Child miners collect a mineral widely used in cosmetics. Cellphones and Electronic Devices all contain cobalt and gold medals that are often extracted and some of the worlds poorest regions and conflict zones under hazardous conditions. 1000000. 00 children between the ages of 5. 17 are forced to work in these mineral mines according to the organization stop child labor on average they earn less than 2. 00 a day mining Raw Materials for a sector that sees revenues totaling 700000000000. 00 a year the global Mineral Industry is booming but the poor and vulnerable are paying the price. Come on t. V. And have 5 year old son raj you turn the offense such of micah the glittering. Mineral plays a vital role in this regions economy for many people mining the raw material is the only way to survive. Children working for hours in the blistering sun in the indian state of jharkhand its nothing out of the ordinary to a better bear let alone my children are so young but theres no other way of maki
Tens of thousands took to the streets of the capital mins and other cities to protest against hardline leader Alexander Lukashenko the opposition is threatening a nationwide strike on monday if he refuses to release all Political Prisoners and resign they accused of rigging his reelection in august. Chileans have shown up in numbers to vote in a referendum which could see the drafting of a new constitution it comes after a year of social unrest over inequalities in chile and Society Protesters claimed the countrys dictatorship era constitution is the main course of injustice in chile. This is the news from berlin follow us on twitter and instagram. Or visit our website w dot com. That is. Why our reporter henry belling has climbed into a huge tug of graves is one of the things you will find out later on in the show. Hello and welcome to another fun filled edition of your own max with me your host meghan lee heres a look at what else weve got coming up for you today. Meet the oldest win
A powerful and influential country but its also very very far away and its trying to influence a conflict with deep historical roots that stretch back decades if not centuries you just mentioned the conflict dates back to the ele ninetys its actually a war thats older than the soldiers fighting it whats the mood like in armenia what are people saying about this. Well most of the armenians ive spoken to seem very very determined i mean its easy to say that of course when this type of conflict starts people often rally around the flag theres a lot of patriotism that you can see and you can see that in the streets here i mean theres lots of people Walking Around in military uniforms you see armenian flags everywhere lots of advertisements on t. V. On the radio encouraging people to support the troops but the people ive talked to take it a little bit further than that i mean i talked to several parents of soldiers who are basically they were they were volunteers they werent actually formal
Been seriously injured and tens of thousands of people forced to leave their homes the Weather Service describes fire conditions there as the most dangerous this year. People in germany are bracing for strict new rules aimed at slowing the spread of cold with 19 amid a big surge in infections chancellor merkel and state leaders will reveal on wednesday which for a stretch and theyll impose and whats being called a lock down light. As the day that we found our land follow us on twitter and instagram acting that way and it is our visit our website dot com. For. Corona virus cases are exploding on both sides of the atlantic more people are getting sick and hospital intensive care units are filling up the surge so strong here in europe that we could soon become the epicenter of this pandemic yet again to slow the spread ireland has started a total lockdown for a 2nd time in france and spain there are evening curfews again and in italy anger police clashing with protesters who say if the vi
On not quite as cuba tries to modernize women are still fighting for gender equality. And all that glitters is not gold sometimes its mica in india child miners collect a mineral widely used in cosmetics. Cellphones and Electronic Devices all contain cobalt and gold medals that are often extracted in some of the worlds poorest regions and conflict zones and or hazardous conditions. 1000000. 00 children between the ages of 5. 17 are forced to work in these mineral mines according to the organization stop child labor on average they earn less than 2. 00 a day mining Raw Materials for a sector that sees revenues totaling 700000000000. 00 a year the global Mineral Industry is booming but the poor and vulnerable are paying the price. Come out every and her 5 year old son roger turned the earth in search of mica the glittering mineral plays a vital role in this regions economy for many people mining the raw material is the only way to survive. Children working for hours in the blistering sun