so where did malala yousafzai get herfighting spirit?r ziauddin can surely take some of the credit, as he's also a long—term campaigner for girls' education. we'll speak to him in a moment, but first let's remind ourselves of malala's story. in pakistan the taliban said it was responsible for the gun attack on a 1a—year—old schoolgirl, malala yousafzai who has campaigned for girls to be educated and has been nominated for an international peace prize was on her way home from school when she was fired on. incredibly she survived and was flown to britain for treatment, now her campaign has gone global. it remarkable recovery. hard to believe as she walks out of the hospital, but it was just last october that she was shot in the head in a taliban attack. today she addressed more than 500 people at the un in new york is calling for better access to education around the world. i am the same malala yousafzai, my ambitions are the same, my hopes are the same. and my dreams are the same. an extraordinary accolade for a young woman still in schoo

there are some places in the world, bacteria, boko haram, the shooting of malala yousafzai, where communityhe broader label, is making it more difficult for girls but there are plenty more places in the world where governments are working strongly for developed it and change, including girls education andi change, including girls education and i have had the privilege of travelling in some of those places. rwanda, senegal, cambodia and many other examples where you can literally see the change in front of your eyes. it is notjust in the developing world, is it was make advanced societies, the developed world, we are seeing the shift to the right which is pulling a lot of focus on maternal rights, reproductive rights, and this wave of populism — date you think that is impacting women as well? yes, i do. we just impacting women as well? yes, i do. wejust had to impacting women as well? yes, i do. we just had to be very clear about what problem it is we are trying to solve. developing countries, i do think, it starts with educating a girl. the journey of change starts with educating a girl. in

with help from role models children can also make things happen pakistani activist malala yousafzai for example says she was inspired by her father and only ten felix finkbeiner from germany founded the plan for the planet initiative with other kids he organized planting projects based on ideas propagated by one gallery much like. the nobel prize winning activist. and there are many other inspiring young people trying to make a difference let's meet one of them. more than five billion tons of plastic trash now litter our oceans the debris has accumulated over more than half a century plastic just doesn't go away. at the age of sixteen. decided to tackle the problem eight years on his ocean cleanup is now becoming a reality the floating boom system devised to collect this debris was recently towed five hundred kilometers from the port where it was assembled pass prominent san francisco landmarks and out into the open ocean. after years of planning the twenty four year old dutchman finally wants to prove what his huge garbage catcher can really do clean up the world's largest marine garba

still to come this morning, malala yousafzai's dad will be here to talk about his support for feminisms coming up. hello, this is breakfast, with naga munchetty and charlie stayt. here's a summary of today's main stories from bbc news. around 70 world leaders are gathering in paris for a weekend of special events to mark 100 years since the end of world war one. president trump arrived there late last night and will hold talks with president macron this morning. here, theresa may willjoin the queen for a festival of remembrance at the royal albert hall this evening. there will be live coverage of the events to mark the centenary across the bbc this weekend. it begins later as huw edwards hosts the festival of remembrance from the royal albert hall tonight at 8:30pm on bbc one. and tomorrow david dimbleby, dan snow and tina daheley present live coverage of the service of remembrance from the cenotaph from 10am. at least nine people have been killed and more than 250,000 have been evacuated as three wildfires continue to burn out of control in california. five of those killed were found