A drag on the Global Economy in 2020 counting the cost on aljazeera should public transport be Free Luxembourg becomes the 1st country to abolish fares for everyone is that the solution to traffic jams and pollution or will the cost of a ticket be paid in other ways this is inside story. And i welcome to the program im nick lot in many cities public transport is often the easiest and cheapest way to get around its more environmentally friendly because if you have petrol and diesel cars are on the road its also free if you visit luxembourg its the 1st country in the world to make public transport 0 cost for everybody but not everyone is on board as alexia brought in the reports. These ticket machines in luxembourg have become obsolete everyone now gets a free ride on buses trams and trains and the richest and one of the smallest countries in the European Union many cities have taken the same route but luxembourgs government says its the 1st time an entire country has abolished fares for
Should public transport be free in luxembourg becomes the 1st country to abolish fares for everyone thats the solution to traffic jams and pollution or will the cost of a ticket be paid in other ways this is inside story. And i welcome to the program im nick lot in many cities public transport is often the easiest and cheapest way to get around its more environmentally friendly because if you have petrol and diesel cars are on the road its also free if you visit luxembourg its the 1st country in the world to make public transport 0 cost for everybody but not everyone is on board thats alexi abroad or. These ticket machines in luxembourg have become obsolete everyone now gets a free ride on buses trams and trains and the richest and one of the smallest countries in the European Union many cities have taken the same route but luxembourgs government says its the 1st time an entire country has abolished fares for everyone leaders hope their initiative eases congestion reduces pollution and
About free speech and sport the biggest ever edition of the Southeast Asian games that is efficiently underway developing the host nation for the regions largest multisport and that. Fellow iraqs cabinet has met to discuss the Prime Ministers Office of resignation meeting was called to find a political solution after 2 months of antigovernment protest demand he says the government has done everything to meet the protesters demands but demonstrators disagree and say they wont back down they vowed to continue protesting until theres a complete political overall more than 400 people have been killed across the country since the protests began in october. Good morning now from see mona fulton who is live for us in baghdad so simona what is the latest there thats happening. Well the violence appears to have gone down after 2 very violent days that claimed a lot of lives but the aftermath of what has happened still very much reverberates not just here for her square but the entire nation for
This foundation. The city should have a staff biologist. We have a large constituency as athletic field, playgrounds, and swimming pools, but it is not organized and consequently is inarticulate and suffers at budget times. The most insects and our greatest biodiversity lies in our grasslands, but they are declining due to inadequate staffing. By far the greatest wildlife support is provided by locally native plants because they evolve together, but few of them can be found in nurseries. We need a large nursery to propagate the individual plants. Brett park has a nursery and it should be fostered for the whole city. Thank you. Next speaker, please. Hello. Thank you very much, supervisors, for your actions to improve the biodiversity throughout the city. I am a board member of the sutro stewards and i can see how effective it has been to have a collaboration among the many interested parties who want to have wildlife in the city. Weve had a wonderful collaboration with ucsf and were wor
Christine legarde heal the rift inside the European Central bank from ultra cheap money to the way the bank votes the former head of the i. M. F. Is about to make some sweeping changes. The worlds biggest trade pact was just moments from being signed off when india pulled out indias Prime Minister Narendra Modi said the deal would hurt its farmers businesses workers and consumers. The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership would have brought together the 10 members of the association of Southeast Asian nations china japan south korea strayer and new zealand the remaining nations plan to push ahead with an agreement next year out of left a door open for india its remarkable that a deal is coming together in a world that seems to be tired of globalisation the 16 month trade war between the United States and china has yet to be resolved a low progress is being made and various nations appear to be giving up on working together on trade from braggs it in the u. K. To make in india and