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 korean side of the border of more concern in the south will be this possible plan to set up guard posts one small inside the demilitarized zone this strip of no man's land that separates north and south they as part of a 2018 agreement at the height of the reconciliation both sides agreed to dismantle these very confrontational symbolic border posts and bring their troops back so that will be a concern especially as this whole agreement that was agreed back in the heady days of 201

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 sitting concealed it was in istanbul the idea of the suppression by the turkish military is actually to cut the logistics line between the p.k. k. and the y. p.g. in syria when we look at the road when we'll look at the areas that have been subject to turkish military operation this week and in the previous days it totally targets the logistic routes between between. iraq and the y p g in syria and the operation is joined to conducted by the turkish military and the turkish int

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

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 format will be used to decide the europa league competition in germany of the world's most watched football competition the english premier league returns later on wednesday following a 3 month long coronavirus hiatus they'll be 2 games the pick being manchester city at home to arsenal all e.p.l. matches will be played behind closed doors for 2nd place city a loss will mean leaders liverpool can claim the title by winning their next game while victory for our small who are 9th

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

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 minister and off course she picked on one of mr rush that's tweets which stated that. quote it cannot be disconnected and that was one of the points that mr rushton said you know calling on people to be aware that some families around the country are having their water cut off and mr i should hit back saying that out of all the tweets he tried to raise attention to bringing attention of course to the many families who are struggling with poverty that was the only one that miss koshi true attention to bringing a number of retreat some likes to his tweet that essentially the government's priorities are in the wrong place and rather than focusing on the main issue at hand is of course the families who are struggling that has the government have their priorities in the wrong place and ships will that the matches that unites it strike. to pull me contract by 20 percent tonight. and we could be on the verge of a

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 nadine barber al-jazeera. still ahead on al-jazeera and sport bayern munich celebrate another child many league title i'll tell you how they stepped it up just a bit. over the all. over sport as far richelle thank you so much byron munich one germany's top football division for an 8 time in a row they revert to bremen won no way on choose day to seal the title it was about his league as top score robert love went down steve that got the winner with his 31st strike of the. campaign. this is the 30 years' time they won the championship as they look to complete a trophy trouble this season. only. one game draw against. the rest. yellow on air life on air. the rest of the games we won and fans who played brilliant today maybe needs a break next week 2nd. saving grace. during the season was a tough tough battle but i'm happy that we can you know that the truth. of the world's most watch a footb

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

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

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 in continuing to work in this space we welcome to their to their table and to be able to help us and guide us and help us make better decisions about the kinds of things that need to be done in communities we have invit

now mr rushford who's raised more than 20000000 for this campaign took to twitter to show his delight that the government had performed at this you 10 saying this is what we can do says he but everybody coming together the government themselves now having put forward an extra $120000000.00 pounds for this project a similar scheme already in place in wales and scottish 1st minister nicolas sturgeon saying that scotland too would be rolling this out and it's not just across the political spectrum even conservative party m.p.'s taking that to mr rush that side is supporting him which is probably what caused the government to make that u. turn but this isn't the 1st a recent change in government policy in the face of pressure is it. no we've seen the government make a number of u. turns already in particular with regards to the handling of the coded crisis the 1st of those is with regards to the n.h.s. charge which is payable by non workers living here in particular those who work for the n.h.s. after really attention brought to the contribution they've made to helping the country through

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

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

what rushford has done in terms of programme to get food into kids that need to be fed.he situation that we are currently in. i think we have a group of players who understand they‘ve got an opportunity to make a difference. that their voices are heard. but they do that with some responsibility as well. you sort of ta ke responsibility as well. you sort of take a step back and watch them with great admiration for the maturity that they are showing. next the west east cricket team has arrived in the ukfor east cricket team has arrived in the uk for the first international sports team to fly into brighton since the start of the pandemic. they landed at manchester airport this morning out of their test series for england which starts next month. all the players were tested for coronavirus before they left there were no positive results. the tea m there were no positive results. the team will spend three weeks in quarantine and hotel which is one of two bio secure grounds being used for the series. you know, it's really struck by the significance of those images of the west

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

demands to provide male vouchers for children from low income families during the summer holidays rushford had written open letter it's a politician's asking for a policy change the 22 year old and raise more than $25000000.00 for charity since the crown of ours lockdown began in march now n.f.l. commissioner roger goodell says he'd like to see colin kaepernick back playing in the league this season and has encouraged teams to sign him in 26th amy former san francisco 40 on his quarterback started nailing during the national anthems a protest against racial injustice he left that same 27 scene and hasn't played since last week it all said the league had been wrong not to listen to its players during their protests if you want to resume his career in the n.f.l. that obviously is 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 it is efforts are not under seal but in continuing to work in this space we welcome to their to their table and to be able to help us and guide us and of course make better decisions a

to resign kofi who said that water can't be disconnected that prompted another response from mr rushford saying that it's concerning that the only tweet that she had acknowledged was that one calling on politicians to put their rivalries aside and to make that difference to the young people's lives and of course there have been questions raised as to why in the 1st place it did take the efforts of a footballer to bring this type of pressure to bear on the government and to get them to put this money for those who are from the most volatile families and i mean tony so this is the 1st recent change in government policy in the face of pressure as it. no absolutely me seen a number of u. turns thus far particular during the course of this coded 19 crisis now one of them is of course the issue of children returning back to school that has been put back to december but there have been a few others the 1st of those is with regards to the tory party's decision to change course on the surcharge the n.h.s. surcharge for non e.u. . n.h.s. workers who of course the saddest rely so heavily on another

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