so now unicef and the civilianjoint task are girls.t task force up butting heads together —— putting heads together to ensure that these children get back to their communities, to return to their normal lives. it is a situation where the boko haram insurgency was escalating very rapidly in north—eastern nigeria in 2013 and the military was unable to contain it. so communities decided to defend themselves, and these vigilante groups were set up, and it was a dicey decision for many young people and teenagers, to eitherjoin this vigilante groups or be viewed as sympathetic with boko haram. so many of them decided to join the vigilante groups, and this release, the second batch, these children are the second batch, these children are the second batch, these children are the second batch. in october last year more i’ow were the second batch. in october last year more row were released. but basically they have been involved in the conflict, and unicef is saying they witnessed a lot of death and violence and killings, and that has really aff

so far, you know, the children have been handed over to unicef.roles. more than 100 of them are girls. so, now, unicef and the civilian joint task force, and are putting their heads together to ensure that these children get back to their communities, to return to their normal lives. could you tell us the circumstances under which these children were released? well, it's a situation where the boko haram insurgency was escalated very rapidly in north—eastern nigeria, in 2013, and the military was unable to contain it. so communities decided to defend themselves, and these vigilante groups were setup. it was a dicey decision for many young people, and teenagers. to eitherjoin his vigilante groups, or to be viewed as sympathetic with boko haram. so many of them decided tojoin these vigilante groups. this release, is the second batch, these children are the second batch in october last year. in october, last year, more than 800 adults were released. but basically, they have been involved in a conflict, and unicef is dealing with a lot of violence, dea

lala is lucky unicef estimates that around two million children in mali are not going to school. girls in particular miss elting as they're often expected to help out at home and married off at a young age. nearby is one of timbuktu's few medical centers. mother and baby visiting hours are always overcrowded with infants suffering from disease and march and. the crisis in northern mali and years of war and terror i taking their toll. unicef is supported health care centers and money for years despite the difficult situation and. the beginning of the crisis health centers like this one were attacked and had to shut down then we came back and since then we've seen increasing numbers of children here a lot of mothers are frightened to come here because the streets are still being jewish that's also why there isn't enough to eat and that affects their children's health the nutritional condition. unicef says ten percent of children here are acutely undernourished around ninety percent of timbuktu as residents live in poverty the lack of security has crippled the economy and infrastruc

unicef has supported health care centers and money for years despite the difficult situation and. the beginning of the crisis health centers like this one were attacked and had to shut down then we came back and since then we've seen increasing numbers of children here a lot of mothers are frightened to come here because the streets are still being jewish that's also why there isn't enough to eat and that affects their children's health and nutritional condition. unicef says ten percent of children here are acutely undernourished around ninety percent of timbuktu's residents live in poverty the lack of security has crippled the economy and infrastructure in the sahara region health care a particular is rare to find as a result less than half of mali's children have been adequately vaccinated. for them and it was a gosselin the result is an avoidable spread of disease last year we had a measles epidemic despite the fact that there were sufficient supplies of the vaccine available. but the vaccine simply didn't reach enough people and the security situation in central and northern m

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are now struggling to get enough food in the southern province of could in which borders namibia unicef says the approximate number of people in need has tripled from two hundred fifty thousand in january to eight hundred fifty thousand in march maria and her family are among them but. as of today they've even found enough water to wash their clothes. angola's president declared a state of emergency in january and acknowledges people need help. this year we are concerned with the upcoming months especially the next four to five months until october which is the time the rains begin we believe that until then the situation we saw in namibia and k'naan will get worse therefore the emergency program should be expanded so that we no longer lose cattle and human lives in this region and. the oil producing country has suffered an economic crisis since oil prices fell five years ago. and unicef says the government led response isn't getting the funds it needs leaving maria and her family and many others facing a struggle that's only getting worse. and. this is get out of now top story syrian a

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unicef, says education in afghanistan is underfire.ggest the number of attacks on afghan schools almost tripled last year compared to the previous year. more than 1000 schools are closed because of the threat of violence from groups such as the taliban and islamic state. according japan has refused to pay extra damages to two women who were forcibly sterilised a0 years ago under a law that was abolished in 1996. the eugenics law was designed to prevent the birth of what the government considered inferior children. lawyers for the two women say the compensation is insufficient. nepalese authorities say they have retrieved ten tons of rubbish from mount everest as this year's climbing season comes to an end. global warming means that glaciers are melting and revealing waste, including plastic bottles, empty ca ns including plastic bottles, empty cans and discarded climbing gear. it isa grim cans and discarded climbing gear. it is a grim reminder of the dangers facing mountaineers, four bodies have also been recovered from the slopes. in

are now struggling to get enough food in the southern province of could in which borders namibia unicef says the approximate number of people in need has tripled from two hundred fifty thousand in january to eight hundred fifty thousand in march maria and her family are among them but. as of today they've even found enough water to wash their clothes. angola's president declared a state of emergency in january and acknowledges people need help. this year we are concerned with the upcoming months especially the next four to five months until october which is the time the rains begin we believe that until then the situation we saw in namibia and k'naan will get worse therefore the emergency program should be expanded so that we no longer lose cattle and human lives in this region and. the oil producing country has suffered an economic crisis since oil prices fell five years ago and unicef says the government led response isn't getting the funds it needs weaving maria her family and many others facing a struggle that's only getting worse. and jazeera. hundreds of students sent teachers in

birthday me earlier siyabonga madiba the world says thank you nelson mandela iraq to me and in ninety unicef my. time for you. to lift that bet. if you see in your hands now. my sanctuary and i have to. leave kind of. cool down enough money. after themselves and can leave for such and. and i have to tell you i'm standing on the owner or you are on a song sung by his grandchildren. who are the indian his jubilee year of two thousand and eight there was more good news for africa's shining light of the iraq obama was elected the first afro-american president of the united states a global figure of hope in difficult times were the were the two men have in common charisma and determination to eat alone with their pragmatism. while america cheered. stream of obama and clinton south africa's flags were at half mast a political earthquake threatening to shatter the nation mandela's political heirs gambled with the unity of the almost one hundred year old a.n.c. . the grand old man was heart broken his life's work peaceful change was under threat. and must be sad for nelson mandela to see his party t

progress in both creating this space where she didn't come to get it to learn so we have from the unicef site. last week we had the 2060 learning centers but the recent expulsion from bangladeshi government run schools highlights the struggle faced by hundreds of thousands of children who are desperate to study if only they were given the opportunity. bangladesh. has his say on how. oh it's good old sport now here's andy thanks so much as well later on so rob has a kept the hopes of a 1st appearance in the n.b.a. finals alive the raptors beating in the walkie bucks so level the eastern conference finals at 2 games apiece are a small reports. of trailing in the series the trauma raptors were looking for another big performance from why leonard. but it was the box he made the early moves a courtesy of their own key man. was sure after a terrible game 3 the great player had 25 points and 10 rebounds. better days carry the raptors for much of the postseason he was in adams absolute best but still managed 19 points. this time out his teammate shared the low. 6 raptors score double figures tha

we are supported by unicef in that regard. and i believe many of you are familiar with the excellent work unicef is doing in the humanitarian field. unicef is preparing a special report on precisely these questions, after having very, great, well, a terrible experience in various theaters of conflicts. and they try to get to water under fire. so i'm sure that unicef will add very important ethical message to this this whole discussion. now, coming back to the water and peace, we have to understand that water is an instrument of peace. and that's of course is different from what i just spoke about. so water as an instrument of peace. and here, i would like to tell you, as americans, if that you have to be more proud. and i was in jordan at the dead sea two weeks ago at the arab water summit where there was a big discussion about all kinds of water problems in the arab world, and the delegations were coming one after another to the american assistance, the american role in the region, especially in jordan. jordan was quoted, and

according to unicef fifteen thousand three hundred babies and three thousand eight hundred women die in childbirth each year in guinea. getting medicines to where they're needed is a real problem. these medicines are on their way to a dispensary in the middle of the jungle. this won't be the first risky journey has taken. to get it when i was a little hurt you know but then if you want to ever hear what you. think you know yeah be good it will come i was. front up. for you something. the food bank. and. the money lead somebody was going. to do monday so who knows what it would be so we're going to get a hit. right here. maybe. the mule track is actually a regional road they can excuse to do goo and forty five kilometers away. oh. oh oh oh you know i'm here for that. reason and i'm not about going back up until a few days maybe even. at each ball the rhythm of the spades receives and it's always the same she. is encouraged. like his truck stops its engine lacks power and a blow to the. that was about it by the number of the eligible. to be minute bradish i just this week for every bet

the latest saudi-led strikes came as unicef, the united nations children's fund, warned four years of u.s.-backed saudi attack on yemen has left at least 7,300 children killed or seriously injured. this is unicef's executive director henrietta fore. >> each day, another eight children wilill be killed, injured, or recruited to the fighting. and every 10 minutes, another child will dieie from preventabe cause. like a lack of food with 360,000 children suffering f from severe acute malnutrition. in fact, half of the children under five years old in yemen, there are 2.5 million children, are stunted. and stunting, as you know, is irreversible. yeyemen is a test of our humani. and right now we a are badly failing this test.t. police arrested four activists thursday inside the venezuelan embassy after they spent weeks occupying the building at the invitation of venezuela's government in order to prevent it from being taken over by venezuela's u.s.-backed opposition. the venezuelan government criticized the arrests, calling them a violation of the vienna treaty of 1961, which protects diplo

at a ceremony with unicef officials.ted to fight against the terror group boca haram which also recruits child soldiers. >> in northene nigeria where this happened, children have been used for conflict for years. cnn's david mckenzie has more about it. >> seen as a major victory for child rights in nigeria, almost 900 child soldiers have been released by the civilian joint task force in the northeast of the country. more than 100 of them were girls, the youngest of them, 13 years old. no chance of a real childhood. they were taken by their communities by this group that is fighting isis-linked boko haram. credited with some success against the terror group. but the use of child soldiers seen as a major stain on both them and the nigerian military, with whom they work closely. now boko haram in that region is seen as the worst offender when it comes to child rights. they've kidnapped thousands of young girls and boys. sent the boys out to fight and slaved the girls into forced marriages. and most disturbingly they sent ch

sheema sen gupta is the deputy representative of unicef in afghanistan.ted another 500,000 children. it adds to the numbers of children who are out of school and the threat, the worry, the fear keeps more children out of school. so this isa more children out of school. so this is a problem which is really serious and children who don't have access to education lose out on learning but they also lose out on socialisation, they lose out on various other skills that are important to make them productive citizens. what we are asking for is for all parties to the conflict to keep these schools out of harms way and to keep children out of harms way so children can continue to go to school and this is absolutely doable. stay with us on outside source — still to come... it's already critically endangered... now the sumatran rhino population in malaysia has been dealt a blow. students across the uk are sitting exams this week but many could find themselves getting distracted by their smartphones. our media editor amol rajan has been speaking to pupils in reading.

in 2017 they signed a commitment with unicef to stop recruiting children in any role.e. hannah started joins us now from all child charity. where do you even begin when it comes to rehabilitating children who have been on the front line of war? the important thing to be aware of is that, really, these children have in through such rental experiences and have been subject to all kinds of violence that they really need a very extensive, as we say, a care package to help them reintegrate back into society. it is not merely a matter of putting a gun down and disarming and then just getting back on with their lives. many of them will have experienced intense trauma asa will have experienced intense trauma as a result of what they have been through, it may be that the community they return to stigmatises and marginalises them as a result of the atrocities they may have committed full of at war child we provide a range of services to support them which is so important. firstly we reunite them with their family or if that is not possible, we find other care arrangements and, c

unicef, the u.n.ren's agency, says tens of tusands r of children are in dange once again syria's war escalates. this should be no surprise to the world. syria's slow death follows a pattern. in january 2017, walked through the ruins of a hospital in east aleppo. the rebel enclave had just fallen to the regime and its russian and iranian allies. thousands of casualties were treated here during the siege.me dics had left in a hurry after shells hit the building. this whole area is damaged. hospitals, civilian buildings are protected under international humanitarian law. so there are major questions to be answered about whether war crimes were committed. wars are less chaotic than they appear. pain and death are inflicted, on someone's orders, and wars have laws. some are supposed to protect civilians. in syria they have mostly been ignored. one of the doctors says he witnessed war crimes every day that killed and maimed civilians. two years on in london, he would like to see the perpetrators i urt. >> t

mariam fatuma touré ambassadors for unicef the united nations children's fund.the 15 years old and the still in school. until he was old town they regularly visit families to persuade them to send their kids back to school. and we go from door to door to make parents aware of how important education is so we've already persuaded a few to send their children to school. but there are parents who say that education is not important for children. and then some of them say it's more important to go to qur'anic school. not only parents objections like these are keeping children out of school fear is also a factor more than $800.00 schools that shut down after the political crisis in 2012 remain closed more than 80 in and around timbuktu alone the city mahmud school is open and hopelessly overcrowded mariam meant mohammad ali is 12 years old one of around a 1000 students here most of them are children from the neighborhood some have fled the violence but have since returned like mariam yet. and given my family left him back to in 2012. we lived in a refugee camp and mo

. >> reporter: but the violence has not deterred esperance musinda from her work at the unicef children'st. she herself is an ebola survivor. here they don't wear protective gear, as survivors are immune from further infection. the survivors look after babies suspected of contracting the virus, but who desperately need a loving touch in order to thrive. "i'm not afraid of ebola," musinda tells us. "i'm afraid of the violence." another survivor, also called espresence, which means "hope," lost both her children to the disease. how are you coping? and yet you still continue to work with children. that's incredible. this poor woman went to get treated for malaria, ended up with ebola, and her two children dr.d. i mean, that's just dedication. this is the country's tenth ebola outbreak, and it's getting worse every day. but while the people of beni may be used to death, they haven't given up on hope just yet. this country is used to dealing with ebola quickly and efficiently, and doctors tell us that if it wasn't for the violence, the outbreak would have been contained by now. major? >> garre

terms of walls creating this space where children can come together to learn so we have from the unicef save as of last week we had 2060 learning centers but the recent expansion from bangladeshi government run schools highlights the struggle faced by hundreds of thousands of roofing of children who are desperate to study if they were given the opportunity 100 charge 3 al-jazeera cox's bazaar bangladesh. all right. our overcrowded hospitals and widespread medicine shortages in venezuela have left those in need desperate for help some are now turning to spiritual healers a latin america editor and see a new man let some of. you know my god and hear from 6 in the morning people start lining up to get their number every day hundreds gather in this spiritual center no created in venezuela still are just slum. the waiting room is full of images of local saints and day days especially horse signet glory laden and this 1900 centuries venezuelan doctor who is said to still have extraordinary healing powers diana has just seen the media while she waits to receive a donation of chemotherapy drugs

unicef a company based in cologne specializes in media analysis. here they traced help donald trump's google tweet spread. head of research voice leto who is fascinated by the subject because never before has there been a president who deploys false or misleading claims in such a targeted manner how successful is donald trump and why does he do it is because he doesn't care whether the lies exposed the main thing is that his own political camp his own supporters believe what he says that his chief goals to further mobilize voters who are well disposed towards him anyway and to create an alternative public sphere to be established media systems would meet interesting. trumps many twitter followers guarantee him a large audience his attack on google was seen 4500000 times it was shared 40000 times and liked 108000 times. there was just as. dissemination of a tweet you can see that there was a range of reactions re tweets and online articles about donald trump's tweet fake news spreads very quickly it's frequently picked up and shared most rapidly by

britain obviously sanctions iran as well especially your country of course half a 1000000 children unicef said were killed by bill clinton and madeleine albright when sanctions were applied to iraq yes we had these atrocities were taking against iraq and for 1991 till the end of 2003 and the iraqi people paid tremendous price so that more sane was building his castles and his palaces while the iraqi people were facing death daily and they could not take their children to a hospital that because hospitals had no extra city a nobel decision and as you said over half a 1000000 child in iraq passed away died because of the embargo in iraq iran and iran now we have a very similar situation the iranians are ordinary child them and women of from iran are paying the price the iranian government is. has a lot of resources and they know how to survive but the or do you manage to run are paying the price the problem with that iranians are muslims and that will reflect badly with the other muslim people not the government people from tunisia morrocco algeria egypt saudi arabia syria but. all the. old

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unicef, the un children's agency, says tens of thousands of children are in danger as, once again, syria's. this should be no surprise to the world. syria's slow death follows a pattern. injanuary 2017, i walked through the ruins of al-quds hospital in east aleppo, the rebel enclave that had just fallen to the regime and its russian and iranian allies. thousands of casualties were treated here during the siege. the medics had left in a hurry after shells hit the building. this whole area is damaged. hospitals, civilian buildings are protected under international humanitarian law, so there are major questions to be answered about whether war crimes were committed. wars are less chaotic than they appear. pain and death are inflicted on someone's orders. and wars have laws. some are supposed to protect civilians. in syria, they've mostly been ignored. hamza al khataeb, one of the doctors, says he witnessed war crimes every day that killed and maimed civilians. two years on, in london, he'd like to see the perpetrators in court. the syrian regime and the russians — no—one else has the aeroplan

we also spoke to unicef communications chief for afghanistan who says its children who suffer the most in times of conflict. this week last 600000 children who are severely acutely ill not reached has been a twin for the last 5 years the only issue now is that everybody is recognizing that it is a crisis it is an imagined see and it needs to be put in the national and that's why we need to the attention of everybody together with the government and this is a crisis and urgent attention and we call on all parties to the conflict all the while inflections to teach that the impact of conflict is mainly pulled by children and that some local children should not be part of any conflict in any country. now or 400 kilometers above the earth 2 russian cosmonauts are conducting a 6 and a half hour space walk and further about half an hour away through the busy day trying to conduct experiments and do repairs on the international space station they are commander con america flight engineer alexey. kohn and anchor it's his 5th space walk he's the one wearing the blue straps and the blue markings

unicef, the un children's agency, says tens of thousands of children are in danger as, once again, syria'sd be no surprise to the world. syria's slow death follows a pattern. injanuary 2017, i walked through the ruins of al-quds hospital in east aleppo, the rebel enclave that had just fallen to the regime and its russian and iranian allies. thousands of casualties were treated here during the siege. the medics had left in a hurry after shells hit the building. this whole area is damaged. hospitals, civilian buildings a re protected under international humanitarian law, so there are major questions to be answered about whether war crimes were committed. wars are less chaotic than they appear. pain and death are inflicted on someone‘s orders. and wars have laws. some are supposed to protect civilians. in syria, they've mostly been ignored. hamza al khataeb, one of the doctors, says he witnessed war crimes every day that killed and maimed civilians. two years on, in london, he'd like to see the perpetrators in court. the syrian regime and the russians. no—one else has the aeroplanes to make t

we also spoke to unicef communications chief for afghanistan who says it is children who suffer the most in times of conflict. this legal of 600000 children who are severely acutely manaul reached has been a train for the last 5 years the only issue now is that everybody is recognizing that it is a crisis he said imagine see and it needs to be put on the national agenda and that's why we need to the attention of everybody together with the government and this is a crisis and urgent attention and we call on all parties to the conflict all one in factions to take note that the impact of conflict is mainly pulled by children and that some local children should not be part of any conflict in any country. the supreme leader of iran has said his country will not cave in to u.s. demands to renegotiate the international nuclear deal united states pulled out of the nuclear pact last year and reintroduced sanctions against iran. released a statement saying we will not negotiate over the core values of the revolution we will not negotiate over our military capabilities earlier iranian president has

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