helping those least able to help themselves the country argentina in argentina the country has been kids twice over 1st by recession and now by the growing of hours. hello i'm walking to the program politicians in germany have started debating when it will be safe to strike easing the coronavirus lock down here the current destructions are due to end makes sunday and chancellor angela merkel will start this week consultations about what to do next at the same time an opinion poll by you gov has found that most germans think the lockdown should be extended beyond next sunday and perhaps even tightened. easter in berlin most people tried to respect the distancing rule and get out and enjoy the perfect spring weather pollsters say there's still broad support for the restrictions but some politicians are warning that there are limits if you don't i shift some foot ceased while people are willing to make sacrifices as long as they see the prospect of a return to normal we need a timetable that shows a responsible path towards normalcy site experts propose a gradual into the restrictions dayca

even before the lockdown argentina was on the verge of national bankruptcy . president alberto fernandez was trying to renegotiate the reap. payment of massive debt then came the pandemic now it's unclear how argentina will be able to repay the $1000000000.00 debt and how the country will steer clear of that much feared national bankruptcy the homeless are fending for themselves as they did before corona. during the lockdown they have no place to which they can retreat and donations are scarce. look we've always lived in fear and hunger corona is secondary to us. argentina's retirees are also part of the corona high risk group but many of them have to line up together to collect their pension money. i haven't received money in a month i don't know how far in debt i am and i have to pick up my pension in person. argentina and its people are facing even more difficult times the coronavirus state of emergency is far from over. it's time to take a look at other news around the world strong storms of the 7 united states on sunday killing at least 6 people in missis

also on the show the clock is ticking for argentina to pay its foreign debt or face what would be the 9th default in the country's history. and good news for germany hopes a finnish company has created a new door handle with no hands required. this is. business report stephen beard zimbra when it's good to have you with us well you didn't need a crystal ball predict that netflix would do well for the 1st quarter of the year a growing number of lockdowns across the world and the lack of most sporting events has head of the world's top streamer a captive audience but just how well they've done that might surprise you. not every day that zookeeper prison for murder for our. netflix a smash hit series target king has been watched in over 60000000 households since it was released in march. or since the start of the year more people have signed into netflix for the 1st time than it any other period in its streaming history. coronavirus lockdowns have seen paid subscribers to its content climb to more than 190000000. are certainly. growing. the. forms are also sharing in the spoils brought b

just bring us up to speed with what's happening in argentina . well argentina was one of the 1st countries in latin america to impose have very strict lockdown with security forces on the streets demanding people to remain in their homes also asking those who came from europe china or other countries to maintain a very strict quarantine and that has worked until now the death toll in argentina is about until 2 days 82 people have died around 2008 infections have happened so far the president of the lockdown was supposed to be maintained until this and monday the president is expected to announce about this will continue the lockdown will remain in place until. the end of the month early may and in spite of the impact that it could have that the situation could have been argentina's economy argentina is on the verge of default with a very high inflation recession among other things so a lot down here is having a tremendous impact on argentina's economy and as i said before we could have a huge impact on the possibility also of argentina defaulting

let's talk about argentina 1st of all to reason that the president has been holding a press conference what's he been saying. well that's correct reference a lot of the phone numbers wants to make sure that he's following the world health organization's recall mendacious argentina's quarantine will remain in place until april 26th the president said that it's very very important to try to stop the spread of the virus in argentina so that this country's health care system public health care system can be ready to cope with what's coming next it is expected that they feet of the virus here could be happening around mid may and that's why the president is trying to gain time argentina was one of the 1st countries in latin america to impose a very restrictive lockdown 1st it began with those who are arriving from europe from the united states from china and asking people to remain in their homes with the police controlling them and i have to that they move towards a complete lockdown with security forces on the streets over 38000 people have been exchanged for not respecting the current si

its creditors rejected the government proposal to restructure the loans argentina is grappling with another year of recession which is of course made worse by coronavirus report from going to sars. for the past several weeks the military has become a crucial element in some of argentina's poorest areas. this is happening in. in radio one a site is where people line up in the middle of the streets for food after a down imposed by the government one month ago to prevent the spread of 19. we are here to guarantee that people have food this is greatly affected in greater bonus areas because most of them have informal jobs. he's 60 years old she says the economic situation is getting worse every day isn't that true but this is the only decent meal i will have today i don't have a job and neither does my husband and we're living on the money the government is giving us. argentina's economy has been in recession for 2 years with poverty and double digit inflation on the rice it is also in the middle of tense negotiations with foreign creditors last week the country proposed a 62 percent cu

even before the lockdown argentina was on the verge of national bankruptcy . president alberto fernandez was trying to renegotiate the repayment of massive debt then came the pandemic now it's unclear how argentina will be able to repay the $1000000000.00 debt and how the country will steer clear of that much feared national bankruptcy the homeless are fending for themselves as they did before corona. during the lockdown they have no place to which they can retreat. and donations are scarce. look we've always lived in fear and hunger corona is secondary to us. argentina's retirees are also part of the corona high risk group but many of them have to line up together to collect their pension money. i haven't received money in a month i don't know how far in debt i am and i have to pick up my pension in person. argentina and its people are facing even more difficult times the coronavirus state of emergency is far from over. well time to take a look now at some of the other news coming from around the world spain has allowed some factory and construction workers t

also coming up created a crisis entrepreneurs in argentina have true resistance to fight b.s. that. this business on paper i guess and thanks for joining me we begin with the news that germany is to gradually ease some of the restrictions aimed at curbing the spread of the coronavirus shops with an area of up to 800 square meters will be allowed to reopen from monday under strict social distancing rules with consumers urged to wear face masks restaurants bars cafes and cinemas will remain closed machall says her government will review a further easing of restrictions every 2 weeks but insists that further changes will happen gradually last month berlin pos a rescue package totaling more than a 1000000000 euros to cushion the effect of the lockdown more. for more on this i'm joined now by professor veronica graeme she's a member of the council of economic experts which has been advising the german government on how to handle the pandemic professor graeme welcome to the program did maxwell take the advice of you and your colleagues. yes the decision point. by various expert groups say

and argentina misses a huge debt repayment starting a default countdown as the pandemic further hits its finances. so a top u.s. health official has defended his predictions that a 2nd wave of corona virus is likely and could be made worse by the regular flu season that however contradicts president donald trump's assertions during the same media briefing that the virus quote may not come back at all mike hanna has this report from washington. manderson a very good job for us dr robert redfield was totally misquoted in the media on his statement about the fall season and the virus totally misquoted the president demanded the director of the sentence for disease control walk back his warning about a 2nd wave of coronavirus uncomfortably robert redford he'll did not do so he disputing the headline about the initial interview but confirming he had been accurately quoted i didn't say that this was going to be worse i said it was going to be more complicate our more difficult and potentially complicated because we'll have flu in corona virus circulating at same time the president sort sup

we're hearing in great one side is where our own 10000000 people live we've come here with argentina's military there distributing food to those in need there's long lines of people that have come here to get some help from the government. this argentina's president has already started distributing food cash handouts halal hope for many companies that are currently struggling because of the lockdown that has been imposed in this country to fight the spread of coronavirus on this day argentina should have bade around $500000000.00 in foreign debt but argentina's president is saying that the country is not ready to do so because they have other priorities right now that the country is not ready that they need to get this country's economy back on track in order to be able to start paying the interest it also around $80000000000.00 argentina is trying to restructure right now there's tense negotiations ongoing and if argentina doesn't pay in one month from now it will be on default once again the coronavirus pandemic affecting this country and in every sense it is a time when this country

well argentina is one of the latest countries to extend nationwide quarantine measures the president alberto fernandez says strict controls will remain in place until april the 23rd security forces are patrolling the streets to make sure that people stay at home some businesses are being allowed to operate again but under tight restrictions there is about has more on the situation from one of their. the president has not announced it officially yet he's expected to announce it over the weekend but there's already talk about that this quarantine place will be extended mostly because most of the people we have spoken to here say that it has words i mean that the amount of people infected in this country will be much greater than what it is today argentina right now has around 2000 people that have been harmed as infected and 70 people have died got the situation would have been much worse like for example in brazil that's the figure the fear you know it's so it's like it right now i'm standing in this is the most important avenue in one aside is there some circulation it's a holiday bu

putting people before a debt crisis argentina gets money into the hands of families to fight the economic impacts of the pandemic. and from helicopter money to universal basic income could we see more governments picking up last paychecks to keep the economy and businesses alive. the world bank and the international monetary fund the calling on creditor nations to provide debt relief to the world's poorest nations amid the coronavirus pandemic rich nations have deployed unlimited funding to combat the pandemic and its economic cost the united states and federal reserve of so far pledge 6 trillion dollars but poorer nations don't have the financial firepower of the world's richest nations so the move to ease the pressure on the poorest nations comes at a crucial time health services in rich nations are being stretched by the crisis developing and poor nations will require support the world bank is making available $12000000000.00 to support health and primary care services in low and middle income nations and the i.m.f. has made $50000000000.00 available to support emerging markets are ris

wave of infections people in the city of new on to avoid going out thus we visit the soup kitchens in argentina slums that are helping put a meal on the table for those living under lockdown and in other news under pressure venezuela's opposition leader is accused of a coup attempt and several of his associates are detained. thank you very much for joining us tonight and state says using wartime powers to get urgently needed equipment out of out to desperate hospitals is just seen as highest number of coronavirus this in a single day 1200 more on those say president signed a defense production act ordering the private companies to make masks ventilators and other medical gear new york's mayor is urging people to wear face masks in public as the city remains america's kovi 1000 hot spot a quarter of the 1000000 cases worldwide come from the u.s. our white house correspondent kimberly hockett has more from washington. as the number of coronavirus cases in the united states continues to rise so does historic unemployment as a result the u.s. president announcing 350000000000 in small business loan

kaname minister is already restructuring that payments because argentina warm be able to meet many off the books the credit part of it for in debt and that's something that scares away because it reminds them of the crisis back in 2001 there's also a latest that befit said that small businesses for example 50 percent of them won't be able to pay salaries this month the people going to kitchens is increasing by the minute those lots of people who work in the informal sector in argentina they're not able to make ends meet especially this month with a lock down in place but for president right now the priority is saving lives in this country and that's why it's likely that the quarantine in argentina will be extended officially expanded this this coming weekend. new zealand has introduced tough border restrictions ordering all citizens arriving from overseas into 14 days quarantine. or nun's to the lowest number of new cases in 3 weeks saying the locked on measures are working foreigners are not allowed to enter the country which has been shut down for 2 weeks. iran has recorded a further

ministers already restructuring that payments because argentina will be able to meet many off the books the credit part of it for and debt and that's something that scares argentines away because it reminds them of the crisis back in 2001 there's also the latest that this fix said that small businesses for example 50 percent of them won't be able to pay salaries this month the people going to soup kitchens is increasing by the minute those lots of people who work in the informal sector in argentina they're not able to make ends meet especially this month with a lockdown in place for president out of this right now the priority is saving lives in this country and that's why it's likely that the quarantine in argentina will be extended officially extended this this coming weekend. brazil's president has gone on television again to defend his response to the pandemic and encourage people to return. to work as i have also narrow criticised state governments for imposing containment measures saying the consequences of combat in the virus cannot be more harmful than disease itself is facing w

already struggling with overwhelming debt in argentina now the pandemic is making the economic situation even once. and a milestone for iran but a cause for concern from the u.s. as the country launches its 1st military satellites into orbit. now u.s. president donald trump has dismissed the possibility of a severe 2nd wave of corona virus infections in the year that during his daily briefing he asked the director of the u.s. centers for disease control and prevention to clarify his earlier remarks that another bout of infections during the flu season could be even worse than what's being witnessed now around $840000.00 people have been infected in the u.s. and nearly $50000.00 have died those are the highest numbers anywhere in the wild. well you know. we were not because we could have some leverage a groan and you could have a big blue system and if they combined your thing come together they come together it's not great but we will not go through what we went through for the last 2 months getting a president is accuracy. understand that the united states will serve the people appear t

audit on 605000 people in a province near for the pandemic began and we visit the soup kitchens in argentina slums that are helping put a meal on the table for those living under a lockdown plus pakistan overturns the death sentence for the man convicted for the kidnap and killing of u.s. journalist daniel pearl. a decades old defense lawyer is now being used by u.s. president donald trump to fight the coronavirus after criticism over the white house response the u.s. is now the epicenter of the pandemic with a quarter of the 1000000 cases worldwide new york city's mayor is urging everyone to cover their faces aware of mosques in public the number of cases in the state of new york is now at 92000 with nearly 2400 deaths say governor andrew cuomo has warned its supply of breathing machines could be exhausted in 6 days. president all the time says a lot more medical equipment is on its way after his truck deals with private firms for face masks and ventilators and other equipment but americans are not just fighting a highly contagious virus 6600000 people now say that they're jobless. we're no

argentina's economy has been in recession for 2 years with poverty and double digit inflation on the rice it is also in the middle of tense negotiations with foreign creditors last week the country proposed a 62 percent cut in interest to the over $80000000000.00 in debt it's trying to restructure and offer bond holders did not accept precedent i read a fair amount it says that argentina right now cannot pay any for in debt because it needs to tend to this country's economic troubles that have worsened because of the spread of 19 and that's why it has asked creditors a 3 year grace period to get this country's economy back on track from now on this country has one month to pay off its debt or it will default once again so they mostly been which we know we have a problem to solve we know the world economy has shifted just as we are all you know he's in facing the pandemic we are united in solving the problem of debt and even in these adverse circumstances we continue to propose a solution you know. rolling stain. part of the negotiations after the default in 2001 he says another one w

islam on the brink of even more despair the coronavirus fears for a desperately poor part of argentina's capital. with your sport origin time strike and carlos tevez that's called a nice fellow footballers to open up their wallets and help during the current coronavirus crisis. so that the economic devastation caused by a corona virus is becoming clearer with the united states announcing a major rise in the unemployment rate a record $6600000.00 americans applied for unemployment benefits that's $3000000.00 more than last week it is a similar story in spain a lot down there cause more than 800000 redundant. these in march many of them seasonal workers such as in the tourism industry the 3 and a host of 1000000 spaniards do not have a job and the number of british people applying for government benefits is 10 times higher than normal almost a 1000000 britons claimed universal credit in the last 2 weeks that despite a stimulus package aimed at preventing layoffs let's speak to committee how could he joins us live now from washington d.c. and kimberly these u.s. figures are absolutely stagg

and we visit the soup kitchens in argentina's slums that are helping put a meal on the table for those living under a lockdown. and why the virus is spreading in israel's ultra-orthodox communities. a decades old defense law is now being used by u.s. president donald trump to fight the coronavirus off to criticism over the white house response the u.s. recorded 1200 more deaths on why than state's highest daily toll it has a quarter of the world's 1000000 cases new york city's mayor is urging everyone to may wear a mask or face covers in public the number of cases in the state of new york is now 92000 with nearly 2400 deaths state governor andrew cuomo has warned its supply of breathing machines could be exhausted in 6 days president donald trump says a lot more medical equipment is on its way after he struck deals with private firms for face masks ventilators and other equipment but americans are not just fighting a highly contagious virus more than $6000000.00 say they are jobless that's 2 percent of the entire u.s. population last week at was hof the number who said they were unempl

in argentina how's it going so far and how will that news be welcomed d.s.e. . well the announcement is in it would have been this friday or saturday and it is affected that the president will announce a lockdown until probably made that tense argentina was one of the 1st countries to impose a lockdown the government says the president said he was prioritizing the lives over the economy argentina has over $3000.00 cases of corner virus that figure is expected to be higher but it is in a way controlled this compared to other countries in latin america like mexico and brazil but still this lockdown is having an enormous impact on argentina's economy many businesses are closing down or being shut down because of the current situation unemployment on the rise i didn't know the economy was already in trouble prior to the current crisis recession double digit inflation poverty rates on the rise and on wednesday argentina officially said that they were not going to pave the latest interest only to foreign creditors this means that starting in about a month argentina co

is trying to restructure right now there's tense negotiations ongoing and if argentina doesn't pay in one month from now it will be on default once again the coronavirus pandemic affecting this country and every since it is a time when this country's economy is already struggling with recession poverty and rising unemployment on the rise and that's why the government it's saying that it needs to get its economy back on track once again for most of. the possibility of default kerry it's a story that if they have heard it over and over again and it's a situation that the coronavirus pandemic makes even worse from the canals of venice to egypt the great pyramids historic landmarks across the world have been left empty by the corona virus pandemic as countries lock down their citizens and close their borders for trade groups say the tourism industry could lose up to $2.00 trillion dollars in revenue across the world up to 75000000 tourism jobs may be lost and 2020 the european union says its tourism sector is face. a staggering decline of up to 70 percent and that $6000000.00 people could

a federal court in argentina recommended granting house arrest to prisoners convicted for nonviolent crimes or sentenced to less than 3 years behind bars due to the risks of coronavirus pandemic. the measure was questioned by relatives of crime victims this is not the only prison affected there are at least 8 others who are inmates are on hunger strike. coronavirus is a major test for government in latin america prisons are just one of the many challenges ahead. now across europe countries are odds over when and how locked down should be lifted some are ready sending children back to school and reopening small businesses but most industries including the hospitality sector remain totally paralyzed with no end in sight lawrence lee reports. there is one corner of europe where you can see a reminder of what life used to be like a few short weeks ago in the spring social in people in the swedish capital stockholm with carrying on as if the power. demick and other sweden has gone against the grain in not closing down restaurants or limiting people's movements much but with over 2000 dead

that means in a month, argentina could be officially -- [indiscernible] argentina has been in a crisis since 2001. poverty rates were up at 60%. the latest from outside the prison in buenos aires. we have a lot more still to come on this newshour including a double lifeline for air france and alm to help the airlines survive the pandemic. and another blow for brazil's president as the justice minister resigned at using him of potential criminal meddling. ♪ ♪ meteorologist: we have subtle changes taking place. it is turning cooler. after the recent heat wave in scandinavia. still some showers but not as widespread as they had been recently. greece, a system pushing across the eastern part of the mediterranean. the central park is staying warm with plenty of spring sunshine. saturday afternoon. cooler in london, 17 degrees. rain rolling into the central parts of france. and a scattering of showers across parts of the iberian peninsula. the western side of russia is getting rain and the cooler degreesures, seven celsius. rain will become more intense as we go into sunday. bright skies

how much argentina's economic situation has deteriorated in this past month i was at the farm and the suppressant of argentina was one of the 1st and leaders in the region to impose i lucked out and that has had a devastating effect in this economy but for the president the big priority was to save lives because it believes that this country's health care system would not be able to cope with a big crisis that could be caused by a corona virus so as you just said the word default is on every newspaper and on every models here and i didn't know this dates basically because the government was expected to pay over $500000000.00 of interest the government has said that they won't do it right now that they cannot afford that argentina does not have the money that it needs that money to be able to cope with what's coming next in this country with corona virus argentina from now on has one month to make this fame and and if it doesn't pay well in that month then it would be default once again for this country there's intense negotiations between argentina and creditors so anything could happ

. >> argentina is set to default on the sovereign debt again after restructuring plans were rejected. the $500 million payment was due on wednesday when the government said it will not be able to make it. creditors refused to restructure it, as argentina grapples with another year of recession worsened by the coronavirus. the payment is only a small chunk of the $83 billion they own. capitalmore from the and buenos aires -- capital, buenos aires. >> around 10 million people live here. they are distributing food to those in need. linesthere are long here of people that have been waiting for help from the government. many companies are currently struggling because of the lockdown than has been imposed in this country despite the spread of -- to fight the spread of coronavirus. argentina should have saved millions of dollars in foreign debt, but the country is not ready to do so because they have other priorities right now that the country is not ready. they need to get the country economy back on track in order to pay the interest it does. -- ntina is if argentina does not pay, it will

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well to argentina now where the virus is hitting communities hard in the capital a lot of what is ari's is left many people out of work and out of food trees about but with some of those who are struggling. these are busy days for father. he runs a parish in the slum in when a site is people like him are on the front line in the fight against the spread of call the 1000 argentina's poorest areas to beautiful the most there is a lot of need here but it's never met the good side is the change in mentality that shows us that people no longer think only about themselves and it is only as a community that we can survive what's going on it's imperative we help each other out especially for the future. father is part of a group of slum priests that have historically worked with pope francis before he became the leader of the catholic church this parish has a kindergarten a school and over 8 soup kitchens in the slum of 70000 people. gloria cooks every day to feed the elderly even though she's 70 herself she says it's about helping her community demand for food has increased sharply in recent w

is a commie minister is already restructuring that payments because argentina won't be able to meet many off the books the credit part of its foreign debt and that's something that scares away because it reminds them of the crisis back in 2001 there's also the latest that this fix said that small businesses for example 50 percent of them won't be able to pay salaries this month the people going to soup kitchens is increasing by the minute those knots of people work in the informal sector in argentina they're not able to make ends meet especially this month with a lockdown in place but for president about a fight about this right now the priority is saving lives in this country and that's why it's likely that the quarantine in argentina will be extended officially extended this this coming weekend it's going to extend the conversation across the border to brazil where the president continues to oppose social insulation the. well presidential you also not a once again addressed the nation on wednesday he continues to say what he's been saying so far he opposed to the lock down is agai

protests inside a prison in argentina's capital inmates demand better protection from corona virus determined not to die in jail. and how the pandemic is forcing muslims around the world to change the way they celebrate the holy month of ramadan. now it's being hailed as a landmark collaboration weld leaders have pledged to speed up development of a coronavirus vaccine and ensure that everyone will have access to it as part of a wild health organization initiative but the united states with the death toll now over 50000 says it will not take part in that diplomatic had said james bays reports. it's just the place you would have expected in previous times to have seen u.s. leadership in a global crisis and world leaders coming together with a response not the idea of this event to coordinate the search for a vaccine testing and treatments for covert 19 and to make sure all the widely available the world needs distorts and it needs them fast. but experiences has stored as that even when tool is out a veil a bill they had been not been equally available to all we cannot allow that to happen and

a slum on the brink of even more despair the coronavirus fears for a desperately poor part of argentina's capital. so and saudi arabia is calling for an emergency meeting of oil producers to try and stabilize the volatile petroleum market it's happening it's this backdrop of economic devastation caused by corona virus the united states has announced a major rise in the unemployment rate a record 6600000 americans applied for unemployment benefits that's 3000000 more than last week it is a similar story in spain the lock down there cause more than 800000 redundancies in march many of them seasonal workers such as in the tourism industry 3 and a half 1000000 spaniards do not have a job and the number. british people applying for government benefits is 10 times higher than normal almost a 1000000 britons claimed universal credit in the last 2 weeks that's despite a stimulus package aimed at preventing layoffs let's join him in how to use it in washington d.c. for us and kimberly 1st of all tell us about these figures of staggering numbers in just a matter of weeks millions of jobs have just

ultimately, what argentina and others will need, is time. the market, even prior to the coronavirus crisis, had signaled it was willing to give argentina time, take a patient capital approach. i think what argentina and reliefneed is cash flow in the short-term, a window to recover. that is the most important thing they can recover, get toward growth, sustainable growth. that does not mean that a debt restructuring cannot occur. i believe the market can find a solution and it need not be a zero-sum game to find a solution. vonnie: with creditors agree to a temporary standstill? why would they do that, why would you do that? mohamed: i like to think about -- robert: i like to think about what a standstill the cheese as opposed to a negotiating position. a standstill is a cessation of cash flow that believe argentina in this case. you could structure a comprehensive debt restructuring that includes zero cash flow, lighter cash flows -- what we call a frontloaded interest reduction bonds. when you would in a standstill is low and no cash flow i

all right still ahead here on al-jazeera argentina becomes one of the latest countries to extend its nationwide lockdown. hallow there's quite a range of temperatures across the arabian peninsula the moment from the empty quarter in places like bahrain qatar and kuwait we're up into the middle thirty's even 40 for quite obviously for most of northern sorry levant and egypt it's much colder the weather is still unsettled the still weather coming in from the but training heading east was through iraq now when that happens of course tempers all that high often rains that's the case always levantine coast up to eastern turkey certain northern iraq and into iraq of course the sun's out for the south a lot of cloud there is the separation between these hot southerlies in the cooler northerly so meccas down to 33 and it was 45 days ago it's warming up admittedly it was quite a dusty breeze in fact dust storms all sandstorms seem likely in northern saudi or indeed in iraq and that's probably true of africa too with that strong wind running down through egypt and into saddam the masseur cloud