Oct 6, 2026 · 30 min
Taiz children study between Yemen’s front lines
Life in Yemen under Houthi sniper fire
The episode shows how Yemen’s strategic conflict reaches into classrooms and family life, while widening the lens to protests, censorship, and political controversy.
- 1Children in Taiz attend school under sniper fire as fighting intensifies around a strategically important Yemeni city.
- 2France’s education protests and Okinawa’s demonstrations expose public anger over underfunding, policing, and the US military presence.
- 3US school book bans bring race, sexuality, gender identity, librarianship, and child protection into a national censorship dispute.
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The report visits a school in Taiz where children and teachers describe studying under sniper fire between opposing forces.
The brief
A school in Taiz sits between government-held and Houthi-held territory, where children and teachers describe trying to study while sniper fire threatens daily life.
Correspondent Nawal Al-Maghafi explains why Taiz matters strategically, linking the fighting near Mokha and the Bab el-Mandeb Strait to severe humanitarian conditions.
The programme then follows protests in France over education resources and alleged police violence, and demonstrations in Okinawa after a US Marine’s arrest.
A reflection on Jeffrey Archer’s political rise, imprisonment for perjury, rehabilitation, and storytelling reputation leads into a report on nearly 12,000 US school book bans.
The episode’s central tension is civilian life under pressure: war endangers classrooms, while governments and communities argue over resources, security, and what children may read.
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