host: and now from southeast africa to central america. guatemalas long been embroiled in a kind of civil war, between enemy drug gangs. the country has one highest murder rates in the world. often, even the police appear helpless to do anything. but what about ordinary citizens? many hope to leave, dreaming of a future in the u.s. or europe. others opt to stay, determined to lead a decent life, amidst the violence. reporter: jhonny alexander carias says if you work on the street, you have to be a good judge of people. not all are nice, and you have to be able to deal with that. jhonny is a star of freestyle soccer, and he earns a living doing it. jhonny: almost a dollar. that's good. reporter: he sometimes makes $12 a day. he's 21 and lives from hand to mouth, as do many people in guatemala. half the population live in poverty. work is hard to come by. anand many jobs pay poorly. jhonny earns more than the minimum wage, freestyling on the streets for donations. he's often wondered if it might make sense to leave. jhonny: studying here is too expens

and now from south east africa to central america guatemala has long been in broiled in a kind of civil war between enemy drug gangs the country has one of the highest murder rates in the world often even the police appear helpless to do anything. but what about ordinary citizens many hope to leave dreaming of a future in the u.s. or europe others opt to stay determined to lead a decent life amidst the violence. johnny alexander says if you work on the street you have to be a good judge of people not all are nice and you have to be able to deal with that. johnny is a star of freestyle soccer and he earns a living doing it. almost a dollar that's good. he sometimes makes $12.00 a day. he's 21 and lives from hand to mouth as do many people in guatemala. half the population live in poverty work is hard to come by and many jobs pay poorly. johnny earns more than the minimum wage free styling on the streets for donations. he's often wondered if it might make sense to leave. studying here is too expensive i want to take europe by storm i think that respect my skills there of course everybody

during the coronavirus pandemic, causing a dangerous spread of covid-19 to central america and the caribbean. we'll go to guatemala for an update and speak with haitian-american novelist edwidge danticat, who says, "u.s. deportations to haiti during coronavirus pandemic are 'unconscionable'." then, can democracy survive the pandemic, especially as president trump attacks mail-in voting? pres. trump: the problem with the mail-in ballots, it is subject to tremendndous cocorruption. tremendous cororruption. cheating. so i am against it. amy: this despite the fact that the president himself votes by mail. we will speak with "new w york times magazine" writer emily bazelon about whether americans can lose their right to vote in the pandemic. in supreme court heard arguments this week in a case that could shape the outcome of future presidential elections by determining whether members of the electoral college can go rogue. >> the elector had promised to vote for the winning candidate could suddenly say, you know, i'm going to vote for froto baggins. you are saying under y your syststem, can't do a anything ge that. amy

throughout much of central america across into the caribbean some heavy showers into mexico and really it's thursday meticulously the very heavy rain really developing through guatemala or the way down across into costa rica and also into panama and then up into 19 states who got into the system clearing away from the northeast on the eastern seaboard taking the rain with atika and it's been feeling a bit cooler best just 12 celsius in d.c. and new york on wednesday with those showers. the coast and then another system pushing in across the pacific northwest this will actually bring some snow again into the northern plains you'll notice the winds coming from the north cold and dry coming up from the south and this means those into friday the potential yet again the sense of a storm. play an important role protecting you would be. ringback expelled from their base in jordan in lebannon left in a political wilderness rebellion was rising in the ranks of the p.l.o. but was this just another inevitable step on the road to victory this is a part of the long march the arc of the euro zone or the conflict that would cost artifact his leadership in life. chronicling the turb

coronavirus pandemic would cause a famine of biblical proportions in guatemala and el salvador 2 of the poorest countries in central america hundreds of families are flying white flags outside their homes or in the street to signify that they need food in war torn yemen 80 percent of the population was food insecure before the pandemic emerged this is mental storage he's haven't been able to impose restrictions the spite their shattered healthcare infrastructure and it's not just the developing world that's been impacted even some of the world's financial hubs are struggling new york city for example announced it would deliver 1000000 meals a day to fight hunger during the outbreak. the world food program says an additional $130000000.00 people could be pushed to the brink of starvation by the end of the year because of the pandemic most live in sub-saharan africa they call us talk reports now from some of the incentive. as children they were classmates job went on to mit in the u.s. and around a multinational company before returning home to become the town's mayor stated i had several children and opened a small stall se

26 and then into central america and the baby was in a fair few showers here lately but the rain is going to become really quite widespread and heavy on friday across much of guatemalamuch of the yucatan peninsula southern mexico as well seeing some heavy downpours at times in through suffer day is going to be these eastern coast of mexico where we could have some very heavy rain and it could lead to some localized flooding. as italy went into lockdown people in power are asked to filmmakers to document the effects on ordinary people from the immense suffering and loss the forgotten abandoned or exploited to sing a longs every day heroes and heart only acts of kindness the stories they capture reveal how the virus is forcing society to take a look in the mirror and exposing its inequalities coronavirus lockdown italy people in power on al-jazeera. out of work americans file millions more claims for unemployment as coronavirus continues to hit the world's largest economy. hello from doha everyone i'm come all santa maria this is the world news from al-jazeera. i am very proud of general flow and i can tell you that right there when all charges are set to be dropped a

of 26 and then into central america on the cob amos and if a few showers here lately but the rain is going to become really quite widespread and heavy on friday across much of guatemala much of the yucatan peninsula southern mexico as well seeing some heavy downpours at times in through saturday is going to be these eastern coast of mexico where we could have some very heavy rain and it could lead to some localized flooding. i usually just treat and trace frank assessments why is italy struggling to cope with the number of coronavirus failure to take really aggressive action will get them behind the curve informed opinion it's going to be much more challenging in a place like either there's one didn't play here very relieved 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. deal with al-jazeera these are the top stories april is on track to be the worst month for u.s. job losses ever around another $3000000.00 people filed for unemployment benefits last week it means $33.00 and a half 1000000 of made claims for support since like march from the shutdown began . the u.s. is reportedly

and then into central america and the caribbean was in a fair few showers here lately but the rain is going to become really quite widespread and heavy on friday across much of guatemala much of the yucatan peninsula southern mexico as well seeing some heavy downpours at times in through saturday is going to be this eastern coast of mexico where we could have some very heavy rain and it could lead to some localized flooding. as italy went into lockdown people empower us to filmmakers to document the effects on ordinary people from the immense suffering and loss the forgotten abandoned or exploited to sing a longs every day heroes and hardly any acts of kindness the stories they capture reveal how the virus is forcing society to take a look in the mirror and exposing its inequalities coronavirus long down italy people in power on al-jazeera. welcome back a quick amount of our top stories here on the al jazeera the u.s. is on track for its worst month of job losses more than $20000000.00 americans applied for unemployment benefits in april official figures out later on friday could push the jobless rate to the highest point since the 1930 s. . the u.s. is reportedly pul