going out for me is one country al-jazeera world meets for refugees who've come to us touched people's lives and made a difference. hard road from home photographers and activists on al-jazeera. one in 10 american workers lose their jobs as they coronavirus pandemic takes an ever deeper toll on the global economy but there are glimmers of hope in europe as leaders reach a deal to support the worst hit states. an ontario this is our 0 live from london also coming up the number of global deaths grows another 800 victims in the u.k. alone a sports stadiums are turned into hospitals. and

a cease fire comes into effect in yemen but the goofy's say it's just a stunt. you know the number of world wide coronavirus deaths is edging closer to the 100000 mark as lockdowns continue to threaten the global economy there are signs that any recovery in the u.s. economy the world's largest is going to be slow as consumer confidence collapses and unemployment skyrockets and europe's leaders have agreed a trillion euro economic support plan they say will support businesses governments and people. meanwhile the number of dead around the world is rising rapidly in the u.s. more than 1200 people have died from corona virus in the past 24 hours with the u.k. adding 800 victims but british government says promised boris johnson has been moved out of intensive care as his condition has improved he will remain in

hospital 2 weeks after testing positive for the virus the economic toll of the virus is growing in the us with news of the latest number of unemployment claims one in 10 working americans are now lost their jobs since the coronavirus pandemic forced the closure of all non-essential businesses in the past month they're now been 3 consecutive weeks of surging claims for unemployment benefits a total of 6600000 people filed for 1st time unemployment claims for the weekend in april 4th this was a slight decrease from the previous week's count of 6900000 with the latest weekly data nearly 17000000 workers have lost their jobs since mid march when unemployment was near a record low john hendren joins us over skype from chicago so talk us through some of these figures they're pretty staggering aren't they. huge laurent these are the biggest figures we've seen since the great depression as a matter of fact one analyst says called it great depression 2. 17000000

people filing new unemployment claims in the past 4 weeks 6600000 just this past week that adds up to an unemployment rate of 12 to 13 percent that's the official rate those are people who are filing it doesn't include people who have been on unemployment for a long time these are all new people by and large affected by the closure of so many businesses that have been deemed non-essential during this period in which nearly all of the country is on lockdown it's happened so quickly that many of those people who've been unemployed have not perhaps most have not received those checks that they've been waiting for and of course most working class people here in the united states and elsewhere live paycheck to paycheck i'm going to a list of just some of the industries that were affected in one state just happens to be a state i looked up texas among the industries that have been newly affected here are food services manufacturing mining agriculture forestry health care waste

management transportation and warehousing and of course that doesn't include the their restaurants and the other businesses that of course have now largely closed they're doing what they can in terms of takeout and windows service and everything that this is catastrophic some analysts have forecast that the unemployment rate will hit 15 percent and again that is just the official rate also use elsewhere in the states. well here in chicago we now have the largest coronavirus hub the largest group of positive results anywhere in the united states and that is in the cook county jail a jail where there are about 4 104500 people there for 101 cases of coronavirus there 251 inmates and 150 staffers i've been to that jail to do a story and was inside of one of the large cells where these prisoners

are held and they're held in bunks one right on top of the other and you could see how that virus would be able to be transmitted from one patient to another so those patients got together they got representation and they filed with the court asking for them all to be released a judge today on thursday said no that is not going to happen but he did order some strict sanitation and testing for both staff and the inmates of that jail and it's not just there of course the new york times recently cited 1300 separate cases of people in prisons in jails that have tested positive for the corona virus and of course it's just like a cruise ship it's just like office building anywhere where you gather large groups of people you're likely to see cases like this in a prison is really just a combination of all the worst possible ways to group people together john 100 thank you very much indeed and that was something by for the daily news conference

from president and the white house going to virus toss course that's the scene live in washington we'll have that soon as it starts we have from the was reuters reporting that president trump is currently on a conference call with president putin of russia and saudi arabia's king solomon discussing an oil deal so it's possible that as news conference might internet and what. the epicenter of the u.s. outbreak new york has recorded its highest single day death toll with 799 deaths in the past day or than 6200 people have now died in the state governor andrew cuomo says that number will continue to rise it's gotten to the point frankly that we're going from to bring in additional funeral directors to deal with the number of people who have passed if you ever told me that as governor i would have to take the actions. i couldn't even contemplate where we are

now the e.u. has agreed to make more than one trillion dollars available to member states fighting the coronavirus the french finance minister has described the economic plan as the most important in the blocks history the deal comes as a day on a day of hope for some member states as germany and spain signal they've reached the peak of the pandemic and i would reports. the rise in new impaction seems to be slowing in spades the country's hospitals they were still overwhelmed and after weeks of loss and more deaths predicted trying to keep coronavirus that they in public spaces is. on to residents are reminded they should stay at home that. spain will remain in lockdown until april the 25th but the prime minister says the risk now really the high. after weeks of this

fight which has been from the moments agonizing we see how the fire the pandemic released is starting to come under control the figures are encouraging we have reached the peak of coke at 19 and we are close to the beginning of the descent. in germany the mock town appears to be working with landmarks empty deserted lieberman you know. the latest coronavirus numbers in germany a reason for some heart the increase is flattening and the current number of infections is lowering a bit if we count the people who are recovered and those who lost their lives. more than 18000 people have died in italy its squares remain empty the impact of weeks of prescriptions is clear to see for those families hardest hit the government says loan and mortgage repayments will be suspended and there are questions about who will help pay for the pandemic. italy is an

integral part of the e.u. the e.u. must show a strong swift and unified response to the repercussions of this pandemic we have to provide answers about politics finance and the economy because this is in all of our interests this does not only concern italy but also spain and all countries that face economic and social problems and those questions are being asked across europe it is grappling with this crisis from the north to the south no where is untouched by. the happening deep divisions that are inside the e.u. about how it should be financed days of talks have now resulted in an agreement held by the french finance minister as the most important economic plan in the e.u. history it will allow credit from the blocks bailout fund to go to the worst affected countries until the crisis is over this emergency plan and we'll shield our economic and social fabric as we dive into a recession. where house prices abates we need we will need to spur

the economic recovery he needs it is imperative that we brought together the many families in europe easter weekend which usually market time of togetherness coronavirus will mean many will now spend it apart remembering those who they've lost and then he would out as there are. the u.k.'s prime minister has been moved out of intensive care after being treated for corona virus boris johnson is still in hospital but the government says he is recovering nearly 8000 people have died since the outbreak began and the country is bracing for several more weeks in lockdown if barker reports shuttered shops and silent streets in london's usually thriving heart extending the u.k.'s isn't just a health care decision it's a political and economic one to the restrictions are costing british businesses billions and the prospect of a deep recession looms arriving at number 10 the foreign secretary dominic you're

standing in for boris johnson whilst he's in hospital struck down by the virus chaired a meeting of the government's emergency cobra committee to decide whether to extend the 3 week lock down a decision won't be made until next week but now the message remains clear the most important thing right now is that people continue to follow the government's going to us until we've got the evidence that the virus is firmly under control so that means please do stay at home to protect our n.h.s. into saved lives. after all the efforts that everyone's made after all the sacrifices so many people have made it's not ruling it now this is the 1st coronavirus crisis meeting to take place without the country's chief decision maker the prime minister the committee normally meets here at the cabinet office in boardroom a and the main cobra but it's now taking place largely remotely senior politicians

and scientists have been looking closely at the data to decide what to do next the prime minister's condition is said to be improving on thursday he's be moved from an intensive care unit into a hospital ward where he continues to receive close monitoring he is described as being in extremely good spirits but it could be some time before he returns to downing street with medical experts saying he could be off work for weeks ok got it wrong. despite the rising death toll in the u.k. the number of people being admitted to hospital with cope at 19 and entering intensive care is leveling off it's hoped after 3 weeks of social distancing measures the number of people dying will stop rising to the figures a promising but lifting restrictions too soon could be catastrophic at the current situation we hand and the treatment. we don't have the facts. we probably don't have. we. say 50

cent. said we hope you know everything up and we just opening ourselves up. in big yeah and his concerns about soaring numbers of sufferers this led to more preparations the national stadium of wales is being transformed into a field hospital to cope with the rising demand for beds and another famous sporting venue manchester united's old trafford stadiums be in place for a reserve list as a temporary blood donation center the team's players recently agreed to donate 30 percent of their wages to local hospitals. there's a moment's pressure to ease the lockdown but the government will strike a balance between what's proportionate and potentially reckless leave al-jazeera london. members of the oil cartel opec and their allies have reached an agreement to cut output in a statement the group says it will reduce oil production by $10000000.00 barrels

per day starting on may the 1st for an initial period of 2 months all prices have plummeted by around 30 percent of the lockdowns to prevent the spread of the current virus cut demand a white house official says president trump is currently speaking to russia's president and saudi arabia's king solomon about the deal. still ahead $100.00 at thousands of afghans in pakistan rushed to the border ahead of its planned closure to contain the spread of the current a virus. and uganda's president releases a home workout video to encourage citizens to keep fit steering the pandemic.

i know there's some rain is on its way into eastern sections all that new south wales but ahead of that let's talk 1st of all about this little massive cloud you can just see is coming off the edge of your screen there that is what was like and now it is still a pavel's like i am but it is now north threatening any areas but it did do damage look at this across this one province of on wall so you can see the damage caused by the way out of course so it's a very heavy amounts of rain and you can see this boat that has actually been a beach as i say weather conditions across all of our lossie fiji is really improving as we go through the next few days but the rain is very heavy through eastern areas of new south wales a good house and localized flooding meanwhile out across western australia it is very warm these temperatures well above average in perth for the next few days this rain showers beginning to head towards the coast but i don't make of it the 1st part of the weekend where we have got plenty of rain showers as long coastal victoria and through the strait some very very strong winds and very unsettled generally across much of the tasmania but the temperatures into again these are well above the average 37 by sunday the actual the records april was settled april

the 9th 910 it was 37.6 degrees so we could actually reach that on sunday but you'll notice by monday when that system comes in we have a dramatic drop of 10 degrees the feeling pretty good and so 27. in the eye of the corona virus information is more important than ever what i want to use to investigate the battle for truth in china and beyond on how does iraq. al jazeera.

and we're going to run of top stories here now jazeera 6600000 people in the u.s. filed unemployment claims last week as the pandemic forced the closure of nonessential businesses nearly 17000000 workers have lost their jobs in the u.s. since mid march. the e.u. has agreed to make more than one trillion dollars available to member states under lockdown in fighting the current virus the french finance minister has described economic band as the most important in the box history. and the number of deaths across the world from creative arts is rising rapidly it is fast approaching the 100000 mark on 1200 people in the u.s. and 800 in the u.k. have died in the past 24 hours alone. iraq's spy chief has been appointed

prime minister designate a 3rd person talk by post this year was to africa now has 30 days to present a cabinet to parliament for approval he has to tackle a pandemic the struggling economy and angry protesters who forced out his predecessor as so many fulton reports from the capital baghdad. on thursday at 9 as a few became the 2nd prime minister designate to withdraw his bid in just 6 weeks from iraq's leadership crisis to focus yes he wanted the political agreement is important iraq is living through a catastrophe and there should be a political consensus that we can convince the political powers to reach an agreement and we found it difficult for this government to pass in the parliament. for now the consensus seems to have converged around another man within an hour of sort of his resignation president barham saleh surrounded by leaders of major political parties appointed most of the me iraq's intelligence chief as the next

prime minister designate. the previous terms were accompanied by a lot of acute struggles and disagreements and between us and the political blocs today the political blocs national and social patriotic sectors have chosen mustafa qadri me for this position. government has 30 days to form a new government and although he seems to have secured widespread support at the moment that could quickly change many iraqis question whether he is the one who can put an end to months of political uncertainty the crisis began when caretaker prime minister abdullah abdullah mahathir resigned last december after widespread anti-government protests constitutional deadlines to find a replacement were repeatedly missed because of fierce political infighting last month president saleh took matters into his own hands appointing a man i was a free as the new prime minister designate the move drew stern warnings from iranian linked armed groups who regarded sort of feel as being backed by the us

their political wings in parliament accuse the president of overstepping his authority and put forth their own candidate mostafa the me that. there was no way to exhibits if he because he didn't come from the political blocs we have a parliamentary system the majority of the political blocs should agree to nominate him. as negotiations to form the new government continue iraq appears rather less as it tries to steer its way through a deepening political economic and health crisis iraqis are angry at the political class for not acting fast enough as if they keep going with their conflicts we want this we want that there will never be a government because all these parties. they want to fill the post with one of their own and there's a growing feeling that caretaker prime minister other of the may weather this political storm on our ticket makes us they want to appoint a new prime minister they will prolong this crisis and keep. in power because he

pleases everyone and in march of the he said he'd no longer act as caretaker but has never to less continued to chair government meetings the protests that forced his resignation have all but gone away as the country battles the coronavirus pandemic and with that the prospects for systemic political change are growing increasingly thin simona 14 al-jazeera but that. yemen's hooty rebels have told others there that the unilateral ceasefire from the saudi u.a.e. led coalition is a media and political stunt the coalition says is necessary to prevent an outbreak of covert 19 but the movies say the deal has already been violated and a demanding and will comprehensive truce negotiated by the un for about manly reports. i hold in military operations and we have. but in the days and even hours since will cease fire came into effect all too familiar scenes of

violence across the country injured people taken to hospital after hooty rabble shelled the port city of her data more injuries to intense of the heavy shelling the who these say the saudi u.a.e. coalition also bomb targets in all jobs had to and side. although the coalition called for a cease fire a spokesman told al jazeera they have not agreed to that so long as the siege is not lifted we have all rights to use our missile systems our maritime air defenses including the drones who continue to target their military installations and industrial sites is nothing but a continuation of your the coalition is just manipulating words either a total cease and halt or still sees an end to the siege or the war will continue. the saudi vice defense minister khalid bin solomon said on twitter that the kingdom is taking responsibility to bring stability to the region but some analysts believe we are in the us a looking for a face saving way out of an expensive war they cannot win at the un special envoy

to yemen martin griffiths has called for all parties to urgently cease fighting and make progress towards peace. more than 100000 people have been killed in yemen since the conflict began 5 years ago the u.n. hopes a temporary ceasefire could be extended the warring sides are expected to hold a video conference to discuss halting ground air and naval attacks but millions of people are on the brink of fun and millions more suffering from displacement from their homes and disease. u.n. officials hope the law in fighting means they can prevent another dangerous disease from entering the country coronavirus they say yemen's health care system is already on the verge of collapse and it simply would be able to cope with another outbreak. of money al jazeera. in iran

a further 117 people have died from the corona virus bringing the official death toll to 4110 iran's supreme leader ayatollah ali how many says mass gatherings could be banned throughout the holy month of ramadan and. an intelligent straight out of the white house briefing with president trump. i'd like to begin by saying that we just completed a meeting with the secretary of treasury statement. and secretary of transportation elaine chao on proposals regarding the airlines and the airline business and we're very working very closely with a lot of different people will be probably putting out a proposal and giving them. some of the details for some of the very powerful details over the weekend it's moving along quickly the airline business has been hit very hard as everybody knows and we're going to be in a position to do

a lot to help them so that they keep their employees and they save their businesses and that will be taking place i think you can say over the weekend we may even have to scotians with some of the airlines or all of the airlines over the weekend and i think it's going to be a very except the full package it's a very big package and a very acceptable package it will be good for a country good for the airlines. good for a lot of people likewise i just spoke with the president of russia vladimir putin and the king of saudi arabia king solomon and we had a big talk as to. oil production and opec and. make it so that our industry does well in the early industry does better than it's doing right now it's the numbers are so low that they'll be layoffs all over the world will be

certainly layoffs in this country and we don't want that to happen we built a great great energy business in the united states so we have tens of thousands of jobs we had a very good talk with see what happens but as you know opec met today and i would say they're getting close to a deal we'll soon find out so that was a conversation we just had so we had a busy hour and a half. and let me begin by expressing my sincere gratitude to the american people millions of americans are making profound and difficult sacrifices in their own lives because they know it will save the lives of countless others and that's exactly what it's doing you see what's happening and where we are where we stand and hopefully we're going to be opening up we can quote opening very very very very soon i hope together our people are writing one of the most noble chapters in the proud history of our nation americans are also encouraged to learn that boris

johnson prime minister has been moved out of intensive care that's a tremendous statement and we continue to pray for him and his fast recovery that's a very very positive development as the new york metropolitan area continues its battle against the outbreak the full power of the federal government is there to support them as you know the javits center has now been fully converted into a 3000 bed hospital one of the largest. anywhere in the country and by the incredible professionals i have to say the corps of engineers what they can do is just incredible they've done a fantastic job and they're building nationwide 21 temporary hospitals and care facilities adding 17000 hospital beds and they did that all within a very short period of time it's incredible what they've done army corps of engineers and fema has been fantastic. sweeping airlift operation to keep doctors

and nurses supplied with protective equipment project air bridge continues to expand with more than 24 flights already completed and 49 additional flights now scheduled in the near future so that's been very successful in that gear and those outfits are being handed out as they arrive they're going to regulate to point the american medical system continues to perform beyond our highest expectations reminding us that the united states is blessed with the most advanced health care and the most skilled health care workers anywhere on the planet other countries are looking to what we're doing in our testing operation has now become far and away the most sophisticated and the best anywhere and we want to thank all of the heroes are in the front lines as they fight to save american lives we're at the top of the hill 3 show where the top of the hill and now we're going. downward in some cases we've already started that process earlier today i spoke with hundreds of mental

health leaders and advocates from around the country to discuss the vital work and the vital work they're doing with the top doctors in the country some international doctors mental health big factor not only as the virus inflicted immense physical suffering on many people but also mental and emotional suffering as well. even though we're staying physically apart no american is alone and we're all in this together but the mental health doctors and experts the very great call it was a very interesting call they're working very hard we're also seeing encouraging signs in our race to develop breakthrough treatments and therapies pfizer revealed today that it is found a promising new treatment that might prevent the virus from replicating and that hopes it hopes to begin testing in clinical trials very soon it's going to be.

very very soon they have great great feelings for this particular therapy and they think that a lot of good things are happening through the f.d.a. zx coronavirus treatment acceleration program 1000 terror p.'s and treatments are now being tested in $26.00 more are in the active planning or clinical trials so we have 19 therapies being tested currently and $26.00 more are in the active planning for clinical trials that's a big statement that's a lot of trials for gilley ads anti rival drug rim disappear continue in the company is also expanded emergency use for new patients getting good early results by the way the companies that manufacture. hydroxy chloroquine are massively ramping up production and as you know many people are

recommending strongly z. pack be added the z. pack and also zinc and the federal government continues to build our stockpiles and distribute millions of doses for doctors to use as they see fit. and. i'm pleased to inform you know we're just having a lot of good things are happening but we'll have to see how that all works out but we have we've purchased and we have stockpiled millions and millions of doses and with distributing it some states wanted very badly michigan we just sent a lot to michigan and other areas. reporting today that we passed $2000000.00 tests completed in the united states 1st time most anywhere in the country it's a milestone for our country it's a milestone anywhere nobody has done they were close our tests are highly sophisticated and highly accurate at the same time we're making important progress on the economic front of this war and a few moments secretary of labor eugene scalia will explain new steps that we're

taking to ensure american workers swiftly receive unemployment paid leave benefits and that employers protect the health and safety of all workers including essential workers on the job working very very closely with the workers and with employers to provide further economic relief the federal reserve announced this morning that it will provide up to $2.00 trillion dollars in support to businesses states and local governments $600000000000.00 in loans will be available for midsize businesses with up 210000 employees and $500000000000.00 will be available for states counties with over $2000000.00 residents and cities with a population of over $1000000.00. my administration is also working with congress to replenish the very successful credibly successful the way it's going paycheck protection program which is allowing hundreds of thousands of small businesses to keep their workers on the payroll meaning it will keep those businesses open we

need both democrats and republicans to come together to get this legislation the legislation completed and it looks like it's on its way but we need both and it should be for people that are working for the workers and if you look and you see we have a lot of people that are affected by that and it's a very positive development so we have to get a bipartisan approval of that and hopefully that will happen today the department of education is also announcing the availability of more than 6000000000 dollars in emergency grant funding to assist college students impacted by the cancellation of classes and the suspension of housing. a lot of people had a lot of things suspended housing is one of them previously we waive student loan payments for 6 months of student loan payments have been waived for 6 months and will.