redish to the governments to express serious concerns about allegations of multiple violations of the human right to adequate housing the united nations has also asked the government to provide more information about its approach to clouding removal meanwhile tenants across the u.k. are living in fear of a similar tragedy to the grenfell tower blaze which claimed $72.00 lives in 2017 last year lying then housing secretary james broken chair pledged to have completed all similar cladding removal works by june 2020. my expectation is that other than in exceptional circumstances building owners should complete remediation within 6 months of agreeing a plan by june 2020. but according to the official data there were 327 high rise buildings with grenfell start writing in the u.k. in july 20 1942 buildings were fixture in the year but more have been discovered this leaves the total number of high rise towers with aluminum composite material

clouding a 307 a ministry of housing spokesperson said the government has given over a 1000000000 pounds to remove unsafe platting following the grown felt our tragedy the government acted quickly to establish a comprehensive building safety program the biggest changes to building safety in a generation to drive up standards and sure people are safe in their homes we have given unprecedented 1600000000 pounds to help fund the removal of arms save cladding from high rise buildings and we urge building owners who have a legal responsibility to ensure their buildings are safe to remove this clogging as quickly as possible and to discuss this issue i'll be joined in the next hour by the former un special rapporteur on adequate housing and i'll be back with more news in just over half an hour see you again.

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. growing up in america i was a child of the cold war and when i would hear soviet leader speak like an international event or watch a soviet war documentary the narrator's voice was almost always the same and very memorable for me little that i no way would meet this man one day his name is george watts and i've become very good close friends with him and i want you to learn something about him his life is an odyssey like none other. i've got to homelands. russia is a homeland of my parents and my grandparents and i honor them because every every person has a right to love their homeland. place where they were born. i love canada because i was born in canada. so i'm

a rich man actually i have 2 home once. i guess i should begin with the big that's the beginning my father was russian. my mother was ukrainian they both lived in 2 neighboring villages in western ukraine they were service they told the land they worked for the landlords very poor and when to leave revolution broke out in 1917 my father a 16 year old boy at that time volunteered. to join the red army that was the revolutionary army at that time to overthrow the czar or the king of the russian empire. at the end of the russian civil war

because the resolder stephan was returns to his native village sydney but very soon after he receives an offer to work in canada stefan accept the offer eventually flees from chaos hunger in typhus canada seems promising a new employer pays for the moving in guarantees a stable job 2 years after stefan moves his wife arrives in canada they settle in the small town of win a big across the border with the united states after a short while the couple have 2 children george in carl the great depression is in full swing at the height of the great depression everyone was jobless everyone was travelling around in bucks cars looking for jobs all right canada then the canadian government launched a program called homesteading the homes that ing program. which is based on

the following. the government of canada gave those who wanted to volunteers 'd free land absolutely free couple of horses a cow poultry my father while the interior for home setting and we moved. north in manitoba to a place called near swan lake and we have plenty of food in the day my father and his friends and relatives built a house we were there we started going to school there walking about 6 miles to a country school but there was no money no money no money was exchanged my mother made milk with the help of carl and myself we're churning i remember my childhood i was churning milk up and down. no one knows what churn is and still

no money were exchanged were my dad or only god who had all the potatoes vegetables chickens everything to eggs and milk. all the food we needed. 1039 the beginning of world war 2 candidate interest the war alongside great britain the hardships of the great depression and the challenges of world war 2 speed up the process of industrialization in canada the defense industry is rapidly developing family moved to the city of hamilton where stefan gets a job at a steel factory their sons george and carl enter the west still secondary school of hamilton and work with their father at the steel mill the future of the translators relations with language is challenge to say the least when i was studying french and latin it was still secondary school i was the worst french

language student in my class. and they were c. sure handing out papers at the. half of the easter holidays christmas holidays and final exams and here to hand out the highest marks 1st and the lowest. marks last and i was the last one to get the my paper he is george. fantastic made 22 out of 100. but i've got i got his message of course and a nice or when the his handing of the papers after the easter exam he said george terrific progress you make you double your market got 44 bush is still below 50 with a passing mark. and he says george you'll never pass french. finally in august. local a local newspaper came out hamilton spectator the results of the final exams in the

west village secondary school my class george what's in brackets 8 i got it i got at. the end of the 1940 s. the world is recovering from the deadly war george's father was aggressively political though not a communist none the less aggressive swiss suspect and often blacklisted it was his father's politics and love of the place of his birth at the time russia then the soviet union that drove him to return to help rebuild the country after the savage invasion in occupation by nazi germany. my father when we lived in canada the 2nd world war broke out and it was devastated by the way. and after the war ended. my father worse followed the movements of the front least in front going east and command rolling back towards

berlin. and me the reason we came to the country he said let's go to live my homeland and help the people rebuild them their homeland. i was 20 years old 19 at the time. my brother was 20. and we upheld my father's initiative and we came to this country to help rebuild. the family waited for permission to enter the soviet union for several years and only in 1951 the soviet embassy in washington sent a positive response to what's family set off without having any idea how different life had become in the soviet union on april 3rd 1000 to 52 george want to spend we return to the u.s.s.r. we got out of the train that brought us across the river from poland into

belorussia to breast and my father was saw overwhelmed. by returning to his native homeland as cheers appeared in his eyes and. gave in bow down and kissed the ground. and i was very impressed i saw remember that. picture vividly in my mind my father. coming down on his knees and kissing the ground. since the inception of the soviet union western media had always viewed this country with suspicion and even hostility george was pleasantly surprised people were helpful in kind still recovering from the sufferings of the war the country were just rebuilding and people were lucky they felt lucky they were alive that's for. most important thing . because life is one time gift and you have to live it

the to the best of your ability and people were just happy that they were alive they were helping each other. you cannot be both with yet you will. chose seemed wrong when old roles just don't all. get to shape out just to become educated and in gains from an equals betrayal.

when so many find themselves worlds apart. just to look for common ground. we arrived in the city of. god which is in the ukraine which is laugh now called who. my parents are buried and when we arrived there. we were 1st of all we had no place till the day we render your room and the people the local people never. seen anyone like that before came to us and proposed to help us in any way they could. best food with. books for my brother and i had never read a russian book before and they were very friendly and kind hearted this is one

thing that i experience right from the very 1st day and all through my 65 years here in this country and i experience this every day even now another thing i noticed at that time there was no advertisement no commercials anywhere there or there was only one thing i noticed on the. side of a whole huge building on brick there was. a sign in russian wish read ice cream is. very delicious and healthy for food what kind of ice cream did mention to the wooden food is this struck me immediately i remember that. right from the furnace 1st day there we arrived in the city i'll tell you one thing when my brother and i started studying in moscow there

was a 1955 who we weren't hungry. we were starving. but we never turned down any thing that was offered to us to eat or drink and we i remember one thing we were living in the dormitory the foreign language institute not far from red square. and we could afford on our meager stay penned which is kind of a scholarship that we could quick would buy black caviar. it was in store for. a little bit. higher price than the other products but that's when we 1st tasted black caviar never had the black caviar in canada paul never not even read. how would you like to have your name changed by someone in a split 2nd a new name not of your own choosing well that is exactly what happened to george

and his brother. they had a russian identity that was in british rule of god in 1952 within. i think was in 2 weeks we had to report to the local police station new it's called the militia in the soviet union the time to go to the passport department and they asked for them to fill out a on the basis of what kind of document you have. my brother and i got on board street car travel to you know the part of. what do you want boys little window in the door. who are speaking in russian who are shy we can know we couldn't speak very well. and sports. what's your name. george is one. george i don't

understand the mile. to a here's here's my birth certificate written george watts. that's not a russian navy you're going to be going to gordie this is make no difference to me and my brother is what your name is caro. after the war against nancy germany. no that's not a russian name you're going to be killed. for the lady at the passport desk just like the click of a finger give me one name my brother another name and. the fact that george was a need a speaker of comedian english would be a priceless skill for a young man coming from the working class george's language skills would be the determining factor for the rest of his life when i came to the soviet union. i finally realize that my knowledge of english. my pronunciation of

a english knowledge of english grammar structure. and phonetics. was actually a boon and they have borrowed some money from our neighbors to go to leningrad foreign language institute and we've got a reply from maryland grad here if you pass your exams you'll be given accommodations at the dharma tory local government and i was in lane grad at a place called institute of noble ladies which was. called the here famous headquarters of the communist party when the revolution started but anyway with my brother and i went there replied we we finally managed to pass the entrance exams we were given. combinations in the dormitory we began studying everything seemed to be going to go good and

then right after the new year we got called out to the principal really in in russia called the director directress lady together where they are from the titian actions you boys you 2 boys from canada will have to change your pronunciation of what because we here at our institute we teach king's english. james came in king james english i can i said i can i'm going to pretend i don't understand will you please pour me a cup of tea. be to be so kind as to pay for me a cup of tea. they didn't then anyway to day the long and short of the story was they transferred us to moscow with commendations which had a translator's department we were welcomed with open arms by the teachers of very good teaching staff in moscow the 1950 s.

were a time of great change in the soviet union and on the world stage after joseph stalin died in 1983 to khrushchev would initiate a political fall with the west george was in the right place at the right time. or who should have came to power. there a nurse invited business men flooded into the us a certain time hence the big demand for interpreters and translators late january after the final the christmas exams there was a correspondent from radio moscow. course your vishnu best he later on i met we met him and spoken very wine boy he was saying interviews from monk. list speaking students and one of the students told him says why hey why don't you interviewed 2 canadian boys here is what canadian boy. that's how just my accidents

cost of vishnu best pieces will you give me an interview sure why not. and so we had a very fine interview. you boys speak very good english is canadian english. and he says where would you come in if our management invites you to come to work for. yes there will these who i we thought were just passing later on we got a call contact from him and he says come on up to the radio station. and i was in the center of moscow where they interviewed us he says would you like to work for us as translators announcers who are we do really don't know the particulars of this because we never had done that before we confessed the media but we had the makings of that in 1000 christie 7 moscow holds the world just full

of youth and students the festival attracts 34000 people from 130 countries a record breaking number for that time during the festival george and his brother were taking their 1st steps in their long career in radio and so moscow launched a program called come to moscow for the festival by carl and george were 2 of us but they changed our name from watts to the igor of. russian sounding and that's where how we ended up in radio moscow and later on when we finished studying at the institute. we managed to get a job there. i translated interpreted in the kremlin crew shot of lenin. saying gone i didn't translate your but. because he never would finish a sentence never. but i have voiced him even and

r t. 3 or 4 times. you saw i was voicing him and he waved to me. and i waved back at him and then we had translated and then the kremlin and even song he sang. a very eloquent speaker. never i never translated and drop of. our younger guns i never translated in the middle was something atrocious. he didn't know what he was talking about. a translator can translate only what he understands. that's the basics and that's the bottom line. you can translate only what you understand. the world is driven by shaped by.

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54 jets and more than 1300 military personnel are headed to heal some air force base in alaska where is that to say come on i'll show you what's the reason for any type of enhanced u.s. military presence in this area russia. what is it suddenly about the south china sea that makes it so that it 11000000000 barrels of oil. take a look at this map who really owns what kind of says no it belongs to us india says no we claim that that belongs to us both of these countries have nuclear weapons capabilities there is reason for concern so that's why we're going to drill down on the story for you today right here on the news with rick sanchez where you know as we always like to say we do believe by golly it's time to do news again.

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a lot of history is painful and shameful so how should we find the right now it's his dad who signed the life answer. welcoming our viewers from around the world live from central london this is our 2 u.k. . pounds r.t. channels from broadcasting in the country and urges other e.u. states to do the same we get the latest reaction from moscow. the english city of leicester goes into lockdown as the merrick's presses his worries about the economic impacts about $36.00 locations are identified as coronavirus hotspots across the u.k. . meanwhile u.k. prime minister boris johnson announces his plans to boost the economy off to the nationwide long down but hints the government could increase taxes contrary to his election manifesto we hear from m.p. jim shannon. the 1st minister of scotland accuses the u.k.

government of failing to consult other countries on the plan for a bridge use amid fears it could lead to a surge in coronavirus cases. of doctors group warns of an exodus of health service starved ahead of a potential 2nd wave of coated 19. 3 years after the grenfell tower 5 the united nations warns the u.k. government that failure to strip. tower blocks of combustible plastic could be a breach of international law we hear from the floor but un special rapporteur. good afternoon and we start with some breaking news latvia has banned 7 r.t. channels and urged other european union member states to follow its lead well joining me now for more on this from moscow is our fees down

a legal thank you for joining us what's the latest. well essentially as you just said lot because brown some 7 are t. channels from broadcasting on its territory this includes channels like r.t. arabic who r.t. spanish r.t. documentary r t u cape the one that you watching right now is now banned in a lot of year 2 and they have indeed called on other european nations to follow suit what's interesting is why because they did not just slap some boilerplate reason on the decision like calling the kremlin based propaganda they went further they said that r t is headed by a man who is under european sanctions well thing is he is headed by a woman margarita simonyan so what is this whole thing about essentially the person that the government has named and shamed is me tricky and he is the head of a russian news agency which is called. ria novosti as it used to be known

a few years back and right now this man and neither this man nor this news agency have anything to do with c they have no editorial control they have no control at all it's like saying for instance that it's like banning reuters because of its connections to associated press it's the level of certainty in this reasoning it's is exactly the same. low for instance the head of news agency has already posted on a social media saying that he and his colleagues have already had a good laugh about this decision also saying that in its essence it's a bit of a disgrace he has also released its own statements questioning how valid and how how world perceived this ban will be in lots of especially when it comes to the ban of spanish or arabic so there you have it but lot is among those

baltic nations along. with the stoney and some other ones that have been on a bit of a crusade against r.t. and this thing seems to be the latest in the chain of events as some baltic nations blood in this and in this instance excuse me are trying a to hamper the efforts of r.t. journalists on its soil it goes down a flight from moscow thank you very much indeed. well for more on this i was joined by broadcaster george galloway put tell me that despite the move the popularity of russian media is rising. the credit of course course to the fact that nobody believes the so-called mainstream media in no country after country has just been reading a study up about just people's preference not just for russian media or by anybody and for turkish other indian media are all up there are all media in their own

languages this is a crisis of information because the people in western countries and western are lined countries no longer believe the old visual might be says of their governments of their states of their systems and i'm thinking elsewhere us all in one sense it's a backhanded compliment but it's also of course a provocation against russia which which liberate that many of these countries that are now joining against jerry down our statues and shutting down our television stations ok so help says they all thought is al blinded by russophobia. yes there's little question of whether they are glad to do so themselves or because. they are clients of the united states. or western countries. are the really

the result is the same. people lose countries this is like to be able to access their watch access so much for freedom of speech sure much will the free market. will now as the english city of leicester goes back into lockdown the mayor has expressed his concerns about the economic impact it will have on the area that his figures show the number of corona virus cases is rising in 36 other locations across the u.k. with more on this i'm now joined by r.t. you case chad it was actually the shadow so lester is going back into london isn't it yes absolutely and the decision is due to an increasing number of coronavirus cases in the rest of the city now becomes the 1st major city in the united kingdom to go into a local lock down that means that less that extends its lock down by an additional

2 weeks to spite the rest of england lifting easing their lock down measures we're seeing the reopening of pubs bars and restaurants at the weekend on july the 4th but leicester will remain in lockdown are speaking this morning boris johnson said that was the sensible thing to do and he has recently just tweeted out about speaking with the maire of leicester and saying that they both will be monitoring the situation plus the prime minister also thanks the people of leicester for their patience but looking at but what's behind this decision we've always had that the government has said that all of its policy is led by the science and medical professionals and again this decision has been led by the science and that includes the fact that the infection rate. in the city in the last 7 day period is 3 times higher than the next highest city the admission rate of people into hospitals with the coronavirus is $6.00 to $10.00 people on average whereas that's only around one in every other place across the k.

also we're seeing that $944.00 cases in the last 2 weeks in leicester alone plus the fact that that means that's 10 percent of all positive cases in england so quite exaggerated in numbers and figures coming out from the leicester area now as a result just last night the health secretary declared that lester would have to extend it struck down by an additional 2 weeks that means that non-essential shops they will close as of today schools will close as of thursday in fact we already have just got a bit of data analysis coming out from 5 schools that were forced to close down just after reopening early june because they were identified as hotspot so with all of this science analysis behind the decision local authorities they do welcome it they do understand accept and acknowledge why it lester will be going into this local lock down but the mayor of leicester is severely concerned about the economic impacts on the city. we have from a circular stage in the sure that there will be schemes put in place and obviously

the schemes will need to operate both within the boundary in the city and within the county area or beyond our ability to boundary because the area that's so you know being locked down extends beyond the limits of the area. we've been promised that there is support coming but of course that gets quantified and whether we're returning to some of the earlier schemes for this is a board or something that is specific fellas i don't yet know obviously i would be very concerned indeed if the list of businesses were significantly disadvantaged promoting to spend longer in lockdown on the moon and the rest of the u.k. . well there are further frustrations though coming from the fishers in leicester and that's mostly because around 10 days ago about how the house secretary announced that there was an outbreak a huge spike in leicester but didn't actually give any of the all for it is any of

the data or analysis behind it so they would argue that the government's been too slow to release this information another big issue and big question is how though would a local lock down a targeted lock down the police will there be some sort of way that it will be enforced and how will they monitor whether the people of leicester will go to other villages and other areas in other cities in the united kingdom because of course pubs and bars are reopening so will there be some sort of tactic to make sure the people of leicester stay within leicester over the next few weeks a few pubs and bars have come out to say that of course they will be monitoring the people coming in or in and out of their doors that is a legal obligation juta the next phase of the lock down but there's props and bars there saying that what they will do is say whether or not people are coming from leicester if they have an address and less that they won't be let in but again is that going to be wide scale and how. will that be enforced there's confusion there coming from within the police in leicester as well they argue that they haven't

been given any sort of instruction or any sort of guidance as to how to enforce as they're wondering in fact what is it that the public can and can't do and they haven't been given any notification of what they should be doing to police that as well so a lot of uncertainty in all of this many people in leicester feeling like they are the guinea pigs of going into a targeted local lock down but the thought is behind all of this that potentially lets them might not be the only city in the next few weeks if not months going into a targeted lockdown because we are seeing a huge amount of spikes as you can see on your screen there is around 36 so far it is up and down the country with spikes hey varying and we'll share of seen a 300 percent increase we call week other cities though to gloucestershire doncaster and the london virus of wandsworth an ailing have all seen a significant rise interestingly though it is worth mentioning that leicester being the only city going into a local lock down but has only seen

a 5 percent increase week on week so local authorities will be carefully monitoring their own respective situations the government of course stressed just this morning that it will take the measures and the precautions in any other city across the u.k. if they really need to do so but there is a growing feeling and there is a wire a that actually lester yes it might be the 1st city in in the united kingdom going into a local lock down but there's a real growing sense that it might not be the last did worry in time should you thank you very much indeed. now u.k. prime minister boris johnson has committed to a new wave of public spending in a bid to boost the economy after the coronavirus long don johnson likened it to democratic u.s. president franklin d. roosevelt new deal a series of public works projects and financial reforms which helped drag america out of the great depression in the 1930 s. however the prime minister insists he's still

a capitalist at heart. i'm cautious. as i say all this but it sounds like a prodigious amount of government intervention. it sounds like a new deal. and all i can say is that is so then that is how it is meant to sound and how it's meant to be because that is what the times demand my friends i am not. a communist. i believe it is also the job of government to create the conditions for free market enterprise but the problems come as new data from the office for national statistics showed the u.k. economy contracted by up to 2 percent during the 1st 3 months of the share the prime minister was also asked if his new deal will effect the conservatives original plan to implement tax cuts and he'd only say that it depended on the treasury. that's

right. because. we didn't. want. to cut off the car. or the plans include a $1500000000.00 pound investment into hospital maintenance over the course of the year to improve accident and emergency capacity and boost infection control schemes an additional $1000000000.00 will be ring fence for improvements to schools across the u.k. while a further 900000000 pounds will also be spent on so-called local produce projects including upgrades to town center high streets and the government has also promised 200000000 pounds to improve the state of courts and prisons where mpg have shown and told me that it's not surprising the lights have to be tax increases in the current climate to spite boris johnson's only a commitments. very difficult times i think the prime minister said it was that

summer to the press in the 19th thirty's the photos came which government brought em right to full 4th husband b. c. of jaws but they thought that when the part of the system collapsed and then some 25 percent of those are kissing it doesn't say we have the problems for for the money factor not the not none of the 2nd we have a body a production risk for the single and our profit on expected to retard the pre-crisis levels until 2025 at the artists so therefore we need to suggest a.s.p.'s sector in particular we didn't get the small print of what the prime minister sent but we have got that there's an army and yes the house need a commitment we also with the with the monies and hope and hope for this new months because this new money is abundant consequential will mean that the police of course that money will come to all the riches and protect it in or not so we can use the money in a better way the prime minister has refused to rule out tax rises hasn't changed despite his manifesto promise

a han's yeah and stop with the normal conservative way of looking at things but i think we have to look at the the political reality of where we are this. night break has crossed the nixon and i accept some of maybe 30 to 50 even perhaps with all the figures around up maybe a 100 and then that's a big moment but we hope the older style that. there's no. one at the end of the rainbow there's nobody trees in the garden state to go back to throw it off the so we have to be changes. coming up after the break. take us to your hits out of the u.k. government as it prepares to announce ever just 2 popular tourist destinations we hear from the managing director of the walls travel and tourism council. on the u.n. warns the u.k. government that facing its removal unsafe traveling from tower blocks could be

a breach of international law we hear from before one un special rapporteur.

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ago. it. was was. the oakum bag the 1st minister of scotland nicholas sturgeon has his house at the u.k. government for failing to consult the country on the bridges plans to allow quarantine free travel the u.k. government made its announcement on water cold air bridges which a low travel to and from certain countries with a cordon tin restrictions unfortunately without any prior consultation a toll with this scottish government as a result we are still considering a response and own proposals just to say kaci has a use of was part of a 4 we form discussion with michael gove and the other devolved administrations and we are today this is an issue on which we have tried very hard to what closely with the u.k. government and other devolved administrations and we can and do of course see the

benefits of adopting a consistent approach across all parts of the you keep however we also know that quarantine measures albeit perhaps in a more targeted basis in future may become more important in scotland rather than lace evidence fiction really fall. well air bridges will allow u.k. residents to enjoy quarantine free travel with respective nations and are expected to be finalized by wednesday where countries will be designated green or red according to the transmission rate of the virus green and ambo will allow open travel and are expected to include france spain and italy while red designations will either require some form of core and teen or not be allowed at all well the u.k. our rate as a whole is currently between north point 7 and no point 9 but scotland is thought to be close to eliminating the virus and there have been reports they could begin quarantining visitors from england which the 1st minister has denied. well greece

won't make the list of air bridges are extended its existing ban on flights from the u.k. until at least made it july but the u.k. government is also under pressure from the travel sector flights booking data shows london has fallen to the bottom of the top 10 most book destinations from top spot a year ago or forward all this and i'm joined by the managing director of the world travel and tourism council that's between you messina but to thank you for joining us so london is no longer the top destination i mean how devastating could it be for the industry. i mean the numbers speak for themselves and what we did is look at the bookings days every thirst happen jute now as we know other european destinations son had to open at the beginning of the month which would diminish in a competitive advantage and that's how london dropped by a staggering 97 percent is or will is travel corridors work then i mean will holiday goes trust them. yes i mean the importance and the key priority right now

is to rebuild the confidence of the traveler how can people know they're able to travel safely i mean there's a number of things that are and have been put in place by different players across the sectors all the hoteliers all the different and players have been prepared and am ready to welcome travelers because we know about the multiple protocols and different and safety measures that have been put in place so what drivers need now is the confidence in the certainty from the government to start making those plans for the summer i think is where the average is there is that they can be flexible can't they because situations can change absolutely we know i mean uncertainty is this deal around and it's still and we know governments are having to make difficult decisions and based on the medical data and we obviously know that health is a priority but there needs to be something x. ability and we all know i want the economy to to recover and particularly the trouble sector which has been there is suffering sucker to to a damaging level that you know what we don't want to open up to say and do as we're

hearing about the concerns before i mean they could also but could they also risk infection transmission as well well we have seen there is examples across the world right so there's actually come countries that never went into lockdown there's also countries that never impose quarantines and why how are they doing this by increasing their testing and trace incapability so it's actually much more effective to have tested and tracing in place rather than imposing a quarantine which will completely pretty pull up troubling to a certain country and gives no reassurance of as a to whether these people will be carrying the virus or not there's also it's a balancing act for the government as well as and i mean could pressure from the travel sector lead to the government lifting restrictions perhaps a little too soon. absolutely what we don't think that's the case i mean we know the government has been looking at the medical data as as we just heard recently the our numbers are down i think just today they said the debt levels are back to

normal rates but actually the travel sector needs to start it's much needed recovery we know the more we delay this this open opening the border there is it's going to be more damaging not only to the economy to the number of millions of jobs that have been impacted and office you'd like because at the end of the sector entirely did what do you think the travel sector will look like once the averages are announced. i mean we have been talking about the new normal and we look at all this the whenever this vaccine becomes available then hopefully it's going to be very close to what we were used to and until that point we expect certain measures to be in place we have been working closely with the airlines with the airports with all the trouble it was just in we know there will be some guidelines like obviously the following the distance saying and hiking that will be and that will be a priority of the base mass in flights and others so we know these things are going

to be around for some time but we're still hoping that travelers are going to be able to enjoy some some time of lish or in in a different country as as we're all used and finally budgeted very briefly if they would what what what what would you like to the government do. i think what we need now is certainty i think the faster that the government comes with these with this announcement it's going to be easier for people to plan the more they delay it like we're already at the beginning of july people need some time to make plans and with all these uncertainties still not clear whether some countries will be each in good or not is just that is just increasing the uncertainty is not allowing and people to know whether it's going to be soaked sample data to mislead affect you very much and if your thoughts thank you and you can wait. now a group representing british doctors has warned the health service could face an exodus of staff just as a 2nd wave of coronavirus hits this winter and

a survey of $7000.00 doctors the british medical association said many were already facing burnout as a result of the pandemic well it found that one in 7 planned either to leave the service take early retirement or work elsewhere once the pandemic subsides almost a 3rd said they wanted a reduction in working hours as soon as the crisis was over a similar proportion said they experienced mental health issues like depression anxiety and burnout while working through the covert outbreak while they half that number also said they had struggled with mental health problems before the pandemic the b.m.a. says the government needs to work to address these issues before the end of the year or risk another sharp rise in infections the workforce implications are significant before the pandemic we had 10000 on field medical vacancies we're going to need a workhorse this is available to deal with the health needs of the population that is why the government needs to redouble its efforts to prevent another coronavirus spike. well the b.m.a.

says coronavirus travel restrictions are likely to prevent the usual supply of doctors from south asia while doctors from the e.u. may return to their home countries when the brics the transition period ends in december it says the future of the n.h.s. was therefore dependent on retaining its staff and they've called on the government to include a mutual recognition of doctors' qualifications in any e.u. trade deal. and in the next hour i'll discuss this with medical expert and ex deputy chair of the b.m.a. council dr chand. now 3 years after the grandfather tower fire in london the united nations has warned the british government could be breaking international law by failing to strip tower blocks of combustible cladding the un special rapporteur wrote to the government to express serious concerns about allegations of multiple violations of the human right to adequate housing the united nations has also asked the government to provide more information about its approach to cutting removal meanwhile tenants across the u.k.

are living in fear of a similar tragedy to the grenfell town blaze which claimed 72 lives in 2017 when according to the official data there were 327 high rise buildings with a gren fell start adding in the u.k. in july 29th team 42 buildings were a fixture in the year but more have been discovered this leaves the total number of high rise towers with al you 1000000 composite material planting at 307 the ministry of housing spokesperson said the government has given over a 1000000000 pounds to remove unsafe planting. or to discuss this i'm now joined by the former un special rapporteur on adequate housing that's they learn a lot and thank you very much for joining us what's the response from the u.k. been like. oh i haven't had a response from the u.k. government as of yet. or my successor hasn't had a response either so the u.k. was given 60 days to respond and they have to remember we filed this communication

right as the penn demick was unfolding so in some ways you know i'm willing to cut a little slack to the government who might be otherwise somewhat preoccupied though of course no one would want to see another tragedy certainly not and that's the pandemic when it has been said the cutting issue and that is it cold as well but the government as you said is having to deal with the pandemic but in the meantime it has taken action but it's discovered more cladding hasn't it it has i think but at the time that i filed the communication we understood there to be approximately 360 buildings with this flammable cladding on the exterior which is deeply concerning more concerning is in fact the 600000 approximately people living in the buildings with this crowding who are really living in a with a a great feeling of anxiety and insecurity and believe it or not that's actually part of the human right to housing in other words people shouldn't be living in fear that their housing is going to come bust that would be at not compliant with

international human rights law around the around housing well a lot of us was going to ask you how much of an impact has a situation had on tenants mental health a great deal of an impact i have to say we heard from many many tenants and associations of tenants saying that the anxiety levels are high and real that there is even you know some worry of suicide and a real concern because it's not just concern that the building might be flammable that's a real concern and of course the grenfell tragedy you know was such a clear warning sign the inquiry was very clear that the cladding had. everything to do with the extent and depth of that fire and the tragedy of the $72.00 lives lost so people are fearful of that but they're also struggling because they would like to sell their units for example and move somewhere else that feels safer but

of course they can't get any lender no one's going to give a mortgage.