 17 celsius in seoul the Korean Peninsula looking 5 and driving getting up to 22 in beijing a little down on recent valleys but not too bad for going into sunday similar temperatures here still a few showers into western parts of japan so west the weather still affecting the far south of china but nowhere near as wet as it has been recently weve got some very wet weather meanwhile still affecting bangladesh to fall northeast of in the some showers to into the south so just around carola around tom a lot you can expect to see one or 2 showers here as we go through the next couple of days but those heavy and thundery downpours they are further north and they are going to affect parts of out west bengal pushing down into northern sections of bangladesh still seeing some very very heavy rain as we go through the next couple of days with the likelihood of some flooding for the Northern Plains of india he stays hot dry and sunny. For. The oppression of an ethnic minority and me and my many. They intend to make sure that rangers will no longer entitled to their basic rights for citizenship brings in a new documentary aljazeera explores the history and motives behind the systematic persecution of the ranger and me and my. Exile. On aljazeera. But again youre watching out 0 lets have a reminder the top stories this hour and the u. S. Government will be spending nearly 3 trillion dollars to respond to the coronavirus pandemic politicians in the house of representatives have passed another 484000000000. 00 in relief. Muslims around the world are beginning to mark the 1st day of the fasting month of ramadan the country is facing lockdown restrictions because of the outbreak when a communal practice is being done in seclusion. As saudi arabia may be forced to reroute tankers sailing to the United States filled with 40000000 barrels of crude oil u. S. Politicians are calling for them to be turned around with domestic oil storage expected to be soon filled up. U. S. President donald trump has called for the controversy after discussing more possible ways to fight coronavirus including using ultraviolet light and injections of disinfectant that medical experts once again warning about the dangers of trump using his position to tout unproven treatments and accept right has this report. It was the headline they dominated President Donald Trumps daily news briefing and most striking observation to date is the powerful effect that solar light appears to have been killing the virus both surfaces and in the air promoting a theory that sun heat and humidity appear to shorten the life of the corona virus that research is unconfirmed and it may prove not to be true but that didnt stop President Trump broadcasting it to millions and going one step further and then i see the disinfectant but not see that in a minute one minute and is there a way we can do Something Like that. By injection. Or almost a cleaning suggesting disinfectant could be used inside the body but it sounds it sounds interesting to me thats prompted a warning from Health Authorities and the make is of popular kleeneze lysol and day that no one should ingest bleach disinfectant or any other Hygiene Products the u. S. Centers for Disease Control says it saw a spike in calls to poison hotlines last month because of peoples exposure to such chemicals which can be harmful even to our skin theres no serious the yaquis. Is there you know i think im here to find that we havent studied we dont do that within that lab in our labs its not the 1st time President Trumps used his podium to push what he calls potential cures for the virus there are promising therapies produced by gilliatt and thats. Where m. D. s are are. Desart or hydroxy torak when. And. Theres the pack i think is a combination probably is looking very very good and bad according to early trials in china the drug disappear has failed to treat pain and its too early to know about hydroxy clark aim is not a medical or Public Health expert and he doesnt pass on the advice of is true medical and Public Health experts and i think most people are smart enough to know that they should be taking medical or Public Health advice from President Trump they should be listening to Expert Opinions as for trumps hate and some theory the World Health Organization pointed to examples where the virus has spread around the equator and Southern Hemisphere they evidence is not providing supporting that theory so im sorry we cannot but the summer is going to have the effect that many people hope it will the president is convinced hes giving hope to millions im not a doctor im here to present ideas but many Health Professional say those ideas could prove dangerous and brian al jazeera. Brazil is reporting its highest number of deaths in a single day 407. 00 people have died from the virus in 24 hours that takes the total to more than 3300. 00 at least half of those are in the state of south parlor the epicenter for the pandemic in brazil president john bolton are has dismissed scientific advice and hes led a number of anti lock down protests cases in ecuador of nearly doubled to 22000 after a backlog of tests were analyzed is now the 2nd worst hit nation in the region after brazil the government has begun storing bodies in refrigerated containers as morgues fill up ecuador has nearly 600 confirmed deaths hospitals in peru are increasingly strained after cases surged past 20000 thats double the number of last week bodies have been kept in hospital hallways Health Workers say theyre being forced to reuse masks. Well as well as robust testing and tough lockdown measures maine has one of the lowest rates of growth of ours in the world there have been just over 300 cases in a country of 29000000 people but some doctors warn the numbers are being drastically under reported histories about. They see more telesales food on the streets of kut yeah i working class neighborhood in caracas the ongoing economic crisis and the lockdown are having a big impact in her life. But the candidate is on were only working 3 hours a day i understand they are doing it to protect our health but i am a single mother of 2 children and my eldest daughter and his son also live at home i think the situation will get worse every day. To cuti forces on the streets are trying to enforce a lockdown to prevent the spread of covert 19 but people are becoming more and more desperate every day. On thursday reports of looting and clashes with Security Forces in several states around the country so how dire the situatio