The World Israel escalating attacks on civilian infrastructure in Lebanon
Mar 18, 2026
Nabi Boulos, LA Times Beirut-based reporter covering escalating Israeli strikes and civilian displacement in Lebanon. Orla Berry, Europe correspondent in Vienna on the city’s subsidized housing model. Jorge Cuellar, Latin America scholar analyzing El Salvador’s new life-sentence constitutional change. Joshua Coe, reporter from Aalborg on reusing crematorium waste heat to warm homes. They discuss conflict, displacement, housing policy, rights, and inventive heat recycling.
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Kent Outbreak Is A Linked Super-Spreading Event
- The UK outbreak appears to be a super-spreading event tied to a nightclub near the University of Kent.
- Schroeder notes linked cases, high severity, vaccine gaps for those born before 2015, and limited private vaccine availability.
Family Flat In Vienna Social Housing Costs Less Than $1,500
- Monica Reisinger tours her Alteerla social housing flat with three bedrooms, garden and rooftop pool for under $1,500 rent.
- Orla Berry contrasts Vienna's large, amenity-rich municipal complexes with steep rents elsewhere in EU capitals.
Vienna Keeps Mixed-Income Housing By Broad Eligibility
- Vienna treats housing as a societal right with broad eligibility so mixed-income communities persist.
- Kurt Hofstetter says roughly 80% qualify and tenants can remain for life even if their income rises significantly.