daily covid infections in china have hit a record high since the start of the pandemic nearly three years ago. that s despite crippling restrictions on life, including snap lockdowns. tightened measures have been announced for zhengzhou where workers at the world s largest iphone factory have been clashing with security forces over covid related conditions and pay. stephen mcdonell in beijing has more. so, like, for example, i am at home, my community is under a form of lockdown so everyone can be tested, and that is because one person in this complex was somehow linked to each case. person in this complex was somehow linked to a case. now, it may be that this only lasts for a day or so, or it could go on. of course, if the testing of everyone picks up more people, we could all be here for a week. all across, especially in beijing, there are thousands of towers where people are confined to their homes. and in many cases, that is for a minimum of three days at the moment as the city g
whose homes are in disrepair. we do try to challenge it as much as we possibly can. it absolutely does have to be put right. the government have to be put right. the government have brought forward, actually, the social housing regulation bill, which is currently before parliament. that is a landmark piece of legislation. it was actually the result of sustained campaigning from shelter and also from survivors of the grenville disaster. it will ensure that tenants are listened to and have a much stronger voice and rebalance the powers between housing association and landlords and their tenants. grenfell disaster. with; tenants. grenfell disaster. why is it do you tenants. grenfell disaster. why is it do you think tenants. grenfell disaster. why is it do you think that they are not listening? in the awaab ishak case, the family felt that there was discrimination going on because they had been repeatedly raising the issues that they were having to live with. i have spoken to
when someone is in distress, theyjust need to be saved as soon as possible. so there is no time to talk about who is going to save them and in which boat are they going to be returned? one year on from the channel disaster, investigators have yet to report their findings as each month, thousands more steer their way between trust and tragedy, aiming for british shores. lucy williamson, bbc news, calais. michael gove has said tens of thousands of homes are not in the state they should be. the thousands of homes are not in the state they should be. thousands of homes are not in the state they should be. the death of two-year-old state they should be. the death of two-year-old awaab state they should be. the death of two-year-old awaab ishak- state they should be. the death of two-year-old awaab ishak was - state they should be. the death of - two-year-old awaab ishak was caused two year old awaab ishak was caused by exposure to mould at his home. michael gove is holding talks with h
should be a warning to other landlords who are ignoring complaints. landlords who are ignoring complaints- landlords who are ignoring comlaints. ., ., ., ., complaints. the regulator for social housin: complaints. the regulator for social housing has complaints. the regulator for social housing has written complaints. the regulator for social housing has written to complaints. the regulator for social housing has written to local- housing has written to local authorities to make sure that we have a particular focus on damp and mould, but it is also the case that there is a responsibility on housing associations and other landlords to let us know about other hazards and let us know about other hazards and let us know that people are living with and how they are dealing with him. we are giving new powers to the regulator in order to make sure that housing associations are kept up to the mark. but i fear it is the case that there are tens of thousands of properties that are not in
the kind of appalling conditions that we have seen in awaab ishak s case. he is also right, unfortunately, that this is by no means an isolated case in the sense that there are many properties that do not meet the required standard. my do not meet the required standard. my worry is i would like to know how we can be sure that this reduce in funding that he is suggesting will not actually end up reducing funding from housing associations s ability to build new, decent social homes. what we need more than anything else, and the root cause of this crisis actually, is that we desperately need more decent social homes, new social homes being built. at the moment, we re going backwards every single year in terms of delivery of new homes. so, yes, it is absolutely right to tackle poor