00:03Kubeverdians headed to the polls to elect the country's next president.
00:11SpaceX pulled off the first-ever catch of a Starship,
00:14a technical feat showing the feasibility of fully reusable rockets.
00:22Kubeverdians headed to the polls on Sunday to elect the country's next president.
00:26Incumbent President Jose Maria Nevsch, favored to win a second term in office,
00:31comes up against five contenders, including Joana Rosa-Amadu, Kubeverd's first female candidate.
00:38Amadu is running with the support of the opposition Movement for Democracy,
00:42a party that ruled the country for 10 years before losing in the parliamentary elections in May.
00:48Nearly 420,000 people are eligible to vote.
00:51The election is being watched by about 150 observers from the economic community of
00:57West African states, the African Union and the European Union.
01:01With roughly half a million inhabitants, Kubeverd is known for its democratic stability,
01:06with a record of peaceful transfers of power and competitive elections.
01:11Among the main concerns of the local population are the rising cost of living,
01:15fuel prices and youth unemployment.
01:22Widespread demonstrations once again broke out across France on the weekend,
01:26marking the fifth consecutive Saturday of nationwide protests.
01:30Yellow Vests, students and education unions took to the streets to voice a range of frustrations,
01:37from rising costs of living and calls for better funding for education,
01:41to stronger protection for children and teenagers.
01:54Many also expressed opposition to a new police bill.
02:13School blockades and protests calling for better wages have swept across the country for more than a month.
02:20Unions have called for another day of strikes on Tuesday,
02:23saying the government's promise to increase the minimum wage by 0.6 percent is not enough.
02:33Thousands marched through Lisbon and dozens of other cities across Portugal on Saturday
02:38to protest rising costs of living and stagnating incomes.
02:42Protesters were also calling for stronger tenant protection,
02:45more public housing and measures to curb housing speculation.
02:49The demonstrations come as the government adopted a new bill
02:52that would make it easier and faster for property owners to evict tenants.
02:57The government believes this would encourage landlords to put more properties on the rental market,
03:02but housing rights movements believe it will leave tenants more vulnerable
03:05and call for stronger rent regulation instead.
03:09The demonstrations began last month and often involved encampments.
03:13The government has taken a stern line against these tent camps
03:17and have frequently sent in police to forcibly clear them.
03:21In Portugal, housing prices have risen far quicker than incomes over the past decade
03:25at the fastest rate in the EU.
03:28Surging tourism, more foreign buyers as well as remote workers and retirees,
03:33property owners shifting to short-term rentals
03:35and lagging housing construction have all contributed to the problem.
03:44SpaceX's Starship made a triumphant return to Earth on Saturday
03:48caught in mid-air by giant mechanical arms where its journey began 22 hours earlier.
03:54It was the first ever capture of a Starship flying back from space,
03:59marking a milestone in the space industry's decades-long pursuit
04:02of fully reusable rocket systems,
04:04a goal that can drastically reduce mission costs
04:06and make more frequent launches possible.
04:09But with the first-stage booster exploding shortly after Friday's liftoff from Texas,
04:14the company fell short of its desired double-catch,
04:17still the goal for accelerating moon and Mars travel.
04:21It was the 15th test flight of the world's biggest and most powerful rocket system.
04:26Up until now, spaceships have been single-use items,
04:29discarded or destroyed after missions,
04:32making each launch an expensive resource-intensive venture.
04:36SpaceX had previously captured returning booster rockets three times.
04:40However, the catch of Starship was more complex
04:43because the spaceship fell much faster and from a much higher altitude
04:46compared to boosters.
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