>> nigeria president is predinthing a victory. there was a promise at the world economic forum, it is becoming violent and on monday nearly 300 people were killed and 270 school girls were kidnapped three weeks ago and still missing. >> we are facing attack of terrorists. let me appreciate for your

support for us and your sentiments. i believe that it could not [indiscernible] will be the beginning of the end of the terror in nigeria. >> al jazeera was the first to visit where the girls were abducted. >> i traumatized mother, not coming to the terms of the abduction of her 15-year-old daughter and thinking it is a bad dream. our daughter is among the over 270 girls taken by boko haram fighters and after three weeks they are remaining misses. >> i prefer -- they go into my

house and break everything in my house i want my daughter. that is better than taking my daughter. i feel like killing myself. >> the pain is shed by most of the families in this community. for them, life will never be the same. the sharpest feign -- pain was inflicted here. >> hundreds of girls were looking forward to fulfilling their dreams and now in ruins and the girls are all gone. the attackers coming just before midnight and bundled the girls to trucks and 53 escaped. among them, this girl and

insisted we hide their identity. >> after they attacked the town they took us to the camp and i and three other girls lied to them saying we needed to use to toilet and we ran away. >> people are out rajed at the suggestion that the abduction never took place. that is amazing. >> the most important attack is how to secure the relief of the doubters. >> the news from the foreign powers is on the way is reassuring, but the scars are

deep and the trauma the long lasting. >> separatists in eastern ukraine have ignored a public call by the russian president. they say that the pressure from kiev is adding to the issue. >> the separatists might be expected what the russian president expected them to do, negotiate with the government, but citing a vote, the chairman is saying that the referendum is going ahead. >> we don't have direct contact. we found out about the proposal through the mass media and he's going to learn about our decision the same way. >> the neighboring people's rub is doing like wise and in the

strong hold the focus on the surge from the ukraine forces trying to disarm the russian folks are too ready for sunday's vote. >> the message about postponing the referendum is showing that putin is caring about our lives. all we can say is we are ready for the referendum. >> in the corners of eastern ukraine, the intervention is dismissed. >> i can only expect and all of the cities agree with us, the separation from ukraine for our own independence people's republic. >> we are not into europe policies, all our roots from the people are deeply in russia. >> with the soviet music is

ringing in the scare and after sunday's vote they hope it is going to be autonomous government. and the hopes suddenly raised on wednesday with a resolution to the crisis in ukraine appear to be unfounded. >> he's saying that russia's has little view swaying the people in ukraine. >> russia has influence over the insurgence in eastern ukraine but but the influences are not absolute. it is about the same as pakistan over insurgents. after all, these insur jegents dying in the antiterrorism

violence. it is not mr. putin dying there. so they don't want to die for nothing. but the problem is that they only put one question to the people, do you want the regions to be declared sovereign states and do you want to regions to become sovereign? this is not feasible for the regions to become sovereign states. the best solutions is sooler -- sooner or later to elect their governors, right now they are getting them from kiev and there should be some comp prizing in kiev and kiev is not ready for a compromise. >> dozens of syrian soldiers are killed by rebels. fighters detonated a massive

bomb in a hotel used by the army barracks. the rebel forces leaving the old city. we have more from beirut. >> the last 400 armed rebels left today and now the forces are in full control of the third largest city. this is a major setback for the syrian opposition and the armed rebels. that was considered of the revolution and losing it this way to government forces means a lot to the rebels and the supporting state. part of the deal meant that the rebels release hostages. syrian television and the syrian governor made it seem like a

milestone, a major step in order for the government to take over and bring stability to the population. it is a very important success for the government before the presidential elections are taking place on june 3, 2 government is adamant to give the elections as much credibility as possible and this kind of deal allows the government to pull out some of the troops from the hot spotses to other hot spots. >> groups in egypt formed a coalition to end the coo. the self-prescribed politicians meeting in bruceels and con insiding with the removal of the former president. >> they have captured an al qaeda strong hold. he was taken back falling a ten

day fight. the u.s. shut the embassy. >> the u.s. embassy suspended operations in yemen. there are growing fears of al qaeda militants. security is very tight here. the u.s. is playing an active role. al qaeda has many times promised to hit back. >> the drones are very counter productive. they are creating a backlash and of against the americans. >> the drones are the most effective weapon, where they have kill add few of them, many remain at large, including al

qaeda's leader. or the top military commander. but this is the map topping the top of the kill list, the master bomb maker, an saudi that can make undetectable bombs. if the leaders are killed it is a severe blow to al qaeda. but the group will not go away. there a fierce fight here. al qaeda strong holds where the army is saying it made significant gains but the where abouts of al qaeda leaders remain unknown. the u.s. will continue a strong attack against the most wanted target in yemen but a fight that takes years. al qaeda may lose ground in this war but can regroup in the

mountains and rebuild the network. >> still to come on the program, mms of south africans are casting their ballots. plus, why this young man the making history, that is after the break. >> you followed their journey across the border >> it was heart wrenching... >> now see how it changed the lives of the people involved. >> i didn't go back to the person that i was before i left... >> an emotional borderland reunion >> this trip was personal to me... this is real... >> long held beliefs >>...illegal in mexico too.. >> learn the language! come here... >>...most ridiculous thing i've heard in my life >> tested by hard lived truths... >> these migrants are being exploited >> beyond borderland...

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people about the post election expectations. >> they are on the way to work, she wants to see more efforts from the politicians. >> most of the people are afraid for their houses. >> there was a high voter turnout at the polls, the anc is leading. a national congress is expected to win the national vote and the question is by what margin. it could be a wake up call for the leadership. >> the main opposition party, and the new kid on the block, the economic freedom fighters are gaining ground in the election and tapping into the discontent that the poor have

with the ruling party. some of the basic services, people are supporting the anc, the party that helped to end apartheid. but they want more. >> they should continue doing us proud. >> one in four people unemployed in south africa and that is one of the issues that the winner has to deal with. >> thailands former minister is forcing more legal problems. the commissioner is accusing her. >> it was part of the election pledge, buying rights from the farmers to boost their income. it was a form of vote buying and ripe with corruption. in the end it cost the

government billions of dollars. now the anticorruption agency charged the former prime minister with ne glens for starting the scheme. she could be banned from politics for five years. it is the latest from the turmoil. here a group of riot police stand guard and ready ahead of the trouble. the small band of supporters are headed to the building. after some negotiations, they decide to turn around. a potential clash averted but such rallies is having a negative impact. >> the political grid lock and months of protests are affecting

the economy. the infrastructure needs improved. the prospects for roads is downgraded and the consumer confidence is down. some of the people say it is getting harder to cope with the rising prices. she is getting tired of the political crisis. >> it was all right at first it is going on too long. >> both pro and antigovernment protestor are planning to hold rallies in the coming days. plans from both sides to hold talks have amounted to nothing. many want the country to move on. >> i want it to end peacefully. we are all the same country. we are all ties. >> but how to move forward when both sides seem deeply po larized, that is the difficult

part. >> a chinese activist apologized for leaking secrets and charnl charged providing foreign contacts with sensitive information. >> the biggest corruption trial in hong kong's history is underway. two brothers are accused of bribing a senior government official and seen as a test case on how the business tycoons deal with the government officials. >> arriving to the start of the case going to the core of the hong kong establishment. on trial the former number two in the government, who was alleged offered millions of dollars in cash and benefits from a property developer and

his brother over nine years, charges they all deny. as one of hong kong's most powerful families, they control the city's second largest property conglomerate. over 80 witnesses will be called in a trial that will last over two months. also in trial is the connection between big business and the government and there is a perception that there is privileged relationship with the top officials. >> a lot of tycoons are under the scrutiny since this case, so they might have to rethink former relationship with the government bodies or the individuals or individuals might trigger some doubt or questions about their relationship. >> the case has become a major focus in the city's

anticorruption force, and priding ooits on not shying away from taking on the biggest targets in the investigations, with this trial they are taking on their biggest to date. >> pakistan's government is denying the claims that the intelligence service retained relatives of a taliban leader. the group told al jazeera that his brothers were taken last month and pakistan is trying to stop them from negotiateing with the governments. >> the arrest of the two brothers and negotiator for the taliban and close confident has made the news here in pakistan and of course accusations that pakistan is trying to manipulate the talks and the foreign

ministry is saying they are baseless reports. pakistan had nothing to gain about sabotaging to talks and however reports that the two brothers had met with one of the negotiators of the taliban team that they were questions about the nature of that meeting. the intelligence normally doesn't comment on such reports and the foreign my industry is saying that the reports are baseless. interestingly this is happening at the time that he's handing over power to a new president and will of course be question marks that the talks with the taliban have the sanctions and whether he'll agree to the face to face talks with the government. >> brazil court is deliberating

whether to remove protestors. >> a family is clearing lands to build a place to sleep, they have few other options. >> we are fighting for housing for us because we need it. i have a big family and raise and feed my children. >> this family is not alone. look around the area, you see people building shelter everywhere. just simple places made of sticks and plastic sheets. they are working families, the majority are women and children and organized to take over the land as squatters and seeing the incomes stretched by the skyrocketing rent prices that have tripled in the recent years because of the world cup speculation. in the distance, over the tree

line, the new $500 million world cup stadium in the city. >> there's a contradiction between the world cup between the foreigns and of those of people where we need a place to live. >> in just a few days estimated 2500 families here, more than 5,000 people with more arriving every day. it is now a mini tent city and called the world cup of the people community. this is actually private land. there's a chance that the owner will go to a judge and have the people evicted from here and that happened in a number of instances on land in brazil in recent months but the people are saying they are going to fight it and not leave under any

circumstances. they are setting up where they plan to build. >> we can't pay the rent. my husband is sick and lives on fixed income. i'm a maid and can't afford anything more. >> in the best case scenario is lawmakers are deciding to turn it into affordable housing for everyone but that is a long ways off. the football party maybe vast approaching but for these people the reality of an affordable place to live is a dream. >> one of africa's oldest tribes brought in new blood to preserve the culture. they have elected a 20-year-old to the group of elders. >> outside warriors are celebrating throughout the night and preparing to welcome the

first new leader of the young people in 15 years. he appears at dawn. according to tradition, he's handed a symbolic staff and smeared with cow dunk. it is a rare and vital ceremony. he's crucial to the group's survive. in this area, he's responsible for preserving the culture. it is split into separate regions and he's in charge of the youth here on the border of kenya and meeting him in the hut after wards he told us he knows what is needed to preserve the community. >> if we are able to consolidate

the wild life and the land. >> the people here are trying to balance the traditions with the modern world while they raise life stock, there are a million, the top chief here says that the community had to carefully consider who they choose for the position. >> a family background, his ability to lead, he was selected among so many people. >> the celebrations went on long after the ceremony. the young warriors have been singing and dancing throughout the night and morning and likely to continue like this for the rest of the day. the tradition of drinking cow's blood for strength is still practiced here and some of the signs are clear, it is a

delicate compromise between the old and the new. >> don't forget keep up to date with all of the stories on our website at al jazeera.com. death. >> that makes it all the more disturbing because it's been known about in larger circles for years and years and doctors and hospitals are still unaware. >> did you know about did? >> not until we started doing the show. that's why i have been freaked out since we started working on it. the next time you visit your doctor, think about this, your x-rays, drug dosages and even medical records could be controlled by an outsider. it's a scary thought. but according to a new study, it's way easier than you might think. from the radiation level on your ct scan to defibrillators to ventilators and even refrigerators storing blood samples, hacking med