A special for oil thats 100. 00 times lighter than glass. And theyre environmentally friendly. Cooled by surface water and heated with solar energy. The pavilions are now home to a floating cinema. Nearby, a floating park hexagonal islands made of recycled plastic. Theyve been planted with vegetation and already seem to be drawing a crowd for a unique city getaway. You can rent this small houseboat called a vehicle boat. Its wrapped in 24. 00 layers of corrugated cardboard, which makes it light and just about soundproof. The interior features a kitchen, bathroom living room and terrace. This vehicle boat is located near the rotterdam city center, easy access to sightseeing and restaurants. Despite all the comforts there are constant reminders that youre living on the water. We now return to amsterdam and the iceberg district with its 75. 00 unit housing estate. Well, that is same boat, its not a boat or a house. Its a hybrid of 4. We have 3 units built at a shipyard on the, i saw mer,
Around europe. Lets take a closer look at 2 more examples. But in the finnish capital, helsinki is the nations 1st in the 0 waste restaurant. And the southern german city of crowd work leads the way in the fight against global warming. But 1st people who live in cities long for connection to nature and the concept of a bio field like architecture tries to satisfy this desire includes building with natural materials, bringing light into peoples homes as much as possible and connecting a buildings occupants with their natural surroundings. While the freebooter apartment complex in amsterdam was built, according to this principle, we went there to check it out and ask its residents if it improves their daily lives. Lloyd instead of concrete curves rather than hard edges, a style of architecture that loves life. The result is building according to the principles of buy a philip architecture jacket. More garcia now is the architect of the freebooter or booklet me here in the deck, city of a
Shanghai composite, 3 10 of an percent of the upside. Lets have a look at what is going on currency wise. This is the dollar index. Not that much changed. Bitcoin. Oves is down nearly 2 at the moment. [indiscernible] thetocurrency left to 18,000 level. Citigroup causing a stir with a 300,000 plus estimate with regards to bitcoin. U. S. Dollar index pretty much unchanged. Stasis as weoil in wait to see what is happening with some of these internal squabbles taking place with members of opec, mainly the uae. Mitchell with the first word headlines. Early south koreas trade data shows exports extending their recovery. The yearose 11 from earlier. South korea shipments received a boost from china and the u. S. Cap exports were up almost 22 . Singapore sees at the economy expanding by between four and 6 next year as it rebounds from the virus. Thirdquarter gdp shrunk by 5. 8 on the year and the estimate for contraction was revised to six to 6. 5 . The decline for the Third Quarter compared t
Going to mass has been considered illegal, or the churches have been luck or that its going to mass could be considered a crime. Also this hour Election Officials fan, the flames of Donald Trumps voter fraud claims by stating they were tricked into certifying results. Prompts are probably invited michigan lawmakers to the white house to gather support for his allegations. And rescuers from countries including russia, help refugees to travel back to the border, karbala and rebuild their homes. As many find they have nothing to return to. Every day we drug, this house the sights, every time, a dog house thats been destroyed and the privately this is our 2 International Coming to you straight from the russian capital or its just turned 2 pm. Welcome to the program. We expected better from australia, afghanistans reacted to an inquiry alleging blood lust triggered a lead australian troops to unlawfully shoot dozens of afghans are trying to look at how those coming to fight terror. And the
Good people, what ever it takes people are running. No. Let me go down the road. Nothing. W. A man made for mimes. The world gets one step closer to its 1st covert 19 vaccine. U. S. Drug maker, pfizer and its german partner biotech. Seek a green light from regulators for their products. They say distribution can begin hours after approval. Also on the show. Farmers in east africa are battling new local swarms. Talk of the u. N. Expert who says Climate Change means that insects plagues could become a more frequent problem. And china offers generous debt really to developing 2, developing economies. 2100000000. 00 in payment extensions covers only a tiny fraction of what african countries go and welcome to the show. Im Stephen Beardsley in berlin. Its good to have you with us. Drug maker, pfizer and its german partner biotech said friday that they were asking u. S. Health regulators for emergency approval of their covert 1000 vaccine. Putting them on track for distribution beginning in d