this is. the survivors telling what they saw in yemen when their rocket hit a bus filled with school children at least twenty nine children after the bus that there. was a soldier in northern yemen there has been strong condemnation but the saudi led coalition says it was targeting rebels also coming up keeping track of government transparency we hear from an entire collection start up in nigeria fighting to ensure public money ends up where it's supposed to be plus argentina's vote against

legalizing abortion after a fifteen hour overnight. thousands cheering the. angry protests in a country already deeply divided over the right. pregnant so. it's good to have you with us tonight the red cross says that fifty people most of them children under the age of fifteen have been killed in an airstrike that hit a bus in northern yemen the children were traveling through a crowded market in rebel held. it's thought that they were on their way to summer school the saudi led coalition that launched the attack said that they were targeting hoofy rebel positions and that it was quote a legitimate military action but the coalition is facing condemnation for these latest civilian deaths. and for more on this air strike i'm joined now by you know

steinberg he's a middle east analyst from the german institute for international affairs and security affairs good was it's good to see you again these are dramatic pictures the story is dramatic survivor saying that the rockets intended target was the bus that was filled with school children i mean are these children paying the price of a proxy war yes they are and it's not the first time that the saudis have hit civilian targets in recent months and years they have funerals markets and now a school bus it's nothing it's nothing new i believe the saudis that they wanted to hit rather positions but i don't don't really understand why they had to school bus in a market area how can that be explained we can't fathom that they would actually target a bus knowing that children are on board so what are we talking about bad equipment or you know in inept people who were operating the targeting devices i mean what

looks to be behind it i believe it's it's in that people doing the targeting might be inept pilots the saudis have no no experience in waltham the last war. was in one nine hundred thirty four in yemen it's the first war that they are fighting for for decades for for nearly three generations and it is quite obvious that even the force that is still working is not really up to this to this job and that that is why we have seen so many civilian casualties is especially in recent months and part of the reason is that most military targets now better better hidden than in the past i mean are we talking about a war crime here if you know if it's alleged that civilian targets children were targeted and is it going to make a difference i mean are there any consequences no there won't be. the consequences

why because saudi arabia is a relatively important country and it has got next to unconditional support by the trump an administration we have seen that in recent days in their conflict with with canada this strike both have any consequences and i personally do not believe that it's a what was because i do not believe that the saudi government its military. and the pilots wanted to hit children the militarization of this proxy war through that huge arms still from the u.s. to saudi last year what impact is that having on this part of the war are we seeing it right now the fact that these types of accidents can happen even with more like this happen. it's very modern very lethal equipment american equipment that is used by non american pilots that's part of the reason why we see with the recipe

for disaster that it is a recipe for disaster and saudi arabia. might be an important ally but still what i do what i don't don't really understand is why the united states is supporting this country unconditionally the united states would have the opportunity to end this war within one or two weeks by giving up one thousand and six supply is targeting they help with the targeting i hope they didn't have a hand in this action and even with aerial refueling and all these these kinds of things the saudis are not able to lead this war without the americans that is why the american government is partly responsible for what is happening there right you know steinberg with the drawbridge for international insecurity fears you know as always we appreciate your analysis and your insights thank you. the transparency international's rankings show that nigeria is one of the most corrupt

countries in the world last year it ranked one hundred forty eight out of one hundred eighty countries one organization is trying to change that it's called truck and it uses data from the public budget to fight corruption in nigeria's public spaces like this school that you're about to see in laos. told before the students as they prepared to graduate from primary school thousands of children have passed through st paul a thief that first opened its doors more than sixty years ago. many of the school buildings have become deal happy dating for a time foreseen overcrowding as many as sixty five peoples now have to pack them selves into a classroom originally designed for twenty five and a new school year is about to be game. rule many. people are our children. two years ago the

renovation of this block of classrooms was listed in the national budget for twenty four thousand euros contractors started the work but it didn't last long this project was suddenly stopped by the government and even the much heroes used in the question like this grand night where abandoned most of which have been stolen by community hoodlums several months later and they still no sign of progress with the help of the local n.g.o.s d'etat is searching for answers just tell our works for charkha is civil organization that monitors government projects like this one across the country i want to last says he's called and sent letters to the government officials responsible for the project but is yet to get any substantial response we also reached out to these officials but none of them are free to speak to us was all that every vote in this accountable. is all

about the country to all these people sometimes on this almost talk to us about it and of course i'm hoping with the support from the committee that going to get fixed just last says one of the main challenges of his job is that the government officials hardly respond to his bets and even walking with the people is sometimes difficult. but. will an errant system and you people ok with things and well there was a saying ok i'm interested in these old dad both with time with trying to read and while the students celebrate graduation authorities at st paul's can only hope the classrooms are ready for the new ones who starts in september. well joining me tonight from august nigeria is a lucy on nick bin day he is the c.e.o.

of budget a nigerian open data startup and he has launched track of the anti-corruption initiative that you just heard about in our report aleutian welcome to the program i want to ask you based on your experience how widespread is corruption in nigeria . thinking about what it's been the corruption in nigeria is a big issue it is an extension of the euro. and one of the things you say is what is coming which at four projects. in batches definitely does not get to the end of the constructor and these insights one by sometimes it was silence as a time contractors of the right the police know how hard this up with. the pledges of crimes which i mean city used in fights in double up in nigeria so it's always been to be sold your idea of the united states what china's principle when it's the

system i say goes up so much is the best disinfectant plus a good stock option of nigeria to find the trust president wants a peaceful of the coffee's this critical of peace that you want shows that will solve it well because it shows on its response. we've got to call it show you can talk you know that counts of. corruption you can see the difference right well let me just ask you about that i mean is it always about government money. that suddenly disappears like we saw in our report. yeah it's not as justice disappear as. the when they do that with a jumbo jet is why it shows that most of the funnies you saw pay salaries made cause of definitely keeping the deal up are awful so governments all by itself one percent of the budgets as these boots are on the car at the expenditure and so

definitely less close up that is a cop so that's going to choke the cops will expand the procurement process is so long that it's complex and even despite patricia's most of the c.c.c. i just made a box to get it to sizes doesn't mean that corruption doesn't happen abuse of will be closed doesn't happen and what we have been doing truck by is that a show is so obvious that if you quit specialities said meet a band in rural communities i was constantly doing this right because i'll be honest of the people the public resources most efficiently for the people who love the feel right so descend house and descend schools descend those fences and descend roads and and this is what we deserve our epping people to understand the concept it is a critical feature in the side to do what's so this has been all possibly but just to me that we are trying to head corruption was in corruption then join us in these to strengthen his fists you sure seem obvious which i did because it was easy. becoming. an osa issue. ok

illusion on the bend a nigerian entrepreneur in an anti-corruption advocate joining us tonight from nigeria illusion we appreciate your time thank you and we apologize for the bad signal there. well here's some of the other stories now that are making headlines around the world a senior's zimbabwean opposition figure has appeared in court accused of inciting public violence and publicizing unofficial or fake presidential election results tendai biti had unsuccessfully tried to seek asylum in neighboring zambia the un has expressed its grave concern at reports that zambia had forcibly returned beauty in defiance of a court order a powerful aftershock has struck the indonesian province of longbow the six point three magnitude tremor is the strongest of hundreds of aftershocks that have hit the area since the deadly quake on sunday officials say the death toll from sunday's quake has now risen to two hundred fifty nine tens of thousands of people

remain home this moscow says it is considering how to retaliate against fresh sanctions from washington the u.s. state department announced the punitive measures in connection with the poisoning of a former double agent to sergei scriptural and his daughter you'll use in britain the u.s. and the u.k. say that russia was responsible which the kremlin did not. argentina's senate has rejected a bill to legalize abortion and it rejected it by a margin of just thirty eight to thirty one now the bill would have allowed abortion up to the fourteenth week of pregnancy this issue has proved deeply divisive in argentina it is the homeland of pope francis and the roman catholic church campaign to strongly against the proposed. that's. the marathon session in the argentinean senate ended shortly before three am as the news broke opponents of the bill erupted in celebration abortion remains essentially illegal

yet we came from the country and we're here to protect the rights of the unborn child i thank god and the senate says. prior to the decision thousands of pro-choice demonstrators had gathered outside the senate building and the cold and rain the majority of them came here to protest that abortions must be regulated by find any alternative just to unbearable. that i have got both there in the senate they're the ones responsible for all those women who have died during an illegal abortion they are murderers. a slim majority of argentinian senators eventually rejected the bill that would have legalized abortion. the decision came out of the heavy pressure from the argentinean catholic church which lobbied hard against the bill. now with the recent polls suggest that most times back legalizing abortion the votes left many frustrated and disappointed

dating to violent protests in some areas. you're up to date with the news i'll be back at the top of the hour with more world news followed by the day we're going to have an in-depth look at that vote in argentina on abortion and to see that. state by state. the most colorful. life leave. the most traditional. any time. check in with a special. take a tour of germany state by state. dot com.