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in lipstick and mascara. harvesting the wax from palm trees in brazil is an industry in which, according to brazilian authorities, companies are failing last year, more than 3,000 workers across all industries were rescued from situations including forced labour and degrading work last year, more than 3,000 workers across all industries were rescued from situations including forced labour and degrading work conditions a ill year high. the bbc was given exclusive access to a raid with the federal police on a carnauba wax plantation. katy watson has this report from the state of piaui in north eastern brazil. we re heading to a farm where authorities suspect workers are being exploited. nobody knows we re coming. they want to catch the culprits red handed. we find the workers sheltering from the midday sun. who s in charge here? , the lead investigator asks. one by one, the men are interviewed. the boss is nowhere to be seen. it s so hot. we stop for a bit because othe ....
for the national living wage. previously you had to be 23 years old to qualify, but that s been reduced to 21. it has been just over £10 an hour just over £12. it s going up to just over £11 an hour. our business correspondent marc ashdown has the details. barista sam loves hisjob, but after paying his essential bills he s often left with just a few hundred pounds a month to live on. pay rises just help him stay afloat. i think they balance, because obviously everything else goes up in price so it sort of evens out every single year. maybe for, like, a month you ll be like, ooh, i ve got money this month! and then it lljust be, like the next month will be a bit of a rough one. workers across the uk in some of the lowest paid jobs are about to get a boost in their pay. from tomorrow, the national living wage is going up from £10.42 an hour to £11.44 an hour. that s an increase of 9.8%. the age at which a worker qualifies has also been reduced from 23 to 21 yea ....
the king is to make his first formal public appearance since being diagnosed with cancer. he s due to attend the easter sunday service at st george s chapel in windsor, along with other royals. but prince william and his wife, the princess of wales who s also receiving treatment for cancer will not be there. here s our royal correspondentjonny dymond. to the family church and that of many monarchs, the king is expected to walk today, in what will be his first public sighting since the announcement of his cancer diagnosis. it was after a procedure in january that cancer was found. since then, the king has continued with constitutional duties, but avoided all public engagements. messages and images there have been a plenty, most recently an audio message on maundy thursday. may god bless ou all message on maundy thursday. may god bless you all this message on maundy thursday. may god bless you all this easter. message on maundy thursday. may god bless you all this ....
thousands of protestors have gathered in cities across israel, to call for elections due to the government s handling of the on going crisis in gaza. the prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, said a vote would paralyse the country and stop efforts to beat hamas. he will go undergo surgery on sunday for a hernia his doctors discovered during a routine examination. mr netanyahu will be fully sedated during the procedure his office says that deputy yariv levin will serve as acting prime minister during this time. here s mr netanyahu. my medical statement is transparent, it is known. sure, a lot of people are saying crazy things, but of course no boundaries. my wife went to an appendectomy and people said that she spent a whole week at a villa somewhere and ijust had the flu, people said that i was where? where was it? that i was in hospital. absolutely no boundaries to the lies. i just went through examination, and thank you to all the people asking for my well being. and i ....
to pills to make them easier to swallow and as a thickener in lipstick and mascara. harvesting the wax from palm trees in brazil is an industry in which, according to brazilian authorities, companies are failing to improve working conditions. last year, more than 3,000 workers across all industries were rescued from situations including forced labour and degrading work conditions, which is a ill year high. in brazilian law, this can amount to slavery like conditions. the bbc was given exclusive access to a raid with the federal police on a carnauba wax plantation. katy watson has this report from the state of piaui in north eastern brazil. we re heading to a farm where authorities suspect workers are being exploited. nobody knows we re coming. they want to catch the culprits red handed. we find the workers sheltering from the midday sun. who s in charge here? , the lead investigator asks. one by one, the men are interviewed. the boss is nowhere to be seen. it s so hot. ....