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katherines primary academy in essex won t open next week, parents are asking why the warning was so last minute. it is a bit frustrating because it just seemed to be last second that they decided to say the building is not safe. this school in south london has been partially closed. i have two children, one of my children is in key stage two so her building is this one here which will be closed, and she will be relocated to another site about 20 minutes that way. my son is in year two so he will stay in the building that is still safe and usable. i will have a double drop off and pick up. the government says it is acting now because the guidance changed after a raac beam collapsed in a school last week. the beam had previously been thought safe. raac was used in public buildings from the 19505 to the mid 1990s because it was quicker to manufacture than traditional reinforced concrete and easier to install. as you can see, it is fairly lightweight and you can . probably ....
over this next half hour special we will take a closer look at the mounting challenges facing students and teachers as they head back. and france s education minister announced the country will ban schoolchildren from wearing the abaya a loose fitting, full length robe worn by some muslim women, in state run schools when classes begin this month. my colleague sumi somaskanda spoke with us education secretary miguel cardona to discuss his thoughts on the challenges facing students and teachers heading back to school. secretary, thank you very much forjoining us again on bbc news. i want to start with affirmative action because the supreme court s ruling effectively ended race conscious admissions in colleges and universities and if you look at the state of california, the uc system hasn t actually been able to meet its racial diversity goals, despite having ended race based admissions more than two decades ago. so how do you make sure that schools and universities are ....
the labour party after more than 100 schools were ordered to close classrooms until they can be re enforced. there are warnings that many more public buildings, such as hospitals and prisons, could be affected. with the latest details, here s our reporter zoe conway. the risk posed from raac concrete has been known since this roof collapsed into a school s staffroom five years ago. luckily, no one was there. now, the government is so concerned about the condition of the concrete in more than 100 schools and colleges in england that they ve been told to close or partially close. katherines primary academy in harlow, in essex, won t open next week. parents are asking why the warning was so last minute. it seems a bit frustrating because itjust seemed to be, like, last second that they decided to go, oh, no, the building is not safe . this school in south london has been partially closed. i have two children. one of my children is in key stage two. her building is this one her ....
i think our democracy is at stake. president biden is with obama and clinton. it s not just about the presumptive nominee on the other side. it s the positive case for someone that s done an outside job in the presidency. will star power and a big cash advantage be enough to win over skeptical voters? i ll talk to democratic congressman jim clyburn of south carolina. plus, trials and tribulations. a trial date is set for donald trump s first criminal trial with a gag order on the former president who is now selling bibles to raise money. we must make america pray again. while house republicans face a shrinking majority as more members head for the exits. this place just keeps going downhill, and i don t need to spend my time here. how fractured is the gop, and how will it impact 2024? i ll talk to republican don bacon. and keeping the faith. nbc s savannah guthrie shares hear faith journey and her message this easter in our meet the moment conversa ....
explosion and gunfire air strikes are now a daily occurrence for the people of myanmar. more than 200 attacks have been reported since january. monasteries, hospitals, churches and schools have been hit. seven of his friends were killed. soldiers took their bodies away and burned them. the deadliest attack in april killed more than 170 people. captain zay thu aung was a pilot in the myanmar air force for 18 years. everything changed for him when general min aung hlaing seized power in february 2021, ousting the elected government. it sparked a mass uprising, demanding democracy be restored. the military responded with a violent crackdown. captain aung knew he couldn t stay, and started planning to defect. do you feel ashamed that you were once one of them? thit naong naong took part in the protests. his tattoo of the face of elected leader aung san suu kyi became one of the lasting images of the uprising. before the coup, he was a gym instructor. now he s a resistance f ....