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According to reports, universal credit was established as a term in order to collectively oversee u.k. benefits for people under pensionable age. This includes supplements for the low paid.
Some don’t like the term universal credit and there has been instances of discrimination against the underpaid alongside the unemployed.
According to latest figures for unemployment benefit. British rates for over 25’s are £73.10 per week, that is €82.70.
At the other end of the scale, in some european countries unemployment benefit rates are based on previous salary and can amount to a payment of over €400 per week, somtimes more for the first few months, which must be bad for the economy.
There are reports that people moving from the old UK system to the new will lose out. According to legislation those on lowest incomes stand to lose the most.
The British government are said to have set aside £3 billion to ensure that no one moving from the old to the new system will lose out initially. According to a recent report, 1.9 million adults will be worse off by approximately £19 per week.

Hundreds of mainland Chinese students have left or are leaving Hong Kong universities according to recent news. And according to the media, Chinese soldiers are helping to clean up after protests, which have been prolonged. The soldiers, who are reported to be subject to definitive restrictions of movement in Hong Kong according to said legislation, describe the clean up as a community activity.
Hong Kong became a colony after the Anglo-Chinese war of 1842 which began when Chinese officials banned the opium trade. The territory remained significantly in the hands of the UK until 1997 and was believed to be one of the richest economies in the world.
Hong Kong began to be in the hands of the UK because of a reported threat by hms Cornwallis, which was believed to be poised to attack Nanjing, anglicised as Nanking, the second largest city in Eastern China.
The treaty of Nanking was ratified by Queen Victoria. It gave Britain definitive rights regarding the trade industry.
Hong Kong is said to be a special administrative region, or devolved government. Trade, finance and legalities are reported to be independent of mainland China. According to statistics it is populated by 7.4 million people.

Protests in Sacaba and in La Paz, the administrative centre of Bolivia, are reported in today’s news. Tear gas has been used to disperse the crowds, and police in La Paz are said to have opened fire on protesters calling for the return of President Evo Morales, who was forced to resign according to reports. Five are known to have died from bullet wounds according to a source.
Evo Morales, who is indigenous, has asked for no blood shed. He is said to have fought for better living standards during his reign. The new government have broken ties with Venezuela according to news.
The US have recognised the new regime. A decision that has been criticised.

Around seventeen percent of the New Zealand population identify as Maori according to the latest figures; and seventy percent are reported to be of European descent. It seems criteria in nz allows for these statistics.
Cultural heritage can cause qualms in the UK, especially when filling out forms which have been styled in order to make the form filler choose between being a British citizen and having another cultural background, the consequences of which result in differential treatment and possible discrimination.

Diabetis is reported to be on the increase in Africa where food aid for those going without food often includes sugar which is contraindicitive. That is, it makes matters worse by increasing blood sugar without providing sustenance.

Teva is a leading generic drug manufacturer with a turnover of 18.9 billion dollars in 2018.
Generic or unbranded medicines are reported to have become more widely used in the health service due to newer legislation regarding patents. This means cheaper copies are allowed to be manufactured; but is this legitimate?
It is widely known that overproduction in the dairy industry has led to, what is termed a milk lake which refers to surplus milk which is dried, and is believed to be available free to the pharmaceutical industry. It forms the basis for tablets and is listed as lactose. There is a view however, due to capitalism, that storage facilities remain inadequate leading to a substandard product. No quality control for generic tablets means that unsuitable medicine may be ineffective or even detrimental.

The trial of the man accused of killing Grace Millane, who was on an overseas trip, began in Auckland, New Zealand recently. The jury have had strict instructions not to moralise or to try to obtain extra information.
Grace was found to have bruises on her body and injuries to her neck indicative of strangling. The accused had bruises and scratches indicative of a fight. She is said to have died in a room at the City Life Hotel, Auckland. Grace, a university graduate, met the accused, a man with a New Zealand accent who said he was a manager of an oil company, on Tinder. According to video footage he appears to be caucasion. The two met by the Christmas tree on Queen Street where Grace sent her last photo to her parents. They drank in various bars in town.
Grace messaged a friend during the date, who was said to have felt concerned that somthing was wrong. The next message told of the accused buying the two of them cocktails and talking about getting her smashed for her birthday.
Grace was on a year long overseas trip. She had arrived in Auckland on November 20th last year. She died on December 1st. The accused callously disposed of Grace’s body which he buried in New Zealand bush.
He first appeared in court in December last year and was told by the judge, “If you do go to trial it will be some time away. A lot of water will have passed under the bridge.”
The trial which began recently, is set to continue for some weeks according to news although the case for the defence has already been heard.

A source concerning Zimbabwe’s government agencies says that Zimbabwe is dying slowly. The situation is dire. Food is reported to be exceedingly rare.
Emmerson Mnangagwa has taken over the presidency from Robert Mugabe. A lack of funding however means that it will be difficult to resuscitate the economy. There may be a problem with obtaining clean water.

A supposedly former British army officer who was said to have helped establish the as called white helmets, was found dead, reportedly on Monday. Details unknown.
The white helmets are described as an anti-government Syrian group, said to operate in parts of Syria and Turkey. They began under the guise of humanitarian concern during the war in Syria and are reported by some to have territorial control in northern Syria which is described by themselves as a proto-state. They are believed to have ambitions to be an alternative government.

The Tory government have pledged to protect British soldiers from legal action concerning incidents that may have occurred in northern Ireland before the year 2000. The reason being exhaustive enquiries often resulted in no further action.
An example is soldier F who was accused of killing two people on what has since been known as bloody sunday. Extensive enquiries, including a documentary, revealed that soldiers were ordered to barricade a road in order to stop human rights marchers access to tv cameras. They were ordered to shoot if necessary.