the tripoli tripoli's base tripoli government's military push back on forces advances the national energy agency says the global demand for oil may improve in the nations began lifting lockdowns but it's still set for a record decrease this year the i.a.e.a. says demand is expected to fall by 8600000 barrels per day last month that predicted a drop of more than $9000000.00 bet it warns that any resurgence of covert $1000.00 cases will have major consequences this is a bombing in southeast afghanistan has killed at least 5 civilians and injured more than 20 the attack happened in a military facility in fact here province the taliban has claimed responsibility saying it was in retaliation to the government's decision to your resume an offensive against the group the explosion comes 2 days after more than 50 people were killed in kabul and nagar the mayor of the biggest city in south africa says people and almost 1000000 households do not have enough food to eat johannesburg has been locked down for more than 6 weeks along with the rest of the country many businesses remain closed leaving families

remains if we are just dealing with the virus and there is no other issue coming up >>> the national energy agency says the second quarter is higher than expected and warns the year-on-year drop and joining us on the conversation i want to ask you about what we are seeing on the demand picture. first the draw down on industry and now your report. how encouraged should that be? >> caller: after the so-called black april, we see early signs of a gradual rebalancing of global oil markets why we have a slightly more optimistic or less optimistic outlook with this report is for three reasons. one, demands we see signs of recovery wit the easing of a lockdown measures around the world, especially load transportation and chemical sector giving life to oil demand. our oil demand expectations still negative but we revise from 9.3 million barrels decline from less a report from 8.6. second, opec countries are in a good position continuing with production cuts. announcing initial cuts. this is the second reason. third and in my view, why we are expecting a gradual move from markets is from the non-opec produ

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layoffs since last month government help is being promised international energy agency says the global demand for oil may improve his nation's began lifting downs but it's still set for a record decrease this year the i.a.e.a. says demand is expected to fall by $8600000.00 barrels per day last month that predicted a drop of more than 9000000 tens of thousands of people have been forced into emergency shelters after a typhoon hit the eastern philippines power has been cut off and homes destroyed by winds of up to 180 kilometers an hour or so the headlines keep it on al-jazeera mourners to co faultlines us next. when a prime minister takes a lump of coal into his own parliament that call means a lot to the country's fortunes we bring you the stories and developments that are rapidly changing the world we live in. a slave for the prime minister boris. counting the cost. for the coronavirus stop the world in its tracks the battle for the future of the u.s. democratic party was in full swing. to clear options would eventually emerge from a pack of candidates with very different visions for the future of the country i'd like to se

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the international energy agency says the global demand for oil may improve as nations begin lifting lockdowns but it's still set for a record decrease this year the i.a.e.a. says demand is expected to fall by 8600000 barrels per day last month the predicted drop of more than $9000000.00 but it won't that any resurgence of covert 19 cases will have major consequences economic editor is in london he says black april may be behind us but the outlook for the rest of the year is still bleak. if there is a 2nd wave and with everything else that the i.a.e.a. said today then you know we can see oil prices have a lot lower and so let's let's go through the nuts and bolts of the report now the picture as he says is still looking pretty bleak for the oil industry if there's any cause it saves is that massive demand destruction that we saw in april which they are e.t.a.'s calling black april is pretty much behind us remember almost 4000000000 people went into some form or lot than when many orders closed limited flights and little traffic on the roads with only essential services running now analysts act

international energy agency says the global demand for oil may improve as nations begin to lift their lockdowns but it's still set for a record decrease this year the i.a.e.a. says demand is expected to fall by 8600000 barrels per day last month that predicted a drop of more than $1000000.00 but he warns that any resurgence of covert 19 cases will have major consequences australia's unemployment rate has risen to a 5 year high the nationwide shutdown has caused hundreds of thousands of layoffs since last month government help is being promised a key component of the plan is not just to have the support and fight the virus but to reopen our economy and that is happening a national initiative states and territories working together to reopen their economies to get its dragons back into the jobs to get the hours back to get the incomes back and to get these dried economy into our covert side environment brazil has reported a new daily record of 11000 new infections despite being the 6th worst affected country worldwide the government is pushing ahead with plans to reopen the largest econ

energy what's not to like we don't even have to shelter in home. rob jackson there well here in germany there's been a major ruling in how intelligence agencies operate the nation's highest court says germany can no longer freely spy on the world's internet traffic it says the mass surveillance of online communications outside the country violates the constitution and its protections of privacy and. germany's foreign intelligence agency has been spying on known germans abroad including journalists even without any clear suspicion of wrongdoing activists have long said this can't tales freedom of the press now germany's highest court has ruled it's not legal the german constitution office protection against wide sweeping surveillance to german citizens now this is being extended to people outside the country. a formation that's hard to go with has been placed with this side of the ruling as a milestone for the protection of journalists in the digital age just before this is the 1st time that the constitutional court has recognized the need to safeguard the rights of journalists who are working abroad and that cunt the case was brought by the reporters without bord

energy agency estimates global storage capacity could be full by mid june. with a powerful lobby and nearly a 1000000 u.s. hydrocarbon sector jobs at stake it's now an issue of national security for the united states we're also exploring potentially having the ability to store the other several $100000000.00 barrels so we're looking at lots of different options were in touch with lots of people around the world and the president is determined that we protect the national security interest and the job with flights grounded no one driving and factories closed analysts estimate the demand is in excess of $30000000.00 barrels even though some restrictions are slowly being lifted the energy market is gloomy and positive projections international oil prices estimated to average around $35.00 a barrel while the u.s. price is expected below $20.00 a drop of 60 percent compared to last year major firms such as royal dutch shell out of readjusting shell cut its dividend for the 1st time since world war 2 norway western europe's biggest oil and natural gas producer wants to ease tax rules for oil firms to prevent a drop in investment there is the short term benefit for oil cons

every year federal grant-making agencies like the national institutes of health, the department of energy and national labs, the national science foundation, and others, give out more than $150 billion in u.s. taxpayer funds for research. that's quite a bit of money. for the most part, this system works well. american taxpayers send the money to the federal-grant making agencies here in washington and give it out to the best research labs in the country. it resulted in important breakthroughs in science, technology, and health care, in energy, in military equipment, and more. the n.s.f. helped fund the creation of the internet. the n.i.h. has funded research into very successful and innovative treatments for cancer and other diseases. so there's a lot of good stuff coming out of these research dollars. it's made america really the leader in the world on -- on innovation and new ideas, and for the most part, this federal research funding has enjoyed broad bipartisan support here in the congress. but guess what. it's also attracted the interest from researchers around the world who want the

energy agency estimates global storage capacity could be full by mid june. with a powerful lobby and nearly a 1000000 u.s. hydrocarbon sector jobs at stake it's now an issue of national security for the united states we're also exploring potentially having the ability to store another several $100000000.00 barrels so we're looking at lots of different options were in touch with lots of people around the world and the president is determined that we protect the national security interest and the job with flights grounded no one driving and factories closed analysts estimate the demand gap is in excess of $30000000.00 barrels even though some restrictions are slowly being lifted the energy market is gloomy and positive projections international oil price is estimated to average around 35 dollars a barrel while the u.s. price is expected below $20.00 a drop of 60 percent compared to last year major firms such as royal dutch shell out of readjusting shell cut its dividend for the 1st time since world war 2 norway western europe's biggest oil and natural gas producer wants to ease tax rules for oil firms to prevent a drop in investment there is the short term benefit for

nations dwie divided over what conditions should be attached to that fund. the european parliament has to prove it all more work to be done there >>> thanks, andrew the international energy agencyeasing its world energy investment report this morning and the pandemic has taken its toll on the sector brian sullivan is here and has more on the details of that report brian, it's good to see you. >> reporter: the report is in and the numbers, i mean, i'll call them brutal that's not an overstatement especially for future investments. there's a lot to this report so i'll try to whittle it down. number one, here's the headline. investments in energy, all kind of energy could have their biggest year-over-year drop ever on record, at least according to the tracking of this we're talking about drilling for oil rigs, renewables, et cetera was expected to rise now expected to fall 20% now the main source of that pain is what else not hard to figure out that's new investment in oil and gas. investments there could fall nearly $250 billion globally this year. but that energy investment decline is not just oil and gas. it also includes energy use and efficiency, down as much as $33 billion i

energy security. nuclear power plants supply 20% of our nation's electricity and more than 50% of our clean energy. the nuclear regulatory commission is the independent federal agency that regulates power plants to protect public health and safety. it's a very important job. these independent regulatory structures and this specific one has successfully benefited the american people for decades by ensuring the safe operation of our nuclear reactors. it prevents waste, fraud and abuse as well as mismanagement of commission. president trump has nominated mr. robert feitel to serve as inspector general of the nuclear regulatory commission. he did that last october. mr. feitel has reported, has been reported out of the environment and public works committee by unanimous consent in december. today the senate will vote to confirm him. mr. feitel is well qualified. he brings experience and expertise to this important position. mr. feitel has spent more than 25 years as an attorney atties o operate their nuclear plants for 20 more years while others are shutting down and they're shutting their reacts -- reactors before their license expire. the commission is preparing to li