My god my god brought. To my job oh my gosh. This week on world stories. The struggle against Plastic Waste in sound home am trying. Violence against homosexuals in russia. We start in india where a third of the population cant read or write though every child has a legal right to education literacy is especially low among girls from poorer segments of society. Saudia khan has already been in class the entire day but shes still eager for more. Hardly anything can stop this thirteen year old from pursuing her love of learning making their studies are very important for every everyone so i doubt the gumtree school even if im tired if i am going to feel if i am just six and that they must have come this week the first time she went to school was seven years ago in a village just outside indias capital new delhi she got there thanks to literacy india an organization that helps underprivileged children who would otherwise not be in school. The organization focuses particularly on young girl
On as the European Parliament debates the future of the bloc. Im sumi so much going to thank you for joining us catalonia is newly elected parliament is about to meet for the First Time Since december his election separatist parties won those elections and should have the necessary votes to nominate a separatist president but their favorite candidate. Remains in selfimposed exile in belgium where he is avoiding charges of rebellion and sedition thousands of Catalan Independence supporters took to the streets of barcelona last night calling for the release of independence leaders in custody for the past three months. Lets bring in journalist Stephen Bergen who joins us for more on the story from barcelona hi stephen as we said there the average leader carlos pushed him on his a selfimposed exile in belgium does that mean he essentially cannot take part well these are all questions that are never really that handlebar you know the constitutional lawyers before the lawyers that represent
In front of the new nato headquarters there are two memorial one is a section of the wall and the older a twisted girder from the wreckage of the twin towers in new york. Triggered the date symbolize natos sir steel hard commitment to our collective defense and our solidarity in the fight against terrorism but most of all they symbolize the unbreakable bond that unites the continents of north america and europe during the cold war nato successfully deterred the soviet union when the cold war ended we extended a hand of friendship to former adversaries and welcome them into your atlantic family. Need to help to end two wars in the balkans and we remain in afghanistan to ensure it never again because a safe haven for international terrorists. With out the enduring power of the chance of plastic Partnership None of this would have been possible but the part of the auction is that throughout our history people have questioned the Transatlantic Partnership from the suze crisis to the iraq w
Munich security conference is underway in germany with the conflict in Eastern Ukraine being discussed. Germanys foreign minister says he favors easing sanctions on russia if it can be implemented violence in Eastern Ukraine has killed ten thousand people so thats russia annexed crimea in two thousand and fourteen. Now it is the seventh anniversary of the start of the revolution and libya protests and benghazi eventually led to the toppling of colonel Moammar Gadhafi in two thousand and eleven while many people say it has led to much change on goal and Political Division the still taking its toll on the lives of many libyans mahmud up the wall had reports from the capital tripoli. Does not enjoy his business as he once did in the old days he says when the financial situation was a staple in libya he used to have fourteen workers in his shop but not now and the coppersmith hardly gets any older has to make anything new or have the where sometimes we work here for a whole day and end up
This tuesday will not go down in history as the day spain began breaking up in barcelona with the world listening to his every word the leader of catalonia well the fudged his way out of a political earthquake and bought himself some valuable time tonight depended stick layered and deferred bridge off in berlin this is the day. That he would turn against me to study we have arrived at the historic moment and as president of the government im here to tell you the result of the referendum. On the mandate of the people is for catalonia to become an independent state in the form of very public. To better. Myself and the government propose a suspension of the effects of the declaration of independence for a few weeks but. To enable a dialogue without which we cannot reach a negotiated solution without. Also on the show tonight the story of how you and being gay in russia. I mean around school screaming that im a damn lesbian and that i should die there homophobia was reason enough to attack