abubakar shekau led a bloody jihadist campaign in north—east nigeria.trott reports. the leader of a violentjihad is the militant group even rejected by so—called islamic state is just too rejected by so—called islamic state isjust too radical, feared by pretty much everyone. and so when report circulated that echo three, the leader of the nigerian militant group boko haram had killed himself, they were met with relief and suspicion in equal measure. in an audio recording, is the next eight west africa province said he died exposing —— exploding detonations on himself after a battle between the groups and a voice to be that of iswap leader but now we said we are so happy, describing abubakar shekau as the big troublemaker, persecutor and destructive leader of the nation ——al—barnawi. iswap split from boko haram in 2016, objecting against women suicide bombers and indiscriminate attacks. it was in a school in shiprock where hundreds of girls were abducted by boko haram in 2014, many of them remaining missing. another must kidnapping of schoolchildren also

can you confirm whether the boko haram leader, abubakar shekau, is indeed dead?alive. can you confirm that? no, zeinab, i will not want to do that, but i can tell you that i've seen very reliable security reports that said shekau is dead. you've also had a bit of a political crisis. we've discussed the health, the social and the economic crisis, but when we saw what happened in october last year, when we saw young people protesting against police brutality, called the end sars movement, and they're talking about the special anti—robbery squad, around a dozen people killed. that really does show the disconnect, doesn't it, between the youth of nigeria and the government? the youth rose at that time — they spoke, and they were heard. and i must say that i have not seen, as long as i can remember, any action by government as swift as that. because the issues that they put on the table were addressed almost immediately by the president. because there were concerns that some of the things that were reported to happen should not be happening and cannot happen, so that

abubakar shekau is said to have blown himself up when he was pursued by i—swap fighters following a battlempaign in northeast nigeria for more than a decade, and was once rejected by the islamic state group for being too radical. his death's not been confirmed by nigerian authorities. israeli police have released two palestinians who campaigned against the threatened eviction of families in the sheikh jarrah neighbourhood of occupied east jerusalem. twins muna and mohammed al—kurd were detained on sunday morning. from jerusalem, our middle east correspondent tom bateman reports. israeli police take muna el—kurd away in handcuffs. "don't be afraid," she tells her family. their case has grabbed global attention as palestinians again face being uprooted. supporters gather outside the police station where muna and her twin brother mohammed are held. theirfather nabil waits outside. "i don't care if they arrested them," he says. "because they're fighting forjerusalem. they're fighting for the quality of their life, for the right to live in their home." then as muna is released... ..israeli forc

abubakar shekau was reported dead last month, but there have been false reports of his death in the pastmed the latest report. michaela coel was the big winner at the baftas last night, winning best actress, as well as awards for writing and directing her drama i may destroy you. she then dedicated her prize to ita o'brien, who worked on the programme as intimacy co—ordinator, a role which exists to support actors in any intimate action on set. our correspondent chi chi izunda has been speaking to ita o'brien about her work and how it's changing the world of film—making. i may destroy you was one of the most talked about tv shows of 2020. and the bafta goes to... ..michaela coel. bafta's best actress winner michaela coel thanked intimacy coordinator, ita o'brien. thank you for your existence in our industry, for making the space safe, for creating physical, emotional and professional boundaries so that we can make work about exploitation, loss of respect, about abuse of power without being exploited or abused in the process. her bravery in the subject matter in drawing from her own perso

abubakar shekau is said to have blown himself up when he was pursued by iswap fighters following a battleaign in northeast nigeria for more than a decade, and was once rejected by the islamic state group for being too radical. his death's not been confirmed by nigerian authorities. a leading kremlin critic, dmitry gudkov, says he's left russia for ukraine, because of pressure from the authorities, ahead of september's parliamentary elections. mr gudkov, a former mp, said people close to the kremlin had warned him he would be arrested over a "fake" criminal case unless he left. he was picked up and held in detention for 48 hours earlier in the week. israeli police have released two palestinians who campaigned against the threatened eviction of families in the sheikh jarrah neighbourhood of occupied east jerusalem. twins muna and mohammed al—kurd were detained on sunday morning. from jerusalem, our middle east correspondent tom bateman reports. israeli police take muna away in handcuffs. "don't be afraid," she tells her family. their case has grabbed global attention as the two palestinians

abubakar shekau is said to have blown himself up when he was pursued by iswap fighters following a battleety in 2014 with the abduction of 276 schoolgirls, sparking the #bringback0urgirls trend. shekau was once rejected by the islamic state group for being too violent and radical. shekau's death has not been confirmed by the nigerian authorities. israeli police have released two palestinians who campaigned against the threatened eviction of families in the sheikh jarrah neighbourhood of occupied east jerusalem. twins muna and mohammed al—kurd were detained on sunday morning. from jerusalem, our middle east correspondent tom bateman reports. israeli police take her away in handcuffs. don't be afraid she tells her family. their case has grabbed global attention as palatine the two palestinians again face being uprooted. supporters gather outside the police station where her and her twin brother mohammed i held. their father waits outside. translation: i don't care if they arrested l them, he says. because they're fighting forjerusalem. they're fighting for the quality of their life, for the