in the case of the strawberry monoculture and kern it seems to be working the moderate share project has sought to bring everyone on board young and old alike there's now also a daycare center so that farmers and workers can drop their kids off when they go to work. easy to the meters loves to collect his granddaughter he hopes that she too will later opt to stay in the to occur another incentive to take care of the environment for future generations. all children should have a good start in life it's a basic right and one of the un's 2030 sustainable development goals the w.h.o. agrees it says the development of social competencies motor skills and cognitive abilities are integrity to a person's future along with good health and nutrition as

a result many nations have set up programs to promote good early childhood development among them china but these efforts reach few of the children of the country's almost 300000000 migrant laborers they're typically left behind in rural villages often with their overstretched grandparents. too little her grandmother dong is like a mother the 2 of them live together. the 3 year old's parents visit them in the village for only a few weeks of the year. we 1st pay them a visit a year ago. the single grandmother would spend her days looking after the vegetable fields the household and her granddaughter then aged 2. if i need to spend more than 3 hours out in the fields a relative in the village looks after her but once in

a while i just go get vegetables when the little ones asleep. like millions of other children in china go. war lives in a rural village without her parents who left their home province of junk she to live and work in the country's industrialized south. once a week a social worker comes to see grandma dung and her grandchild. his leave always brings along new books and games she has complete a few simple tasks. he is part of a research project that supports childhood development in rural areas. grammar dung learns that even something as simple as sorting scraps of colored paper is beneficial to go for it helps develop her motor and problem solving skills as well as concentration now and that i just as the older people here in the countryside think all children need is enough to eat and clothes to wear and that that's enough

they never think about things like play so i have to explain it to them over and over and over and w. that. goes mother was on the phone. she works in a factory 900 kilometers away and only gets 3 weeks holidays a year to visit home. it's hardly surprising global shows little interest in the woman on the screen. development project is being conducted by a team at the university in the provincial capital nanchang professor live war has been doing research in rural provinces for years he and his students want to show their junk she's children have a lot of catching up to do. the. people who are raised by their grandparents often don't develop enough knowledge and skills xiv here. mishear good for means they're less well equipped later in life for work and the demands of our cities and

the future where life. but this small suitcase is meant to change that one. interview was students one tyranny shows how games can be used to measure early childhood development. she's also visited other poor rural areas here in junk she the students are assessing some 1400 village children with tasks such as these. wangs field research began with grandma dung and book war. so how has been progressing the 2 year old has had a weekly play visit for a year now. have they had any effect. you know it's not intimidated by the visitors or their experiments. everything is

recorded for later analysis. during a speech test points to body parts here are the feet and the dollars full she says touching the toys barely. known for her i think out she can see a few words and even some full sentences already i have a good impression other children who aren't in the program probably wouldn't be able to verbal express themselves as well while moving around at the same time. he wore he when she grows up i hope she'll get a good education and maybe study at university one day that would all. but it's a long road from here to university an estimated 25000000 children under the age of 3 live in rural china statistic that doesn't include their older siblings what is the impact on a child when grandparents are the sole caregivers when the child is not encouraged

to play. that's the case with jihan she's also being tested for the research project today but she belongs to the control group she doesn't have special play visits or receive support. one tierney notes g. hands weaker results she still can't perform simple tasks like matching shapes. and she barely speaks a word. her grandmother is understandably unhappy. a year on we're back at work was house she's now 3 years old compared to the neighbor's child she's making a lot of progress. the social worker has been coming for 2 years now with games and tasks even during the coronavirus lock down. how big she can express

herself very well much better than the neighbor child. language development and her whole way of communicating are more advanced. work was grandmother knows she has a part to play here and it does my granddaughter good in the past i didn't give her much attention now i know what's important to spend more time with her. case confirms what professor lee was previous studies and poor province's had already shown. me it's clear that children who participate in the program develop much better than children without support they're significantly more advanced in cognitive and motor skills as well as in speech and language. grammar don knows that if she continues to play with work well on a regular basis she'll be giving her a head start for the future. thailand's

capital bangkok is remount for its chaotic traffic. yet amidst all the noise and bustle equally renowned street food stalls offer a myriad of tasty curbside delicacy it's sick. 55 year old some crab john has run her stand in bangkok center for 30 years her specialty is. a crispy pancake topped with sweet or savory ingredients as you like it.

i have the recipe from my relatives but i had to adjust it a bit to make it my own because they didn't tell me everything it's a secret. her cousin helped her prepare the snack. i start my day at 4 am when i whip the cream and prepare the dough. i leave home at about 8 am after all the preparation is done but i always prepare the salty coconut and the sweet egg flakes the day before and after i finish working on the street the morning is for the dough and the cream i couldn't get it all done in the morning and. the toppings are added shortly before they're taken from the griddle.

the customers roll up in cars or on foot. businesspeople students or just simply passers by walking through town. if. it's hugely popular delicacy. and some kid sank rajon and her cousin are kept busy all day. but i love i love the taste the dog was so crispy i've tried others but these are the best i even if you don't eat them straight away they stay really crisp balanced by all the walks i knew about that i always come here i never buy anywhere else. but i do eat other snacks around here but this one is

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a popular tourist sentenced to jail for his some clerics and 20 cases put spotlight freedom of speech and spy. i'm at the hallowed welcome we begin with the fight against islamic extremism and west africa after a summit with 5 countries in africa. french president a man on the call has ruled out and the media reduction in the number of french troops stationed in the region he hopes additional forces from european allies will allow france to reduce its contingent but germany doesn't agree with the strategy. and this roads leading through the sparsely populated sawhill desert this remote part of the world remains chronically underdeveloped and under policed. the western

style is plagued by a violent islamist insurgency the jihad is threat is particularly acute in the region bordering mali needs and blocking a fire zone prompting france and other european countries to deploy troops there during a regional summit attorney by man where. the french president committed to keeping over $5000.00 soldiers in the area until at least the summer. i consider the year of 2020 to have paid off we have had one victories and we have the results we were working to say given the results the important reengaged bit of marly book unifiers are in need both on military issues and recommitment to a policy of developed bent i think that france withdrawing a significant number of troops which is an option i've considered it would be a mistake. so it. my core hopes that european

countries will in time increase their presence in the region align their french to draw down their contingent. this was rejected by germany whose foreign minister stressed the need for development aid instead. it is obvious that only where governments are functioning in a tangible way and offer their citizens the prospect of development and a better life we will be able in long term to eradicate terrorism. but the german and the french positions are not at all it's in the sun hell there will be no development without security and no security with that development. well earlier we spoke to garrett could say research fellow at the german council on foreign relations he explained what france and germany are hoping to achieve with

the involvement in the sun help great. conflict in this that. is a very important one france has been involved since 2017 militarily when 1st rebellion struck mali and then a coup. struck that the government and. you know who could lead to government in above article wasn't ready to deal with an islamist and separatist insurgency in their own country and they asked france for help and this ever since then france has supported on a different mission 1st mali and now also the 4 other governments are that make up that you are setting the states their main focus is on strengthening governance and strengthening their security institutions in the south and especially in mali at the moment so germany is one of the most important true

contribution countries to the e.u. training mission u.t.m. in mali. and that missing trains the mali and security and defense forces and has been doing so since at 20 search team. and the hope is depp's that somalian forces will be able to protect populations from armed groups in threats in the future was that kind of support. that was garrett kurtz from the german council on foreign relations a cut him and now where the u.n. is warning that an offensive by the huth east to take city could displace hundreds of thousands of people unhappy diplomatic efforts to end the conflict there 6 years of war a devastated the colony and the coronavirus pandemic all contributing to a blessing humanitarian situation leaving parents struggling to feed their children

. 13 year old a humvee away just 11 kilograms or 25 pounds when she was brought to this hospital 2 weeks ago she's still in critical condition when the mom i never know it's not often we've got no money to feed our children no one wants to help us there's nothing to live for. half the children under 5 in yemen are suffering from malnutrition the united nations estimates that that will be 2300000 children by the end of the year more than ever before hundreds of thousands could starve to death their plight is the result of 6 years of war a collapsed economy the pandemic and falling donations food medicines and doctors are all in short supply the u.n. says the number of homeless and helpless is rising by the day. we have 80 percent of that book relation which cannot get by without support without human it and

support and then with a range of needs its growth forms. like culture you cation housefull the heads i see it is have been destroyed there is little prospect of an end to the war with the rebels have just launched a new offensive against government troops they appear to have pushed back the rebels with the assistance of saudi airpower it's a war in which the weakest suffer the most. a look at some of the world needs now. iran says it will bring cooperation with the international nuclear inspectors as of next tuesday the foreign ministry had already warned that it would start restricting inspections if it got no response from the united states tehran a seeking to pressure the bodmin administration to rejoin the international nuclear deal without preconditions and to lift sanctions. and a bowl of vaccination campaign has started in the democratic republic of congo that's after an outbreak of the virus was discovered in the east of the country

earlier this month health care workers in the region are receiving the 1st shots. the mount etna volcano on the italian island of sicily is spewing out smoke and fire in a fresh russian authorities say it currently poses no threat to surrounding villages but monitoring the situation closely the ashes caused the closure of the tongue in . france's lower house of parliament has approved a controversy or bill and it could be an islamic extremism legislation expands the state's ability to close places of worship and ban individual pritchett's follows a series of islamist attacks in france critics said the bill stigmatizes muslims and would limit free speech it still needs to pass the senate. fallen street protests have erupted in several spanish if he's following the arrest of rapper hostle he was sentenced to 9 months in prison for his song lyrics and tweets

which authorities cycler fight terrorism and insult the monarchy but he supporters have portrayed the case as a fight for free speech several 1000 protesters turned out in bustling. the. chants of freedom for pablo has said echoing through the streets of barcelona scuffles erupted between protesters and the police with trash container set on fire and shop windows destroyed demonstrators are calling for left wing rapper. to be released from prison. earlier on tuesday police had stormed the gate the university in the country's northeastern catalonia region and the rest it has said who was holed up there with dozens of supporters after he missed a deadline to turn himself in in 2018 the rapper was sentenced to 9 months in prison for glorifying terrorism and insulting the spanish monarchy and some of his

songs in tweets they included references the paramilitary separatist group and called former king juan carlos a mafia boss his case has garnered widespread attention in spain and spurred a debate on freedom of expression after the arrest the deputy prime minister said in a democracy like spain there should be few limitations on free speech been some move . because we think that in all matters stemming from freedom of expression if nobody's safety is put at risk then imprisonment is not an appropriate punishment within the freedoms granted by a democracy. the government confirmed its landing to reform spain's criminal could with lighter punishments for free speech offenses and protection for artistic and cultural forms of expression. the european space agency says it wants

to recruit someone with a disability as part of its 1st call for new astronauts in a live news. to boost diversity among crews and is also looking to hire more female astronauts this year. in march for up to 26 permanent reserve astronauts the. said it's the 1st time a spy sergeant's yes i put up the application process for those with disabilities. or had to tell us more reporter melanie hole melanie hello what will. the focus for drop from the european space agency actually and. what the pence european space agency is going to be doing is they're looking to hire $4.00 to $6.00 astronauts to be part of their permanent staff and they'll be assigned to go on space missions and they're also looking to hire 20 astronauts who will go on their reserve list and these will be selected for specific missions now on this

visit of list they are looking to hire an astronaut with a physical disability and this will be part of their power astronauts feasibility projects and this will be used to investigate what conditions candidate could fly to the international space station looking at what kind of safety and technical support would be necessary and the essay will then be talking with partners all the i.s.o.'s to look into the best way to fly apart to see that now they hope that. the in the future there will be a an opportunity to get to the i s s the e.s.a. stresses that it isn't about who can isn't and that when they do send a pass not to the i assess they'll be operating on all normal operations and they will also. carrying out scientific research now the essay says based on category set by the international paralympic committee it will initially initially consider applications from individuals with a lower limb deficiency or who have restricted growth now previously they have

these have been circumstances which would normally have barton asked not for applying to this program now a speaker at a virtual news conference on tuesday says what the essays karni only female astronauts as the month of christopher already had to say on the agency's drive to hire more astronauts and with disability. did not evolve to good ways so when it comes to space travel we are all it is a boat you know we all have a disability because we were just not meant to get there so what really goes from being. able to go to space to being able to go to space is technology. so. awesome they sent 2 women into spice one of them was samantha christopher lee speaking there who we just heard speaking the agency is lagging behind a little on gender is absolutely when we look at the figures of how many people have actually been sent into space over 560 people who've been sent into space only

65 of them have been women and if you look at the essay as you've said only 2 of those have been women looking back at the 2008 yes a drive for the last time around just 16 percent of those were actually women so the essay really wants to redress this imbalance now if we can look at what future recruits may have to look for to join in the essay which is asked about tim peake said that new recruits may not just go to the i assess they may go to the moon and also potentially even mars and for anyone who thinks they may have what it takes to go there and they have until may 28th to apply genuinely exciting times they go to the melody hole thanks so much. but of champions league football now liverpool of bait bundesliga side hobby lots to know in life in the round of 16 after a goal is 1st to. hit the target for liverpool i minutes after the break stop and.

just 5 minutes later also a cheese day action parasang boss alone or for one thrashing little messy up in the scoring for boss a but then pastry came back with a hat trick from killie and another goal for more is a scheme. that's all for now more news headlines coming up at the top of the hour up next on the channel is a special don't forget to get overloaded snooze on the c.w. dot com any time of the day for me anthony how did berlin thanks for. the fight against the coronavirus pandemic. has the rate of infection been developing what does the latest research say. information and contacts the coronavirus not days 19 spent. on t w. 1700 here. in germany our

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