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Food banks a lifeline for New Yorkers hit by coronavirus crisis

The pandemic has been particularly hard on women who work in the service sector, which has been crippled by the economic crisis.

My Europe Series

COVID-19 has created a new poverty class in Europe

In this edition of Unreported Europe, we look at how Spain and Austria have been affected by the 'new poverty' created by the pandemic. We speak to people whose lives have been turned upside by the virus.

United Kingdom

Charities report huge increase in distribution of food parcels in UK

It's estimated an emergency food parcel could be handed out every nine seconds to people across the country. The Trussell Trust, which supports more than 1,200 food banks across the UK, said its network

Green News

This architect builds schools in Senegal using upcycled materials

She also founded a charity which teaches local people to build their own houses from upcycled materials.

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Spain

Residents of Spanish shantytown Cañada Real living without electricity

Cañada Real on the southern edge of Madrid is one of Europe's poorest neighbourhoods and its inhabitants have had no electricity since October 2.

World News

COVID-19: Extreme poverty set for first rise in 20 years - World Bank

The World Bank expects that COVID-19 could push an additional 88 million to 115 million into extreme poverty this year.

Europe News

Working class neighbourhoods hit hard by Madrid lockdown

The bridge divides the Puente de Vallecas neighbourhood from the rest of Madrid looks like a proper frontier. Passports and visas aren't required, but police stand on both sides to check who comes and who goes.

World News

UN report calls for temporary basic income to mitigate COVID-19 crisis

This is particularly necessary in developing countries where pre-existing conditions make the populations less resilient to shocks, the report claims.

World News

UN chief laments lack of global solidarity in COVID-19 fight

António Guterres says the United States and Europe are pumping trillions into their economies to tackle the fallout from COVID-19, but are not doing enough to help poorer nations.

World News

World hunger rising and COVID-19 threatens to make it worse, says UN

It's put a UN deadline to eradicate hunger by 2030 in severe doubt.

My Europe Series

How the Italian mafia is cashing in on COVID-19

In this week's Unreported Europe, Monica Pinna goes to Naples to find out how Camorra is capitalising on the social and economic crisis caused by Covid.

World News

Global poverty on the rise and worsening, UN report warns

"The international community’s abysmal record on tackling poverty, inequality and disregard for human life far precede this pandemic,” warned Philip Alston in a new report to the UN.

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Brazil squatters endure coronavirus crisis

Brazilian squat residents describe the appalling conditions in which they endure the coronavirus crisis.

Real Economy

Helping Europe's poor cope with COVID

In partnership with The European Commission

In this episode, Real Economy looks at what impact the coronavirus crisis is having on Europe's most vulnerable, and what the European Union is doing to help them.

Italy

Euroviews. In Italy and further afield, pollution and poverty have played a part in worsening COVID-19 ǀ View

There are important clues in the patterns the disease is leaving that tell us quite a bit about what conditions can hasten its spread and worsen its lethality. So far, the areas where the most people are dying of the disease have been densely populated urban zones in China, Iran and northern Italy.

My Europe Series

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,

Living

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.

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