but the united nations shows 29 countries in red that have closed schools juta covered 19 the ones in blue are partially closed as of january 258000000 children have been unable to attend school juta closures while children in more developed parts of the world have been able to continue classes remotely many more without access to computers of the internet have been unable to learn the un secretary-general until you tell us marks the international day of education on sunday by saying it's a fundamental rights that must be protected to avert a catastrophe or minus until an anthony says is director of the us school global education and monitoring report he says many children have been left behind because they haven't been able to learn remotely. in the international date of education it is a stark reminder of the multiple purposes that education serves in children's lives and i think this also has children out down to politicians minds and governments minds all around the world but it is really essential to maintain schools open it is really to be really the very last resort to have the

a chance to open your city to the world but things are very different right now in tokyo which is juta i use the delayed some again in july and there's no medal for guessing what. i messed up maybe if i don't think it can be done in a safe environment this coming summer in a very uneasy situation i hope it can be postponed it's scary to do it in the current situation you know. sports earlier that i'm not looking i'm still me if it's all the athletes or like say i agree in favor of that however after all this time i do think it will be good to spread the infection of coronavirus further since the state of emergency was a little still a soaker in tokyo i think it's a bit contradictory milkha. bhaag it was like i said i am for holding the games here to help people hold the olympics after taking sufficient measures against infections after all i think people are chewed up by the olympics. watching out international before we do go where this hour we've got the chance to show you one of nature's most spectacular light show us from the perfect vantage point because here's how the northern li

planned visit by the south korean vice foreign minister to discuss iranian funds frozen in banks' juta u.s. sanctions robert bryant has more now from so. south korea does have a naval vessel in that area as part of the international anti piracy effort that vessel has now been deployed or redeployed to the waters where this tanker was seized but is not likely or expected to be doing much but monitoring the situation and seeing how this develops the iranians have accused me of environmental pollution the operators of the vessel here in south korea deny that and say that this vessel was in international waters it is thought that this is part of an ongoing much wider dispute between iran and south korea over seas to funds here in south korea this is $7000000000.00 worth of funds which are owed for oil products imported from iran into south korea which since the imposition of much tighter sanctions by the united states south korea has frozen has not given access to iran to these funds if it did do so then it would risk being sanctioned itself by the united states so these monies are the on

overwhelmed by the volume of patients families are resorting to buying medical oxygen on the black market juta shortages daniel swine flu has more from. it's going to be very difficult they've had lock downs before very tight lock downs this one will affect about half the country's $32000000.00 population including the capital of lima in the surrounding areas it's only going to go to people to stay at home if they can only essential business is the trouble with that is something like 70 percent of the population of the workforce work in the informal economy if they don't work they simply don't have enough money to feed their families so they resisted previous lockdowns they're likely to resist this one. a russian billionaire says here seaside palace which jailed kremlin critic alexina valley has accused president vladimir putin of od'ing putin's friend arkady rottenberg says he owns the property worth more than a $1000000000.00 the valley has claimed that putin used illicit funds to build the mansion. military says it will abide by the country's constitution amid concerns the armed forces migh

cases at least 2000000 of those have been recorded since the end of october a surge scientists say is juta this much more contagion contagious variant strain the government has launched the say i'm campaign encouraging everyone to act like you've got the virus to encourage distancing. and at least 10 babies have died in a fire hospital in western india in the early hours of saturday a file which is believed to have been caused by an electrical short circuit broke out in a special new on care unit of a hospital in maharashtra state firefighters were able to rescue 7 babies an investigation has been ordered into the cause of the fire hours there awhile now continues poppy back with the news hour in about half an hour's time. in november 2020 al-jazeera arabic contacted a top israeli cyber security official to find out more about data and cyber cooperation between israel and the u.a.e. . the official refused to speak on camera but said he had just returned from an official business trip to the u.a.e. designed to promote high profile official coordination between the 2 countries according to l

ones in blue a partially closed as of january 258000000 children have been unable to attend school juta closures while children in more developed parts of the world have been able to continue classes remotely many more without access to computers or the internet have been unable to learn the un secretary general antonio terrace marks the international day of education on sunday by saying it's a fundamental right that must be protected to avert a catastrophe he will none of us antony says is director of the us go global education monitoring report he's joining us from paris by skype is really good to have you with us sir thank you very much indeed for joining us i want to talk to you about the the psychological impact that this separation from school is having on children because school obviously is not just about the process of learning it's about social interactivity is well. you're absolutely right in on this day in the international day of education it is a stark reminder of the multiple purposes that education serves in children's lives and i think it is also a feeling now down to p

arrived in preparation the matches should have taken place in march last year but the tour was abandoned juta the coronavirus the england team confirmed that all players and supporters off a tested negative for cave in $1000.00 pry it to that departure defending champion carlos science has the lead off to stage one of the dakar rally 9 time world champion sebastian love it some trouble here early on the rallies taking place in saudi arabia for the 2nd time science finished the opening day just ahead of red bull team mate to stefan petra hansel in the cock up to great spoil sport for now barbara thank you. now that is almost it for this news hour movie you can get much more know everything that we're covering on our website the address al-jazeera going to call will stay with us so i'm going to be back in just a few minutes with more of these things it's one of my. a runoff that will determine if democrats take control of both chambers of congress as no candidate received a majority in november's election georgia is getting ready for a historic vote to challenge a republican senate majority. jo

of the pandemic this map by the united nations shows 29 countries in red that have closed schools juta covert 19 the ones in blue are partially closed as of january 258000000 children have been unable to attend school because of closures children in more developed parts of the world have been able to continue classes remotely but many more who don't have access to computers of the internet have been unable to learn the u.n. secretary general antonio terrace marks the international day of education on sunday by saying it's a fundamental right that must be protected to avert a catastrophe. monis anthony sis is director of the u.s. school global education monitoring report he says the children who haven't been able to learn remotely have been left behind. in the international date of education it is a stark reminder of the multiple purposes that education serves in children's lives and i think this also has children out down to politicians minds and governments minds all around the world but it is really essential to maintain schools open it is really to be really the very last resort to