. the last cases of a nazi war criminal and id 3 year old is sentenced for his part in the killing of thousands of people. back into the program the coronavirus crisis is causing even more pain for workers in the world s largest economy more than 1400000 people in the u.s. of claim the unemployment benefit in just the past week is the 18th week in a row that the number has topped a 1000000 economists estimate 25000000 people are now out of a job the white house says there s a fundamental agreement on a new coronavirus stimulus package senate republicans are set to unveil a one trillion dollar aid bill later on thursday well a surge in infections has seen some businesses and schools closed for a 2nd time there are now almost 4000000 cases in the u.s. and about 143000 deaths let s join our white house correspondent kimberly halkett who is monitoring events for so we are just a very short time away kimberly from perhaps getting the 1st comments and ideas of what the president th
we can solve the problem now there is a problem for the u.s. president all of this and that is that members of his own republican party are particularly onboard with these tariffs they re concerned about the impact on u.s. consumers goods as well as american businesses donald trump is downplaying that impact of the series of tweets that he sent late wednesday early thursday morning he says that that could in essence help american business that american companies located in mexico could come back to the united states and more recently in just the last couple of hours when asked about these tariffs whether or not he would push them through he said tariffs in his view are a beautiful thing white house correspondent kimberly how could live in washington can believe that he s a weather update next here on syria then seeking answers in sri lanka security officials briefed politicians at least to some they both things that left more than 250 people dead. hello there we re seeing som
relying on traditional cures. and the crowds come out in bosnia. hear the pope s message of reconciliation. let s start in iraq first where battles have been taking place between government forces between islamic state in iraq and the levant as both sides try to gain the upper hand in anbar province. that s west of baghdad. it s been the main target. 2 were killed in an isil attack. meanwhile in sama ra iraqi forces say they ve killed 25 forces. the aftermath of an attack on the air base anbar province. it shows that their advance to ramadi has not slowed down. 22 people have been killed. most of them iraqi soldiers and shia militias who fled ramadi. the u.s. which has been carrying out airstrikes to help the iraqis says even though the strategy won t change. and so the plan continues. to the west of samara it s entering what military commanders call the second face. iraqi soldiers and shia militia continue. we reached the strategic pocket of terrorists. we untense pr
protesters and police. ahead of the g 7 summit in southern germany. and the crowds come out in bosnia to hear the pope s message of reconciliation. i m lee wellings with the sports news. in paris how well serena williams does to win the 20th grand slam single s title. let s start with breaking news now coming in from the mediterranean where the my grand crisis is brewing 25,000 people were rescued. a number that is expected to rise. rescue operations have been carried out in the last 4 hours with some still going on right now. we understand that people rescued at sea are being taken to the italian ports. we ve been following the mediterranean migrant crisis, we re live at the italian island of lampedusa. tell us what is happening right now. well, that number of 2500 has risen. we just got off the phone with the italian coast guard. so far it s 23,100. as you said there are several rescue operations still ongoing. it s not clear yet but that number will also rise in the
bosnians hear the pope s message of reconciliation. now we begin with the mediterranean where thousands of migrants from rescued on saturday alone. 15 operations have been carried out in the past 24 hours. some are still under way right now. vessels by the british royal navy in the irish and italian german navies have been involved. we understand that they ve been taken to the italian ports. we have been following the mediterranean migrant crisis. what more do we know about the rescue operations which are still continuing? well, we just have an update from the italian coast guards. now so far 3,100 migrants have been rescued. the 15 rescue operations we re talking about are coming to an end. we don t have the final number. it could rise by a few hundred still. we have to wait and see. these rescue operations were carried out mainly by the germans, the italian it s and the irish. the italians have been in the forefront of these rescue operation force quite awhile now. they