i have an article about marcus rushford telling mps vulnerable children need help with meals.as said that he himself, he grew up in quite a bad area and relied on food sends out as for meals. as that the scheme should be extended throughout the summer should be extended throughout the summer to help kids in poverty at the moment. i have to say he has emerged out of this crisis as a sportsman, very famous iconic figure. he has used his position and his status as a force to good, unlike some of the football club is busy furloughing staff at the start of this crisis, by paying millions. he raises a very important point. the government has an epicjob in terms of helping out and subsidising staff who have been furloughed, there is not an endless pot of money. we have to hope that the economy gets moving, there is a kick—start and they have more things earmarked for schemes like this. he raises a very fair point and a very emotive issue. i would love to talk more about that, but we must part covid, because another hugely important story at the moment, the black lives matter campaign

marcus rushford has already helped raise around $25000000.00 for one charity to supply meals to struggling families their chief executive has welcomed the new extension but he's warning about challenges just around the corner the really important sticking plaster after that we're going to have large numbers of living come to an end as well increasing large numbers of people who are going to need. further support and this is where we are actually quite fearful of the future the c.e.o. of the premier league has also congratulated rushford on his lady's achievements but the real winners will surely be children whom as he said about his younger self the system was not built to help the al-jazeera. time for a quick check of the headlines here on al-jazeera north korea's military says it will redeploy troops near the demilitarized zone and resume regular military exercises along frontline areas it comes a day after pyongyang destroyed a liaison office used to communicate with south korea solver says it will no longer accept a result behavior by the north brian has the latest from on the south ko

marcus rushford has already helped raise around $25000000.00 for one charity to supply meals to struggling families their chief executive has welcomed the new extension but he's warning about challenges just around the corner the really important sticking plaster after that we're going to have large numbers of. come to an end as well increasing large numbers of people who are going to need. further support and this is where we are actually quite fearful of the future the c.e.o. of the premier league has also congratulated rushford on his latest achievements but the real winners will surely be children to whom he said about his younger self the system was not built to help the team. this is all just there and these are the top stories china says it has agreed to continue talks with india over the disputed border of the himalayas india says 20 of its soldiers were killed in fighting with chinese troops in the region on monday turkey says it sent troops to fight kurdish separatists in northern iraq the don'ts to new operation against pay k.k. on sunday and is also carrying out airstrikes sitt

can i put on record my thanks to marcus rushford for the part for tears played on this issue when the victory for the 1300000 children affected. marcus rushford has already helped raise around $25000000.00 for one charity to supply meals to struggling families their chief executive has welcomed the new extension but he's warning about challenges just around the corner to really important sticking plaster after that we're going to have large numbers of. income to an end as well increasing large numbers of people who are going to need further support and this is where we are actually quite fearful of the future the c.e.o. of the premier league has also congratulated rushford on his lady's achievements but the real winners will surely be children whom as and said about his younger self the system was not built to help the dean barber al-jazeera. time now for a reminder of the top stories on al-jazeera the indian army now says at least 20 of its soldiers were killed by chinese troops on their border into disputed gal one valley territory india's foreign ministry describe the fighting as a

to pupils throughout the summer holidays it follows a campaign by much the united football of marcus rushford to extend the scheme which was initially dismissed by the prime minister were more on this i'm joined by r.t. you case. by that he says that what's been happening. ok well what we've been saying in the last few hours is the government and out saying that it will fund scheme to help seed children from struggling families during the 6 week summer holidays of course we do know that parents have been struggling because that children have been at home during the coded $1000.00 crisis and of course many children who would be normally at school getting breakfast or lunch that button has now fallen on the parents and all of this has really come about because of the count cane by the manchester united footballer marcus rash and he's brought about possibly this change he's raised tens of millions and a large part of this is down to his work that he's done on twitter as well bringing attention to this now mr rushford had somewhat of an exchange with that series of coast feet the tory government

to people throughout the summer holidays it follows a campaign by majesty united football of marcus rushford to extend the scheme which was initially dismissed by the prime minister for more on this i'm not sure but i'll tell you case. one of their research so tell us what's been happening. well all of this began where the manchester united in england football are largest rash began a campaign raised 20000000 pounds to help support families who are struggling in this difficult time to feed their children and he was putting pressure on the government to reverse their decision to end support for lunches for food for children who are from volatile families of course a lot of these children would be normally in school up until the summer holidays and would be receiving school meals but as a result of course of code at 19 and the fact that all the children are still at home well the mr ashford intervened to try to get the government to make a u. turn now initially there was resistance from the government they doubled down on their decision to end this voucher scheme the 4th century deciding to fu

marcus rushford has already helped raise around $25000000.00 for one charity to supply meals to struggling families their chief executive has welcomed the new extension but he's warning about challenges just around the corner the really important sticking plaster after that we're going to have large numbers of. come to an end as well increasing large numbers of people who are going to need. further support and this is where we are actually quite fearful of the future the c.e.o. of the premier league has also congratulated rushford on his lady's achievements but the real winners will surely be children whom as he said about his younger self the system was not built to help the al-jazeera. ok for more sport there's far richelle thank you so much and the last few minutes football's european governing body you a fan has announced that the portuguese capital lisbon will be the host city for the final games of the season's champions league and 18 many tournaments will decide the title winners the quarter finals semi final and final will take place between all this the 12th and 23rd a similar for

but there it is, that is the power of football and footballers, marcus rushford not known to most oflone worldwide, here he is today sharing what can be achieved if you do not rant and rave, you speak very sensibly, very calmly of your experience of life. the most extraordinary thing i read today was the prime minister saying that he did not know anything about marcus rashford's involvement in the subject until yesterday at the earliest. actually, ithink subject until yesterday at the earliest. actually, i think you should know that marcus rashford throughout this pandemic, has been raising money and helping to deliver food to many, many thousands of people. in using his own personal wealth most ips come from a background where his single mother to feed all his children. the potency of someone who has done so fa ntastically well potency of someone who has done so fantastically well in his career. £20,000 a week, that is still a huge amount. in french soccer stars, what they do in terms of race and all of they do in terms of race and all of the problems we have seen in paris. yes andl

manchester united football marcus rushford has pulled off an important victory for more than a 1000000 children in the u.k. the government has agreed to provide school food vouchers to struggling families over the summer holidays after rushford campaigned for the aid to be extended he says he's glad the prime minister boris johnson changed his mind the 22 year old has raised more than $25000000.00 for charity since the coronavirus lockdown began . it is good to have you with us hello adrian for going to the headlines on al-jazeera north korea's military says that it will redeploy troops to the demilitarized zone and resume regular exercises along front line areas it comes a day out of pyongyang destroyed a liaison office used to communicate with south korea brian as the latest from. the south korean society of the war. concern in the south will be this possible plan to set up guard posts while smaller inside the demilitarized zone this is strip of no man's land that separates north and south they as part of a 2018 agreements at the height of the reconciliation both sides agree to disma

the to your case so that he said what is it must be going on well we've already seen this week marcus rushford the manchester united and england striker raising over 20000000 pounds for helping the poorest families in the u.k. but also driving and forcing the government into a u. turn on and free school vouchers for children who of course are not at school for this part of the summer and that would be a seen as a victory for rush for the campaigners on the issue of poverty was once more. the agenda today at prime minister's questions where boris johnson was defending the conservative record often over the last 10 years with regards to what he said was the auction of poverty in particular taking families out of poverty across the country but the leader of the opposition kids start the question that record saying that recent reports suggest that poverty has gotten worse over the last decade absolute poverty relative poverty have both declined under these government and there are there are hundreds of 1000 of the 400000 fewer families living in poverty now than there were in 2010 i'll just read a

stadium in education city reminds us that football will return and manchester united striker marcus rushford has written an open letter to u.k. politicians asking them to do more to prevent child hunger in the country during the coronavirus lockdown children from low income families have been given food vouchers but that support is due to stop during the summer break well since march the 22 year old has helped raise more than $25000000.00 for the food charity fashion you know 45 percent of of people like me black people people in different ethnic minorities. you know living in poverty. you know i was i was very close to to be in one of what 4 or 5 percent of people want to help and definitely not people want to help but they don't have the understanding of the knowledge behind. they don't know how many people it's actually actually a fact and when asked all managed to make a lot sets a tested positive for corona virus in march it prompted the suspension of the premier league 3 months on an arsenal getting ready to play manchester city on wednesday as the league restarts outside a says the ga

friends so it was a difficult time but as well of the family too to gather a man united striker marcus rushford has pulled off an important victory for more than a 1000000 children in the u.k. the government has agreed to his demands provide male vouchers for children from low income families during the summer holidays rushford address in an open letter to politicians asking for a policy change the 22 year old has raised more than $25000000.00 for charity since the coronavirus lockdown began in march now n.f.l. commissioner roger goodell says he'd like to see cullen cap make back playing in the league this season and has encouraged teams to sign him in $26.00 thing the former san francisco $49.00 ers quarterback started mailing during the pre-game national anthem to protest against racial injustice he left that same in $27.00 saying and hasn't played since if you want to resume his career in the n.f.l. then obviously it's going to take a team to make that decision but i welcome that support the club making that decision and encourage them to do that if you his efforts are not on the field but i

son it's absurd manchester united manager or league on a social has described the strike and marcus rushfordas a top human being the 22 year old led a campaign which forced the british government into a u. turn over their free school milk policy it's set to benefit around $1300000.00 vulnerable children. marcus is a talk talk human being and he he's brought this all experiences as a kid into this conversation changed the lives of so many kids this summer which is more important than any game of football in he'll probably play to prove it proving all the time it is human qualities which is a main attribute from man united players along with his qualities that as a player of course. united's 1st game back after the premier league restarted on friday against tottenham and their old manager joe's a marine young and he turned was full of praise for his former player rushford the government realize that was the right thing to do so they shouldn't wait for one player to come publicly to put some some pressure for that to to happen but the year old kid i met a few years ago $2.00 to $5.00 for. 4 kid

what we've already seen this week is the real work carried out by the united in england striker marcus rushford to raise money more than 20000000 pounds to help fundable families across the u.k. but also to force the government into a u. turn when it comes to the issue of support and free lunch support for children from poor backgrounds over the course of the some of the governor. making that once more the issue of poverty coming up again at prime minister's questions today with boris johnson defending the conservative government's record over the past decade saying that poverty in. his fall and also in terms of the number of families no longer living in poverty under conservative rule however the leader of the opposition stating that actually that statement by the prime minister doesn't tally with the figures released in a recent report. absolute poverty relative poverty have both declined under these government and there are hundreds of 1000 of the 400000 fewer families living in poverty now than there were in 2010 i'll just read a direct quote from a government report the government commissi

the manchester united footballer marcus rushford, who received free school meals himself, is spearheadingtended. 0ur assistant political editor, norman smith, is at westminster. the opposition labour party is pushing for a vote on this issue, how do you think it will play out? i don't imagine the vote will succeed, it has gone beyond a commons vote and it is a full—blown pr horror story for the government. not only are they up against marcus rashford, the manchester united striker, but the manner in which he presented his case yesterday struck me as very impressive, genuine, serious minded, reasonable. the government's predicament has been compounded by the fact that the work and pensions secretary this morning fired back what has been described as labour —— by labour is a snarky tweet, after marcus rashford cited that families might not be able to have a hot shower because water might be turned off, she said actually you can't disconnect water. which seems a bit of an abrupt response. i was looking at her twitter feed, she has response. i was looking at her twitterfeed, she has now respo

we've always had cameos where our characters are having a moment of crisis, we had marcus rushford.s for a young audience. you can't end it on a cliff—hanger, in some ways. i mean it's all very sensitively handled and it's age—appropriate. i haven't really donein age—appropriate. i haven't really done in adult drama in the past and the thing i've learned from doing cbbc shows. for example, jamie was ina cbbc shows. for example, jamie was in a service accident a couple of weeks ago. if it was east eastenders or another soap, that would be the cliff—hanger. we have to reassure the audience that jamie cliff—hanger. we have to reassure the audience thatjamie is going to be ok by the end of the episode. we don't want them to have sleepless nights worrying. patrick, you are going through what a lot of young people are going through. potential exams this year, how have you dealt with all that? were you due to be having exams this year? really, i would have been on aes, all my predictive grade, they are quite a portent exams but they have obviously been cancelled but we are alljust trying t