and you are looking in for every week and month that goes by, the dream of homeownership recedes further into the distance. the average age of first time buyers has been rising continuously. the proportion of young people who can afford to buy their own home has been falling. between 2005 2016, the proportion of 2534 year olds that owned their own home fell by 20%, whereas in most other countries, it has been rising. it is true that we still have higher rates of overall homeownership just ahead of france and just ahead of germany. and it is true that we are building more as fast as we can after a sustained decline in home ownership rates in the labour government, which is now starting to go back up thanks to our support forfirst time starting to go back up thanks to our support for first time buyers and also building more homes. last year, there were 400,001st time buyers of property which was a 20 year high. 400,000 property which was a 20 year high. 400,000 first time
The kremlin previously said the trip will strengthen the friendship between the two nations. The pair are expected to discuss supplying weapons to russia for its war in ukraine. The New York Times reports that mr kim is seeking advanced satellite technology, Nuclear Powered submarines, and food aid. The us has warned north korea against weapons sales, and critisized mr putin for needing north koreas help. President putin launched this war against ukraine with its full scale aggression, with a dream of restoring the glory of the russian empire. That hope, that expectation of his has failed, it will continue to fail and i think there is no better evidence of that than now, a year and a half later, not only has he failed to achieved his goals on the battlefield but you see him travelling across his own country, hat in hand, to beg kim jong un for military assistance. Our seoul correspondent Jean Mackenzie has more on mr kims travel. Kim jong un Left Pyongyang On Sunday Afternoon in his fa
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by Shamim Zakaria BEIJING, March 9 (Xinhua) Until not long ago, people of Atulieer Village, located at an elevation of 1,700 meters in southwest China Sichua