there was concern within unicef about this.nt from the executive director really underscored the fact that unicef hopes to put this to one side. she says now that their mission to protect children is more important than ever. with that statement, it showed how worried unicef had been about as putting a cloud over their work and mission. what about the impact it could have had on funding, as we have seen with 0xfam not being able to bid for government grants in this country? yes, i think it is worth pointing out that unicef, about 50% of funding comes from government sources, about 30% from ngos and the private sector. they are expected to be completely transparent and held accountable. we have heard from the un secretary general‘s office and from unicef itself, saying that they were absolutely not aware of these allegations when mr forsyth was recommended to be the deputy executive director of unicef. so, you really have the united nations coming out to try to, again, distance unicef from this, give them some kind of protection

the important thing is that unicef is in touch with save the children, unicef said there doing that.hat that needs to be looked at in light of these revelations. unicef have said they are aware of the media reports and welcome the decision of us to forsyth to come forward and acknowledge past mistakes and that they are discussing this with him and with unicef and save the children. not physical accusations in this case, but the sheer volume of things coming out about the charity sector must be damaging it. of course and we know it is. but some of these accusations are grotesque and from very senior managers, that is the thing that is most shocking. it is clear that in some of these organisations there is the sense that protection of a moral organisation is more important that individuals working in it. you've seen the same thing in the church, and the bbc. some people feel organisations are so morally important and significant that covering up things within the organisation is worthwhile and a means to an end. we've seen that in the charity sector recently and it needs to be busted.

mr forsyth has resigned from unicef saying he does not want to damage unicef are save the children.to switzerland in their play—off match. closer to home, nathan hughes will start at number eight for england this weekend. he replaces sam simmonds. and can celtic make it to the last 16 of the europa league for the last 16 of the europa league for the first time in 1a years? they face zenit saint petersburg in under an hour's time. i will be back with more on older studies at 5:30pm. the latest immigration figures show the number of eu citizens leaving the uk is at its highest level for a decade. the office for national statistics estimates that 130,000 eu nationals left in the 12 months to last september. overall, net migration into the uk was 2a4,000, a fall of 29,000 net arrivals. it's the second set of figures since britain voted to leave the eu injune 2016. earlier, we spoke to the immigration minister caroline nokes, who said that although the number is falling, more people were coming in to take up more people were coming in to take up thejob more people were coming in to take

children's rights body unicef is ringing alarm bells warning hundreds of thousands of youngsters are still lacking access to medical services. and more than half a year after the liberation the city continues to be filled with dead bodies we have blurred the upcoming images but i have to warn you you may well still find these pictures disturbing and the footage in question was filmed by a ruptly video news agency the condition of many bodies is said to make it difficult to even confirm their identities however according to producer on the ground most victims seem to be civilians women children and elderly people residents are calling on the government to do something to try and resolve the situation considering the risks to the city's health and. police expect as peter hawkinson he's the unicef representative in iraq the scenes that we've just witnessed from our pictures peter i mean obviously hugely disturbing but it doesn't stop there because there's the health risk just take us through what is the risk that is posed by by dead bodies that on the ground are. well the the risk is ve

we're about to speak to unicef to find out more.m around the world. we start with the singapore straits times, where the government is set to raise its goods and services tax by two percentage points, the first such move in a decade. the authorities need to increase revenue amid surging healthcare, security and infrastructure spending, but the changes won't come into effect until at least 2021. the south china morning post reveals that the new prime minister of nepal wants to restart a chinese—led $2.5 billion hydropower dam project. the project was pulled by the previous government, but the new nepalese pm has promised to reverse the decision. and finally, the arab news is leading with a proposed new law that it says will give israel wider powers to strip palestinians of their right to live in eastjerusalem and the golan heights. it follows earlier attempts to remove social security benefits and family reunification rights from palestinians in jerusalem. let's turn to syria now. state media have been reporting that pro—government f

i have been a unicef ambassador for 17 years.l people, national and international staff, doing life—saving work on some of the most difficult corners of the world. i can only hope that this appalling scandal does not affect those people helped by aid agencies doing such great work. with your professional hat on, looking at that indictment of oxfam from penny mordaunt, she is saying there needs to be radical change, the time it takes for that to come out, what will happen to oxfam? we will see in the coming days. we are very far from the end of this. what is clear and very unfortunate, and i think david have no choice, they manage public money and the right to demand an element of accountability, but that oxfam are not alone in this. every agency in the aid sector has a problem that we work in a sector that attracts the vulnerable, sorry, that supports vulnerable people. it attracts predators. so you have to have a safeguard. every agency has faced this. oxfam have been found out but they have been hung out to dry. that is possibl

the world is failing its newborns that's the warning today from unicef in a report that says the death of babies globally is alarmingly high so can child mortality be reduced and if so how this is inside story. hello again welcome to the program i'm peter dobby at least seven thousand infants die every day mostly from preventable causes that's according to a report by unicef the fund babies born in some of the poorest countries are significantly more likely to die countries such as pakistan somalia central african republic afghanistan and assumed to have the highest rates of newborn deaths will examine the reasons without guests in a moment but first this report from. this is one of the busiest maternity wards in the pakistani capital islamabad several babies are born here every day but the odds of survival for infants across pakistan is some of the worst in the world according to the u.n. children's charity unicef one in twenty to die within the first month of life the mothers don't have access to. the hospital they don't have access to look and birth attendants the mothers are malnou

why the cafi are any that benefit is not enough unicef's and that ship we need unicef for medications for food to combat the malnutrition among children cholera dysentery can unicef only lease ships this small if you want it is not supposed to be enough for twenty seven million people. a day does harbor is the largest and therefore the most important port in the hoof the rebel held area it's under constant attack by the saudi led coalition but i shrug says the bombardments of civilian homes nearby is a worse crime. in this district is close to military base says the airport is nearby that's why it is continually bombed including the university's medical faculty. and at the ash walk and drives to a village south of hood a down the war is also hitting people in the countryside hard the few aid deliveries that do arrive really make it out of the city that's why the doctor makes these trips. the town of adam now is near the coast the fisherman who live here are very poor. is able to help them because of her relatively good income when she arrives she can see how grateful the people are sh

sponsored peace process unicef says the world is failing its poorest babies we report from the second worst country for newborns. and final farewell to move in chiang rai zimbabwe's opposition leader is laid to rest in his hometown. has been no letup in the syrian government's assault on eastern ghouta despite a growing international outcry baum's rockets and shells have continued to rain down on the last rebel stronghold near damascus killing more than two hundred people since late on sunday the u.n. says six hospitals have been hit pushing three of them out of service opposition activists are calling it a massacre france says it's a violation of humanitarian law. has been besieged by the government since two thousand and thirteen four hundred thousand people in the rubble held being bombed by government forces and the russian allies. only a few can always away from the government center of power the presidential palace and there are fears the bombardment is a precursor to a larger ground operation so in a holder has this report now from beirut. panic in the streets. you see the. fea

people like paul eunan 0'kane to have a go at save the children or the aid budget or unicef, they are

regional director for the middle east and north africa and he says he did not know how to express unicef sadness about what's going on in syria we have been hearing in the seventy s. many different statements expressing more sadness but that doesn't seem to be rare at the same time our this morning didn't know when the more how much through where i could express my sadness unicef's deep sadness about the reality we dare for decided who if you were blanks they meant that inviting go everybody responsible for what is going on in syria are inviting with this simple question do you want out there responsible for peace back there in acts you still have the words to justify what you were doing millions of toys r us and processing government forces a vent of the northwestern african region to help kurdish fighters there fend off a turkish assault. syrian state t.v. showed pictures of their forces celebrating but as they did so turkish forces reportedly target them with shell fire turkey's president says his soldiers have now forced fighters backed by the assad government to leave the kurdish co

they have some decent night ina by unicef?ment, we are grateful to mr forsyth for his work over the past years and the way he has advocated for vulnerable children. james comey thank you. the time is 6:15pm. our top story this evening... the bombardment near syria's capital city continues as the death toll rises to almost 400. the un is meeting now. and still to come: anti—depressants do work, that's according to scientists. we speak to one man who says they've changed his life. coming up on sportsday on bbc news: no medalfor dave ryding but he makes history with team gb‘s first top—ten finish in alpine skiing in 30 years at the winter olympics. more than a million students at dozens of universities across the uk face massive disruption for the next month after their lecturers walked out in a dispute over pensions. the university lecturers say changes to their pensions could leave them £10,000 worse off every year when they retire. but thousands of students, who pay more than £9,000 a year, say they will demand compensation if

unicef says it's because malawi has been open to new ideas.o follow that path to give newborns a better chance in life. that was lebo diseko ending that report. you're watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme: a bbc arabic crew has gained exclusive access into afrin in the north of syria, where the kurds are fighting against turkish forces. also on the programme, lego, the hugely popular toy is notjust for children. we'll be having a look at some of the adults using lego as a building block for their careers. nine years and 15,000 deaths after going into afghanistan, the last soviet troops were finally coming home. the withdrawal completed in good order, but the army defeated in the task it had been sent to perform. malcolm was murdered. that has a terrible effect on the morality of the people. i'm terrified of the repercussions in the streets. one wonders who is next. as the airlift got under way, there was no let—up in the eruption itself. lava streams from a vent low in the crater flow down to the sea on the east of the i

a unicef report on global infant mortality has found that many newborn deaths are preventable. around the world, 2.6 million babies die each year before turning one month old. and this story is popular on bbc.com. fast food chain kfc has been forced to temporarily close around six hundred of its restaurants across the uk and ireland after delivery problems caused them to run out of their most important ingredient — chicken. kfc said it had been let down by a company that took over its supply chain last week. that's all from me for now. stay with bbc news. and the top story here in the uk. theresa may has launched her year—long review of higher education funding in england, but has already ruled out completely scrapping tuition fees. the prime minister said she understood the "serious concerns" of students who struggle to afford the cost of studying for a degree. now on bbc news, all the latest business news live from singapore. a changing of the guard at hsbc. willa a changing of the guard at hsbc. will a new a changing of the guard at hsbc. willa new leadership mean more profi

by armed groups in democratic republic of congo around forty percent are girls in northern nigeria unicef says boko haram used eighty three children as so-called human bombs in the first half of last year that's the practice of forcing children to become suicide bombers in two thousand and seventeen the number of child soldiers doubled in the middle east particularly in yemen with more than nearly two thousand children some as young as ten recruited to fight and in south sudan at least nineteen thousand child soldiers are involved in conflict the un has obtained the release of almost two thousand child soldiers so far in south sudan but the situation remains particularly alarming habit morgan has been talking to a few former child soldiers in the be you. these moves are not need to john he's been taught how to carry them out for the past two years since he was fifteen he didn't learn the drills willingly john's one of at least seven hundred children forcibly recruited by the thousands national liberation movement that is where they're going to be. to do the place for those who want to go

regional director for the middle east north africa he says he did not know how to express unicef sadness about what's going on in syria we have been issuing in the seventy years many difference day statements expressing more sadness. but that doesn't seem to be we're now at the same time on this morning didn't know when the more how much through or i could express ma and sadness unicef's deep sadness about the reality the rebels for decided if you were blanks they involved didn't go everybody responsible for what is going on in syria inviting with this simple question do you want out there responsible for these barbarian acts you still have the words to justify what you are doing these millions will always be. palestinian leader mahmoud abbas has proposed a new international peace summit with israel that rules out the united states as the chief broker an address to the u.n. security council about the palestinians had lost faith in the u.s. government's ability to mediate abandoning a policy which has lasted for twenty five years i was arrested magic editor james space of course in the he

hidden tragedy unicef raises an alarm over the rising number of newborns dying in parts of africa. and protesters take their message to the white house as pressure mounts on politicians for gun control after the florida school shooting. united nations is calling for an end to the targeting of civilians in a rebel held on klav near syria's capital damascus at least eighty five people were killed during an tense syrian government and russian bombing of a rebel held on clay near damascus local observers believe the attacks on. a prelude to a major offensive which has been under a government since two thousand and thirteen to reports in beirut in neighboring lebanon. rockets missiles air strikes activists fear the renewed bombardment on the besieged opposition area of eastern could be the beginning of a large scale military operation. it seems russian broke at the go to bring about. we have so far failed a week of relative calm yet again civilians were the victims since the end of december a stepped up military campaign killed more than four hundred people at least one hundred of them

another bloody day in syria's rebel held enclave of eastern ghouta unicef is so outraged it's a blank statement saying words are not enough. that we are ashamed of. an apology and an admission oxfam says it's investigating twenty six new cases of sexual misconduct. and a final farewell to morgan tsvangirai zimbabwe's late opposition leader is laid to rest in his hometown. under the palestinian leader mahmoud abbas has called for a new international peace summit between israel and palestine within the next few months is a world powers at the u.n. security council to back the process and says any settlement reached must suspend america's recognition of jerusalem as israel's capital our diplomatic editor james bays is there first sir james how much is the scenario that abbas has proposed. well he certainly needs to try and kick start the system the international system to make this happen and his way of doing things is not the way of the united states certainly clear that until now during the trumpet ministration the rest of the u.n. security council has been giving way to the u.s. to le

and that number and the lease was submitted to unicef and another partners for demobilization and we since waited for the process to be to be completed however we also heard cases of shells so it is that group that by groups that were eventually integrated into and one particular good example is. the presence of shot of soldiers with a copper affection rebel group that was absolved. some years back we know that they heard about three hundred child soldiers the process of integrating them into the army the cover of action is in the process and we we have said that they. did that must be demobilized so it is not wide spread on the side of this barely we have heard limited cases and those cases appear against it with that of an authorities charles you now work with trying to help former child soldiers could you tell us about what kind of trauma they've experienced and what is the rehabilitation process like for them. well you know our citizens it's very difficult in a very difficult situation because. like you know as it is the former chancellor design actually have very limited coping

tragedy unicef raises an alarm over the why is the number of newborns dying in parts of africa. children among eighty five people dead in fear syrian government and russian bombing of a rebel held on clay for near syria's capital damascus local observers believe the attacks are procured to a major offensive on eastern good. government. reports from. activists fear the renewed. opposition. could be the beginning of a large scale military operation. to bring about. they have so far failed. yet again civilians were the victims since the end of december a stepped up military campaign killed more than four hundred people at least one hundred sam were children the fear now is that the numbers will only rise if a wide scale attack. the syrian government and its allies are sending military reinforcements to the edges of the rebel enclave just outside the capital damascus . and what they say will be a decisive battle it will be to try to storm. past. and people are defiant. this is what we have for seventy years they tried many times. but they weren't able to do anything. the syrian gove

the united nations children's fund also known as unicef says more than five thousand children have been killed or injured in the war an average of five children a day since the conflict escalated in march two thousand and fifteen unicef also says that more than eleven million children are in need of humanitarian assistance and nearly two million children are suffering from acute malnutrition. recent outbreaks of deeply following the world's worst cholera epidemic have further threatened more young lives aid workers say the international community must do more to stop the conflict it is astounding to me that we have a united nations security council that has not commented on yemen in now more than seven months. that the scale of suffering in yemen is incomparable that we have twenty two million people in need a west beaking to families who are fleeing their homes because of violence in constructing houses out of plastic bags with a political solution looking likely any time soon many worry that already suffering children will be exposed to even more violence and trauma. the u.s. defense

of children being demobilized there is actually a rise in the in the number of child recruitment unicef are really released a report in late december stating that there are more than sixteen thousand children in armed forces or armed groups but in late twenty seventeen their release reporting now there are more than one nine hundred thousand that's more than three thousand children who have been recruited over the course of south sudan's conflict in the past two years alone are not throughout the whole five years so obviously it's a big concern not just for human rights watch watch but also for organizations that are dealing with the demobilization process which is unicef there they put out a statement on their twitter account yesterday saying they've demobilized more than two thousand soldiers in the past five years and they are hoping to demobilize more over the coming days but the concern right now is the fact that it is ongoing so human rights watch has has called for an arms embargo against the government and the armed groups to try to get them to halt their recruitment of child so

unicef says it's because malawi has been open to new ideas.o follow that path to give newborns a better chance in life. lebo diseko, in malawi, ending that series of reports on infant mortality. stay with us on bbc news. still to come: the priest undertaking a daily test of faith in the ethiopian mountains. nine years and 15,000 deaths after going into afghanistan, the last soviet troops were finally coming home. the withdrawal completed in good order, but the army defeated in the task it had been sent to perform. malcolm was murdered. that has a terrible effect on the morality of the people. i'm terrified of the repercussions in the streets. one wonders who is next. as the airlift got under way, there was no let—up in the eruption itself. lava streams from a vent low in the crater flow down to the sea on the east of the island, away from the town for the time being, but it could start flowing again at any time. the russians heralded their new generation space station with a spectacular night launch. they've called it mir, the russian for peac

medical care in the war torn iraqi city of mosul that is according to the u.n. a children's rights body unicef seven months after the liberation of mosul from islamic state the city is struggling to get back on its feet. no. the number of. health care centers or hospitals is very limited the extent of the damage has affected it i was there in one of the health centers the other day and one family came in with their baby isn't two month old baby they wanted a vaccinated there was vaccine there was everything there and stuff who are seeing over one hundred children a day were able to vaccinate this child but those families have to walk far i also saw the baby unit there were nine incubators six of which were filled with premature babies who would not have survived unless those incubators with their it's a wide area wide level of levels of devastation families have to walk enormous distances to be able to get the health care what we're saying is that the cumulative health care that is required of any child anywhere else in the world is not available yet in mosul. long after the iraqi army declare

people like paul eunan o'kane to have a go at save the children or the aid budget or unicef, they aree guys behaviour and saying why is it appropriate for him to have a senior role at unicef? looking at the ongoing oxfam story, this time it is he the deciding the cannot continue to operate while they continue their investigation. this is a different story about charities going back to the way that oxfam has not said that some of its aid workers were behaving badly towards beneficiaries in haiti. it emerged recently. behaving badly towards beneficiaries in haiti. it emerged recentlym was sexual exploitation. yes. it is haiti correctly saying to oxfam you're not welcome here if that is how you will behave. they had to not only apologise to their donors and to mps and to the department who give them cash, but they said that they have gone and made representations of the government of haiti and they have decided this is the best course of action to take. let's move on to the financial times. this is university lecturers taking strike action because they are concerned because of changes to

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have been making news around the world the deputy director of the united nations children's fund unicef has resigned after allegations of inappropriate behavior during his time at a different charity save the children justin forsyth stepped down from unicef saying that he wanted to prevent further damage to both groups. the dutch parliament has recognized the mass killings of armenians in the early twentieth century by ottoman turks as genocide an overwhelming majority of lawmakers approved the resolution the move is likely to further ratchet up diplomatic tension between the netherlands and turkey immediately expressed strong condemnation of the decision. and authorities in montenegro say that wednesday's attack on the u.s. embassy was carried out by a yugoslav army veteran police say that the man threw a hand grenade into the embassy compound and then killed himself no one at the embassy was injured. the berlin international film festival is in its final days ahead of the bears being awarded this weekend that is the top honors we have to mention and my colleagues melanie cora deval an

with the monsoon season coming, unicef doubts the camps will survive high winds and heavy rain.who are there in the makeshift camps, the refugee camps, prior to august 2017, we are speaking about a bit even more than half a million children which are in a difficult situation in the camps in cox's bazaar. now the weather. things are going to turn even colder over the next few days but we will keep a good deal of sunshine around. most keep a good deal of sunshine around. m ost pla ces keep a good deal of sunshine around. most places drive but if you add the strength of the wind it will always feel much colder. next week, it will be colder still and an increasing chance some of us could see some significant snowfall. the weather over the next few days will be dominated by high pressure across scandinavia, feeding in colder air from the atlantic. strengthening wind through the weekend. it is pushing cloud across north—east england and east anglia. sunshine limited their through the afternoon. stubborn cloud for the far south—west of england. in the sunshine, 4—6dc, colder in the win

unicef says it's because malawi has been open to new ideas.ewborns a better chance in life. lebo diseko in malawi, ending that series of reports on infant mortality. let's take a look at some of the other stories making the news. senior oxfam executives will be questioned by british members of parliament on tuesday as the charity apologises formally for the first time to haiti's government over the prostitution scandal involving its workers. the bbc has been told how oxfam drivers were forced to deliver prostitutes to the charity's compound in haiti after the 2010 earthquake or risk losing theirjobs. the indonesian authorities have issued their highest—level safety warning after the eruption of a large volcano sent an ash cloud shooting more than 7 kilometres into the air. officials urged individuals to stay out of an exclusion zone around mount sinabung, on indonesia's sumatra island. after lying dormant for four centuries, mount sinabung has erupted repeatedly since 2010, making it one of indonesia's most active volcanoes. now, what if you c

another bloody day in syria's rebel held enclave of eastern ghouta unicef issues a blank statement outrage. tensions flare northern syria turkey stores the advance of fighters sent in to help the kurds in a free. in a rare speech at the u.n. the palestinian president calls for an international peace summit to resolve the conflict with israel. for france's greatest ever limpin wins another gold medal in killing chang must. leave his country home in the biathlon mix relates a claim that korea. opposition activists are calling it a massacre france says it's a violation of humanitarian law unicef is so outraged it's released a blank statement with a footnote saying that no words will do justice to the children killed or referring to the furious bombing campaign by pro-government forces in syria targeting the last rebel stronghold near damascus nearly two hundred people have been killed since sunday well this is eastern ghouta it's been besieged by the government since twenty thirteen four hundred thousand people in the rebel held enclave of being bombed by syrian government troops and their ru

thank you much indeed fgr'thatr” ' unicef is almost unicef is - almost three quarters of a million rohingya children face huge risks and for years to come. in a report to mark six months since the start of the crisis, unicef says hundreds of thousands of children are still trapped in makeshift camps, denied education and are at risk of disease and violence. we are reaching now one of the worst points in history for the rohingya. altogether the children who are coming since august the 2017 and the children who are there in the makeshift camp and the makeshift camps prior to 2017, we're not talking about nearly half a million children, who are in a very difficult situation in the camps in cox's bazar. a policeman has died during violent clashes between rival football fans in the spanish city of bilbao. at least 500 police were deployed for athletic bilbao's europa league match against spartak moscow on thursday evening. supporters launched fireworks at each other and at least five arrests were made. the police officer who died reportedly suffered a heart attack. uefa has strongly condemned th

the cycloid season good for the worse and poor living conditions for ring of refugees in bangladesh unicef says at least five hundred thousand children are at risk of disease in unsanitary and overcrowded camps more than seven hundred. thousand. have crossed the border from me in march fleeing a military crackdown in august. the british charity oxfam has been suspended from operating in haiti for two months following the ongoing controversy over sexual abuse allegations the caribbean islands government has temporarily revoked the aid organizations permission to work in the country it follows revelations that staff sexually exploited victims of an earthquake in two thousand and ten. the deputy director of the un's children's agency unicef has also resigned after complaints about inappropriate behavior in a previous job just to emphasize was the c.e.o. of the u.k. charity save the children until twenty sixteen while he was there three workers complained about inappropriate text messages and comments about what young women were wearing unicef says it wasn't aware of the complaints when it app

covering as well thousands of children struggling to get basic medical care in iraq according to unicef we'll talk about that after a short break. from my mommy war and entertainment have become good in our culture and we've had children grow up playing playing war games on the computer war has somehow been to mystic hated as entertainment to russia just there's nothing funny about it it is so serious russia will be the last to give up nuclear weapons because russia regards nuclear weapons as the battle. against inflation or war but this period covered it in the form of. hey everybody i'm stephen bob. hollywood. proud american interests george washington and r.v. . this is my buddy max the famous financial guru is a little bit different. with all the drama happening in our country i'm good to have some fun every day americans. and the stork to bridge the gap this is the great american. plane crash shortly but next around seven hundred fifty thousand children are struggling to get basic medical services in the war torn iraqi city of mosul that's according to the u.n. children's rights bo

questions are being asked about how much unicef knew about these allegations before they appointed mre organisation. they say nothing. they have been conversations in the last few days with the children and mr forsyth. they have been told the allegations were hidden from them because they had been in formal complaint and had gone three confidential process of mediation. manveen rana, thank you. haiti has suspended 0xfam's operations in the country for two months while it investigates allegations of sexual misconduct by some of the charity's staff. seven 0xfam workers in haiti were dismissed or resigned in 2011, while working in the country following the earthquake. haiti's government said the charity had made a "serious error" in failing to inform them at the time. thousands of university lecturers have started strike action over planned changes to their pensions, which they say could leave them thousands of pounds a year worse off in retirement. students' studies could be disrupted for up to a month if all the planned strikes go ahead. 0ur education correspondent elaine dunkley repor

the united nations children's actions say unicef says the world is failing newborn babies with seven thousand dying every day a new report has found that infants born in the world's poorest countries face the worst odds but that many difficulties are preventable. reports. every year more than two and a half million babies die before turning one month old one million of them take their first and last breaths on the day they are born another two point six million are still born newborns in pakistan have the least chance of survival with one in twenty two dying within their first month of life central african republic afghanistan somalia and list so throw around out the top five nations were infant struggle to stay alive the average mortality rate is twenty seven deaths in every one thousand births more than eighty percent of newborn deaths are the result of premature birth complications during labor and delivery infections poverty conflict and weak institutions are being blamed those with the best chance of survival are babies born in japan iceland and singapore compared with those cou

it's mostly head on al-jazeera failing the most vulnerable unicef voices alarm ever the west think infant mortality rates in some the world's poorest countries. the difficulties of the search for survivors and the mountain of rubbish in mozambique. and the snow falling again and actually expanding old to do is what's trying to develop around the age of these master clouds slow moving as you can see is part of a biggest circulation that i think will produce rain for many albania dancer greece but snow creeping up the towards a good part of austria vienna reflects that it's still cold in this part of europe one two or three degrees to believe that it's subzero in kiev in contrast it's quite mild in spot normally when in london at ten degrees about fifteen madrid with a bit of rain for the pyrenees and this rain rather than stay on notice let me take you day forward there is still snow there is rather less than his intensity on this and extent but this rain probably just out rather more strongly up the coast of the adriatic and talking back into its place all the action seems to be in this p

justin forsyth has resigned from a senior role at unicef. we will get you up to date from new york. the national rifle association and trump has set out what it believes can stop on school shooting — more guns. its leader spoke earlier at a major literal event in washington, dc. after every mass shooting in the us there is a further national debate on gun control. wayne lapierre said this is playing politics with a tragedy. as usual, the opportunists wasted not one second to exploit tragedy for political gain. the break back speed of calls for more gun control laws and the breathless national media, eager to smear the nra. the nra has been targeted in this advert in the new york times today. it lists 276 members of congress who "take nra money and block gun control" — along with their phone numbers. the nra also has good relations with president trump. yesterday he backed the idea of arming teachers. and wayne lapierre warmed to that theme earlier. it isa it is a bizarre fact that in this country our jewellery stores, all over this country, are more important than our children. our

nature when it comes to anything saying so much goes couple out of there the regional director of unicef there are plenty of challenges with iraq will have to overcome as addresses the world with a message of common invest money the issues of corruption the political stability as well as this. security iraq not very far away from elections a big question mark can you hold the elections with over two million people displaced a big chunk of those people from the sunni community will that lead to a better stable environment that you can sell to the investment world adrian. seventy thanks i was there is some he said and live in kuwait smith just wrote mckelway here with a weather update next here on the news out then trading guns for books child soldiers in south sudan get the chance to return to a normal life and in sports arena williams has a new fan watching on as the former world number one makes her return to competitive tennis. binny's pink's guys by the time my half. hour is the sun sets in the city of angels . island the pacific island of tonga has declared itself under a state of em

unicef is issuing this blank statement. have the words to describe children suffering in our yut ranoutrage. do those inflicting the suffering still have words to justify their barbaric actions. ben wedeman is joining us. what do you makeunr unprecedented statement from unicef? >> reporter: i think it just reflects their utter frustration with the fact that the situation in syria has gone from bad to worse and in the words of u.n. secretary general guttierez to hell on earth. there have been endless attempts to try to somehow bring this war to an end, but no one either has the will or the ability to do so. and what we've seen in the last three days is an unrelenting bombardment by syrian air strikes, barrel bombs, missiles, rockets, mortars on this suburb of damascus which has been held by the rebels roughly since 2012. the definiath toll so far in th three days is at least 300. many of them women and children. the red cross says that the medical supplies in the area are perilously low, that wounded are dying because doctor