mentally, it s awful, like, you know, my early 30s, stuck in my bedroom in london, like, you know, no family around. i have a housemate. you are just getting up, going two metres to a desk, working, and then you are stuck in your house, like, it s. what s the point, like? the uk economy is primarily a service based economy. sandwich places like this, over the road a pub, a convenience store here, shoe repairs there, and all of these businesses rely on people coming to work, and things were going back to normal, estimates were that 60% of office workers were spending at least some of the week in the office, and footfall on streets like this were 70% of pre pandemic levels, which is why this news has been described by business organisations here in london as a crushing blow. and it could lead to some perhaps unexpected but certainly unwelcome effects on the cost of living. if we aren t able to go out
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thousands of members of bangladesh s governing party have held a rally in the capital dhaka in support of the minority hindu community following the worst religious violence in a decade. the bbc s akbar hossain gave us this update from dhaka. this is a huge scale of violence we have been seeing. because when hindus are celebrating their largest festival, there was alleged report that the holy book of muslim, the koran, was found in a hindu temple. suddenly, it came to social media and violence erupted initially near dhaka. and then it spread to some other cities. hindu temples, houses, their shops and business
suddenly, it came to social media and violence erupted initially near dhaka. and then it spread to some other cities. hindu temples, houses, their shops and business organisations that vandalised across the country in many organisations that were vandalised across the country in many parts of the country, and many hindus endure mistreatment, basically, they are from different muslim groups and some local people, they attacked the hindu shrine in different parts of the country, so that attack is still going on in some parts of the country we have seen reports from some parts of the country where violence occurs, especially in the northern part of the country. it s been a lucky escape for 21 people aboard a plane that crashed shortly after taking off from houston.