and how does the. every generation has a higher purpose. ours. we want to open our country the people want this country open. president donald trump again demands an end to lock downs as soon as possible after coronavirus wipes out a decade of economic growth and around the world to their own warnings that nearly half of all workers could lose their jobs. alexander raman you're watching al-jazeera live my headquarters here in doha also coming up hours after launching another attack on tripoli libyan warlord khalifa

haftar says his forces will stop fighting during the holy month of ramadan. and there we have it that we're having to live dumping to let go. as demand for projects drops due to the pandemic warnings of a catastrophe for the u.k. stabbing industry. welcome to the program the us economy is falling deep into one of its most severe recessions in recent times it's seen a decade of growth wiped out in just 3 months shrinking by almost 5 percent and there's concerns the crisis caused by the coronavirus pandemic is only going to worsen she had returns and starts our coverage. the 4.8 percent decline for g.d.p. between january and march represents the largest decline since the 2008 recession consumer spending which accounts for 70 percent of g.d.p. . dropped by an idealized rate of 7.6 percent the largest drop since $980.00

moreover this is just a preliminary estimate analysts expect the eventual number to be far higher than these numbers a 4th quarter in which the economic locked down only accounted for a few weeks 2nd quarter g.d.p. figures for april to june a projected to register a decline of around 30 to 40 percent with some financial institutions predicting much much worse the white house is still clinging on to the hope of a v. shaped recovery helped by a rapid reopening of the u.s. economy i think is a tremendous feeling of optimism in this country i think the 3rd quarters transitional that it would we're transitioning into but it's a very transitional period i think it's going to do good but i think the 4th quarter is going to be fantastic but reopening the economy too soon and then facing an even deeper recession is a risk i think that fundamentally it's going to end on whether the u.s.

is capable of actually putting implants sophisticated widespread testing in crime scene which allows people to essentially go out and wear it and be in this community is likely to be as might be cheaper to one out recovering happens at the federal reserve dream poll pledge to do all that could be done we're doing all we can to help american families and businesses whether this difficult period we will continue to use our tools to assure that the recovery when it comes will be as robust as possible interest rate cuts and trillions of dollars in spending by the fed to have injected liquidity into the financial system along with the stimulus passed by congress markets have been reassured in fact this street ruse after the g.d.p. figures were announced but there is more and more evidence of that the money being spent is not reaching those most in need with unemployment now projected to reach 20 percent in june there are increasing calls for far bold action. to hope those

who now find themselves without the money for rent mortgage use health care and food shihab rattansi out 0. nearly half of the world's workers are in danger of losing their livelihoods because of the pandemic the us international labor organization is forecasting that up to 1600000000 people working in the informal economy could be out of a job most of them have no welfare protection no access to health care in just the 1st month of the break such workers lost 60 percent of their income manufacturing food services and retail are among the worst hit industries what we find in report in this monitor is of the of the 2b2b informal workers of the world about 1600000000 at suffered massive damage to their ability to earn a living and to support themselves and their families if they are not able to go out and work for

a day and earn some income day by day because that's how it tends to work their family won't eat they won't eat and their family will not eat and there is no social protection germany's g.d.p. is forecast to shrink by more than 6 percent this year now the government expects the most painful recession in generations to ease over the next 3 months it says economic activity could pick up again after that if a 2nd wave of infections can be avoided or britain now has europe's 2nd highest credit virus death toll out of italy the numbers jumped to more than $26000.00 that the government started to include faith tallaght ease in places like care for the elderly the upper division has prompted new criticism of the government's handling of the outbreak. dozens of bodies have been found in trucks outside a funeral home in new york city the discovery was made after neighbors reported a smell coming from the vehicles it's unclear how many of the people had died from corona virus related illnesses new york state is the epicenter of the u.s.

outbreak south korea has reported no new domestic infections for the 1st time in 2 months members of the buddhist community gathered in seoul to pray for those infected they were also marking put his birthday a nationwide holiday in south korea but large scale celebrations have been put off for a month in hopes of the virus will be further contained restrictions on religious gatherings were relaxed on sunday let's cross over to our correspondent robin bride who joins me from seoul it does seem that south korea may not be celebrating quite yet robert sort of certainly smiling should we say the possibility of a more positive outlook on several fronts. that's right this is a very important milestone of 0 and you local cases we've been expecting this for quite a while now for about the past we can do a half we've been getting the daily figures of around 10 new cases sometimes down

into single digits and most of those cases coming from abroad and the latest figures they tell us that there are only 4 new cases and all of those were from abroad so there have been no new local cases needless to say the local authorities they are pleased with this this is a big achievement but they are still urging caution especially at the moment because we by coincidence we happen to have several public holidays here all happening about the same time which coinciding with beautiful spring weather the fact that many people here have had to stay put for so long many people are choosing this moment to take breaks obviously it's very difficult to travel abroad for a holiday but they are certainly traveling in strength for local domestic holidays we know that all the airlines domestic airports are busy some of the more popular resorts hotels are simply booked out so the eighty's are still urging caution with the most one of the biggest holidays happening at the moment this borders

a birthday it's a national holiday all of the temples across south korea are very busy but it is different this year in this evening they would normally be holding a very elaborate float parade of. colorful lanterns attracting thousands of participants and also thousands of spectators well that has been delayed by a month in place of that they were having far more somber prayers taking place temples with social distancing very much in evidence but there is some other good news in that 2 weeks ago we had all of the national elections here in south korea for the country's parliament and there were. various warnings about to doing such a thing in the middle of a pandemic in spite of all kinds of elaborate precautions being taken such as disposable gloves to hold your ballot papers and so on in spite of that the

elections went ahead millions of people came out to vote largest turnout for several decades it's now 2 weeks later this is at the end of the incubation period when we would expect any new cases or any resurgence and thankfully we have a number of new cases being at 0 so again pretty good news. for the latest from seoul thank you. but be more current virus news later ballots move to some of the day's other news now in libya warlord khalifa haftar has announced a ceasefire for the muslim holy month of ramadan he's been trying to take over the capital tripoli for a year al-jazeera senior officials from the united arab emirates flew to sudan to discuss military support for hafta schaller palace has the details. this is the aftermath of a grad missile hitting a house complex near tripoli on winston morning one person died and at least 5 were injured libya's un recognized government lay blame with warlord general after you'd

always later after a spokesman announced a ceasefire for the muslim holy month of ramadan when headley slept well we hereby announce the sation of all military operations on our part in any breach of the session of military operations by terrorists militias who face an immediate in very severe response would be labeled a terrorist militia is actually the un recognized government this week it accused tuft of a coup after he declared himself a leader by popular mandate and ended peace talks with them the un reacted sternly we stand against any unilateral measures that would pretty jeopardize. after control's eastern libya a year ago he launched an offensive for the west and with it libya's capital tripoli but its forces have been pushed back in recent weeks. general.

or wind up as. we. get into. place. it's an intractable conflict with both hafter and the tripoli government receiving support from multiple nations that feeds the conflict one of have to is closest allies is the united arab emirates sources told al jazeera that a senior abu dhabi delegation including the crown prince's brother flew into khartoum on choose day to discuss how sudan and the u.a.e. could further support general haftar sudanese officials deny the report there learn and then leave you if you had a part of the u.a.e. is playing a role bigger than its size by its constant interference in the affairs of a number of arab countries we need to consider that we in libya are in a state of war against the u.a.e. . the united arab emirates was also out on wednesday in human rights watch report for a drone strike on a biscuit factory near tripoli in november 8 civilians were killed in the 30

wounded this is not the 1st time that it appears that us. firing from drones in libya at targets with disregard for civilians last year general have to include ramadan the month of jihad this year it's the month of peace with their own not his cease ation of a still if he's lost his ambitions to control libya fully remain shalah ballasts. amnesty international has really is what it says is evidence of a u.n. arms embargo in south sudan is being violated the organizations and investigators to 12 military camps in siberia and sound new weapons concealment of arms and the continued to use of child soldiers all violations of peace deal that requires disarmament president salva kiir rebel leader right from the unity government in february after a 7 year war has killed hundreds of thousands of people. protests have been held in

several lebanese cities for the 3rd straight night as people voiced surface trace and over the worsening economic situation demonstrators in the southern city of sidon threw a petrol bomb at a branch of the lebanese central bank its chief has defended the bank's role during the collapse of lebanon's currency. still ahead here on al-jazeera the surprising reason a cave of 900 that scene being developed in britain might be delaying. the manufacturer boeing feels the pinches demand for global aviation grinds to a halt those stories after the break. hello the weather is lossy dry unsettled across much of the arabian peninsula we have got some basin pieces of clapped sickly further north a little area cloud there just into that asians out of saudi arabia he recounts

a little bit of a cloudy weather why squeeze out the spots of spot or 2 of rain but nothing much to speak of the wetter weather will be on the other side of the gulf so pushing into iran you could see some light showers as we go on through thursday they extend all the way up towards the caspian sea southern parts of the caspian and they're going to trundle their way further east with as we go through friday so pushing into turkmenistan maybe into his back is down as well still a few showers there into iran across regulation should be last you try and find temperatures here in doha getting up to around 30 celsius now in the other side of the red say we have got some lively showers in place across much of the ethiopian highlands some wetter weather there too just around the horn of africa this little clutch of storms here want to draw your attention to there on the shore breeze fading in some very heavy downpours into the coastal fringes of kenya and these will push up into a good part of somalia as you go on through the next couple of days with the risk

of some flooding elsewhere the showers extend all the way to the gulf of. the oppression of an ethnic minority and man mine goes back many decades the intention was to make sure that rangers were no longer entitled to either basic rights or citizenship rights in a new documentary al-jazeera explores the history and motives behind the systematic persecution of the him and me and my. exile on al-jazeera.

book about what you all just there with me sell rom the reminder of all top stories new financial data shows the impact the current virus pandemic is having on world economies the united states and germany are among the countries experiencing their worst recessions in he is also libyan walt cleaver hostiles announced a cease fire for the holy month of ramadan early on wednesday he was accused of ordering an attack that killed at least one person in tripoli and al-jazeera has learned that a plane carrying prominent officials from the united arab emirates flew to the sudanese capital khartoum choose day sources say the amorality delegates went to meet sudanese officials to discuss military support for khalifa haftar. more on the growing economic impact now of covert 1900 reports on the huge losses suffered by the world's 2 biggest produces. buffeted by a global pandemic in

a crisis of its own making boeing is plunging deep into negative territory the company has been scrambling for more than a year to get its most lucrative plane this 737 max back in the air after it was grounded following 2 crashes that killed 346 people then the coronavirus emptied planes in airports with passenger travel down an unprecedented 95 percent boeing reported a loss of 6 $141000000.00 and now plans about $16000.00 layoffs 110th of its global workforce light all of. not just europe and united states but pretty much everywhere in the world the ramifications are. for the most part the industry is not interested in taking delivery of airplanes at the moment or paying against contracts that we have in hand so as a result there. this moment in time. dr jenn with the dramatic reductions

southwest and other airlines are cutting their orders for the 737 max and with fewer long haul travelers boeing is cutting back on production of its massive 777 and 7 $87.00 dreamliner jets boeing is the united states largest export ing manufacturer and it said that when boeing sneezes america's economy catches cold now thousands of highly skilled highly paid boeing workers will be joining the waiters service workers and others who are among the 1st wave of coronavirus layoffs and that will reverberate down the boeing supply chain and throughout the u.s. economy boeing rival airbus also posted a $521000000.00 loss in what it c.e.o. calls the greatest crisis the aerospace industry has ever known analysts say boeing and airbus will have to restructure for a new marketplace and compete with their own cheaper used planes languishing on

tarmacs around the globe they're all dressed up they've got nowhere to go the reason being there isn't any crap and certainly across the pacific coast that news europe not many people are planning a trip to the lake country is only right now so it's going to be a long time they're going to readjust and be a smaller company although the global pandemic took just months to ground much of the aviation industry analysts say it will take years to arrive at a new normal john hendren al jazeera chicago the international monetary fund has approved emergency funding to all $3400000000.00 to nigeria the country's economy relies heavily on oil revenue slump since the president to drop and demand i would address hustle from the capital a big check. hours before the international monetary fund and now the $3400000000.00 loan grant to nigeria the national parliament approved

$2100000000.00 for when i joined government following a request by the president for such an amount to be brought up from domestic market to finance the 2020 by the it may interest you to know that already the country is reviewing its budget by nearly 40 percent down ward and this is a country that has seen a lot of borrowing in recent times in march early march 2020 the government at the parliament approved more than $22000000000.00 as for for the nigerian government to borrow externally so this is also coming at a time when the external results of this country has seen a significant drop from more than $40000000000.00 just a few years ago to only $33000000000.00 the grant from the i.m.f. is seen by economists and government officials here as a welcome development it could help stimulate growth and also cushion the effect of the covered 19 impact on the kind of me but

a lot of economists also fear that this country may need much more than what it has already gotten from the i.m.f. external other external and internal voice at the at the moment the right has broken presidency over there and after an inmate contracted covert 19 fellow prisoners set fire to the buildings in protest before things were brought back under control now the sick inmate has been taken away for treatment. kind of i was cases are increasing the strain on medical workers in afghanistan the health care systems already suffered due to decades of conflict and in the attempt to prevent hospitals from being overwhelmed and the virus from spreading in overcrowded jails the government's releasing prisoners gupta has more. rain a lease of life during the global pandemic. these are some of the 230 prisoners released on wednesday in harrop province the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak in afghanistan they are being given another chance by special decree issued last

month by president bush of county it's also a practical necessity for the cash strapped government that can't afford to go over 19 to spread in overcrowded jails. they were released some of the prisoners to the government's trying to reduce the number of prisoners because those who are still inside the prison are in terrible condition because of coronavirus and having no facilities and the space as the prison is very crowded. no matter the circumstances they are glad to get an opportunity for freedom and potentially a new life. ahead of us i've been through so much misery inside the prison i haven't seen my son knew he was born after i was jailed but now i'm very happy to go back to my family see my mother and father i won't get involved in crimes again but outside the prison walls is a country under lockdown decades of war and political infighting has forced more

than half of the population into poverty more than a quarter of afghans are unemployed for now the focus isn't saving lives over livelihood but to keep ourselves safe when a stay at home and not go out there's any important work to do we should take all the safety precautions when we come home a need to wash our hands and keep ourselves away from areas affected by coronavirus . precautions that seem even more critical where the health system suffered from shortages of ventilators testing centers and staff may struggle to cope with a major outbreak of the virus priyanka the. other appears to be positive news on the treatment front top u.s. infectious disease advisor dr anthony found she says they're seeing progress in trials of the antiviral drug disappear dr found she said the average recovery time was cut from 15 days to 11 while the u.s.

national institute of health reported that the mortality rate dropped from 11 and a half percent to 8 percent although with 31 percent improvement doesn't seem like a knock out 100 percent it is a very important proof of cancer because what it is proven is that a drug can block this virus. vaccine being developed in oxford in the u.k. could be available by september but his journal reports the success of social distancing may mean it's delayed. this is the new normal the to me to safe distance we must keep that defines life for many people now. and danger for those who can't. but for how long when will it end. the answer in part lies in the global race for a vaccine against coded 19 edward o'neil is a medical research or taking part in what is currently the world's most well

advanced vaccine trial at oxford university there is a very good well qualified tame trying to do everything they can as carefully and as quick as they can so that we have great confidence in the results i myself am one of many volunteers who wanted to be part of it i think we all want to have the lockdown to end but more importantly to help save lives scientists at oxford's gena institute began a trial involving 1100 people last week which they're expanding to 6000 participants in may if successful and with a fast track to approval from the regulator the 1st few 1000000 doses of a vaccine could be available by september and they've just received good news from labs in the united states where half a dozen rhesus macaque monkeys the closest animal species to humans were given the oxford vaccine and then exposed to large quantities of the virus 28 days later all 6 were reported healthy that's no guarantee of success of course and nor of the

oxford scientists alone as a chinese company that's also had positive results with a rhesus macaque monkeys there are at least 2 u.s. companies and a german one that have launched small scale clinical trials and they're among dozens into which millions of dollars are being poured in the search for a vaccine the scientific community is only cautiously optimistic with many vaccines you only get a proportion of the population becomes of me in and so the virus can keep circulating but much lower right so we should hope that any dioxin will absolutely women. in a matter of months or even years but it should be very helpful in helping control works and it a lot will. and the challenges mount daily successful trials depend on participants injected with the vaccine being exposed naturally to the virus. as infection rates decline in some parts of the world becomes harder to achieve the success of social

distancing measures therefore the new normal may paradoxically make the wait for a vaccine even longer. oxford. global lock downs are causing fresh produce normally used by restaurants and cafes to be thrown away in the u.k. the farmers union is predicting predicting pardon me a catastrophe for the dairy and beef industries and the hayward has. no dairy farmer ever wants to have to do this thousands of liters of milk poured away because it wasn't collected by the buyer or paid for robin that says a farmer makes award winning cheese and 2 thirds of the milk his cows produce goes into the wholesale processing market rallies the car the car becomes the cow the cows produce the milk you're feeding those cows looking after those cows and then you've got this wonderful. amazing product this gorgeous milk that we make change

cheese as well and there we have it we're having to literally dump it into a lagoon when it's there chilled down to less than 3 degrees ready to be sold and we're throwing it away at the vets family are among hundreds of u.k. farmers who've had their incomes slashed because of the impact of the coronavirus pandemic some dairy wholesalers and processors have delayed payment or cut prices hospitality orders have fallen sharply and while some production lines can be stopped if there's a surplus house still need to be milked the likes of the big cafes restaurants or tells. you what the dairy produce the issues surrounding the dairy industry an empty shelves at the beginning of this situation illustrate the complexities in the wide of food supply chain critics say it's wrapped up in so much red tape it's hard to supply is to really direct their produce when needed supermarkets saw a big uplift in sales at the start of this crisis but about

a 3rd of what we consume in the u.k. we do so outside the home and within restaurants and food outlets shots the market for producers has changed dramatically usually a supplier to high end right. strong 1st choice has tried to plug the gap the lockdown could have put it out of business but it was able to change the way it works in turn that's helped keep the produces it works with a plant you know we kind of think what we're going to do now and and we saw it decided to do home deliveries. started off very slowly off it i think our 1st night we did 20 orders 2nd by 400 and then we did about 5 days 80900 orders every day farmers leaders in the u.k. are warning of a potential catastrophe the dairy farming and less action is taken farmers a known for coping with the unpredictable finding solutions in the worst of seasons they're now hoping that they can just weather this storm too and the hayward

al-jazeera lincolnshire the u.s. democratic presidential candidate joe biden says he'll leave the u.s. embassy in jerusalem if elected despite criticizing donald trump's decision to move the embassy as shortsighted instead biden says he'd reopen a u.s. consular office in the occupied east jerusalem to engage with palestinian leaders trance 28000 decision to recognize jerusalem as israel's capital was declared null and void by the un. your charges are with me so romney remind top stories new financial data shows the impact the coronavirus pandemic is having on world economies the united states germany and nigeria the heart of africa's economy are amongst countries experiencing their worst recessions in years in the half of the world's workers are in danger of losing their livelihoods because of the pandemic the un's

international labor organization is forecasting that up to 1600000000 people working in the informal economy could be out of a job most of them have no welfare protection nor access to health care. what we find in report in this monitor is of the that of the 2b2b informal workers of the world about 1600000000 at suffered massive damage to their ability to earn a living and to support themselves and their families if they are not able to go out and work for a day and earn some income day by day because that's how it tends to work their family won't eat they won't eat and their family will not eat and there is no social protection dozens of bodies are being found in trucks outside a funeral home in new york city the discovery was made after neighbors reported a smile coming from the vehicles it's unclear how many of the people had died from krone virus related illnesses new york state is the epicenter of the u.s.

outbreak and britain now has europe 2nd highest krone virus death toll after italy the numbers jumped to more than $26000.00 the to the government started to include fatalities in places like care homes for the elderly in other news libyan warlord cleaver have to resign and to cease fire for the muslim holy month of ramadan earlier on wednesday he was accused of ordering an attack that killed at least one person in tripoli and al jazeera has learned that a plane carrying prominent officials from the united arab emirates flew to the sudanese capital khartoum on tuesday sources say the amorality delegates went to meet sudanese officials to discuss military support for khalifa haftar sudanese officials have denied the meeting ever took place those were the headlines i'll be back with more news in half an hour but next on al-jazeera it's witness to stay with us here on jazeera. with its 25 year long broadcast license coming to an end will president bush 3 go to tertius succeed in shutting down abs c.d.n. t.v.

by the fulfilled may join us for special coverage as we look at the possible demise of a media giant and the ramifications for press freedom in the philippines on al-jazeera . always make sure that the story that i'm telling is impactful it's always on something the simple question why should people care. 'd killings itself. it's a reflection of the post society that's boys and. care where shutting down ask the.