this is a living london. this is our last stand against social cleansing of inner london. >> reporter: successive governments have let this happen. after winning power in 1997, tony blair's first act was to visit these places, his government which first came up with the idea of knocking down these people's flats. ail of which brings us back to the elections and the endless debate about the deserving and the undeserving poor and whether there shouldn't be a cap on the number of poor immigrants who are allowed into the u.k. yet nowhere in this national conversation is there anything about the role of ritual foreigners whose actions have made it incredibly difficult for many many people to live in london at all. housing inflation is such that a leading charity found that just 43 homes in all of london were now affordable for first time buyers. thousands of young people have had to move out of the capital entirely failed by politicians and a market dominated by rich investors. lawrence lee, al jazeera in london.

we want a living london. this is our last stand against social cleansing of inner london. >> successful governments let this happen after winning power. 's first act was to visit the various state and he said there would be no forgotten people but his government came up with the idea of knocking down add flats. bringing us back to elections and the debate about the deserving or undeserving poor and whether there should be a cap. nowhere in the conversation is there anything about the roll of rich foreigners whose actions made it difficult for many many people to live in london at all. >> houseing inflation is such is that a charity found 33 homes in london were unaffordable to young buyers. thousands had to move out >>> u.s. federal agents identified two suspected gunmen in texas. both men were shot dead after they opened fire outside an event exhibiting cartoons of islam's prophet muhammad on misunderstand. officials named them and the fbi searched their homes as part of an investigation into the shooting >>

prices. >> they're forcing us to go to the outskirts of london or outside of london, small towns. because the moment we can't afford to live in london any more. >> they are able to charge thousands a month in rent. the cranes move in, they protest but the drowns of the capital drown the voices out. >> we want to live in london. this is our last stand against social cleansing of inner london london. >> tony blair was's government was the government that began to tear down these places. >> thousands of young people have had to move out of the capital entirely. failed by applications and a market dominated by rich investors. lawrence lee al jazeera. in london. >> 15 million people suffer a stroke each year. it is a major cause of disability worldwide. but those fortunate enough to have access to rehabilitation can itit can be a slow and frustrating process. that's why in london a team has brought robots to help. >> eight years ago amanda suffered a stroke. she managed to relearn how to walk but never regained full use of her arm or hand. she's now undergoing a treatment where she use

it unsettled london even further. observers noted how will they called a zeppelin whether the dark finite, london theaters were reporting much smaller audiences. an american reporter who was in london described one. he said among the stars it is dull yellow the color of the harvest moon the fingers and searchlights reaching up from the city touching all sides of the deaf messenger with the white tip. great beaning shakes the city. it is the sound of the bombs falling, and another onlooker reported seeing a streak of fire shooting down straight at me. he said i stared at it hardly comprehending. the bomb struck the restaurant just a few yards away then was burning in the road. 22 people were killed and the next day they demonstrated out in the streets for better protection. but what about gas? on the 25th of september, the british who had at first command germany's use just five months previously made their own military use during the battle. the attack failed. the wind changed and blew a lot of the gas back over the b

this raid on settled -- unsettled londoners even further. in what we called zeppelinwet dark can fine nights, london -- [inaudible] reporting much smaller audiences. an american reporter who was in london described one zeppelin raid. he said -- [inaudible] a long gone airship. it is dyed yellow, the color of the harvest moon. the long fingers of search lights reaching up from the city are touching all sides of the death messenger with their white tips. great bombing shakes the city. it is the sound of veteran bombs falling, killing burning. and another onlooker recalled seeing a streak of fire shooting down straight at me. he said i've stared at it, hardly comprehending. the bomb struck -- [inaudible] just a few -- [inaudible] 22 people -- [inaudible] and next day londoners demonstrated out in the streets for better protection. but what about gas? on the 25th of september, 1915, the british, who had at first vehemently condemned germany's use of it just five months priestly, made their own military use of it. the attack failed. the winds cha

this raid on londoners even further, in what we called zeppelin weather, dark finite london reportings in london described one zeppelin raid. he said among stars along gold ashes. it is stale yellow the color of the harvest moon. reaching from the city are touching autosides of the death messengers with their white tips. great shakes the city. this is the sownsd of zeppelin bombs killing burning and another onlooker recalled seeing a streak of fire shooting down straight at me. he said i stared at it hardly sprengding. but one struck the restaurant just a few yards away. then burning in the wound. with the streets for better protection. but what about that? on 25th of september, 1915 the british who had at first condemned germany's use of it just five months previously made their own military use of it during the battle of outhe winds changed and the british troops, the long turning piece had been sent with many of the 5,000 cylinders of chlorine so that the contents could simply not be released. worth german exploding some of the cylinder causing mother damaging gas to escape into th

all over london the cranes are moving in. they protest but the noise of investment capital drowns their voices out. >> this will create a dead heart of london. we're against that, we want a living london, this is our last stand against social cleansing of inner london. >> successive governments have let this happen. after winning power in 1997, tony blair's first act as labor minister his government's first idea was knock down these flats. all of which brings us back to elections, the endless debate of the deserving or undeserving poor and whether there should be a cap on the number of poor immigrants are allowed into the u.k, yet nowhere is there anything about the role of rich and difficultiy in difficulty in living in london at all. a market dominated by rich investors. lawrence lee, al jazeera in london. >> central africa republic's warring faction he are gathering, troubled country, as well as the elections which are due to take place later this year. barnaby phillips reports. >> for much of the past two years, the centr

i'm david foster live from london. this is what we will look at in detail for the next 60 minutes. >>> desperation of these migrants sent back to libya as they try to reach europe. >>> also coming out, the u.n. urges the saudi-led coalition to stop bombing airports in yemen so help can get in. >>> police in texas investigate the backgrounds of two men shot dead after opening fire outside a far right conference. ifrmths . >>> i'm andrew simmons reporting from a mountainous region from nepal, and i'll explain why some of the aid isn't getting through to victims of this earthquake. >> i'm robin adams with all the sports. i'll tell you who it is later in the program. also ahead, andy murray gets his bench open trepidations off to a winning start. >>> some make and some don't. those that don't, not all of them perish as so many have. they're left stranded. the latest migrants rescued from people smuggling boats in the mediterranean have arrived in italy. in the last 48 hours alone, nearly 6,000 people have been taken to the

al jazeera news continues live from london. from london. life hundreds more migrants rescued from the mediterranean. hello there i'm felicity barr, live from london. also coming up. >> i'm ann crew simmons reporting from a mountainous region of nepal. i'll explain why aid isn't getting through to victims of this earthquake. >> also ahead israel's prime minister promises to eliminate racism

because there is no way she can afford the prices. >> they go outskirts of london or outside of londonld towns or wherever we can find it because at the moment what they are offering us becomes cannot afford to live in london anymore. >> reporter: housing has already disappeared and developers took road shows to singapore, mombi and beijing and can charge thousands of rent a month and cranes moving in and protest but the noise of investment capital drowns voices out. >> this will create a dead part of london and we are against this we want a living london. this is our last stand against social cleansing of inner london. >> reporter: successive governments let it happen after winning power in 1997 tony as labor prime minister is to visit the state and said there will be no forgotten people in the britain he wanted to build and it was his government who first came up with the idea of knocking down these people's flats and brings us to elections ap the endless debate with the deserving and undeserving poor and if there should be a cap on poor immigrants allowed in the uk. and yet no where

from athens to london, let's talk about housing. the london housing market rebounded in april.se to a 10 month high because of a shortage of property for sale. the u.k. at sector has seen big moves recently. look at these moves over the last week. they're all up significantly in the last week. where are the best opportunities in this sector? let's talk stocks with charlie campbell analyst at liver and capital. before the election, you said that a labor win would not be negative, but a conservative majority had that big pop, would you now fly that further down? charley: to think to focus on one was the micro and macro. the micro is helpful for both outcomes. the clearly thing the market has latched onto was the macroeconomic outlook under the conservative party. housing is a high ticket purchase. maybe the feeling ate the confidence would be stronger under a conservative government. jonathan: the house building stock extravaganza started in 2013, how much is in the price is right now? charlie: it started with a scheme launched in 2013, almost an overnight move in stocks as peopl

a new tube network emerging, and it's clear -- london is shifting east. each morning, a thunderous high-tech workforce surges into a district called the docklands. once a gritty industrial harbor, then a neglected no-man's-land, today the docklands has been transformed. it fills a peninsula created by a bend in the thames with gleaming skyscrapers springing out of a futuristic people zone. canary wharf tower is one of the mightiest skyscrapers in all of europe. workers enjoy good public transit and plenty of green spaces for relaxing. the entire ensemble sits upon a vast underground shopping mall. in the 1700s, the thames riverfront was jammed up with shipping in downtown london while this end of town was an industrial zone with the stinky industries -- glue making, chemical works, and so on -- conveniently located just downwind from the rest of the city. in order to relieve all the congestion in downtown london, they decided to replace the industries out here with what became the world's ultimate port. the docklands organized shipping for the vast britis

in london. exclusive interview with one of the smartest and most successful commodity investors. --via: and obama's specific obama's pacific trade deal, he does not -- he has not won the trade wars just yet. pimm: the latest blue apron is seeking valuation and there are more than 100 companies out -- thesese days, worth days worth more than $1 billion, can they really be worth so much? olivia: good morning, and welcome to the blooper and -- the bloomberg markets. tmm: let's take a look at

i remember when london was on remote we talked about this and said we want to make sure that people are getting that poise because it is city resources that made this whole thing happen what can we do and you know that's why i'm glad our here london - london but glad we have the commission as well the staff that shares that deserve to make sure that you know it worked and you know maybe be more vigilant but maybe we bring in london and . >> supervisor cohen. >> supervisor cohen and where we met with the lamar and say look this is what we're hearing make maybe a side meeting with the contractors please tells you our story but time is of the essence i totally agree. >> i agree i wasn't saying wore o one for the other a series of moseying or a look you know i don't want maybe audit is too strong of a word that's where i get to the issue of payments are those numbers truly accurate the answer to be yes, but bear bones that raise all the possum issues and all the stuff you can't burden the small business so much that their not room to grow i know we're probable going beyond the- i apolog

markets just close in london. let's go to france when loquat in london.rancine: it's really all about greece. been no convergence would increase in creditors. time is running out. downou have a lot of these -- germany throwbacks and of the biggest losers, but also the ftse. down some 1.2, 1.3%. we do realize that the greek officials plan to hold a conference call today. this was initially meant to be a meeting between the finance ministers and the creditors face-to-face. we will see if anything comes back. we also had comments from the federal reserve. i know julie hyman has been talking about that all day. that is having an impact on the european markets. the ftse here in the u k, also .k., also, ahe u low-cost carrier adding 5% after reporting an annual earnings jumped and it has a very bright outlook for the rest of the year. the rest is leak. ryanair is gaining. thank you very much, francine joining us from london. speaking of london, there are dozens of underground stations no longer being used. life.ay see a new lee sun transports london is looking

this is al jazeera live from london. also coming up. >>> the eu ministers approve a mission to deal with people smugglers in libya. >>> at least 49 dead after a landslide strikes a town in northwest colombia. >>> and thousands rally in support of macedonia's prime minister after mass protests urging him to go. >>> hello. shia mailitias are gathering nera maddy preparing for a counterattack after the islamic state of iraq and levant captured it on sunday reportedly killing as many as 500 iraqi civilians and soldiers. the shia groups are mobilizing as an army base 30 kilometers east of ramadi the capital of the mainly sunni anbar province. the iraqi government called them after the soldiers fled the city. in the last 22 hours they stepped aur raids in the area carrying out 19 strikes near the city. iran, which backs the shia militia, will help the iraqi government to confront isil if it's asked. isil fighters advance east from ramadi towards the base where the shia militias are gathering. we have more details from baghdad.

london with michael and william in london, then 15 years later we did nit london. >> rose: is this annstant yes when they called you? >> yes. the script is just so -- i wanted to do a play. i did a play a couple of years ago which was a bergman movie with david and very dark and difficult. and i was just looking for the next play and i always wanted to work with stephen dougherty. i never read "skylight," i started reading it and i read ten pages and i thought i hope it doesn't get bad! it got better and better and by the end i was completely in heaven. >> rose: it was a character you loved. you have to like her. >> completely. >> rose: yeah. it's truly great writing and not the kind of writing you can do for 12 weeks in london and 12 weeks on broadway and never tire of it because there is so much to it. >> rose: is it different in london versus new york? >> it is. it's a british play with a lot of different british references and the audience react differently. >> rose: tell me about it? tom and kyra worked together. after a couple of years he came back based on the relationship whic

we spoke with a cardiologist for the 2012 london olympics.he said all sporting venues should have equipment on side, and even athletes who have had their hearts screened can still be at risk. >> screening is not full proof. early cpr and defibrillation improves the outcome by several fold. and someone should apply the defibrillation paddle within minutes the outcome can be improved. death rates go up for every minute delay of defibrillation. >> andy murray has won one of his first claycourt titles. the world number three winning in three sets in monday's final. he's the first british player to win a title on clay in 39 years and as a special treat did he an encore costume change so he could collect his trophy in traditional lederhosen. >> we should build a few more clay courts in the u.k. that's a very long time. and i think it's always nice to try to--i wasn't aware that that was the case, but it was nice to have done that, and i can try win another one in the next few weeks. >> stephen curry has just machine named the nba most valuable play

. >> hello from london. >> hi, london. >> i will be voting. >> last time, i think i made a mistake. time, i intend to put it right. >> every vote helps. i'm going to vote. >> policies, especially on immigration. i'm an immigrant. >> constituency the whole time i have lived there. it does feel my vote isn't worth anything, but i feel you should put forward your right to vote. >> get service. get help with my mortgage. >> it's important for young people and everyone in general to have their voice heard and hopefully make a difference and make it count. >> i think my vote is going to make a difference. that's why women died, for a vote like mine. >> i hope my vote will make a difference. i'm looking to pushing in the right direction. >> voters in their own words. cnn is, of course, the place for extensive coverage for the uk general elections. we'll have live coverage this week and on thursday as the first votes are cast. that is all right here. special coverage on cnn. >>> monday is a holiday in the united kingdom. weather does not seem to be playing along. derek van dam with more on

the statue in london. and this was a much grander affair. presenting the statue was u.s. secretary of state. there was a lot more press coverage than there was in manchester and the british prime minister david lloyd george gave a speech accepting the gift on behalf of the american people. a different speech from a different lincoln event. [laughter] . >> david lloyd george gave a great speech. he was a fan of lincoln. i want to quote from what he said, because i think it captures so well the power of the lincoln image in britain. i doubt any statesman sunk into the hearts as abraham lincoln did. i'm not sure you in america realize the expense that he is also our possession and our pride. his courage patience, humanity, his trust in the people, his belief in democracy and may i add some of the phrases that he gave expressions will stand out as beacons to guide troubled nations, resolute in war, he was moderate in victory. misrepresented misunderstood, he was patience to the last. for the people believed in

mary's hospital in london to give the world a look at the princess. the name of the new prince assess of cambridge has not been announced. >>> and more from london. >> reporter: prince william, the duchess of cambridge, kate and their baby girl are now back at kensington palace. kate was brought here at 6:00 a.m. london time just six and a half hours later giving birth to a baby girl. kensington palace tweeting out the news the healthy baby girl fourth in line to the throne. the first princess to be born so close to the line of succession in over 50 years since 1950. the duchess of cambridge, prince william and their new baby all came out, stood on the steps here of the hospital, waved to the crowd, gave everyone a nice long look at their beautiful hours-old baby girl. then prince william drove the family back home to kensington palace. prince george was seen as well today. he gave a royal wave from the front steps and then went inside to visit his baby sister. the entire family will stay for a few days at kensington palace. they will have a visit fro

errol barnett is live in london. errol? >> hello from london, rosemary. with one day to go before brits head to the polls, the outcome here is anyone's guess. >> we'll talk to you in a moment. thank you, errol. hello, welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world, i'm rosemary church. this is "cnn newsroom." ♪ ♪ >>> we begin with the latest on the two gunmen who opened fire outside of a texas exhibit featuring cartoons of the prophet muhammad. u.s. authorities believe the men drove from their home in phoenix, arizona, across state lines to garland, texas. but it is unclear when the trip was made. isis is claiming responsibility for sun day's attack. and it appears one of the gunmen had online ties to jihadists overseas. cnn's pamela brown reports. >> reporter: cnn learned one of the gunmen, elton simpson direct aid message on twitter to this account believed off to belong to an american member of al qaeda in somalia. calling attention to the planned prophet muhammad cartoon event in dallas suburbs. on april 23rd, simpson tweeted about t

the third fatal bike accident in london within four weeks. dave was spurred to action by an accident too. dave sherry: a vehicle hit the back of my bike, i call the police, and they said it's your word against his. nothing could be done. i thought i'm not going to have done with that. i decided on putting cameras on my bike, so the next time it happened, i have evidential evidence, which is admissible in court and can't be disputed. reporter: it became his mission. by trade, sherry is a bus driver, and he uses his bike to commute between the city center in the suburbs. he sees a lot of people using their phones while driving or committing other traffic violations. dave says he is britain's most hated cyclist. and it is no wonder that people don't like him, since he doesn't just confront them with his camera, he also names and shames those who break the law. when the amature detective comes home, he uploads the videos he recorded on the roads to youtube. and he is merciless. the driver of this bus lost his job when dave caught him texting whil

london that is such a nice introduction need you say more shall i get off and let you take pictures of the world series let me just add something that i know is nor'easter to london heart and to me and so many of you martin luther king day london and commissioner cohen and several others of supervisors joined me and mark bev half hour and hydra mendosa our education group joined some 50 students to watch the movie selma and our intent was not just to see the film but to have a communication with our student leaders in san francisco after that film london and i had a special lunch with mr. benny hoff and several others one the requests that came out from the students themselves in our campaigns with them in trying to ascertain from them what do question e they want out the city what can we do to work with them to make sure they understand that we are working for their success we want their talent to come out and to be supportive and to be initiative in our city and because of all the national and local xhfktsdz regarding everything from police brutal so discriminates clearly that was th

susan mcginnis is in london. susan, good morning. >> reporter: anne-marie, good morning. there's still a rush of bets on what this little princess is called but it won't be long before we find out what they named their new princess. it all happened so quickly. kate gave birth after three hours of labor. she and prince william left the hospital just nine hours after she was born but the duke and duchess of cambridge are taking their time revealing the name of the new princess. one newspaper dubbed her sleeping cutie but london shops ss keep riding on the names. >> they keep saying charlotte and alice. prince william and kate and their two children will soon leave their home at kensington palace and leash for their country estate two hours from london. they're expected to stay out of the public eye for several weeks. will and kate's kensington neighbors say they'll miss having them in london. >> we would see william driving his range rover. we will miss them. but, of course they'll be coming down here off and on. >> reporter: celebrations will continue this afternoon when t

to us and the city give us a chance i know our chief and supervisors supervisor kim and supervisor london breed and i joined together with our education leaders our school district to say that we had to give our kids more than the chance and these days i think earlier in the years about a chance to recover and restore justice we had a lot of problems these today's daisy it is about prevention and success in those kids eyes we have the new leaders coming broad san francisco (clapping) and i want to thank rudy and the entire staff and board of directors for figuring out when this neighborhood stabilization fund was critiqued with the leadership of the supervisors and the board and mayor establishing this fund we realized change wag coming and if our nonprofits were struggling we're not going to get caught in being victimized full name they'll have to figure out in quicken quickly i know and now they oppose this building (clapping) incredible. >> look at middle grader how do you like ownership our own building is guidelines good; right? disney is yourselves we want to make sure this city is

the tories didn't expect to do well in london. london was seen as a great week point where labour was ahead by 12 points. it was a double surprise. >> let's go back to the moment the poll results were published. it was called a shocker. what was going through your mind at 10:00? >> everybody who saw the exit poll thought, could david cameron really be doing so well? could every single opinion poll be wrong? it seems now that yes, they were. the votes are still being counted, but ed miliband looks like he's going to finish with fewer mps than gordon brown means to bring back in 2010. >> was it the economy, we saw ed miliband stumble in the debate? >> what the posted show was that people didn't really prefer cameron over miliband that much. but people prefer cameron to anything involving the nationalist. it has worked very well. >> we will be back when we hear about nick clegg and get some reaction to that. tom: were also suggesting that chelsea's had a conservative gain, so it's almost a clean sweep. are you in glasgow? what is you

they gained seats in london. it doesn't make up for those we were hoping to gain across the country and haven't. >> let's look at the figures and speak to tom. as i was saying, it's been in the past hour we have a clearer picture. the lib dems - bruising night. >> we are seeing a real picture emerging. lib dems lost some. vince cable, a politician a cabinet member lost his seat in twickenham in london. it's a bad night for them. across the country, and around the country, losing to the conservatives. >> they had made a pledge to scrap university fees and didn't live up to it. it's revenge for not keeping its promise. is the situation for labour as bad as it seems. >> it's hard to say. they are losing a few seats. there was a chance, the number two. he is losing his seat. they are picking up a few. they do better in london than the rest of the country. it's too soon to tell. given the numbers it puts them in a bad position. >> ukip a party a lot of people are talking about. they got one mp. the first member of par

. >> reporter: i am in london, where daniel is unveiling his reinvention of the piano. ♪ ♪ >>> iraq'sitary has launched an operation to try and retake anbar province from the islamic state of the iraq and the levan shia in litschs are also involved which some thinks could raise sectarian tensions. isil took control of ramadi last week with iraqi troops fleeing. ramadi lies just 115-kilometers from the capital baghdad and keeping isil out of baghdad is now a top priority with troops secure its outskirts imran kahn reports from the last safe place to cross from anbar to baghdad. >> reporter: iraqi forces gather to pretear to ray prepare to retake the city. it's likely to to be a long operation there are reporters of isil forces preparing to lead government forces. they will lead with the backing of shia militia man support booed by iran. and air strikes led by the united states. they are also gearing one other battles. it's feared isil could push in to baghdad. to prevent that from happening this man is securing the outskirts of the capital. the town just under 30-kilometers from baghda

he had been fingerprinted on his return to london. in 2012 investigators searched his home and found a bomb making manual but a key evidence came from a piece of a similar bomb analyzed by the fbi. his fingerprints in yellow linking him to the bomb that killed sergeant johnson. >> the fbi unit has hundreds of thousands of bits of bombs to go through and they're working their way through it and it's that backlog that's taken the time. >> at trial he claims the bombs were meant to protect iraqi sunnis to militants. he was sentenced to 38 years for johnson's murder. >> he was a good soldier, good leader, good friend and i hope it brings a little peace to his family. >> reporter: justice at last for a father, a husband, a fallen soldier. nbc news, london. >>> and up next, the shark alert on this holiday weekend. shark alert on this holiday weekend. vo: today's the day. more and more people with type 2 diabetes are learning about long-acting levemir®. as my diabetes changed it got harder to control my blood sugar. today, i'm asking about l

when he goes to london or europe, he is a different guy.mes back to munich and bavaria he is like i come from this deep bavarian countryside and i am your guy. he has sort of been salami slicing the job cuts. 700 in december, and 4.5 thousand today. in the ideal world, they don't want that to figure out. luckily we have something between our ears. jon: big thank you for joining us this morning. big bloomberg news reporter and siemens expert. let's get caught up on equities. the ftse 100 still lower. the dax up by one third of 1%. the shanghai comp another day of losses. down by 2.7% this morning. the biggest three-day loss since june 2013. we had a monster rally, here is the correction. morgan stanley downgrading their call on chinese equities for the first time in eight years. analysts ringing the alarm. back in two. ♪ jon: welcome back, let's bring you up to speed. we reported an increase in first quarter drop its as sales eat analyst estimates. the takeover is expected to be completed in the first half of next year. australian reporters

she joins me live from london.hristina, the talks are the culmination of a long running dispute that fifa has been trying to navigate for some time now. is he likely to make any progress here? >> well it is difficult to say at this stage. you say it has been part of a long-running dispute now for two years, fifa have been trying to resolve. at the heart of it are complaints by the palestinian futbol association that israel has been restricting players, foreign and palestinian and equipment from moving between gaza and the west bank. they say israel have been discriminatory or racist as the palestinian futbol association are calling it and saying five teams from israeli futbol league are in illegal settlements which contrave contravenes, fifa rules. he is there to set a compromise and ward of a vote on may 29th at fifa congress in europe which could mean israel could be kicked out of world futbol if complaints from the palestinian futbol association are found to be valid. you mentioned he met with president netanyah

this particular constituency in the northwest of london. at the last elections was the tightest of all of the -- of all of the, the electoral seats in mainland uk. so this is one of those areas where -- the expectation of a high turnout will be standing here. through the day, watching people come. watching people go. they, they have been lining up outside. walking in. it is a little early around here. but for people to be getting up and going on their way to work. expectation would be, in the next few hours, as people -- begin their journeys to work. they will stop off here before they jump on trains and buses into the center of london. errol. >> and -- nick perhaps we can talk about what voters can and cannot do in polling stations. they do of course, want people to be, able to vote anonymously. there are some 43,000 polling stations all over the country. open right now. and, i believe the ballots are a simple alphabetical list of the candidates and folks just have to walk in and check a box, right? >> very simple. very easy. when you show

part of london's disused metro system is offered for commercial use. it's hoped some of the ghost stations could be turned to restaurants, art galleries and a theatre. from a subterranean london here is emma haywood. >> reporter: more than 20 meters below the surface the underground network is evolving. new routes leaving the past behind. down street station closed, too close to other stations, passenger numbers dwindled. during the world war ii, they became the corridors of power. prime minister churchill used the station to meet his war cabinet and slept here sometimes, safe from german bombing. the site was top secret, where decisions could be made and messages sent. >> there would have been 25 or so administrative staff protected by soldiers, a military escort down here as well. it would have been a working place, a busy place. >> you get a real sense of history coming into the now empty tunnels. at one time they would have been packed with people. now, you can still hear the piccadilly line trains rumbling along. part of this site is still used by

and the financial center in london will continue to eb towards the european union. they have the code napoleon, london, new york, singapore, hong kong, bahrain, they operate on the anglo saxon system as does new york. we have a problem heading in that direction, and london losing influence in the financial world. >>> john brown is a long-time member of the british parliament for winchester. thank you for joining us on "inside story". the long-standing alliance between the u.k. and the united states has been called the special relationship. a recent u.s. ambassador to the u.k. joins us to talk about whether the special relationship will stay special after the surprising election. you're watching "inside story". >>> you're watching "inside story" on al jazeera america joining me now is a former united states ambassador to the u.k. he was america's top diplomat in london during the obama administration from 2009 through 2013. . >> thank you >>> we heard from john brown, sort of a nightmare scenario for the future of a very old and deer friend of the united states - the

mary's hospital in london. kate was admitted a few hours ago. cbs news correspondent susan mcginnes is live with the latest. >> reporter: palace officials confirmed that the duchess of cambridge has been admitted in the exclusive private wing of st. mary a's hospital in lon on. the kate and prince william say they don't know if they are having a boy or girl but that has in the stopped people from guessing. >> girl,. >> boy yeah. >> reporter: duke a duchess of a little boy, kate had prince george at the the the same hospital almost two years ago. the doctors a this baby will come much more quickly then last time when kate was in labor here at st. mary a's hospital for ten and a half hours. royal bulletin will announce the baby's birth and againer on a golden easel in front of the buckingham palace. the name of the prince or princess will be september secret forever days. when prince george was been will and kate kept people guessing for two days first informing queen elizabeth of the name choice. in london susan

london indicated to open up over one and a half percent in london.eeping an eye on the banks and utilities. utilities free from the specter of price caps. the long government bond market these are features prices up on the guilt. i spoke to john at ubs. the unexpected disappearance of uncertainty. it is critically important that you look at the bottom of that board at short-term interest rates in the u.k.. it is interesting that hasn't changed that much. you take 100 minus 99.13. rates at ubs say that the momentum will build as the consensus seems to be that there will be stability of government and the timing has the bank of england announcing rates today. no great change expected. if you want to punt on election day and election year this is the market according to the historians. after an election. the ftse 250 rises on average by 18% in the year of an election. of course we had the best election-year rally on equity markets. 1987, the ftse 250 has risen typically bite 18%. this is what john had to say to me earlier. we get there in the end. this

live from london. i'm francine lacqua. the u.k.ron has met the european commission president jean-claude juncker to discuss renegotiating the terms of britain's membership in the eu. david cameron will meet european leaders this week. he meets the danish prime minister on thursday and the french president on friday. poland witnessed its biggest political upset in a decade. the new president's plan to tax banks and buy them back from foreign owners has spooked investors. he does not have authority to dictate domestic policies. he will gain clout in the parliament for the opposition party. fuel retailers held back supplies in nigeria because they say they are still owed one billion dollars by the outgoing government of president goodluck jonathan. let's check in on the markets. we have had quite a lot of moves and we have been looking at the yuan. jonathan: a lot going on. the ftse is off about 0.5%. the dax is still down about 0.6%. it is a classic risk-off scenario. the bond market explains this the best. look at the german bond. i