29/01/2014 Newsround

Good afternoon, Newsrounders. Ayshah here with news of a brilliant

cricket win for England's women, but another loss for the men. Cute panda

alert. We check out these newborn red panda twins in New Zealand.

You're with Newsround. First, how was your day at school

today? A big report says millions of kids around the world won't have had

school at all today because they don't even have one. World leaders

had promised that by next year every child would have access to basic

education but now the United Nations says that won't happen for another

70 years. The UN is calling on the world's governments to act now to

help all children get a proper education. In the world's poorest

countries, one in four young people can't even read a single sentence.

Some countries have seen improvement, but there are still big

problems in parts of Africa and Asia. In Pakistan, some schools

stand completely empty. This is supposed to be a school. A

government high school in this area. There are children here we have

found but they have just been playing, sitting on this bench. But

the building itself, there are no teachers, even though it is on

government records. It is receiving funding for teachers, but there

hasn't been any studying at this school for several years now. And we

are told there are 22 schools just like it in this area. Even where

there are schools in Pakistan, some girls have a tough fight persuading

their parents to let them go, as Nel reports. This girl is 12, and lives

in Pakistan and has been studying at the school for the past three years

but doesn't know how much longer she will be here. My father does not

want me to learn. He think it's not a good thing for girls to study. I

have to fight him every day to come to school. That's because in

Pakistan, girls are treated very differently to boys. And poor

children up to two very different to rich ones. My dad doesn't have

enough money to send us to school. He thinks we should be working. My

mum pays our school fees. School buildings are old and there's not a

lot of money for repairs. The teachers can sometimes be badly

trained, and it all might seem a world away from kids in the UK, and

their experience of going to school. I have come to a school in

Manchester to meet a girl who studies in the UK because it's her

family in Pakistan who pays, and she understands how difficult and

different skill can be. The education here is much better, the

opportunities you can have, and the facilities, like here there is a

swimming pool, and the library, and I can do different clubs. It's very

free. I've got a lot of opportunities and choices. I can

kind of do whatever I want. Although life is very different, they have

the same genes for the future. I want to have the education to have a

good job -- dreams. My dream has been to be a doctor. My father

doesn't think I can do it, but I want a job. That's all. Next, some

of Syria's most vulnerable refugees will be allowed to come and live

here in the UK. Since the war broke out three years ago, about

two-and-a-half million people have been forced to flee the country.

Ongoing violence means it isn't safe to return to Syria and today Prime

Minister David Cameron said the most needy will be given priority to come

and live here. It's after the Government was criticised earlier

this week for not joining other countries, like Germany and America,

who are taking refugees. Britain will probably allow a few hundred of

the most in need to stay. Next, it's a great day if you're a cricket fan.

Women's cricket that is. England's women have won their Twenty20 match

against Australia, meaning they won the Ashes series. But it was yet

another dismal defeat for the men's team as their tour Down Under just

gets worse and worse. One big cricket fan thinks the boys could

learn a thing or two from the girls. This is an amazing result for the

England women's cricket team. Charlotte Edwards and her team have

done so well, that hard work as Willie paid off. To retain the Ashes

in winter, when the men's team have been a disaster. -- have really paid

off. It will inspire young girls watching this programme to pick up a

cricket bat and start playing, and maybe Charlotte and the team should

coach the men? Finally, to two adorable newborns at a zoo in New

Zealand. This family of red pandas at Auckland Zoo are celebrating the

arrival of twins. Here they are cuddling up with mum, Bo, in the

nest box. They'll stay there sleeping and lazing about until

they're three months old. What an amazing life they have. I'll be back

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