Now its time for click. This week, we have a ringside seat for a tussle in toronto. Tablets versus teachers in malawi, and its a tech tko down the gym. We all love a smart city. So around 18 months ago, when we heard that google offshoot Sidewalk Labs was to take over an area of toronto to build, from scratch, an entirely tech first neighbourhood, well, we hightailed it over there to find out more and excitement was in the air. The streets will come alive with the vitality that we expect from the greatest urban environments, in a way that has never actually been seen before. Ever since, its fair to say that things have not gone entirely to plan. Marc cieslak has been back to toronto to get the latest on the project. Toronto, canadas largest city. Its waterfront is undergoing redevelopment. Sidewalk labs, a subsidiary of alphabet, the Sister Company to tech giant google, has partnered with waterfront toronto, an agency set up by local government to manage the whole redevelopment. Sidewa
Churches could be encouraged to act as safe havens for young people at risk of becoming victims of knife crime. The plan will be discussed at next in the rebuilt area. Months general synod of the church of england, where theyll consider 307 is sidewalks Test Facility where ideas for this whether churches should new development are prototyped. So what youre looking at right here is a prototype for a new paving Kathryn Stanczyszyn has more. System for our streets. They have always been this one is actually a permeable paper, here the water goes places of sanctuary, into the paver down but could churches now become into the ground itself. A bigger part of the fight up here you see a solar panel, against knife crime . Testing the integration of lights there are calls today for buildings into the pavers themselves. Jesse schapins is the director like this to make sure their doors of urban design at sidewalk labs, are open in the hours after school finishes, hes showing off some of the tech
Of course we are. Up next, a briefing about hamas, former hostages were released into israeli custody, secretary blinken also talked about other americans who are unaccounted for in israel. 10 additional americans who remain unaccounted for, in this conflict. We know that some of them are being held hostage by hamas, along with an estimated 200 other hostages held in gaza. They include men, women, and young boys, young girls, elderly people from many nations. Every single one of them should be released. Since the earliest hours of the crisis, the president has makes medically he will do everything to secure the hostages. This is for the United States and we impressed upon our partners to do everything that they can to help us secure their release. Since that time we have worked relentlessly with partners to do just that. I cannot speak publicly about the details of these efforts, i know you understand that. The urgent work to free every single american and all other hostages continues.
We are seeing a clear risk aversion as the german bond yields are ever lower and the ecb buying Corporate Bonds. Tom we have some financial work with the yields lower. That began yesterday morning and it is grinding ever lower. We have the political news in the United States. Francine a packed day. It was a history making night for Hillary Clinton. She declared herself the winner in the race for the democratic president ial nomination, taking her the first woman to run as a candidate of a major u. S. Party. Tonight, victory is not about one person. It belongs to generations of women and men struggled and sacrificed and made this moment possible. Shery clinton won three of the six states that held primaries or caucuses tuesday, plus she has a big lead in california. Meanwhile, Bernie Sanders says he is not giving up even though the math does not look good. He is said to meet with president obama tomorrow, who called clinton to congratulate her. Another car bomb attack in turkey and it a