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Coronavirus: US weekly jobless claims hit 6.6 million – BBC News
The number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits has surged for a third week as the economic toll tied to the coronavirus pandemic intensifies.
More than 6.6 million people filed jobless claims in the week ending 4 April, the Department of Labor said.
To shore up the economy, the Federal Reserve said it would unleash an additional $2.3tn in lending.
The deepening economic crisis comes as the number of virus cases in the US soars to more than 430,000.
Over the last three weeks, more than 16 million people have made unemployment claims, as restrictions on activity to help contain the virus force most businesses to close and put about 95% of Americans on some form of lockdown.
“Today’s report continues to reflect the personal sacrifice being made by America’s workers and their families to slow the spread of the coronavirus,” Labor Secretary Eugene Scalia said.
The number of people worldwide who have tested positive has just hit 1.6 million, up from 1.5 the day before. Just as a reminder: on Friday last week, that number was at just under a million.
The worst-hit countries currently are the US (465,329 cases), Spain (153,222), Italy (143,626), France (118,783) and Germany (118,235), China (82,885), Iran (66,220) and the UK (65,872).
China is a bit of an exception here. While it’s the country where the pandemic started, more than 77,600 people have already recovered there. Globally, some 354,000 people have recovered.
Overall, it’s important to remember that all those stats (collected by the Johns Hopkins University) are only the confirmed cases and depend on the level of testing. The actual number is thought to be higher.
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James Cunningham hadn’t slept. He’d been up all night “fighting for his life”.
The 27-year-old from Ware in Hertfordshire was trying to save a virtual empire from the brink of destruction – using a keyboard and mouse.
James says he “didn’t expect everything to go wrong”, recalling the explosive conflict that broke out in June 2025. “But it did.”
He’d spent thousands of hours – up to 16 a day – and roughly £6,000 playing EVE Online, a role-playing game played by tens of thousands of people around the world.
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David Hockney has died at the age of 88, his publicist said.
The British artist is one of the most influential of the modern era and was one of the leaders of the 1960s pop art movement.
In 2018, one of his swimming pool paintings sold for nearly £70 million at auction – a record for a living artist.
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Today, the prime minister has announced under-16s will be banned from social media.
Speaking at Downing Street Keir Starmer announced if passed in parliament the ban will come into force by spring 2027. Snapchat, TikTok, YouTube, Instagram, Facebook and X are among the platforms affected – but not WhatsApp or Signal.
So will the ban achieve what the government says it will? Adam and Henry are joined by Zoe Kleinman, BBC technology editor.
And, the US and Iran have agreed a deal to the end the war. Donald Trump says the Strait of Hormuz will be reopened and the US naval blockade of Iran will end. Details remain scarce about what any potential deal may look like in practice. Adam speaks to chief international correspondent Lyse Doucet.
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00:00 How is the UK Government planning to ban social media for under-16s?
02:00 How the policy was announced
02:50 How the policy will work
08:35 How will the ban be enforced?
12:00 How have tech companies reacted?
15:00 Why has Keir Starmer announced this policy now?
23:20 Have the US and Iran made a deal?
33:18 What has the war meant for both countries?
39:27 Is Lyse watching the World Cup?
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