English Time with Yves

     The United Arab Emirates is starting a new programme to teach people computer coding. One million people will receive free training to learn how to code apps and computer software. The new initiative was launched by the UAE's Prime Minister and ruler of Dubai Sheikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum. It is called the One Million Arab Coders initiative. Sheikh Mohammad wants young Arabs in the Middle East to have the skills to develop the digital economy in their countries. Sheikh Mohammad said: "Coding will create many job opportunities for young people to compete. It will pave the way for them to participate in the global economy online, from home." The new initiative will encourage the large number of young people living in the Middle East to get into coding. Studies show that 50 per cent of the Arab population is under 25 years old, and that 40 per cent of these hope to own their own business within the next five years. Sheikh Mohammad said: "This proje...

      Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6jcqBFMr-p8 In Barcelona,  the battle lines have been drawn . On one side, the masses of tourists who  flock  to the city every year. On the other, locals  fed up  with rising rents, crowded streets, drunken  antics  and expensive bars. The city's mayor feels their pain. “We don’t want the city to become a cheap souvenir shop,” said Ada Colau, who came to power in 2015 and has been described as the world´s most radical mayor. Colau  made her name  campaigning against the increasing number of  evictions  and  foreclosures  in Spain after the financial crisis, before  turning her sights  on the tourism industry. Her local election campaign examined the "tourist bubble" and promised to bring the situation under control, propelling her leftist coalition — Barcelona en Comú to victory. It's a difficult game to play. Barcelona gets aro...