among them to eat it's all that good a bomb i'm rachel join me for me again from d.w. . post. this is the w. news live from berlin a warning from the u.n. that millions of children are at risk of being put to work many families are resorting to child labor to put food on the table during the global health emergency. and britain braces for more anti racism protests sparked by the killing of george floyd in the u.s. authorities fear

a repeat of the unrest which has seen attacks on monuments to the u.k. some period passed. i'm god as welcome to the program the united nations is warning that millions of children are risk of being pushed into under age labor by the global health emergency extreme poverty made worse by economic shutdowns in many countries means that all too many children are undertaking dangerous and explore that if work to support their families the situation is especially diane the central african republic the overwhelming majority of the population there lives on less than a dollar a day. then we said old and he's a waiter in this restaurant in benghazi because people of dissent laugh a republic. that way and his mother fled the war in bunbury in 2017 he works here

for 9 hours a day every day for a salary of just 350 fancy of a that's a little less than a year a day my father was killed my mother is very ill that. i go out to get money so we can buy medicine for my mother so we can treat her and so that we can buy food for us selves. according to the lookout enjoy funston from tia there are more than 600000 children in distress all over the country following the conflicts since 2013 however like many of these children that was the situation remains problematic a final thought a country is a poor there's no one to help this child we're teaching him how to earn money so he can take care of himself in future if we leave him stranded rebels could come and persuade him to join their ranks to earn some money that's why we're helping him and money i don't find anything wrong in that. and if i make

a lot of. marital bliss couple in head of a local n.g.o.s making an awareness raising and community communication campaign a priority market they want to get to moscow i understand you want to help him get some studying italian but he's too young and his future would be better if he gets to school i'm not here to make it equal in this neighborhood many under aged children who cannot be looked after by their own families are taken advantage of by businesspeople breast condemns child label your own there is a lack of awareness among recruiters do so used to do no no today are doing damages to the wellbeing of these little boys or school age we make a commitment to follow this child on till we can remove him and get him to school because the central african republic has one of the highest rates of child labor in the world the situation is precarious and is linked to 3 countries is the ability nevertheless child protection organizations are trying to address all forms of

child abuse in the entire country. let's talk with more about this with sophie to conic she's the director of the international labor organization office in abidjan that's a port city and ivory coast sophie africa has the highest number of child victims worldwide and i was quite shocked to learn earlier that the incredible 72000000 children in across africa in employment why is the number so staggeringly high. indeed 72000000 children across africa and that is one child in 5 age 5 to 17 in africa it is very high there are reasons. this is link of course to poverty and. the story of the boy in central africa republic perfectly illustrates the complexity of the factors that are that are.

creating child labor poverty is one the lack of access to education to create you creation in the case of central africa education history and compulsory on paper but in practice many children are out of school the lack of access to social protection again the story of the child in central africa shows that he's not his mother is sick. there's no health care there's no safety net and the only possibility for the child to start working the lack of warning is a population whose very well it is 3 men to 3 a lack of increment force and because the majority of. workers in africa are really in form an economy where this is very important. the majority of children in africa are also working in the agricultural sector. more than 85 percent and this is unpaid family work most. for the most so very difficult to enforce the

nation. in ivory coast for example a gauge in the hospital including the harvesting of cocoa and coffee what is so it sounds so so so hard. about it. what is hazardous an agriculture in general. for the 1st work can be hazardous by nature or by the circumstances in which it is being done. i would say that this work in agriculture is due to the exposure to chemicals chemical pesticides and so today used. and dangerous tools it is due to not ours explosions in explosion or in the sun. hydration and so on. ivory coast but also across africa the feeling that governments are doing enough to stop child labor. i would say in africa at the rate

up ratification of the ilo conventions on china is very high the problem is of course in the education of these conventions a large number of governments have also where that there's an issue are taking measures to address it has an aberrated national action plans to mean a child labor. but of course it's a very complex problem it can only be addressed if you address issues of lack of access to education and poor social protection coverage. and deeply entrenched social norms so i would say that it's really in the optic ation that those measures that. it's becoming really challenging the law is being done and i would like to mention also that the african union has adopted. a continental action. for the 1st time that the.

thank you very much for this thank you. photos sorry zooming in london as the global backlash over police violence and racism in the united states continues british prime minister boris johnson has urged protesters to stay at home claiming that demonstrations have been hijacked by extremists intent on violence that many remain determined to take to the streets. was despite the government's concerns about violence a small anti-racism protest went ahead peacefully in london on friday other hours have been planned for the weekend but some organizers are advising people to stay at home. this is what they fear might happen last weekend some protesters clashed with police in the government district of whitehall. statues in parliament

square where defaced including that of winston churchill he may have led britain to victory in world war 2 but like many people of that era he also expressed views on race and imperialism that are not acceptable today. the prime minister of 2020 boris johnson has acknowledged the black and minority ethnic people in the u.k. have good reason to feel discriminated against but he also condoned last weekend's violence. here you can see that so my own fortune my message to everybody is that for all sorts of reasons they should not go to these demonstrations and whatever our feelings about the cause we should not support a demonstration that is you know probability looking at what's happened before going to end in deliberate and calculated the odds monuments statues in central london have been boarded up to protect them against further defacement. another

statue tossed into the harbor in the port city of bristol last weekend has now been salvaged it depicts a 17th century slave in the future it will no longer stand. crowd in the city's streets counselors say it will likely be housed in a museum. and are some of the other stories making headlines around the world today the u.k. economy shrank by a record 20.4 percent in april and is now in its deepest recession in decades sharp drop reflects the impact of the covert 19 locked down. u.s. president donald trump has escalated a row with authorities in the city of seattle over a police free zone controlled by anti racism protesters trumpets threaten to send in troops to remove protesters from the neighborhood seattle's mayor says that would be both in the eagle and unconstitutional. at least 4 people have been killed in a blast during friday prayers at the mosque in afghanistan's capital kabul one witness

says explosives were placed under the puppet no group immediately claimed responsibility the taliban has condemned the attack. germany's government says its $130000000000.00 euros stimulus package should help stave off a 2nd wave of the virus and help the economy recover in the 2nd half of this year measures include a $300.00 euro per child family credit and the cut and sales tell us. the backlash against the popular video conference conferencing company's zoom continues following its decision to temporarily close the account of a prominent chinese pro-democracy group in an interview with the w. the group's founder chinese dissident who friends will accuse the u.s. based tech company of yielding to pressure from beijing is the juice account was suspended after his group humanitarian china held a virtual meeting to mark the 31st anniversary of the union men square massacre

critics call the suspension another example of beijing attempted attempting to limit free speach. for what did i reporter. joins us now and can tell us more by the walk us through what happened a few minutes terry in china is us by script the thought that addressed get them unwavering access to free speech that were wrong the group were marking the square messick massacre the anniversary of it when their accounts suspended on the platform soon which was being held now these pictures which we're going to take a look at that to relive world famous predict depicting the moment the man stood in front of the at the temple wall that is one of the most famous images in the rest of the world china has successfully for the most part suppressed conversation about that uprising in any knowledge of the hundreds of people killed and all went missing after the. commemoration of this an event which china denies ever happened is late in the u.s. where the event is constantly referred to as the india of authoritarianism. and

it's hosted by a dissident who was locked up as a result of being a protester in tiananmen square is his name is joe from show and we asked him how he felt as someone who ran from the persecution after tiananmen square the china influence china's influence could see a shutdown of the conversation in the usa. this. year. so that's why he's 'd.

why. so how has responded to these allegations released a statement defending the move by saying that it must comply with laws in the respective countries where it off rights and this is where it gets tricky because there were some 250 people attending this virtual commemoration a number of these people were in china including a mother whose child was killed during the massacre and is not seen her son since you can understand why this event is more than tricky for beijing and why beijing then exerted pressure on soon to inforce its very own policy by the letter of the law which states that when the meeting is held across different countries participants within those countries are required to comply with their respective local laws zuma since reactivated the account of the outrages is has not died down there a lot of companies american companies that have tried they google tried and failed to get a search engine going that the china would agree with google facebook twitter are

all blocked zoom wants to stay in business in china but now the customer knows what is the the true cost of doing business of his own. which has been a bunch of thank you very much wanted out. and that's it from. the news team there's more news coming up at the top. of course and get all the latest news information on to talk on our website that's d w. this is d w news from berlin thanks for joining us. combating the corona pandemic. where does research stand. and what are scientists learning. background information and news. hour corona. coded 19 special next on d w. innovation. but can it conquer the major issues of our society.

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