in africa school buildings are being bombed or used some conflict zones students are missing out on schooling and teaches a threatened situation now worsened by the pandemic the un is particularly concerned about more than 75000000 young people living in 35 crisis affected countries it says they re in urgent need of educational support the world body recently adopted a resolution establishing september and 9 as the international day to protect education from attack it aims to ensure schools remain safe and says governments should protect and increase funding for educational institutions and humanitarian emergencies that resolution was presented by qatar and co-sponsored by 62 countries . well the u.n. secretary general welcome to the unanimous decision by the general assembly the proclamation of not september as the international day to protect education from attack as safeguarding the right to education for all contributes to the chief meant of sustainable development and nu
a punishment or a redeployment a u.s. decision to remove patriot missile batteries from saudi arabia is making the kingdom s leadership nervous they were supposed to protect riyadh from iran so what s changed and this poil politics at play this is inside story. hello and welcome to the program i m peter dalby the united states is removing its patriot missiles and other weapons systems from saudi arabia the us president donald trump says it s part of an effort to scale back on a military presence that he says doesn t benefit the u.s. american weapons and fighter jets were sent to the kingdom last year after saudi aramco oil facilities were attacked they were also intended as a deterrent as tensions rose between tehran and washington but the reduction in the u.s. military presence is believed by some to be based on assessments iran no longer poses an immediate threat to u.s. strategic interests when asked about the decision president trump stayed away from giving specific detai
a moment to double you re watching al-jazeera live from our headquarters here in doha also coming up hours after launching another attack on tripoli the libyan warlord after says his forces will stop fucking changing the holy month of ramadan plus. utterly until it is like. a parting shot from the un s outgoing special rapporteur for me in march against leader aung sun suu kyi. this is still early days in the worldwide recession brought about by the coronavirus pandemic but we have a better sense of the damage it is doing the u.s. economy the world s biggest seen a decade of growth wiped out in 3 months shrinking by almost 5 percent the u.s. plane maker boeing has reported 1st quarter losses of more than $600000000.00 over the same period its european rival lost $515000000.00 and the e.u. s biggest economy germany is forecasting its worst year since the end of world war 2 will begin in the u.s. we have this report for. she had her tanzi. the 4.8 percent decline for g.d.p. bet
people in africa but officially barely 50 coronavirus deaths across the continent ahead of the w.h.o. says those numbers should be seen as a warning. but top u.s. official facing the coronavirus says expect 200000 deaths and millions of infections. and from profit making to community building time restaurants night feeding our support locals. for the top u.k. health official has offered a stark assessment of how long it may be before life here and elsewhere goes back to what we all took for granted just a few weeks ago the u.k. steps the chief medical officer says social distancing rules will be refuse after 3 weeks but says that it may be 6 months before life can return to normal dr jenny harris says relaxing social distancing efforts sisu could risk a dangerous 2nd pick meanwhile in the u.s. the country s foremost infectious disease expert says the virus may cause as many as 200000 deaths along with millions of infections dr anthony for she offered that prognosis as the fed
a 4 year ban of from all major sporting events including the tokyo lympics and football world cup in qatar. paulo we begin in syria where russian and syrian government forces are escalating their assault on the last rebel held province and strikes have caused a mass exodus in observers say 18000 people have been displaced by the ongoing bombardment in just 24 hours dozens of civilians have been killed with mostly small villages in the countryside targeted so far this is all happening despite a truce being in place since august it was announced by russia but it has been continually violated in recent weeks but to smith begins our coverage now with this report on a live look there was a market here in the southern italy village when the strikes began. did you know they were russian jet. it s according to the syrian observatory for human rights. volunteer white helmet how medics are there within minutes to do what they ve done thousands of times during the civil war trying to sa