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welcome to bbc news — broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. we begin in thailand where theres huge uncertainty about the countrys future direction. the two main opposition parties have agreed to form a ruling coalition. thats after they defeated their military—backed rivals in a general election. but thailands upper house — the senate — is dominated by the military — and they could yet block a reformist prime minister. from bangkok, jonathan head reports. st...

Here is what flyers at Reagan Airport tell us about their concerns getting on a boeing jet. Is that something you would think about may be more then you used to . Yes. I specifically booked these flights. Why . To avoid boeing. Obviously it is something that is a problem to some degree but there still trust in the system. This week the head of the faa says boeing has a long road ahead to get where it needs to be from a safety standpoint but as you saw there, john, and you see in the numbers, its...

Where can you get a steak dinner for less than the price of a McDonald's Happy Meal? According to the latest Consumer Price Index Data, food prices continue to rise this fall. The price of...

A lot more, both in myanmarand on the bangladeshi side, where funding cuts had required us to cut the amount of money that each refugee receives per month tojust $10 in the last couple of months. that sounds ok, but when you calculate it out per meal, its less than $0.10 per person. per meal. even before the storm, the need for food and shelter was growing, wasnt there? so can you talk us through the situation now briefly before we let you go? its a real challenge. this is a part of the world th...

That is the considered opinion Lee Anderson MP He claims that poor people should be able to feed themselves on 30p per meal He has an annual salary of £84 144 And last year he claimed&#133

Beginning on December 31, 2021, the minimum wage — as well as the tip credit, meal credit, uniform maintenance pay and the minimum salary threshold — will increase for New York...

Even though its not a lot, how will it impact people who need it? >> i just drove myself to 37 states from coast to coast, 15,000 miles around the country, visiting hunger sites, visiting with nonprofit groups, talking to low-income people, and the bottom line is this snap boost is a life preserver or hungry americans. its the federal nutrition safety net thats been the thing that stood between tens of millions of americans and ethiopia-style or north korea-style starvation. so its not a lot of ...

Readiness. many places would have been eligible for wavers not only at the start of the great recession but at the depths of the great recession. help usat understand the ratione for doing this. this wouldle have a savings of many billions, i gather, but why do it. why now? >> what were talking about is the work requirement for 20 hours a week. if you are a single, able-bodied adult under 50 and you cannot prove that you can work 20 hours a week your food stamps go away aprils 1st, 2020. the gov...

Wage isnt worth what it was in 1968. and they get -- that cost us $7 billion in just food stamps alone, because those people dont have enough money to stay out of poverty. theyre against increasing the minimum wage, and theyre against these people having enough money for food and their family. they know the fact that most of the studies show that most -- so many people on food stamps run out of food. the third week of the month. that when they have the money for food, et cetera $1.40 per person,...

>> the line is so long. i try to come at 10. the line is all the way to the corner. and i spent four hours on the line. >> last year, 47 million people, a full 15% of the population, depended on food stamp assistance. and their lives are about to get harder. when provisions for the 2009 stimulus package expire tomorrow night, $5 billion in cuts to the food stamp program will take effect. that means a lot to the people who need food the most. average food stamp recipient gets about $133 in benefi...