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there. seven people have taken themselves to a hospital in spain to be monitored for ebola. they have been in contact with a with the virus. and more opt out break in west africa. north and south korea across the heavily militarized border. it came after the attach of giant balloons. pakistan and india have been awarded the nobel peace prize. the two are honored for their work in fighting for the rights of children and education. the 17-year-old is the youngest nobel recipient in history. she was shot by the taliban two years ago for pushing girl's rights in pakistan. we're expecting her to speak shortly in the united kingdom, where she will be commenting on

her feelings after receiving that nobel peace prize. she wants peace, and it's a good day for her, isn't it? she was nominated for the peace price. for education and girls, she has recovered from that assassination attempt. and she has been at the center of a huge global campaign, largely driven by the u.n. to

try to get kids into education. and that campaign is partially led by gordon brown, the former british prime minister. it will be interesting how she spends some of that money, and how the prize may affect her future. don't forget, she's still a schoolgirl, and this is after just another day of school for her. >> simon, where you are right now is the place she opened, it's a sign of part of her hard campaigning efforts, which will no doubt continue. and how will this prize dolester that effort? >> that's right, it's a significant location. burma is her new home, and the hospital that gave her the life saving surgery that she needed as she goes to a good, local

girl's school, and in september of last year, she opened this new building, and i think there's heavy symbolism in the fact that she's choosing it to be a place of learning and education, which she's campaigning for. i think that the prize will only enhance her reputation. she's somewhat of a celebrity, i have to say. this is a very very carefully coordinated event. we arrived thinking that she would be in an outside school, but it's being handled by a top london firm of press consult ants. >> let's keep the conversation going, and i guess more than a few pakistanis must be quite proud of malala today.

>> that's right, and the first statements that we got about that measure and level of pride actually came from the government and the military. both of them congratulating malala yousafzai on being awarded this nobel peace prize. the government said that it will show to the world that the people of pakistan are a peaceful and loving people, and they have prepared to sacrifice for peace. since then, we have heard from activists saying congratulations, saying how this will help, and as we heard from my colleague, enhance the fight for girl's education in pakistan and other parts of the world. we have also started to hear from people in her home city of mingora. and he said how proud he was to see his former student be awarded this prize. a couple of young girls as well, we heard from them. and they said how happy they were. and for many, she has become a

real role model in that area. >> no doubt a role model. but she now lives in the united kingdom. and how much impact will this award have on actual access and education opportunities in some of those areas like in her native swamp valley? >> reporter: that's a really good question, actually. there are some people in pakistan who are critics of malala yousafzai, who say that she hasn't done enough on the ground inside of the swat valley. >> i'm sorry to interrupt you. malala yousafzai is speaking. >> the god of all mankind. whenever i go and speak, the only problem i face is that the podium is usually taller than me, so i hope that it will be good this time. i'm feeling honored that i'm being chosen as a nobel

laureate. and i've been honored with this award to the nobel peace prize. and i'm proud that i'm the first pakistani and the first young person getting this award. it's a great honor for me. and i'm happy that i'm sharing this with a person from india, and his work for child rights, i'm totally happy that there are so many working for children's rights, and i'm not alone, and i'm honored that i'm sharing this award with him. he received the award.

and we're the two nobel award receivers. one from pakistan and one from india, one hindu and one islam. and it gives a message to people of love between pakistan and india, and between different villages. and we support each of them. it doesn't matter the color of your skin, the language you speak, what religion you believe in. we are all human beings, and we should respect each other, and wished all fit for our rights, and the rights of children and rights of women, and the rights of every human being. i would like to thank my family, my dear father and mother for their love and support. and my father always said, he did not give me something extra, he did not clip my wings. and i thank my father for not clipping my wings and letting

me to fly and achieve my goal. a girl is not supposed to be the slave. a girl has the power to go forward in her life. and she's not only a mother and not only a sister, not only a wife. but a girl, she should have an identity. and she should be recognized and she has equal rights as a boy. though my brother thinks that i am treated very well, and i'm not treated very well, and that's fine. i would like to share with you how i found about the nobel peace prize, and it's quite exciting. i was in my chemotherapy class, and we were studying and the time of the announcement of the announcement of the nobel peace prize was gone, and before that, i was not expecting that i would get this award. and when it came to 10:15, i

was totally sure that i haven't won it. but then one of my teachers came to the class, and she called me and said, i have something important to tell you. and i was totally surprised when she told me, congratulations, you have won the nobel peace prize, and you are sharing it with a great person who is also working for children's rights. and it's sometimes quite difficult to express your feelings, but i felt really honored and more powerful and more courageous, because this award is not just for my fellow laureates that you would keep in your room, but to go forward and believe in myself. and know that there are people supporting me in this. and we are standing together. we all want to make sure that every child gets quality education. so this is really something great for me. however, when i found that i have won the nobel peace prize,

i decided that i would not leave my school. rather, i will finish my school time, and i went to the physics lesson and i learned and i went to the english lesson, and i considered it a normal day. i'm happy for my teachers and fellow students, they were all saying that we're proud of you and i'm really thankful to my school and teachers and my school fellows for their love and support, and they're encouraging and supporting me. so i'm really happy. even though it's not going to help me pass my exams, because it totally depends on my hard work, but still, i'm really happy that they are supporting me. i have received this award, but this is not the end of this campaign that i have started. i think this is really the beginning, and i want to see every child going to school. there are still millions of

children who have not received education, and still in the primary schools. and i want to see every child going to school and getting education. because the same situation and you may know the organizations, and because of t. nobody was allowed to go to school. i did not wait for someone else. i did not wait for someone else. i had two options, one was not to speak, and the second was to speak up and then be killed. and i chose the second one, because at that time, there was terrorism, women were not allowed to go outside of their houses, people were killed. and at this time, i needed to raise my voice because i wanted to go back to school. i wanted to learn, i wanted to learn and be who i can be in my

future. and i also had dreams like a normal child had. i wanted to be a doctor at that time. and now i wanted to be a politician, a good politician. and when i heard that i cannot go to school, for a second, i thought that i would never be able to become a doctor, or never able to be who i wanted to be in the future. and my life would be getting married at the age of 13 or 14, not going to school, and not becoming who i really can be. so i decided to speak up. through my story, i wanted to tell other children all around the world, they should stand up for their rights, and they should not wait for someone else, and their voices are more powerful. their violences, it would seem that they are weak, but at the time when no one is speaking, your voice gets so loud that everyone has to listen to it. everyone has to hear it. that's my message for children

around the world, they should stand up for their rights. as i've received the nobel peace prize, and it's not just to me, but this award is for all of those children whose voices need to be heard. i speak for them, and i stand up for them. and i join them in their campaign that their voices should be heard. and they should be listened. and they have rights. they have rights. they have the right to receive quality education, they have the right not to suffer from child labor, and not to suffer from child trafficking. they have a right to live a happy life. so stand up with all of those children, and this award is especially for them. it gives them courage. at the end, i would like to share with you that i had a

phonecall with -- i cannot pronounce his surname. i will just call him kalash if he doesn't mind. and i had a phonecall with him, and we talked about how important is it that every child goes to school and gets quality education, and the issues that children are suffering, and they're highlighted. so we both decided to work together for this cause that every child gets quality education, and does not suffer from these issues. and we also decided, since he's from india and i'm from pakistan, we will try to build a strong relationship between india and pakistan. you know, there's tension on the border and the situation is getting -- it's not like as we are expecting. we want pakistan and india to have good relationships.

and it's really disappointing and i'm really sad because i want both of the countries to have dialogue, and talks about peace, and to think when progress, and development. instead of fighting with each other. it's important that both of the countries focus on education and progress, and it's good for both of them. so i requested him that would it be possible that he request his own prime minister, to join us when we receive the peace prize in december, and i promised him that i will ask the prime minister of pakistan to be there when i get the nobel peace prize, and i myself request honorable prime ministers that they will both join us when we receive the nobel peace prize. i believe in peace, and it's

very important for the progress of both of the countries that they have peace and good relationships. this is how they're going to achieve success, and this is how they're going to progress. so it is my humble request, and i hope that it will be listened. at the end, i want to say that i'm really happy for your support. i used to say that i think i do not deserve the nobel peace prize, and i still believe that. but it's not only an award for what i've done, but it's also an encouragement for giving me hope and courage to go in this campaign, to believe in myself, and know that i'm not alone. that there are hundreds and thousands and millions supporting me. so thank you so much to all of you, thank you. >> feeling happy and honored to receive the nobel peace prize, the sentiments there being expressed by malala yousafzai,

speaking at the library of birmingham after receiving that nobel peace prize. how happy she was to share it with kailash satyarthi, paying tribute to him for his work for the rights of children, which inspired her own struggle. she had an appeal to the children of the world. she said i stood up for my rights to go back to school, and i had dreams, and children around the world should stand up for their rights. let's bring in simon, in birmingham. and simon, it's clear that she has put together a plan into action to how to use this nobel peace prize, saying that she will be joining with kailash satyarthi to team up for education and for peace between india and pakistan. >> reporter: yes, that's right. she repeated her ambition,

didn't she? she would like one day when she's finished her education to be a politician, and there are signs of pretty good politics at the end of that statement, wasn't there? she said that she had a phonecall in the last awhile with her indian counterpart. and they both cooked up a plan where they would invite their relevant prime ministers of pakistan and india, sheens just announced to be invited to the award ceremony where they get their prize. we'll have to see if the maac and the indian prime ministers will do that. i like when she thanked her father for not clipping her wings, and reiterating her assistance that girls should have an identity. and they're not simply born to be married, to become slaves and they should have the same

rights as a boy, and i like the detail from her chemistry class, when the news broke, her teacher came in to tell her, clearly honored but make the point again and again, this is as much for the children who aren't as fortunate as herself as her personally. >> let's keep this going, and nicole johnson, joining us live. how do you think that speech is going to go down there with a plea for peace and an initiative at the time when india and pakistan are exchanging kind words across the border if >> reporter: that depends whether or not in pakistan, you're a supporter mal of malala yousafzai. some call her a real puppet of the west. but there's strong sentiment in pakistan. some are very proud. and i've been watching the

local television, and carrying her speech live, very passionate and strong and eloquent speech, similar to what she gave at the united nations when she spoke there. interesting to see whether or not she's able to bring pakistan and india to the table to add context there. the relationship has really deteriorated there. it started off positively with pakistan's prime minister traveling, and things have steadily gone downhill. there was meant to be a meeting of the foreign secretaries. at the last minute, it was canceled by india. and it did that because pakistan's ambassador had met with kashmir separatists, and we have this situation on the border of pakistan and india. and they just returned. more than 20 civilians have been killed, and many killed

and injured on both sides of the border, and the cross-border firing is still continuing, and we're getting strong rhetoric coming out of the military on both sides, and so far the situation has not been properly been resolved. so whether she can get both of the leaders of those countries to talks when she properly receives her nobel peace prize, we'll have to wait and see about that one. >> i guess the speech, she is not going to shy away from continuing to tackle very sensitive cultural issues, beyond the right of education, the role of women and fatherhood and so on. very prominent in her speech this. >> that's right, and she really has sort of expanded her areas of interest when she first started off focusing on education. we know when she met with the u.s. president, barack obama,

she spoke about drone strikes in pakistan, and issues to do with women's rights, very sensitive in pakistan. you only have to read the local newspapers here and you are constantly reading about all sorts of issues, acid attacks on women, rapes, child marriages, all sorts of things that malala yousafzai wants to tackle. but education is certainly a big one for her. in pakistan, it's something that we have looked at ourselves over the last couple of weeks. in one of the poorest areas of pakistan, and there the issue wasn't the problem of the taliban preventing girls and people from getting an education, but the problem was teachers weren't turning up at school, and there are thousands of schools in that province alone that are empty shells due to all sorts of reasons, government construction, and local construction, so it's a very big problem in pakistan. a high rate of illiteracy

across the country, and it's something that the government does want to address. but it's a difficult one to tackle and it's going to take a long time and a lot of money. >> all right, nicole johnston there. thanks a lot. the other nobel peace prize lawyer yet, is kailash satyarthi, a children's rights activist from india. he has lead non-violent demonstrations focusing on the exploitation of children for financial gain. and he is credited with leading thousands of children from slavery. the prize to kailash satyarthi. >> the announcement of the award to kailash satyarthi by the nobel committee came as a surprise. he's the lesser known of the two awardees of this year's peace prize. but his work here in india is very well regarded.

he's in an organization, based here in new delhi, credited with freeing over 80,000 children from various forms of servitude. they work closely with the local police and the local government to do this work, and they have been doing it for many years. i had a chance to speak with him on the phone. and he was at his office in new delhi when the announcement was made. and he first said that he was very thankful to the nobel committee. and he's especially thankful because it now highlights the plight of children who were forced into child labor. he hopes that the government here will certainly take this as an opportunity to do more work focused on this issue. and he says that he himself has received new fresh motivation to end child labor in his lifetime. >> we'll be bringing you live coverage there of his recipient of the nobel peace prize. kailash satyarthi, and of

course malala yousafzai. we heard from her speaking earlier, still looking at those live pictures from birmingham, where she now lives. the youngest recipient of the peace prize at only 17 years old. and the award, she said, not just for me, but for the children of the world. she made a plea as well for people to understand each other. saying it doesn't matter what color we are, what languages we speak. we are all human beings.

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