u. k. have improved a whopping 80 percent hike in household gas and electricity bills. as utilities struggle with soaring cost, the decision lifts what's known as the energy cap for household modern fixed contracts essentially to the maximum cost that utilities can pass along to more than $3500.00 pounds annually for it took the household german households focus on saving money has reached the highest level in 11 years, that's according to consumer researcher from g of k. it attributes the higher savings tendency score to german expectations of higher energy, wilster's winter, purchasing sentiment continued its fall. meanwhile, it's at the lowest level since 2008. it is difficult times at the order currently the river that's dividing germany and poland at least $300.00 tons of dead fish, had been recovered from the river after fears were raised over a chemical spill there last month. now polish media claimed that digging for natural resources in the region could be to blame. but mining company, k, g, m h, is denying any role in the disaster. polish firemen are literally

u. k. have walked off the job again. demanding pay raises to offset inflation. large parts of the network are the standstill. britain has seen a series of fi strikes and more walk outs are shadowed. this month. the taliban have broken up a red woman's rally the african capital cobble militants fired one in shots and assaulted the women marching past education, ministry. protesters where demand and food, freedom and emission to work women and girls are largely young indian creek. i'm angry. i'm shocked. the river, odorous part of our home, you know it's ruined, was probably for the next few years that just makes me incredibly sandwich. local municipalities say they weren't warned by german federal or polish. i'll dorothy this year with what we lean informed by anglers and voters. that dental fish floating on the order prime of yourself and from the official side that we haven't received any information beforehand. it's to put it mildly depressing, or even incomprehensible. koya higher authorities

u. k. have walked off the job again, demanding pay raises to offset inflation. large part of the network has been brought to the standstill. britain has seen a series of stripes and more walk out. shuttled this month. the taliban violently broke up a woman's valley in the african capital cobbled. but it sounds fired, one and shots and assaulted women who marched in front of cities, education ministry. the protesters were chanting for food work on feeder. women and girls are largely bound from public life. on the taliban rule. 2 more cargo ships carrying green i've sealed from ukrainian ports in the black sea. 16 vessels of have safe passage so far on the view drawn up by the united nations. great hopes to start exports in 3000000 tons of thousands of dead fish have washed up along the banks of the order river on the border between germany and poland. officials are found high levels of mercury and salt in water samples. they are now trying to find out what went wrong. dead fish are filling the sh

u. k. have walked off the job again. demanding pay raises to offset inflation. last part of the network or the standstill, britain has seen the series of a strikes more walk out of shadowed this one. the taliban have broken up the red woman's valley in the african capital. cobble militants fired warning shots and assaulted the women marching past education ministry. the protesters where demanded food, freedom and emission to work. women and girls are largely bound from public life on the telephone to more cargo ships carry in grain have sailed from ukrainian ports in the block c. 16 vessels of safe passage so far under you, drawn up by the united nations degree in hopes to start exporting 3000000 tons of thousands of dead fish have washed up along the banks of the old river on the border between germany and poland. officials are found high levels of mercury and salt in water samples, and i was trying to find out what went wrong. dead fish are filling the shores of the alder. tons are washing up in the river, which helps form germany's border with poland. out tar

we know that at western governments have had some involvement in terms of preparation of attack, spare. u. k. british government have admitted that they have spoken to kiev about such things, of course weapons are supplying and all the time to keep to attack somebody or a family member of of such a high profiled figure does not come from kiev itself. or do you think we won't be able to prove this? but there were discussions there were talks away from ukraine that this was a target that, that should be dealt with. i think the regime in kiev with their intelligence services, clearly employing neo nazis straight out of a's, often in, in large numbers is certainly capable of the maliciousness of the, of the act. but we also have to keep in mind that alexander doogan was on sanctioned live, specifically from western governments, which is rather bizarre because they surely know in reality what a marginal figure he was in russian politics. but daria duke and herself, his daughter, was sanctioned by the british government. so clearly they had their numbers on both of these individuals as well. and i

u. k. have walked off the job again. demanding pay raises to offset inflation. large parts of the network are at a standstill. britain has seen a series of strikes, overpaid, and more walk outs are scheduled later this month. the taliban have broken up a rare women's rally and the afghan capital cobbled militants fired warning shots and assaulted the women were marching past the education ministry. protesters were demanding food, freedom, and permission to work. women and girls are largely banned from public life under taliban rule. or thousands of dead it's ish, have washed up along the banks of the order river on the border between germany and poland. officials have found high levels of mercury and salt in water samples. they're now trying to find out what went wrong. dead fish are filling the shores of the older tons are washing up in the river, which helps form german is border with poland. outdoor it is suspect that they were killed by chemical pollution. johan is gib berman is an environme

well, we have a number of case studies here. the u. k. in india for instance, have impose these windfall taxes. what do you make of their success? you know, it's too early to say, we've only just had them. in fact, from the energy point or industry point of view. i probably, that the one have a terribly big negative effect. it will have a negative effect, but not, not particularly big because it happens the time where, where we have univision, russian invasion on ukraine and a lot of energy companies basically managed to make quite a bit of money out of out of their resources that they have in the north fee or elsewhere in terms of oil and gas production. but we are really not passing the right message. the stager is, i'll give you an example. let's say century car is producing a lot of gas in the u. k. having a wind full tax is just going to pot, send a message to everyone. well, if you invest more into the u. k and u. k gas product gas production, which we need really, really badly. well and you make money, we're going to tax you. the sa

u. k. have launch some of their most disruptive industrial action in years with living costs hitting a 40 year high. they want more pay and better conditions. tens of thousands of transport staff postal employees and even lawyers have walked off the job. and for the 1st time in 30 years, doc work has also went on strike at britain's largest container. port trade unions accused business leaders of putting prophets ahead of workers that the government says, union bosses are holding the country to ransom. we're bringing our guests in just a moment. first, harry force it has more from felix to port in the east of england. the world's largest container ship at britain's largest container port the ever a lot arrived on thursday and normally would be long gone by now. but strike action by felix, those 900100 dock workers has stopped operations. the unite union says a recently increased offer of a 7 percent pay rise. doesn't keep pace with spiraling inflation. it's seeking a double digit raise that it s

u. k. even have to possibly gain from this welsh, the u. k. corporate completely with united states. ok these, these air patrols happened very, very frequently. matter of fact, they're ferry called correctly way back when k a l o 7 was downed oversight, buria. they had mistaken it for one of these aircraft or a she one went 35 and the, these things are, are just really, are used in these roles to, to provoke air defense radars. how to explore what's going on that k l o 7, or was a civilian aircraft, of course, or followed the path of the, the kinds of reconnaissance aircraft that the russians are. soviets at the time took as an intelligence aircraft. that's why they shut it down. that's such surveillance, i suggest that not only is the us fighting a proxy wearing ukraine and we, we know that a lot of the evidence points of this, but are the british showing that they're getting on board with this as well? well, the british are really just a vassal, that the united states, they do what the united states tells them to do. they're pretty much isolated from the rest of the world, even fro

u. k. have faced major disruptions as train drivers go on strike . thousands of employees at 9 rail companies are calling for bitter pie and working conditions. harry faucet reports from central london. one of london's busiest stations closed the business to the unlucky if constant stream of would be travellers arriving at london, houston, the same story, confusion disappointment, a hasty remaking of plans, but a time when so many a struggling with a mounting cost of living, notably little condemnation of the striking rail workers, people cleaning and listening, working plus people say we can't afford it. so maybe this will help. it's a shame, but i think for the great good after a rail holiday through europe, shawn's frustration was with the ro companies as he had his friends struggled to get home to dublin. this is plans, you know, it wasn't, they didn't decide to not turn up to work today. so this absolutely could have been avoided, planned around alternatives offered or at the very least the

u. k. have all asked for, have all called for an immediate cessation of the house tilly, and as in a sigh of relief for many people here in tripling, we saw our forces gathering in miss rata a large convoy, which was headed towards tripoli. affiliated with missouri. they decided to a go back to miss rata. now the forces that entered western libya were our military sources are telling us that they are beginning to return. so we are seen aside relief, but things can escalate very quickly here in libya, due to the fragile security situation and the political differences. libyans want these political, these, the politically we to stop, you know, start fighting on the streets on the streets. no causing death injury and destruction among the civilian population they want to see in and they want the differences to be settled on negotiating. and they want elections to be held as soon as soon as possible because they're fed up with the political lead at the moment. this violence happening in right densel

u. k. have gone off the rails of 9 train firms go on strike. fairly owns president accuses opponents, have tried to topple the government after days of protest. and then for the dream run, continues in toronto for this brazilian player. ah, well, the heat wave across england is intensifying, have one, and you get that once again, it's been record breaking stuff. so for the 2nd day in a row, the english port city of plymouth, setting to record at $32.00 degrees and for the republic of ireland, never before for the month of august. have we've seen a temperature this high oak park, 31.7 degrees that south was of dublin. so the peak of the heat coming over the course of the weekend both saturday and sunday london. we've got you in for 35 degrees. more clouds will float in, i don't think we're going to see any relief until early next week, and by that point, the heat wave will have been going on for more than a week, but of relief. also coming for central portions of spain with his batch of what weat

k, you have to do the on u k. so that's one of the reasons that people think that these crossing the happen a because you actually have to me coffee the made up any before you commit to finding that there are certainly differences that we are seeing in terms of a policy approved. and i think also more publicly and there's a real lack of understanding, i think. and i have to say, you know, even if someone who works in this area, what's going on in the mediterranean is something that even i did not know huge amount about in a way that everybody, you know, what was going on in ukraine and huge the important and valuable, but you do you see a discrepancy and public knowledge show money? i just pull that up because our online community right now, what we're mentioning that difference between ukraine, refugees and then people trying to cross the mediterranean one more way. i want to include very briefly interact, conversation, and this is maurice. he spoke to us just a few hours ago. this is the point that he wanted to m

u. k, we have what we call fuel poverty, which is if you have to spend 10 percent of your income to afford a decent level of heat and how you, regardless, being in fuel poverty, september 2021. they're about 4000000 households across the u. k. in fuel poverty, this announcement as we had into october, that's going to jump to about 9000000 households and we know it will get even worse . but the next iteration of these price caps in january, of course, energy price rises, don't just affect domestic consumers. they hit businesses to through this door is a bakery called no gill bakes, a typical small business run by cousins my entire my as noticed less money coming in as customers for go non essential trees and costs going up as prices rise for energy and other things needed to run the company. i always care what action she'd like to see from the government. kind of need them to support small businesses so that we can support the local community as opposed to giving tax cuts to companies who could look at and take it to the islands. the support package for consumers announced by boris johnson'

u. k. u. s. france and germany have stressed the importance of keeping ukraine's nucleus sites safe and a joint phone call. they urged military restraint around europe. sanchez. tant. let's go straight to sonia gabriel, who's standing by frost in london. sonia, tell us about this call. well, it was released by number 10 downing street that the full leaders had a conversation by phone us president biden. the german chancellor of sholtes, as well as frances in mind when my call, the focus of that conversation did center around how urgent it was to maintain safety and security around those up what asia nuclear facility. they also discussed how they welcomed the initiative of the international atomic energy agency to enable emission the the plan. now this follows fridays phone conversation between manuel, my cool and russia's president putin, where they discuss the issue as well. president mccomb said that this was an urgent phone call as it put europe's security on the line as well. and he said that president putin had indeed welcome the ideal allowed the idea of allowing independence investigatio

u. k joined the case now we have a obviously the gambia leading the case. we now have the little ones a canada and now the u. k. about to, during the case of. ready both of those stamps the fact that it's want to proceed as a case and the 5 that there is stronger support by lation are very form steps for, but we need to do a lot more then than just gap. there is ways in which the international to move, we can coordinate their actions, focus strategically with pressure that needs to be applied, diplomatic pressure, economic pressure, waikato weapons. we need to cut the flow of revenue 2 of the military hunter in the market. think about this note the, the person who commanded the troops with committed the genocide 5 years ago is the one who led this coo and me and more last year and is now what is the criminal gang basically is what you, how you could do accurately concealment a criminal gang holding an entire nation on 50 form, 8000000 people hostage. it is a credit and it, and we're actually torturing killing it, lead daily life for the people. and me lot is

u. k. is economic activity some time now. i think at the moment and now they have this announcement has been made those all blinking of the stairs read. this is a looming emergency. there are many, many households around the u. k who this winter are not just going to be finding things very, very tough. they're actually gonna be plunged into destitution there. some research on at the university of york, which suggests that by january of 2023 more than well, about 2 thirds of households in england and wales are going to be officially classified as in fuel poverty. that means that once they've covered their fuel costs, the money that they have left to spend will put them beneath the poverty line. that's an extraordinary prediction and gives you an indication of how bad things are likely to get in the, in the next few months. because prices are going to carry going up. this isn't, this is not the end of the energy fuel rises. we can talk now to a much it he is the baker, who, along with her cousin, runs this bakery. no, gill bakes. it is london. so give us an idea abou

u. k. economy shrank in the 2nd quarter of this year by not point one percent. economists have now broadly come to the conclusion that britain is heading for a recession. these all worrying times for u. k. households for whom every day life getting more expensive, putting the kettle on is going to cost britain's a bit more this winter. that's because the countries cap on domestic energy prices is expected to rise to over $5000.00 euros a year beginning in january. conservative party candidates for britons next, prime minister, disagree on how to address what is bound to be a crisis for many families. front runner list trust says she plans to alleviate financial strain by zeroing in on taxes. i will reduce taxes, and i'll also have a temporary moratorium on the green energy levy to save people money on their fuel bills. and what's important is that we get the economy growing, we can't get the economy growing. if we have the highest tax rates for 70 is in this country urgency when her rivalry she soon act wants to offer britons another energy bill credit this winter. i do feel a moral respons

u. k. is busiest boards have walked off the job threatening major disruption fil excel board accounts were close to half of the countries container freight traffic, the 8 day war cat response by a pay dispute. harry foster has spoken to the striking workers. the world's largest container ship had britton's largest container port the ever a lot arrived on thursday and normally would be long gone by now. but strike action by felix. those 1900 dock workers has stopped operations. the unite union says a recently increased offer of a 7 percent pay rise doesn't keep pace with spiraling inflation. it's seeking a double digit raise that it says would share surging corporate profits. $71000000.00 at last count more equitably with the workers. now unfortunately, we've yet to be given an offer, which we think we can take back and which reflects our members as bryson and talking to members today in which we're in a position that there is you can see we've, we've had that message sent back to us loud and clear, felix to port says it was reminded in recent days by the bank of england of the inflation re

u. k. u. s. france and germany have stress, the importance of keeping ukraine's nuclear sites safe. my joint phone called i urged military restraint to and for the international atomic energy agency to be allowed to visit this operations facility. the daughter of pro kremlin political commentator alexander duke, and has been killed in a car bomb explosion in moscow. gaudio debina and her father had been vocal supporters of russia's invasion of ukraine. work is that one of the busiest ports have gone on strike for 8 days in a dispute of a pe, the move threatens major economic disruption. public stroke port accounts for close to half of the countries container freight traffic at least 30 people have been killed. dozens injured in a seat on a hotel in the somali capital that lasted more than a day. oh, show bob fighters, who gain access to the building in mogadishu, reportedly wearing police uniforms, the bloody c joanie ended when security forces stormed the hotel and killed the attackers. harvard valves took security forces, 32 and this huge of the hyatt hotel in mogadishu. a special

u. k. citizens that have control black guides to contend with this winter of electricity costs continue to store local officials report to people have been killed on 16 injured, 3 more are missing after the ukrainian army shelter bridge. in the her southern region, a nearby village is also hit by debris, with across the world run the clock. this is our t pleasure to have your company today. i'm, you know, we begin read breaking news. the russian security service has blamed kiev for the killing of doria, duke and the daughter of russian philosopher, alexander, duke. and according to the f s. b, ukrainian secret services carried out the car bama tech. on the 29 year old journalist, this is footage released by the f s b and taken from a security camera on the apartment building where doria doing lived. the suspect is spotty, going to the entrance and typing the code to the door. she apparently rented a flat in the same building where mistook and lived. another video shows her crossing the border into estonia. the security cameras captured all the details, including her face on the car whic

through those winter months will have to be put in by the new prime minister, who will not win that vote until september the 5th. ok, danny houston from h. i, val in the u. k. thank you very much. a razor flying taxes have been talked about the solution to many of the world urban transport problems that quick reduce congestion and comparatively environmentally friendly. but for all the hype in recent years, are still a long way off with the technology. yet to be perfect. this is atlas test center in spain. a very special aircraft is about to take off phoenix to the prototype of the flying taxi's of the future. that is developed under high pressure by german company. lilian. the startup is in competition with 100 other developers worldwide. all of which seek to be one step ahead in the approval process. yet if lucas go be that a no use, every flight is a new chapter. even if we say the test flying is like testing the boundaries next limiting and then the next. and one also has to be ready. let's take a step back to get phoenix, 2 flies unmanned and is remotely controlled. one by lit 6 passengers and a range of more than 200 kilometers. that's how these flyi

u. k and australia. have all assisted washington on this. support for assange has been growing and australia, his birthplace now has a prime minister, who, while in opposition, wanted him released, has anthony albany as he changed his to. and if he hasn't, will it make a difference? our starting point this week is wiki leeks, the worker sanchez, news organization did that landed him in jail the, it's easy to get buried in the galleries of the case against julian, the jurisdiction. question. the expedition was the accusations of a legal hacking and asked me what can get, why is the journalism assange and what you weeks produced. starting in the mid 2000, that news outlets around the world went to town, including what we learned about american wars in afghanistan and iraq. what they couldn't tolerate was when judy and i will send video footage by them all up come on, which showed in the helicopter, in killing ordinary people. that is the principal, the exposure of war, crying that caused outrage, especially in

have been killed. the ladies of the u. s. u . k. france and germany have called for an end to attacks me crime separation nuclear power plants, ukrainian official se shelling and see to me that complex 'cause the large fire and cut electricity. there are serious concerns of a nuclear disaster. the u. s. in south career and carrying out the largest joint military drills in years. so says the exercise is our starting point to reorganize its emergency. ready? men are right. those are the headlines. i'm emily angry. the news continues here on al jazeera, after rebel architecture, to stay with us. talk to al jazeera, we ask for the rebound, you speak off his clearly come get a high cost for airlines and the industry. what's going wrong? we listen, you were part of the, i'm struggling in the 19 seventy's if you have any regrets. you know, we meet with global news makers. i'm talk about the stories that matter on al jazeera architecture has always defined the human from the simplest structure to the greatest monument. but rebellion is und

having those inspectors inside the nuclear power plant. so again, these are the leaders of the us, france, germany and the u. k. what else would they like to talk about? probably intelligence, we've all seen those pictures on social media of those military trucks inside the facility, the u. s. government and these governments are going to have a much better assessment of the people on twitter or anything we would know about what the potential uses for those military trucks are. another thing they're likely going to be talking about is, if the worst case happens, if there is a malfunction at the plat, there is a radioactive cloud. what are they going to do if it drifts into a nato member country? remember, article 5 says, a direct attack on any nato country, means nato, then instantly gets involved in the war. well, would a radioactive cloud be considered a direct attack on that country? so undoubtedly there be discussing that this is also, these readouts are important because they send a message, they send a message to the kremlin, to vladimir putin. that this is an issue, especially when it comes to the nuclear

all the 900 people have died since june. millions of people in the u. k. will see an 80 percent rise in their energy bills from october, on average that made an increase from around $2300.00 a year to more than $4000.00. the ukraine war has caused a global price like a ukraine's zappa z. a nuclear plot is back online, the government's nuclear agency says it was cut off from the power grid off the fires damaged overhead electricity lines and rushes. invasion of seen a rise in patriotism among ukrainian steps. most apparent, in places like odessa, where attempts are now being made to distance the city from its russian influences . algiers, tories. a bo is there. oh, an opera about ukrainians leaving under oppression doing the turkish empire. oh, it's also a love story whose characters are constantly fighting to return to their land. it's been staged in obese as opera house. the conductor says the plays now more symbolic than ever. as his country's fighting a russian invasion knows his anxious cousin working in difficult conditions. everything we do is aimed

landslide caused part of the shrine, the cabinet to cave in on sundays, at least 4 people have died. workers that one of the u. k is busiest fords. have what half the jobs threatening major economic disruption. felix. so paul accounts for close to half of the countries container, freight traffic and sudan has declared a state of emergency in 6 states because of severe flooding. at least 77 people have died since the rainy season began in may. the united nation says more than 136000 people have been displaced so far. more heavy rains are forecasts. those are the headlines. the news continues on al jazeera, after inside story. ah, nearly half the population of ethiopia is tegra region is going hungry. that's the warning from the whirlpool program to grind. leaders are accused of refusing tours for the federal government. so as peace conditions ending the humanitarian crisis. this is inside story. ah hello there and welcome to the program. i'm laura kyle. it's been called the worst disaster on earth, and now the situation and ethiopia, t cry region is expected to worsen the un says the new a 2 year conflicts has le

have to tackle. again, with huge urgency, but we've made huge strides in the u. k and across europe regarding that they have been too slow. all of these have almost been generational. we don't have time. so spouse saying look, things are difficult. there is urgency for change, but people are willing to do it when they recognize that it helps themselves in their for helps others. is part is part of saying, well, what government to be want to vote for who do want to elect to ensure that the laws and the monitoring and enforcement are there and drop the whole host of long term examples where we've seen successes to do far, far better than we are doing now, but ensuring that there's a lot of hope there and a lot of so many local inspirational samples from what's called gorilla gardening, where people take over dead space in cities like london and girl fruit and vegetables to some incredibly progressive climate change related legislation which has changed our greenhouse gas engine clad. do you think that people are willing to change their behaviors? do you think there's

at least 30 people have been killed in an attack on a hotel in the somali capital mogadishu, al, she, bob has claimed responsibility. work is at one of the u. k. busiest ports have walked off the job threatening major economic disruption. felix dough port accounts for close to half of the countries container freight traffic. it's understood food supply chains will be heavily affected. emergency workers in iraq have rescued. 6 people who had been trying to under the rumble of a collapsed shrine, fought a landslide caused part of the shrine in car bhalla to cave in on saturday. for bodies have been pulled from the rumble. guineas military june, has appointed acting prime minister bernard, go move to the job on a permanent faces. the transition comes as to the faces increasing protests against the military plans to stay in power for the next 3 years. the body of angola, the former president has arrived in lawanda, ending a dispute about where he will be buried while though some false died from cardiac arrest. while in spain last month, some members of his family and the golden government had disagreed and repent creation of his body. a court and

have been destroyed on thursday. about 182 people had died. millions in the u. k. will see an 80 percent rise in their energy bills from october on average. that will mean an increase for around $2300.00 a year. to more than 4000 warn you crane has caused a global price hike over 100000 u. k. postal workers have gone on strike and pay dispute that could cause major disruption for customers. the union is demanding higher wages that reflect the rising cost of living. there's other headlines. the news continues here and i'll just share, that's after talk thousands here. ah . ah mitchell bachelors has constantly been ranked among the wells most influential women ever since she became she days 1st, he made president in 2006 have fight against sexism and for women's white lead to her serving in the u. n. as the 1st under secretary general and executive director of you and women after her presidential term finished in 2010, bachelorette was tasked with leading, supporting and coordinating work on gender equality and women's empowerment at global regional and country level

but reactors have been turned off due to maintenance and cooling issues related to the heat wave. now in the u. k, no longer an e u. member of course, regulators have agreed to pass higher cost along the households to the tune of an 80 percent increase in the average energy bill. all right, my colleague, cassandra son joins me in studio for more on this. cassandra walk us through the significance of these numbers, it can be a little confusing, right? these are big numbers and they can sound a little bit hard to wrap your head around. but think of this as the cost for a megawatt hour estimate in the next year. it's a mix of all sorts of different kinds of power. it's kind of like a fruit basket right? with a bunch of different varieties. the problem here, the culprit so to speak is that natural gas has become a very expensive for her. it's been sore. it's been soaring of for over the course of the year. so that's bringing up the price of this megawatt hour as a whole. and this is significant, like you mentioned, because of inflation and higher energy prices are ready and this is a record high. thi

u. k is busiest ports have walked off the job threatening major economic disruption. felix day port accounts for close to half of the countries contain a fight traffic. the day walk out by the unite union was sparked off by a pay dispute is understood that food supply chains will be heavily affected by back with more news. here on out is era in half an hour. next it's al jazeera wild to stay with us here on al jazeera. ah, ah ah . good darlene gal apocalypse poppy had a long walk. obama hobbled woman can be on the suit. do you know the dog. ready graham, judy, good. who not go amish the rear to me that they are going to be a monday? no, you did the age limit. pama move, but they hadn't made me with a sale. we've been phillip with the 19 sixty's saw change across the middle east and north africa era. nationalism dominated regional politics in the 1st half of the decades, but foundered in defeat by israel. in the 1967 arab israeli war countries rebuilt after gaining independence from their european colonizers and the arts and culture flourished. but arguably, the greatest change was in society