And tonight our Reporter Talks to his former roommate. Rescued. The american trapped in the cave in turkey freed just moments ago. Well show you the moment his stretcher is pulled up the fda approving new covid Booster Shots as cases are rising when will they be available . More Major Medical news does a key ingredient in popular Cold Medicine actually work and remembering the 9 11 attacks the Health Battles so many firefighters are still waging, 22 years later. Announcer this is nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening im tom llamas, in for lester tonight we begin with the allout race against time playing out in morocco. The window for finding survivors is quickly closing after that devastating earthquake killed more than 2,800. But there are some signs of hope. This was a rescue earlier today. Survivors pulled from the rubble three days after the earthquake hit. And look at this new aerial showing just how extensive the destruction is and just how challenging the task is for re
hello, i m anna foster in southern israel. you in southern israel. are here in israel with bbc news. you are here in israel with bbc news. the bombardment from israel in gaza continues, we can see on the horizon in the background, the gaza skyline and within the last few hours we have seen tank movements and continuing plumes of smoke heading up into the sky. it s been another intense night and day of bombardment as you can hear on the situation inside gaza is becoming increasingly desperate. the un agency unrwa which looks after palestinian refugees has said what communications have been cut in garzo since friday they are starting to return but they say the people who live there have stormed unrwa warehouses, they say they have been in there and taken what they need, things like food and water and basic hygiene kits so they say it is a sign of the desperation that is happening in gas at the moment is such a limited amount of humanitarian aid continues to make its way into th
More and more people are deserting rural areas for life in cities looking for jobs, educational opportunities, and inspiration. All want a decent place to live and thats the problem. Good locations are in high demand, and prices are steep. Germanys most expensive city is munich. Apartments in the center fetch over 9200 euros a square meter. And in other countries, prices are even higher. In new york, for example, apartments can cost a whopping 11,000 a square meter. The three most expensive cities are london, at over 15,000 euros a square meter. Singapore, which is even pricier. And hong kong tops the list. Flats there can cost an astronomical 21,700 euros per square meter, which leads to harsh Living Conditions for the poor. Reporter their home is a cage seven men live in a single room in bitter poverty. They often dont have enough money for three meals a day. Mr. Leung shows us where hes been living for years. He gets about 500 euros in welfare every month nearly half of which he spe
Theres very little room for the more than seven million residents. But there are plenty of buyers for luxury apartments a profitable business for real estate companies. Buying an apartment is barely affordable even for the middle class its long been the norm for them to spend half their income on rent or a mortgage. For many, hong kong is a housing nightmare. Because of her efforts to help, today shes visiting the home of 13yearold chak ming. Owners here have subdivided many of the apartments into minilodgings, known as shoeboxes. With just a parttime job and welfare, all this mother and child can afford are about twoandahalf square meters, with a bunk bed and a small table. The mother cries a lot, and wishes she could provide Something Better for her son. Our apartment should really be big enough so that my son and i can move around freely. Here, its so small that we can only enter the room one at a time. Reporter chak ming wont tell his classmates how he lives hes too ashamed. Most p
Needed. People like 23yearold sebastian kratzel. Hes a student, and joined the social Democrat Party a few weeks ago. For me, the spd represents social fairness. People who are not so elitist. Ifo comfortable with the spd. Damien so does horst brinkhoff. He has been a member for 50 years. Today theyre both here to see Martin Schulz, whos on the campaign trail. Lets hope we can mobilize enough people. I hope so, too. The turnout here looks pretty good. Damien Martin Schulz is trailing behind merkel in the polls. Despite leaving high School Without a diploma and not going to university, schulz has a successful political career under his belt. The current leader of the spd, he previously served as head of the european parliament. Hes a fiery speaker, whose passion for social justice, the cornerstone of his campaign, is palpable. In urban centers, two incomes often arent enough to pay the rent at the end of the month. We want a cap on rents, we want to prevent them from skyrocketing. A cou