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the stand after a two week break. as an intense battle rages for the oil harbor bentiu, our correspondent tells us what he's witnessed from the firing compound. >> what we've seen in the last few minutes is government troops retreating, large numbers in vehicles coming up this road past the compound, the road they came down yesterday. >> also on the program, aaron is here. the big legal drug battle is said to intensify. >> that's right. it's between pfizer and astrazeneca. pfizer has made two offers but brits keep saying no. pfizer is like a dog with a bone. we'll find out why americans have no intention of giving up. hello. it is midday in london, 2:00

sloviansk and noon in the capital abuja where there's growing anger among the parents of 230 schoolgirls believed to be abducted by boko haram near the border. they've been missing three weeks now. despite contradictory statements from the army in recent days, there's been no sight of them. the president promised his government will do everything it can to bring them home. in the last hour, it's reported a leader of one of the protest groups demanding rescue of the girls has been arrested, said to be by the first lady of nigeria. protests keep coming. the message is the same. the girls have been missing almost three weeks. bbc secured the first ever tv

interviews with the mother. they're in agony not knowing the fate of their abducted daughters. >> since they were taken away, it's been difficult for us. many come to our house during the day to sympathize with us. we stay a wake all night thinking of our daughter and all other girls thinking about what their going through and where they're being held. it's really difficult for us. >> they were seized from this remote school in nigeria. christian and muslim girls are thought to be many the hands of extremists known as boko haram. >> translator: my daughter was leaving for school and told me she'd come back soon. we said good-bye. she promised to help me with my i work. then i was told she has been abducted. >> translator: since our children were abducted life has

been difficult for us. we hardly sleep well. most of all fell sick and suffering from high blood pressure. >> translator: we hardly eat because of this situation. >> nigeria's president is accused of not doing enough to help rescue the girls. he has finally appeared on tv. seeing as the president admitted the abducted girls had not been located let alone rescued, demonstrations in and outside nigeria are unlikely to die down. each day goes by, outrage is growing stronger. beyond putting pressure on the government to talk about the missing girls, there's no evidence the parents are any closer to getting their daughters back home.

>> translator: my daughter is a very obedient child, very hardworking. she's always eager to learn. that is why when i think about her i feel a deep pain inside me. we only pray day and night hoping god will answer our prayers. that's all we can do. >> the mothers of the missing girls have been on the streets. they say no one has said a word about rescue efforts. maybe that's why they seem to put their faith in god rather than in government. will ross, bbc2x@ckg an elder from the tribe has been dealing with the families of missing girls and women allegedly arrested on orders of nigeria's first lady. we spoke to him earlier. >> i'm just from the police station where i'm told this lady is being held. unfortunately there aren't records on the board or in the

register to indicate her name is registered as somebody in one of the cells. we're told she's in the cell there. her crime is that the first lady invited mothers of girls who have been abducted. the mothers could show up and ask this lady who is from the area to represent them at the meeting. two ladies went. the first lady felt this lady that led the protest at the national assembly friday was representing the mothers instead of the real mother. they're accusing her of lying that she's a mother of the children. as far as i'm concerned, the first lady is not the government. the first lady doesn't have a rule constitutionally to take decisions on behalf of the

government. what ever she has done cannot be loaded on the government per se. if it was the president himself who took that decision or ordered police to arrest this wop, one would say it's the government. it's unfortunate the first lady has gone that far. i think she's a bit insensitive to the situation on ground. she, i believe would realize her mistake and retract and correct her mistake. >> an elder from the tribe there. >> let's go to abuja and get the latest. sounds like a heated meeting with the first lady and leader of the protest group. do we know more information about what happened? has the government in fact responded to this? >> so far the government has not responded to this issue.

we've been trying to get through to the office of the first lady as well. all these authorities involved to find out exactly why this woman has been arrested and exactly why it is the first lady who's the one carrying out calling out for arrests considering this is a high level issue that even the president has been struggling to get around. >> also reports in the last 20 minutes or so that boko haram have admitted being behind this. has that been confirmed? >> the boko haram militant leader has appeared in a video saying that his group carried out the attack and was the group that abducted these girls. it's not exactly clear from the video what the fate of these girls is, where they are, or what has become. wherever they are in the country or out of the country is not

exactly clear. in this video, boko haram is confirmed to be behind the abduction. >> many are asking why hasn't the army been able with satellite surveillance to identify groups of people moving around this area on the border? a week or so ago they said they found them and the girls had been freed. it seems absolute chaos in terms of information. >> this is what's causing outrage around nigeria. this is a group of more than 200 girls. people wonder, you can't just carry 200 girls without being noticed. it shows lack of presence of military or lack of efficiency in terms of work there. you have to remember this area, northeast of the country has been state of emergency just under a year now. yet these attacks and kidnappings are still going on. this is why there's the outrage both at home and a broad. the protests are still carrying

on a lot of nigerian groups in major cities having a process today through the week calling for more action and release of these girls. >> does that mean nigerian authorities would welcome the help of other countries with more sophisticated equipment who might be able to join in this hunt? >> the president spoke sunday about this issue. it was the first time he spoke publicly. he confirmed he had been in talks with u.s. president barack obama and was calling for assistance. it's the first major admission of the kind that the nigerian government cannot handle on its own. >> thank you the. after a two week break, the murder trial of oscar pistorius has resumed. hes been accused of killing his

girlfriend valentine's day last year. he denies that saying he shot her in a panic. today we hear from neighbors first on the scene the night of the shooting. let's go to milton who can give us more today's evidence. >> reporter: day 26 of the trial here in pretoria. on the witness stand today was the estate manager where oscar pistorius shot and killed reeva steenkamp valentine's day last year. also he's the first person to arrive at the house after being called by oscar pistorius after the shooting. this is how he said when he arrived at house. he described mr. pistorius' demeanor. >> young man walking down the stairs with a lay did i did, young woman in his arms.

the scene, the expression on his face, expression of sorrow, expression of pain. he's crying. he's asking god to help him. he was torn apart. broken, desperate, pleading. >> reporter: and tim he was not the only witness this morning.

his daughter also took to the stand. she described when she and her father arrived at the pistorius home having seen oscar pistorius carrying reeva steenkamp down the stairs, how frantic it was to try and keep reeva steenkamp alive. >> from the second we walked into the house he was trfrantic. he kept going, please, please can we get her in the car and get her to the hospital? he wanted to get her to the hospital. i told him no, can you please -- when he got to the bottom of the stairs i'm like just put her down so we can see what's wrong. i'm sorry my lady. i apologize. >> don't worry. take your time. >> so i told him -- >> you sure you can proceed? >> i'm sure. give me a minute. he was begging me to put her in

the car. >> reporter: and the prosecution ended its examination tim after listening to father and daughter's version of what happened when they arrived at pistorius home. >> how many more defense witnesses are likely to be called milton? >> reporter: it's not entirely clear. what we know is they were between 14 and 17 defense witnesses. whether they'll all be called is another question. we know the judge has said the trial to last until may 16th. we know that's next week friday. they need to finish the cross-examination within that period. wednesday, here in south africa is a holiday because it's election. voters are expected to stay at home so they can go vote and not go to work. there won't be court session on wednesday. >> of course we've heard a two

week adjournment as well. how did oscar pistorius seem in court? before that adjournment, he was extremely emotional wasn't he as evidence was put before the judge? >> reporter: yes, i saw him this morning sitting in a suit listening intently to the witnesses, tim. he looked more composed. he broke down at times when the witnesses were describing the scene at his house. they were describing his own emotions when he was begging god and praying and he looked like a broken man praying that reeva steenkamp shouldn't die, asking the ambulance to come. that's the only time he buried his face in both his hands. he kept a note pad writing at times. he seemed more composed than he was before the two week break. >> okay. live in pretoria, thank you very much indeed. stay with us here on "gmt" on bbc world news. still to come, we bring you the

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an intense battle has been raging in the town of bentiu in south sudan which government forces are trying to recapture from rebels. it's an important oil town that's changed hands several times since the civil war broke out in december. bbc reports from just outside the u.n. compound in bentiu. >> reporter: things are pretty tense inside the u.n. base here on the outskirts of bentiu. heavy fighting in town about three kilometers down the road this morning and very intense battle between the government forces and rebel troops. you can hear it going on there by the airport, not far from the base. we've seen in the last few

minutes government troops retreating. large numbers on vehicles coming back up this road past the u.n. compound, the road they came down yesterday to take the offensive to try and retake bentiu from the rebels who seem to be holding the city. this machine gun positions now here as the government is retreating back down the road. that's something you can hear. that's a bullet coming over head. this is where it gets very dangerous because the government troops are fighting from on the edge of the u.n. compound. this mean this is area is in danger of being hit by crossfire as rebels chase them out of town.

the u.n. are here in bunkers. there's 25,000 people on the other side of this camp with nothing but tents. no protection at all from bullets. >> he's in bentiu, south sudan. at least two migrants have drowned, another 30 missing after two boats capsized off a greek island in the sea. the vessels overturned north of the island close to the turkish coast. greek coast guards say 36 have fi!ek coast guards say 36 have let's go to athens to our correspondent mark who joins us from there. mark, where do these boats come from? any news on survivors? >> reporter: they come from the turkish mainland, one and a half nautical miles, two kilometers from the island where these two boats capsized. they're typically overcrowded and come through with traffickers pushing them in who

typically paid thousands of by desperate migrants from south asia, middle east or africa entering the union. the latest on this incident is three have now been found dead, drowned after the two boats capsized. 36 have been rescued by the greek coast guard. they believe about 26 to 28 people are still missing. some of them perhaps trapped in one of those overturned boats. we know that one of those who has been rescued is a little child who's been transferred to a hospital here. three dead, two women, one man. >> it's a short distance from turkey to these islands. how frequent are these trips and what is the origin for these people to cross? >> reporter: typically afghanistan, pakistan, bangladesh. when i was in another island of

migrants last year, they had 4,500 last year. authorities clamped down on their land border with turkey in the northeast of greece, previously the most poorest boe border in the region. migrants now come in through the islands. greece argued it can't cope with the massive number of migrants given the location. they all come through. they simply can't cope. eu is trying to step up patrols of the borders after 360 drowned off the coast last year. when i spoke to a coast guard official last year, he said to me it's difficult when you're in finland, germany or austria to know what it's like to have the

bodies of migrants washing up on your shores. >> thank you. the king of thailand makes an appearance to core nation. he's seen as a unifying figure. it's a time of political unrest ahead of this july's general election. at least 19 have been killed and more than a hundred injured after a passenger train derailed in western india. police say the engine caused the train to come off the tracks south of mumbai. the number of dead is expected to rise. more than 120 people taken to a hospital in a serious condition. the world of tennis has been paying respects to tennis number one who's died of liver cancer at the age of 30. baltacha was britain's best in

years and host for years. many fa many will take part in her ceremony of her memory. all data gathered so far on the search for the malaysian plane, senior officials are australia, china and malaysia have continued the search. now they'll begin a new phase using equipment to scan large areas of the ocean floor mostly unmapped. the air and service search for debris was called off after no floating trace of the plane was found. the australian foreign deputy spoke about news efforts earlier. >> we have committed ourselves to an ongoing continuous effort.

the operation must now enter a new phase and will be focused on intensifying the ocean floor search over a much larger area. a number of phases will process concurrently as we move into the new stage. meetings will commence wednesday with international experts to analyze all data and information that is being collected so far as that is likely to help us identify the path of mh 370. together with all data that's been accumulated during the search itself. other meetings will look at the same time as to what assets might be required and available for the next stage of the search. >> that was the australia deputy prime minister. stay with us here on "gmt."

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>> welcome to "gmt" on bbc world news. i'm tim willcox. coming up this half hour. the final rallies in south africa are ahead of wednesday's elections as he promises more power. how young blood may be the new youth. the finding s of experiments involving mice. aaron is back. it's the cheese war. >> let's stick with that. when you think of british

cheese, you think of these things. of course stinking bishop. for now, none of these will be heading to china because it's banned all british cheese. we'll look at why and what this means for britain's dairy farmer farmers. welcome back. the final mass rallies have been held. in two day's time, south africans go to polls in a democratic election, fifth since the historic election that ended the apartheid in 1994. this election campaign has been dominated by growing concerns about inequality and corruption. andrew hardy reports. >> reporter: in the poor neighborhood, a south african maverick comes hunting for votes. he is a fire brand pop list

facing fraud charges. they love him here with promises to turn land and nationalize much of the economy. >> people your time is now. political freedom, complete freedom. >> reporter: in the west, people are scared. they call you a demagogue in the making who will turn this into land reform. >> this is our country. what we do with our country has got nothing to do with those outside. >> reporter: political opposition is spreading as people grow tired of corruption and alarmingly high unemployment. >> we have got nothing now. repo repo >> reporter: it's clear many are better off after the years of

democracy. the campaign here where they claim the credit. >> i started free. now i'm working. >> reporter: it is very difficult to argue with these numbers. the anc has problems but it has the power of the state behind it and loyalty of millions of south africans. so president zuma brushes off allegations of corruption and prepares the country. afghan officials grapple with the after math of that landslide leading contenders in the race to the next president working hard to rally support. official election results are due next week. pay grueling run off is expected in june. so as the heat intensify, what

influence do tribal leaders have in determining the next leader? with me now, the chairman of the afghan tribes. also tribe chief of several in eastern afghanistan. thank you for coming on the program. what roles do tribes have in modern day? >> tim, afghanistan is a country of tribes. they call it past and future of afghanistan. with new democracy system put in place after 2001, it actually on the same line with the tribal democracy, if a tribal chief is confident personality, serving people and clean man, he's always elected as a tribal leader and people respect him. the same democratic system is not far from our tribal structure. all we needed to do was get two

together and grind them in a package it could work. >> why hasn't it worked up until now? what are your misgivings? given the process that elected karzai and stipulations under his presidency, are there question marks about due process and transparency now? >> absolutely. we have seen that this this election. a lot of people, afghans went out and'-a)!bóuw harsh and also circumstances voted. there were a lot of issues at the polling station. ballot papers were not present. there were so many other issues the election commission wasn't up to the standards in order to conduct a proper election. i would imagine the president is trying now to form a coalition government between the two candidates who are now going to the second round.

i think this will be not something the afghan people want. the afghan people or tribes in the communities of afghanistan voted for this reason. they will choose a person they want to be ruling afghanistan. >> is there room for formal war lords in afghanistan? >> unfortunately and sadly last 12 years there wasn't a transparent system in place they could take the war criminals to try them. the afghan nation unfortunately ended up with these people. they are part of the afghan system. a government is in place that will bring some sort of justice. i would think justice needs to be served at later stage to afghan people. >> the issue of corruption is one which has been in afghanistan since the invasion and indeed under president karzai. how do you eradicate something

that seems entrenched in afghan policy? >> unfortunately it's difficult task for upcoming president. i don't believe the president would like to let the power go that easily. he would like to influence the future government which is wrong on the democratic system on the world. when a prime minister loses seat, he goes book to his home. >> he's built his own palace hasn't he? >> yes indeed. unfortunately afghan people cannot understand what sort of politics is he plays. is he playing for own survival and family? >> like the pope benedict? >> something like that probably. >> in terms of outside funding, international help, project, what does the international community need to do there in terms of boosting that? of course many questions are raised act where the money ends up, whether it's delivered, how

much is lost in corruption. >> this is one of the worries and concern for international community. as we see a the figures of $700 billion spent in u.s. and nato. some went to afghan government. unfortunately that money has been put into administers and their pockets instead of going to people. >> is that illustrated by the lack of infrastructure and equipment we've seen in the dreadful mudslides recently that killed 2,000 people. people are digging with shovels and picks. where's the big machinery, the aid? >> in 13 years by the international community, proper funding has been given to them. because of incompetency of the government, they're not functioning well.

they cannot fly a helicopter to rescue people. 30,000 are living in tents that the moment. >> briefly, are you optimistic come this runoff in june? >> i believe the election should go to the second round. i believe there's a lot of undecided voters. they have to come and vote. i believe the voboth candidates need to show afghan people they're not going to empower themselves. >> thank you. >> thanks. >> stay with me just for a moment. want to bring you breaking news at the moment. the world health organization is sounding an alarm of the insurgence of polio. the outbreak of that crippling disease that affects young children is extraordinary situation causing an international response. they're worried about it cropping up in syria and iraq

previously free of polio. that's a warning, extraordinary situation a according to the world health organization in the last few moments. you're watching "gmt" and aaron, what have you got? >> big drugs battle. astrazeneca and pfizer. pfizer acting like a dog way bone at the time moment. hello there. in the last few minutes, pfizer reported the latest set of numbers for the first three months of this year. i've got to tell you, numbers below what wall street expected. down from $2.7 billion from the same period last year. all this as the company is expected to make a new bid to buy the swedish company astrazeneca. the british based firm has rejected pfizer's first two offers. last was priced $106 billion. meanwhile the prospect of the largest take over in british history has sparked political

controversy with opposition leaders here saying the government should have more power to block foreign take overs. here's the question, will pfizer make another offer? let's hear from an expert who says pfizer may have come too far to back down now. >> to question whether the follow up bid is high enough to entice the board of astrazeneca into discussions. in the past, there's certain weakness. in this case, the mere fact pfizer is trying to acquire astrazeneca is telling shareholders and world it has weaknesses in it's own pipeline. once you put that out there and the cat is out of the bag, it's difficult to then go back and say actually having failed to do this transaction, all is well now. obviously their own rating will suffer. they've got strong incentive to

get this done quickly. >> we'll keep up with that. let's turn to cheese. british cheese is the best in the world. not my world but the reaction of uk government farming minister after china a banned all imports of britain cheese. the ban occurred after the country's food inspectors were dissatisfied with standards at one uk dairy. i should say that dairy they visited doesn't export to china a. let's get more on this. defending the british cheese makers cheese quality and standards, a dairy farmer and spokesperson for that part of the country. great to have you with us dave. let's start with. this if chinese have found poor hygiene practices at one warm here in britain, is it not legitimate we could see other problem at other dairy farms? >> i think to take the thing

into perspective, we've started exporting to china. they have changed standards for the food safety from the first of may. so the standards are adequately far. we have to adjust slightly to be able to fulfill further contracts. it hasn't banned cheese exports already in the pipeline on the way or ones for cheese products produced before the first of may i understand. >> i was looking at numbers. you can correctly me if i'm wrong. 11 tons is exported to china. what sort of impact will this ban have on the industry? >> it's important we get it right for customers and supply customers for need and the right quality. i think the asian market, china

in particular, is a really important future market for us. we have over the last three years been working hard at a compete to grow policy to combine the industry into being able to not only produce more milk in 2015 but for our manufactures to process products and export it. they have invested heavily in this country. the big companies are investing money in order to be able to produce products to export. >> just very briefly, some passed the test. is there a change between irish and british cheese? >> i think it's a world market. we're competing in a world market. price of milk et cetera and the

products that are available are worldwide. that exactly what we're doing, competing with ireland and parts of europe. >> absolutely. everybody want a slice of china. thank you for joining us. tweet me on twitter, i'll tweet you back. @bbc aaron. what do you call a cheese that can hide a horse? maskapony. what cheese do you use to get a bear out of a cave. >> tell me. >> come on bear. still to come, reversing the effects of human aging. new research shows the blood of young mice may hold the secret to ever lasting youth. instead of hanging out on the couch, you could be hanging ten. what are you waiting for? (vo) celebrate this memorial day with up to 40% off hotels

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hello. welcome to "gmt." i'm tim willcox. our main story this hour. boko haram abducted hundreds of schoolgirls in the country. it released a video claiming responsibility for the kid thattithat i -- kidnapping three years ago. mr. modi say life long member. t tens of thousands have been helping in the campaign. we now report. >> reporter: they are disciplined and determined. their numbers are growing fast. they are the rss, network of volunteers playing a critical

role in the election campaign of modi. they're followers mostly from the hindu faith. they say their agenda is stronger for all. >> it's designed in such a way every person that comes in contact with us will naturally start thinking how he can settle the country, community, people. >> reporter: the rss hopes it will soon have one of its own running india. modi joined as a boy and rose through ranks. the organization is controversial partly because of accusations the rss has spanned violence against the muslim minority. it makes many voters weary of mr. modi.

>> translator: i like his pro development message. even in this overwhelmingly supported crowd he won't back him. >> what an incredible atmosphere. modi parades through the streets. this is a sure he's going to win. as elections go on, he's become increasingly polarizing. many indians fear what kind of country it will become if he's the next prime minister. here in theoj)%+-jj@ holy hindu where mr. modi is standing, he's in the growing demand for change. some fear rss ultimate goal is force india to become less seck lure, more hindu.

rss rejects this. >> translator: equal to all and people in this country. those are the values of this country. >> reporter: the support is surging as the prospect of modi becoming prime minister grows. rss is still looking ahead making sure to recruit followers young. bbc news. a recent report warns children's lives are put at risk in egypt schools due to overcrowding. the deaths of three are highlighted in different schools. >> reporter: he used to walk his two daughters back home from school everyday, but now he has

only one companion on this daily journey. her twin sister died last month when her school's front gate collapsed on her. we met the family at the home. >> i went to the hospital to find my daughter's dead body covered in bruises. she paid the price of the school's negligence. >> she goes to the same school. her parents were reluctant to send her back but they have no other option in this village. the principal has been suspended while the investigation is underway. >> reporter: it's here where the gate killed her. this accident raises questions about the conditions of government in schools in egypt. recent reports have highlighted a number of problems inside

these institutions and calls on government to address them. one in particular, the egyptian coalition for children rights have published a report growing attention to dangers in egypt schools which they have a have been present many years. >> translator: we have school buildings which could collapse at any time. playgrounds in a very bad condition. poor control of the classroom. nobody is doing anything about it. >> the ngo report says egyptian governments have failed to address problems which they believe is a serious threat to school children's safety. the administer of education says he's doing what he can. he's been left with heavy legacy. >> translator: these reports are not accurate. yes, are there are problems, but we are working on fixing then. we also can't be held

responsible for past 60 years of neglect in the education sector. >> reporter: yet there are positive examples such as this government run school. the challenge now is for the government to create more schools like this in the years to come. now could this be the answer to eternal youth in scientists in the u.s. found that older mice became stronger and per formed better mentally when they were injected be blood plasma from younger mice. >> the human brain, a marvel and mystery. we don't truly understand how it works or ages, but perhaps we might just might find a way to repair it. separate research on america's east and west coast both involving mice and blood

transfusions. what they did was relatively simple. researchers injected blood plaza with all cells removed from younger mice into older mice. older animals displayed stronger reactions in the part of the brain. animals performed better mentally and physically. this part of the brain is the first to be damaged by diseases like alzheimer's. look at this simulation of blood vessels in the brain of a younger mouse. then look at the older mouse. blood vessels are smaller. this is an older mouse injected with blood from the younger mouse. >> molecules the brain are responding. it's like an on switch. you administer young blood. it turns on jegenes and molecul.

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