this is. a homecoming that brought tears of joy peace prize winner malala yousafzai says it's a dream to return to pakistan it's a first time back since twenty twelve when she was shot on a school bus by taliban militants also. seen envoys from north and south korea holds talks at the border and announced the twenty seventh of april that's the date when the two leaders will meet it's the latest step in a. nuclear ambitions on. the state of.

cricket captain steve smith apologizes for the ball tampering scandal this is shaken the cricketing world. i feel welcome to the program nobel peace prize winner yousafzai has returned home to pakistan her first visit since being shot by the taliban the failed assassination attempt on the van schoolgirls in twenty twelve shocked the world its use of so i was targeted for promoting education for girls despite the attack she became an international icon for women's education and human rights. the signs were that this was no ordinary visit heavy security accompanied. dorival in islamabad the police convoy proof of the threat still faces from the taliban much about have been kept secret but after

a quick pit stop at this hotel the convoy was on its way for an audience with the prime minister this post to go for human rights proud to be back home with her family. whenever i traveled in a plane or a car and saw the cities of london and new york i was told just imagine you're in pakistan you're travelling to islamabad that you're in karate. but it was never true but now today i'm very happy to all who. the motion easy to understand i. six years ago her activism nearly killed her taliban gunman boarded a bus asking who's. shot in the head because of a diary she'd been writing for the b.b.c. highlighting the misery for women under taliban rule. but while others might have chosen to stop talking used the global attention to keep fighting for her causes.

the un general assembly sharing its appreciation on her sixteenth birthday. to a game is the day of every woman every warrior and every guy. who have raised their wife for their lives. she went on to set up her own funds the fund to promote goals education and in twenty fourteen a seventeen year old malala became the youngest ever recipient of the nobel peace prize the visit has attracted much attention in pakistan divides opinion to some she's on a mission to shame the country a mouthpiece of the west to others though she remains a national hero for standing up to the taliban. correspondent and machine a bus with joins us from islamabad a welcome to how was this homecoming well it's been fantastic it's

a very happy go back. book people who were present when it was very happy to buy a share you knew so really it has been a really warm welcome to. dish explain why it's taken us for so long till return to pakistan and that is explain it personally but in every into you should always say you know when it's the right time i will come to. the fact of the matter is it really kind of boiled down to security bugs and has two. military operations no one in twenty four thousand one in twenty seventeen and terrorist activity has gone down dramatically even hosted an international cricket tournament with impeccable security so i think it had a lot you would security been it also had to do with the government supporting the situation with inviting her welcoming her so we end there were other elements as well but this had the security had a large factor in her coming so i heard in the report the adulation is far from

universal actually does have plenty of critics calling her a traitor. yes that's i mean in fact is that i have been saying when this happened for a lot of people a young girl to achieve so much at setting such a young age alone and sequence that's hard topics like care is that of an a-z. asian education a lot of people can digest it there's also a tendency to do words conspiracy theory so when people don't understand certain concepts what comes out is conspiracy theories propaganda and it would be out in social media and you can still see it however all over the years that it has that hasn't lessened there definitely have been a lot more supporters her becoming molalla becoming a nobel laureates has also been a game changer she's an international figure and for a hyper nationalist in some ways there mullard despite the reason why she left has

put back on the map the so you do have both but you do have a lot of supporters from malawi and i think that has changed over the years there are far more supporters there that are now present than there were before and briefly how have girls' education opportunities changed in pakistan. that is that is to be on is far from perfect however and there have been some radical changes in colleges in india sin then india. where girls never used to go to school now how boys and girls going to school. education has become a very big part of pakistan's natta but not just education specifically girls' education and. our role will have to leave it there. thank you so much for joining us. rest of it between the ages of north and

south korea is to take place on the twenty seventh of april the date was an hours after senior officials from both sides met the border between the two nations the plan was finalized just days after north korea's leader made his international debut with a surprise trip to china. it was a slightly awkward handshake at the start of the meeting but the leaders of the north and south korean delegations were determined to put on a united front. but there have been many historic events including the recent winter olympics made possible by our combined efforts strength and determination with this in mind i would like you to convey the north korean people's gratitude to south korean government officials and their people. all the progress we have achieved today's meeting and what will happen from now on they're all happening because of the decisions made by the leaders of north and south korea it's important that we have a sincere discussion in order to ensure the shuttle into korean summit is

successful. now it date for that summit has been set on april twenty seventh north korea's leader kim jong un will come here to the so-called truce village of panmunjom on the border between the two koreas if the meeting goes ahead it will be only the third of its kind since the end of the korean war more than sixty years ago. the announcement came a day after it was confirmed km young un made a surprise visit to china where he met president xi jinping china's foreign ministry said kim pledged his commitment to denuclearization. attention ever north korea's nuclear weapons escalated last year after pyongyang tested several ballistic missiles sparking a war of words between community and u.s. president donald trump. but since the winter olympics in south korea when athletes from the north and the south much together at the opening ceremony

relations between the one time third have thought. whether north korea's leader really is willing to make any concessions and limit his nuclear ambitions will be revealed at the end of april. now let's take a look at some of the other stories making news around the world former french president nicolas sarkozy is to stand trial on charges he is that he illegally influenced an inquiry into alleged irregularities and his two thousand and seven election campaign his lawyers say they will appeal the decision to go to trial i'm sure sarkozy is facing a separate charges as he accepted millions of euros in funding in the late libyan dictator moammar gadhafi. to tell the visuals in the u.k. say the daughter of a former russian spy alleged to have been poisoned by a nerve agent is responding well to treatment killed a scrip our absent father sergei were found unconscious in the english city of salzburg early this month british officials of the poisoning on the russian

government. britain's prime minister is spending the day touring the u.k. to mark a year until britain's shut your departure from the european union during a visit to a scottish textiles factory theresa may said bracks it would provide the u.k. with opportunities the prime minister is also due to make stops in england wales and northern ireland. sixty eight people have died in a five it swept through a jail in venezuela about prisoners under visits amongst the dead of the foster when a riot broke out police and crowds clashed outside the building as people demanded to know the fates of that family members. god so this woman the wait is agony relatives have come to cairo bobo police station in desperation to find out if their loved ones are still alive but nobody will tell them. he killed and i don't know if my son is alive or dead because they won't give

me any information. you know not people that i can hear because i haven't heard anything about my brother since seven in the morning they say a lot of people are dead people and people were injured but no one knows whether the hero in the hospital will really where they are we don't know anything time laughs. angry and desperate the waiting crowds trying to break through a police barrier. that driven away with tear gas. reports indicate a prison riot started after an armed inmate shot at a prison officer prisoners then set fire to much as is and the blaze swept through the holding cells of corrupt police headquarters and its way list chief prosecutor confirmed sixty eight people were killed. prison there's a crowding is common in venezuela and human rights groups have long complained about poor conditions for now the compound is blocked off but relatives waiting

outside for news of their loved ones won't be leaving anytime soon. australia's disgraced cricket stoss made public apologise for my captain steve smith an icon in australia broke down in tears and he's one of three players given lengthy battles by cricket australia following an internal investigation into an illegal practice known as bolton. to stay smith headed home in disgrace the former strain captain's involvement in the ball tampering scandal resulted in a twelve month suspension from international cricket as most talented cricketer expressed his remorse as he fronted media back. i'll do everything i can to make up for my mistake. and the damage it's cause. if any good can come to this. if they can be

a lesson to others. then i can be a force to change i'm sorry and absolutely devastated. cameron bancroft's copped a nine month ban for his role in the young rookie strike the ball was sandpaper to affect its movement in the air in an attempt to gain an advantage for his ball is i it's more actions of the animal for. that i reflect on. today and. it's something they're really shine. form of for us captain david warner also been for a year is yet to speak publicly but he posted a short message on social media saying mistakes have been made which damage cricket i apologize for my part and take responsibility for its. and destroy your coach darren lehmann announced his resignation despite an investigation absolving him of

blame whoever takes over has a big job to restore straightly is reputation. london zoo is next destination this is where zookeepers have mocked the coming easter holiday in a rather special way by giving the leave those easter traits in the form of poppy mâché eggs filled with snacks as it says the east the famed event encourages the adults to use skills they would need in the wild like finding food amongst foliage the experiments appears to be a success on the treats or went down eggs stream well. now here's a reminder of our top story this hour that nobel peace prize winner la yousafzai house return to our native pakistan for the first time since taliban militants shot her in the head with five years ago she said she would continue her campaign for girls' education in the country. situ up to date i'll have more for you probably

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