thank you all europeans go build united states of you but we will not be with you we meet with global news makers and talk about the stories that matter will go to 0 . more than 33000000 people in the u.s. sign up for unemployment benefits since lockdowns began. canada now the south is there live from doha also coming up. the global pitch for more cash to fight the crowd a virus the u.n. wants help for the most vulnerable. france on the rails its plan to loosen the lock down but some restrictions will remain in paris and other regions. and we look at

the challenges battling false information about so-called cures for the grown a virus in africa. we get in the united states where new figures show almost $3200000.00 people filed for unemployment benefits it keeps april and track to be the worst month for job losses on record more than 33000000 people have filed for unemployment in just 7 weeks and economists say economic growth could plummets by 30 percent in the 2nd quarter in the u.k. the picture is also looking bleak the bank of england expects u.k.'s economic output to shrink by 14 percent this year and unemployment saw rise to 8 percent meanwhile the european union's been warned to brace for its worst ever recession with the economy tipped to slump by 7.4 percent after years of growth but figures from china. are suggesting

a different picture their exports rose in april for the 1st time this year up 3 and a half percent after many factories reopened well let's get more now from our economics editor abbott alley who's following the developments from london it's not sure sleep difficult at this stage to actually say how deep recessions will because we're not experienced anything like it in the modern era in fact the bank of england had to reach back 300 years to say the u.k. economy will slump to the worst recession since 17 o 9 and that was when we had the great frost the economy here is expected to contract 14 percent in 2020 in the 2nd quarter alone the economy could shrink by 25 percent these are precedented numbers and unemployment is expected to rise to 9 percent and the situation on the continent continues to be

even worse will find out the numbers next week come friday when jim new releases its economic numbers that it's expected to say that in the 1st quarter its economy contracted 2 percent but for the whole year economy says expecting a contraction up 11 percent and governments and central banks are doing exactly what this should be doing their poor in billions of billions of dollars into the economy to make sure the from natural system is working to make corporates make sure that the corporate sector is working well they're paying for workers to stay off work right so that this very moment in time so it's really difficult to say exactly where economies are going but we do know that it's heading lower right this very moment. well let's go now to our white house correspondent kimberly how could those numbers coming out of the u.s. can we just put those unemployment figures into some context for us.

what we're seeing is evidence of a very depressed economy these numbers are sort of the latest indicator of what ordinary americans have been experiencing for several weeks now the really the enormity of it being compared to the great depression but what is distinct about this is the swiftness of how these jobs were lost as a result of stay at home orders you have to remember just 8 weeks ago this country was enjoying historically low unemployment rate 3.5 percent that's a 50 year low and it was one that the u.s. president counted on to propel him to reelection but now all of that has been obliterated from this white house the u.s. president saying that the solution seems to be to reopen the economy try and bring some of those jobs back the president saying you can't keep the country closed forever but at the same time reopening comes with risk given the fact that we know

the number of infections are only projected to continue to rise and can we we're now learning that someone close to the president has apparently tested positive for corona virus what can you tell us then. well this is an example of the risk that is touching even the white house and the u.s. president what we're learning is that in fact one of the valets that somebody who works very closely here with the 1st family at the white house comes into contact with the president sort of an elite military unit that works here at the white house one of those valets on wednesday tested positive for corona virus and now we know that the u.s. president as well as the vice president have been tested they've both been found to be negative but what we understand from all of this is that this was a rapid test that was given results were taken and pronounced back within 15 minutes but this just sort of shows the risk that is being experienced as there are

these challenges to try and get americans back to work having people work means increased exposure means increased risk thank you for that update there complete health. correspondent. as the world's economy suffers from the global pandemic a universal appeal is being made to fund the response united nations is asking for billions of dollars from richard nations to help the millions living in the world's poorest communities the world body has increased its appeal launched for the coronavirus funding in march from 2 1000000000 dollars to almost $7000000000.00 now calling for extraordinary measures to fight the effects of the crisis in $63.00 nations so far the u.n. agencies have already received $923000000.00 from donna's while wealthier nations are spending billions to boost their economies aid agencies say they are scraping the barrel for additional resources to help the vulnerable the virus is spread to almost every corner of the globe with 187 countries affected 264000 or more than

264000 deaths have been reported worldwide with the number of infections there now closing in on 4000000 diplomatic edited james bays has more now from the united nations. there was a humanitarian appeal at the end of march but they've revised their figures and they've revised the number of nations they're looking at it was $54.00 nations they were most concerned about they now put it up to $63.00 but it's not just that is the reason for a massive increase in the amount of money they want that's because they're not just worried about the effects of covert $19.00 on these nations in the way they'll respond medically to that they're also respond worried about the economic downturn and the effects on these most vulnerable nations and it's for those 2 reasons that the head of the world food programme david beasley said the situation was so

grave as to what we're facing now is the double pandemic truly famines that could impact us to a biblical proportion and there's no question mega pam and are on our break literally right now before kobe hit the scene and we already had 130000000 people as i say marching on the brink of starvation the problem of course is going to be trying to persuade countries even the richest countries on earth for example where i am un headquarters is in new york in the u.s. has all its attention on its own economic problems how are you going to persuade them to spend the money it's worth telling you the 1st version of this appeal was $2000000000.00 they only managed to raise half of that money. pakistan's prime minister iran com says he'll start lifting the lockdown from sachet despise a high number of cases there are more than 24000 confirmed infections and 564

deaths is in islamabad he says people are already breaking restrictions their doctor and have been warning that to have devastating consequences they were earlier also objecting to the congregational prayer that government did tell going ahead red day particular. of the log down tory did great to be important how did played out because. drug courts disrupted train driver view after decision from the province and the week will be a complete break blog down 3rd grade to be important to be where the. order danger in today's big god we have seen a cross bar get on even during the log down be. moving around in a larger group market and nord paying any attention to the airfield be. it 2 weeks lockdown has been imposed on a suburb of kenya's capital where the infection rates increased the government

ordered restrictions in the east lee neighborhood of nairobi 26 people have died and almost 600 cases are reported nationwide a warnings about the spread of virus misinformation to be issued in africa health experts say the presence of some countries are undermining efforts to contain the spread catherine so i reports from nairobi. victor evers job as a journalist to the facts checking agency is to verify information on the internet and examine the truth to what government and political leaders are saying he especially needs to be more diligent during the coronavirus pandemic never has just analyzed the social media video of the governor of kenya's capital nairobi mike who recently included potholes of a brand of cognac in food relief packs and gave these explanations that is chemistry which has some but it. didn't end up she does us troops and it kills the virus and gets the virus is it's a symptom and it kills as

a disease continues to spread across the continent so does misinformation about it a lot of false information a lot of misinformation and disinformation play on your emotions and when people are emotional the come to be the can be critical of this would have been the one that killed the quite amusing son in uganda presidential where it was 70 reason he endorsed the production of a sanitizing spray that a medical investors said could cure the disease but i gasped as president and roger lena also launched the distribution of a how will drink he said calicivirus and kenya some people are using home remedies they swear will protect them from getting sick while health organization has said there's no proven cure or vaccine to give up confusing time for everybody many people are now relying more on online content for their coronavirus some of those he talked to say they are overwhelmed by all the information on fossil media either

way very lying on 4 called who are the people feel online and most of the 4th and formation have been shared millions of times across the continent. for enochian use a volunteer with the kenyan red cross she distributes sanitizers soap and masks on the streets of. and office accurate information as opposed to the misinformation on mine. that drinking a lot so it means they cannot divide us and people believe that. $1000.00 is not for africa. in fact this morning someone told me. just for each people he doesn't believe that. she's saved the only way to counter the online misinformation is doing what she's doing talking to people answering questions and trying to calm. catherine. aerobic kenya. still ahead on al-jazeera we look at new research from the u.k.

suggesting that minorities are at greater risk of dying from coronavirus class. are you going to hire the kid who's like fresh out of school are you going to hire someone who's been on a desk or for 5 years and the bleak future facing young graduates the pandemic over eyes is the global economy. welcomes another look at the international forecasts we've got some quotes weather coming into the middle east over the next couple of days or so the same couple of days ago actually in saudi arabia we had some heavy and thundery downpours with some hail mixed in for good measure it did cause some localized flooding and of course inevitable was brought disruption as a result of these big downpours quater weather coming through as we go on through the next hour or so the wetter weather is easing further a swiss

a little bit of cloud just around the levant that sin the process of nudging further east which is well says i am by right you can see want to 2 showers in the distance here but i think it will be largely quiet as we go through the next couple of days with plenty of sunshine here we don't have temperatures around 3435 maybe 36 degrees over the next couple of days. pleasantly warm little woman was a go on through the weekend meanwhile across northern parts of africa lots of warm sunshine in place if not on the hot side showers that continuing around ethiopia right through the heart of africa into the gulf of guinea and beyond some rather wet weather as one with a speck pushing up across a good part of west africa now heavy showers continue just around kenya around northern parts of towns name we have seen flooding here recently big downpours continue but the south of that is fine and sunny.

eyes only test streets and trace frank assessments why is it so he's struggling to cope with the number coronavirus patients failure to take really aggressive action behind her informed opinions it's going to be much more challenging in a place like haiti where there is one ventilator very relieved people in depth analysis of the day's global headlines india done enough to nip the spread of coronavirus in the inside story on al-jazeera. george acknowledges there are reminder of our top stories this hour almost 3200000 more people have filed for unemployment in the united states as the crowd

a virus outbreak devastates the economy 33500000 people have registered as unemployed in just 7 weeks. the united nations is asking for nearly $7000000000.00 in funding to fight the effects of the coronavirus pandemic on poor countries the u.n. humanitarian chief says extraordinary measures are needed to protect vulnerable communities from conflict and starvation. pakistan's prime minister imran khan says he'll start lifting the lockdown from sas day despite my number of cases there are more than 24000 confirmed infections and 564 deaths. your daughter from the u.k. has shown that people from black asian and other ethnic minority backgrounds are more likely to die from covert 19 than white people figures released by the office of national statistics show black men and women a 4 times more likely to die after being diagnosed with covered 19 than those who are wise the risk of death is also significant be higher for men and women who are

of bangladeshi pakistani or indian origin the report says people have been disproportionately affected by underlying health conditions and economic disadvantages john holl is in london with more. but people have been looking at this issue for some time now the statistics from the oh and s. shine more light on this trend the extent to which black asian and minority ethnic groups so-called b am eager ups are suffering higher rates of all talented than their white ethnic counterparts you know and it's concluding at the moment that it is 4 times more likely that a bait b. a and b. person will dive grown a virus and than his or her white ethnic counterpart i'm standing in branches of of london in the northwest of london an area that has a very high percentage of v.a. and even residents it's also one of the hardest hit areas of london from covered 9000 i'm going to spend a day out about talking to people trying to get to the bottom of this but the oh and s. research out today points at deprivation and social inequality as key factors here

that's the extent to which yeah i mean people are employed in low income jobs often as so-called essential key workers on the health and social care front line for instance or in transport london bus drivers for instance to be securely badly hit as a group bike over $1000.00 or these people more exposed to the virus than people in other professions and jobs might be there are also issues of low income housing multigenerational families in those lower income homes making it harder to observe the lock down social distancing protect against the virus and so on i mean these are enormous generalisations obviously and the onus does make the point that these accounts are only a part of this trend there is still a part of it that remains unexplained but clearly another aspect yet another aspect of covert 19 that is tearing not just into the economy of the world but it's society's as well. moscow's man says the number of cases in the city could be as high as 300000 that's 3 times higher than the official total lockdown in the city

has been extended until the end of may 11 1000000 residents will only be able to leave their homes for essential services and they'll need to apply to use public transport but some measures have been construction. sides and factories are allowed to reopen. france will start easing its lockdown on monday with different regions are going up at different speeds prime minister edward finney prawns that some areas like paris will continue to be under section for some time france has been under lockdown since march its fame one of the walls worst hit countries with more than 26000 people killed in the outbreak but has about has a day cells from in southern france what the prime minister date was really present the government's plan for easing the lockdown and for all from next monday now we've heard much of this before in a speech that he made last week but this is really the fine tune so to tweak the

ocean if you like that what the government is trying to do is really balance the need to stop a 2nd wave of infections with the need to revive the economy and give people some sort of normal life back now the prime minister says that from monday some things will reopen will see businesses being able to reopen some schools will be able to reopen with very reduced causes and reduced reduced hours public transport will also obese nobody increased but all passengers will have to wear mosques people there will still be very much encouraged to work from home and wards i know that the prime minister is saying is that even though there will be some destructions lifted that many people be happy about vote such as we won't need permits to go out anymore the government is warning vigilance is still needed particularly in the so called rate high risk region so we're talking about the paris region talking about the northeast of the country and also he sees a territory of miles away with viruses still circulating in very large numbers so

the government is saying that we have to be vigilant and that also unless people have it you want to still take a lot to move around too much and cross between territories and the government could consider re-imposing locked down in the future. faced with soaring unemployment figures this year's university graduates of the us coming into the worst jobs market in a century many have long student debts and then leaving their courses with little hope of a successful start to their career is brown's reports. for the class of 2020 there will be no caps and gowns no proud march to accept diplomas no celebration after years of study and hard work it's a distressing time for grads like james warner who attended vassar college in new york but is now with his parents in los angeles in terms of like you know graduating school and going into the workforce it's such a big change in general and kind of having the you know dark cloud of

this pandemic over that adds even more stress and intensity to that process back home in gorham maine after american university in washington closed its doors may have terri says she feels like she's in limbo i've been trying to take everything one day at a time to preserve my mental health for both of them and for millions of graduates in the u.s. and around the world job prospects are slim i've done some searching i mean doesn't have a lot of economic opportunities other than the tourist industry so that's entirely shot at the moment are you going to hire the kid who's like fresh out of school are you going to hire someone who's been on a desk or flight 5 years. and i don't know i just it makes me feel old it's it's tough young adults leaving college today could face a prolonged period of unemployment for many members of the class of 2020 the

economic fallout could linger for years decades or even longer research shows that even if and when the economy picks up again the graduates of today may struggle i mean will us be sessions is that they are going to and i would say that it well to begin to go so you see where income losses also said that maybe i might. be seeing that goes in kind of as a system or something well where they really started. that might have been. despite these negatives workforce experts advise new graduates to remain optimistic not one thing is going to. you know. that advice can be hard for anxious young people to follow i want to go start my life i'm like really ready to do that and it's just like painful having to just

sit for now the class of 2020 can only wait and hope for the best robert oulds al-jazeera los angeles. health care workers have been applauded for their sacrifices during this pandemic but other unsung heroes who also risk their lives often get little recognition or support lesson america ever said they've seen human join sanitation workers in chile on shifts in the capital santiago. they make their living by doing the dirty work at all said he'll fancy school and are a team from dawn to early morning they pick up the rubbish from homes to hospitals in this working class and neighborhood. a bell residence that they're coming back to my daniel has been doing this for 33 years i work with someone has to do it we don't have advanced education so we have to do this but i'm not sorry on the

contrary it's a noble job. maybe so but it's hazardous. this is dangerous because of the dogs people leave sharp objects in the bags even syringes we pick up with their hands and knees and fictions there's no sugarcoating this is one of the least hygenic and little smelly jobs that one can have and it's now become one of the most dangerous because these men have no idea if the rubbish that they're handling over and over again belongs to the people who are going ok the car with 90. fransisco this is now afraid to go home how do you work for them because of the family they say this far is get stuck to the bags under the handles on the truck. chili's more than 16000 sanitation employees work with gloves that easily ripped to shreds the few disposable face masks the

company gave these workers ran out long ago so they wear whatever they find you think that you are meant to look at the most and what you are the security measures in this country are appalling for the sector is especially under these new conditions. but while the private companies aren't paying these men any extra ordinary people are showing their appreciation. for. rubbish collectors have always been stigmatized and seen as the lowest on the totem pole but now with this people giving us credit where it's due it's would keeps their spirits up as the joke with all his pride that they're now considered part of the front line against coronavirus you see in human al-jazeera santiago. israel's president has given benjamin netanyahu the mandate to form a coalition between himself and political rival benny gantz. the but some israelis are angry about netanyahu forming

a government while still under indictment for corruption it's all happening after months of political deadlock and 3 inconclusive elections in less than a year. the prime minister of this sort so says he's retiring at the end of next month 18 year old thomas to body says he's leaving because of his age not because of growing political pressure he's been implicated in the murder of his strange wife 3 years ago to run his new wife has been charged. to the decision to retire from his role entirely despite the fact that my point is just now the term is due to end in 2022 years i did indicate in january the job of prime minister has sensory perception is really as rugby term physical strength. as energy as i used to be. as sajad is added voluntarily right kate of his and over the reins of government

now according to the laws over the short. at least 11 people have been killed by a gas leak at a plastics factory in india well then 300 all those have been taken to hospital the incident happened after gas tanks were left on attended for 40 days because of india's lockdown elizabeth brought a report from the capital new delhi. panic and chaos in india's southern city of a shock apartment as people living in an industrial area began losing consciousness that's after a gas leak at a plastics factory owned by a south korean company l.g. chemicals the leak happened early on thursday morning when most people were asleep . the national disaster response force evacuated at least a 1000 people from a 3 kilometer radius around the factory there were some people who were unconscious also make conscious there were people who were not able to move there were children there were women there were people who. all of them were helped at least 800 were

taken to hospital with breathing difficulties and irritated skin police said that styrene gas leaked out of 25000 ton tanks which had been left unattended as the factory was closed for 40 days during india's small town. they said that he to produce inside the tanks was released soon after the factory reopened. l.g. chemicals confirmed the plant wasn't operating because of the lockdown but said they were maintenance staff that the facility emergency workers said the date was brought under control by midday so now the focus is not so much on the gas leakage as the effect of the guys on the treatment of the of the people who have been affected. l.g. said it was investigating the cause the industry's minister of the state of said it looked as though proper procedures weren't followed when the plot reopened he also said they want the company to ensure the same level of responsibility is to. if the incident were to happen in the e.u.

or united states. police in the eastern city of di go to also reveal that there was a gas leak as a paper mill on wednesday they said the owner tried to hide the incident in which at least 7 workers were hospitalized in critical condition like the fact. that he said the paper mill had also been shot during india's lockdown and workers had been preparing to reopen it elizabeth al jazeera new delhi. this is al jazeera and these the top stories almost 3200000 more people have called for unemployment in the united states is the crown of our solid right devastates economy 33500000 people have registered as unemployed in just 7 weeks a white house correspondent kimberly hellcat has. it's you know exceeding 30000000 and it could go even into the 40000000 mark because we know that it's every sector whereas initially it was sort of hospitality it was tourism those jobs where they

can sort of feel some of this short term pain what we now know is that we're going to secondary ripple effects now where governments are starting to consider laying people off at the local levels we're really seeing that across the board united nations is asking for nearly $7000000000.00 in funding to fight the effects of the coronavirus pandemic on poor countries the u.n. humanitarian chief says extraordinary measures are needed to protect the vulnerable communities from conflict and starvation. prime minister says he'll start lifting the lockdown from sascha day despite the high number of cases where more than 24000 confirmed infections and 564 deaths. france will also start easing its lockdown from monday different for each ins will open up at different speeds but prime minister edward phillips says some areas like paris will continue to be under restrictions for some time a 2 week lockdown has been imposed on

a suburb of kenya's capital with the infection rate is increased the government ordered restrictions in the east lead neighborhood of nairobi 26 people have died and almost 600 cases are reported nationwide the prime minister of the suit who says he is retiring at the end of next 12 year old thomas de bondy says he is leaving because of his age not because of growing political pressure he has been implicated in the murder of his is strange wife 3 years ago the bonnie's new wife has been charged his lawyers argued the prime minister's immunity from prosecution . at least 11 people including a child have been killed in a gas leak in southern india it happened at a factory producing plastics and under a pradesh state those are the headlines more news here on al-jazeera after inside story.

how is coronavirus affecting the sports industry all major events are being counseled all just the pen demick takes its toll worldwide a multi-billion dollar business is now at stake so can sport survive the break this is inside story. hello and welcome to the program i'm peter told me it is a very very lucrative business and almost recession proof but sports is being dealt a financial blow by the coronavirus made.