Flares again in lebanon 19 is pushing the economy closer to the brink of collapse. And the 2 kilometer wide asteroid from the depths of our solar system is due to zip past within a few hours. More lives have not be lost to the corona virus pandemic on u. S. Soil than ole of the americans killed during the war in vietnam a tally by Johns Hopkins University Shows the death toll is beyond 58300 and more than 1000000 people have been infected lets go live now to washington and our correspondent mike hanna so another grim milestone of a statistic mike. Indeed yes. Membrane to that that death toll in vietnam was over a 10 year period whereas the death toll in the pandemic has been within a 2 to 3 month period so certainly a very grim statistic over 1000000. 00 americans infected what that means is that roughly one in every 330. 00 americans contracted the virus but observers point out too that the figure could be far far higher because this is just those who actually tested for the virus and
Lebanon as a currency crash pushes the economy to the brink. President taking. Place in the philippines are accused of abusing human rights as they enforce strict coronavirus measures. Full of stories to come but were going to start with lebanon where violence has escalated during a 2nd night of protests in the Northern City of tripoli demonstrators set fire to a bank and hold rocks at Security Forces who responded with tear gas and rubber bullets the protests are bernie growing as the crisis hit economy crumbles further because of the corona Virus Outbreak monday one protester was killed during the riots has more for us from tripoli. Hunger and hopelessness are driving lebanese to the streets the economy is close to collapsing protesters vent their anger at banks for preventing people from accessing their savings and a long serving political elite is being blamed for mismanagement and corruption in recent days the local currency has sharply devalued against the dollar there were casua
A currency crash pushes the qana me to the brink. And along with Everything Else going on a giant asteroid is due to herschel to earth in the next few hours. The economic effects of the pandemic are being felt in many sectors of the Global Economy right now but aviation and oil in particular ahead in the biggest player after already announcing it would cut production by a 3rd and that the company was bleeding cash at an unprecedented speed and us has posted a 1st quarter loss of half a 1000000000. 00 the chief executive of the European Aerospace company is warning it is quote the greatest crisis the industry has ever known its us rival boeings already announced plans to cut as many as 7000. 00 jobs with its chief executive predicting Global Airline revenues could drop over 300000000000 dollars this year and. The industry will take years to recover and in the u. K. British airways is set to cut up to 12000. 00 jobs which is around a 3rd of its workforce airlines suspended 96 percent of
And welcome to aljazeera live from my headquarters in doha with me elizabeth purana also ahead kenyas Opposition Leader withdrawals from the president ial election for you from a dentist says the Election Commission wont give him a fair chance a major color Immunization Campaign begins in bangladesh as for hunger muslims continue to feed myanmar and california assesses the damage as wildfires spread for the u. S. State third day. No news leader has stepped back from declaring and dependence instead calling for talks to resolve spains worst political crisis in decades. Did sign a symbolic declaration but its unclear if that has any legal status john holl reports from barcelona. He arrived at the Parliament Building bristling with expectation a heavy Police Presence hinted at the weighty announcement to come but carlos president of catalonia is Regional Government stopped short of a full declaration of independence. As president its my responsibility to declare that catalonia should beco
Primary in years could signal a turning point in this long, dramatic race for the white house. On the republican side doll trump is dominating his home state with support from more than half of likely gop voters and a poll from the wall street journal, nbc news and Marist College shows from leading john kasich by 30 points with takers and third. Hillary clinton also commanding a doubledigit lead among new york democrats, 55 percent to Bernie Sanders 41. Jon new york matters this time around. Could be a chance for both frontrunners for recent losses. Heres our. He started his columnist of the hill, John Mccormick Senior Writer at the weekly standard. Thanks both of you for coming in. Amy, its fascinating to see there are similar problems facing the front runners of his time. Donald trump and Hillary Clinton. Yes, they are poised for big wins in their home state next tuesday. And in both of their races that will bring them great comfort and momentum but looking at the probability that th