that across the country and the spread of coronavirus it appears. than any will. accuse keep getting longer of another 5000000 made jobless in the united states in just a week. and this is our desire to live from doha also coming up a bleak for cost for nigeria from the combined effects of the pandemic and a slump in oil prices. battling poverty and decades of oppression we look at how one indigenous community in canada is now working to prevent the virus spreading.

also coming up hungry and exhausted to hundreds of earth are rescued but all this stuff to death on a refugee boat. the coronavirus pandemic is chipping away at the global economy and it's now brought forward the worst stretch of job losses in the u.s. on record figures just released show 5200000 americans filed jobless claims last week that's roughly one in 7 workers and in the past 4 weeks a total of more than 22000000 americans have requested unemployment benefits and if you are as president donald trump is expected to release guidelines on how and when to reopen some u.s. states stand virga is a resident scholar at the american enterprise institute he says steps to reopen the economy will work as long as people don't feel safe outside their homes. they were

definitely not ready for the economy to reopen because obviously you know the president can can can say to the left would like to reopen the economy and even governors and mayors can go people that are ready to reopen the economy but that's not actually going to work as long as people are worried that the public health threat is not on the intro and the party not going to go back to restaurants to bars to sports stadiums unless they're the spread of the disease under control and widespread testing or some sort of treatment it's available and so i think both the president and other people who support this you know we can just reopen tomorrow if we if we if we'd like to are way too optimistic well i think that the sectors that are going to be slower started ones that rely on reasonably large groups of people in confined spaces to get

a retro include some of that sectors i just mentioned but also things i'd aviation the hotel industry you know issues like that i think the sectors that will recover the fastest include sectors that have basically continued to function as they normally do and so that includes you know your your grocery stores a lot of back for. all you know other services that do not rely on in person contact and then in addition of course there is there are parts of the agriculture may fracture sectors that are basically continue as they normally do the big risk is that there will be a big drop in demand even when we try to reopen because we have such high levels of unemployment and because there is a risk that a lot of businesses will businesses will go into bankruptcy and so if that happens then suddenly every industry will be affected very negatively and so i think that's

where policymakers are trying to make a difference. with many u.s. states expected to extend orders to stay at home hourly workers are worried about how they'll pay their bills the tussock on name reports from chicago if there was ever a boom time in this chicago neighborhood no one living here now remembers it a covert 1000 pandemic has shattered the already precarious lives of the many hour lee workers in west tumbled park scared scared more bizarre threw it out i don't know what's going to happen next i don't know what my next move is going to be less than 2 weeks ago jose monti was operating a forklift and trying to save for an emergency now a global coronavirus that emergency has arrived and like millions of people he's been furloughed indefinitely. bunty i joined hundreds of chicagoans waiting outside for several hours to get a week's worth of donated groceries those in line told me the money saved on food

must be used to pay for rent and medicine munty he says he can survive without electricity or gas he's worried about getting evicted from his apartment and becoming homeless i've got to take it day by day because if i don't and i'm going to lose my mind if you're saying this is. a group of nuns in a priest the size of a football team and run the mission of our lady of angels food pantry where the need has more than tripled the last few weeks church services are cancelled unable to offer a smile or a pat on the back to people seeking solace in crisis they're trying to minister via phone and email in this is the time that the learn to write it for us to all re-evaluate the most important things in our lives determine for how grateful we should be for our lives for the get they got it given us their lives their family their friends the greater chicago food depository distributes food to a network of $700.00 pantries and programs in the chicago area spokesman greg

trotter says the pandemic is an unprecedented challenge a 3rd of their programs are operating grocery store donations have decreased and fewer volunteers are showing up at the demand is soaring we're very concerned that this is the longer this goes on the worse it's going to be farmers vulnerable neighbors back in west tumble park several chicago police department as to these arrives with a drop in crime city wide the officers loaded boxes of nonperishable food into their vehicles to deliver to the elderly and disabled it's yet another way the community is responding to the coronavirus pandemic to ensure those overburdened by economic struggles are not forgotten. natasha going to. chicago at least 18 people in nigeria have been killed by security officials who've been

forced strict measures last month the government ordered a lockdown in major cities to counter coronavirus it was extended for another 2 weeks on monday an address is in the capital abuja with more 18 people have been killed and 8 of them were actually killed by allegedly killed by correctional officers i mean the prison officers in the northwestern state of katrina stated then the police were accused of killing 7 individuals army allegedly responsible for 2 of the deaths and a local community in forcing the lock down in southeast nigeria was also responsible for one killing one individual now security forces in nigeria have been accused separately by individuals or osment during this the during the lockdown in several states which see in security forces mountain roadblocks in towns and cities checking cars checking for identities and all that and in the process we were told there were reports from better spots of the country alleging

that several abuses have been carried out by the security forces apart from the usual demand for bribes are people who were harassed and in the case of the 18 people these were people who were shot for either allegedly violating the lockdown order of one of france or the other the president of the european commission has apologized for not doing enough to help italy when the pandemic 1st began italy is the hardest hit country in the e.u. with more than 21000 deaths vandelay and praised europe's collective response in the past few weeks but admits e.u. countries were initially not ready yes it is true that no one was really ready. it is also true that too many were not there on time when italy needed a helping hand at the very beginning and yes for that it is right that

europe as a whole offers a heartfelt apology but saying sorry only counts for something if it changes behavior and the truth is true that it did not take long before everyone realized that we must protect each other to protect ourselves but on them it will cause asia's economic growth to stall 0 percent for the 1st time in 16 years that's the latest dire projection from the international monetary fund the outbreak has taken unprecedented toll on the region it's expected to rebound next year but the outlook remains uncertain some sun morn is a regional economist and c.e.o. of c i m b private banking he's seen 4 recessions over the course of his career and says this one stands out for its speed. the shop is just a very unique in terms of both supply shop things being stopped because of credit

restriction and lock down and then the contract an on demand side spilling over from the lock down and probably restriction eating into job losses which cost a fall on them onsite so it's almost instantaneously we see the hit to the economies years all very often small an economy like singapore here we already saw that reflected in the court the estimate of its g.d.p. shrinking almost nearly 3 percent young year itself and i think there was you know the spin being reported and repeated throughout the region primary you know different various degrees those people are just more of a position where the weather impact only came. to full impact i think that the collapse in global demand and the impact of travel restrictions in the 2nd quarter but generally very sober sylvia across the region whether you're talking about advanced economy japan or korea or developing one milli zia you need your timeline

in terms of rebounding small open economy like singapore so it's singapore's canary in the coal mining so these very much into link to global trade will be trade is expected to slump by 11 percent by the end met this year from about one percent growth last year so singapore will 'd probably feel the rebound 1st and then photo through around the region obviously much will depend on the exposure tools the global trade and to what extent the corpse in domestic demand problem the contraction in the supply side it's being men each as well under $2400.00 refugees have died of starvation on a boat that's been a drift for 2 months hundreds of others were rescued by the bangladeshi coastguard on wedding stream off to their boat failed to reach malaysia and xor brian reports . absence the die. arcanists figures emerge emaciated exhausted their eyes a mirror of the horrors they've experienced. clutching their children or what's

left of their belongings they stagger sure. the final steps almost too much for some. at least 2 dozen rangar refugees a said to have starved to death on board after their boat failed to reach malaysia and drifted for weeks was that it was my mother died in the boat photo of us brothers and sisters are still alive but one of my brothers is missing the un's refugee agency has sent staff to help describing the survivors as extremely malnourished and dehydration thanks for your story miraculously to suffer the loss we were dressed for 2 months and leave the people there were more than $500.00 of us now there are only $400.00 k. where the bangladeshi coast guard says it got a tip off about the boat finding as after a 3 day search off its southeastern coast. we

entered malaysian waters 3 times but they didn't raise us and many of us died in the haze and sweets there were too many on board women and children. the doctor tribune newspaper is reporting the boat was turned back from malaysian waters because of coronavirus restrictions. the coast guard says it's looking into whether the group was flaying me and ma or the crowded refugee camps in bangladesh the un says the raping of the will most persecuted minority there also the law just stateless group denied citizenship we may have lived for centuries hundreds of thousands of rango have crossed the border into bangladesh since 2017 when myanmar's military launched a crackdown against them those camps are locked down they don't even have internet services they don't have adequate health services the children can't go to school

and so people are making a dangerous and perilous voyage to try to get to a better life in malaysia malaysia is very reluctant to have more people arrive at their borders and there was a previous boat that came april 5th where over $200.00 rohingya made it to langkawi they're still in quarantine and there's concerns about what's going to happen to them the u.n. has offered to help move this group to quarantine facilities and treat those needing medical care while the immediate future may be susan it's not the one many here who are hoping for an exam brian al-jazeera. still ahead on al-jazeera. a show preview from china after the u.s. president again attacks the world health organization over the corona virus outbreak. waiting for takeoff wife thousands of pakistanis have been left stranded abroad.

but. i know there are some very heavy amounts of rain developing to the east of beijing it did bring one or 2 showers there but really the bulk of this is now on its way well and truly across into the korean peninsula some heavy rains pushing towards seoul and you can see this line of dark blue because on its way now into western areas of japan but training all the way back into the central areas of china some very heavy amounts away rain through a sichuan right the way across the towards grand dong so shanghai you'll see some showers later in the day on suffered and it will set a bit unsettled but look at this very heavy amounts of rain through much of honshu it'll pick up a lot of moisture the system as it works its way through the city japan some stiff winds particularly to the east of holme she said feeding cooler than that 15 showing in widespread rains across much of indonesia the gulf of thailand seeing some heavy as well pushing into southern thailand again some showers across some in a peninsula and really becoming quite extensive as we go through south of them

borneo again in for some pretty hefty downpours but slightly better across areas a combo dia up tools laos and vietnam the showers that there and some thunderstorms at times could be rather heavy but some very heavy storms continuing through bangladesh up into the northeast of india elsewhere it's largely drive it is very very warm 43 unarmed poor on friday warm still on saturday a more showers into kyra. for. the latest news as it breaks with no treatment or a vaccine for her and a virus volunteers do say they'll continue to provide the services they go to fight the disease with details coverage along without any planning for india's millions of lives and glucose. and fearless journalism from around the world for many coming to this place if the only chance they have to leave at least once a day. you're

watching out to see a reminder of our top stories this hour and these $22000000.00 americans have registered as unemployed in the last month as a result of the coronavirus that's after the government revealed another 5200000 filed jobless claims in just the past week. at least 18 people in nigeria have been killed by security officials who've been for strict lockdown measures last month the government ordered a lockdown in several major cities to counter coronavirus it was extended for another 14 days on monday. more than 2 dozen rohingya refugees have died of

starvation and a boat has been adrift for 2 months off the coast of bangladesh in the 400 people on the vessel were trying to reach malaysia. ok let's return to the u.s. where the president wants restrictions lifted in up to 30 states in 2 weeks' time donald trump says the number of new infections in the u.s. is slowing republican state lawmakers are pushing for a faster economic we're opening mike hanna has more from washington d.c. these daily news briefings up a ported lead to keep the nation informed about the battle against a coronavirus but invariably the president strays off message and today he uses forums to rail against what he described as congregational obstruction in the confirmation of government officials and threaten to adjourn congress and then push through his nominations during the recess the senate should either fulfill its duty and vote on my nominees or should formally adjourn so that i can make recess

appointments. we have a tremendous number of people that have to come into government and now more so than ever before because of the virus and the problem it's a threat against congress that no president has made before perhaps it's never done before it's never been done before nobody's even sure if it has but we're going to do it we need these people here we need people for this crisis and we don't want to play anymore political games many in congress would view this as an attack against a fundamental principle on which this country is democracy is based a system of checks and balances that separates the powers of the executive the judiciary and the legislature it's the latest in a series of actions that would appear to amount to an abuse of executive power and follows a suspension of funding to the world health organization that congress had already approved and the insistence that the president has the right to order states to

follow the guidelines of the executive in deciding when to lift the mitigating measures president trump says he'll speak to governors before announcing new guidelines thursday making clear these involve easing up restrictions in a number of states pretty you're ready know will be opening up states some states much sooner than others and we think some of the states can actually open up before the deadline of may 1st and i think that will be a very exciting time indeed the president ended the briefing with these words big day tomorrow on this day's evidence it's not clear whether this is a promise or threat mike hanna al-jazeera washington times also double down on his attack on the world health organization he suggests it deliberately misled the world in the early stages of the outbreak. tragically other nations put

their trust in the w.h.o. and they didn't do any form of ben and you see what happened to italy you see what happened to spain you see what happened to france. has guidance had failed to control their borders at a very crucial phase quickly unleashing the contagion around the world that was a horrible tragic mistake or perhaps they do. i'm sure they did know the gravity of it but perhaps they knew because if they knew the gravity that would be an even worse offense well ahead of the w.h.o. is calling for unity following trumps criticism when we divided the virus exploits the cracks between us we are committed to serving the world of his people and to accountability for the resources with which we are interested

in due course w. chose performance in tackling this pundit mic will be reviewed by w. 2 as member states and a new pendant body start our employees to each will try to spot and see an accountability but for now our focus my focus is on stopping this virus and saving lives attorney you has reaction from beijing on the u.s. president's decision to cut funding to the w.h.o. . well china and the u.s. have been engaging in a bit of war of words regarding the current virus pandemic and beijing really sees that washington in their opinion is trying to simply say the blame when it comes to the criticism of the world health organization that's been very much echoed in state media reports today a lot of headlines for example here we've got an editorial from the global times which is a state media newspaper very much attacking triumph in its decision to withdraw

funding from the toes saying that it is a move against humanity and it sets a horrible precedent at a time when the world really should be rallying behind the agency it also says that trump really is using this is so some sort of political ammunition to try to bolster his chances of reelection as well and converse lee state media painting china as the opposite kind of being very active in taking a kind of leadership role in this global flood against the pandemic reminding the public that china donated $20000000.00 to the agency in march and has since then sent plane loads of medical supplies testing kits and other funds to more than 80 countries since then i think people here genuinely believe that there is a downward trend in infections just evidenced by the government or been opening up of china people are going back to work the economy is getting started again and asked whether these numbers that we have these official figures are accurate there

are a lot of questions china maintains that there are only being about 82000 cases of carbon 1000 across the country and that's much less in terms of numbers when you compare it to the u.s. or many european countries and that has raised eyebrows iran is reporting coronavirus deaths below $100.00 for the 3rd consecutive day some businesses described as low risk reopened on saturday next week enron's expected to further ease restrictions on its capital to more than 4000 people have died and 78000 cases are confirmed there. tens of thousands of pakistanis have been stranded abroad awaiting we patch relation flights from the government pakistan says citizens will soon be brought back from countries like the united arab emirates and non-con as more. as a moment with his family but not with some of his relatives in the united arab emirates desperately wanting to come back to pakistan he can only speak to them on

the phone. i recently came back to pakistan after spending 20 years in the u.a.e. but now my nephew and other family members are stuck there they are desperate to come back but unfortunately due to the incompetency of our government there isn't any plan for the repatriation they are least bothered about the plight of pakistanis stuck in the u.a.e. or elsewhere. some 35000 people have registered at the pakistani embassy in. the u.a.e. will allow them to return home but pakistan must provide a crippled traditional flight something it hasn't done so far but the pakistanis are angry at the government's handling of the coronavirus pandemics. they accuse prime minister in wrong of not doing enough to tackle the crisis and for not taking decisive action early on the foreign ministry says plans are underway to bring about pakistanis who are stranded abroad the government of barbara starr is fully

scenes of the situation being faced by our combat units and bugs on the nationals in different parts of the world in your way he and other parts of the gulf region this is uppermost in the mind of the government of pakistan in a comprehensive plan for a better all our national is being made the box the only government to set up a quarantine facility on its border with afghanistan to house nearly 1500 people who were recaptured recently it wants to show this is a successful aspect of its response to the pandemic but pakistan like many countries it struggling to cope with a global emergency and things are moving slowly which is frustrating many who are worried about family and friends stuck abroad m.r. carney i was there but it's in new delhi have rescued hundreds of daily wage workers and migrants have been living under a fly over after losing their jobs the been provided with food and taken to a night shelter a coronavirus lockdown has left millions across the country out of work and unable

to return home and their house so far reported over 10000 cases and $414.00 deaths there's a rush to sell gold in thailand as the price of the precious commodity continues to rise people are being curing up outside gold shops in bangkok the pandemic has cut the incomes of many families so they're now selling their gold to get cash to cover their living expenses the commodity is widely regarded as a safe haven asset in times of crisis. in canada of the number of covert 9000 cases continues to rise in the country's 1st nations communities are preparing for the worst indigenous communities have higher rates of poverty and preexisting health problems and that makes them more vulnerable to the virus they've been musser has been meeting members of the storm in a condo mission. inside her small stone in the coda home christa hunter lights a braid of sacred sweet grass christa's husband is battling cancer and she hopes

the traditional cleansing combined with meticulous cleaning will keep him safe from coronavirus but the realities of life in her indigenous community make her anxious to communicate this in my own language in a nice week that this person who's got chronic or. respiratory issues. how do we protect them as a family unit when you've got so many people come and go historically indigenous populations are hit hard when disease enters their communities overcrowding water shortages limited access to health care and poverty are just a few of the long standing issues indigenous populations are just proportionately higher rates of preexisting health conditions that render us a boner able to communicable disease things like diabetes high blood pressure respiratory illness cardiovascular disease while many indigenous communities are

unprepared for the deadly pandemic the stoney nation has launched an emergency command center inside the resort and casino a cold 1000 hotline provides information in english and the stony language food hampers ensure people don't have to drive to nearby towns for supplies and in-house teams focused on finance operations in the just sticks meet with band councils regularly it's the business continuity part of it it's a den of fine essential services it's keeping infrastructure up and running you know the water works the water treatment plant the garbage the everything going that's a big part of pandemic planning with 10 to 15 people living in one house local classrooms have been converted into a 150 bed center for those needing isolation but as the number of indigenous communities reporting cases of coburg 1000 grows leaders are taking more drastic measures many 1st nations across canada have already blocked access to their

reserves and many more are debating how to control who comes onto their land it's one way these communities are looking at to try to prevent the spread of the corona virus. the canadian government has promised more than $220000000.00 to help indigenous communities during the covert crisis leaders here say they hope that no community will be left behind david mercer al-jazeera on the story in the coda nation canada. this is all just there these are the top stories at least $22000000.00 americans have registered as unemployed in the last month as a result of coronavirus that's after the government revealed another $5200000.00 filed jobless claims in just the past week. meanwhile president donald trump says the number of infections in the u.s. is slowing that's despite a record 2300 deaths in the past day he says restrictions could be lifted in up to

30 states in 2 weeks. at least 18 people in nigeria have been killed by security officials who enforce strict lot done last month the government ordered a lockdown in several major cities to counter the code on a virus it was extended for another 14 days on monday. the president of the european commission ursula von delenn has apologized for not doing enough to help italy when called on a virus pandemic 1st began as early as the hardest hit country in the e.u. with more than 21000 deaths yes it is true that no one was really ready for this it is also true that too many were not there on time when italy needed a helping hand at the very beginning and yes for that it is right that europe as a whole offers a heartfelt apology but saying sorry only counts for something

if it changes behavior. and the truth is true that it did not take long before everyone realized that we must protect each other to protect ourselves but hand on it will cause asia's economic growth to stall at 0 percent for the 1st time in 60 years that's the latest dark production from the international monetary fund the outbreak has taken an unprecedented toll on the region it's expected to rebound next year but the outlook remains uncertain. or than 2 dozen rohingya refugees have died of starvation on a boat that's been adrift for 2 months off the coast of bangladesh nearly 400 people on the vessel were trying to reach malaysia they were rescued by bangladesh's coast guard on wednesday those are the headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera after the stream of life. as coronavirus continues to devastate the united states the race to the white house goes on joe biden has all

but secured his place is the democratic nominee but can he still trump joined us for continuing coverage of the u.s. election 2020 on al-jazeera. ok and joy in the stream can you name 5 women autists most people cots but museums around the world working to change that you can share your thoughts on why representation matters and i live chats on twitter. dramatically under represented and undervalued in the art industry a new social media campaign supported by $1500.00 museums around the world is drawing attention to the inequality by promoting the stories.