>> i'm ali velshi, the news has become this thing where you talk to experts about people, and al jazeera has really tried to talk to people, about their stories. we are not meant to be your first choice for entertainment. we are ment to be your first choice for the news. r

the capitol of nigeria. tell us what you are hearing

about this. >> that's right. this statement came from nigeria's chief of defense staff in an interview with the state news agency. during this interview, the chief of defense staff said that the good news for the parents and for the girls is that the nigeria military knows exactly where the missing girls are but cannot tell any of the parents or family. what they say is where they are being held is a place that the military can't go. they can't go into that area with force. they don't explain why but the military official who gave this statement says, we can't get the girls in the name of trying to get them back. this is the first time we have heard the military actually saying they have a sense of exactly where the girls may have been taken. honestly, this will be great news for the families, but obviously, a huge amount of concern about the fact that no details other than what i have just explained have been given. >> i just have one more quick one. the military is saying it's not going to go in to get them.

is there a neg orbati negotiati any kind that you are aware of? >> what the military is saying is that it can't go in there with force. i think that word "force" is important. it indicates perhaps there could be something in the offing, something in the nature of some kind of negotiations with them. up until this point, the nigerian government says it won't negotiate with terrorists, won't try to negotiate the girls' release. so, it's quite unclear when they say they won't go in there with force. but as i say, it indicates perhaps they are thinking of another strategy to try to get the girls freed. >> okay. ev on onne online with us from abuja, nigeria. in the days since a california man went on a shooting rampage, focused has increased on his manifesto. elliott roger until promises revenge on all women who has

rejected him. roxannena is back. she tells us how users are voicing their own thoughts about violence against women. >> the comments have inspired a discussion around yesallwomen sharing stories about sectionism and assault. it has been trending on twitter. let's look at tweetsetdeck which shows a live update of the people tweeting and re-tweeting using this hash tag. it's constantly being retweeted. i have picked out a few examples that i found were most interesting. there is one down here called -- by the person, deanna rayburn, an author and more. i spent 19 years teaching my daughter not to be raped. and a feminist from brooklyn says, every single woman i know has a story about a man feeling entitled to access to her body.

there are men showing support for this hash tag, yesallwomen. keith ellison said: also, a user named gamon says: . >> but there has also been some backlash to the yes s a allwomen hash tag, tony. hash tag, tony.

some men. coming up on al jazeera america, a huge mud slide in a remote part of colorado, the search is on for three missing people. once ukraine puts its new government in place, it will have to deal with russia and the natural gas issues. >> that's the subject of tonight's inside story. ray suarez is here. >> russia sells more gas to europe than any place else. the lines run through ukraine. now,sh russia has a new huge customer: china, a 30-yield, $400 billion deal. we are looking at the economics and geo politics of this new alliance and what it means for the business of energy in asia, europe and the united states. join us at the top of the hour for "inside story."

real reporting that brings you the world. >> this is a pretty dangerous trip. >> security in beirut is tight. >> more reporters.

>> they don't have the resources to take the fight to al shabaab. >> more bureaus, more stories. >> this is where the typhoon came ashore. giving you a real global perspective like no other can. >> al jazeera, nairobi. >> on the turkey-syria border. >> venezuela. >> beijing. >> kabul. >> hong kong. >> ukraine. >> the artic. real reporting from around the world. this is what we do. al jazeera america. rains in southern china have led to more than a week of flooding. more than half a million people have been force to flee their homes. china says 25,000 homes have been destroyed. more rain is expected tomorrow. and in the balkans, in a matter of days, that region received months' worth of rain. at least 25 people died in fo flooding and the death toll expected to rise. as kev kim vannel reports.

>> reporter: there was little warning. now, those living below are being told the worst is yet to come. after last week's record rainfall, experts say the entire hill will at some point come sliding down. they say that could dam the river. it's also the border between bosnia and serbia, flooding villages on both sides. >> there is a risk it will all fall down. the mountain could fall. i am there is danger to me but also for the people who pass through here. >> it could happen. the ground up the hill could slide into the river and the river could flood the whole city. it would be a catastrophe. >> reporter: leaders in serb yad and bosnia are working on evacuation plans. this road, which cuts through a quarrideal deep into the hill is one of them. >> basically, our county will be cut into two parts. in one part, we have bakries,

gas stations and shops an on the other side, industrial buildings. basic necessities won't be able to get in. >> there have been thousands of landslides across serbia, croatia as a result of recent flooding. in some parts, three months of rain fell in just three days, bursting river banks and sending forth powerful currents of water. >> this gives an idea of the shear force of the water. over a week ago, this was a road. now, it's a sea of boulders which have been churned up and forced down. from the hills above. >> no one was killed by it but locals believe that was just luck. more rainfall is predicted for the coming days. the reason residents are making sure that they remove luck from the equation when this hill comes crashing down. western serbia. >> this is strange here, search and rescue teams are looking for people missing since sunday.

the three went to look at a mud slide when one actually struck on sunday evening and the three have not been seen since. the sheriff says the massive slide was two miles wide, four miles long and 250 feet deep. there are no reports of any structural damages. officials believe recent rains absolutely contributed to the slide. let's get the latest on all of this and the weekend ahead. >> this could have been so much worse. the actual mud slide took place outside of town. if it was any closer, we would have been seeing casualties. let's take a look at what's happening across the region. the western part of colorado, just a little bit closer. it has been clear for the last 12 hours, which is good news. you saw the video. this is what it looked like yesterday. the thunderstorm is very dark, ominous. some of the rain totals were very erat radic around the area, believed to be between 1 and 3

inches. this particular area sees a lot of valleys, a lot of funneling going on. here is coburn 24 hours ago. put that into motion. i want to take you down a little closer. so just to the south of highway 70 in the rocky mountains, of course, and then as we go in a little bit closer, here is col burn right there. one of the local roads coming over here and then we have the reservoir located right there. now, where the landslide took place, like i said, was just on the outside of the town. so, like i said, it could have been much worse if it was just a little bit more towards the east. the forecast looks like this. things had are going to be much better than what they were yesterday, of course. we are looking at much of colorado, dryer, but what we are dealing with is very heavy rain showers down here in parts of tex texas. flooding going on right now, we have tornado watches in effect. you can see right now we are looking the parts of those areas especially into houston, san antonio, a big problem there. >> okay, kevin. appreciate it. thank you very much.

>> that's all of our time for this newshour. thanks for being with us. i am tony harris in new york city "inside story university is next. head on over to our website, aljazeera.com for any of the stories we have covered. aljazeera.com. >> did you see that picture of the chinese leader and the russian leader sharing a toast? the biggest energy user and the big energy producer have a deal and share an appetite for occasionally snarling at the united states. is their deal a big deal? it's the "inside story."