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east and north africa. meaning lesson — to help young people in the region stay hanan razek reports. going back home. come to see what little is left of his school. the walls left standing. may the schools reopen safely. when i saw my school in ruins, a deep sadness overwhelmed me.

even if schools don't reopen, we will keep learning in our houses. thousands of children are losing their lives, losing a limb, being injured. deprived of education.

in sudan between the army and the paramilitary millions still live in refugee camps. to practice reading arabic. of becoming a surgeon. i'm still holding on to hope.

in an exclusive interview, the sudanese education minister told the bbc no state was spared of the damage. translation: sudan has approximately 15,000 - between 60% and 70% of these schools have been completely damaged — losing their foundations, now the bbc world service is launching an educational programme for our arabic—speaking student audience. the weekly show will share lessons in english, maths,

it might be hard to believe, it might be hard to believe, but it's almost a quarter but it's almost a quarter of a century since the first bridgetjones film was released. was released. leading actress renee zellweger received an oscar nomination for her performance for her performance back in 2002. back in 2002. now bridget�*s back in a fourth film, bridgetjones: mad about the boy. mad about the boy. things are a bit different things are a bit different this time, though, as she is a widow, and just this time, though, starting to date again. 0ur entertainment correspondent colin paterson has been speaking to the stars speaking to the stars of the film... of the film... ah, mrs darcy. mr wallaker. mr wallaker. why is your granny wearing pyjamas? after almost a decade away, the return of bridgetjones. following the death following the death of mark darcy, she is now a widow trying to bring up two kids and re—entering the world of mark darcy, she is now of dating by having a fling with someone more than 20 years herjunior. played by leo woodall. played by leo woodall. um, you can call me rock star.

bridgetjones. but you can call her mummy.

oh, yeah. it's a staple piece. mm. is still the role for which she is best known. yeah.

character, is sort of meeting up with her in different stages of her life. are you sure you're up to this? how's she had to adjust and what things were talked about in the film that haven't been previously? society's changed. people have changed. and how we see ourselves as women. it's changed. no, no. we all understand. and she still feels very familiar to me. can you survive ? i think so.

it's not enough to survive. you've got to live. was that the dalai lama? bridgetjones is to generation z. the way that friends has? it's been four years now. you were effectively a nun. i've set you up on tinder. what's tinder? mm. how do you find that whole phenomenon? oh, no. i'm a pen and paper girl. but i do appreciate

the occasional animal video. i don't know. to start. i mean, i'm really busy. it just seems like so much work. i can't even remember that i have whatsapp and i'm supposed to look at that sometimes. no. and finally, how would you feel about a bridgetjones 5? of course. yeah. love it. yeah.

yeah! great. let's just show you these live pictures that we are keeping an on in gaza thousands eye on in gees where'theueende have been of palestinians have been the north of the returning to the north of the strip after israeli gaza strip after israeli troops withdrew main corridor withdrewcfrom amain corridor new figures from nhs england, and analysed by bbc panorama, were admitted to hospital in 2024 with lung conditions being taken seriously. 0ur reporter rahil sheikh has been to brighton to meet a mother who says her son has developed health problems from the mould in their flat.

yeah. with his mum, sinead. this is the toilet. oh, wow, that's a lot of mould. to be in good condition, but within two weeks the mould all over the walls and even onto the beds and furniture. these are loads of doctor's letters, hospital letters. yeah.

in 2023, the then government passed a new law known as awaab's law, which aims to give social housing awaab's father, faisal, is not happy that the law what does awaab's law mean to you? but it's great memories.

anyone is feeling - like their house is not when i went through — - lose the child or lost someone. it says private renters will be protected once its renters' eights eill oecomes law she has made repeated complaints to her landlord, and she can't find anywhere else nearby she can afford to rent.

painted and have a professional clean. it looks better, but you can still see the mould faintly visible underneath. i feel like every route that i've gone down sinead disputes this. it's notjust about cleaning the mould. you can clean it every day. it's a lot to deal with on a day—to—day basis when it brighton & hove city council said the issues it has by the landlord. sinead in resolving any further disrepair issues. further legal protection, but without better use rahil sheikh, bbc news.

now it's time for a look at the weather with carol kirkwood. hello, again. the weather this week isn't going to change a lot of cloud around. northern england and scotland. from the near continent. it's with us for much of the week. you can, of course, keep up—to—date with but today, a lot of cloud, that patchy light rain and drizzle and the hill snow with some rain in the

the best of any sunny breaks will be in the north and west but feeling colder in the wind. in the south—east moves further north, getting into england, it could be cold enough for a touch of frost. then, into tomorrow, this low pressure is not too away. a weather front out towards the east. east anglia, parts of eastern england but we're looking at more persistent rain 5 to about 8 degrees about sums it up. limited amounts of sunshine.

that takes us into the latter part of this week and it will still be fairly cloudy.

live from london, this is bbc news. come into effect today, as the trade war between a over offensive comments made in a whatsapp group.

world leaders and tech experts gather in paris today hello. the comments have already provoked reaction from hamas, to displace them. aboard air force one. and we don't want hamas going back. and the united states is going to own it.