fullfil 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. more than 30000000 americans unemployed in just 6 weeks the financial impact of the pandemic shows no sign of slowing in the u.s. . i'm adrian forgetting this is al jazeera live from joe also coming up. we'll throw everything at hockey so night and day to get it right for the 1st time since recovering from covert 19 the u.k.'s prime minister addresses the media with an

update on efforts to battle a pandemic that. after months of protests a plan to tackle lebanon's financial woes put it will be will it be enough to pull the country out of its economic spiral. and put us birthday party has been postponed south koreans will have to wait until next month to celebrate. we begin in the united states where the economic numbers just keep getting worse the u.s. labor department as released yet another bleak unemployment report more than 3800000 americans filed for benefits in just the past week taking the total number of jobless to more than the $30000000.00 over the last 6 weeks the unemployment rate hovered around 3 and a half percent between december and separate but in march it jumped to a 2 and a half year high of 4.4 percent that's roughly more than 7000000 people. state

governments now begin to restart their economies easing lockdown measures more than hoff of the 50 states including florida partially reopened by the end of this week as the johns hopkins dash board shows at least 1000000 people in the u.s. have contracted the virus and nearly 61000 people have died a white house correspondent kimberly how could this in washington she says the unemployment rate is likely to keep growing the number is expected to continue to rise in terms of the millions of americans filing for unemployment claims for at least a few more weeks overnight for you that up to 46000000 lost their jobs and this is not good for a u.s. president who is trying to win reelection who was expecting to ride to reelection with historically low unemployment numbers now we have historically high given the time this happened in the time period now the u.s. president for his part is likely to continue to try and paint

a rosy picture in terms of recovery we're watching very carefully he is set to meet at this hour with the new jersey governor in the oval office but we can tell you that the president has been continuing to predict that there will be a quick recovery that is not something that economic analysts see because you have to remember well these social distancing measures were put into place across the board for 90 percent of the united states the real opening is going to be phased and gradual and so the recovery is expected to mirror that now already we've seen protests across the country of americans that are frustrated that want to get back to work but again that many of these jobs simply aren't going to be there and that's why we expect that these unemployment numbers will remain high for some time . across the atlantic the eurozone economy too has suffered with its biggest losses since records began in 1995 economic output in the 19 countries that use the euro

shrank by 3.8 percent between january and march europe's strongest economy germany announced a state fall in jobs in april the 1st real sign of the economic impact of the pandemic the number of unemployed has risen by more than 300000 the german government has already predicted g.d.p. is on trank on track to shrink by more than 6 percent this year which is their estimate it came reports now from berlin on how europe is handling the economic fallout of the pandemic. the economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic is becoming clearer than ever right across europe individual governments scrambling to put in place economic measures to try to reduce the damage their countries are suffering and at the e.u. level the institutions and they're doing whatever they can to provide assurance but also credit and the sorts of financial assistance that they think will help the

governments concerned the european central bank says it is trying to deal with a very uncertain future certainly that's what the head of the e.c.b. christine legarde has been saying given the high uncertainty surrounding the ultimate extent of the economy fallout. grows scenarios produced by the e.c.b. star suggests that your area g.d.p. could fall by between 5 and 12 percent this year. depending crucially on the duration of the containment measures and the success of policies to mitigate the economy consequences for businesses and workers. and the economic woe is clearly being felt here in germany too the economy here is going to shrink considerably in this calendar year more than 6 percent and although ministers say they expect the economy to come roaring back in 2021 that's based on projections

which infer that they will not be a 2nd wave of coronavirus in this country and while they can't guarantee that ministers angle americal and the leaders of the states of this federal republic are trying to work out what their next step should be how to help the economy more was not allowing coronavirus to flare up again there are some positive signs from spain which has recorded its lowest daily increase in new cases since a state of emergency was declared 6 weeks ago the spanish health ministry has recorded 268 new coronavirus deaths that along with 518 new infections have been reported britain's prime minister porus johnson says the u.k. has passed the peak of its outbreak and that he'll start to announce a plan to exit the lockdown next week johnson was holding the government's daily update for the 1st time since being admitted to hospital 3 weeks ago with covert 19 he says the 26711 people have died. but it could have been far worse.

thanks to that massive collective effort to shield the n.h.s. that we avoided an uncontrollable catastrophic epidemic where the reasonable worst case scenario was 500000 deaths and so i can confirm today for the 1st time we are past the peak of this disease. we're past the peak and we're on the downward slope let's go live now to london to get some analysis from i was in serious need parker who's in downing street the prime minister announced 674 further deaths in the last 24 hours leave the town for the total now as we said $26711.00 but he's confident that the u.k. has passed the peak. yes

well the announcement was of course heavily covered it of course the u.k. in the eyes of the scientists who are doing the modeling into all of this is that britain has passed the peak or to be more precise in boris johnson's words skirted underneath the peak but let's not forget this comes amid a backdrop of rising deaths because of johnson said it required more discipline of british people going forward we're now entering into what johnson called phase 2 and before the government can say with any concerted confidence that it's ready to now start easing restrictions 5 crucial tests need to be passed they include proving that infection rates are falling consistently that the death rate is also falling as well the britain's national health service has everything it needs should they be a resurgence in numbers and like i said also it requires the continued discipline of the british people who have experienced the toughest restrictions of course

since the 2nd world war the toughest restrictions on daily lives but tighter perhaps than anyone ever expected at the start if they spun demick so a tentative positive announcement from the british government but we are according to johnson entering a new phase where more is still expected. all right need reporting live there from downing street in london beef many thanks indeed. the coronavirus pandemic has changed the way that muslims around the world are observing the holy month of ramadan in iran the food sector the food service sector has been many restaurants closed and the song business hours have been reduced down to 0 same as. for many iranians there is no better way to break their fast than with one of the country's most traditional meals. slow cooked stews of meat lentils and vegetables they're high in protein packed with flavor and affordable but this year sales are

down because of covert 19 thought it was not about to show. the usually more customers a moment and more profit the corona virus has had a big impact to close for 2 months but reopened recently with help protocols people still affright waiting to see how the realest customers restaurants are closed most of the day in keeping with islamic tradition business hours in other sectors also reduced ramadan can be a time of lost income for food service workers and day laborers so traders sell homemade food on the streets to supplement their income. before the corona virus outbreak restaurants were already struggling months of political and economic on rest meant fewer customers. many small businesses have gone under many more are on the verge of doing so. because of the coronavirus i can't say exactly but

we've lost about 50 percent of and we've been facing problems for months that this husband and wife operation had to fire their employees to stay afloat now they cook the food operate the till and deliver the few orders they get all by themselves some days they only get 2 orders making just $5.00 they say reduced ramadan hours only make things worse. the government has ordered mosques shrines and places of mass worship to remain closed religious rituals in the time of coronavirus promise to be a more solitary affair of ramadan is also a time to be with friends and family breaking the fast at the end of the day with loved ones around the table of food helping those that are less fortunate these traditions are as much a part of the islamic month of fasting as anything else. iranians we met said gatherings a dinner tables are likely to be smaller this year i mean when you have it every

morning we haven't been inviting guests on this since the outbreak of the virus we haven't gone anywhere either and no if at all tired of this in a cave but the difference this year is that we should stay away from people we had many guests in ramadan for if time but now no one comes and this year iranians say they'll be praying especially for one thing an end to the coronavirus pandemic zain . a weather update next here on al-jazeera then a fly past at a promotion for british war veteran who raised more than $37000000.00 for the country's health service as he turns $100.00. hello the weather is generally set fabric across the middle east at the moment to

send the case across much of the arabian peninsula still some shop shall is just sliding out of iraq into iran up towards caspian sea they'll make their way further a swiss pushing into techmeme astonished as but just maybe into afghanistan as well as we go through friday but as you can see for many that's a bit too bad behind east a positive he will still see one of 2 showers as we go on through friday push on into sas they the showers will become fewer and further between so dry across anika the worst 31 celsius here in doha with some increasingly warm sunshine as we go on through the next couple days with the winds falling somewhat lighter than they have been a recently bunnie a warm sunshine across northern parts of africa we've seen the end of the showers there just around the atlas mountains northern parts of morocco and northern areas of algeria it is generally set that little colder there with him all the wind coming into benghazi temperatures here around $23.00 degrees why the shallowest just around the ethiopian pushing down into kenya into somalia we'll see more of

those showers to just flooding a little further south was but for johannesburg gorgeous autumn sunshine beautiful still weather here and it stays fine and sunny as we go right through the coming days. but. the time had come for the p.l.o. to seek a new and peaceful solution. pursuing a path of diplomacy but what was to turn their agreed withdraw from lebanon into one of the most horrific civilian massacres of modern times women children killed we couldn't believe our eyes chronicling the turbulent story of the struggle for a palestinian homeland p.l.o. history of the revolution on al-jazeera.

the. other again this is al-jazeera the 2nd of a true much of the main news this hour the euro zone's economy has suffered its biggest hit on record shrinking by 3.8 percent in the 1st quarter of the year it is the steepest drop since records began in 1905 and another indicator of the widespread economic devastation. britain's prime minister boris johnson says the u.k.'s past the peak of its outbreak is a plan to reopen the economy will be unveiled next week but the u.k. will need 5 tests before its implement. the us economy is continuing to take a battering with more jobs being wiped out the number of people who filed for unemployment benefits in the past week has risen by 3800000 to around 30000000 since the pandemic forced businesses to close the last. well florida is one of the

states pushing ahead with plans to ease some restrictions the miami area has been particularly badly affected but authorities say they need to reopen florida's economy al-jazeera sandy gallagher reports. miami's ocean drive with its iconic on deco buildings never really sees an off season for weeks now it's been deserted along with the normally packed beaches and pedestrian ice shopping areas of a city in lockdown. the cautious reopening of parks golf courses and marinas is now under way though the state officials point to corona virus cases showing a slight downturn florida's governor rhonda sanchez a close ally of president trump says a careful reopening isn't complicated although on tuesday the state recorded its highest total of new deaths on a single day on wednesday dissenters announced what he called a safe smart step by step plan to reopen this new phase will start on monday may

4th and will for the time being exclude miami dade broward and palm beach counties these counties have seen the lion's share of the state's epidemic but they are trending in a positive direction even as beaches and parks reopen in some parts of the state places like miami dade county continue to take precautions despite the governor's optimism reopening isn't a one size fits all policy over a 1000 people have died of covert 9000 in florida a 3rd of them here in miami dade like many other states what this one's facing then is a patchwork of reopening and a continuation of restrictions here in miami beach the boardwalks open but the beach and playgrounds remain off limits it's a similar picture in other hard hit cities as local authorities weigh the risks against getting the economy going again social distancing rules remain in place when restaurants are allowed to reopen they will operate at reduced capacity miami's messes if people don't follow guidelines washer restrictions will come back

if we stay. to see every aggression if we're not respecting the rules. then obviously you will not hesitate. to start restricting and that's one of the things that we want to avoid it any version of a new normal will also be a challenge logistically miami is a hub for the distribution of goods throughout the americas and restarting trade will be difficult it's very complicated it's. critical it's essential for us to understand what steps in sale and how people interact with others while some can now carefully enjoy the state's parks restaurants and beaches others remain under tight restrictions the reopening of some parts of the economy and continued closure of others is mostly in the hands of local leaders and the decisions are more crucial than ever and agalloch road is era miami florida dozens of bodies safin found in trucks outside a funeral home in new york city the discovery was made after neighbors reported

a smell coming from the vehicles 0 escape elizondo and small. dozens of decomposing bodies were found inside this funeral home presumably people that have died for from coronavirus cases in the last week or so and they were brought here and apparently the funeral home their refrigerator and unit that keep preserves the corpses of the people broke and so they were just putting bodies of people in in trucks. the police were called they're still on scene here it was just a grim grim situation police are saying as many as 40 to 50 bodies of people were in there overnight it just gives you an idea that even though the curve is flattening in new york and even though that this is a city and state that are presumably being told coming out of this and the worst is behind us here it still gives you an idea of how far. the state has to come and how

desperate the situation is especially for funeral homes and more it's there are just over overwhelmed the lebanese government has approved the financial reform plan for its cautious crisis hits economy it's been under pressure to act often demonstrations were held in several cities for a 3rd straight nights from minister. has been revealing details of the plan all of them will need to approve the financial cluelessness. well i thought it best to me i will follow about the night with this plan as a stepping stone we can build our future we will continue with our request to the i.m.f. and willing gauge seriously with our creditors as a result we will reduce the burden of debt on shoulders of citizens at the same time we will present this plan to our partners here and beyond i call on all lebanese to consider this day a turning point to a brighter future the road ahead will not be easy but the plan will help us to

overcome obstacles ahead if we are all united we will achieve success on zeros in a hollow in beirut since the government is hoping this plan can ease months of violent public protests. the plan is to reach out to the international monetary fund for financial assistance for at least $10000000000.00 this is a country estate close to bankruptcy it's been blamed on years of corruption years of mismanagement dieppe took office a few months ago and they have been struggling to put together a plan but many economists have been telling them the only realistic option you have is to reach out to the i.m.f. politicians were reluctant to do that because that would involve a painful conditions maybe more taxes and already the lebanese people are suffering due to this dire economic and financial crisis but it will also involve carrying out structural reforms that changing the structure of the state many politicians do not want to see that happen because they will lose control of the states resources

which they have been accused of exploiting for years what people what it wanted to hear was how the government is going to control the exchange rate and how the government is going to control inflation the economy minister just a few days ago himself acknowledged that there is inflation a rise in prices by 50 percent the prime minister a few weeks ago visited a super market and he said that they would control the prices and they've done they've done nothing in that sort so people are not really eased or are their concerns have not been eased by the latest government announcement sources have told i was 0 that a plane carrying prominent officials from the united arab emirates landed in sudan's capital tuesday sources say that the m.r.c. delegation included the brother of abu dhabi's crown prince they say the group was in khartoum meeting sudanese officials to discuss military support from libya and ward khalifa haftar sudanese officials have denied that any such meeting took place . an international watchdog is warning that the united arab emirates isn't doing

nearly enough to crack down on money laundering and terrorist financing the paris based financial action task force says the u.a.e. could find itself on watch lists along with countries like syria and yemen unless it improves but at smith reports. dubai is slowly reopening some businesses that have been ordered shut to stop the spread of coronavirus but it's the failure to pull down the shutters on people suspected of money laundering and terrorist financing but cook cause another serious financial headache for the emirate and the 6 others which for me a night arab emirates investigators from the paris based financial action task force found that there's a high risk that criminals will try to launder money or finance terrorism through the u.a.e. the f.a. t.f. says there's little investigation all of a prosecution for money laundering and there's minimal formal international cooperation with countries investigating financial crimes the f.e.t.s.

does have a system whereby we look at countries with continued and significant strategic divisions is that represent a risk to the international financial system i can't say at this point whether the country is going to fall into that process what i can say is that the country now has its roadmap and its recommendations to follow but we fully expect that we do that that they will do that we've already seen a high level political commitment there to get things going and we will assess their progress next year and then we'll decide from there dubai is one of the world's largest financial hubs not far behind london new york and hong kong financial services make up almost 9 percent of the u.s. g.d.p. a lot of the money they make it's driving by. addressing that with me sending out light on a lot of schemes and making information available that are not in the interest of those who are who actually like to put their money are investing. so that's.

where even. if the usa fails to tackle money laundering it could find itself on the task force's grey list along with countries including pakistan syria and yemen that means financial institutions could be reluctant to do business and the cost of borrowing will be higher but it's meant. a british world war 2 veteran who's raised more than $36000000.00 for charity has got a promotion captain tell the. chief of staff. to become. of. age of inherently captain so morrissey of the old us on the eve of his 100th birthday it was also given to military medals plus to 2nd world war era aircraft before the fly past of his home to mark the birthday and in recognition of his fundraising efforts more raise the money by completing

laps of his garden with the help of a walking frame now were used to hearing from the u.s. as top health advisor and she in the white house briefings on the coronavirus pandemic but what may not be known widely is that he's a big baseball fan and when it comes to bringing major league baseball back this summer she said that it could happen barring any major outbreaks in an interview he spoke to the washington national team's 1st baseman ryan zimmerman and laid out some possible scenarios. as we start trying to get back to normality and pulling back on some of the strict mitigation you know we have a 3 phase way to get back to normal for if you get past the checkpoint the gate way you know kind of like the minor leagues before you get into the big leagues then you go to phase one and then if you do well you go to face 2 and then face 3 if we do that successful and there's no major outbreaks i could foresee any of a number of scenarios one of the scenarios would be something that i know is not

pleasing to the players like yourself is to at least get the fans to see it on t.v. you know get the play is all tested so they may get in the not going to infect each other let them go to a place a few places we could play ball and play and watch it on t.v. that's one option the next option is to do the same thing but if things are really low to restrict the number of people in a stadium the next thing every 5th seat or every 4th seed that could be done and then the best of all is if things really work out rel you can have a regular season but i hope that there's some form of baseball this summer even if it's just t.v. and i and i do that for i feel that strongly one because i'm an avid baseball fan but also i mean it's for the country's mental health to have you know the great

american past time we seem to it's the players like yourself that don't have a lot of years left don't want to lose another year right it's for the rookies who are coming up who waited all their wives since high school to do this who are getting a season taken away from them and as for the people who are on a roll you know like many of the players on the mets that you want to keep going so there's so many reasons to want to do that. for the 1st time in 2 months south korea's reported no new domestic infections of coronavirus april 30th marks put us birthday celebrations up and 1st phone until the end of next month due to the lockdown as soon as robert bryant reports from some. buddhist birthday celebrated with prayers for this pandemic to be over but helders though it is still a threat from the start of the outbreak south korea's buddhists have closely it here to the government's request to scale back on all forms of worship which is to

take on that buddhists especially have been actively following the government's social distancing guidelines as we do not want to cause any harm to others. this reflects the philosophy of buddhism that we care about people it is very different to how borders birthday is normally celebrated in the day. this was last year an impressive parade of floats with thousands of spectators and people taking part. this year a far more subdued affair the centerpiece apart goda representing the bringing together of people's minds to overcome the crisis. some say the virus amused to see our failure to co-exist with view and they could be more events like this in the future but the buddhist practice is to train our minds to be calm and peaceful this year buddha's birthday coincides with other public

holidays with many south koreans taking the chance to go out or go on a short holiday after weeks of staying put airports and domestic flights are all busy as people travel to local resorts it's raise concerns about a possible resurgence of the virus especially after reaching the milestone of 0 new cases of local transmission but similar fears were raised 2 weeks ago when millions of south koreans came out to vote. in national elections special precautions were put in place to allow the vote to happen safely and now at the end of what would be the incubation period for new cases that resurgence hasn't happened buddhist prayers here may have been. so. it is kateri with us hello adrian filling in here and how the headlines on

al-jazeera the u.s. economy continues to take a battering with more jobs being lost but i who filed for unemployment benefits over the past week has risen by $3800000.00 to around $30000000.00 since the pandemic forced businesses to close last month the eurozone economy has suffered its biggest hit on record shrinking by 3.8 percent in the 1st quarter it's the zone's steepest drop since records began in 1905 as another indicator of the widespread economic devastation the u.k.'s prime minister barak's johnson says the country has passed the peak of its outbreak and that he'll start to announce a plan to exit the lockdown next week johnson was holding the government's daily update for the 1st time since he was admitted to hospital 3 weeks ago with cove at 19 he says 26700 people have died but that it could have been far worse. thanks to that massive collective effort to shield the n.h.s.

we avoided an uncontrollable catastrophic epidemic where the reasonable worst case scenario was 500000 deaths and so i can confirm today the 1st time we all parsed the peak of this disease we're past the peak and we're on the downward slope. lebanon's government has approved a rescue plan for its crisis hit economy it's been on the pressure to act after demonstrations were held in several cities for a 3rd straight night from minister house on their absence that lebanon will seek help from the international monetary fund of the country is aiming to work get $10000000000.00 worth of aid. and those other headlines will have more news feed him to 0 off the inside story next.

as corona virus spreads in the u.s. its economy is likely to face its worst crisis since the great depression and the spillover is expected to inflict long term damage there and around the world so what can be done to reverse the crash and can the global economy fully recover this is inside story. hello and welcome to the program i'm joined it's the world's law.