her the most heartfelt deb debt family could owe to their mother, understanding, example, guidance. queen elizabeth was a life well lived. a promise with destiny kept. and she is mourned most deeply in her passing. that promise of lifelong service i renew to you all today. alongside the personal grief that all my family are feeling, we also share with so many of you in the united kingdom, in all the countries where the queen was head of state, in the commonwealth, and across the world, a deep sense of gratitude for the more than 70 years in which my mother as queen served the people of so many nations. in 1947 on her 21st birthday, she pledged in a broadcast from cape town to the commonwealth to devote her life whether it be short or long, to the service of her peoples. that was more than a promise. it was a profound personal commitment which defined her whole life. she made sacrifices for duty. her dedication and devotion of sovereign never waivered, through times of change
lockdowns, people in the uk were banned from socialising or even attending funerals because of the pandemic. now on bbc news, it s time for hardtalk with zeinab badawi. welcome to hardtalk with me, zeinab badawi. what can be done to help the children of ukraine? two thirds of them have been forced to flee from their homes. many have reportedly been subjected to physical abuse. some unaccompanied minors are being sent abroad by desperate parents, leaving them vulnerable to exploitation by traffickers. my guest is the ceo of the charity save the children international, inger ashing. what is her organisation doing? and is the war in ukraine taking the focus off other global hot spots, leaving millions of children in peril? inger ashing, welcome to hardtalk. around 2 million children have fled ukraine. 2.5 million are internally displaced. that amounts collectively to two thirds of all the children in ukraine. just tell us what the impact of the war has been on them. i would say
inger ashing. what is her organisation doing? and is the war in ukraine taking the focus off other global hot spots, leaving millions of children in peril? inger ashing, welcome to hardtalk. around 2 million children have fled ukraine. two and a half million are internally displaced. that amounts collectively to two thirds of all the children in ukraine. just tell us what the impact of the war has been on them. i would say that every war is a war on children, and we see that in ukraine every day. as you said, two thirds of the child population have to flee their homes. about 600 have been killed or injured. and the trauma that children are witnessing every day is something that will be with them for decades unless we support them. so, just to paint the picture so, at save the children, we are supporting in a number of ways. and one of the things that we do is that we are providing what we call child friendly spaces. that is a place where children can come play, draw just
and promoting virtue as they enforce the taliban s strict new laws, most of them targeting women. along with a raft of hard line laws, they announced the face now on bbc news, it s hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk with me, zeinab badawi. what can be done to help the children of ukraine? two thirds of them have been forced to flee from their homes. many have reportedly been subjected to physical abuse. some unaccompanied minors are being sent abroad by desperate parents, leaving them vulnerable to exploitation by traffickers. my guest is the ceo of the charity save the children international, ingerashing. what is her organisation doing? and is the war in ukraine taking the focus off other global hot spots, leaving millions of children in peril? inger ashing, welcome to hardtalk. around two million children have fled ukraine. two and a half million are internally displaced. that amounts collectively to two thirds of all the children in ukraine. just tell us what the impact of the
what is her organisation doing? and is the war in ukraine taking the focus off other global hot spots, leaving millions of children in peril? inger ashing, welcome to hardtalk. around two million children have fled ukraine. two and a half million are internally displaced. that amounts collectively to two thirds of all the children in ukraine. just tell us what the impact of the war has been on them. i would say that every war is a war on children, and we see that in ukraine every day. as you said, two thirds of the child population have to flee their homes. about 600 have been killed or injured. and the trauma that children are witnessing every day is something that will be with them for decades unless we support them. sojust to paint the picture so, at save the children, we are supporting in a number of ways. and one of the things that we do is that we are providing what we call child friendly spaces. that is a place where children can come play, draw just be children fo