as an astronaut he took part in the greatest adventure in history. the room a legend. simply a human being who was the armstrong. the moon was his destiny starts july 20th d.w. . this is the news asia coming up on the program children the world is leaving behind a new u.n. report says more than 250000000 kids around the world and in school that's way off from a start it's for 2030 years in a country where millions of kids find it hard to stay in the classroom. for years

after the chinese government crackdown how watch human rights lawyers and activists in the country coping and why did that own country turned against the. india gently beast of the northeast that's fighting extinction and monsoon floods we look at the 100 you know in its home in. national park. welcome to the show it's good to have you with us there's been 4 years since the united nations adopted its sustainable development goals meant to improve the lives of billions of people by 2031 of those goals is to ensure education and learning opportunities for all this requires all children to be in school but 2013 but at present rates 14 percent we'd be left out. by then the problem is worse in some

countries in pakistan for instance just at the primary level a quarter of the children won't be completing school. was in karachi to see how one school's trying to keep kids in the classroom despite the many factors forcing them to give up. it's easy to clock in the morning and muhammad should be getting ready for school but the 12 year old stopped going a few years ago in order to work and support his family. i come here early in the morning and stay till late which is very tiring when i get home i have a bath and go to the mosque. we don't have money which is why i can no longer study . found the situation is the norm for millions of children across pakistan a new report from unesco estimates some 5 point teaming men out of a school at the primary level and girls the most going to van posing unmarried

as children and afterwards going to school pakistan standing doing education crisis is mainly down to back itself and their investment and mismanagement of the system and fear than politicians to finally improve things is so low that many people are taking matters into their own hands. this school was established by volunteers in karachi offering feel lessons to the nearby fishing community the classes offered an escape routes you boost and hope for a better future. yet. we were forced to open the school as there are no functioning government ones in the area. many of our children are getting into trouble especially with drugs. but we try to get support from the government and press them to help us but heard nothing back this is why we set up selves.

or we play games and really enjoy ourselves they teach as well so we like coming here. i want to study and become a pilot when i grow up. they teach us in english and urging i want to learn here and then become a teacher myself prime minister iran han has vowed to prioritise and invest in education but the government continues to spend less than is recommended by international standards education should be the priority of gone so even if they have that is what i personally feel is. where we fear is when we are implementing it. pings are moving in the same direction i don't think so we'll be able to achieve this dogood within 202030 or we won't be able to achieve.

sajid he would love to become up a list man but the only real hope he and millions like him have is if pakistan normally seamlessly reforms or education system but also lives families like started out of poverty to send their children to school the government has its work i'll do according to the latest un forecast one. fortunate indeed not complete the education by doing. 4 years ago today beijing lawyer one you was kidnapped from her bed at 4 in the morning i could not pose had driven through her front door handcuffed her place to hold over her head and drag her into of 18 van kidnappers with the police and the datafile kidnapping july the 9th 2015 marks the start of what's come to be known as the 709 crackdown the chinese government's crackdown on activists and human rights lawyer as lawyers like wong truong jang

whose fate was unknown for 3 years after his arrest in 2015 is now serving a 4 and a half year prison term for so-called subversion of state power today is the 4th anniversary of the 709 crackdown since july the 9th 2015 more than 300 lawyers and activists have either been detained or tried on all manner of charges in china so what's the situation today in the country we can put that question to chinese human rights activist and lawyer tung bell who joins us now from taipei mr tong good to see you what would you say do lawyers and human rights activists in china still live in fear. yes many many humorous lawyers have been put into a crease in o. culture and disappeared and may have been how being at peace park since last year

and these faulty humans as long ready as have been taken away if they're not you spices. and so. cute rats were is mice hired for. butts but sunk us in our use in china last year they're continuing their human rights accurately its rights crackdown has been mostly of either of them peaceful. and down and i will surely it's. we'll be mall lawyers being at the start you didn't get tanked in the coming years that's important for all of us and almost on that you yourself have been arrested and you claim you have been tortured by the police a befall what is life like for a lawyer or a human rights activist in china also they have been targeted by the state.

yes because it's my human rights work i was. the start and there are. bands from teaching and kidnapped disappeared and tortured. so it's it's very very deep cuts to be humorous in our you are in china now before the. punishment now or there have but it's. just isn't going to he's also it's expressed very much it is certainly not quite. the chinese who has no users are facing most if kurt. and so humanize lawyers and defendants in internet. you know is it a. secret tangos and. loss and regulations

to defense fundamental freedom and human rights or tends people rights. that this has congress party. doesn't want to tolerate. mass work and the us see the us lawyers and as a threat to the one party system let them live there for the time being but thank you so much for speaking to us during bill speaking to us from taipei. thank you for turning now to india where the monsoon survived in the country's northeast that means a new season of danger for one honda rhinos living in the. once common across the region then numbers have dwindled to 2400 live on this project a bizarre even hill though they are sitting ducks once the waters start to rise.

a rare spot on earth where the one horned rhino still roams today they mingle with other majestic beasts feasting upon the lush grass unaware of the dangers drawing near with months in season. flooding forces these animals to higher ground along the park's southern edge and closer to humans. it is through every. many other human activities the search for. who. started though a group of us are better at school activities. these markers show just how high the waters can rise with the overflow from the nearby brahmaputra river. some years it's total submersion but there's another danger these rangers

guard against as they patrol the reserve an area nearly the same size as hong kong . the most trying to escape the flood and they come out of the jungle areas. their prime targets for poachers. during monsoon season the grass can grow head high perfect cover for poachers seeking the ultimate prize rhino horns that fight up 213-0000 euros apiece on the black market such a windfall often pushes the poor into poaching 5 years ago poachers called more than 2 dozen rhinos but that number fell to just 6 last year authorities credit a sharp boost in the number of rangers on patrol now 700 strong. and this year

a new special rhino protection force is being deployed recruited from nearby communities. and their mission to stand watch over one of india's most vulnerable national treasures it's. that's of an obvious show to check out of other stories on did up with dot com forward slash is shall all check out facebook and twitter pages. believe in all the pictures from the talk on the festival in thailand province the traditional celebration is sometimes known as the ghost festival a party so good it begs of the dead serving star. where

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