goes in search of the truth about the 2 new zealand independence less harshly. on al-jazeera. my. coronavirus smashes the u.s. economy more than 10000000 people apply for unemployment benefits. followed i'm having my head seen and this is al jazeera live from london also coming up boris johnson promises to increase testing as the u.k. suffers another record day attacks. spain's song for miles stolen 10 fine isn't people killed spying covert 19. dead.

and the philippine president's kid damage for a shoot to kill order on coronavirus curfew. but the economic devastation caused by the coronavirus is speaking clearer with the u.s. announcing a major rise in the unemployment rate a record 6600000 americans for the point for unemployment benefits for the 1st time in the past week that's 3000000 more than the week before some 10000000 salt benefits back in march was a similar story over in spain the logs are in there has cost more than 800000 redundancies last month many of them seasonal workers such as those in the to resume industry 3 and a half 1000000 spaniards don't have a job and the number of british people apply. in for government benefits is 10

times higher than normal almost a 1000000 brits universal credit in the past 2 weeks notice despite it's a stimulus package aimed at preventing layoffs well let's get more now from kimberly hole could she joins us now live from washington d.c. and can bring those are staggering figures from the u.s. they don't. yeah they're sagarin numbers for this week and then you add it to last week's also staggering numbers and you have more than 10000000 americans recorded filing unemployment claims and here's what makes this number even bleaker that is that many americans weren't able to get through on the phone lines they weren't able to get access to internet to file those jobless claims so the expectation is that the number could be as high as 4 times that once all of these claims are processed and what we're hearing is this is

job losses across the board every sector whether it's health care entertainment even the travel industry in the problem is is a lot of these jobs are coming back we're told at least one in 4 restaurants that shut down will not reopen it's unlikely that many travelers are going to feel comfortable getting on a cruise line or an airplane or staying at a hotel even after the social distancing guidelines are lifted so what we're hearing already is that there's an effort underway by the white house by the u.s. congress this is really in the early stages but already talking about legislation what they're calling face for recovery creating jobs repairing america's infrastructure in order to give people the work that they're looking for given the fact the job they may have had previously may not be coming back certainly bad news there in the u.s. but there's also been some movement of terms of or you prices cycling is this changing the situation. yeah well it's

just the situation seems to be in flux globally at the moment the u.s. president is taking credit for potentially at least alleviating some of the pain with respect to the oil price war that has been going on in recent weeks adding to the economic instability already created by coronavirus the u.s. president in a series of tweets thursday morning has said that he has essentially brokered a deal between russia and saudi arabia in terms of oil prices there what he's saying is that he has gotten an agreement to cut production if you will what's been going on essentially is that we've had a 2 pronged problem in the absence there has been over production in terms of oil but there is also been. essentially what we've seen is the problems on the demand side and the supply side what we're now hearing from the u.s. president is that as a result of these discussions with the crown prince as of saudi arabia and lattimer

putin the russian leader that there should be a kind of oil production of 10 to 15000000 barrels now already we've seen the markets potentially responding well to this new it's not a done deal but it appears the u.s. president suggesting this is something that will be finalized in the coming days we is also is that it is meeting with or oil companies and oil producers tomorrow and this weekend so we're expecting we'll hear more details but already just in the suggestion that this problem could be resolved we see the oil prices and the markets already starting to bounce back up a little bit at the prospect that there could be at least some relief in the midst of this very uncertain economic time in days can really hold could bring us all the very latest from washington thank you. now the u.k. has health minister here's just recently it's off self isolation has held the british government's daily news conference the government has come under increasing pressure over its rate of testing but it's not hancock said not all the recommended

tests have been reliable and there's a challenge to making sure that the public can have confidence in tests several of the tests that we're currently checking have failed in one case a test that i'm being urged to by missed 3 out of 4 positive cases of coronavirus that means in 3 quarters of cases that test would have given the false comfort of sending someone with coronavirus back on the wards approving tests that don't work is dangerous and i will not do it let's get more now from these in barber he's live for us in london and there's even more record breaking numbers and i own stock in the u.k. the unemployment rate soaring as well as a record number of fatalities announced working its hours. well the press conference that you've been hearing from by matt hancock the health secretary

just downs of isolation after he contract to cut it 19 basically addressed mohel directly than we've heard before some of the criticisms of the government's response in terms of testing and in terms of protective equipment notably for people who work in the national health service i think. he did say as you were hearing they decided that some testing kits just were up to the job he also said that they are creating testing laboratories around britain to deal with the expected numbers we know from the 24 hour increase in deaths that sort of things are actually getting worse and that was predicted when the partial lockdown came into effect just over a week ago a week and a half ago should say so his message is we are taking it seriously our priorities remain testing patients in hospital but the message to n.h.s.

workers was they help ease on its way particularly he said in their terms of equipment they're all deploying the military around the country and the new going on things that they're issuing bringing in britain. in line with well health organization guidelines all that protective equipment now just in a couple of hours time people around the country will be applauding the people who work in the n.h.s. and the care sectors of the government is well aware of people's worries as well full front line workers because they want to know when they can get back to work to do that vital job when those hospitals around the country really do. and indeed worrying as certainly about the front line at h.s. workers but many people sitting watching this who will also be quite worried about their jobs not least given because of the surgeon in unemployment claims.

but about the last 2 weeks since they were going to stay home and not go to work 150000 people you need claim that merged fall what's called universal credit a package of state benefits including including housing benefits so that is 10 times the normal number for a 2 week period on top of that we're hearing from companies like british airways that they're suspending up to 80 percent of their workforce without. basically amending the government safety net so that they will receive 80 percent of their salaries but around the country there are been warnings this week that 20 percent of small businesses could simply collapse in the near future and there are still worries for people who are self employed as to whether they will be covered so this echoes what we're seeing in other countries in europe in spain as well there are

very worrying statistics will newly unemployed people and certainly there are lots and lots of questions being asked about how long these kind of restrictive measures which let's not forget a more stringent in other countries than in britain how long people expected to stay indoors are not so go outside and not take part in basically the economy ok very uncertain times the lie ahead for 19 baba thank you very much indeed i will not to mention spain there they've reported another new high in the number of daily deaths from corona virus some 950 people have died in the past 24 hours that takes the country's total to more than 10000 another 8000 people infected the number of confirmed cases there is now going beyond 110000 while those latest numbers put spain on a par with italy just being the worst hit. tree in europe get more now from our

sahara she's a spanish journalist joining me now live from madrid marta that's well over 100 people have died in the last 24 hours is there any hope in sight over in spain while health ministers have ministers sources say that we haven't reached the at the peak of the current figures or sterilizing so their mother might be a little bit of hope for us but today we have $150.00 car buyers dead in spain in the last 24 hours again the deadliest day with more than $10000.00 in total writing the death rate to 9.07 percent another day with more than 800 new infections 6 days in a row that reaching 100 and then 110000 people infected from cop in 19 today the health minister reported that the curve has been to start liasing and we

will see now a slow down process and health ministries also focusing now in the intensive care units and they are trying to to to prevent a collapse. and martyred you see you mentioned there that certainly that curve might be starting to stabilize and so on but certainly it's still seems a dire situation in spain quite frankly just how are people they're coping in 2 people have confidence that the the health care system is able to deal with this surge of cases this the people who are currently being treated in might need a mission in the days and weeks to come. yes well i think we're go through the worst times already there was no medical aid that has been shipped between the last week and this incoming week we saw a complete disaster in our health care system with all these 14 percent of

healthcare workers infected by from our own a virus so a big cows in this full field hospital in exhibition center but things look like they're establishing these medical aid has been distributed to all the regions of spain but the only main worry now people are confident now we have been in a very dramatic situation very traumatic situation and now we're quite confident because things look like if there are moving a little bit so we'll see what happens next ok we will indeed marty herrera live for us in spain thank you very much indeed a sensation a 600000 people in china are in lockdown after new infections were reported in g.r. county near who by province where the cold virus outbreak began the cases further raised fears of a 2nd wave of infections for us louis has this report. china's government has ordered a lockdown on g.r.

county in one on province it borders who break which was the epicenter of the corona virus outbreak in china 600000 people have been ordered not to leave their homes unless they have official permission the order came after an infected none came into contact with 2 doctors who then tested positive the new lockdown has sparked fears of a 2nd wave of infection just as china is restarting the world's 2nd biggest economy after months of enforced quarantine china's foreign ministry says u.s. officials are shameless for accusing beijing of covering up the true picture of the outbreak. a ministry spokeswoman accused the americans of politicizing a health issue when it was a sure we have said multiple times that slanders smears and finger pointing cannot make up for the last time they'll only cause more lost time and lives if they continue to lie just like china did at the start of the epidemic many countries in

the region have imposed tough restrictions on movement malaysia is reporting early signs of a slowdown in the infection rate but the government says strict control measures need to be adhered to the president of the philippines has ordered soldiers and police to shoot anyone who violates the mandatory month long knockdown. go to ted tate issued the warning after protests by residents in a poor area of manila complaining about the lack of food and government aid but there. my orders are to the police and military also with the village officials if there are troubles or occasions where there is violence and your lives are in danger. them dead. rights groups have criticized his remarks with amnesty international calling them heartless and unjustifiable gloriously al-jazeera. still to come here on out as iran.

forced from their homes by the dead's the ecuadorian city where there are just too many bodies to bury. and calls for the release of people how bright charges the coronavirus it's indian administered kashmir. how it's still ready or should sight reading again in turkey that has its effect in northern syria eventually cause the caspian in fact that area produced quite a deep layer of low pressure just east of the caspian sea as you say but we're probably more interested in the more populous areas in turkey the old syria north iraq which will see rain again but it's not as cold as it was a central iraq of example is 20 degrees and we're $22.00 in tehran south of all

this where tempers are rising meccas at 40 the breeze is less than it was no i think will stay that way but the hint of it increasing it's more of a normal lose means it will feel a little bit colder cooler suppose in bahrain and qatar has come saturday and the rain is gone by that time also they were a sunny day throughout syria and most of turkey that's not true further west mediterranean is full of active weather at the moment not effects north africa 1st of all you've got the cooler weather with showers on shore breeze leaving morocco still in there in algeria and in tunisia and notably in tripoli with attempts to draw for 10 degrees the converse is that is the breeze out of the interior which means eastern parts of libya and egypt i think will be increasingly windy with the temperature rising in benghazi and then dropping as the waltz is pushed eastwards. i easily test trades and trace frank assessments why is it so he's struggling to

cope with the number coronavirus failure to take really aggressive action at them behind the herd informed opinions it's going to be much more challenging in a place like he did with his one ventilator 3000000 people in-depth analysis of the day's global headlines as india done enough to nip the spread of coronavirus in the inside story on al-jazeera. minor of the top stories here on al-jazeera the economic impacts of the coronavirus is becoming clearer after a record 6600000 americans applied for unemployment benefits for the 1st time in

the past week that's 3000000 more than the week before spain has reported another new high in the number of daily deaths from coronavirus 150 people have died in the past 24 hours taking the country's tolls all to more than 10000 and china's foreign ministry has criticized the u.s. after president told trump said he thought their coronavirus statistics were a little bit on the light sides aging labeled the comments shameless and accused washington of politicizing it public health issue. officials in one of the poorest and so the most populous parts of argentina's capital are bracing for a surge in infections like the rest of the country when a series says been unlocked and since march 20th cities home to 10000000 people and so far the number of positive cases remains low but local authorities are worried

the system will cope if the virus spreads sas is expected to terry's a ball has the latest ringback on the economic situation in argentina. the government has imposed a mandatory lockdown in this country very early on the order has been already around 12 days of imposed lockdown in the country security forces are on the streets thousands of people have been detained asking people to stay in their homes not to come out people to work from home because in order to prevent the spread of the virus when you come to places where i am right now this is a slum in when a fight is around 70000 people live in this area as you can see right behind me there's dozens of them that have come here this is a parish that's run by a priest that's very close to pope francis was also from argentina and all of this people are coming year to find a daily meal there also giving away some food among other things giving national i.d.'s for example so people can go and get some extra cash that the government is

giving away as i said many of those that live in this places have lost their jobs they live on a day to day basis they cannot make a living in any way and this is what the government is saying and because of the amount of people that we're seeing on the streets right now is that they're rethinking their strategy this is a reality not only in argentina but in many other countries in latin america i look for many of you see people is not an option because they won't provide shelter they're rethinking strategy what to do in order to try to make people either stay at home or stay in their neighborhood and try to control the spread of the virus. hospitals and morgues in ecuador a feeling the strain of the coronavirus many are filled to capacity and that means relatives of the days were 2 days for bodies to be collected and buried john homan has more. yes i mean this family is stuck outside of their house because they're dead relatives inside and has been for some time the limosine believe in and we

have been waiting for 5 days we're tired of calling 911 and the only thing they say is to wait every more. it's something that's happening across quite killed in ecuador many bodies have simply been left in the street the collapse of funeral services for cemeteries and a curfew has meant that many aren't able to bury their dead in the thirty's are struggling to help a little. every day we're getting hundreds of calls from people and guy aqil who have their dead loved ones in their houses their cars their neighborhoods others were turned back and told to take this others didn't even get ventilators or oxygen tanks. the country's been among the worst hit by the corona virus in latin america and why kill its largest city is at the epicenter it's around 30 degrees here it doesn't quite fit the theory that he can stop it on tuesday the mayor his self in isolation with the virus announce more emergency measures really you will be made

to day the 1st of the 4 large refrigerated containers i arrived at the bus at the bodies of the people who lost their lives inside the hospitals or who also lost their lives in their homes she also promised extra beds for medical staff and emergency food kits. but many are far from happy with the national government. this week was the health minister till a week and a half ago she resigned saying it lacked the resources to deal with the pandemic. where relatives around he's suffering living in poverty supposedly the government says that here they will help her and that they give nothing everything they say is a lie everything is just blah blah blah blah meanwhile people wait outside why kills overwhelmed hospitals not knowing if their loved ones will come out alive will be added to the long list of the dead john heilemann how does either. well as india observes nationwide locked and one area has solved red sea been under heavy restrictions since late last year there's been

a communications blackout it's an indian administered kashmir since august after new delhi revoked the region's autonomy but thousands of prisoners detained by indian authorities may not be released because of the corona virus outbreak elizabeth purana reports from the indian capital. the tears of a mother worried for her only child and alone since he was detained by police nearly 8 months ago at the big m. says finds him had gone to the pharmacy to buy her medicine when police detained him under special legislation the police found his final who worked in a shop selling water purifiers in indian administered kashmir and was involved in separatist activities but i know you said no you know why does the learner go to you but if this is not oppression then what is what have we done to deserve this why does a poor widow like me have to go through such difficult times why my subject to so much terror i have been appealing to authorities for several months to look at this

case with. 22 year old files as one of more than $7000.00 midis detained by the indian government since it revoked the region's autonomy last year new delhi has said the detentions are necessary to maintain order and prevent violence it now says it's looking into releasing some of the president after the supreme court asked the government to prevent the spread of coronavirus in prisons human rights groups say the detentions without charge or trial violate both indian and international law and with many courts now closed the public health emergency should not be used to bypass accountability many of them have been simply under you know. what bloggers are not of the most shocking but actually there's no written document so the. being relieved. you don't like strongly but of problematic extremely critical. the government has closed all schools in the disputed kashmir region they reopened in february only to be shot

again 2 weeks later after the 1st cases of corona virus were reported in the territory but you want. to ask about party it definitely has a negative impact on the children studies although some schools seem tutorials to them but the government didn't do anything for children studying in government schools. there was also a complete communications blackout with landline mobile and internet services cut off a month's slow speed 2 g. internet was only restored last month but 4 g. is still unavailable rights groups are calling for the full restoration of internet services so that people have access to health information and their loved ones during the pandemic which was set up by the i'm suffering i want to see him once but i can't afford to i don't know what to do many who can afford to have met their relatives but i can't because i'm poor i'm struggling just to live how can i even think of going to meet him. a taker has had one video call the fires all his

friends are giving him money to get by but the lockdown means they can no longer visit here elizabeth priam al-jazeera new delhi. let's bring you some other news now on one quite door was to appear before prosecutors in venezuela is accused of an attempted coup and claims he tried to assassinate nicolas maduro lucien human is in santiago for the sea all he tell us about this. one of my bo had been summoned by the prosecutor general to appear today to answer questions on these charges that he was involved in an attempt to overthrow the government and possibly an assassination attempt against my would all this happened after a cache of arms was found and by the end of colombia it was found by the colombian authorities inadvertently and it was discovered that this had been set up somehow by members of the venezuelan opposition they have not been identified but the

government has very has been very quick to say that the opposition leader and the man who is recognized by many as the interim president to include the united states and colombia that he was involved this happened because somebody who turned on the president himself of former general who was living in colombia and who has now been extradited to the united states mentioned when he was questioned about the cache of arms that lidle had somehow been organizing it why bill has denied this completely he's also refusing to show up at the office of the prosecutor general who's got 32 more attempts according to venezuelan law if he doesn't go after 2 more citations he could be arrested and came to see a new man in santiago thank you very much and. also making the news today afghanistan's government says choose to release 100 taliban

prisoners and exchange for 20 afghan security force members the prisoner swap is expected to happen in the coming days it's a result of the deal signed between the taliban and the united states in february that same that ending nearly 20 years of war that marks the 1st steps towards a subsequence an exchange of $6000.00 prisoners held by the afghan government the arms group. the prime suspect for the kidnapping and murder of journalist daniel pearl is expected to be released pakistani courts overturn the murder conviction of british born omar saeed shaykh but maintains he has helped with the kidnapping 3 other men have been acquitted pro was working for the wall street journal investigating a pakistani rebel group when he was killed back in 2002. and kenny's ruling party has won a major or a majority rather in last month's disputed election the vote to place on the same

day as a constitutional referendum which critics say paved the way for the president suffered condé to stay in power for a further 12 years both polls were boycotted by the country's opposition leaders the political crisis has led to months of violent protests in the west african country much more the websites at al-jazeera dot com. here with al-jazeera these are the headlines this hour the economic devastation caused by the coronavirus is becoming clearer with the u.s. allies in a major rise in the unemployment rate record $6600000.00 americans avoid for unemployment benefits for the 1st time in the past week that's 3000000 more than the week before 10000000 sought benefits in march spain has reported another new high in the number of daily deaths from the coronavirus 150 people have died in the

past 24 hours taking the country's top will to more than 10000 in a while italy has registered 760 more deaths from coronavirus bringing their thoughts all to almost 14000. u.k. has reported 569 deaths in the past day the british isles minister whose reason they are is a self isolation and self is just held the u.k. government still news conference u.k. asking under increasing pressure over its rate of testing but not hancock said not all the recommended tests have been reliable and there's a challenge to of making sure that the public can have confidence in tests several of the tests that we're currently checking have failed in one case a test that i'm being urged to by missed 3 out of 4 positive cases of coronavirus

that means in 3 quarters of cases that test would have given the false comfort of sending someone with coronavirus back on the wards approving tests that don't work is dangerous and i will not do it china's foreign ministry has criticised the us after president donald trump said he thought there coronavirus statistics were a little bit on the light side beijing labeled the comments as shameless and accused washington of politicizing a public health issue and 600000 people in china are in lockdown after new infections were reported in jharkhand see a province where the coronavirus outbreak began the cases of further raised fears of a 2nd wave of infections that show up today stay with us an al-jazeera inside story is up next.

how can health workers fighting the coronavirus pandemic be better protected doctors and nurses around the world are risking their lives to treat the growing number of patients can the enormous mental and physical strain on them be reduced this is inside story. hello and welcome to the program i'm homages to him the war against the coronavirus pandemic is being fought in hospitals around the world doctors and nurses are on the front line but the long hours and huge workload are taking their toll.