with that in 10 people who at least because it is when they are presented in the headcount will be presented so does we have to find out what the government is see in a day are completely released or not. it is good news that we're hearing that about which the ones who are in better care but kidnappings for ransom not by armed groups is unfortunately becoming quite common across nigeria states a why is that. what it is because of a number of reasons that is issue a poll by t issue of but govern us because these hats men who had been into disc if not in 10 no down part of the country have been complained of necklet but is an indication of the rise in insecurity in nigeria which has now affected the educational sector making more people to these kid i'm afraid to even send their children to school although it is kid not for i don't some demand in not collecting

money from the government but it is not clear why they are now increasing with on kidnapping into schools is it because the one percent fee at people who now take the children because most schools in did not wish to nigeria there are no close because of this kidnapping i mean why is the government planning to do to put a stop to this. well the government has been insisting that be out on top of this to wish in the president said the contact tree but what the frig is. people would in the sense of. you know in some years buck not you know has what it called samp school in the ship which is supposed to provide security in wants to disclose right from when it happens in 2014. but we have not seen dad so people are really

angry people i just thought because what the government is saying is it given damn what they're looking for is it provided a security so we watch to see because it was such a release to just disposed to then back to their parents and business continues to the next you know that might be changing now because the president for the 1st time came out to talk hot on this issue of kidnapping on this issue of security especially you know them but become. interested in a thank you so much for your reporting. and in a separate kidnapping case in central nigeria security forces have launched a rescue operation to find more than 300 schoolgirls who were kidnapped on friday and struck in a nighttime raid on a boarding school in trying to get them back nigeria's president says the

government will not give in to blackmail it's the scene of the latest mass kidnapping of nigeria's children gunmen forced their way into government go secondary school in john gave way in the country's northwest nearby residents say the shooters fired constantly forcing people to cower in their homes. the kidnappers took off with more than $300.00 girls police and military has launched a joint search and rescue operation. in different years or deforest. as part of our look. on his part of our continent. put the sharp rise in kidnappings in this region usually for ransom the authorities are under pressure to act the governor of niger state has ordered the closure of all secondary schools in the state. nigeria's security forces are overstretched mostly fighting the militant group boko haram in the north east of the country

still they promise to do everything possible to find the missing students but for the hundreds of parents waiting for word of their children and praying that they're still alive the government's actions simply aren't enough. meanwhile saudi arabia has hit back at u.s. claims that crown a prince mohammed bin likely approved the 2800 killing of journalist jamal khashoggi the biden administration has released an intelligence report that had been classified up until now still to spite the reports conclusion washington has stopped short of imposing sanctions directly on the prince of saudi government for its part says it completely rejects the cia's findings and old report making new headlines it was originally suppressed by the trump administration but 3 years later its declassified its conclusion clear for the world to see u.s.

intelligence says it's likely that saudi arabia's crown prince mohammed bin some on order to capture or killing of the journalist jamal khashoggi. but the pentagon is pulling no punches saudi arabia remains a strategic partner in the region. we have to be courageous enough. as friends to speak candidly and. and to make clear our concerns. about the rule of law and about civil and human rights even with friends and partners. the report doesn't detail any new evidence but stresses the crown prince has control and decision making he has always denied knowing about the plot. was lured to the saudi consulate in turkey there he was killed and dismembered by his team sent from riyadh the saudi government eventually admitted killing but blamed it on

a rogue security team. the public naming of mohamed bin some on as complicit in the killing will sit in a new tomb for the relationship between washington and riyadh. but by the administration has imposed sanctions on dozens of saudi officials but stopped short of talk using the prince. as we heard u.s. president joe biden's decision to release this highly critical report is a change from the trump administration stance earlier we spoke to our washington correspondent all over is alex and i asked him how this has affected u.s. relations with saudi arabia the report is not new it was actually already finished quite some time ago and then withheld by the trial administration congress at the time altered this report to be published ignored the ruling by congress he had a very friendly position towards saudi arabia here in particular looking at the arms sales the united states exporting arms to saudi arabia joe biden wants to review

this relationship and other relationships 3 between the united states and other countries in the middle east so saudi arabia is one of the u.s. his closest allies that the by the ministration is now accusing the saudi crown prince of murder all the washington polls journalist jamal khashoggi that will certainly have big implications for their relationship. our correspondent all over salad there now let's take a look at some other stories making headlines at this hour. in myanmar a local media say and woman was shot and killed during a crackdown on protesters. escalated their crowd dispersal measures on saturday firing rubber bullets tear gas and water cannons demonstrations have been taking place since the military are arrested and active leaders and seized power 4 weeks ago. 400 prisoners have a skate in a jail break in haiti they claimed the lives of 25 people witnesses told reporters

they saw gunmen shoot at guards before the inmates fled local media say the jails director and a powerful gang leader are among those killed authorities say some 60 prisoners have now been recaptured. and residents of moscow have been gathering at a bridge near the kremlin to lay flowers in memory of opposition opposition leader boris self on the 6th anniversary of his assassination and 2017 a court found the alleged murderer and 4 accomplices guilty but family insist the real masterminds have never been sought. in the name of siberia conjures up an image of a white blanket of snow and ice but heavy coal pollution in one region has turned that snow black and caused locals to worry about their health so much so that a group of them have now appealed for foreign help to help and their plight.

is this exhibit tanisha called 7 snow but there isn't any old snow underneath there is a substance of that looks like black marble but it's actually black snow with it's full in from the sky coal dust has darkened. garden leaving a palette of black grey and white. sometimes the dust is that the handkerchief that i wipe my face with while i work. lives in. the air pollution here in savior. this city lies in the. mining area that's known as russia's black heart millions of tons of coal have come out of the ground in the district dating back to the 1920 s. that call is mainly used in the metals industry. is the basis of the local economy

and its biggest problem when if there is no winter the smoke is so bad that it's difficult to breathe according to locals and vitali and his neighbors have had enough of life here a year and a half ago they made a video of the black snow and asked the canadian government for silence. when you said we have children and we don't want them to get cancer from the polluted environment. the most amazing thing was that the canadian prime minister very very far away reacted faster to our video than our officials. ignored us at 1st and then later governor accused us of being traitors to the homeland and to the region . we tried to get to the governor of the region to react to the activists allegations. kept putting us off telling us and i'm so i want to come

but it never did. like many people here just wants to leave. but it's not so easy. i would sell my house in an instant but it's impossible you can get rid of an apartment but an entire house i've been trying for 2 years but only 2 people have responded. the government recently announced an increase in the coal production here to help make up for falling prices. a dark day for vitali. and his neighbors. some sports news before we go and in the bundesliga is friday night's game a very dour brain and ended an 11 match unbeaten run up for visitors i judge from french. preference for a one nil up but remains ted argyle breasts and last seen meet the french for

defense to level the game shortly after halftime american striker josh sargent and then it netted the winning all helping brennan pick up 3 badly needed points i mean the team thanks for watching. can you hear me now oh yes we don't need you and how last year's german chancellor when you bring your uncle our mascot as you've never cards have been full of surprises so what is possible who is medical really what moves them part of who talks to people who follow along the way maurice and critics alike join us for michael's life stops.

china's. beijing's multi-billion dollar belt really should be extending right into europe police and 1st a section from newburgh raids to stop us all and 3rd section from side to support these are all constructed by china railway. china aims to get its goods across europe by train and southeastern and eastern european nations are vital to that strategy will enable the transportation of goods to western europe by us. a single rail corridor. for southeastern europe in particular the new silk road project back ends with promises of new investments. in these forums the chinese have come like a good firm hand of us. but china brings more than cutting edge technology

it's also prepared to invest in all other environmental a harmful processes. cartoon and they are cancer is a really horrible disease has all of us know what we're in for lost their tech we're with and it's a region torn between its loyalty to europe and the opportunities that china offers . it would be easy to convince our politicians not to get funds from the chinese for such projects if there were it was a serious attempt off europe to help us in the transition towards the corona zation . move. move move.

move move. move this is no children's model tory railway. wacom to the expression room for the project of hunger area and so when i say go away in the territory of servia place for me. is an engineer overseeing the belgrade to budapest route at the china railway headquarters visitors are shown serbia's showcase model. the beijing based engineer has travelled practically all over the world for the new silk road project. for me actually there is no such controversy because i was doing a lot of international projects not only in pakistan i was in in a job when i was in iran while others in argentina political questions are off the

table we're only permitted to ask about the technical side of the project the chinese government vets all communication the aim to tell a success story china can build railroads everywhere including in europe. from engineers perspective this is not a difficult thing it is a reconstruction project it is a reconstruction project so we have. a lot of experiences on that so when these really line is completed the travel time from and you about great station to budapest will be shortened into 3 hours. in recent years serbia has blossomed into china's most favored balkan partner. beijing has granted 10000000000 euros worth of loans to serbia more than to any

other country in the region. but the new silk road project has created hardly any jobs here even the construction is largely being done by a chinese workforce that's been a typical feature of the belgian road initiative. china imports its own builders stationing them in the host country for months at a time just as now in serbia. investment from china began flowing early as 2011 when the chinese consortium built the poop and bridge across the danube at a cost of 175000000 euros. became the symbol of sino serbian friendship. most serbs view the flow of cash from china as a good thing even if the money is only borrowed the loans from chinese state banks

are quick and cheap but construction projects are headed and carried out by chinese firms with even materials and machines made in china. serbia's chamber of commerce says it's still a good deal we need and we need good more than the railways where we can not only have the best injury trains but also good cargo potential. this is it this is you know there's no. you know he didn't join the israelis. but marco schottische is also aware that beijing's chief aim with the rail network is to get goods from china to consumers in the west china is initiative is especially good in serbia but this is about infrastructure is about how fast you are able to really proceed with the projects is all complicated for purchase and for china serbia is part of their initiative serbia as difficult there where it is

such it is important. i think the most important. aspect of this relation is that we are a louis for china logistically to the biggest. market the 500000000 people in the. serbia's friendship with china is a much celebrated one. xi jinping and other high ranking chinese officials are popular guests in serbia as evident during this state visit to belgrade in 2016 serbia holds an important strategic positions with a visible regional advantage and it will surely play an important role in this this is a big day for all of saudi after all its citizens. over the past decade chinese money has flowed into highways bridges and security technology a serbian copper mines and a steel works have also received chinese funding now the next project is on the table belgrade's metro system and the chinese want to build it. serbian opposition

politician monica temperature is critical of the plans she says there were no public tenders and believes corruption is involved. almost a. yes that that's the word alerted us was the drastic difference in estimated cost for building the belgrade subway but it put on double the sufferance of coal in the initial contract with the french firm almost 10 years ago the quoted cost was 2200000000 euro those. boards. then president aleksander church suddenly turned up with a chinese partner and the cost had doubled that this book called us now they've said it will cost $4.00 on the i am euro this week a trait that is that is checking me out of this. the.

temperature is a tireless critic of the close ties between serbia and china she says that the backroom deals often come with strings attached and there is little transparency and belgrade's cozying up to china is a strategic mistake serbia's natural allies she says is here a. single person the need to name all the problems i'm sure that no one here has a problem with foreign investment but we do have a problem when the dealings are corrupt as when far more money is spent and should be the one we have no idea of how that money's being spent with the chinese firms are all being done. handled with kid gloves because they're protected under a bilateral 2 state agreement you can't even get into their factories and yet their knees picked up an estimate that was unique or foggy. the serbian government prefers not to comment on the matter. it seems content to close ranks with china

especially when there's chance of a photo op. in 2019 chinese police officers took to the streets of central belgrade to go on patrol with their serbian counterparts. a stance of lean meant as a nod to the growing number of chinese visitors to the country it also sends a signal. china is looking out for the security of its smaller allies serbia. to move through that same year thousands of surveillance cameras suddenly turned up in central belgrade they've been supplied by the chinese telecoms giant huawei under an initiative to make the city safe for its 1300000 residents.

being observed all the time and not being able to be at least help them think that something that is affecting personal self development and in this to say it also affects one thing that is since the cameras were installed activists like having a rusa chap and trying to find out more about the deal with china but belgrade remains silent for reasons of security it says. you see them on the round monday like like a bone this this can go around and it's use for counting the player objects including people and also for facial recognition they all have facial recognition technology embedded. the cameras were installed practically overnight and without. any statistical evidence of a rise in crime. again a residual is skeptical. what is missing in the whole timeline of those hundreds thousands of cameras is actually a public debate

a debate on why we need it why the security sector is of the opinion that we really need it and what is the counter-argument so so we never debated when there was no deliberation in the parliament or in the public or amongst the experts or at least. accessible to the public to understand why why we needed. the surveillance technology is just one part of serbia's cooperation with while away. the telecoms giant plans to open a regional innovation center in belgrade aimed at promoting digitalisation in the finance education and energy sectors. china is one of those those countries they did not recognize privacy as a core human human rights and they comprehension of the right of privacy itself is not the same so for that reason this is this is always the question about whether whether we share information of such sensitive nature with with such companies

needless to say transported they the flow. we ask the serbian police for an interview and got no reply however they did tell the activist group that the facial recognition function was not in use the vena research and our group have mapped more than 1000 cameras this is the one that usually puts them on. the aim is to alert people to the presence of the camera and although data privacy isn't a hot button issue here it could hinder serbia's attempts to join the e.u. if the cameras are found to violate data protection laws.

so just why is the friendship between serbia and china held in such high esteem. pro-government journalists millimeter markets has a talk show covering national and international issues among them china. and his view of the e.u. is increasingly critical. the paper that i belong to the generation that dreamt the american dream as a young man i dreamed of joining the european union but i downtown see it happen in my lifetime as you all know. serbia has been in excess in talks with the e.u. since 2014 but its ambitions of joining the bloc are still just distant according to the talk show host this disillusionment has spurred the government to look around for other partners. or she doesn't get is your chinese have builders the bridges and roads that the europeans weren't interested in. for us the chinese have

come knock a gift from heaven. in this if you gave us locals. but also did most of the work they'll force. and while the e.u. keeps up its demands for a host of reforms china's loans come with no strings attached its message democracy isn't a prerequisite for economic growth. was a. schism that china invests much more in many other european countries and nato members than subhi of chinese goods are coming in via ports in the north to school book and.