hello. our top stories. iran's president calls for a halt to saudi-led air strikes in yemen, but in the united states, secretary of state kerry warns iran over its support for the rebels. >> iran needs to recognize that in the united states is not going to stand by while the region is destabilized. french television network says it has been attacked by hackers from so-called islamic state. only half the countries in the world have achieved the target of getting all target into primary school. we visit one of the success

stories in india. and another disadvantage to being short. a study of dna has found that short people are at a higher risk of heart disease. welcome to the program. just when tensions between iran and the united states looked like they were easing, washington is warning tehran over another issue. the u.s. secretary of state has cautioned iran over its support for anti-government houthi fighters in the country. mike wooldridge reports. >> reporter: the latest pictures of the fighting in the port city of aden. stronghold of the saudi-backed president, abdrabbuh mansour hadi. here on the streets fighters

loyal to the president. opposing them are the houthi militia, backed by iran. and this the latest video released of the air viks being carried out by the saudi-led coalition. they're targeting houthi positions in northern central, and southern yemen, trying to halt the rebel's southward sweep over recent months. today, iran's president called for an end to the air strikes. hassan rouhani said it was a mistake and called for broad-based talks to talk about the crisis. but manyt from the americans, this warning to iran. >> we're well aware of the support that iran has been giving to yemen. and iran needs to recognize that the united states is not going to stand by while the region is destabilized or while people

engage you know, in overt warfare across lines, international boundaries, and other countries. >> aid groups want to halt the fighting to enable more aid to get in. the world health organization says at least 560 people have been killed in recent weeks including 76 children. more than 1,700 people are being wounded. many of them civilians. 100,000 have fled their homes. this evidence of the impact of the conflict in the capital sanaa. the question now, whether yemen's crisis will continue to draw in other powers more deeply militarily or whether diplomacy will gather momentum as the cost of the conflict continues to rise. mike wooldridge, bbc news. well, we've got some breaking news to bring to you right now from the northern italian city of milan. there are reports that two people have been killed in a shooting at the palace of justice.

the reuters news agency is reporting that one of the dead is a judge and police say that the shots have been fired by a defendant in a bankruptcy case that then ran off. well witnesses described crowds of lawyers and court users pouring down the stairways towards the exits. we'll bring you more on that story as it comes to us. let's go to france now, where the television network has been hacked. a group claiming allegiance to the so-called islamic state said they carried out the hacker attack. they briefly took over their websites and social media accounts. the director says they still didn't know exactly how it happened. >> we're trying to find out but it's been a very powerful cyberattack, because we have very strong fiber walls and that has been checked very recently, and we are said to be very safe. so obviously, it's a very knowledgeable and powerful

cyberattack. reports from afghanistan take interest in military uniforms have stormed a court complex in the northern afghan city of mazar-e-sharif. the gunman was still inside the building and are still exchanging fire with security forces. government in kenya is trying to restore public confidence in its security forces one week exactly after nearly 150 people were killed by islamist militants at a university in garissa. amid criticism that it could have done more to prevent the attack, the authorities have suspended the accounts of more than 80 individuals and authorizations that have suspected links with the somali militant group al shabaab. our african correspondent has this report for us from nairobi. >> reporter: one week after the kenyan killings families are overcome with grief. the government has begun handing over these coffins to relatives

in preparation for burial in the coming days. this man mourns for his son. he doesn't mince his words. as far as the militant somali group al shabaab is concerned. >> i don't have any compassion for the terrorists, because i took my child to school,. >> this is where it all began. garissa university's killing fields. whole buildings are riddled with bullet holes and broken windows. such was the ferocity of the attack. the government is relying on its own troops and international solidarity to stop another devastating attack on east africa's largest economy. >> we're just trying to see where the guts are and see where we need additional, you know, support.

and they're going to many areas where we need additional support. and you know, we hope to continue relying on the support of you know, our strongest allies. >> reporter: the government began by freezing over 86 individual accounts suspected of helping to fund al shabaab attacks, including shutting down nrl money transfer funds. kenyans are hoping for peace. but they know that in these troubled times there are no guarantees. bbc, nairobi. we can turn to aaron now who's here with all the business news and yes, another deadline for greece. >> we're watching the clock. let me explain this one. hello, there, yeah. we're going to start with greece again. and it's battle to avoid defaulting on its debts and being forced out of the union.

the international monetary fund are refusing to lend greece anymore money unless they are satisfied it is making enough reforms to its economy. well, a deal between the two sides looks absolutely no closer. and today, the financial situation for athens becomes very perilous indeed. why? well, today thursday, april 9th, greece must make a repayment to the imf, the international monetary of $485 million euros. greece has promised it would make the payment. but that is just a tenth of almost 4.6 billion euros that it has to find greece has to find, over the next two weeks to make various debt repayments as well as pay state salaries and state pensions. the experts are warning that could push greece into default come next month, may. again, we'll have more coming up on "gmt" on this one. how about this? news that broke earlier today. a court in india has found this bloke right here guilty in the

biggest accounting scandal india has ever seen. as the founder and ceo of settian computers he was one of the pioneers in the indian i.t. outsourcing industry. back in 2009 he confessed to manipulating his company's account books and inflating promises over many years to the tune of more than $1 billion. nine others have also been found guilty and we'll have much more from our team in mumbai coming up again on "gmt." but we do believe reports suggest that he's already been sentenced. we're expecting a sentence ton friday, but being sentenced to seven years in prison. okay, more on that. what about this one? here's a biggy. an oil exploration firm has announced that$ @e there could be up to 100 billion of barrels beneath the south of england. uk oil and gas investments says much of the oil may lie beneath the basementñux in surrey and

sussex. so 100 billion-plus barrels pretty significant, indeed. again, we're going to have i hope, the big boss of the company that found that oil coming up on "gmt" in just over an hour's time. lots going on. toll follow me on twitter. that's it with the business for now. >> thanks very much, aaron. stay with us on bbc news. still to come, the 5-year-old who discovered a dinosaur, just behind a supermarket in texas. success starts with the right connections. introducing miracle-gro liquafeed universal feeder. turn any hose connection into a clever feeding system for a well-fed garden. miracle-gro. life starts here. (playing harmonica) get your own liquid gold. go on, git! there's gold in them thar shells. liquid gold.

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iran calls for an end to saudi-led air strikes against houthis in yemen, but the u.s. warns iran over its support for the rebels. islamic state hackers from attacked french tv network hitting their tv networks and social media accounts. protests have been taking

place in north charleston in the state of south carolina. that's after a white police officer was sacked and charged with murder for apparently shooting a black man who was running away. now, tb incident has reigniting a national debate over police practices and race relations. eileen macpool is in north carolina and sent us this report. >> the footage is chilling. there appears to be no warning before the officer fires. [ gunfire ] the dead man has now been identified as 50-year-old walter scott, who was then handcuffed as he lay on the ground. all this after he'd been stopped for a broken rear light on his car. his family has been devastated by the loss and being able to see how walter was killed. >> i could feel the shots. you know that was my brother and just see how his body just fell over. and i was like dang this is not real. this can't be real.

that's my brother. that's the guy that i took baths with in the same house. that's the guy that i walked to school with every day. elementary school, middle school, rode buses, back and forth to school together. and he's gone, forever. >> reporter: the man who killed walter scott was officer michael slager. he said he feared for his life because michael scott had taken his stun gun. the video suggests that the officer dropped the taser gun by mr. scott's body after his death. he's now been charged with murder. the police chief here appealed for calm. >> i have been praying for peace, peace for the family and peace for this community. >> reporter: but people in the crowd were determined to voice their anger towards the authorities. the incident's reminiscent of

other killings of african-american men by white police officers in recent months in america and the outrage that followed. well, the protests here have been small unlike those that followed the killing of michael brown, the unarmed teenager in ferguson last year but there has been that video and there has been unusually swift action against the police officer involved as well but that is not to say that the killing of walter scott hasn't once again exposed a huge issue of race and policing in this country. >> staying in the united states the man accused of carrying out the boston marathon bombing in 2013 dzhokar tsarnaev, may face the death penalty. he's been found guilty on 30 charges, including using a weapon of mess destruction. three people died at the marathon. apparently, the shorter you are, the greater your risk of

heart problems. this is the conclusion of researchers at the university of lester in the united kingdom who studied nearly 200,000 people. they found sections of dna that found both the health of the heart as well as your height. michael sullivan explains. >> reporter: the laboratory at the grenfield hospital in lester, where some of the nearly 200,000 worldwide dna samples were tested for coronary heart disease. the professor who showed me a dna sample it's the cloudy material in the test tube, says the study confirms that shorter people have an increased risk. >> not everybody short is going to get this. this is an average effect we are going to see this. similarly, not everybody tall complacent. >> reporter: it highlighted the importance of genetic makeup. for example, compared to a 5'6" tall person, a 5 foot-tall person has on average a 32% higher risk of coronary heart disease. and every 2.5-inch change in

your height affects your risk by 13.5%. >> what we learned from this study is that the same processes were hard to achieve the growth in the body was now know also affect the structure of the blood vessels in the heart and how they react to other respectives and how they are related to coronary heart disease. >> reporter: the study at the research center supported by the british heart foundation is being published in america. it's attracted global attention. mike o'sullivan bbc news, lester. the united nations says only that half of the countries in the world have achieved a global target of getting all children into primary school. this report by unesco says nearly 60 million youngsters are getting no education at all. countries singled out for praise include afghanistan, nepal sierra leone rwanda, tanzania,

and india. it went to 60 million out of school to 1 million, making it the best improved. but there are still major weaknesses in india's education system. >> reporter: inside a government school in delhi most of the children come from poor backgrounds. the school provides them with books and uniform and of course, there are no fees to be paid. most indian children now go to school. but some of the older ones have to balance their desire to learn with the need to support their families. most of the children come in the morning, but then in the afternoon go to work in small factories or even at home. they tell us if they don't do that, their family may not have enough money to buy food. at mid-day, it's lunchtime. the students are made to wash up

before being served a simple but hot meal provided free by the government, it's one of the big reasons why parents send their children to school. the children are now back in the classroom, tucking into mare meal of lentils and rice. many of these children come from poor or modest backgrounds, so this is possibly the only proper meal they'll have all day. and it's one of the reasons they like coming to school. it's the cornerstone of one of the most ambitious free school lunch programs anywhere in the world, because at this very moment, 120 million school lunches are being served up across india. but while primary school enrollment in india is now very high there is a significant dropout rate. many children especially in poorer areas are unable to finish school because they have to find work or in the case of women, get married. >> having children drop out

earlier, having not completed four or five years of education means that their ability to develop these basic reading, writing, speaking skills is at risk. >> so school's let out now. let's find out if these children like coming to school. and more importantly, what are they going to do with their education? [ speaking foreign language ] >> doctor. >> police! >> policeman. >> pilot. >> pilot. >> three very different professions. >> reporter: big dreams. but some of them may never see them through. india's made big strides from bringing children to school. the challenge is to keep them there. well let's turn our attention now to russia. ever since it annexed crimea the life of many have turned into a struggle for their rights. many of them have been targeted or harassed because of their

ethnicity. this one couple grew afraid of the unrest and the uncertainty surrounding them. they took the decision to start a new life in kiev aching popular pastries. the bbc met them at their shop. ♪

>> tasty. let's turn now to the jurassic kid. a 5-year-old boy has discovered a 100 million-year-old designinosaur fossil. he was playing with his father just behind a supermarket in

texas. let's here more. >> reporter: little hands that made a big discovery. 5-year-old wiley was digging in the dirt near his home in texas when he found some sort of skeleton. >> i thought i found a turtle. >> reporter: but what he'd actually found was a dinosaur fossil. 100 million years old. >> he walked a little bit ahead of me and came back with a piece of bone and i knew it was something pretty large and so we went and started looking in that area and started finding more bonus that were coming out of ground. >> reporter: the fossil is thought to be that of a nodasaur, a type of dinosaur with armored plates on its back and similar in size to a pony. wiley and his dad made the discovery last september, but it's taken months to get excavation permits. scientists are surprised by where the fossil was found. >> just look around where we are. this is a shopping mall. you don't think about mansfield texas, as being a fossil hub of

the world. but it is. >> reporter: the bones have been carefully wrapped to be transported to southern methodist university where they'll be cleaned and pieced together, to everyone's delight. >> he thinks it's neat that he found a dinosaur. i don't think he understands. it's kind of overwhelming even for me. i don't think he really understands, this may never happen again for us. so it's awesome and amazing. this is probably a once in a lifetime find. >> so out of a plot of land that's due to become a car park, something out of jurassic park, and the piece of history preserved, thanks to one little boy. ben bland, bbc news. >> what a story. let's turn now to golf. arguably the greatest ever golfer, but at the age of 75 jack nicolaus has chalked up a new achievement. playing on the par three hole, the golden bear carted his first hole in one at augusta. the ball landing beyond the pin before spinning back and slowly rolling into the cup.

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iran's president calls for a halt to saudi-led air strikes in yemen yemen, but in the united states, secretary of state kerry warns iran over its support for the rebels. >> iran needs to recognize that the united states is not going to stand by while the region is destabilized. french television network says it has been attacked by hackers from the so-called islamic state. and a week after the massacre at garissa university kenya is trying to restore public confidence in its

security forces. and another disadvantage of being short. a study of dna has found that short people are at a higher risk of heart disease. welcome to the program. just when tensions between iran and the united states looked like easing, after that first step towards a nuclear deal was agreed, washington is now warning tehran over another issue. that is the crisis in yemen. the u.s. secretary of state has cautioned iran over its support for anti-government houthi fighters in the country. our world affairs correspondent, mike wooldridge brings us this report. >> reporter: the latest pictures of the fighting in the port city of aden. stronghold of the saudi-backed president, abdrabbuh mansour hadi.

in the tank and on the streets, fighters loyal to the president. opposing them are the houthi militia, backed by iran. and this the latest video released of the air strikes being carried out by the saudi-led coalition. they're targeting houthi positions in northern, central and southern yemen trying to halt the rebel's southward sweep over recent months. today, iran's president called for an end to the air strikes. hassan rouhani said such a campaign was a mistake and he called for a cease-fire to allow for broad-based talks to resolve the crisis. from the americans this warning to iran. >> we're well aware of the support that iran has been giving to yemen. and iran needs to recognize that the united states is not going to stand by while the region is

destabilized or while people engage you know in overt warfare across lines, international boundaries in othert> reporter: aid groups want to halt the fighting to enable more aid to get in. the world health organization says at least 560 people have been killed in recent weeks, including 76 children. more than 1700 people are being wounded, many of them civilians. 100,000 have fled their homes. this evidence of the impact in the capital, sanaa. the question now whether yemen's power will continue to draw in more powers militarily or whether diplomacy will gather momentum as the cost of the conflict continues to rise. mike wooldridge, bbc news. >> you can get all the latest on this story on our website, including a report where residents in yemen and sanaa tell us what the daily battle is like for them. go to bbc.com/news.

the government in kenya is trying to restore public confidence in its security forces. that's one week after nearly 150 people were killed by islamist militants at a university in garissa. amid criticism that the government could have done more to prevent the attack the authorities have suspended the accounts of more than 80 individuals and organizations that are suspected of having links with the somali militant group, al shabaab. our correspondent milton cozy is in nairobi and has been telling me more about how the government are responding. >> they've also suspended 13 of the informal money transfers. it's been a week to the day since those attacks and i've been finding out what has been going on now when the government has been handing out the bodies back to the families in preparation for burials. one week after the kenyan killings, families are overcome with grief.

the government has begun handing over these coffins to relatives in preparation for burial in the coming days. this man mourns for his son. he doesn't mince his words as far as the militant somali group al shabaab is concerned. >> i don't have any compassion for the terrorists because i took my child to school. today i'm taking this. i do not have any sympathy for the terrorists. in any form. >> reporter: this is where it all began. garissa university's killing fields. whole buildings are riddled with bullet holes and broken windows. such was the ferocity of the attack. the government is relying on its own troops and international solidarity to stop another devastating attack on east africa's largest economy. >> we're just trying to see

where we need additional, you know support. and they're going to many areas where we need additional support. and you know, we hope that we can continue relying on the support of, you know, our strongest allies. >> reporter: the government began by freezing over 86 individual accounts, suspected of helping to fund al shabaab attacks, including shutting down inform money transfer firms. kenyans are hoping for peace, but they know that in these troubled times, there are no guarantees. >> milton, you mentioned in your report there some of the actions that the government has taken over the past week. what would you say is the public's reaction to those? >> it is a mixed reaction here

in kenya. what has been happening is that the people who are directly affected by the suspension of the informal money transfer firms, they feel incredibly frustrated. i spent some time here in nairobi, which is where the largest somali community is based here in the capital, and a lot of people were telling me that they were expecting some money from their relatives in the united states and they needed food and they couldn't access it because the firms were shut down. but there are others who accept that the government has to try to clamp down on the activities of al shabaab especially of those who are seemingly funding the operations of al shabaab here in kenya. so there's a mixed reaction. other people want security and others are frustrated by the inconvenience of it.

>> and what about the unity of the country milton? >> reporter: the opposition party is already calling for the kenyan defense force to pull out of somalia. part of al shabaab's grief with kenya is that kenyan troops are operating under the african union mission in kenya to try to stabilize the -- in somalia, to try to stabilize the security situation there. so the opposition party is putting pressure on the president to pull out the defense force back to the country, to try to reduce the attacks by al shabaab. so there is, clearly, a division there as to whether kenya should stay in somalia and stabilize it, or they should come back home. >> milton describing one of the problems taking place.

a group claiming allegiance to the so-called islamic state saez they carried out the attack. they cut 11 channels belonging to the network and took over their websites and social media accounts. the director of the channels say they still didn't know how this happened. >> we're trying to find out. but it's been a very powerful cyberattack, because we have very strong cyberwalls and that has been checked very recently and we are said to be very safe. so, of course, it's a very knowledgeable and powerful cyberattack. >> well, live now to paris and our correspondent hugh schofield. hugh, can you tell us a little -- is everything back to normal ownow, that the channels have resumed? >> reporter: no, far from it and that gives you an idea of the scale of this attack. this was no ordinary attack. normally we hear of websites going down and so on the victim of hackers for this or that cause, among them the islamist

cause, but this was a much bigger affair. this was an international television station which was brought down off air, its broadcast was stopped for three hours and they're still not back to normal now. right now they're putting out this international french language channel they're putting out prerecorded programs because they can't go live. their website has still got a message saying, we are undergoing maintenance please be patient. things are no doubt progressively returning to normal, and imagine in the coming hours they will resume full service, but they're not at that point right now. and that does give an idea of how much more important and worrying this cyberattack was others that we've seen in the past. >> so the director of the channels there speaking saying we didn't know how it happened. has there been any other response from the government considering it's so widespread? >> there has been. president holland has reacted. manuel valls has reacted, the

prime minister tweeting about how unacceptable this is. the interior minister and minister of culture have gone from the headquarters of television to express their solidarity. there is a general recognition that this is worrying and very important moment, not least because whoever did it also put out a warning to france, not for the first time, of course but in this very public way, saying to president holland, keep out of iraq and stop your actions against islamic state. and even more worringly purportedly putting up documents of family members of french soldiers who have been serving out there, with the message, we're coming to get you. so i repeat, this is not some attack that has brought a website down temporarily, this is a much larger and worrying scale. let's bring you other news. the man accused of carrying o inging

out the boston marathon bombing may face the death penalty. he's been found guilty on all 30 carjacks, including using a weapon of mass destruction. three people died at the marathon. his brother was shot dead by police. protests have been taking place in north charleston in the u.s. state of south carolina, after a white police officer was sacked and charged with murder for apparently shooting a black man who was running away. the protesters are calling for better protection for black americans against police brutality. the united states has supported the former head of el salvador's national guard after illegal battles. he was found responsible for human rights violations during the civil war in el salvador in the 1980s. because of an amnesty in his home country, he doesn't face any charges there. well, the shorter you are the greater your risk of heart problems. that is according to a new

study. researchers from the university of lester found that sections of dna that controlled both the health of your heart and your height. every 2.5 inches cut the incidents of coronary disease rose by 13.5%. with me in the studio is our bbc online health editor james gallagher. welcome to the program. this is quite a finding this morning. very specific. 2.5 inches and you could be in trouble. >> well, scale up a bit further, the difference between 5 foot and 6 foot, that's an increased 64% increase in the chance for heart attack. but while they're saying is why this is quite a significant increase, it's nothing compared to some of the other risks. >> like? >> like smoking. you're talking 200, 300% increased risk of a heart attack if you're a regular smoker. putting in that context that 13.5% for 2.5 inches doesn't feel that terrifying. >> so i'm giving some statistics, but i'm not

explaining anything. i'm going to leave that to you, james. why? >> you mentioned some of the genetics that went on in the study as well. what they did is they looked at 180 genes that we already know are involved in height. and started analyzing what else are they doing? what are they linked to? and they found that some of those genes are also involved in the level of cholesterol in your blood? so the shorter you are, the higher the level of cholesterol we tend to high. cholesterol clogs up the arteries so there seems to be some shade processes going on in the way our body runs and the way our body is built which combines how tall we end up growing and how our hearts are healthy. >> i was looking at one line on this report, you talk about if you're taller you're not out of the woods, but would smoking be worse for a shorter person? >> risks all add up, all culminate is giving your overall risk. so if you're short and you smoke, you'll be at higher risk

than someone who's very tall and smokes. but if you're very short and don't smoke you'll be at a much lower risk for someone who's very tall and does smoke. don't think you're going to get away with smoking if you're tall. >> thanks james. do stay with us on bbc world news. still to come india stops the class. a new report praises the progress made in education. most indian children are now going to school. ♪ ♪ ♪ hershey's spreads. bring the delicious taste of hershey's chocolate to anything - everything. with hershey's spreads, the possibilities are delicious. it tastes better when you grow it. it tastes even better when you share it. it's not hard, it's doable. it's growable. get going with gro-ables. miracle-gro. life starts here.

iran calls for an end to saudi-led air strikes against houthis in yemen, but the u.s. warns iran over its support for the rebels. hackers have attacked a french tv network hitting its it have channels, websites, and social media accounts. >> more now on that breaking

news we brought you a little earlier from milan in italy. these are the latest pictures from outside the palace of justice, where at least two people have been killed in a shooting. court officials say one of the victims was a judge. police say the shots have been fired by a defendant in a bankruptcy case, who then ran off. well, let's change tack now. ever since russia annexed crimea the life of many crimiane tatars is decided to make a new life in crimea. the bbc met them at their shop.

well let's turn our attention now to a report. the united nations says that only half the countries in the world have achieved a global target that was set for getting all children into primary school. this report was by unesco. it says nearly 60 million youngsters are still getting no education at all. but there were countries singled out for praise, they include afghanistan, nepal sierra leone, nepal, and tanzania. india went from 60 million out of school in 2000 to 1 million currently. that is making it the best performing nation in improving the number of children in the classroom. now our report from delhi.

>> reporter: inside a government school in delhi, most of the children come from poor backgrounds. the school provides them with books and uniform and of course, there are no fees to be paid. most indian children now go to school. but some of the older ones have to balance their desire to learn with the need to support their families. most of the children come in the morning, but then in the afternoon go to work in small factories or even at home. they tell us if they don't do that, their family may not have enough money to buy food. at mid-day, it's lunchtime. the students are made to wash up before being served a simple but hot meal, provided free by the government, it's one of the big reasons why parents send their children to school. the children are now back in the classroom, tucking into mare meal of lentils and rice. many of these children come from poor or modest backgrounds, so

this is possibly the only proper meal they'll have all day. and it's one of the reasons they like coming to school. it's the cornerstone of one of the most ambitious free school lunch programs anywhere in the world, because at this very moment, 120 million school lunches are being served up across india. but while primary school enrollment in india is now very high, there is a significant dropout rate. many children, especially in poorer areas, are unable to finish school, because they have to find work, or in the case of women, get married. >> having children drop out earlier, having not completed four or five years of education, means that their ability to develop these basic reading, writing, speaking skills is at risk. >> so school's let out now. let's find out if these children like coming to school. and more importantly, what are they going to do with their

education? [ speaking foreign language ] >> doctor. >> police! >> policeman. >> pilot. >> pilot. >> three very different professions. >> reporter: big dreams. but some of them may never see them through. india's made big strides from bringing children to school. the challenge is to keep them there. >> nice to see those smiling faces. johanna is a researcher for unesco. we heard about india there, but i would be interested to hear from you, what other country surprised you and why? >> afghanistan was a very extreme example of progress in getting girls into school. they managed to go from 4% of girls to 80% of girls enrolled

in school, so that's a really surprising and major achievement. >> and they are young kids, as we talked about, it's primarily school children. do unique those young girls will be able to remain in school? >> well the hope is yes, if quality is found to be lacking or potentially if families need their children at home to help around the house, there is the risk that children can drop out, but hopefully those children will proceed through primary school at least. >> 4% to 80% is incredible. what do you think was the uniting factors in the countries that managed to succeed in these ways? like india or afghanistan? >> well, major political will is really needed and coupled with good-quality policy making and financing to back that up. so, for example in india they decided to make one primary school within one kilometer of every single habitation in the

country. so therefore that really brought education close to people's homes, it brought it close to them mentally and conceptual conceptually, and so it just became an accepted part of life there. so that made major strides. >> and yo hanna, we're talking there about the success stories, but i did mention at the beginning that the u.n. says that only half of the countries achieved the target. so is this a success story or instead or is it a sad story? >> i guess you would have to say it's a bit of both. but for example, in sub-saharan africa, they've made major strides in getting children into school. so that's enormous. now, also, you have to look at that in terms of the enormous demographic challenges that those countries have been facing for example 65% more children in the age group 5 to 4. so in spite of major challenges

there has been major progress. >> johanna thank you so much, giving us a bit of context there with that particular report. well, you can get in touch with me and some of the team on twitter. i'm @bbcnulla. always love to hear from you. there are your headlines. you can find a little bit more. bbc.com/news. for me, for now, good-bye. . but to get from the old way to the new, you'll need the right it infrastructure. from a partner who knows how to make your enterprise more agile, borderless and secure. hp helps businesses move on all the possibilities of today. and stay ready for everything that is still to come. ♪ real fruit in silky smooth dove dark chocolate.

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