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Homeless under lockdown: the forgotten faces of France's coronavirus nightmare

In this episode of Unreported Europe, Euronews' Valerie Gauriat reports on the desperate plight of refugees, asylum seekers and migrants in France as the country emerges from lockdown.

Spain

Hunger queues form in Madrid in wake of COVID-19 lockdown

Tens of thousands of people in the Spanish capital are now turning to food banks and neighbourhood associations to cushion the economic blow of lockdown.

United Kingdom

UK charities urge government to better protect under pressure carers

More than 100 organisations, unions and think tanks have published an open letter urging politicians across the UK to act to protect carers from what it describes as a ‘growing poverty crisis’.

World News

Coronavirus: 500m people worldwide 'could be pushed into poverty'

A study says the pandemic could push 8% of the world's population into poverty, prompting calls for a huge rescue package for vulnerable communities. "Never in the 75 years history of our institution have so many countries found themselves in need," said IMF head Kristalina Georgieva,

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Earth News

How these unique trousers are helping to tackle our body shame

Sustainable brand Lucy & Yak has launched the Vulva collection with the hope that it will start a conversation.

World News

Euroviews. Faced with the worsening climate crisis, agriculture investment is more important than ever ǀ View

As CTA enters the final year of its mandate, food systems and agriculture are once again under the spotlight as the climate emergency becomes increasingly urgent. At the same time, we begin the 10-year countdown to the delivery of the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals.

World News

Euroviews. Soaring food bank use: the growing reality of hunger in ‘rich’ countries ǀ View

More people are going hungry and relying on aid to feed their families in the world’s wealthiest countries.

Europe News

The Brief: How the incoming Commission plans to tackle poverty in Europe

As President-elect von der Leyen and her Commission prepare to take office on December 1, there are already plans being made to tackle poverty in Europe, promoting of quality jobs, and a European Union-wide minimum wage.

France

French student unions demand poverty relief after attempted suicide

There are calls for more financial aid for students in difficulty after a young man set himself alight in Lyon in a protest over precarity.

United Kingdom

Watch: UK charity struggles to meet demand for children's shoes

A UK charity that donates school shoes to children around the world is receiving requests closer to home. Shoes are distributed through baby banks or often requested by concerned teachers.

France

Filmmaker Ken Loach talks about realistic filmmaking in Lyon

Filmmaker Ken Loach was in Lyon for the Lumière Film Festival where he spoke to Euronews about his socially aware and realistic cinema.

Italy

Number of children in absolute poverty in Italy has tripled since 2008

Save the children in Rome has released its latest edition of the Atlas on At-Risk Children in Italy report on the occasion of the launch of the campaign 'Let's Light Up The Future'.

Earth News

Can a chocolate bar end poverty? The story of radical equality

'The Other Bar proves a combination of technology and consumer choice can tackle poverty.'

Kazakhstan

Kashistan? Half-a-million Kazakhs have debts paid by the government

Half-a-million Kazakhs are to have their debts paid by the government as a “one-time action” to help some of the central Asian country’s poorest, ministers announced.

France

Euroviews. The G7 must stop fuelling inequality ǀ View

Now more than ever political leaders actually need to listen. They will find that the solutions to inequality are not coming from politicians, but are already being moved forward by people on the frontlines of the problem globally.

World

Paris' state of inequality

But France's own living conditions vary widely across the country

World News

What does it mean to be poor in Europe today?

Euronews is preparing a special series on inequality and poverty in Europe, key themes of the forthcoming G7 summit in France.

Angola

Insight: The street children of Luanda

Insight: The street children of Luanda

USA

On the front line where 'meth is king | NBC Left Field

While attention is focused on opioid crisis, police in Tulsa, Oklahoma are seizing crystal meth in greater quantities than ever before.

Mexico

Mexico to auction Lamborghini, other seized assets to help poor

The first auction, set for Sunday, will seek bids for 77 vehicles with a total starting price of around $1.5 million (€1.3 million).

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