A virtual vigil in the us for a black man shot dead while jogging in georgia after the rest of a father and son for murder. Welcome to the program for weeks weve seen lines at the food bank stretching for miles and job centers overwhelmed with people its given us a picture of how badly the u. S. Economy has been hit by cope with 19 but now we have the most concrete figure yet 14. 7 percent thats the Unemployment Rate for april which tripled from the month before to put it another way thats more than 20000000. 00 jobs gone for perspective its worse than the global recession which followed the 2008 financial crisis and it created a new postwar record previously set in 1902 when unemployment reached nearly 11 percent so its no exaggeration to say this is the worst crisis for the u. S. Economy since the Great Depression of the thirtys when one in every 4 American Workers had no job from washington d. C. Particle reports. Its a remarkable statistic 20500000 americans are out of work numbers
Venezuela charges 2 americans with terrorism and conspiracy to overthrow the government. Welcome to the program for weeks weve seen lines at the food banks stretching for miles and job centers overwhelmed with people its given us a picture of how badly the u. S. Economy has been hit by cope with 19 but now we have the most concrete figure yet 14. 7 percent thats the Unemployment Rate for april which tripled from the month before to put it another way thats more than 20000000. 00 jobs gone for perspective its worse than the global recession which followed the 2008 financial crisis and it created a new post war record previously set in 1902 when unemployment reached nearly 11 percent so its no exaggeration to say this is the worst crisis for the u. S. Economy since the Great Depression of the 1930 s. When one in every 4 American Workers had no job from washington d. C. Is particle. Its a remarkable statistic 20500000 americans are out of work numbers not seen since the Great Depression a
Receive american text. That going is backed, topping 13,000 and bringing its games t gains to 40 . It is 2017 all over again. Shery lets get a quick check of how markets closed wednesday session in the u. S. Equity markets started the session higher, but most momentum in the afternoon. The s p 500 looks awaiting between gains and losses. Th s p 500e fell for a fourth consecutive session. Still the tech sector was strong. Chipmakers leaving the gains leading the gains. A philadelphia chipmaker closing at the highest level in more than a month. 1 ,nasdaq gaining 3 10 of despite the fact that President Trump said at one point the u. S. Will one day sue google and facebook. U. S. Futures at the moment not doing much. Lets see how markets are shaping up in asia. Sophie we could see another lackluster day in the making with the regional benchmark for another session. This thursdayont, we have Chinese Industrial profits and japanese retail sales. In the tech space, japan with a few news lines
The west point the finger at damascus for the escalation. Its the weekly here on r. T. International live from our studio with me. This is all round up of the top stories from the last 7 days and the latest up to date news welcome to the program the u. S. Prosecutors have unveiled a 17 fresh charges against wiki leaks founder Julian Assange all falling under the espionage act they come on top of a charge of conspiring to hack a u. S. Government computer which forms the basis of an extradition request for a song and she is currently serving time in the u. K. Don quarter takes a closer look at what it all means for the whistleblower. The stakes are now much higher for imprisoned wiki leaks founder Julian Assange on 17 new charges by a notoriously anti Whistleblower Court and potentially up to 175 years in prison this new batch of accusations falls under the espionage act used to convict spies and detractors during the 1st world war the indictments legal ease of obtaining and disclosure o
Says Vladimir Putin made a mistake by inviting invading ukraine. The war dominated a 2 day meeting of all of shots cabinet focused on finding alternatives to russian fossil fuel and with well focused on ukraine. B. U and chief makes a high profile visits to a conflict ravaged part of nigeria. Antonio gutierrez, travels to barnum state, where islamic extremists have been terrorizing the population for years. Ah, im good. How about as well come to the program . European Commission President , or is it a funder lie and has called on the you to ban oil imports from russia . She proposed a phase out that would end payments to moscow for more oil by the and of the year. The 27. 00 members states would have to support the band unanimously, the for it to pass support that may be hard to muster. Several you countries get the majority of their oil from russia. But those who back the embargo say anything less was would amount to funding russias war on ukraine. Stepping up, the pressure and russia