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>> in society, outlawing motorcycle gangs. ♪ so the three-day conference in ye yeahed involving yemeni and tribal figures has just ended and conference reiterated support for the exiled yemen president abd rabbuh mansur hadi and az government and endorsed actions of saudi-led coalition against the houthis and government support forren anti-houthi forces and resolution 2216 passed by the u.n. security council which calls for the houthis to withdraw from all the areas they seized and creation of a joint arab force to secure cities in yemen. well let's speak now live in the saudi capitol of riyadh and

so we have the end of the riyadh conference and we have the so called riyadh declaration. where does this leave us as far as the ongoing situation in yemen? >> well, nick, this is basically a clear message sent by the main political fashions and tribal leaders meeting here in the saudi arabia's capitol and houthis who control more territory in yemen have two options, surrender or face war. now, president abd rabbuh mansur hadi in his speech said that he is and he remains the legitimate president of yemen and that will happen with a houthi coup against his authority and therefore the only way to fix the crisis in yemen is for houthis to pull out from the areas to control this band and allow his government to return from exile. is this something that is going

to be accepted by the houthis, it remains to be seen because they are the one whose have backing of millions of yemeni and they do not recognize the legitimacy of abd rabbuh mansur hadi. >> and also a big thing that came out of this conference and asking g.c.c. and arab league to provide a joint force within yemen itself. how likely is that scenario? >> nick i have some problems listening to your question because of the technical problems and logistically some of what is happening here on the ground, now after this declaration the yemeni factions and president abd rabbuh mansur hadi how to see the international community provide them with assistance. they say basically they would like to see the g.c.c. and arab league fighters on the ground to secure main cities particularly

the cities of thailand where they would like to see it in place and endorse military option in yemen. number three they say they are committed to a political settlement but if they are to meet in geneva to talk about peace the houthis have to recognize hadi as the legitimate president of yemen and have to backtrack all of the decisions that have taken in the past particularly ousting hadi and government and declaring themselves as the ultimate authority in yemen. >> thanks very much indeed more on this a little bit later, what was interesting about the conference is the fact that houthis were represented at all and iran being accused of arming rebels in yemen but military influence extends further across the middle east. according to a new iran will spend $8 billion a year in arming forces in four countries

despite being under international sanctions and backing shia malitias and lebanon and supporting saleh in syria and iran spends $2.5 billion a year there. revolutionary guards sent on the ground to back the campaign and transfers $2 billion per year to lebanon where hezbollah is based. all right, well let's bring in our guest here on the set here in doha is abraham, foreign policy fellow and deputy director of the center and thanks for joining us here. >> thank you. >> in the studio and it's true that iran has lots of things going on in the region. >> yes and the numbers are realistic numbers because given the support iran is giving to the regime which is number one or biggest battle in the region and lebanon and iraq and then

yemen so it's within and seen to be realistic numbers. iran of course and the case of yemen denies strongly that it has been supporting and financing or providing military support to the houthis. despite the protection that was recently confirming that the iran support to the houthis prompted at least in 2009 so iran has been involved has been supporting and has been part of the crisis in yemen but has not been part of the solution or the dialog or the talks which is probably something that for the people for the yemenis meeting in riyadh actually this was probably something they should have discussed or considered at least as one of the options because though there are discords in the conference nothing iran and was not at all

mentioned and as the elephant in the room and i don't see a solution can be reached political settlement without the support of nearby iran for the houthis. and to involve in a political process. >> so iran's military influence in the region we were saying $8 billion a year arming forces in four countries that is despite being under international sanctions. what is the motivation of iran for being -- trying to be so influential in these regions? >> well the very common theory is about the sectarian agenda. i personally don't think this is a sectarian conflict, it's not a sectarian war, it's about influence, it's about sources and it's about power and iran is trying to expand its influence towards the middle east and historically actually if you look at iran policy iran went to

the middle east. we never hear about iran expansion towards afghanistan or pakistan so it has always been limited and this is obvious in the statement made by iran officials. one of them saying that and iran has become an empire and the baghdad is the capitol and the four capitols that iran is concerns so it's about influence and power and control which in theory should support iran should be using this to improve its negotiation position of a nuclear deal but this has not been the case which actually raises a question on the iran foreign policy and these numbers of spending. if iran is spending $8 billion in support to these countries or to the wars, civil wars in these places so what is the return that iran is using to achieve its national interest. i don't think iran has achieved

significant outcomes in the nuclear negotiations. iran reduced its, you know nuclear capabilities and remains to be seen how iran will achieve for the money that is in this thing. >> abraham thank you very much indeed for that perspective. 11 afghan police officers have been sentenced to a year in prison for failing to help a woman who was attacked and killed by a mob, 27-year-old was falsely accused of burning the karan and burned her body and tell us more about the sentencing. >> well this public trial and we have never seen afghan police publically on trial and auth other

other other other other -- and eight others dismissed and the judge sentenced men to death 16 years each in prison and let go 18 others for lack of evidence. the murder for in broad daylight on a busy street in the middle of kabul just two months ago with dozens of people taking part and hundreds looking on and many recording it with their cell phones shocked the afghan public and demonstrations across the country and indeed around the world calling for justice and this trial has been televised live on state t.v. and many other channels over the four days it took place late last month and the sentencing early this month. the sentencing today again televised live and afghanistan is watching closely what has been happening here. >> these victims and sent -- the victims will they be justice for the crime? >> no, some people in the courtroom said they were very unhappy the sentences were so

light. one m.p. member of parliament says she thinks this actually is an insult and could encourage violence against women because they got off with such light sentences and the family was unhappy with the 49 people who were charged of prominent murders did not make it in court alive, the men who took part in this very brutal mob killing and easily identifiable on many cell phone videos posted on the internet on social media sites so a lot of unhappiness over this verdict but lawyers say it also was a very much a revolutionary trial and that it was so open and did go into so much detail the judge insisting the two-week delay between the first and second week of sentence was more investigation into the police. he is saying everyone had their chance to defend themselves but the defendants had no defense lawyers. that is looked upon as one criticism and they were allowed to stand up in court and talk in

their own defense they did not have defense attorneys and of course all of those who have been sentenced can appeal. >> jennifer thanks for the update from kabul. u.n. says close to 25,000 people fled the city of ramadi after i.s.i.l. took control on monday and some 500 have been killed in the city in anbar province since prooi and -- monday and shia malitia and a nearby base preparing a counter offensive and live in baghdad is dana and give us the latest situation on the ground. >> well, like you mentioned shia led militias preparing for this and i.s.i.l. is not on defensive but on offensive and targeted police checkpoints in the town east of ramadi but we understand it's up to eight policemen were

killed. this is a contested town and not far from the base where shia malitias are actually gathering troops getting ready for this counter attack. we also know that people have started to flee this town. people are scared. they are worried that i.s.i.l. may over run this town just like they did in ramadi and the humanitarian crisis is really worsening. according to u.n. 25,000 people have been displaced in the rhea sent fighting and now hearing of more people on the run so there is a humanitarian crisis unfolding and in the battle really for anbar has still not begun. >> what about the overall coalition strategy here given these latest developments? >> well the coalition strategy has been to launch air strikes against i.s.i.l., to some extent they have worked but have not worked in ramadi. there have been a number of

strikes but i.s.i.l. is in full control of that capitol of anbar. another component of strategy is to train the regular forces but what we have seen is that the regular forces are weak they are unable to wage battles which means the only force capable of taking on i.s.i.l. is the shia-led malitias and means they are stronger than the state and that is why the sunnis of anbar are quite scared and feel the shia malitias will fill the security vacuum if and when i.s.i.l. is defeated but the most important part of the strategy is to bring in the sunnis not only in the government but in the security forces to have a sunni component in the security forces and there has been slow progress. we have heard the u.s. express concern in the past against deploying the shia malitia in the heart land but says we are supporting the government decision and clearly there is no other choice for the time being. >> thanks and that is the latest from baghdad, dana. coming up, on al jazeera

thailand says trafficking king pin is in their custody as they strogel strogel -- struggle of the crisis and a rail way line and crisis with the motor cross and another spectacular crash. ♪ eu set to launch a force next month to deal with a migrant crisis and eu approved the crisis for gang smuggling and we have this report. >> reporter: eu is sometimes accused of being slow and bureaucratic. but on the subject of migration it has reacted swiftly by agreeing to start a military operation in the mediterranean against people smugglers. >> hopefully already at the next foreign affairs council in june

we might be ready to adopt a launch of the operation and we will have to follow the recommendations of p proprietary work that will commander will have in the coming weeks. in the meantime obviously the work in the security council of the united nations will continue. >> reporter: images like these that spurred eu leaders into action. the first part of the operation against the smugglers would involve surveillance and gathering intelligence but european navys will need a u.n. security council resolution if they want to seize and destroy vessels. >> this is about criminal networks and it's about border control and migration and therefore the european union is now working on how to respond to this. of course one of the problems is that there might be foreign

fighters, there might better risk also trying to hide to blend in among the migrants. >> reporter: a key stage on the route for the people smugglers is libya. these libyan security forces have uncovered a suspected hide out for would-be migrants. the eu plan depends heavily on libyan cooperation and many of the rival factions here are opposed to foreign military intervention. agreeing on a military operation is one thing deciding what to do about the thousands of migrants who have already reached europe is another question. most countries agree that the eu needs to share the burden but some nations don't want to be forced to accept a quota of refugees. many hundreds of migrants have already died at sea this year and the main sailing season has yet to begin. over summer months thousands more expected to attempt the

journey and political and moral challenge facing europe is huge, jackie in brussels. migrant crisis in southeast asia and urging indonesia and others allowing them to reach land and thousands stranded in the sea are running out of food and water. and the police say a suspected king pin of a major trafficking network has turned himself in and we have more in southern thailand. >> reporter: this is the peer and many businesses rounds here are owned by a former politician and according to police he is the key suspect in human trafficking here and off the coast that is where the boats of rohinga and bangladesh have been drifting and thousands are desperate to get on shore and u.n. says it could turn into floating coffins. nearby checkpoints are set up in this part of the province.

of the 65 suspects wanted in connection with human trafficking only 30 have been detained. police say they have an army general involved and military government denies this. in some cases fishermen have helped out with the boats and have assets to deploy 24 hours a day both in the sky and sea looking for vessels but have not seen any sign of them for the last several days. for the first time they will be high-level meetings between thailand indonesia and malaysia. on wednesday the foreign ministers will sit down for a meeting. many are hoping there will be decisions about the fate of those thousands still adrift out at sea. many who are struggling just to survive. former thailand minister is ban from traveling abroad and on trial in bangkok for a scheme that coast the government billions of dollars and entered not guilty plea in hearing at

the court and if guilty could have a sentence of ten years and the charges she says are politically motivated. >> everything will be followed by the process, thank you. >> reporter: thailand's military government says there should be a referendum on a new constitution. under the draft future elections decided by a proportional system to give more seats and critics say it's an attempt to make it tougher for the allies to return to power and referendum plans mean elections planned for early 2016 will be pushed back. in southwest china 100 people were injured on sunday when fighting broke out during protest over high-speed rail way line and we have this report from the province. >> reporter: has the feel of a town that is still waiting for better economic times. a proposed high-speed rail link

was supposed to help deliver that but when the government appeared to change its mind many in this remote community rose up. protests against new development projects in china are not unusual. but demonstrations in support of new developments are. the protesters carried banners saying we want prosperity and don't abandon her and it's not clear how a protest began peacefully turned into a violent and prolonged confrontation. here tear gas is fired as protesters attempt to block a main road. in the local hospital some of the injured accuse the police of using excessive force, this man needed ten stitches to his right eye. >> translator: i am more than 60 years old and very rationale, t not like those young people but i was beaten by the police. it was chaos.

the situation was out of control control. >> translator: i can remember when the pli liberated our town in 1949 i'm 72, i have never been treated like this by a military. i was just passing by. and they hit me for no reason they were crazy, you can see my teeth, they hit me here. >> reporter: at the entrance a poster of the former leader ping whose nick reforms helped pull millions out of poverty and born in the nearby town that is also competing for the rail link. our assignment here was brought to abrupt halt by police commanders with assault rifles and shotguns pointing at us they threatened to shoot before assaulting our producer and taking our camera all in the presence of local government minders who had given permission to work here. the camera walls eventually returned but the memory cards

had been wiped. unconfirmed reports say at least three people died and more than 100 others were injured here over the weekend, around 30 of them police officers, if that is true then this was one of the most violent protests in china to date. adrian brown. in peru thousands of minors on strike for better working conditions and want to scrap a law making it easier to fire workers and we have an update from the capitol. >> reporter: many mining, people joined the start according to the federation of miners and 20,000 are participating but analysts believe that it's about 15% of the mining, workforce around the country because many of them are afraid to lose their jobs. what they are demanding is to strengthen labor laws, they want to revert laws that allow firing workers in large numbers and they want a reduction in the use

of contract workers. >> translator: we want the laws to change because they are innocent with companies and give bonuses for a utilities for the work at the end of the year and business men take 70% of utilities and the workers' share is 8%. >> reporter: analysts believe the strike is not as important as the copper mine project, people have been clashing with police for the past seven weeks and farmers say the mine will contaminate land and water and the president has said he supporting the project of $1.4 billion investment by southern peru corporation. and this conflict is the most problematic social conflict in peru and already left three people dead and many wounded. heavy rain has triggered a landslide in columbia killing 56 people and destroying dozens of

houses and race is on for temporary shelters for survivors and we have the details. >> reporter: the wall of mud and debris surprised villagers sleeping in their homes at 3:00 in the morning, within minutes dozens of homes were swept away in the town here and surrounding villages leaving many residents with no where to escape. >> translator: when i felt my house shaking we left my family left and we were left in the middle of the landslide, it passed on this side and we were in the middle. it carried away a house on this side and we were in the middle and frightened. i said to my wife let's hug and hope to god it doesn't take our house and we are saved. >> reporter: heavy rains effected the region in past days causing ravine to overflow and many houses were built on the bank of the river. many personnel and search and rescue teams arrived on the scene while they searched the

rubble in the hope of finding survivors. >> translator: people were just screaming everywhere and i ran to help but the river was impossible to pass and all the bridges were covered. at sunrise i started to search the river and the first thing i found was a boy and they rescued him and brought him here. >> reporter: at least four dozen confirmed dead and over 30 injured, the president flew to the area and declared a natural disaster instead the final death count might be higher. >> translator: we don't know how many people are still unaccounted for and we have 166 people working to find them. rescue teams, the red cross, firefighters the police and beyond. >> reporter: hundreds of aid packages and 15 water trucks have been sent to the town. the government says it will rebuild the houses that have been destroyed and will compensate the families of the victims. in the meantime an temporary temporary

shelter camp in a coffee farm not far from town for those who survived but lost their homes, al jazeera. there may be a continent away but serious flooding in kenya too, rob. >> yes, it's an annual thing it's the wet season now and i'll show you video to the west of nairobi and it happens every year and sometimes washes away roads and bridges as is the case here and seasonal rains expected and bring april and may 350-755 millimeters but the picture east of there there is no cloud in the sky until somalia off the cost there but it's an indication of things going on looking at the forecast you may pick up arra -- arrows here and when it's southwest like they have done it suggests bringing

the monsoon into india which of course is just about due. on the first of june it should burst in places like myanmar and sh shi-lanka and lots of rain there recently but yesterday virtually nothing. a break in the rains and a little in nepal but i think we got two days rest before it starts up once more nick. >> rob thanks very much. still ahead on the news hour unemployment and crime and atmosphere of despair in the parts of many u.s. cities plus shell shareholders meeting in the netherlands over the drilling plants. sport coming up too the tampa bay lightning strike back to level the nhl playoff series and

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♪hey girl ♪we're having a party happy birthday, grandma! ♪we'll be swinging ♪dancing and singing ♪baby come on over tonight again i'm nick clark and a run through of the stories on al jazeera, a three-day conference in riyadh has support for the exiled president abd rabbuh mansur hadi and called for creation of a joint arab force to secure cities in yemen. 11 afghan police officers have been sentenced to a year in prison for failing to help a woman who was attacked and killed by a mob, the 27-year-old

known as farkhunda was falsely accused of burning the karan and people fled the city and thousands of shia malitia at a nearby military base preparing for a counter offensive. shareholders of the energy giant royal dutch shell meeting in the netherlands after they agreed for a resolution of more transparency about its impact on climate change and they staged a weekend protest in shee attel and the shell oil rig is due to leave the u.s. soon to start drilling in the arctic ocean and the arctic thought to hold enormous natural gas with millions of trillions of cubic meters of the world undiscovered reserve reserves and could be 13% of all

undiscovered global reserves but not clear how much is recovered and shell spent $6 billion over the years planning to sink wells and another $1 billion this year but with the price of oil it's unclear how much of the investment will be and needs to be above $80 a barrel for it to make commercial sense and compares with $30 a barrel to make north american shale extraction profitable. let's get the thoughts of an independent oil and energy consultant in london. given that there is such a quantity of undiscovered oil and gas within the arctic it's not surprising that these big oil companies are falling over themselves in a bid to get there. >> yes, of course obviously they are looking for it and as you said it takes a long time to develop and discover. those estimates are estimates of what could be discovered in the future of recoverable oil just

to clarify, about 90-100 billion barrels of oil which is huge like kuwait so there is big potential of recoverable oil to be discovered there. and so companies go there because the access oil in the market pushing down the prices in the last sort of six, seven months is an imbalance but if you go a few years ahead there could be a reverse and these operations are for the next five ten, 15 years. >> right. >> there will be need for oil. go ahead. >> sorry to jump in it's the word recoverable that is key because the dangers over drilling within the arctic are very apparent as we saw with shell themselves back this 2012 when that rig came adrift and was washed ashore it's not easy, is it? >> no, of course there is risk. when we fly in the airplanes there is a risk and when there

is a disaster as has happened everybody's attention is effected towards this and saying we should not fly. so looking for oil and trying to produce oil as an interim until the world can find commercially viable alternative sources of energy and i think all the forecasts, environment is very enthusiastic and others or companies, government organizations they all know you cannot now suddenly go to wind and solar and will be difficult and oil may be like coal and it's not a thing to be left idle but until then the world needs oil and gas and i think there are huge companies who can afford to spend as you said those tens of billions of dollars with a return which will be 10, 15 years ahead. >> there are many other reserves around the world, it's a very dangerous thing to do to drill

in such a pristine environment such as the arctic with the dangers and could be environmental disaster on an enormous scale just around the corner. >> of course, that is always a risk. so i don't want to push one way or the other but if you discuss with shell and other industries that they have made a great deal advancement in precautions after the oil blast in bp and gulf of mexico in 2010 they were supposed to drill in the arctic that year and delayed the operation and in four five years there have been studies and expert views both on the actually taking equipment and procedures to make sure that accidents don't happen and preparation that god for bid if there is a spill there is a risk. >> one more question one more question before we go. >> operation for it. >> this is testing at the moment but how far away could we be

from full-scale production should they find the oil they expect to find? >> i think something like ten years honestly because those which are closer to the alaskan coast you should remember oil and gas production is already there. oil production has been there for 20, 30 years. gas has been discovered on the north slopes of alaska but there are not enough pipelines infrastructure and if gas is discovered in the arctic they still have to wait for the infrastructure. oil would be much easier but still i would say something like between 5-15 years before the actual world market can see the impact on the supply of oil from the arctic exploration venture of shell and chevron and other companies which have licenses and delaying operations and on russia side.

>> we will have to leave it there. >> industry looking for the arctic. >> okay, we will have to leave it there, we do appreciate your perspective on this interesting military attack thank you. u.s. government will no longer provide some types of military start equipment to local police departments and sharply restricting the availability of others and police sharply criticized for using equipment dealing with mass protests especially in ferguson and under scrutiny after a series of killings of unarmed black men and we have a former tenant with the new york police department and he says military should not be used by the police. >> this began after 9/11 and looking at the erection of the department of homeland security you have police departments throughout the country that ramped up their milltrization with counter terrorism perspectives so initially it was seen as something to protect

cities and police departments were incapable of defending themselves from these types of assaults so when i hear what president obama stated in connection with the demilitarization of police departments i think it's more along the lines of trying to strengthen and enhance community relations and so these military types of weapons should be used by militarys and if necessary should be a collaborative approach between police and military in worse case scenarios such as riot situations et cetera. police in texas say they have been warned of revenge attacks by biker gangs and another show down feared after nine were killed in a mass fight, 170 arrests have been made and many are facing organized crime or murder charges, out law biker gangs have a history in u.s. popular culture as rob reynolds reports.

>> reporter: motorcycle gangs part of american popular culture since he road with the wild ones in 1953 but the romantic image is at odds with reality of out law biker gangs. >> criminals and individuals that are interested in dealing drugs, guns and sex. they are very very high level in the methamphetamine manufacture and methamphetamine trade and do a lot of sex trafficking and a lot of prostitutions and high level gun runners. >> reporter: this was one of the deadliest in years and out law gangs are known for culture of extreme violence and hostility to rival gangs that reputation is exaggerated by media, t.v. and the movies says anthropologist and gang expert georgia leap. >> violence is a part of their lives but it is not used on an everyday level. violence is used very strategically. what i would say is the threat of violence is much more potent

in their day-to-day existence. they intimidate and that is how they control. >> reporter: the u.s. justice department says there are more than 300 out lawed biker gangs in the country some numbering thousands of members. many motorcycle gangs got their start here in california but have spread across the country and across the world. one of the best known clubs the hell's angels has chapters in 26 countries, this is a former out law club member who now writes about the biker world. >> the motorcycle club world is really a manifestation of the american frontier. it's america as the wide open spaces and you can get on your bike and you can escape. >> reporter: at the heart of biker gangs appeal over the decades is the intense comaraderie and male bonding they offer members. >> the last time i left a club i cried. that is what it's like. a family. a romantic way to be a man, to

fight duals and to not take any crap off anybody and to know that you've got people who will back you no matter what. >> reporter: davis says many new members are combat veterans of the wars in iraq and afghanistan. according to f.b.i. some gangs allegedly recruit members of the u.s. military to get weapons expertise and combat training. rob reynolds, al jazeera, los angeles. united states the death of another black man in police custody last month talked about the grim reality of living in cities and rioting following freddie gray's death killed 31 in baltimore and poverty trap remains as tom ackerman reports. >> reporter: it's another workday in baltimore's poorest neighborhood and joy and gospel music fills the air. but in its streets men of all ages spend their time aimlessly.

>> this is simple as far as saying listen we will pay you $6 to hit the streets to give them something to do for their energy because they are transferring energy into destruction. >> reporter: finding steady work for those with few marketing skills can be hard across the state of maryland and it lost 20% of its manufacturing job base in the past decade. but the industrial slide here began 40 years ago and empty factories dot the landscape. this is where one of baltimore's historic employers stood, and last year it was demolished but the jobs had been dwindling for years, this is an urban dilemma and four decades the neighborhoods in major metropolitan areas tripled and average poverty rates in big cities are unchanged at 24%. since 2000 the population of entrenched poor has doubled to 4

million people. the decaying public schools here offer little hope of advancements. >> students realize at some point that the schools are failing them and so they don't stick around. they don't stick around. bright students become board so they drop out also. >> reporter: for 25 years sociologist carl alexander tracked the progress of hundreds of children black and white until they reached adulthood, his finding race still matters. >> doing well in baltimore's economy without the benefit of a college degree is very much conditioned by race and it's very much about the difference between white men of working class background and everybody else. >> we struggled all our life. >> reporter: once the police pick you up it becomes harder to be hired for work with much of a future. >> if you go through a program and everything you still won't be able to get a job because

they dwell off your past history ten years ago or five or three years ago, whatever, and they held that stuff against us. >> reporter: faith in economic mobility has always been fundamental to the american dream but in the heart of too many of its cities it's a dream that is still deferred. tom ackerman, al jazeera, baltimore. u.n. says there has been unprecedented progress in access to basic education in the past 15 years. the education agency is meeting south korea to check up on six key goals at 15 years ago and include ensuring everyone has the opportunity to learn and improve equality of education and despite progress there is a long way to go and a third of countries achieved all the goals and only half of universal primary education and means 100 million children will not complete primary school this year and the world's poorest children four times more likely

to skip school than rich kids and u.n. says $22 billion is needed for a quality basic education for all by the year 2030. let's speak now to mary who is the director of the educated child program and joins us now in south korea, very good to see you there, we appreciate you speaking to us on al jazeera, just give us an overview of the situation as you see it as far as education globally is concerned. >> thank you very much for the question. basically we are here to address primarily the new sustainable development goals that interest to be voted on in september at the united nations general assembly. here we are looking at the past performance in education and the six goals that were set in 1990 and reaffirmed in here in 2000 and what we see in short is

really in some ways very good progress on the one goal of the e.f.a. goals and education goals that was selected for a goal and that is universal primary education. globally we have made good progress and unfortunately that progress began to stall in about 2008 2010. so while we have made good progress there is still about 58 million children at the primary level who are denied access to a quality education. >> and i understand that something like 250 million children cannot read or write even though many have attended school for years, it seems extraordinary, doesn't it? >> well it does and it doesn't. i think one of the things we don't really put enough attention to globally is what an important investment education is. and how it is something that

everybody and every sector benefits from. so what we have is really been under engagement in education, under investment in education so as a result the quality has not kept up with the demand, the quality of education has certainly not kept up with the changing times. so as a result in particularly in poor countries but also in wealthy countries, there are millions of children who may even be attending but not learning. >> and given all those issues i guess there must be a problem with supply of good teachers too. >> well, teachers are an important part of the whole package if you will. but education is certainly about the teachers but it's also about the learners. and if you don't have classrooms or systems that are attractive to learners that recognize what

the learners bring into the classroom or who the learners are or what language perhaps they speak then, in fact, we have missed the boat. so, yes, teachers are critical but they are only part of the package. >> mary joe we very much appreciate your perspective on this director of the educated child program, thanks very much. >> thank you. still ahead all the sports including the cricket team arrived from pakistan to be the first nation to tour the country since march 2009. ♪

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okay let's move on to sport. >> thank you very much nick a safety crisis ahead of america's biggest motor race the indy 500, a driver has suffered a heavy crash in practice. and he hit the wall and his car briefly flipped after a possible mechanical failure. 28-year-old remains in intensive care after surgery on his leg. it comes just 24 hours after ed carpenter's crash which along with two earlier accidents organizers change safety rules ahead of sunday's race. for more on our story we go live to damian smith with motor sport magazine and we had four frightening crashes in practice in less than a week. why is this happening? >> well indy car racing has

always been dangerous and indy 5 00's one of the fastest in the world and this year the cars have been changed, two manufacturers involved in indy car, chevy and honda developed their own packages and have not been tested until this month when the teams have turned up at indy and they have proven to be unstable basically and these accidents, the most disturbing part of them is the fact the cars are airborne once they actually hit the wall. >> the race is only a few days away, what can be done to improve safety? >> very little can be done. they have already made a few aerodynamic tweaks to make the cars more stable and have done more already and the accident yesterday still happened so the indy car racing world will be keeping their fingers crossed on sunday that we don't have a serious accident as you say one of america's biggest races. they have tried to make the cars more stable. they have done what they can but time is too short to make big

changes to cars at this stage. >> if these accidents continue how damaging will it be for the sport? >> they will be hugely damaging for indy car because over the past 20 years the sport has struggled to keep up with media attention in america and nascar dominates so much and indy car is a poor relative to nascar. so to have a story like this which is around something as negative as safety and danger is very bad for sport. >> in the 90s indy car was able to attack the champions and can it ever get back to those days? >> most people doubt it. those days were the highlight for the sport in america. it was considered even better than formula one and considered the pin pinicle of the sport and struggled over the past 15

years or so to maintain that level and really it's kind of a second division in motor sport which is very sad. indy 5 00's fantastic and a quarter of a million people on sunday and still a wonderful spectacle and hope this year it remains safe. >> damion smith editor of motor sport magazine thank you for that. cricket team landed ahead of the tour of pakistan, they will be the first test team to play in the country since 2009 attacks on the on the cricket team. >> reporter: welcome to the stadium which is the venue of the match of zimbabwe way and pakistan and it has taken six years to convince an international team to come play here in pakistan. there is unprecedented security in the city here to ensure that

the games go smoothly. the pakistani military has done major offensive against the taliban in pakistan and that has created a conducive environment restoring law an order across the country. although the threat still remains that zimbabwe team has been brave to come here and show the people of pakistan they are so serious about cricket and they want to send a message to the people of pakistan that similar zimbabwe is playing a role in international cricket in pakistan a country where people are passionate about the game. >> translator: we are very happy to see an international team after six long years and we hope that more teams will come to pakistan as the security situation is far better than before before. >> translator: almost all tickets are sold off and still four days until the match but people are excited to see a match after a long time and

people of pakistan are cricket lovers. >> reporter: it also means that pakistan will come out of isolation. its own team had to blame the emirates and a lot of excitement across pakistan this will indeed be good cricket and also give an opportunity for the pakistani team to show they can still play the game. the referee for the champions league final between barcelona next month has been appointed. and it is turkey official the final in berlin is likely to bring together striker lewis with two of husband arch rivals. and he has a good reputation with u.s. and fifa who gave him the world cup semi final between argentina and netherlands last year. english league chelsea had a defeat in the match of the season beaten by west and scored an early goal and led to

safety by new manager tony and chelsea said they were sent midway through the first half for kicking the ball angry players scored after the break and made it 3-0 and the first defeat in the league since new year's day. >> congratulations to us for the season and glad to be back next year and again congratulations for the three points. and let's go home. netherlands forward has completed his medical with united as he moves closer to officially completing transfer and united say they will work to finalizing his registration when the international transfer window opens in june. united had already agreed a fee

of 39 million for the pay who was top scorer in the dutch league with 22 goals this season. and tampa bay lightning levelled playoff seed with a new york rangers at one a piece thanks to tyler johnson who is fast becoming the frontrunner for post season mvp and scoring a hat trick for a 6-2 victory. >> we want to go down 2-0 and that is tough to get back especially against a great team of new york and mainly focused on the fact we worked so hard to get in this position and didn't want to squander it away and felt we didn't play well game one and the team responded well and had a great game. >> that is it for me. >> see you later and look forward to it and that is it for the news hour and another full

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