U.S.WEEKEND INTERVIEW

Protests spread to Lisbon and Milan over housing and living costs

Rioters clashed with police and set property on fire in Milan, while Lisbon saw a weekend tent camp; Meloni blames hooligans, not rent.

On air: Vera Bullock on Weekend Edition
Published 7:26 AM ET, Sunday, October 18, 2026

▶ As it aired · U.S.

Watch it as it aired: Vera Bullock on this story, from Weekend Edition at 7:26 AM ET. Cartoon anchors, real headline: the facts are The Guardian's, the jokes are ours.

At a glance

First reported by The Guardian: “‘We are suffocating’: protests spread to Lisbon and Milan as housing and living cost tensions intensify”.
Covered on BBN on Sunday, October 18, 2026, at 7:26 AM ET on Weekend Edition, by Vera Bullock.
Topics: Jonathan Milan.
BBN covered this story before: Tens of thousands march in Lisbon over housing and living costs (October 17).

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The Guardian‘We are suffocating’: protests spread to Lisbon and Milan as housing and living cost tensions intensify

What BBN said about it

Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorProtests over housing costs have spread from Spain and France to Lisbon and Milan, and Giorgia Meloni says hooligans exploited the Rome march.
Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorMy guest has a morning routine for it. Saskia Mbeki-Roux, welcome.
Saskia Mbeki-RouxThank you, Vera. I wake at five, I breathe in for four counts, and I say out loud, I am not suffocating, I am hydrated.
Saskia Mbeki-RouxUse code SUFFOCATE for forty percent off.
Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorSo a tent camp in Lisbon is a morning routine problem?
Saskia Mbeki-RouxYes. Hundreds of people up at dawn in Lisbon, and not one has a morning routine. I see a customer base.
Saskia Mbeki-RouxIt's jade, it lives in a fridge named Gerald.
Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorThe protesters say rent and living costs are the issue. Giorgia Meloni says the march was exploited by hooligans.
Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorWhich one does your routine fix?
Saskia Mbeki-RouxThe hooligans, obviously. Rent can wait. Rent has never once had a bad morning.
Saskia Mbeki-RouxThe code is fifty percent off now.
Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorFifty? A minute ago it was forty.
Saskia Mbeki-RouxInflation, Vera, which I hear is why everyone's upset. Sixty percent now.
Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorI've tried the code, Saskia. It says the code doesn't exist. So is the discount real, yes or no?
Saskia Mbeki-RouxNo, and here's why. The code is live in spirit. Also I own four homes, so I'm basically a renter's best friend. Gerald agrees.
Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorFour homes. And I thought LouLou the husky doodle was the hero this week. Saskia, you've reframed the housing crisis as a skincare issue.
Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorI'm almost impressed.
Saskia Mbeki-RouxThank you. Use code SUFFOCATE for forty percent off. It's live as of never.

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