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 CorrespondentKimberly 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 thats coming into the white house thats all been wiped out so thats a problem for a u. S. President trying to win reelection so i understand a believe the u. S. President is trying to put a positive spin on it this is something thats been echoed by his Economic Advisor larry kudlow speaking to reporters in just the last hour or so talking about how they believe that these 1st 3 quarters of this year are likely to be bad and thats certainly what weve seen in the numbers so far whether its the markets whether its the job losses the unemployment claims but theyre projecting optimism that they believe that the final quarter of this year could be positive they see this as very temporary in nature in terms of the job losses i can tell you that is in contrast to many business analysts that believe that this recovery will not be a swift why and while we lost jobs in the United States in a matter of weeks the recovery could take months or years and 1st it was President Donald Trump now were hearing reports one of the Vice President stock has apparently tested positive for covert 19 what can you tell us. Yeah this is a breaking story here on the campus of the white house what we understand is that its been widely reported that a member of the Vice President s staff mike pence has tested positive for covert 19 now the reason this was uncovered was that we noticed there was a delay in the Vice President s travel schedule but the delay was about an hour from joint base andrews where they take off from for his trip to iowa and now were told that nobody on the trip had cope at 19 and tested positive but the reason for the delay was the concern that there could be other positive Staff Members this is now is a trip thats under way but this comes just one day after learning that a member of President Trump staff a valet this is somebody who helps serve meals and get the president s clothes ready various sort of elite military unit that works here at the white house that he also tested positive now the u. S. President for his part did react to the news of his own staff member testing positive kind of shrugging it off as he spoke as he called in to fox news here in the United States saying that you know this is the kind of thing that happens what is notable about this is the u. S. President acknowledge hes not taken one of those tests to see if he has the antibodies in other words if he has perhaps already been exposed to the virus and pushed through it so this is something that he says that his administration is looking at moving forward no question we dont know if that is going to be the same for the Vice President s staff in fact so far the official staff of the Vice President has not reacted to this breaking news story thanks for that time we will of course start across that breaking story complete. House correspondent. Canadas Unemployment Rate has also shot up to 13 percent in april as lock down restrictions stalled the economy around 2000000. 00 jobs were wiped out last month the majority in the province of quebec its the worst rate that the country has seen since the recession of 1982 the government said most of the newly unemployed workers only temporarily laid off. Thousands of indian nationals are being repatriated from the middle east and Southeast Asia special flights are being chartered to bring that expats from singapore qatar the u. A. E. And saudi arabia the goal is to return at least 400000 citizens indian naval ships have also been deployed to bring people back from the maldives hundreds of thousands of indians have asked to be brought home after being stranded by Coronavirus Travel restrictions theres a big problem has more from new delhi. The 1st 2 flights touched down between the United Arab Emirates and the Southern State of care that on thursday night and more have followed today landing in the capital new delhi in india administered made this is whats being called phase one of a operation that will take all of may and maybe 15000 people will be brought home from 12 countries all in 64 flights but hundreds of thousands of indians have registered to come back to put that into context the United States is for patrick at Something Like 80000. 00 and european nations together Something Like 65000. 00 and its not just planes naval warships are involved to have arrived to bring Something Like a 1000 stranded indians back everyone to screened before and getting on these flights and train some people who have landed showing symptoms of coronavirus have been taken to special closed hospitals most of the people have to go into quarantine facilities for 14 days in their home districts that people who are pregnant women children under 10 i want to be allowed to go home but they have to self isolate there are some concerns though the government in the Southern State of carolina with so many indians abroad from has actually asked people not to come back on this they absolutely have to because theyre saying that they dont have the Health Infrastructure and testing kits and it has to be said that carola probably has some of the best Health Infrastructure in the country but this saying that they just dont have the Health Infrastructure in place for the hundreds of thousands just from kara who registered to come back and theres also criticism from some others who said that they have lost their jobs that they simply dont have the money to pay for these flights to come back. Staying in india 16 workers have been killed while walking home after losing their jobs during the pandemic they were crushed by a Freight Train and maharashtra after stopping to rest on the tracks and falling asleep the laborers were going home to their states of much help for dish hundreds of kilometers away most public transport is shells. To russia which is rapidly becoming a new hotspot in the Global Pandemic for 6 days in a row new cases have gone up by more than 10000 and moscows mayor is warning that the number of infections is far higher than official figures challah ballasts has more. That Russian Police and Fire Fighters patrolled the streets with instructions observe the corone teen take care of yourself and stay home as countries around the world start to open up much of russia is closing down case numbers have escalated to put it in the top 5 of the world with more than 177000 cases but most goes mia fears it may be even worse by the year for according to screening studies the entire number of infections in moscow ranges from 252300000 thats 3 times the official figure there could be a modest budget at the table and now we have to toughen the requirements for travelling through the city and for the cemetery protection of people starting may 12th they will be strict measures for using public transport and masks and gloves will be compulsory and public places. Moskos 11000000 residents will be allowed to leave home for essential services only with restrictions extended into the end of may the only exceptions affect trees and construction sites of which many will become medical facilities prefabricated clinics are being built next to 13 moscow hospitals and other getting urgent extensions moskos all russian exhibitions seem to is also being transformed into a Field Hospital before but when there is that here we will have patients of moderate severe itching we will not host seriously ill patients they will go to actual hospitals with more sophisticated and treats of care a quick matter to. Russia had avoided the exponential growth seen in other countries in. Last week of march it had 1000 total cases is italy in the u. S. So past 100000 president pollution sent troops to help initially now be needed at home. I think russia should be proud because when europe and the whole world was struck by the code 19 pandemic you came to lend us a helping hand and not surprisingly russia has had similar problems and this is admirable its all hands to the front line is russias battle against corona virus as well and truly arrived charlotte dallas. And the nations government is calling on beijing to respond to accusations that fishermen were works to death on board chinese vessels at least 3 indonesian men allegedly died on ships between december and march some of their coworkers say they were physically abused and forced to work for days without wrists jessica washington reports from jakarta. Underneath the sheet is the body of an intern asian fisherman its time for a quick prayer and then an unceremonious there well. Hes one of 3 indonesian crewmembers who died on the launching 69. 00 and its just a vessels members of the crew say the men all have the same symptoms swelling chest pain and breathing difficulties they also say the boats captain has refused to go to port to get them medical care. After more than a year working in the seas near the pacific nation of some oil the vessel arrived in south korea where the men had to go into quarantine as part of coronavirus measures. One of them died shortly after they arrived. The men were working for a Chinese Business the dolly and ocean Fishing Company they captured footage of their work which appears to show endangered species of fish being caught and shark finning a south korean legal team looking into the case believes the captain refused to stop the ship because of these illegal activities. You know. Its. The men say they were forced to work for more than 18 hours at a stretch and often for 2 full days with no rest they say they were under fed and often physically abused by the chinese senior crew the indonesian government says its speaking with authorities in beijing to investigate those claims. Of the fishermen who worked for the same Chinese Company on different vessels have returned home to indonesia with similar grievances. People that it is like slavery but because of the contract were forced to follow the orders of the captain and the company aljazeera has contacted the dalai and Fishing Company but it has yet to respond jessica washington aljazeera jakarta. Still ahead on aljazeera i need money though im just relying on unemployment. The stories of loss behind the u. S. Unemployment numbers we hear from one woman who went from having 2 jobs to having nothing. Fresh elections will take place in malawi after the countrys Top Court Upholds the end moment of the last years vote when. We got some very heavy right in the forecast for the Korean Peninsula over the next couple days big massive cloud which is in the process of spilling out of northern china this area of low pressure that will make its way across the yellow sea south korea seeing some heavy downpours then as we go through saturday possibly with some localized flooding and that wetter weather will eventually push on into q. C. To western parts of japan and right the way across japan as we go on through saturday into sunday some very heavy rain coming through his shoulder by the mountains i think for tokyo should be too bad temperatures here around 24 celsius but you will see some wet weather along with a kind of bright skies come back in behind northern parts of china fine and dry by the end of the weekend some wet weather there into southern parts of china pushing towards hong kong making its way to early part of next week setting i feel hot and humid as we go on through much of sunday hot and humid across a good parts of Southeast Asia not a disturbance out into the open waters here into the western side of the pacific thats going to run on towards the philippines as we go into the early part of next week heavy showers there for much of the region heavy showers to across southern parts of india at present further north the heat continues to build with more sunshine. Expelled from their base in jordan in lebanon and left in a political wilderness rebellion was rising in the ranks of the p. L. O. But was this just another inevitable step on the road to victory this is a fact of the long march to our cup that just for the conflict that would cost out a fight his leadership in life. Chronicling the turbulent story of the struggle for a palestinian home. P. L. O. History of a revolution on aljazeera. The. Youre watching out is there on her mind about top stories this hour u. S. Unemployment surged to 14. 7 percent in april the highest ratio almost 90 years new figures show that 20500000 jobs had lived out as lockdowns battered down. On the Worlds LargestInternational Evacuation missions has begun thousands of indian nationals to be contracted from the middle east and Southeast Asia on flights and navy ships. Russia is becoming the new global hot spots a cold that night for a 6th straight day new cases of gone up by more than 10000. Returning now to our top story the drastic job losses in the u. S. By the everyone of those grim statistics is a story of personal loss john hendren spoke to one woman from chicago who was working 2 jobs to make ends meet until the pandemic struck. Christiane montgomery had 2 jobs a Bright Future in the prospect of. A better life for her children i just want to enjoy life. Now about my kids. In a matter of weeks the coronavirus took it all away her employer gave her a pink slip a weeks notice and annoying doubt about ever recovering what she had a risk getting richer and or is it or are and if its just not fair its not fair shes one of more than 30000000 newly unemployed americans suddenly living in upside down American Dream millions of them more than any time since the Great Depression now line up that Unemployment Offices and food banks trading pride for porridge or whatever it is theyre serving today government aid is generally slow in coming here in illinois if you call the Unemployment Office they give you another number to call to file your initial claim you dial that number and generally this is what happens next. d d d month gomery wasnt just surviving she was achieving a Better Future for the next generation with a daughter in college his son in high school and another in daycare now all locked down in the home she owns she had minister grants for the us headquarters of the y. M. C. A. She used her masters degree in business to work a 2nd job as a financial in tax consultant i would like to go back to doing that work but at the same token im not going to get any clients now because nobody is going to reach out to me because of all and to rebuild that part of it thats going to take. And right now i need money though im just relying on unemployment. Its often said the virus targets indiscriminately but thats not exactly true especially on chicagos south side everybody just escaped. And i never knew that this is this virus that impacts so many lives youre more likely to get it if youre black and according to unemployment claims more likely to lose your job if youre a woman now christian on one gomery in millions of others are struggling each day to beat the virus on both counts john hendren aljazeera Chicago Police in the u. S. State of georgia have vowed to do Everything Possible to punish those responsible for shooting an unarmed black man the family of. Say he was out jogging when he was confronted by 2 white men who say they thought he was a burglar on the same place challenge to father and son with murder the charges come after a National Public outcry over a lack of action more than 2 months after the 25 year old was killed i will tell you that this case is an active Ongoing Investigation in fact or its this press conference breaks today these agents behind me of agents in the in the crowd who are here today to observe will continue their investigation theyre staying in this community theyre going to continue to work it and theyre going to go wherever the facts take them if in fact the facts take them to make another arrest in this case then they will do that. There have been prote