frances donald is chief economist and head of microstrategy, joining us now.hen you look at the numbers that we got this morning, and you look at the data over the past few weeks, showing the absolute devastation in this market, what do the numbers tell us about the potential for most of these jobs to be recouped at some point in the near future? is the most important question, the 70% of those who said they were unemployed for temporary reasons going to turn out to be temporarily laid off, and how quickly could they get rehired? we have to watch nontraditional data points. there is a little bit of a silver lining. it looks like most of the economy, the worst of it probably ended around mid april. that doesn't mean the economy is going to start re-accelerating now. what i am concerned about is that we are heading into a period where the duration of unemployment has been longer and longer. has an almost circular development. you stop spending as much and you see further reduction in activity. all those whoire say they were temporarily laid off, will those indiv

corresponding contracts on these aggressions conducted by the united states government and donald trump against france will open up the u.s. to noise any involvement 2 of its citizens were among the 1st arrests though they were detained on monday and identified as former special forces soldiers during president maduro virtual news conference the questioning of one of the men was televised warn it now from caleb maupin. u.s. venezuela tensions are high once again latin american socialist country says it has held off an armed incursion now they've captured mercenary fighters to which are u.s. citizens and one of the mercenary fighters says the plan was to detain the dura and hand him over to the united states and the only instructions they received from jordan was to ensure that we should. control the border forces. for the route that. received it but on wednesday we heard a full denial from mike peo he says the united states was not in on the blog. however he's now making threats unless the 2 detained u.s. citizens are released as no u.s. government direct involvement in this operation. would have been

the ark to triumph monuments the event was held without the public france is under a strict lockdown until monday. u.s. president donald trump and the 1st lady visited the world war 2 memorial in washington d.c. . following the wreath laying ceremony trump greeted 7 world war 2 veterans from a safe distance. russia celebrates victory over nazi germany on the 9th of may a major parade with international guests was set to take place in moscow but events across russia have been cancelled president vladimir putin has promised to hold a major victory day parade at a later date. to mark this anniversary britain's queen elizabeth spoke to the british people on television at the exact time her father king george the 6th gave a radio address in 1905 let's have a listen to some of what she had to say at the start i took seem bleak the end just didn't. come uncertain but we kept faith that the cause was right and this belief as my father noted in his broadcast carried us through. never give up never despair that was the message of the day. now to georgia and the united states where authorities have arrested 2 white men over the k

the event was held without the public france is under a strict lockdown until monday. u.s. president donald trump and the 1st lady visited the world war 2 memorial in washington d.c. . following the riffling ceremony trump greeted 7 world war 2 veterans from a safe distance. friday prayers have resumed and up to $180.00 iranian towns and cities only mosques and places deemed to be at low risk from the coronavirus were allowed to open their doors iran has started easing restrictions despite fears of a spike in infections. for these worshipers in iran friday marks a return to communal prayer with some differences they had to wear face masks and keep a distance from each other. servants was shorter than me a pollution the process of washing before prayer was performed at home but scenes like this weren't repeated across the country due to the risk of infection mosques in the capital tehran and other major cities have been forced to stay shots. in thailand where muslims make up around 5 percent of the population mosques reopened after a month hiatus here the measure is a bit more conspicuous wi

france 24 newsroom. we begin in washington, d.c. whwhere u.s. president donald trtrump is threatening to end american funding to the world health works over itits handlin of the covid-19 outbreak. this after accusing the u.n. body of being a puppet of china. trump saying g he willl permaney end all funding if the w.h.o. does not commit to substantive improvements within the next 30 days. shirley reports. shirley: the world health organization is funded by countries, institutions, and private donors. roughly 20% of its budget comes from flexible funds, which include contributions from member states. roughly 80% of the organizationon's budget comes fm voluntary contributions from either countries or private investors. the u.s. is the top donor in both sources. it pays 22% of assessed contributions. in comparison, france pays less than 5%. according to estimates, the u.s. has paid over the past decade $3.5 billion u.s. dollars to the u.n. body. the world health organizationon has used the money to expand health services across the world. often regions that lack hea

france is under a strict lockdown until monday. u.s. president donald and the first lady visisited the wod war ii memorial in washington, dc. following the wreathlaying ceremony, he greeted several veterans from a safe distance. russia celebrates victory on the ninth of may with international -- of may. an international parade was scheduled. there will be a parade at a later date. gerhard: the u.s. perspective on today's anniversary. i am joined by william hitchcock , a professor from the university of virginia. may 8 marks the end of the war in world war ii. how is this perceived in the u.s.? . it is terribly sololdiers s figg in europe and fighting for democracy through one crucial thing americans understood as the war came to an end, this was a struggle for a way of life. it would not end on may 8 8 through ththe war would conontie in thehe pacific and it would carry on for four or five years until democracy was established. for amamericans itit is known tn and now as the triumph of democracy over fascism. gerhard: it is known now -- isn't the signif

france and what kind of europe? will there be a rise in protectionism? we see donaldresponsible for this virus, also talking about long—term implications for us—china relationships. you in france have talked about bringing some supply chains home, a much more nationalist approach to economic policymaking in the future — is this what france wants to see, a new era of economic nationalism? i don't think that economic protectionism would be the right response to the crisis. that won't be the end of globalisation. what we need is a new globalisation based on more fairness and the fight against climate change. that's the key point. but i don't believe in this economic protectionism. i really strongly believe that there is a need for a new globalisation, being able to have a more level playing field and a better fight against climate change. that's what we are proposing to the other member states of the eu. and is this crisis going to change france's relationship with china, as it appears to be changing the us‘s relationship with china? i think it will change all the relati

the ark to triumph monuments the event was held without the public france is under a strict lockdown until monday. u.s. president donald trump and the 1st lady visited the world war 2 memorial in washington d.c. . following the wreath laying ceremony trump greeted 7 world war 2 veterans from a safe distance. russia celebrates victory over nazi germany on the 9th of may a major parade with international guests was set to take place in moscow but events across russia have been cancelled president vladimir putin has promised to hold a major victory day parade at a later date. let's get the u.s. perspective on today's anniversary i'm not joined by william hitchcock who is a professor of history at the university of virginia mr scott made the 8th marks the end of world war 2 in europe how is this day perceived in the u.s. well it's good to be with you it's a terribly important day for americans to remember a really significant sacrifice that american soldiers made fight it in europe and fighting for democracy one crucial thing that americans understood as the working to an end was that this was a struggle or a way of life i

>> to me, the worst is some still politician, like donald trump or marian le pen in france, we comingm rising inequality, some foreign workers, or people to blame. and you can always find people to blame. in the u.s., you can find mexico, china. in france we can find germany or imgrantsz. it's easy to find people to blame. and this is what really worries me is that if we don't change our course, if we don't propose another economy that is more equitable, msustainable, in effect, we opponent door for, you know, all this national discourse. if you keep telling people that there's only one economic policy, and that the government cannot do anything about redistribution, taxation, and that the only thing that governments can do is to control borders, then you should not be surprised that, you know, 10 or 20 years later, the entire political discussion is going to be about border control and controlling national identities. >> trevor: right. >> so i think there can be conflicting effect of this pandemic. on the one hand, this is going to to reinforce the legitimacy of hospitals and public

france twenty four .com. a us pullout at the open skies treaty president donald trump says russian violations make it untenablehe u. s. to stay in a poultry to the permits thirty plus nations to conduct observation flights over each other's territory. china is set to impose strong new national security laws in hong kong. in the wake of last year's protest washington is done in the strong response

france twenty four .com. a us pullout at the open skies treaty president donald trump says russian violations make it untenable for the u. s. to stay in a poultry to the permits thirty plus nations to conduct observation flights over each other's territory. china is set to impose strong new national security laws in hong kong. in the wake of last year's protest washington is done in the strong response it's that thehe move by beijing may spark fresh protests from the pro democracy movement. please check some roses front center is a long holiday weekend on relax lockdown. people still forbidden from traveling over a hundred kilometers from the homes. of the nineteen deaths told francnce is now twenty eigt thousand two hundred and fifty that's a thursday. eighty three deaths. last four hours. and thank. thank you very much for being with us brinkmanship from trump this thursday the u. s. president is threatening to pull out of the open skies treaty. it's an agreement signed and initially by ronald reagan and mikhail gorbachev to allow on surveillance flights over that two countries to promote trust and peace. tr

france nearby and that's why they are requesting that he remain in france but atia thank you very much indeed. still ahead an al-jazeera donald trump threatens to shut down social media companies a day after twitter labeled to his tweets as misleading. 10 days of mourning in spain for the thousands of people who've died from corona virus. had i would staying warm and sunny in japan in the korean peninsula and most of northern china as the last belt of rain disappears into the western pacific seiko 272300 degrees away from tokyo back to this part of china for the size and the rain is rebuilding the last band has disappeared it's raining in taiwan the forecast was a by friday it's gathering once more a streak of oranges heavy rain moving up slowly towards shanghai by the end of the day hong kong still in the humid and occasional sherry regime the philippines so the way sea and around the banda arc is likely to be fairly cheri start exactly devoted elsewhere but the concentration is moving north and up into the andaman sea and main man thailand as the monsoon rains start to break of the sudden but of being goal now that's fine i

them back it's our responsibility to do so up to france or i suppose monitoring developments from point to cyprus. continue to accuse not only president donald trump but also president iran to get from colombia and also opposition leader who while you go he said that the united state has some subcontracted a security company in order to carry out and try to oust him he also said that there was going to be an investigation ongoing in order to find out what actually happened that every day comes new information and that operations continue our own going in venezuela today and that today 4 other people involved in this attack were part of a where detained in the past is not the 1st time that we've seen crossed accusations between the united states and venezuela but this is the 1st time that 2 former u.s. soldiers are detained in venezuela in an operation so this certainly raises a lot of questions in the country who finances who was behind it what actually happened what many people want to know is watery 2 former u.s. soldiers were involved in an operation of what many say was doomed from the very beginning because basically they did not have m

donald trump on high up pulls the nara. as well as some leading medics like dj how it's in france but say it's effectiveness against the virus is always being questioned the who's said they aree suspending the trtrials pending a review of the tests that i've already being conducted. the executive group has implemented a temporary pose of the hydroxyl hydroxy cloaking on within the saudi body to trial why in the data this data is reviewed by the data safety monitoring board the other arms of the trial of containing. japan has lifted its a state of emergency in the capital tokyo in full of the prefectures of this monday putting the country on the path back to reopening its economy as the corona virus pandemic continues it comes a week and a half off the much of the rest of japan's so restrictions lifted. us concerns a similar over the state of the economy and further contraction i made a new perception looks right has the story. it's been almost two months but this department store in tokyo has reopened its doors. the japanese capital then for the perfect choose finally joined the rest of the nation and seeing the end of a sta

the show president donald trump says he's taking an anti-malaria drug to ward off the corona virus despite medical warnings about its use in treating covert 19. and to germany and france to set out a half trillion euro rescue fund for europe's battered economies german chancellor angela merkel drops her longstanding resistance to the e.u. raising the joint crisis funding. i'm claire richardson welcome to the show the u.s. biotech firm moderna is reporting promising results from the 1st clinical tests of an experimental vaccine against the coronavirus early results from the trial showed that participants develop antibodies a similar to those in people who have recovered from cove at 19 the u.s. government has invested half a $1000000000.00 in the research meanwhile president donald trump said he's taking the anti-malaria drug hydroxy chloroquine trump has repeatedly touted the drug as a treatment for cofa 19 despite medical warnings well let's jump right in. bring in dr peter hotez a vaccine ologists at the baylor college of medicine in houston dr hotez stock markets are up sharply on the news that a 1st clinical trial for the vaccine has been successful but how optimi

france. it still has not happened. al jazeera, at the united nations. president sayss. he sees evidence that coronavirus originated in a laboratory in wuhan. donald trump says it is possible that china could have chose to stop the virus from spreading beyond its borders. >> one of two things happened, they could did it or not do it from a confidence standpoint or they let it spread. i would say that it got out of control. but there is another case. why did they stop all of the planes and all of the traffic from going into china but they did not stop the planes and traffic from coming into the united states and from coming to all over europe? another 3.8 million people have filed for unemployment in the u.s. this week. this means an unprecedented 30 million americans have sought unappointed benefits. the 31 states are due to partially reopen in the coming days. president trump says he believes the economy will bounce back. states is among those looking to ease restrictions in the coming days. it will begin a phased reopening for monday. the most populous towns have been excluded from the plan. no timeframe has been set for the hardest hit areas. >

coming up president donald trump says he's taking an anti-malaria drug to ward off the corona virus even though there is no consensus it works and it can even be harmful. to germany and france to set out how truly in a euro rescue fund for europe's of battered economies german chancellor angela merkel and drops her longstanding resistance to the e.u. raising drawing to crisis funding. i'm claire richardson and welcome to the show the u.s. a biotech firm is reporting a promising early results from the 1st clinical tests of an experimental vaccine against the corona virus early results from a clinical trial a show that participants develop antibodies that might make them immune to infection the u.s. government has invested half a $1000000000.00 in the research meanwhile president donald trump revealed he's taking the anti-malaria drug hydroxy couric when trump has repeated they touted the controversial drug as a treatment for covert 19. well let's jump right in and bring in dr peter hotez a vaccine ologists at the baylor college of medicine in houston dr hotez stock markets are up sharply on the news that a 1st clinical trial for the vaccine has been successful but how optimi

and donald trump today says he has seen evidence that it came from this laboratory in wuhan? talking about the wuhan laboratory, that was a china — francewill hunt laboratory had very good cooperation with counterparts in the united states, including doctor fauci's led, it's called the united states national institute, niaid, basically. and i think there cooperation lasted all the way until very recently, that's a fact. and the china cdc had, doctor gao, talks to doctor redfield, the head of the us cdc, all the time since the beginning of this year. but do you think there is any evidence that will emerge that donald trump seems to be suggesting that he has seen evidence that this virus did emerge from this lab? no. i think president donald trump probably is blaming anything, anyone, any country, that you can think of is that blame could help save his presidential election. let's focus on what donald trump is really u p focus on what donald trump is really up to. that is his political game, the litter sizing intelligence, politicising science —— politicising science —— politicising intelligence, litter sizing science work should be avoid

sun is blazing down in france for example this rain drifts study science into vogue area and last the sun to come out are afterwards belgrade's at 20 but paris is at 20 donald's maybe a shower too as a result it cools down by the start of the weekend. now south of all this rather the quiet weather threat most of those africa the breeze is telling even in that breeze to nice gets up to $26.00 degrees with no more than a passing cheryl trapeze about the site a bit warmer and you know not going to complain in reply to 25 for that breeze might generate a few showers in the atlas martin's at least on wednesday. one of the last remaining ancient forests in southeast asia is a lifeline to hundreds of lumber jacks and drive as. we follow that treacherous journey as they walk through extreme conditions. together and transport this dangerous but precious cargo risking it all. on al-jazeera. morning. the air. you're watching al-jazeera a reminder of our top stories a powerful cycling has started dumping rain on bangladesh and india's eastern coast in india psyco an unborn is expected to make landfall within the next few hours with winds of up to 175 kilometers per hour

president donald trump issues an ultimatum a to b w h o he threatens to freeze funding for the organization permanently if he doesn't see improvement around a virus. also coming up germany and france proposing rescue fund up to half a trillion euros for europe's and battered economy is the deal comes up.

80000 but president donald trump says america is now and trying to defeat the virus the world health organization has advised countries who've ease their restrictions to be cautious france and spain are the 1st in the 1st in europe to lift their lock downs although many restrictions still remain in place and there are fears over a potential 2nd wave of infections in germany after a reported the disease is spreading faster just days after the long run was easing the virus is reproduction rate is estimated at 1.07 that means a 100 people in fact 107 others on the edge. of russia will start easing restrictions from tuesday despite recording the 4th highest number of call the 1000 infections in the world over 220000 cases have been reported president vladimir putin says sectors like agriculture and construction can resume operations provided they follow safety rules which is also announced plans to further support the economy as well as welfare payouts for struggling families in the philippines international fries can land in manila again after the government reopened the airport frights were stopped last week after the philippines couldn't cope with thousands of workers re

80000 a president donald trump says america is now on track to defeat the virus that won't have organization has advised countries that have these areas frictions to be cautious france and spain are the 1st in europe to lift their long downs oval many restrictions remain in place and singapore has begun to ease its posh along don after 2 months of restrictions some businesses including head dresses and pet stores are now open house ministry says the gradual lifting of the rules is to avoid a 2nd wave of infections. but the u.k. government has released a report detailing how it plans to lead the country out of the pandemic changes this weekend good removing limits on outdoor exercise and encouraging certain sectors to go back to work but as reports this confusion about prime minister boris johnson's latest guidance. in it for the long haul and an easing of the lockdown that is conditional on progress in fighting the virus as the prime minister sets out the new measures for england it was clear that there would be little that would be returning to normal sectors that are allowed to be should indeed be open subject subject to social distancing with a cabbie at this pan

president donald trump issues an ultimatum a to b w h o he threatens to freeze funding for the organization permanently if he doesn't see improvement around a virus. also coming up germany and france proposing rescue fund up to half a trillion euros for europe's a battered economy is the deal comes after weeks of resistance from debt shy germany and scientists are developing an app to improve contact tracing in south africa as it races to contain the corona virus. i'm sorry kelly wild to the program u.s. president donald trump has threatened to cut funding to the world's health organization permanently unless it implements substantial improvements over the next 30 days in a letter to the director general of the w.h.o. trump says that the organization gives quote terrible advice for fighting the coronavirus and accuses it of being too close to china the us president has also said that he is currently taking the anti malaria drugs why trucks a cork plant what it does not trump has repeatedly tells of the drug as a treatment for covert 1000 despite warnings. medical experts about its potentially dangerous side effects but i get a lot of tremendously positive news on the hydroxy and i

donald trump today says he has seen evidence that it came from this laboratory in wuhan? i'm talking about the wuhan library, that was a china— francejoiner to library, that was a china— franceejoiner to start with —— wuhan laboratory, which had very good cooperation with cou nterpa rts very good cooperation with counterparts in the united states as well, including doctor fauci's united states national institute, niaid, basically, and i think their cooperation lasted all the way until very recently. that's a fa ct. until very recently. that's a fact. and the china cdc had, doctor gao, talked to doctor redfield, the head of the us cdc, all the time since the beginning of this year. do you think, do you think any will emerge that donald trump seems to be suggesting that there is evidence that this virus did emerge from this laboratory? no, ithink emerge from this laboratory? no, i think president donald trump is probably blaming anything, anyone, any country that you can think of if that blame could help save his presidential election. let's focus on what president donald trump is really up to, that is his political game. politicising intelligence, politicising science, it sho

france and spain start lifting some of the toughest coronavirus restrictions in europe. and disneyland reopens in mainland china cinemas museums and other recreational venues are set to follow. hello a defiant donald trump has praised his government's efforts to ramp up testing for corona virus as the nation with the world's highest death toll starts to reopen its economy more than 80000 people have now died in the u.s. but the president says america's testing capacity is unmatched an unrivaled and has 9000000 people have been tested for the virus so far and he's announced new funds to ramp up capacity even more giving priority to nursing homes this afternoon i am announcing that my administration is and we've got this all approved it's all done is sending $1000000000.00 to america's states territories and so this is all been approved we've got it done completed the money is going out this major investment will ensure that america continues to conduct more tests than any country on earth by far let's bring in our white house correspondent kelly house and just talk us through the press conference and what we heard from the president and whether we really heard anything new kimberly. there's a bit o