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Into context now. Commercial Sexual Exploitation is a murky issue, with many countries having no publicly available database for the illegal activity. Kenya is one such nation it has been identified by the Us State Department as both a source, a transit country, and a destination for the crime. One recent study estimated that more than 2,400 children, between the ages of 13 and 17, were currently subject to Sexual Exploitation in two regions bordering the port city of mombasa. This week on bbc news, were bringing you a special series on the impact of the Cost Of Living crisis on children around the world. Our first report comes from our state Department Correspondent Barbara Plett usher and we should warn you, you may find some of the details distressing. In mombasa, life is hard for those on the margins, but tough Economic Times are making it even harder, forcing some parents to take painful decisions. This mother washes clothes a few times a week to support her three children. She do
As 21 year old Peyton Stearns took wimbledon champion Marketa Vondrousova all the way as the czech player won in three sets in a match lasting over two hours. Another american is also out, Asjessica Pegula was beaten in straight sets by madison keys. Pegula left the court in tears, but she does still have a part to play later on in the womens doubles, while shes also a part of the mixed doubles, too. With less than four weeks to go until the ryder cup begins, we now know who will line up for team europe as they aim to win back the trophy from the usa. Captain luke donald has named his six wild card picks, and interestingly, he included swedens ludvig aberg. The 23 year old only turned professional injune, but did win the European Masters On Sunday and will now make his ryder cup debut alongside fellow wild card pickjustin rose, whos been impressed by abergs rise. He tends to have a couple of weapons that everybody does not have at their disposal so he has been fun to follow. Obviously
Pretty quickly afterwards. Well come to that in a moment. First to the actual problem. A type of concrete in schools that can crumble. It means some parts of School Buildings can be unsafe. The Prime Minister had to defend his decisions, as he was accused of not investing enough in school repairs. Heres our Political Editor chris mason. You probably hadnt heard of it until the other day, but this stuff concrete that can get crumbly is building into a political mess. Did rishi sunak, when he was chancellor, walk away from repairs happening sooner . The man who used to be the Department For Educations most senior Civil Servant reckons he did. I was absolutely amazed to see that the decision made by the government was to halve the School Rebuilding programme down from 100 a year to 50 a year. The chancellor, of course, was at the time . Rishi sunak. So, what does the Prime Minister make of that . I think that is completely and utterly wrong. Actually, one of the first things i did as chan
Lets start with the story thats dominated the uk Political Agenda for the last few days. Rishi sunak says its Utterly Wrong to blame him forfailing to tackle the issue of unsafe concrete in school buldings. As thousands of children return to classrooms today after the summer break, its emerged that more than a hundred schools in england and scotland will be closed or partially shut. Its over Safety Concerns about what is known as raac a type of concrete, thats known to be at risk of crumbling. Our Political Editor chris mason reports on a busy first day back for mps. You probably hadnt heard of it until the other day, but this stuff concrete that can get crumbly is building into a political mess. Did rishi sunak, when he was chancellor, walk away from repairs happening sooner . The man who used to be the Department For Educations most senior Civil Servant reckons he did. I was absolutely amazed to see that the decision made by the government was to halve the School Rebuilding programme