The global success stories. And yet theres a widening gap between education standards across the world. Children in developing countries are around 100 years behind those of industrialized nations. So why is that . Well, many children in developing countries have to work outside of school. And Armed Conflicts can prevent them from attending school regularly. In wealthier countries, young people typically attend school for an average of 12 years. In developing countries, for just 6. 5 years. And there are differences within industrial nations themselves, too. A childs background too often determines their success at school. Poverty can be a huge obstacle when it comes to gaining a good education. Those who can, often spend a lot of money on their kids schooling. Parents spend around 90 billion euros worldwide on extra coaching every year. Partly because theyre afraid their kids wont otherwise make the grade. And so the gap widens. In china too, many parents and kids have one objective w
Have all the details later. On. That assisted dying story in many of the newspapers today. So if youve got a view on it, we want to hear from you today. This is how you get in touch. Esther rantzen. Dame Esther Rantzen saying no ones going to force a Health Care Professional to bump me off, but i dont want to bump me off, but i dont want to be forced to live longer than i want to. Your views. Get in touch, let us know and well debate that throughout the programme. Our top story though this morning the government has accused the eu of double standards following irelands pledge to send Asylum Seekers back to the uk. Well, tensions rose after ministers in era threatened to draft emergency laws amid concerns the rwanda plan could increase asylum numbers entering the republic. The republic. Well, lets speak to the immigration lawyer ivan sampson, who joins to us talk about this this morning. Good morning to you. Thanks for joining this morning. Good morning to you. Thanks forjoining us so e
Adds to the conversation about dreamers . This goes back to when President Trump was ending the daca program that protected around 800,000 young people brought here illegally into the country and gave them work permits and when President Trump ended that he said that we want congressalit to act with this gp of people and that is when the permits began to expire in march and that the deadline that basically has been set for congress and President Trump said i will lay out some pistols that i want to see in d legislation to protect this group of people and we will provide that for congress and i think members of congress are looking for something more specific and narrow, with white house put out on sunday is like, as you said, seven pages long. It really is a wish list of acts for changing college the. Its a big task. Is a wish list by immigration hardliners and it touches almost every aspect of immigration policy from building a border wall to increasing deportation nations. Some of th
Reporter melania trumps speechwriter took the blame for, she said, not noticing Michelle Obamas quotes in monday nights speech. The speech writer is not fired. Donald trump tweeted all press is good press. Mike pence addresses the convention tonight, to reassure conservatives about trump. When trump got the nomination last night. Congratulations, dad. We love you the support from don, ivanka, eric and Tiffany Trump left an impression about their dad, donald, that lingers with delegates in cleveland. And they hope with voters. If the kids who know him the best think that much of him, how can we think less . Its refreshing to see family values. Thats what were about as a republican party. Reporter eric trump speaks tonight along with the tough primary rival who donald trump used to call lying ted cruz. Reporter across america people will be watching tonight to see if ted cruz gives donald trump an enthusiastic endorsement. I have toll you, theres a question about whether there will be an