In every respect he has acted responsibly and legally and with integrity the u. K. Prime minister of defense is chief adviser whos under pressure to resign over claims he reached the lock down. And hong kong protesters mobilizing their south rallying against chinas plan to close the National Security. Hello welcome to the program israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu launched a tirade against the nations Justice System as his long awaited corruption trial got underway hes facing several charges in a series of cases stemming from ties to wealthy associates Benjamin Netanyahu is israels 1st sitting Prime Minister to ever go on trial he was sworn back into office as head of a rare unity government just a week ago every force that has more now from occupied East Jerusalem. This was always going to be an extraordinary moment in israeli politics Benjamin Netanyahu decided to make it clear in his intention to fight not just within the core group but outside in public against the whole con
To see. The coronavirus pandemic is change the way we live our lives nearly every country in the world has been affected millions of infections hundreds of thousands of deaths and most scientists work on developing a vaccine governments are focusing on reducing the number of infections through social distancing and other preventative measures but these restrictions have brought with them countless financial losses across the globe. The coronavirus recession is considered to be the worst economic downturn since the 1929 great depression. Im Richelle Carey and as coven 1000 measures halt International Trade shut down airports and bankrupt businesses tens of millions of people have lost their jobs. And for many being unemployed in the middle of a pandemic means not only losing their income but it also means losing access to health care so how can governments protect their workers and rebuild their economies the director general of the International Labor Organization Guy Ryder talks to al
Recession is considered to be the worst economic downturn since the 1929 great depression. Im Richelle Carey and coburn 1000 measures halt International Trade shut down airports and bankrupt businesses tens of millions of people have lost their jobs. And for many being unemployed in the middle of a pandemic means not only losing their income but it also means losing access to health care so how can governments protect their workers and rebuild their economy the director general of the International Labor Organization Guy Ryder talks to al jazeera. Mr guy writer director general of the International Labor organization thank you so much for your time it has been said that we are all and this together but we are not this pandemic does not affect everyone the same as a condom is started to to shut down country after country after country what was your immediate thought about what this would mean for for workers for laborers. Well i think absolutely right in what you say we are all in this
A few short weeks of stay at home orders being implemented across the country the Washington Post reports that according to the u. S. Department of labor more than 17000000 new jobless claims have been filed in the past 4 weeks and in fact last week saw 6600000 americans applying for Unemployment Benefits in just one week and all the tea leaves are reading that this is just the beginning my friends and that these numbers could actually be on the conservative side of things. But its not just the United States of america facing massive amounts of unemployment new new new new new all around the globe jobs are being lost in record numbers thanks to the covert 19 pandemic in fact the International Labor organization well they now estimate that working hours will decline by 6. 7 percent in the 2nd quarter of 2020 which is equivalent to 195000000. 00 full time workers the aiello director general guy ryder sudden a statement to the media that quote this is the greatest test for International C
Department of labor more than 17000000 new jobless claims have been filed in the past 4 weeks and in fact last week saw 6600000 americans applying for Unemployment Benefits in just one week and all the tea leaves are reading that this is just the beginning my friends and that these numbers could actually be on the conservative side of things. But its not just the United States of america facing massive amounts of unemployment new new new new new all around the globe jobs are being lost in record numbers thanks to the code 19 pandemic in fact the International Labor organization well they now estimate that working hours will decline by 6. 7 percent in the 2nd quarter of 2020 which is equivalent to 195000000. 00 full time workers the aiello director general guy ryder sudden a statement to the media that quote this is the greatest test for International Cooperation in more than 75 years if one country fails then we all fail we Must Find Solutions that help all segments of our society part