and we can imagine that they will be on best behavior when they discussion really a wide variety of issues, such as climate change, vaccinating the wild, but also foreign policy issues like how to deal with russia and how to set up the china. all right, stay with this big because we want to know more about this trip. but right now, let's take a closer look at some of the difficult diplomacy confronting the us president in europe. touching down in the u. k. on a mission to reset the american relations with the world on its 1st trip abroad since taking office. president joe biden has a pact itinerary. the g 7 summit is followed by a nato meeting you talks and a face to face with russian president vladimir putin. from america 1st to ladies, 1st, the president set himself apart from his predecessor,

even before stepping up to the microphone, his wife jill, giving the opening remarks to the us troops stationed at the base as the daughter of a navy, signalman in world war 2. and the mother of a major who was in the delaware army national guard and served a year in iraq. and now as your 1st lady, i was so proud to be here with all of you to begin our 1st overseas trip. went by and did eventually speak, his message was clear at every point along the way. we're going to make it clear that united states is back and democracies of the world are standing together to tackle the toughest challenges and the issues that matter most to our future that were committed to lady was strength, defending our values and delivery for our people. the president had strong words the potent to that into the g 7 then to the nato ministerial,

and then to meet with mr. to let him know what i want him to know. trump had been unwilling to stand up to russia and was accused of pandering to autocrats biden left little doubt that those days are over. the united states will respond in a robust and meaningful way when the russian government engages in harmful activities. we've already demonstrated that i'm going to communicate that there are consequences relying, violating the sovereignty of democracies in the united states in europe and elsewhere. having laid down a marker at the start of his whirlwind tour, biden has left both allies and adversary's with little doubt of what to expect.

has we strong woods for russia, their big one buttons priorities for this g 7 summit? well the sum it comes at a key moment actually for the you case history having just left the european union and for base countries. it's really important to put, put the spotlight on march lateralism on had well use and for democracies to, to come together and stay together and to find sort of common ground when it comes to contentious issues like in the foreign policies. how to deal with russia. but also when it comes to china, there are quite a lot of diverging views within the g 7. so they will both use the summit as a platform to basically bring the g 7 the. there was a wealthy countries together to find the common position. big mouth incident where the g 7 summit is going to take place as of tomorrow. thank you. we recorded that

a little earlier. a lawmakers have approved plans for a new electronic travel document to allow fully vaccinated people to move about the block without quarantining or testing. it'll be up to the individual e u. countries to implement the new passes. they were approved during the 1st in person session of the european parliament for a long lay off the long awaited return to strasburg, after a year of cool, with 1900 restrictions, members of the european parliament of back at the official age q in the french city for real life plenary city. we have the this mission as a city to represent democracy, but also the diversity of the territories in europe. we're in the met a few colleagues and he's such a great time to see them. and again, to exchange again, to ask about how is the virus and the society going on in their countries. it's very nice to be back. not everyone shares the sentiment. many fear the return is

premature. around half of any piece of state, home living offices in hallways here, empty and doors from the shaft. i'm sure that all of us really want to go. i mean, we are longing to get everything back to normal, but we can't take risks when we are in a nice in condemning. so we need to be very careful and that's why i'm not. but others are calling for it permanent into these months, the outside shoveling stafford paperwork between brussels in strasburg once a month cause the 100000000 years to year. not to mention the environmental impact . any change, however, would mean rewriting you treaties, something local, french greens, oppose who have turned up to welcome any peace back to their city. is that the base for part is in total. does your contracts all like that for parliament to have the sessions here in europe shouldn't be centralized greens from strasburg,

and the us are happy to welcome our representative and funding and isn't on the other side of the road. no big deal as leaves preparing some revenues, meals in its food truck, hoping to drama business from returning parliamentarians and this stuff. because contin service inside the building will remain restricted. you can, can you put a monkey, you as somebody from parliament to come to them and i said yes. and so will make it the government will see how it work. experience will work in the press. going to john beck in business, preparing to report life to households all over europe. but after all these months in the virtual world, european empowerment forever changed as, as he was full of new experiences. you know, we became addicted to zoom and events and fun. so it will not be so easy to come

out to. so despite the fact that we're coming back and just and just rip, just raspberries is really symbol of coming back to the malady. but i think that normal, little bit different from what it was you know. yeah, go in downtown strasburg, business owners, hope the future won't be digital only. and some believe the old fashioned appeal of good food and drink could new or more politicians back in. i thought we were waiting for them with our hearts. we would like everyone to come back and to regain the lines for that going on. so 2 plus, dressed or playing house to the european parliament is a source of income, but it's also a source of pride in part of its history in the heart of europe. as take a look at some of the other stories making news around the world. a french court has sentence to 28 year old man to 4 months in prison for slapping president emmanuel. my call in the face. the man struck my call during a walk about tuesday in the se in town. the court has banned him from ever holding

office and from owning weapons for 5 years. francis has refused to accept the resignation of germany's cardinal reinhard marks over the handling of a sex abuse scandal. the archbishop of munich offered his resignation and elected the pope. last week, though not himself accused of committing abuse, he said he shared responsibility for what he called the catastrophe of sexual abuse by clary gemini, authorities say they will disband an elite unit in frankfurt. police force after revelations offices were part of right wing extremist chat, group members of the se case won't tame a suspected of sharing content, inciting racial hatred and not see imagery. it's the latest in a string of cases of alleged extremism in german police and decked by the former german families minister. francisco give fire has been stripped of her ph. d over plagiarism and her faces that social democrat resigned her post last month over the

controversy after having already announced she'd stop using the title doctor, doctor, it's in germany, a highly prized but of course the number of senior politicians trouble in re thing is your opinion has condemned a russian court decision to ban organizations connected to opposition later and i sent a volley. judges in moscow declared the groups to be extreme. it's the bullying balls people associated with the group from running for public office. cultural life here in germany is slowly coming back after months of locked down once normally, building top event in the middle of winter is now taking place as an outdoor celebration of building international film festival has already handed out its trophies. the golden bears in an online competition, and now audiences can see the entries on the summit guys, the bell analysis, so called special summer edition is finally under way. thanks to falling covered 19 infection numbers and specially created open in sentiments across the german

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the africa or the people who hear what ideas do they have for their future. d, w dot com, african megacity. the thing to do is click and enter me ah, oh experts say school closure were a necessary evil to slow the spread of the corona of ours. the thing affected 80 percent of children worldwide forcing most to study from home, placing an extra non parents modern technology helped in many cases. but not all the pandemic could see millions of children left behind. can generation covered

make the great and what happens after school? we talking about permanent damage. will this affect students chances on the job market? all questions for our guest in a moment. first this report, me 7 year old roost guy was accompanying his mother, john done doing for him to work like most days. due to the panoramic turkish schools have been shirt for over a year. john don runs a private kindergarten on the outskirts of his time bull there occasionally allowed to open. unlike schools, china or son attended school for 6 months before authorities ordered. all schools closed now really guy spends his time, his mother's kindergarten or at home, attending virtual lessons. something the 2nd grader doesn't enjoy

latoya to feel i preferred math classes in school. me. i liked it. even though teachers sometimes got angry at us for the past year, remote learning has been the new norm for ruth got a challenging situation for him. mother car struggle to stay focused in front of the screen, but he still can't read or write properly. the kids have lost interest in everything because they don't want to leave the house anymore again for me or losing touch with the outside world. over 10000000 turkish children and teenagers haven't attended school in month. they're only allowed to panic for exams. like these people's, at an in stumble primary school,

tell them how many parents are fed up with the government. strict stance on schools. it's a big a small off educator should be their top priority. instead of holding conferences and party conventions without heating any corona restrictions, the education sector is being neglected on a real while most or the european countries have tried avoiding school closures took his education and science workers union. warren's turkish pupils are falling behind. learn lessons are not very effective. we didn't basically last an entire year of teaching. we never understood why schools supposedly posed a greater infection risk than cafes or restaurant. look on color coffee. those are allowed to open. amanda turkish school closures have hit per families like the lands hardest from $4000000.00 turkish school. children don't have internet access

at home. that means mohammed azlan must rely on the educational programs on turkish state television. what do you, along with money, can send the children to private schools and pay to to, to help the children catch up. all we can do for them to monitor, would it be? can our children have to resort to educational television shows, look it up. if it isn't wealthier parents like sundown, good friend, i finding turkey's economic situation increasingly difficult to john done says more and more parents are taking the youngest out of kindergarten. if the trend continues, she may go out of business, but matters are even worse for turkey. school children, they are the ones paying the highest price in this pandemic. when for longer is assistant professor of social policy at the belgian university, k u jersey. and so can we expect all these children just to catch up once the

pendant mixed with the overall? are we looking at long term effects? for example, job prospects? well, i have to say, i'm afraid we are looking really at these long term effect in terms of educational obtainment in terms of job prospects. and if we don't try to mitigate the impact of the school closures on the most vulnerable children's students, i'm afraid we'll be jeopardizing the future. it's kind of well known that educational obtainment and in particular you're a higher education attainment is really is really important for you later job prospect. and so if those children don't have this higher education attainment, you know, they will have trouble finding decent jobs later on in life. and this might reinforce this cycle off of inequality. but to witnessing just how many children are we actually talking about, how many schools were closed during the pandemic? well, you know, at the peak of the 1st way, from april 2020, we've been talking about one and a half 1000000000 children worldwide,

who have been affected by these by this school closures. but even today, after a 2nd wave and sometimes a 3rd wife, you know, at the global scale we are, we, we still see that over 200000000 children are affect it and that their schooling experience still learning has been interrupted. and even today, also in europe and countries such as your belgium, norway, for instance, schools are still often partially close to many students still have to deal with remote learning. so it affects a lot, a lot of children on a global scale. absolutely. when we've been talking about learning and also the fact that these kids have been having a hard time and having to catch up. but what about something as important as social skills that kids also learn at school which are so important later on in life? yes, i mean, i mean, i mean, i mean if your schooling outcomes are very important, of course, but schools are more than that, as we all know. right. ill of social places, social environments,

places where children meet other children that children play where children sort of, you know, also can eat healthy for instance. that is one important function of the school besides learning and indication. and we know that school closures have had detrimental effects on the, on that part as well on that account as well. and of course, affecting those most foldable children, those most disadvantaged children who you know, who stand to gain the most from having social context with other children. so this is absolutely a problem as well. besides, you know, the learning outcome issue. so give me some solutions. what are we going to do about this can, can we change the situation? well, i think, you know, one of the key lessons that we learned is if we switch to remote learning, learning needs to continue. i mean, i'm absolutely convinced that digital technology is offer a lot of opportunities, but you know, most schools and teachers were not really equipped with knowledge and the right

tools to, to offer high quality remote teaching. so one thing we need to do is we need to really start improving the i see the competencies of teachers and schools. we need to invest in digital infrastructure of school. so if we switch to remote learning at learning can continue for all children that all children can access high quality remote teaching. but of course, you know, we know that many children grope and disadvantage families, proper references in environments which are detrimental for learning. if you have to follow online courses which 5 children in one room, for instance, you know, it's impossible to learn properly. so we need to make sure that remote learning, you know, is sort of adjusted to the situation of the most disadvantage as children. one simple example can be if we give assignments to children, for instance, in a remote teaching environment, make sure that it is possible. it is feasible for the children to make their assignments on paper. that's one very simple solution that we can implement you how

to from when for longer. thank you very much for being on the show today. happy to be there. thank you. lots of good advice. their time to hand you over to derrick williams. again, our phones corresponded. he's got an interesting question today about coded and h o. b, every age of patients in the severity of cuba, 900 changed since the beginning of the pandemic. oh, this is such a complex question on so many different levels that it's, it's nearly impossible to really answer adequately and i can't, but i'm happy to talk about why. first thing that we can track averages implies that we had adequate surveillance measures in place from the very beginning of the pandemic. but we didn't, it took months to get large scale testing up and running, even in the industrialized world. so the statistics from the early days in

particular about how many people of what age actually have the disease and how badly they have to be taken. not just with a grain of salt, but with a whole handful of it. and in many countries, those statistics still do. then there are a host of other slippery variables, for example, that doctors have gotten a lot better at treating cove at 19, as the pandemic progress and, and they gained experience with those st. finally, the introduction of vaccines to different age groups at different times in different countries. that's also changed. pandemic dynamics and ways that make blanket statements really just pretty untenable. just to illustrate, let's look at the situation here in germany. one thing we know for sure is that the older you get, the more dangerous and potentially deadly contracting,

toby 19 becomes that hasn't changed. what has changed here is that as the vaccine drive progresses, an increasing number of high risk people. so those over the age of 50, they are protected by vaccine induced immunity. in the most recent wave in germany, which is hopefully the last, a lot of doctors, anecdotally reported that they believed the average age of patients in intensive care had dropped pretty dramatically compared to, to earlier ways. but the actual statistics are kind of hard to interpret. one complicating factor, for instance, is that if a younger person ends up in intensive care, there are a lot more likely to survive for weeks before they recover or, or die, occupying a bed for much longer than a more frail elderly person might. but those kinds of trends are specific to here.

they can't really be applied to other countries because they depend on a wide range of factors. everything from the state of hospital infrastructure to the vaccine priorities that germany has. 4 different age groups, me, derek williams. there i'm benefits all and thanks for watching, stay safe. you will get the news. the news

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