Next month. Melinda vega is the director of a Nonprofit Organization focused on helping farmworkers. Over all these years we continue to hear the difficult plight of farmworkers and the need to have better housing, better pay, better access to medical, increased human rights. Reporter but it took a tragedy to bring broader attention to that effort. The january mass shooting exposed the deplorable Living Conditions that countless farmworkers face. We are grateful because Governor Newsom came to Half Moon Bay and we spoke to him about the conditions of housing. He saw the images and the photos. Reporter now the Governors Office has announced 825 million to build affordable housing, including for farmworkers. About 58 communities across the state will receive funding to build nearly 10,000 homes as part of a new funding approval process that eliminates the need for a developer to submit multiple applications. This includes roughly 700 million in funds from multifamily developments and 125
The headlines the british Prime Minister has defended his top advisor, dominic cummings, amid a row over the aides travel during lockdown. Boris johnson says mr cummings followed the instincts of every parent and acted with integrity in seeking childcare with family members after his wife had developed symptoms of the virus. Thousands of people have been taking part in mass protests againsts chinas plans to impose a new security law on the territory. More than 100 people have been arrested. Beijing says the legislation will improve peoples lives, but campaigners warn fundamental freedoms are being eroded. Israels Prime Minister, benjamin netanyahu, has appeared in court at the start of his long delayed trial on corruption charges, just days after he was once again sworn in as premier. He is the first sitting Prime Minister in israels history to go on trial in a criminal case. Now on bbc news, hardtalk. Welcome to hardtalk, im stephen sackur. No sector of the Global Economy has been har
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