that the collapse of the syrian currency and an economic crisis will force even more children like amad into work. and of people living in the war torn country are reportedly living under $2.00 a day which is basically nothing and with inflation of the currency and with the economic crisis in syria with imposing sanctions it is likely that this number is under estimated which means for children more are going to be pushed into child labor the war has killed maimed and traumatized serious children it's all to deny them their childhood and as the conflict drags on the future for this last generation now seems even more stark priyanka gupta is here. still ahead on al-jazeera and sports staying safe while playing to win europe's top club football competition heads into all you territory. the all. kind of sport has hanna thank you very much came while the winners of this season's european champions league will be decided over the next 12 days in portugal file 8 time and in lisbon is replacing the competitions traditional format french and his . play italian side that atlanta. was this 1st qu

amad men do or should be school. instead he spent a justi at a car repair shop in your province trying to scrape a living the house tether. i work to look after my family if i don't work we won't be able to live. at home his mother attempts to offer him a sense of normal childhood amants father was arrested by government forces and 22 of the family has no idea where he is and with his only 13 but his short life has been defined by 9 years of war he's carried the scars into an uncertain future. of our law. he used to go to school then leave to work and he kept doing so until the day the repair shop with bombed and he got injured seeing ahmed like this breaks my heart because he cannot rest and he will never be able to he used to go from school to work and can't take a break due to poverty if he doesn't work we won't be able to live his younger brother also works now. half of syria's children today have only known death devastation and displacement 41 percent of those old enough to be in school are not getting educatio

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later making alpha canady mollies 1st democratically elected president the elections in 2002 won by amadou toumani toure a by allegations of widespread fraud he was forced out of the coup in 2012 that same year to read rebel seized control of northern mali and declared their own state with other are groups french military intervention in 2013 helped to recapture major towns but ongoing violence and instability would eventually be a major factor in the coup against the most recent president abraham because well it's big now too so j and by mccall he is a member of the strategic committee of the opposition coalition known as the m 5 r.f.e. thank you for your time what contact if you had with military leaders about what happens next. thanks for having me we have a meeting this morning and some of. the military men who send some or some of their member of those who to me that's. meeting them tomorrow or more we haven't. yet. decided except and. then either tomorrow or ok how much did the opposition know about this coup before it happened given any sort of advance warning. no not at all i mean

not in his usual 4 star generals uniform but a gray suit former coup leader amadou son ago walks out of the tribunals a free man along with 15 other soldiers he no longer faces charges of torture killings and rape but this woman says she was among those on of those soldiers rounded up when he took power in a coup and 2012 and she was held in captivity for 19 months and raped every night to her the court's decision is wrong it's over from ollie to military can commit cruel acts criminal acts without ever having to face justice to court is in their hands even better day will use a lot of amnesty and reconsideration to cover up their crimes the lawyers of those she accuses deny any wrongdoing saying there's no proof to her allegations the court did not issue a verdict but instead the judge cited a $29000.00 rican solution law offering amnesty to specific crimes committed during the 2012 crisis that's when armed groups took over the north and captain sun ago took over power in a coup in an interview with al-jazeera at the time he said his plan was to bring back the rule of law and end po

later making alpha mollies 1st democratically elected president but the elections in 2002 won by amadou toumani toure they were marred by allegations of widespread fraud he was forced out in a coup in 2012 that same year to our 8 rebels seize control of northern mali and declared their own states with other groups a french military intervention in 2013 helped to recapture major towns but ongoing violence and instability would eventually be a major factor in the coup against the most recent president abraham kita so education is a member of the strategic committee of the opposition coalition is known as the m 5 r.f.p. he says coup leaders will have to honor their promises to hold an election at this point so i don't think they're happy choice you know it's probably not a movement that started a few months ago and for about 3 months now you know obviously 2 weeks out for the president who is on many of the regime and so it would time out there are tens of thousands of people on the streets i'm not sure of me to the people who run us on this thing in your city in there. invite us to join j

what i was to amad decided to do something about it, but it feels like the country is in an emergency all the time with many explosions and accidents. there is always a need for blood. this center supplies blood to many hospitals in the city to save the lives of wounded people, mothers and childbirth and others. it's all, she's one of the many people who've been saved with the blood. the doctor had collect. he and his team deliver it to the hospital where it's needed. he says more people die of blood loss than from the bullets hit them. and the u. n says about $5000.00 women die in childbirth in somalia, every year, many of whom could be saved by blood transfusions, marleen rag marleen is another one of the blood recipients. he says a dr. misdiagnosed, him with tuberculosis and gave him strong drugs that destroyed his kidneys. he now depends on kidney dialysis with their native blood. well, it was a good thing for the community without him so many people would be dying because of lack of blood like me. if i did not get blood from him, it would be hard for me to stay alive. talked to a

years ago tarik rebels declared independence in april twenty twelve just a month after president amadou toumani toure they was pushed out in the two now but three months later they lost ground to. a group with things to al-qaeda it impose sharia law and publicly destroyed many muslim shrine it's the twenty thirteenth front stepped in helping malayan forces take back the region and two years later mali's government and torah gravels agreed to a peace deal not despite a large french military and un peacekeeping presence france's eyes still in the greatest harbor of the i.s.t.'s has been using northern mali as a haven. kuwaiti joins us now live from washington d.c. it's good to have you with season executive director of the african immigrant caucus we the area has several g. hardass groups operating would we know which ones are actually responsible for this attack. that is hard to say as you mentioned the governor who sort of. broke the news things that it is m.s.a. which sounds like a group play you cite illegals to ice so i says you know the caliphate that has been pretty much wiped out

hack our correspondent talking to us from senegal our boate the death of prime minister of a close amadou gone quickly body he died suddenly after fainting joining a cabinet meeting on wednesday afternoon he was then taken to hospital where he was later pronounced dead he was being lined up as the presidential successor for the upcoming elections in november as the ruling party candidate the u.n. secretary general has warned that the conflict in libya has entered a new phase with foreign interference reaching unprecedented levels until you go south as was addressing a virtual session of the security council on the violence there head of the session russia's foreign minister said he's in talks with his counterparts in turkey about a possible ceasefire this isn't the 1st time that a cease fire has been proposed while of khalifa haftar said he would consider one after his forces began losing their major strongholds libyan conflicts been fueled by a number of international backers the u.n. recognize government in tripoli is being backed by turkey while after has had support from russia egypt

who they are fighting for survival rising floodwaters washed away their makeshift shelters mohamed amadou irish is one of the many who had so little have now lost everything. i get as near as the flood came up with and while we were sleeping in our homes suddenly we felt a strong flood we only took our children with us and the ones who stayed at home a swift away by the flood lifts nothing behind the war between the who these and saudi government forces is into its 6th year the fighting has caused the world's worst humanitarian crisis 24000000 yemenis need aid water fuel and medicine shortages are widespread the u.n. says yemenis are again on the brink of a major food crisis then there is a threat of the current virus which health workers suspect is spreading undetected with more really likely soon more of diseases such as cholera dainty on military or are feared plunker could go out to sea or turkey says it's resumed energy exploration work in the eastern mediterranean sea accusing greece of not keeping its promises regarding disputed gas reserves in the region turkish navy announced a r

the loss of amadou don't call it is like starting all over again but we have to stay strong and leave strong we are very devastated because i'm a do was a man of honor he died in the line of duty so we must be like him and stand strong because there is also the sense of responsibility that requires us to make thousands of ivorians count on president our son or daughter what has until july 28th to decide whether to be a candidate his opponents including former president clinton b.j. also a candidate to the presidency accuses want to earth failing to address political grievances that led to the 2011 civil war when former president laurent gbagbo refused to concede defeat 3000 people died and tens of thousands were displaced as politicians fought for power. that is fueling a sense of instability months before a much anticipated election which is now getting many ivorians worried nicholas hawk al-jazeera as promised here's an eye with your support thank you very much to europe's top football teams and now know their route to champions league glory the draw as been made for many tournament

then 4 years ago a fulani preacher called amadou truth formed an armed group in central mali called fulani men arms this is video. these fighters attacked mali's army to overthrow the government expel the french army un peacekeepers and the stablish rule according to their own interpretation of islamic law the government's accused of arming the militia to fight back many believe that led to the escalating your violence between the 2 communities army is not doing its job. in the center of the mali even 3 good kind of proxy war. for generations there have been minor disputes when the for lonnie herders cows trampled on land that the farmers were cultivating but in the past didn't prompt math because one of them to some a somali remembers that well he was herding cows when french colonialists left mali in 1960. and he stays at home in the village along with her lawyer women and other older men. before people were very tolerant we would always find ways to resolve disputes with humanity and dignity than that today passing through a farm can turn into a much bigger problem. fire on hundreds of

one drew his sword and with one blow it cut off my hand ethnic violence broke out between the benny amad and the head then there were tribes in sudan's red sea state last week it was the latest incident in wave of outbreaks over the last 6 months health workers say more than 6 people were killed and more than a dozen injured it started after an opposition leader returned to the state which had been under a state of emergency for nearly 3 months witnesses say people from his tribe celebrated his return but that provoked tension and fighting. who's from the head then to a tribe was among those wounded he says he was stabbed with a knife all of them were that i was waiting for transportation and suddenly i was it's on the backward in life i did not know what some of the fighting of that sorry but everyone throughout their lives and source of fights. since june sporadic violence here has killed nearly 100 people and left more than 250 wounded according to health workers 2 pac's have been fined in the past 2 months to try and contain the tribal tensions but people here say they are worried th

but there's also a bunch of we've just decided, as amade. society, not everyone has decided this, but many political leaders have, that it's okay to have people die from totally preventable, totally treatablebe diseasesuse we're not going to cover them. that's a political choice. think that's a terrible political cice. america without bankrupting the country, without creating long wait times. but we have to decide that we're going to do that. >> reporter: for our next three programs, we travel to the united kingdom, switzerland andl australia k at how they get to universal coverage, and what the u.s. might learn. so that america can both embrace its innovation. >> and it st makes me feel od, just to know that, like, he is getting this life that he deserves. >> reporter: andarddress its diies. >> so it mak me el that we don't matter. >> reporter: so the two worlds don't remain so far apart. for the pbs newsur, i' william brangham in houston, texas. >> woodruff: a quick postscript to william's report: lakeisha parker has a new job at amazon. i

there are challenges amade. consumers don't seem to be there for electric vehicles.he it's a percentage of the marketplace. >> we also need a huge network of charges stations to basically take the role of gas stations for all those electric vehicles. how much of an impediment be? >> those are questions that come up a lot. we're getting close to a tipping point. those with have experienced electric vehicles almost to a person say they wouldn't go back. the driving experience, the technology, the acceleration, all the elements of a great product in an electric vehicle, i think are going to bring consumers really rapidly. we're reaching that classic tipping point. and that's going to move quickly. the current data that we have says more than 80% of charging happens at home. and there's a large number of current consumers who are able to charge at home. and for them this will be seamless because the range of these electric vehicles is going to be sufficient for the vast majority of use cases for those who can't is where we need help in developing that infrastructure. the

and i'm amad, just to tell you the truth, that there are 45,000 european troops fighting in afghanistan, and some of those are germans. the idea of german forces being deployed outside of europe 20 years ago would have been politically unthinkable. >> warner: so very briefly, the other major pount he made that the u.s. political conscious-- consensus for defending europe, for supporting nato, could disappear in coming decade or two? >> i think he's right. i think there's a new generation of military officers in particular who don't see the value of nato. my generation served in yurng remembered cold war, remember the soviet threat as the ambassador pointed out. the the new generation, what they're seeing is very troubling. the nato local is the international security assistance force. americans in afghanistan often call that "i saw americans fight." so they're walking away from their experience with the germans and with other european militaris-- not in all cases but in many cases-- questioning the vaufl these military rces and qustioning the future of this alliance. >> warner: all righ

told we could receive some food and help here but no they're saying it needs to go into venezuela amadou will not let us in let's hope he will put a hand on his heart and yield something that at least for now seems out of the question alison that i'm just you know. in the last hour the committee to protect journalists held a news conference in front of the white house in washington d.c. on the murder of jamal khashoggi journalist was killed in the saudi arabian consulate in istanbul last year i mean calls for the international community to put pressure on riyadh the most chilling message sent by the murder of jamal. is that no one is safe from saudi arabia's brutal reach. but this need not be true a strong response from the u.s. government and from president trump himself and other governments would send a message to the saudi authorities that acts such as the murder of jamal has she will not be tolerated. let's get a practical a news that live in washington d.c. for us so how much appetite is there for more pressure and to do something else on the affair in the u.s. . well down the road

mostly either in exile or have had their candidacies rejected now the main opposition need a wreck amadou who was arrested in march on terrorism charges and other prominent opposition members sebastian hours of on is in exile he's accused of drug trafficking forgery and ford and he could face prison if he returns now not as well known as the sun soon now he's still in the race and was a former education minister corrent in co who is also up for election he's a lifelong local politician but is now running for president for the 1st time well i'm editor says outside a polling station for us and quite a new he says the government limited who could run in this race. most of the opposition candidates or the most of the opposition leaders either out of the country in exile in prison or they've been muzzled into silence so that's the situation right now and we've seen reaction to that in the north of the country which is an opposition stronghold protesters blocked highways preventing election materials from bridges such as polling stations as polls open today a short while ago president patrice t

group of military officers went on a mutiny that eventually overthrew the government of toumani toure amadou toumani toure and held onto power the basic thing they were protesting against was did you tell your ration of security situation in mali they saw rebellion in the north taking over large parts of mali chasing away the military authorities there what happened immediately after we sold the crisis expanding and it's been capitalized by then then by al qaida and other groups in the region in north africa who came into mali and made the situation worse eventually when democracy returned . who were kicked out was voted the french intervened and chased back the al qaida and other elements out of northern mali this situation eventually got worse right now we've seen how these armed groups of expanded not only from mali to work in a fossil which until 3 or 4 years ago has been a very peaceful country that also expanded into a new general public which of course is having to do with its own problem of insurgency in the north on the border with nigeria so the the thing is so complex right now a

and germany have threatened to join the united states in recognizing his rival as interim president amadou rose defense attached to the u.s. has defected throwing his support behind good inside venezuela armed forces chiefs remain loyal the ultimate do greater supporters have started handing out amnesty papers to soldiers encouraging them to defect well this was the message from the defecting at. last no because. the only solution that there should be in venezuela is the one the national assembly reached to declare one glider as interim president the top brass of the military and the executive branch are holding the armed forces hostage there are many many here on happy. well keeping the supports of the militia is vital if president to do is to hold on to power in venezuela his predecessor who will chavez was a former senior military officer and appointed former military colleagues to his government after he swept to power in the one nine hundred ninety eight election duel is also highly dependent on the military support and hire i kick ranking officers have reportedly been allowed to get

people in mogadishu, kia hussein amad, says when she planted her last handful of seeds on a farm. rain never came. with no food left. she started to make her way here. somali as capital mogadishu with her 4 children. that journey began on the back of a truck. then things got worse. not the truck driver said, this is my last stop. you can continue on your own to mortgage issue. we sat down under a tree, my 2 babies were in bad condition because of hunger and thirst. then all of the sudden i found they had white eyes. they had died. there was a lady living there who helped me to bury them by the roadside raquira and her 2 surviving children are among a rapidly growing number of people who are now staying in camps like this on the outskirts of the city. most of the people here walked for more than a week to get here. they carried whatever they could top all ends and sheets. that's what they've made, that shelters out of the more than a 1000 people living in this settlement. and all of these shelters have sprung up within the last 4 weeks, where they've come from the situations been deteri

amadou sall heads the dakar-based pasteur institute, a world-renown laboratory that's been at the frontlineisease: dengue, zika, and yellow fever, for which it was an early developer and producer of vaccines. most recently, ebola gave senegal a rehearsal for covid. in 2014, as ebola killed thousands in neighboring countries, senegal mobilized swiftly, containing it to just one case. similarly, with covid, senegal shut down its land borders as well as air travel. it launched campaigns to improve hygiene and imposed curfews. those slowed, but, critically, did not shut down the economy, says bilali camara, an infectious disease physician with the united nations. >> the guiding step which they ve undertaken since the beginning is to get really the right balance between the economic issues d the public health issues. >> reporter: public health issues were tackled quickly, he says, with mask mandates and hygiene and distancing messages, helping flatten the infections curve without stressing the country's limited medical facilities. experts also give senegal's government high marks for how it is c

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amadou: information in our possession indicates that forces of a foreign power are preparing to attack its people in coordination with ecowas and armed terrorist groups. we warn against interference in niger's internal affairs, as well as the disastrous consequences for the security of our region. amna: the ecowas nations' next step is unclear. they announced plans today for a summit in nigeria on thursday. and in washington, the u.s. state department said more than $100 million in american aid to niger is on hold. russian shelling in ukraine struck a series of towns near the war's front lines today, killing at least seven people. the donetsk and kharkiv regions were hit, along with kherson. meanwhile, moscow dismissed weekend talks in saudi arabia. forty nations discussed a ukrainian peace plan, but russia was not invited. another meeting is scheduled in six weeks. a looming tropical storm is forcing mass evacuations at the world scout jamboree in south korea. the two-week event is being held on a vast, coastal campground, and a heat wave had already caused hundreds of scouts -- mostl

amadou: we, the defense and security forces, have decided to put an end the regime you know.ows a continuing deterioration of the security situation and poor economic and social governance. stephanie: the soldiers announcing the coup said they had dissolved the constitution, suspended all institutions and closed the nation's borders. on social media earlier today, president bazoum vowed that the nation's hard-won gains would be safeguarded. the army is supporting the coup plotters in its ranks, it says, to avoid a deadly confrontation that could lead to bloodshed and jeopardize the security of the population. niger has a long history of military coups, but in recent years the country has grown more stable. the coup is the 7th in west and central africa since 2020. for more on the latest developments in niger, we are joined by kamissa camara. she previously served as the malian minister of foreign affairs and is now senior adviser for africa in the u.s. institute of peace. thank you so much for joining the "newshour." i want to jump right in. what are your sources saying? and

drunken soldiers looted the presidential palace in mali today, just a month before president amadou toumani toure was due to leave office. his whereabouts were unknown. the coup began yesterday at a military camp near bamako, the capital. rioting then spread to t northern town of gao. by dawn today, a group of soldiers appeared on state television saying they were in control. they insisted they would hand over power to an elected government once national unity is established. in yemen, an al qaeda offshoot claimed it killed an american teacher on sunday. joel shrum was gunned down in the central city of taiz, where he lived with his wife and two sons, and taught english. an al-qaeda posting on a militant website accused shrum of trying to spread christianity. but hundreds of young yemenis marched in taiz on tuesday, demanding the killers be caught and punished. the u.s. house of representatives voted today to abolish a medicare cost-control board that's part of the president's health care law. the board's members have not yet been appointed. but its mission is to rein in medicare spending b

o polls, right, and in lookg at the last debate, it was the smallest debate field in terms of who amade the stage, bu very crowded total candidate field. >> he's got 18 to 20% o democrats, an his supporters are more likely to say i'm decided, i'm going with bernie. a lot of them decided fouyears o and have stayed decided, so he's got a very solid base of support, more than any other candidates, at least more solidly loyal. the question is does he have any of the other supports from th other current candidates. are people out there thinking buttigieg or sanders, and e evidence so far is he has fewer of those people. there are a lot of peoplnot thinking about him at all. they have people they may support but bernie t one of them. so he has a solid core and the question is the he get anybody else to joi cn theore and i think that's why it's unlikely he'll get theat nomn. a ripple of panic has gone through the deabmocratic estsh meant this week and said it might be him and wt are we going to do then? >> nawaz: the minor candidates have been picking up, amy klobuchar, pete buttigieg, what do

amadou: information in our possession indicates that forces of a foreign power are preparing to attack its people in coordination with ecowas and armed terrorist groups. we warn against interference in niger's internal affairs, as well as the disastrous consequences for the security of our region. stephanie: the under secretary of state traveled to niger today for talks with junta leaders. she described them as unreceptive of orders to return them to civilian rule. sing more than $100 million in aid to niger is on hold. russian shelling killed at least seven people, the donor's and arche -- donetsk region and others were hit. 40 nations discussed a ukrainian peace plan but russia was not invited. another meeting is scheduled in six weeks. back in this country, a record outburst of glacial flooding in juneau, alaska, because major property damage over the weekend and left riverbanks and stable. two homes on the mendenhall river were swept away and others were partially destroyed or condemned. there were no reports of injuries or for talent he spear in authorities in southern california

. >> i was amad this morning how many salt truc were lined up >> reporter: but john d dell who run bar companies say closg the locks would destroy their indust. >> well, the first thing i that it uld put us right out business. if we don't have barge coming through the lks, we don't have anyctivity at all. >> on the icago san itaree ship canal system whicwe are standingight in front of, 16.9illion tons move through that system. if you equate at to trucks, that is 1.3 million truckloads. and close to 2 some odd thousand rail cars the inastructure in this area couldn't handle that kind of capaci overnight. >> reporter:ohn even doubts whether closi the lockwould accomplish ything. >> witregard to the locks, you know, thlocks are not necessarily designed tbe watertight. i mean they come throu, th hold water but they are all desied to leak a little bit. so that may t be the fective method, if they do choo to close the locks. >> the walls are like thre feet thick. >> reporter:ick is the executive director othe meopolitan water reclamation distct of greater chago. the agency that separate the