Were turned to the streets and formulate what drives it and the writing is on the wall World Leaders looks set to miss targets to raise Global Education standards we visit a school in ethiopia to find out about the challenges students there face trying to access quality education even when the government is spending more and. Thank you so much for your company everyone. Italy has closed what was once europes biggest Reception Center for migrants in me nao in sicily hardline interior minister mike you are so vain you presided over the sites closure you said shutting down the center would save money he also said he wanted to replace it with a smaller and close more controlled facilities well into any 14 nao house over 4000 people in a complex that was once used by the United States military. And w. s is in the nail and i asked him and a short while ago why the authorities have closed the Migrant Center and what salvini was doing there. Well it is unclear why they closed it in fact there was conflicting opinions of course on the one hand it had been underfunded for a long time and it was it became a place of criminality and there was drug bust and prostitution here now that wasnt everything though at one point at its height there was classes people to take classes in different topics so it was on the one hand a place of criminality but on the other hand it could have been an example of how Refugee Centers could have been run if you can see here the houses were built for american troops and it was a place for american troops families until 2010 so it had a lot of resources so activists say that selby me wanted to close it as a symbol to send to the public that hes taking a hardline stance against immigration now whats so striking about the closure is that when it was announced there was a lot of opposition to the closing of the refugee a center even from some locals can you explain the back story on that. Well there were 2 conflicting protests here actually there was the activists who came from outside the area the activists who wanted this closed because they felt that the refugees needed to be integrated into society but they also defended this as i said as an example of how a Refugee Center could be run because of the classes because of the resources but on the other hand there was a separate protest of the people who worked at the center they were locals this supplied 400 jobs to the area so people who may have been salvaged supporters people who as a populous giving people jobs they were against the closure of this facility saying that he didnt care about their jobs he wanted to close it as a symbol as hes more concerned about immigration than actual italians very interesting there on the on of course all of this is how in the backdrop youve got to rescue ships that are continued to be turned away by at least do you expect that more rescue boats hoping to dock in italy will be turned away. I think its clear he has made it very clear that his primary goal at this point to stop immigration into italy and stopping the closing of ports at lampedusa is the primary way to do that he gave a decree a little over 3 weeks ago saying that n g o ships these are the private ships that go to north africa and pick up people who are trying by boat to get to italy they pick them up and take him to lampedusa which is the closest european port he said he wants to stop them and he just recently after 2 boats successfully made it into lampedusa defying his order he made it he wants to make it even harder so the fine will now be a 1000000 euros instead of 50000 and hes even considering putting warships out there to physically block the boats from coming in but again theres been many deaths out at sea over a 1000 year 1000 people this year so the people from n. G. O. S that i talked to see it as a matter of life and death and im sure well see more standoffs as they try to save lives on the mediterranean. Sea for reporting from sicily italy thank you well elsewhere in italy migrants keep arriving undeterred by the countrys increasing hostility to them some though only wish the island of lampedusa after a charity rescue ship defied orders by authorities to stay away while the fight to bring migrants to shore and to safety has returned lampedusa to the spotlight in europes battle over migration. Lampedusa island of recreation island of refuge. Has the closest european shore to the coast of libya lampedusa takes in several 100 Asylum Seekers in an average month those who survived the treacherous journey across the mediterranean. Nosie claims as many lives as this. Helps coordinate rescue missions for the german n. G. O. S see watch he was on my produce when the Italian Government attempted to block their ship from bringing 53 rescued migrants a short. Sea watch was kept and all of our kids have defied the Italian Coast Guard and forced her way into the harbor she was arrested for act. What were seeing is that the criminalization of Sea Rescue Missions isnt stopping people from coming from libya more people are dying and the routes are becoming more dangerous as once migrants arrive on the island most are taken to this Immigration Center where they are registered in a 1st step toward applying for asylum after being registered the residents are free to leave. At the church in the center of town i meet mahmoud. Levy on it early there is. A frequent and leave you and i so theyre decent. Leave you be so i left leave you. As im leaving the Church Square a man begins shouting. Ive known i should get out that if it wasnt for the migrants the media wouldnt come to lampedusa. No one cares about us lampedusa. Lampedusa as mayor tells me he welcomes those rescued at sea. My father was a fisherman. I am a fisherman. But scuttled if and when a fisherman rescues a person at sea we apply one long list of body. Not the french up because not the german or anyone else is law actually with a skiff and chasing a pickle or they dont have to be dying you dont have to document them insecure that you just save them on saturday evening another standoff begins the rescue boat defies the governments order to stay away it enters the port carrying 41 migrants the vessel is called alex operated by italian angio meditate and then. There is commotion at the dock where locals have gathered to watch a representative from italys right Wing Likud Party is here too she wants to send a message to the new arrivals as well as the boats crew example but give a damn im here because we have to fight against those who traffic human beings these people are not save us they are people who traffic human beings on the boat is taken into Police Custody on the other side of the bay. The exhausted passengers wait another 7 hours before they are let off the boat as the mayor of lampedusa told me immigration to this island is nothing new. He believes the current standoff can only be resolved by european solutions. Are going to talk now about some of the other stories making news around the world in Northern Spain at least one person is dead after floods swept through several towns overnight on the downpours caused to local rivers to burst their banks and governments in the vera province is warning people near the flood zone to stay home as heavy rains continue. Britains main Opposition Labor Party says it will conditionally back a new regs that referendum in a letter labor leader journey portmans at the countrys next Prime Minister should put their deal with a no deal brigs it to a vote and in that case labor would tamp. To remain in the european union. China has demanded that the u. S. Immediately cancel a proposed sale of more than 2000000000. 00 worth of arms to taiwan a deal includes battle tanks and antiaircraft missiles it will be the 1st big ticket u. S. Military sale to the island in decades china considers taiwan to be part of his territory. And we stay with china because protesters in hong kong have vowed to take to the streets again despite the territories leader declaring her controversial extradition bill dead protesters fear that the bill which would allow extraditions to Mainland China would erode hong kongs Judicial Independence sheaf executive carrie lamb has offered some concessions but demonstrators want the legislation to be were drawn for good. A further step in the climb down by hong kongs chief executive until june curry lamb had vowed to press ahead with the legislation then she delayed indefinitely now this. But there are still lingering doubts about the governments sincerity all worried whether the government will restart the process in a legislative council. So i reiterate here. There is no such a plan to build a state. That bill to allow the extradition of suspects in criminal cases to face prosecution in Mainland China triggered a series of massive protests that began in march with hundreds of thousands taking to the streets and some serious clashes with police this rally was on sunday. Before the protestors carolines latest announcement is simply not enough they dont believe her statement that the bill is dead as a prominent activist told d. W. Thats ridiculous like especially not with the extradition bill is in the legislative program and passed. Fact and appear will still continue to exist in the program until next year july so the threats will continue in the next trials months before the protest as more is at stake than the fate of this bill they say the probe aging City Government is seeking to cut Health Freedoms guaranteed under the treaty that saw the United Kingdom return its colony to china in 1970 the prodemocracy movement has formed it sees very different groups in hong kong come together students lawyers and bankers united at least for now. Now what started as a diplomatic embarrassment is threatening to blow up into a full fledged crisis between the United States and its historically closest ally the u. K. Follows a leak of diplomatic cables from the British Ambassador which were critical of u. S. President all trump suffice it to say the criticism has not gone down well with the u. S. President and forswearing is here with more on that still unfolding story all right now for those who havent been closely following the blow by blow account of what exactly happened what did the u. K. Ambassador do that cost so much offense well so kim its one of the top diplomats basically criticized the u. S. President in these series of memos calling him a net insecure and incompetent and he sent those to downing street thats the home of the british Prime Minister now those memos which date from 2017 to around about now should have been secret but somehow they ended up on the front page of a british newspaper the mail on sunday which of course was embarrassing for the ambassador and also very embarrassing for the government particularly as donald trump done it being in the u. K. Very recently for a state visit which was all supposed to be about shoring up the socalled special relationship between the 2 sides now sick amos a very well respected diplomat it is his job to be politically neutral but its also his job to give the on the vondish truth about what is going on in the host country where he is which he has done its just not supposed to end up on the front page of a National Newspaper exactly where it was classified brazil now you know no surprise here evidently i mean the president President Donald Trump clearly very unhappy about the need of these memos thats right and yesterday he was busy tweeting that number one the white tie. I would no longer deal with this top diplomat and number 2 he lambasted the u. K. Prime minister teresa may saying hunting of bricks it has been a disaster today hes been back on social media tweeting the wacky ambassador to the u. K. Force it upon the United States is not someone with thrilled with a very stupid guy he should speak to his country and Prime Minister may about their failed bricks at negotiation and not to be upset with my criticism of how badly it was handled and that will be coming up shortly there we go handled i told theresa may how to do that deal but she went to her own foolish way was unable to get it done a disaster i dont know the ambassador but have been told he is a pompous fool. No love lost. Im just wondering you know after you just showed those tweets and what youve been saying as well. Can you still be ambassador to the u. S. I mean is this position still workable well its very clear i think donald trump would like him to go the white house as all right already withdrawn an invitation a dinner invitation to the ambassador but so far downing street is sticking by him the problem is that the reason may the british Prime Minister only has a few weeks left in the job and there are 2 men who could replace. Jeremy hunt in the forest johnson and we know that donald trump particularly likes Boris Johnson so the pressure is really on both of those men what will they do and as of yet we havent heard very briefly if you can the timing of this leak yeah he talks about that well 1st of all its not good for the u. K. They want to secure a trade deal with the u. S. Post breaks it then we have to look at the journalist who was behind this shes pro breaks it shes an ally of nigel for raj the euro skeptic populist politician we already know that donald trump has said in the past hed make a great British Ambassador there are all the conspiracy theories doing the round could this be the work of russia for example e dont know all we know is that there is now an Investigation Underway the plot thickens alex thank you so very much. Next its been 4 years since the United Nations adopted its Sustainable Development goals and at improving the lives of billions of people by 2030 but a review has now found that the world is likely to fail to meet its commitments for education while under the goals all children should be in school by the year 2030 but at present rates of progress 14 percent will still not have access to quality education by then on literacy all young people should be able to read and write by 2030 but its for it that only 20 that 20 percent rather will still be illiterate will it be you know pia is one a country that has made big strides when it comes to education for its use but it still faces many challenges especially in rural areas its a special day in this rule School Closed to address about the distribution of report cards marked the beginning of the Summer Holidays parents were invited to participate in the yearly ceremony as a way to involve them in their childrens education. That i julia latest Economic News we dont have much education we have a low status in life the school is good its a place where our children develop a vision for the future so that they become independent they will help themselves and also help us and it is going to. In ethiopia improving education is a priority the country has the worlds 2nd highest percentage of the National Budget dedicated to education over 80 percent of the population lives in rural areas and significant efforts has been made to build schools in the countryside but the mindset of parents is one of the remaining challenges for keeping children in school. Not little or no good and one big issue is to find a solution with parents the aim should not only be to send their children to school they have to get involved and Pay Attention to that children studies you must not even at a very young age household chores often get in the way of education girls are especially at risk with a 19 percent dropout rate during the school year after the 7 of the so they have to help their parents are trying so they fetch the water after the cattle plow the land and the girls also have to cook a shermanesque of the needs of the. Teachers are trying to sensitize parents to their children success read it is one of the pupils honored for outstanding performance. And the 2nd in my class that id like to become a doctor. Improving infrastructure is also crucial to ensure children stay healthy and make the most of their education classrooms are still very basic with no electricity less than 40 percent of schools have access to water with the support of an ngo this Primary School now has new bathrooms as well as a library. But this remains a luxury. For an island in the u. K. Providing schools for children used to be difficult but nowadays the main problem is the lack of libraries libraries are very important in schools because students need access to general knowledge not just textbooks that will help them develop a culture of reading. And. In addition education specialists warn about the importance of proper teacher training. For 6 years this is. The most significant or more 70 percent of my development is created by. The government is that you get it because even if it meant creating the kind of the but the government gives us. And im ok universities packed. With well improvements have been made in Primary Schools improving access to secondary schools and addressing the persistent gender gap i needed to ensure that children like graduates have a chance to become doctors and much more. Now im honest and joins us now he is the director of the Global Education monitoring reports and he is in new york a very good day sir now what we find so perplexing is that of course the issue of getting children into school and raising an educated workforce of course is an ambition that mostly everyone can get behind so why are they not able to deliver on that. With morning and thank you for having me on your show this through the today the where the special day its the 1st time since the Global Leaders agreed in 2015 on these new very ambitious education targets and were here in new york today to bust the news that actually were lagging behind very much behind what was originally agreed and one of those targets was to ensure that all your young people complete secondary school by the year 2030 as we speak there are still about 3 or 4 percent of children who never go to school. And the best estimate we have is that by 2030 there will be only 60 percent who complete secondary school around the world there are many reasons for that the 1st obvious reason is financing still one in 4 countries does not spend enough unlike ethiopia that has made a huge effort there so many countries around the world that do not spend enough on education and there are also countries that make discounts when it comes to quality the average quality of the african teacher has been declining for now almost 20 is right so the challenges seem to be insurmountable however the other stumbling blocks are social attitudes and specifically those of parents that may need to change what im wondering is what can be done to convince elders and parents to become advocates for their children and allow them to go to school. Its true that mental participation and gauge when really key factors in the past have been neglected i think what is the opi has done is particularly portman and its important for other countries to take note and there were aspects that were not mentioned in your report 1st of all they really decentralized properly they try to bring power to the local level so that people do feel more engaged and also a very critical reform they introduced Mother Tongue education. Like many countries in africa have a lot of languages and unfortunately many children are forced to learn in a language they dont understand but if you will be invested very heavily to make sure that children learn in the language they speak at home and that makes barons feel more engaged because they understand that the quality of education is improving this is the kind of reform that we want to see around the world exactly they can get of course involved and help their children at school as well now do you think that there is a realistic chance is achieving those very Ambitious Goals by the year 2030. Yes we would not have said they started gets we do believe it is possible yes historically education expands with a certain base but there are always examples of countries that invested heavily and consistently and efficiently to achieve the progress in the very same generation is a very good example it started from a very very low point and its moving rapidly of course it would not achieve exactly targets but it would really pull the whole african continent closer to the objective it said its a matter of commitment and thats the purpose of the meeting we have this week and next week in new york to also alert Global Leaders to increase their commitment because unfortunately International Solidarity for the countries that are furthest away from the goal has actually speculated since 2010 and that is a message that we need to pass a very very strongly this week all right you know nice a director of the Global Education monitoring report good luck with your work. And sports news down with a massive Law Enforcement bust coordinated by agencies around the world has led to the seizure of tons of illegal steroid powder millions of counterfeit drugs and the closure of underground labs that produced performance enhancing drugs for athletes on the Security Agency europol is calling it the largest series of raids of its kind and earlier we had the opportunity to speak to how you settle the doping expert and journalist who has broken a number of stories on the topic of performance enhancing drugs and he set the drug seas were probably meant for amateur use. Usually most of the drugs anabolic steroids on the market are. Determined are for which of for example in shouldnt studios or a body builders or we kind of kind of power sports but not in competitions not so much at least there are always some which she was and was all for competitions and have won and sports but this is more or less an exception that nice that is so usual experience i mean. Speaking to us a little earlier on now to rumble the tennis and the womens semifinal draw is taking shape with some familiar names through to the last 4 Serino Williams came out on top in an allamerican affair with the allison a risk at the 710 will then champ went through after a very heart fought victory in 3 sets on the other side of the draw a number 7 seed simona halep she made short work of sheer a design the romanian won 7661 to set up a meeting it with alina its alina. And i want to remind you now of the top stories that were tracking for you the south. Ellies interior minister mark vaile somebody has presided over the closure of what was once europes biggest migrant Reception Center of any shuttered the facility in munich sicily as part of his bid to discourage migrants from making that perilous journey across the mediterranean to reach europe. Youre watching the dough in years coming up next. Targeted and tortured 4 years ago the Chinese Government launched a major crackdown on moviegoers and activists we look at the risks of standing up for human rights in china all those stories and a whole lot more coming up with my colleague banner g after the break. In berlin thank you for spending this part of your day with us well see you at the top of the hour. With him had a big gun because of it as well i asked if i had known that the boat would be that small i never would have gone on the trip but i would not have put myself and my parents in my danger to go out of the game with a little fun to get a flavor would. Love one to the other one little to give them i had Serious Problems on a personal level and i was unable to live their lives im going to. Want to know their story in full migrants farah fighting and reliable information for more grants. And i am. I am. I am i have. Been 15 years since the moon landing. She was the 1st man to walk on the moon. And all i ever. As a small boy she dreamed of the stars. As a pilot she flew anything no matter how dangerous. The church or go to the pole. As an astronaut she took part in the greatest adventure in history. But she wrote a legend was simply a shouldnt be was neil armstrong. Was his destiny starts july 20th on t. W. Come. This is the news asia coming up on the Program Children the world is leaving behind a new u. N. Report says more than 250000000 kids around the world on school thats way off from a star thats for 2030 feet up losing pakistan a country where millions of kids find it hard to stay in the classroom coming up. 4 years after the Chinese Government crackdown how want human rights lawyers and activists in the country coping and why did that own country turned against them