Some visionary architects. All of which raises a central question who will actually be able to afford to live in the city of the future according to the i. M. F. Scale ople house price index over the past 20 years prices have risen and risen with a small dip just after the financial crisis. Over the last 10 years the cost of many essentials in o. E. C. D. Countries has gone down food for example pleasure banks a pretty nice closing. Of those meanwhile has stayed constant like transportation costs and house. But rents and mortgage repayments have become significantly higher. Housing is becoming increasingly on affordable for many and yet its a basic human rights as laid out in an article 11 of the uns covenant on social rights. The state parties to the present government to recognize the right of everyone to an adequate standard of living for himself and his family including adequate food clothing and housing. We met an activist who never tires of reminding society of this. The world ci
To keep the virus in check germans could resume free travel within the e. U. By mid june also on the Program India supposes china in the number of confirmed corona virus cases there are now nearly 87000 infections in the country this comes as the government is set to announce whether to extend lockdown measures. Im rebecca it is welcome to the program italys government has announced that tourists will again be able to visit from june the 3rd a 14 day mandatory quarantine period will also be scrapped its a big step for a country recovering not only from one of the worlds worst coronavirus outbreaks but also the huge Economic Cost of lockdown. Famous for once having too many visitors the coronavirus has left venice deserted many here who rely on tourism eager for people to return but its a balancing act between preventing a 2nd wave of coronavirus while reopening the city. Hope the authorities will manage the city in a way that is a compromise between the city we knew then and the one we
Our top story. A fourth persons now being questioned by police in relation to the deaths of 39 migrants, found in a lorry container in essex. It was thought the eight women and 31 men were chinese nationals, but a number of vietnamese families have raised concerns their relatives could be among the dead. One woman sent a desperate text message to her mother saying she couldnt breathe hours before the container was discovered. Andy moore reports. The bbc has been contacted by six vietnamese families who believe their loved ones may have been on the lorry. They include pham thi tra my, who was 26. At the time the container was crossing to the uk, she sent a series of text messages, saying i am really, really sorry, mum and dad. My trip to a foreign land has failed. Iam dying. I cant breathe. I love you very much. I am sorry. The bbc has also been contacted by the family of nguyen dinh luong, who was 20 and also missing. Vietnam is very family centric as a culture and everything is done f
Friend and supporter of jeremy corbyn, the puppet of tony blair, or the mouth piece of Just Stop Oil for all we do know is that he has broken every single leadership pledge and flip flopped almost 60 times in just three years. This is a man who will literally say anything that suits him at that time. His comments came just hours after the Prime Minister refused to commit to tax cuts. Rishi sunak said his focus is on halving inflation because it impacts the poorest the most. On a visit to burnley, the pm insisted his approach is deeply conservative, saying its a thatcherite policy. Thatcherite policy. The best tax cut that we can deliver right now is to halve inflation. And thats something that im deeply committed to. Its the first of my five priorities. Why because thats how help people with the how we can help people with the cost we just want cost of living. We just want to put money in peoples put more money in peoples pockets. And best way pockets. And the best way to do that right
A coward by donald trump actions after the president says he would have tried to help even without a weapon i think i would have tried to have helped. And American Media giant, comcast, puts in a bid for sky challenging an existing offer from Rupert Murdochs 21st century fox. Good morning. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. Im reeta chakrabarti. Heavy snowfall is hitting parts of the uk, causing road and rail disruption in many areas. Police say driving conditions are treacherous in places as a band of wintry weather and very low temperatures sweeps westwards. Hundreds of trains are cancelled, many schools are shut and forecasters say some Rural Communities may be cut off. 45 children were led to safety after a bus crash near Deeping St James in lincolnshire though no injuries are reported. The met office has issued amber warnings for large parts of the country as cold air sweeps in from the east. Up to 10cm of snow is expected today and as much as 20cm is predicted in some parts of Eastern