french police fired tear gas at climate protestors in the french capital paris outside french oil giant total energies general assembly meeting. hundreds of protesters gathered outside as they tried to stop the event from happening. images on social media show totalenergies shareholders and activists arguing before the event. the meeting started an hour ago, as shareholders have to vote on a motion in regards to the company s carbon emission. they plan to allocate a third of its investment to low carbon sources and reach 100 gigawatts of renewable by the 2030. but france s energy transmission minister has urged the company speed things up. but obligations are that it provides. it has come under fire for a pipeline project that activists say is threatened ecosystem. live now to manon aubry, a french european mp for the leftist party france unbowed, joining me now from paris. you joining me now from paris. were at that protest toi explain you were at that protest today. just ex
a great gaping hole. as you can see, rescue workers and volunteers worked frantically for hours, trying to find survivors, but as night fell, the official number of those killed or injured began to rise inexorably. sirens did sound several times during the afternoon here in dnipro. people were advised to go to their shelters but it s been months since something like this happened here, so it s likely that plenty of people were in their apartments not underground. this all came on a day when russia once again launched attacks all over ukraine, clearly aimed at disabling the country s power grid. with a piece of the country s energy infrastructure not that farfrom here, it s possible that that and not the apartment block was the target of this strike. but it s been two weeks since the last wave of russian attacks on critical infrastructure and people here and in the west had started to wonder if russia might be running out of missiles or thinking of changing its strategy. it se
we begin in ukraine, where russia has launched missile strikes across the country, hitting residential areas as well as energy infrastructure, plunging much of ukraine into an emergency blackout. this is the scene in the city of dnipro, where at least five people were killed and dozens injured when an apartment building was struck on saturday. according to the regional governor, several children were among those hurt. rescue workers are still combing the rubble for survivors. ukraine s president zelensky spoke earlier. translation: in the city of dnipro, | a residential building was destroyed i as a result of this russian strike. dozens of injured and traumatised people were rescued and are being treated. clearing operations are ongoing and will continue throughout the night. how many people are under the rubble is still unknown. unfortunately the list of the dead is growing every hour. our correspondent, paul adams, is in dnipro with the latest. this was one of the worst att
and you are looking in for every week and month that goes by, the dream of homeownership recedes further into the distance. the average age of first time buyers has been rising continuously. the proportion of young people who can afford to buy their own home has been falling. between 2005 2016, the proportion of 2534 year olds that owned their own home fell by 20%, whereas in most other countries, it has been rising. it is true that we still have higher rates of overall homeownership just ahead of france and just ahead of germany. and it is true that we are building more as fast as we can after a sustained decline in home ownership rates in the labour government, which is now starting to go back up thanks to our support forfirst time starting to go back up thanks to our support for first time buyers and also building more homes. last year, there were 400,001st time buyers of property which was a 20 year high. 400,000 property which was a 20 year high. 400,000 first time
We will hear from the choir that is helping the Community Heal through music. Hello and welcome. Im katty kay In Washington, Christian Fraser is in london where the pound has fallen to a seven month low against the euro and a new survey suggests Business Leaders are fast losing confidence in the state of the uk economy. Theresa may britains Prime Minister, at least for the moment has been meeting conservative Party Leaders and she had a lot of explaining to do. May apologised repeatedly for last weeks Election Result. According to one mp who was in the meeting, she said, im the person who got us into this mess. Im going to get us out of it. I will serve she told them as long as you want me. We can speak to rob watson In Westminster. I will serve you as long as you want me . That doesnt suggest she will be around for long. Probably not long enough to fight idolater election. For those who do not know that Conservative Party well, it is ruthless. If you win elections, you can do what you