A heavy price for one of the worlds poorest nations. A very warm welcome to you youre watching r. T. International with me in a key area. The top story this hour a state Memorial Service has just been held in paris to commemorate a murdered history teacher the french president addressed the ceremony declaring samuel party a silent hero and the face of the republic the teacher was beheaded by a jihadi extremist last week after showing caricature of the prophet mohammed to his class we can cross live now to charlotte ski in paris to discuss this further charlottes could you tell us more about the ceremony please. Well a solemn ceremony taking place on wednesday evening here in paris for that teacher samuel party whos brutally assassinated on friday of last week some 400 people in attendance at that ceremony q. B. Former and present ministers of france president marc korn paid tribute to some a party who was given the. The legion of honor for his work as a teacher describing 1 him as a ma
A country out of its economic spiral. And put Us Birthday Party has been postponed will suffer the South Koreans will have to wait until next month to celebrate. The sport paris man is set to be crowned champions in france is the Domestic League season is cancelled. Just 1500 hours g. M. T. Will start this news in the United States where the economic numbers just keep getting worse the u. S. Labor department has released yet another bleak unemployment report more than 3800000 americans filed for benefits in just the past week taking the total number of jobless to more than 30000000. 00 over the last 6 weeks the Unemployment Rate hold it around 3 and a half percent between december and february but in my. Watch it jumps to a 2 and a half year high of 4. 4 percent thats roughly more than 7000000 people the state governments now begin to restart their economies the easing lockdown measures all the hoff of the 50 states including florida or partially reopened by the end of this week as the
Never a dull day thank you very much and. Well the other story that were following is police in britain have been given extra time to question a truck driver after the bodies of 39 people were found in his vehicle just east of london on wednesday its been confirmed that they were all chinese citizens the bodies were found in the train or in essex after it had arrived from a port in belgian lawrence lee has the latest now. Well the news of the day that the 39 were chinese has led to media speculation that they could have been weak as from the west of china the leaders of course heavily persecuted by the Chinese State there are weaker refugees already in turkey there are overland routes towards western europe through turkey through comes like bug area and greece and so on the belgian and the british Authorities Say that they notice to spike in attempts of people trafficking from belgian since the french authorities closed down the camps in cali and dunkirk and so it seems the criminal ga
That and attention rises on the lebanese border. Israel threatens to go off of the heads of a ron, joining the Heated Exchange between washington and toronto. The live from moscow, this is our to international. Im rachel ruble. Starting off with the devastation in gaza. At least 30 people have a portal. Theyve been killed by and is really our strike on a refugee camp in the north of the palestinian enclave. Or this on the verified sledge, allegedly shows the aftermath of the attack with locals struggling to clear the concrete and steel that is covering the victims below. After 2 weeks of bombings over 4600 people have been killed in gaza and more than 14000 wounded. According to the Palestinian Health ministry, the number of hospitals are said to have run out of fuel to power generators, while those not destroyed yet struggle to keep up with the storage of patients and the dwindling medical supplies. And warning, the following images are disturbing. The bodies of dead children are seen
Imagine and the medium for has the line for the state of level and will be devastating. And as the idea of exchanges fire with hezbollah on the lebanese border, israel takes aim at a ron as well. The same quotes, youre going to wipe you off the face of the earth. The youre watching r t international. Im rachel ruble live in moscow. Sunday was the Bloodiest Day in gaza since the beginning of the war, according to Palestinian Health officials, who said, idea attacks took the lives of more than 400. 00 people in less than 24 hours. Overnight, at least 30 people were part of like held by and is really are striking on the refugee camps that in the north of the palestinian enclave. This on verified footage allegedly shows the aftermath locals are struggling to clear the concrete and steel that is covering the victims below a guys a base report. It brings us the latest reports for the forward. Right. Seeing that the, the, theres a, is there any error . So i can, which is everywhere. And the t