joe biden has all but secured his place is the democratic nominee but can he beat still trump joining us for continuing coverage of the u.s. election 2020 on al-jazeera. new figures from the u.s. show 26000000 americans have lost their jobs in just the last 5 weeks. you're watching al-jazeera live from london i'm daddy navigator also a heads. because. the w.h.o. warns that up to the covert 1000 related deaths in europe are in care homes.

south africa as a reserve forces are deployed to enforce its lockdown this cape town reports are winds of looting. and the lockdown forces writers and bookstores to find a new way to celebrate stories on world books say. hello new figures released in the u.s. paint a picture of an economy devastated by the coronavirus in just 5 weeks all the jobs created since the end of the 2009 recession have been wiped out so here are the numbers last week another 4400000 americans filed for unemployment benefits this is the 3rd week the number of new claims has declined so a sign the worst of the shock may be over but it does mean a record $26400000.00 americans have lost their jobs since the end of march when

lockdowns shut down production and led to mass staff furloughs that's more than 15 percent of the u.s. workforce meanwhile members of the u.s. house of representatives representatives have returned to washington where they're expected to pass a $484000000000.00 relief bill to fund small businesses and hospitals meanwhile some people over in georgia and other u.s. states are now preparing to return to work but the moves anger. even president trump he says georgia's decision to begin exiting lockdown was in violation of guidelines released by the white house businesses including bowling alleys and hair salans will open across the strait state from friday and other states in the south and midwest are also making plans to ease their restrictions. let's bring in our white house correspondent kelly halakhah 1st on these numbers kimberly so even though the jobless came claims have declined over the last 3 weeks they're still at record highs. yeah record highs and expected to keep climbing because the

reason that we don't believe we're at the peak in terms of filings yet is that this is just an older system throughout the united states that was never set up for this abundance of claims to be filed so we expect the numbers are going to continue to climb for at least a few more weeks you know the projections of gone as high as 46000000 in terms of the number of americans that lost their job overnight now this we've seen this sort of manifest in a number of ways we've seen very long lines at food banks we've seen people wondering how they're going to pay their bills of course they some americans did get checks in part of $1.00 of those rescue packages from the u.s. congress but many americans a single individuals got just $1200.00 and the cost of rent plus you know just a week's worth of groceries could easily go far beyond that so many americans wondering how they're going to make ends meet we've seen protests across the

country as many are protesting these stay at home orders wanting to get back to work but the reality is that these shutdowns have occurred all across the sectors of the economy in the united states whether it be the hospitality industry or even now we're starting to see it in the white collar industry as well given the fact that many companies just can't afford to stay close for this long and keep their employees on the payroll and how significant is the package that congress is now putting together to help small businesses. this one's a big deal because it's already the 2nd time around now we have talked about so many different rescue packages from congress tucked inside one of them were 350000000000 to keep small businesses going so they could keep employees on their payroll well the money ran out because there were so many people that needed it so what they've done is they've put through another package in congress in total it's 484000000000 but as you said at the beginning of our program we know that

370000000000 for will be for small businesses and this is essential just as we've discussed to keep people on the payroll just a little bit longer also talked in there is that very important funding for personal protective equipment because of course the hospital workers on the front lines so these will be going to hospitals all across the united states and also important in this is something that democrats really fought for and the white house you know in the end agreeing on this is well as the money for the states for testing because if you're trying to push the workforce out back into jobs that to make sure it's safe you've got to test people so that's the other big component of this now it's already passed in the senate we understand it's about to pass in the house of representatives in under 2 hours and then the president is expected to sign this into law as early as a mediant lead to the you know for friday close of business but he wants to get this done before the weekend all right kimberly thank you very much for that update

well the world health organization's europe directress has up to half the continent's deaths could end up being from care homes for hounds cuckolded imaginable human tragedy. region. has often been voters need. but it should not be this way we have inherited the you to be the right and. that the fine. big generation that came before the emotion gets bored of. belief no one behind and the european union leaders have held their 4th video summit on the coronavirus outbreak but while they appear to have agreed on the need to work together on an economic way out of the crisis they were less united on what that should look like this as europe pushes ahead with the search for

a vaccine song and the reports. in this laboratory in oxford a glimmer of hope shimon trials have now begun here with a vaccine. researches are confident that it could take just months before they know if it would work and manufacturing it on a large scale could take much longer but hopefully this will give us some good data and hopefully in a couple of months or maybe a year or so we were able to be able to protect more people with us. in germany the 1st day back at school but nothing like these people's could have imagined the partial reopening the older people's only carries many restrictions social distancing is tightly in force between their designated desks the usual hive of energy replaced by a more careful serious mood. despite having the 5th largest number of confirmed coronavirus cases in the world germany is slowly relaxing its lockdown but

a desire for things to return to normal as well as fears over the economic impact of the pandemic have come with a warning from the chancellor angela merkel is i mean that's not going to often targeted i will therefore tell you quite frankly that i fully support the decisions taken by the federal and state governments on wednesday last week but the implementation since then worries me in part it seems to me very brisk some of it seems to me to be quite brisk if not to say to praise. for the european union the full extent of the damage the pandemic has caused the block won't be revealed for months but it is preparing for a slump the like of which has not been seen since world war 2 the european commission has suggested a $325000000000.00 recovery fund for its forthcoming budget as well as borrowing another $350000000000.00 from the capital markets for further spending they reveal

to me stitch because even if it's a difficult even if of course there was difference incentive it is when you can go through to the surprise there is a very strong political arena to work together and to succeed to build compromises . and the political strains are already evident wealthier countries such as france will remain under pressure to provide aid to the blocs less well off members as a test of solidarity and that could define the very future of the union itself so new diagonal. south africa's nationwide lockdown will be gradually eased from the beginning of next month south africans have been under some of the strictest measures across africa with reservists drafted in to help troops and police and force the lock down president cyril ramaphosa says some economic activity will be allowed to resume from may the 1st he described the measures as deliberate and cautious saying a rust reopening would risk

a spike in infections let's find out more of what the president had to say and bring in farmers in millers is joining us from johannesburg. holder in lieu of the president to use the sadrist to outline 5 key phases of a lock down or a reopening of economic activity and an easing of restrictions and moving from level 5 with south africa is now which is you know at the end of that spectrum the the harshest restrictions so far south africa would move to a level for which the president has said would then still include some pretty tough restrictions for south africans but i think the key difference would be the reopening of economic activity and even then companies would be forced to only allow a 3rd of their workforce at the places of employment at any given time now borders in south africa will remain closed besides repack relating south africans

will be no travelling between individual provinces for south africa and public transport which has been a very contentious issue in south africa which has operated for limited hours during the course of the day they'll continue to be restrictions on that in that they will be a limited amount of passengers in minibus taxis for example which is the most used form of transportation in south africa and also all gatherings will remain pretty habited by the government but sides funerals so for south africans i think the greatest change that will come in is that many will be allowed to return to work certainly many other south africans will still remain at home for example the president has also said that they're urging the government is elderly people to stay at home and also self isolates so there is some change but i think not the

kind of relief millions of south africans were hoping for given that south africa is now entering the 5th the week of very strict lockdown and from it or how are south africans responding to the deployment of reserve forces in places like cape town to enforce that lockdown. well daryn i think the most important thing for south africans when they came to know the information from the government is that essentially it was leaked by the federal leader of the opposition democratic alliance in that the government was preparing to put 73000 more soldiers on standby for possible deployment and because it wasn't communicated to south africans directly and then the government only confirmed it the following day there was a lot of confusion surprise and concern about what would happen next why does the

government need to deploy potentially 73000 more soldiers when they're already 7000 on the street who are patrolling the streets who are leading roadblocks as well as these patrols and so there was a lot of anticipation around what the president would say this evening given that there's been a lot of concern around just how difficult a time south africa is having in terms to terms of its economy and how economists talk about a minimum of 1000000 people losing their jobs how they're people who are not earning salaries now the government has put in place some economic some measures to mitigate the economic impact of this very strict lockdown they've increased the social glance grants but really the emphasis has been on what happens next and there has been a little bit of clarity around that ok got it from a similar thank you for that update from johannesburg. well the world health

organization has dismissed a herbold seitel to it as a cure for the virus why the president of madagascar so the drink contains the artemisia plants which is normally used to treat most leiria the president's claim the tonic would cure a coronavirus patient within 7 days it's being given out for free to the country's most vulnerable of the w.h.o. is warning there is no evidence alternative remedies can cure the virus and has some may not be safe to consume but many in madagascar say they trust their president. and the president did this remotely cures in we trust him so we drink it but the other guy. yes it's healing we hope that he has many people so we can have a happy life in madagascar the president is making efforts to see if all of the people of madagascar and for now you know. when i discovered this drink i said to myself how come people don't drink it and why do we make students drink it i

hesitated a lot still had on al-jazeera. after years of conflict droughts and swarms of locusts how so malia is coping with coronavirus. justice for a syria 2 suspected members of the security forces go on trial in germany. places because some quotes where the just pushing into spain and france is because through the next couple of days but we are still going to see want to 2 showers nevertheless still got a little disturbances there in the mediterranean bringing some sherry rain further north is fine and dry lots of warm spring sunshine still in evidence that sunshine stretching all the way up into scandinavia well to little colder these weather

systems will just come 1st temperatures to stockholm near the average getting back to around 10 or 11 celsius is be going into the weekend to 13 there for oslo chance of some showers just around the baltic states towards that western side of russia father tries to warm into central passed $23.00 celsius in vienna paris still getting up to around $25.00 degrees but notice wanted to showers into central parts of france around the pyrenees and the old showers still in place there across spain and portugal lease will become a little more widespread as we go on through saturday so we could see further heavy downpours at times elsewhere the showers little more widespread it essentially was the france and western side of russia down across ukraine much of the med will be fine and dry as is the case across northern parts of africa will up towards the northwest of course we are going to see a little more cloud sliding through here and that will introduce further heavy rain into northern parts of iraq.

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since the end of the 2009 recession another 4400000 people have filed for unemployment benefits meaning a record 26400000 americans have now lost their job since the end of march. the world health organization has warned that up to half of the deaths in europe could end up being from care homes more than 110000 people have died across the continent. south africa's president says a nationwide locked on will be gradually eased from the beginning of next one allowing some economic activity to resume south africans have been under a some of the strictest measures across africa. police in ivory coast commercial capital have hit the streets to convince people to wear face masks the government has made wearing masks compulsory to stop the spread of the coronavirus but police in abidjan say many people do. have access to television still get news about the outbreak so hundreds of officers are now visiting crowded streets and markets where

there is little social distancing taking place telling people to use face masks which cost only 17 cents ivory coast has nearly 1000 confirmed cases of the virus. and aid agencies say so molly is one of the least prepared countries to cope with corona virus so far it's reported 8 deaths on $286.00 cases but the east african nation has already struggled through years of conflict drought and devastating locust swarms mohammad's a job reports. mogadishu's martini hospital which dates back to the italian era is so mali has only a medical facility dedicated to treating its growing number of corn up patients. due to its limited capacity the hospital only caters for the sickest of patients this doctor runs the schools that is leading somalia as a response to the pandemic at least 219 patients of chrono have come to martini hospital since the outbreak 21 of those were admitted to the few beads available 17

people are still here while 3 patients died at the hospital. it's hard to tell the severity and spread of the virus in somalia until recently the nation like the capability to test for the new virus meaning some pulse was sent abroad and results delayed for more than a week this also limited capacity by the government to trace people the 1st victims of the virus came into contact with. the good news however is that 4 people have so far recovered from the virus but she is one of them. i was provided good care by the doctors and the nurses from the day it was confirmed i had the virus they also gave me good consul and when they broke the news tonight so i was mentally prepared for everything i went through. all international and domestic flights except for emergency medical and food have been suspended the borders have

also been closed as part of an all out government effort to stop the spread of the disease and got a massive public awareness campaign has also been mounted in the. and in the media 1st of all we're encouraging people to practice social distancing we're also alerting them about what the viruses and the effect it can have as well as the importance of washing their hands and disinfecting any equipment they're using beyond the couplet old bull fight us hold sway in many parts of rural somalia this means there's little access for medical and humanitarian workers to carry out lifesaving work fighters also carry out frequent attacks in the capital one of the major cities something else that hinders a proper response to the outbreak there now increasing fears that the disease will spread through comes housing displaced families who are huddled around the hearts built from sticks and or drugs many of the 2400000 somalis displaced by conflict

and other disasters over the years live in comes like this when a critical shortage of medical supplies and also continues to creep pos patrols across the nation. with some doctors and nurses now say thing being forced to choose between the health of their patients and their own vomit at 00. it's world book day and independent booksellers are feeling the pinch even more this year when millions stuck at home stores are adopting creative ways to stay engaged with readers as mohammad jim jim explains. in 2015 it was greece's financial crisis keeping customers away from the freethinking zone bookstore and cafe at the time pages weren't being turned coffees weren't being served and the overall situation looked bleak owner and it do you really worried her small athens business might not make it despite all that what she called the free thinking zone

survived. now though it's the coronavirus pandemic that threatens to switch the shop's lights off for good reason that i have because i weighed the per the biggest problem that not only. will he doesn't mention problems. these days independent booksellers around the world are finding it increasingly difficult to stay in business hi everyone this is my own at the bookstore i want marianna reiner owns and operates the run for cover bookstore in san diego california its doors are temporarily shut and its future is uncertain but customers are still ordering titles actually really hard. business book business we're all to get our hands on books because everyone has hard to change over the way to do business mariani who fulfilled a lifelong dream by opening her store a year and

a half ago has turned increasingly to social media to keep book buyers engaged alerting them to works that have come in and orders that have gone out she's even started digital mother daughter story time sessions but she says nothing will ever replace face to face interactions with fellow book lovers having the connection the reader. greatest gift. not being able to do this. hard. it's not just book sellers getting more creative in engaging readers in the era of covert 19 authors are too such as son a mother in pakistan who along with a friend started the stay home stay reading series as she worked from her home in karachi i wanted to create something that. there is to put their work order in as public spaces or to just readers from all over the world to access their work to

just check it out see if they're interested to be able to read from their work and also with me they have a moment when they could share great writers speaking directly to readers offering stories as a way to escape even if just for a few moments the seemingly constant barrage of bad news. well the drastic drop in travel during the pandemic continues to have a positive impact on the environments and the latest example of this a rarest sea mammal has been spotted enjoying peaceful waters off the coast of thailand a herd of 2 gongs were filmed true sing slowly in shallow waters south of the country the shy mammals are close to extinction and are rarely seen in the area because of increasing boat traffic and pollution.

to syrian men have gone on trial in germany accused of crimes against humanity one was a prominent member of president bashar assad's forces at the start of the war and 6 years of complicity in acts of torture as dominic cain reports it's the 1st time any official has been brought to court court for war crimes by the syrian government they came to germany claiming to be refugees from syria's civil war now it's claimed they committed crimes against humanity jury it specifically multiple murder torture and of a serious offenses clarks. the defendants are accused of having been members of syria's general secret service the accused anwar err is believed to have been head of an investigation unit which was responsible for damascus as head of the units he's believed to have been the leader of investigation officers and personnel in

a prison in which systematic torture. the older of the 2 defendants defected from president bashar assad's forces in 2012 before coming to germany 2 years later he was subsequently identified by syrian refugees living here he and his co-defendants were arrested in february last year in bringing this case the german authorities are applying the principle of universal jurisdiction of certain of the laws regarding serious criminal offenses affectively allowing them to prosecute individuals who are not german whose alleged offenses did not take place in germany and whose alleged victims on not germany was. the war in syria has now gone on for more than 9 years human rights organizations have left the calls for such trials to take place they believe this is a watershed moment this is a view for some of the stuff in the protests begin percy importance that this child is taking place i think a lot of people including at clients have waited for

a very long time that this funny takes off it was a huge challenge for them to step out at the shadow and to speak about these crimes the 1st time ever but at thursday's hearing neither defendant indicated what plea they will enter to the charges given the presumption of innocence for all defendants it is for the prosecution to prove its case investigators have compiled a long list of witnesses prepared to testify dominick cain al-jazeera in a 2 week ceasefire declared by the saudi emirates a coalition in yemen has expired without leading to a permanent truce with healthy rebels they reuters news agency says the coalition did not extend the ceasefire because the whole of these continued their attacks there are fears the country's war will now grind on despite the threat of a potentially disastrous coronavirus outbreak yemen's health care system is already on the verge of collapse and more than half of the population faces acute food

shortages. the head of iran's revolutionary guard says he's commanded his naval forces to destroy any american vessel that threatens iranian ships the threat comes a day after president donald trump said he ordered the u.s. navy to destroy iranian boats that harass american ships in the goal of to iran has summoned the swiss ambassador over the tensions switzerland represents american interests in iran. at least 7 people have been killed after storms and tornadoes ripped through the southern u.s. some of the worst damage was reported in southern oklahoma in eastern texas the storm has knocked out power in several residential areas and cause significant damage to houses and infrastructure. massive wildfires have ravaged poland's largest nature reserve as the country faces its worst drought in decades the blaze has spread across 60 square kilometers of the by beard's

a park that's 10 percent of its total area the reserve is home to some of europe's best preserved wetlands along with moose speed vs wolves and unique birds the polish environment ministry says illegal grass burning is to blame and that strong winds and droughts are making it difficult to put out the flames much more on that story on our web site al jazeera dot com there you'll find the day's top stories as well all at al-jazeera dot com. hello again the headlines on al-jazeera the coronavirus pandemic has wiped out all the jobs created in the u.s. since the end of the 2009 recession last week another 4400000 people filed for unemployment benefits meaning a record $26400000.00 americans have now lost their jobs since the end of march lock downs have shut down production and led to master furloughs of more than 15

percent of the u.s. workforce a 484000000000 dollar relief bill is expected to pass the u.s. house of representatives when members votes on thursday and some people in georgia and other u.s. states are preparing to return to work but the moves angered even the president donald trump says georgia's decision to begin exiting lockdown was in violation of guidelines released by the white house businesses including bowling alleys and hair salons will open across the state from friday the european commission has been given 2 weeks to draw up an economic recovery plan but e.u. member states remain divided over what that plan will look like more than 110000 people have died across the continents the w.h.o. has also warned that up to half of europe's deaths could end up being from care homes. but they make light overlook the undeveloped

site of the region. has often been built voters need to click but it should not be this way we have it headed to you to be the right. but you need to find. the generation that came before to emotion get bored of it. behind. south africa's nationwide lock down will be gradually ease from the beginning of next month south africans have been under some of the strictest measures across africa with reservists drafted in to help troops and police and force the lock down president cyril ramaphosa says some economic activity will be allowed to resume from a the 1st but also warned that a rushed reopening would risk a spike infections you have today to the headlines on al-jazeera more news coming up after the stream thanks for watching what.

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