Government charges venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro with norco terrorism and Drug Trafficking charges marking a big lead in washingtons campaign to drive with euro from office the u. S. Is also offering millions of dollars for information leading to capture. Viewers on p. B. S. In the United States and all around the world welcome the United States is well on its way to becoming the new epicenter of the coded 1900 pandemic the countrys death toll has now topped 1000 and was nearly 70000 confirmed cases the country trails only italy and china in the highest number of infections the u. S. Economy is also reeling with the crisis fuelling a record surge in unemployment claims last week meanwhile the countrys largest city new york in struggling to cope critical supplies are lacking hospitals are overwhelmed and authorities every sordid to building make shift more. Fear is growing rapidly across new york as is the number of people infected with coronavirus many have to wait in line here in front of elmhurst hospital in queens doctors worry the Health System could collapse we are definitely seeing steady 4050 year olds with no comorbidities no diabetes no coronary Artery Disease no high Blood Pressure or. Other very much otherwise healthy individuals state Governor Andrew Cuomo is trying to set up as many beds as possible 1000 in this congress sent to unknown aside from Staff Shortages hes also concerned about a lack of ventilate his ventilators ventilators ventilators we need 30000 we have in the existing Hospital System 4000 ventilators this is just in the normal operation of hospitals etc as more people are tested the number of known infections grows the virus had spread here for weeks before testing was made possible new york is trying desperately to stay up and running subway trains and buses a still operating this constant cleaning but the city is being forced to prepare for the west cooler trucks stand ready behind the public Bellevue Hospital as makeshift morgues. Over more theres no theres bring in. The months years in washington d. C. Good evening to you stefan mean is this a kings in new york that the authorities have acted have responded too late to this break. I think its fair to say that you could say this for the entire United States the response came too late there were red flags enough red flags. And. The state governments as well as the federal government came a little bit too late to the party you remember that the federal government president gul trump right behind me in this in the white house made an absolute effort to downplay in on the play the threats of the Coronavirus Crisis here in the United States however its also fair and must be said that specifically Governor Andrew Cuomo from new york and new york itself as soon as aware of what is going to come heading their way in terms of this crisis is really draconian and fast measures into play here however whatever you hear from the governor in the next few days or in the last few days in terms of Numbers Project or what they need this is the beginning of a crisis new york is already an epicenter but it is the beginning of what theyre looking at here were talking about about half of the cases in the United States being in new york why is the infection rate so high you have medical authorities have they given us an explanation. No not really it is because like almost every other metropolitan super metropolitan area of new york is the one in america of course that the cities where business for open open for Business Travel still happen not Just International travel from tourists which ceased then after the europe and chinese travel band bought it domestically also so. Thats how you create hope that lets not forget california has a big problem to l. A. And other metropolitan areas in the United States louisiana new orleans will be one of the next one thats what the experts say. And so fun we know the number of americans filing claims for Unemployment Benefits shot to a record high last week more than 3000000 and the economy before this pandemic hit the economy was doing very well is the u. S. Is it prepared to deal with this. Absolutely right you said it right there records records unemployment 1st initial am apartment claims just as in one week 3200000 and Something Else this is up from 280000 just before corona virus hit the United States so the stimulus package 2 trillion dollars sounds great is good because its better than nothing but all the experts say its just a bandaid for now and everybody is expecting there has to be more to come to get this economy which is in shock right now out of the states rights to funds in months with the latest in washington tonight thank you. The United States government is offering 15000000. 00 reward for information leading to the arrest of venezuela president Nicolas Maduro the belgian comes as the u. S. Justice department officially charged midyear 0 and other senior officials in the country with Drug Trafficking crimes in several indictments washington is accusing the bureau and his allies of converting venezuela into a criminal enterprise and stealing billions from the country lets take a listen now to what u. S. Attorney general william barr said when he announced the charges earlier today. The indictment of Nicholas Madero and his codefendants alleges a conspiracy involving an extremely violent terrorist organization known as the revolutionary armed forces of colombia the far and an effort to flood the United States with cocaine. For more now we want to go to the ws corresponded for south America Nicole for this she joins us from columbias couple of bogota good evening to you nicola b. This is not a big surprise that the timing is certainly surprising do we know why the charges are being filed now. Not really i mean over the past year weve seen a very us ramping up pressure on the mentor regime this is certainly not the 1st time a u. S. Government official is calling him a narco terrorist hes been accused over and over of harboring fark rebels and even has bluff fighters so in a way this is a natural next step but a very important one indeed because the government has gone the u. S. Government has gone from calling him complicit in this Drug Trafficking scheme to actually identifying him as the head of the Country Little solace the cartel of the sons of position in which he allegedly orchestrated drug shipments coming from colombia to venezuela provided the far gravels with weapons pulled the strings and venezuelan Foreign Policy in order to facilitate drug shipments going to the u. S. Ally are countries like one doris for example and even used fark rebels to train a militia whose sole purpose it was to protect the operations of this cartel according to the Justice Department the idea behind all of this wasnt just a personal enrichment manure and his allies are accused of trying to be flood the United States with cocaine using cocaine as a weapon to debilitate the citizens of the United States and there are also reports coming out of the white house indicating that donald trump was growing more and more impatient with this situation not moving forward so that might have also been a factor in the timing and certainly in this approach growing a lot more radical yeah and we know goods the belge here is 15000000. 00 thats a lot of money to most people its not a lot of money go in the Drug Trafficking world but how does the United States think the government is going to help them detain madeira. Well for now the u. S. Denies seeking direct involvement in venezuela so a military operation theyre trying to get their hands on Nicolas Maduro seems highly unlikely but what this money can certainly help them do is crack the system from within theyre seeking defections within the materials party and mostly within the military because if madeira is still in power it is because of the ongoing support he receives from the countrys army the attorney general william barr didnt give too much detail about the plans the Justice Department had on getting their hands on Nicolas Maduro so the endgame here isnt completely clear. But it seems like theyre trying to to to stifle his his support system in order to have one by jove the man who is recognized as the legitimate venezuelan president by 50 countries have him move in and then have him extradite mature over to the to the u. S. Where he can then be brought to justice you know that is a possible legal way right there to get to the United States you go through this reporting tonight from bogota the go thank you claims for Unemployment Benefits in the United States rocketed by more than 3000000 last week now compare that to just 250000 the week before its the highest ever jump in a single week in u. S. History the hardest hit Sector Services reflecting the closure of business is such as restaurants and borders economists expect the number claiming an important benefits to rise further while much of the United States remains in lockdown. More now lets go to our financial correspondent quarter he is in new york good afternoon to you yes those unemployment figures i mean they are staggering theyre shocking but not surprising how is the Business World in the markets how are they reacting to them well i mean it did come a bit a little bit as a shock i mean when you that the numbers wouldnt be good but picture you that figure is more than double the number of want to mccollum is expected before and yes to a certain degree its no surprise just look around basically all the stores are closed it doesnt matter if its your headdress or if its the nail so long as that the bars the restaurants the Telecommunication Companies know what i mean i mean the small stores not the company hes entirely and to clearly economists expect that we will get. A lot of bet numbers like that in the weeks ahead and the chairman of the u. S. Fed saying that the u. S. Is most likely already in recession but investors a wall street they didnt let that faze them why not. Think that because the trading is completely crazy because if you look what happened and in their last 3 days including today today chips were up by another 6 percent more than 1300. 00 points so in those 3 days the market traded to the upside by 20 percent we are by now talking possibly about the best week since 1932 so i hope is that the Federal Reserve actually will have more money at tent if necessary and then probably tomorrow the house of congress in general will approve the 2 trillion dollar rescue package thats not going to be going to get the economy going and now but well it is at least some help some rescue for some small and Bigger Companies and also for people who are getting unemployed but what weve experienced on wall street this week is pretty unusual not to hold a crazy. Some people would call the crazy part of the New York Stock Exchange on this thursday yes thank you very much. Are here some of the other stories now that are making headlines around the world that china has ordered airlines to cut their International Flights even further to prevent the virus being brought from overseas back into the country carriers will now only be allowed to run one route to each country and only fly it once a week china is hoping to avoid a 2nd spike in virus he says calls by people returning to china. The german engineering and Technology Company bosch says its developed a corona virus tez that can deliver results within 2 and a half hours all thats around twice as fast as the current systems used here in germany are says its test is 95 percent accurate and is designed for use at medical facilities such as hospitals and doctors offices and the European Parliament in brussels is debating special measures to cushion the Economic Impact of the pandemic the leaders they have they met the Video Conference today to discuss steps to mitigate the crisis but in a speech to lawmakers the European Commission president herschel of on the law and expressed her dismay and Member States a whack of solidarity including their decisions to close their borders when europe really needed an all for one spirit too many initially gave an only for me response and when europe really needed to prove that this is not only a fear whether union too many initially refused to share their umbrella but it was not long before some felt the consequences of their own uncooled the need to action a successful you feel response can only be coordinated if our internal market and our shannon area work of the way it should a crisis without borders cannot be resolved by putting barriers because you have the math and shes following developments for us in brussels org when we did we had a pretty strong condemnation there today where does are so often the why and where does she see this lack of solidarity now. Let me give you 2 examples brand one is the export of those essential masks but also protective gear for doctors and that export it did not take place its only for instance needed those mosques and they did not get them from a fellow you member state but in the end they got them from china another example is the closure of National Borders at a time of crisis creating traffic jams risking the flow the frequent flow of of goods in the internal market and that is why was it off on the line and said lets cotton ate all of this lets make a european stock pile lets also make sure we close the actual borders so that internal borders can remain ok those are her suggestions what came out of the Video Conference today were there any solutions that were all for it looks like were going to having a rout here over the financial means to help in the corona crisis in other words help the economy theres a draft the conclusion of this Virtual Summit and in it it says the european stability mechanism should be used and finance ministers should look into that there is however no mentioning off socalled corona bonds or mutual bonds in the e. U. Because behind the scenes already in the netherlands but also germany said they do not want these bonds they still believe that nations in europe can get that from the debt market so they they are still stable and so those means are not necessary yet and the italian Prime Minister in the meantime has already said he has rejected those draft conclusions and he has given the e. U. 10 days to come up with an adequate plan how to financially secure the future of europe yeah it seems like were going from one crisis to the next at the moment here mountains on the story for us in brussels new york thank you. Well the coronavirus poses an acute danger to the thousands of People Living in greeces overcrowded migrant camps on less books and other greek islands tens of thousands of refugees are packed together in filthy conditions with Little Health care and outbreaks of the corona virus could be devastating. A few days ago migrants so face masks offering protection to others in the camps here as well as new arrivals now that the island is in lockdown built to house 3020000 people live in this camp now its cut off from the outside world. Pita sees up from Doctors Without Borders says his own demise ation has long been calling for an evacuation and now things are much worse they know they are trapped and that and they know that there are no measures taken by the authorities to protect them against a virus and thats another issue so there is a real threat that this will be a medical and humanitarian catastrophe. But theres also the fear that is going on there we might see a lot of chronic. Hygiene is a big problem here and with social distancing virtually impossible any infection would spread extremely rapidly there are just 6 intensive care beds in the islands main town the very weak and sick including chronically ill children would need to be transported to the mainland geminis s. P. D. Party has appealed for action the. Gemini and some of the european nations have offered to start by taking in around 1500 people mainly unaccompanied or Sick Children so. Its just an initial step and it now needs to happen very quickly. Because its. The European Commission is responsible for coordinating it all and evacuation would be quick to organize says migration expert to get. 800000 beds in hotels in grace with any around 7000 in use 10000 people on the islands could be accommodated on the mainland the International Organization for migration is now building temporary safer camps to move people to yet so far theres been no evacuation its time for European Solidarity says canals those with Refugee Status living on the mainland could be taken in by other e. U. Countries with all the Accompanying Health care protection they offer m. E. P. Eric market has been on the boss for several weeks hes been documenting the inhumane conditions of the camps. Commission must coordinate the quick evacuation of people from refugee camps to individual member countries and we must work out how to ensure that hygiene and medical standards arent here to. The e. U. Commission says it hopes that countries will be able to begin taking in children within the next few weeks. Uganda confirm its 1st case of corona virus saturday and since then the number of infections has risen to 14 the president announced a raft of measures today to contain the spread of the virus they include closing schools and businesses and a ban on public transport the restrictions have left many ugandans frustrated and facing Economic Uncertainty he wus Julius Gumbel reports from the capital kampala. Parkies one of compilers busiest sports when on ordinary day hundreds of thousands of people come here to board media buses but this is all we looks to do and no Public Transportation no bus and just ugandas president has ordered the police and the military to enforce his directive to bunt Public Transportation in the interests of public health. In this city under we. Funded for that deities and we come not to manage docsis little areas and this time we are here in town they have nothing to do. Its like they were life is stuck 10 undecided voters im asking the president to allow us to access all Social Security fund which is there to help us in retirement when we are physically disabled because this situation is not any different from physical disability what are you now as a known data you. This is the toughest situation i have ever experienced in my life. Feels worse than a war. The shops are closed following the president ial directive to open only those rich sell food and decision items like made because supplies thousands of people who walk here have no alternative source of income but Health Experts say that to contain discrete of the virus everyone must observe social distancing and so far theres no better way to do that than to stay at. Well people in germany are looking forward to asparagus arriving in the shops because it means that spring is here but supplies of that tasty vegetable if you like it may be scarce this year because of the coronavirus asparagus is mostly harvested by workers from other countries but with borders closed they cant get to germany farmers fear that their crops will be left to rot in the field. The clock is ticking for german asparagus farmers closed borders means up to 300000 fruit pickers wont arrive from poland romania bulgaria all the balkans in time it will meant as a Current Situation is a disaster how we supposed to hold face now. While germanys agriculture minister stresses that Food Supplies are safe and sufficient the government hopes tax breaks for people with spare time will help address the sorted of helping hands if this is. Where right out of that situation and we know about the sources of workers in the fields i mean its there so thats why on monday we decided to provide other opportunities to the people who are affected here and many and to give more flexibility to Seasonal Workers and flexibilities even in simple come. In addition the government has launched a website to attract volunteers Wishful Thinking say many farmers. And yes we really need professionals from Eastern Europe we do a great job harvest is started in the volunteers say they could work in the afternoon for a few hours or maybe on saturday or sunday or disparage this gross at least 7 centimeters a day it needs to be harvested daily or you can tuck it under. Asparagus farmers across germany are bracing themselves for having to let their fruit ross in the fields strawberries and next with more and more pharmacies fearing this blow to the supply chain could mean the end of that business. Unbelievable well people everywhere are finding creative ways to learn and to keep fit under the restrictions imposed during this coronavirus pandemic here in germany the countrys biggest basketball club. Has been helping kids who are stuck at home to do both more and more are tuning into sport lesson every morning take a look. 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We have witnessed so much suffering and death unleashed by the coronavirus 1st china then italy and this week spain but this pandemic nightmare it doesnt end it simply relocates and reasons tonight from europe to the United States of virus in the fast lane no where in the world is this pathogen spreading as quickly as in america