al jazeera abuja. >> for the first time in more than half a century cuba and the u.s.ning their embassys in each other's capitols and latin america editor has been finding out how cubans think of dramatic changes now underway. >> reporter: these fortified walls were built when cuba was still a spanish colony a testament to a country that was born feeling under siege. in the 1700s it was from europeans and pirate attacks and in more recent times from the united states. she remembers all too welcoming here with her students to help build this bomb shelter, one of hundreds constructed in havana in the last 20 years. >> translator: the same way they bombed iran and iraq we felt we had to protect ourselves from attacks from the united states. >> reporter: that's why the renewal of diplomatic relations with the enemy as generations of cubans have seen the united states is a long-awaited game changer. >> it's a way of bringing us a little bit closer together after being separated so long. every cuban has a friends or relative living in the united states so what is happening n

jazeera, two bomb attacks in the nigerian city city kill at least 44 people and live to the capitol abuja for the latest. >> we are not where we need to be on several of the most difficult issues. >> reporter: u.s. secretary of state also said the deal on curbing iran's nuclear program has never been closer. [chanting] celebrations at the u.s. team bags a record win at the world cup. ♪ so the news out of greece this morning is the finance minister has a resignation for a no vote on the bail out and stepping down will help him come to a much needed agreement with creditors and says european partners prefer his absence, however, the prime minister has a lot of challenges ahead of them and greek banks are on the edge of collapse and not clear when they will open and meeting with greek party leaders to talk through the plan of attack as he plans to return to the negotiation table. well, the resignation of yanis varoufakis cames hours after they voted against the bailout offer and central athens went well in the night and final numbers were 61.3 greeks supporting the government and voting no t

yvonne ndege, al jazeera abuja. >> plane went down soon after taking off from choffu airport. crash damaged several houses and cars in the capital. >>> the funeral of a black woman who died in police custody in texas has ended in illinois. 28-year-old sandra bland was jailed after an incident with police who had pulled her over for a minor traffic offense. she was found in her sell with a plastic bag around her neck three days after the arrest. police say she handing herself but her family disputes that. >>> colombian president juan manuel.be farc resumed talked a couple of days ago after stalled negotiations. >>> the bolivian government has failed to reach an agreement with striking miners in la paz. be demanding president ivo moarms keepsvomorales keeps his promise. >>> territory rural areas are home to many traditional villages most are run down and neglected but rob mcbride has met a man on a mission to restore his family home. >>> issued gear and given a quick lessons how to, then straight to work. overseeing the harvest villager david last saw rice cultivation as a boy.

. >> reporter: this man wants to buy this 4 bedroom house in abuja. it's on sale for $250,000. he can't afford or meat the terms of a bank loan. the developer is allowing him to play in instalments, if he can't afford to finish paying he can get his money back. >> mostly in nigeria that want to buy poverty it's in cash or fool. >> it is like anyone else. it's among the basic principles. you need to have a roof over your head and it's a natural thing to honour home and shelter, giving you that security. >> in nigeria there's no culture of long-term lending. banks want borrowers to hold back the loans. borrowers get 20-30 years. consistently according to the government there's 13,000 existing home loans. property developers say banks think there's a high chance borrowers will be followers, there are other factors. they want transactions to get a return on their dividends and investors. >> at this fair in abuja, government and housing executives med to discuss reforms needed to increase home ownership, including making lands ownership easier improving the policy of construction an

live to abuja. with yvonne ndege. >> one explosion at a mosque, the popular mosque with a popular teacher and cleric and reports suggest that this particular individual was the target of this latest attack. he was somebody who had preached against boko haram and its activities. we know that boko haram had been behind so much violence in the region and he was also somebody who preached peaceful co-existence between muslims and christians in plato state which had been at the center of the crisis now and again. we know the second explosion happened at a restaurant, a restaurant apparently frequented by politicians and well to do business people. it is not clear if in the first explosion the cleric survived the violence and not clear how many people precisely have been injured. we are able to be in contact with the police force in plato state and what they originally told us was that at least 15 people had been killed as a result of those two explosion is. however in the last few minutes there are now r

abuja. >> ronrobin sanders good to have you with us.t to talk about this important -- >> thank you. >> -- this important visit today of nigeria president buhari, meeting with president obama. what do you expect will come out of this meeting? >> well first and foremost, it is a resetting reformulating and reorganizing the situation in many ways. what's going to come out of this session is for the two men to establish a relationship between them. one of the things that is very important on the agenda is the security issues in nigeria including is around the region. >> you and i have spoken in the past and you have been fairly optimistic about nigeria's willingness to help out the u.s. but there has been some tension there, even though u.s. has sent military advisors especially after the kidnapping of the girls last year. where does that stand on military cooperation especially against groups as violent as boko haram. >> as i said in the beginning this is a resetting of the relationship and i think that's important to underscore that. pres

bbc news, abuja, nigeria.katty: a year after the war between israeli forces and palestinian militant groups in gaza, it is the youngest who bear some of the deepest scars. the charity save the children says many in gaza continue to suffer from nightmares and flashbacks. our chief international correspondent has been speaking to those most affected. reporter: some of the joys of childhood have returned to the lives of young does a -- young gazans. some are gone forever. children like this 12-year-old. reporter: the last time they went to the beach to play became one of the most harrowing moments of the war. israel says its air force mistook the children for hamas fighters. reporter: the brother and three cousins were buried that day. in all more than 500 children were killed in last year's conflict. the u.n. says both israeli forces and palestinian militant groups may have committed war crimes. many children also lost loved ones, lost their homes. syed still lives in his family's flat not far from the beach, bu

she fled with her six children and two grandchildren here to this camp for the displaced in abuja andshe is happy nigerian president is traveling to the united states to meet president obama to discuss how to defeat boko haram fighters. >> we want them to give us peace peace. and they are working upside down no work no anything nothing, nothing. >> reporter: obama and bahair will talk about helping people displaced by boko haram but first many areas destroyed by the armed group will have to be rebuilt before people can think of going home. during the presidential campaign earlier this year bohair says he would defeat boko haram being president but there have been attacks by the group and killed hundreds and he is expected to ask obama for help. >> going with a wish list a shopping list that i will present to the american president to help nigeria battle and not be in the area of deploying troops or things like that but intelligence equipment and that kind of help. >> reporter: some say u.s. is in a difficult position with military equipment by nigeria and the law providing assistance

we have more from abuja. do we have any other details just now? >> well, the casualty rates are rising. a worker said that 37 people have been killed near the bus station. the first bomb went off and then a second bomb by a female suicide-bomber went off at the same bus station as people were trying to scamper forefeet safety an our later mother bomb attack was recorded then a lot of people have been killed and injured. so many people have been injured in the two attacks. these two bus stations have been attacked by boko haram in the past and it's suspected that boko haram has a habit in that even's explosions. >> what sort of effect do these attacks have on the community? i can only imagine that people are terrified. >> people are really, really terrified. boko haram suicide-bombers have decreased and they have been diminished tremendously and maybe these suicide bombs in the northeast, in gombe yorbe and it is coming at a time when we're inching closer to the start of an offensive fight. >> before the end of this month a major offensive will tak

we have this report from abuja. >> they wanted to by the house. it's on tale for $250,000. they can't afford to meet the bang loan. if they can't afford to finish paying they'll get the money back. most have to have the money in cash or in full. >> just like anyone else. it's the basic principle. you need a roof over your head and is a natural thing. >> in nigeria. there's no culture of lending. banks want the borrowers to pay back the line. subsequently according to the government there's 13,000 existing loans in a country of 70 million people. >> property developers say banks think there's a high chance of defaults. >> they want transactions to get there. >> at this time in abuja, government and housing finance executives discussed the reforms. it includes making home ownership easier. and creating policies of foreclosure. >> lands is tu expensive because of the long-winded prove tests. construction is the other challenge. where there's numbers. part of the drive of affordability is house prices. banks charge on home loans, making them more expensive. many spend most of t

. >> reporter: elisabeth has delivered all her children herself at home, on the outskirts of abuja. there were no reproductive health services here so she's not had advice on family planning or child spacing she's encouraged that the government will spend $75 million on family planning. >> some women have died. >> also a mother of five has a different view. >> translator: i don't want family planning and i don't agree with it because my husband doesn't agree with it. when he says we have enough kids we will stop. >> the u.n. says access to health care services is urgent. nigeria has the fourth largest population of women whose need for reproductive health care are not being met after india china and pakistan. preventing the deaths of nearly 10,000 women during pregnancy and child birth each year and saver the lives of 50,000 newborns. facility rate in nigeria is one of the highest in the world with the average woman giving birth to six children. >> if you have these problems and these things are population based, if you have these problems it means it is a wake up science. >> cultur

some moved to abuja. this man brought heartache and anger with him. he said his niece was kidnapped. >> the security of our lives must be assured at home. >> president buhari has made it clear that stopping boko haram is his administration's top priority. his perez assessor was criticized for failing to contain the armed group. buhari has met with military. >> let the people of nigeria go back to their normal way of life. >> for parents and family members that can't happen until their girls come home. >> now pope francis will arrive in bolivia in the next hour as part of the three-nation tour. he is using the tour to speak out against war and calling for ecological world order where the world's resources are shared by everyone. he will meet with the bolivia president, and is likelily to repeat his environmental message there. we now speak with virginia lopez who is in bolivia for us. what does it mean for people there? >> abovely i can't traditionally is a very catholic country and people have been arriveing in la paz for days. right behind me there i

. >> polio vaccine in a clinic in abuja. it's been years to give 100 million children in the region be the vaccine and to repel religious attitudes. >> the kind of agenda, either to deal with the population explosion from the muslim community secondly to in fact make some of them become barren, especially the women. >> the attitude is changing still a long way before nigeria can be declared polio free. scientists will have to analyze polio surveillance data until the end of the year. leaving pakistan and afghanistan, but there must be no new cases of polio for the next two years for nigeria to be declared polio free. >> we can't take our foot off that accelerator. we must maintain same level of resources and ensure full commitment of the health care workers. >> a uvert is hoping that nigeria will become polio free. a warning to parents who don't understand the importance of vaccinating babies against the disease. and his vaccinated four children are proof the disease can be prevented. yvonne ndege jos plato state. >>> first

. >> these newborns are given doses of the polio vaccine in a clinic income abuja. it has taken years to give 111 million children the immunization to achieve this year's milestone and the change of religious attitudes. >> there has been fear in dealing with the explosion community. and, in fact makes them feel better. especially the women. >> the attitude appears to be changing but there is still a long way to go. >> analysts will have to analyze data until the end of september. if it's all clear nigeria will be taken off the list of polio polio-endemic countries leaving afghanistan and pakistan, but there must be no new cases of polio for my otheri can't to be declared polio free. >> we can't take our foot off that accelerator. we need to maintain the same level of resources. we need to insure full commitment of health workers during multiple campaigns. >> she's hoping that nigeria will become polio free in 2017. he said being paralyzed is the consequence of parents who do not vaccinate against the machine. his four children are proof that the vaccinations work. >

we have more from the capital of abuja. >> the reports suggest that one of the targets of the attacksjust was a popular closuring who was preached peaceful coexist sentence betweencoexistence between the muslims and christians in the area. another bomb was attacked a restaurant of politicians and well-to-do businessmen. the violence comes at the end of days of violence which has seen 200 people killed by boko haram. when the president was sworn in at the end of may he came in to power promising to defeat the group. he moved the command of scroll center of the military fighting boko haram to the northeast. he ordered $20 million to support soldiers fighting the group. there have been diplomatic effort. he traveled to the g7 summit in germany and the african union summit in south africa and he visited chad and niger and they'll go to cameroon who has been affected by bomb, and they'll visit with president barack obama in the united states. and boko haram will be the main topic of discussion. but even after all the effort the government seems to be making it is not filtering down to comm

yvonne ndege reports from abuja. >> one of the targets of the attacks in jos was a popular cleric who had denounced activities of boko haram and advocated peaceful relations between muslims and christians. the other blasts which happened at a restaurant wear told it was frequented by local politicians and well to do businessmen. now it is unclear what this all means for the authorities and how they will handle this latest violence. it comes at the end of days of violence in the region which has seen more than 200 people killed by boko haram. when the new president muhammadu buhari was sworn in at the end of may remember he came into power promising to defeat the group. he moved the command and control center fighting boko haram to the northern capital supporting soldiers fighting the group there has also been diplomatic evident he traveled to the g-7 summit in germany and to south africa for african summit and to the united states to meet u.s. president barack obama where insurgency from boko haram will be the main topic. even with the effort the government seems to be taking it is no

our correspondent has the latest from the nigerian capitol, abuja. >> reporter: the attack happened asarly-morning crowd gathered for early morning dues. nobody has claimed responsibility, but fingers are already pointing to boko haram. we have seen over the last few weeks have boko haram are stepped up their operations in terms of the use of suicide bombers and other devices. hundreds of people were killed by boko haram suicide bombers in other attacks. we have seen less and less attacks on the military and security personnel in the region an indication that boko haram's capability has been degraded seriously by the military operations in that area. currently a military is underway from the multinational joint task force, from countries like nigeria, chad niger, and cameroon, as well as [ inaudible ] which is also contributing a number of soldiers to help route boko haram from the northeast region. we have seen also how boko haram has continuously focused more attention on suicide bombers targeting civilians in particular. largely because people here believe that the capabilities of b

some have moved here to this settlement in the outskirts of the capital of abuja. this man has brought heartache with him. his niece was kidnapped and is still missing. >> we need security first. the security of our lives have to be assured at home. >> in office less than two must president buhari has made it clear stopping boko haram is his administrations top priority. his predecessor was criticized for failing to contain the armed group. buhari has already met military leaders from neighboring countries and announced a joint military force to begin battling boko haram by month's end. >> we want him to take the action and end boko haram and let's have peace and let the people of nigeria go back to their normal ways of life. >> and for parents and family members that can't happen until their girls come home. al jazeera. >> pope francis has arrived in bolivia's capital to begin the next leg of his south america visit. he'll only spend four hours there due to the worries of the affect of high altitude would have on his health. he is using his latin american tour to

of five children all under 8 years old, she delivered all her children at home in the outskirts of abuja. there were no reproductive health services she's not had advice on family planning. elizabeth welcomes the news that the u.n. spends $75 million founding treatment. >> some of us had waters breaking in the middle of the night. there's no hospital. some have died. >> this person a mother of five has a different view. >> i don't want family planning and i don't agree with it. my husband doesn't agree with it. when he says we have enough kids, we'll stop. >> access to reproductive health care services is urgent. >> nigeria has the fourth largest population of women, whose needs for reproductive health care is not being correct. meeting the needs could prevent the death during pregnancy and childbirth each year and save the lives of 50,000 newborns. 90% of women in relationships have access to family planning. it's one of the highest in the world. health care workers are concerned about the impact. >> these problems and things are population based. if you have the problems. it's a wake-u

well our correspondent in the nigerian capital abuja. >> the reports suggest that one of the targets of the attacks was a popular cleric who denounced activities by boko haram and preached peaceful coexistence between muslims and christians in the area, which has been a flash point. it's not clear whether he was killed or injured in the attack. we're still trying to establish that. and another blast that happened at a restaurant that was frequented by local politicians and well-to-do businessmen. now it's unclear what this all means by the authorities and how they will handle this latest violence. it comes after days of violence, which has seen more than 200 people killed by boko haram when the new president was sworn in at the end of may. remember he came in to power promising to defeat the group. he moved the command of control system the military fighting boko haram to the northeast. he ordered the release of more than $20 million to support soldiers fighting the group. there have been a diplomatic efforts. we traveled to summits in germany and chad and to the united states to mee

yvonne ndege has more from the capital abuja. one of the attacks was a popular cleric who had denounced the attack by boko haram and preached peaceful co-existence between christians and muslims in the area, which is a flash point for many in the area. it is not clear whether he was killed or injured in that area, the restaurant was frequented by local politicians and well to do businessmen. now it is unclear what this all means for the authorities and how they will handle this latest violence. it comes at the end of days of violence in the region which has seen more than 200 people killed by boko haram. when the new president muhammadu buhari away sworn in, he moved the military to the northeast from the capital he ordered the release of more than $20 million for fighting the amped group he has also been to chafd and niger and after ramadan he will go to cameroon and to the united states to meet u.s. president barack obama where it is expected that be insurgency against boko haram will be the main topic of discussion. but there

the latest from abuja. >> we are not where we knead to be on several of the issues. >> u.s.tary of state john kerry say

killed another 48 men and boys before burning both villages to the ground and we have more now from abujaome members of the civil joint task force are ordinary nigerians who are supporting military operations against boko haram and have told us that a contingent of soldiers left the city on friday morning to investigate exactly what happened late on wednesday night. now this follows allegations again by some members of the civilian joint task force there were soldiers just 11 kilometers away when the attack took place but didn't come to the rescue. we put that allegation to military authorities and awaiting a response so far no official reaction or confirmation from the security services or the emergency services as to the extent of the violence and the official death toll or the number of people that may have been injured. this will come as a blow to president and the new government who campaigned on getting rid of boko haram when they recently came to power. it also comes hot on the heels of much diplomatic effort by the new president to try and workout a regular strategy to defeat the

the day after 48 men were shot in a raid after prayers in villages and we have more from the capitol abujaeporter: one of the targets of the attacks was a popular clerk who heard denounced activity by cow bow and preached pieceful between muslims and christians in the area which has been a flash point of religious violence for years and it's not clear if he was killed or injured in the attack and still trying to establish that the other blast which happened at a restaurant we were told it was frequented by businessmen and it's unclear what this means to authorities and how they will handle this latest violence and comes after days of violence in the region and has seen 200 people killed by boko haram when the new president was sworn in at the end of may and came into power promising to defeat the group and moved the common and control center of fighting boko haram to the north east of more than $20 million to support soldiers fighting the group and diplomatic effort and travels to the g 7 summit in germany and african union summit in north africa and chad and after ramadan goes to cameroon

. >> given doses of a polio vaccine in abuja and taken years of door to door campaigning to give 111on children in the region to give the immobilization drops to achieve this and by challenging religious attitudes. >> total rejection. they are anticipating this fear as that is an agenda either to deal with the population explosion from the muslim community, that is one. and, secondly, to make some of them compare, especially the women. >> reporter: the attitude appears to be changing but there is still a long way to go before nigeria can be declared polio free. scientists will have to analyze data until the end of september. if it's all clear nigeria will be taken off the list of polio countries leaving pakistan and afghanistan but there must be no cases of new polio for two years for nigeria to be declared polio free. >> we can't take our foot of the accelerator and ensure resources and commitment of health workers during multiple campaigns. >> reporter: she is hoping nigeria will become polio free in 2017 and stop making wheelchairs for survivors. he says being paralyzed is a warni

night happened in the town it's nearly 200-kilometers north of. [ inaudible ] we have this update from abujaorter: a member of the civilian joint task force those are ordinary nigerians who have been supporting the military in the fight against boko haram has hold al jazerra that when this attack took place the soldiers were some 11-kilometers away, but they didn't respond to calls for help and rescue. now, we have put this allegations to the military and are awaiting a response. on other details news agencies are reporting that this attack happened just at the breaking of fast period, of course it's the holy month of random and many people who were caught up in the violence many killed were worshiping when they were gunned down by boko haram. we are told boko haram came with seven vehicles and nine motorcycles. so far the security services have not commented on the details of this reports. emergencies services are not able to tell us what they were doing to treat these people. this will be a blow to the new government that came to power on a ticket of trying to defeat boko haram. much diplo

jazeera, two bomb attacks in the nigerian city city kill at least 44 people and live to the capitol abuja for the latest. >> we are not where we need to be on several of the most difficult issues. >> reporter: u.s. secretary of state also said the deal on curbing iran's

was moving the command and control center the military's command and control center from the capital abujaade no sense for senior personnel to be in the capital when the fight against boko haram is happening far way in the northeast also ordered that the treasury release $21 million to support soldiers and took the whole issue of boko haram to chad and niger met with leaders there, of course those countries have been affected by boko haram to try to work out a strategy. he also went to the g7 meeting in germany and the african union summit in johannesburg and at the end of this more he will travel to the united states to meet barack obama and it's believed that obviously security in the region will be on the agenda for discussion. so there is a lot of diplomatic activity. one might say sami, that all of this activity going on, obviously the change, and the impact is not being felt on the ground in boko haram are able to launch attacks like this. if the information we were getting about what's happening is accurate. it's a bad sign and it's a sign that clearly more needs to be done to prote

many have fled to the outskirts of abuja. this man's niece is kidnapped and still is missing. he said the government must help rebilled chibok. >> we need security first. >> in office less than two months president buhari has made it clear that stopping boko haram is his administration's top priority. his press assessor was criticized for failing to stop the group. he has announced a military force to battle boko haram by month's end. >> we'll end boko haram and let people of nigeria go back to their normal ways of life. >> and for parents and family members that can't happen until their girls come home. al jazeera. >> now just a year the software giant microsoft will hope to increase its appetites for the operating system. but phone sells will only count for 3.2% of the global market this year. we can now speak with from highland utah, what do the moves by microsoft today what are these latest moves with nokia and the redundancies of the mobile service what does that tell us about the future of the mobile phone service. >> it's probably the beginning of the end is an easy way

some have moved here to the settlement in the outskirts of the capital abuja. it has brought heartache and anger. this man's niece was kidnapped and is still missing. >> we need security first. the security of our lives has to be assured at home. >> in less than two months president buhari has made it clear that stopping boko haram is his administration's stop priority. his predecessor was criticized. >> we want him to end boko haram and let's have peace and let the people of apology jeer i can't go back to their normal ways of life. >> and for parents and family members that can't happen until their girls come home. >> pope francis is going to bolivia in the next two hours as part of a three-nation tour of south america. using his visit to speak out against war and also calling for a new ecological world order where the world's resources are shared he hopes by everyone. this was the pontiff just an hour ago leaving ecuador. lucia newman our correspondent with those queuing to see the pope. >> here thousands of people are lining the streets waiting to see pope

haram, and the first thing he did was relocate the military command control center from the capital abuja to maidugari on the basis that it made more sense for personal seen military commanders to be in the capital when the fight of boko haram is 100 miles to the northeast. he went to the meeting in germany and the summit in africa to take the issue of boko haram and he also went to chad and niger, who are important strategically. but a lot of democracicy diplomacy, but many are asking what is the end result of all of this even with all the traveling, the meetings, not to mention he would be traveling to the united states at the end of the month to talk with obama on matters of security, if all this has been done why isn't there change and protection? of course, the president has condemn what had is going on as inhumane and barbaric but no information with what the military intense to do so. >> we will bring you all the latest military sources say that boko haram fighters are streak to attack the outskirts of maidugari. now 25,000 fishermen whose livelihoods were destroyed by the gulf of

. >> these newborns are given doses of the polio vaccine in a clinic income abuja. it has taken years of door-to-door campaigning to give children the polo immunization drop. and by challenging religious attitudes. >> there has been total rejection. there is fear that there is an agenda. either to deal with the explosion community and and to make some of them become better, especially the women. >> the attitude appears to be changing but there is still a long way to go before nigeria can be declared polio free. scientist also have so analyst polio data at the end of september. if it's all clear nigeria will be taken off the list of polio endemic countries. but there must be no new cases of polio for the next two years for nigeria to be declared polio free. >> we can't take our foot off that accelerator. we need to maintain the same level of resources and reinsure full commitment of heat workers during multiple campaigns. >> she's hoping that nigeria will become polio free in 2017 so they can stop making wheelchairs for survivors. his vaccinated four children are pro

be yvonne ndege is in the capital of abuja and sent us this update. >> according to people on the groundwo female suicide bombers were behind the explosion. they apparently arrived on a commercial vehicle and in connection to one of the other blasts apparently it was a male suicide attacker who was carrying a device which went off, in a small commercial vehicle that people use as taxis across the region. so far there's been no official response to the nature and veracity of the attacks from the millmilitary. muhammadu buhari the new president did come to power promising to defeet boko haram. since being sworn in the end of may he's done a lot politically to try and show the nigerian people he's doing his best to defeat the club. he moved the command control plant to the northeast earmarked over $20 million to support soldiers who are fighting boko haram there have been a lot of diplomatic effort too. he went to the g-7 meeting in jemplegermany, the african union meeting in be south africa. south africa. he's going to meet president barack obama and the peace in the area will be top of th

haru mutasa, be be al jazeera abuja. >>> after a decade of hundreds of people disappeared in a war the colombian government has exhumed bodies from a mass grave. grave. >> reporter: welcome back to al jazeera america. i'm antonio mora. coming up in this half hour of international news the several for missing college students uncovers dozens of other graves. but first a look at the american minute. two women killed in last week's movie theater shooting, 21-year-old can maysy breaux and jillian johnson. killed by john russell houser who opened fire on a theater in lafayette. >>> the boy scouts of america made history today the organization voted to end its ban on openly gay leaders. the group agreed to allow leaders regardless of their swam orientation. >>> boston agreed to not pursue the 2024 loimple games. we will have more on what this means for games on our news tonight at 11:00 eastern. >>> the ceasefire that started last night in yemen was over almost as soon as it started. air strikes mortar shells and antiaircraft gun fire killed dozens across the country. the houthi rebels were

joining us now from abuja what is the latest there? >> so far what we're hearing from borno state is that the nigerian army has repelled the attacks on the villages. they were engaged for hours. they tried to attacks on these two villages. as you may know the last 48 hours has seen several attempts by boko haram trying to attack or launch suicide missions in maidugari. >> in february the international coalition was saying it was making gains against boko haram are you seeing that these are stopped against the gains? >> i nigerian military along side its allies from niger and chad have told the world that they have made significant gains over the past few months we've seen how boko haram has returned to its old ways of using suicide-bombers. actually the attack on the military has diminished over the last few months or so, and what we're seeing now is boko haram suicide-bombers and latest attempt targeting isolated villages so what we're seeing now is boko haram trying to reassert itself in areas why they don't feel a lot of pressure. b

some have moved here to the settlement in the outskirts of the capital abuja. yakubu mata has brought heartache with limb. his niece is still missing. he says the government must help rebuild chibok. >> we need security first. the security of our lives have to be assured at home. >> in office less than two months. president buhari makes it clear that stopping boko haram is his administration's top priority. his former be government was criticized. begin fighting boko haram by month's end. >> let the people of nigeria go back to their normal ways of life. ♪ ♪ >> reporter: an for parents and family members that can't happen until their girls come home. natasha guinane, al jazeera . >> we're joind by joined by michael kline, michael good to have you with us. there has been so much concern about these kidnapped school girls. do you think this is a serious offer on boko haram's part? >> you're right the kidnapping of the chibok school girls really brought boko haram to worldwide prominence. boko haram is just reemerging with new intensity and new form. today the new

. >> yjyvonne ndege reporting from the nigerian capital of abuja. >>> doubling the amount of time thecongress would have to undermine any agreement if they go past june 9. as james bays jay reports diplomatic editor james bays reports. >> all of the foreign minister are here in vienna and for the first time in this final stage of these negotiations, they've all been meeting together. the chinese foreign minister say they are now pretty close. >> new progress has been made in the negotiations. there are still several issues outstanding on the table. we believe that acceptable solutions can be found to these outstanding issues. hence, the comprehensive agreement is within reach. >> we're told there are only a few items on which they now have to try and get agreement but in this process the last details were always going to be most difficult ones. they'll continue meeting knows knowing that time is running out. the deadline is tuesday. there's only a matter of hours left. >> that was al jazeera diplomatic editor james bays. >> we'll take a closer look at britain pauses to remember the vi

today in a rally at abuja to bring back the missing chibok school girls. >> we want him to end boko haram and let the people of nigeria go back to their normal ways of life. >> also today boko haram offered to free 200 of the missing school girls but only this exchange of the release of boko haram members retained by the nigerian government. a look on the pressure on bohari. >> next, terrence blanchard. >> grammy award winning jazz musician terrence blanchard has had a career sifntion the since the 1980s. he's scored every spike lee film since 1981. how his latest album breathless was inspired by the deaths of eric garner and michael brown. >> clifford brown piqued my curiosity. and to me man miles has remained the model by which i kind of live my life by. the interesting thing about growing up in new orleans is that you are constantly surrounded by music and you're constantly surrounded by brass music in particular. there was branford marsalis and winton marsalis. and harry connick. second film in my career, it was probably one of the more important ones obviously because of the subject

. >> some have moved here to the settlement in the outskirts of the capital abuja. his niece was kidnapped and is still missing. he says the government must help rebuild chibok. >> we need security trust the security of our life has to be assured at home. >> in office less than two months president buhari made i.t. clear that stopping boko haram is his administration's top priority. his pred predecessor was criticized for failing to stop the group. military force will begin battling boko haram by month's end. >> we want him to take decisive action and end boko haram. let the people of nigeria go back to their normal ways of life. be. >> reporter: and for parents and family members that can't happen until their girls come home. natasha guinane, al jazeera. >> michael kline is a senior analyst for drum cusack a company associated with risk assessment. mr. kline, if we talked about france or great britain would we still be having this conversation today? >> we probably wouldn't have needed the social media impetus that got the global conversation going in the first pla

some moved to a settlement in the outskirts of a capital in abuja. this man's niece was kidnapped and is still missing. he says the government must rehelp build chibok. >> we need security, trust. the security of life needs to be assured at home. >> reporter: in office less than two months. the president muhammadu buhari made it clear stopping boko haram is a top priority. his predecessor was criticized for failing to contain the group. he met with leaders and announced a military force with neighbouring countries to battle boko haram by months end. >> we want him to end boko haram, let's have peace and bet the people of i'ming nigeria go back to a normal way of life. >> reporter: for friends and family, that can't happen until the girls come home. >>> michael is an amount for a firm detail in rick accept. a year -- in risk acceptance. a year later we are talking about bring back our girls. if we were talking about france or great britain, would very still have this conservative today? >> we probably wouldn't have needed the social media impetus. chi

president tomorrow, moved the military from abuja... >> shouldn't he meet with members of congress. binyamin netanyahu, when pet about the iranian deal, address congress. is the u.s. congress getting a pass. i have yet to see a u.s. senator in relation to bring back our girls. >> congresswoman jacqueline lee has been vocal and congresswoman maloney. they are attempting to get meetings with our president. i think that there's actually - they are people on both sides, and that is ultimately what we need. >> when i taught on the college level i used to joke with them i reached out to them on my space. none responded. they were awkward and i realized they were joking and i realized myspace was old school. 10 years from now, will the social campaigns be relevant? >> i think certainly communication online communication and social spaces is going to remain for at least the foreseeable long term. let's put it that way. in digital terms. so that i do not think is changing. there has been a lot of trends that have been happening, based on consumer user behaviour. such things as now there's re

ivan reports from abuja on from part of the story. >> reporter: reports suggest that one of the targetse attacks was a popular cleric who had denounced activities by boko haram and preached peaceful coexistence between muslims and christians in the area which has been a flash point of religious violence for many years. it's not clear whether he was killed or injured in the attack. the other blast we were told it was frequented by local politicians and well to do businessmen. now it is unclear what this all means for the authorities and how they will handle this latest violence. it comes at the end of days of violence in the region which has seen more than 200 people killed by boko haram. when the new president was sworn in at the end of may, remember he came in to power promising to defeat the group. he moved the command and control center of the military to the northeast from the capitol. the ordered the release of more than $20 million to support soldiers fighting the group. there has also been diplomatic effort, he traveled to germany and the african union summit in south africa he h

. >>> al jazeera's correspondent is in the capitol abuja. >> reporter: some more details are coming out the nature of these attacks in the northeast. we now know that a suicide bomber was behind the attack on mallory, and app -- apparently the blast happened a few meters away from a military check point. vim -- vigilantes tell us on friday morning a contend gent of soldiers went there to try to investigate what happened. eyewitness accounts are also emerging, and what we're getting is a sense of extreme violence that took place app pair rengly when boko haram attacked they stormed a mosque where they killed men and boys who were praying. they went on to burn the corpses of those they killed. they attacked mainly women and children in their homes, gunning down these women and setting ablaze many homes and businesses in the area. this latest violence will be a huge worry to the new government who came to power on a ticket of eliminating boko haram. there has been much diplomatic effort by the new president to try to work out a strategy to defeat the group, which is involving regional part

. >> thank you for that live in abuja for us in nigeria. to make is nigeria is not the only country to be hit by boko haram violence and then chad and military opposition fores against the group and then at taxattacks as well and we have a middle east and africa specialist and senior fellow with the german institute with international and security affairs and we thank you for your time, short story has boko haram simply not been weakened with four countries committing forces against it and still managing a huge number of attacks in one week what is really happening here? >> of course it's learning organization and it's more than a weakening and we see the increasing attacks in the resent days it was also maybe a response to the increase of tact ty -- activities from the new government as we just learned. >> is it because boko haram is a harder enemy to defeat as the countries thought? as you said it's got sort of tentacles everywhere and people working all over the place and trying to defeat something like that is more difficult than these

the victims and on thursday more violence, a bomb blast and we are joined by the nigerian capitol abuja tell us about the latest attack first of all and what is the military saying? >> reporter: well, sammy, the details are still on the ground because this has happened in an area where it's fairly remote there has been a lack of communications. what we have been able to do is establish contact with members of the civilian task force and people supporting military operations against boko haram and vigilantes and the attack happened late on thursday afternoon and during the attack four people were killed, one was a police officer and happened near a check point on this road this area towards mallry which is 40 kilometers from the state capitol of borno state. so far, sammy, there has been no reaction, no response from the security services that the military and police on this attack the details of these attacks and so far the emergency services have not been able to tell us exactly the extent of casualties and what they are doing to try and help those who may have been caught up in this l

blasts targeted a muslim restaurant and a mosque in jos about 150 miles northeast of the capital, abujaly 70 people were wounded, including many who were rushed to the hospital last night for treatment. the attacks were believed to be the work of islamic state affiliate, boko haram. the militants have killed more than 300 nigerians in the past week alone. >> ifill: combat in the islamic state was at the top of the agenda as president obama paid a rare visit to the pentagon this afternoon. he met with top military leaders for a briefing on the ongoing u.s.-led campaign against the militant group. afterward, the president said the fight won't be quick but acknowledged the significant progress made so far. >> our coalition has now hit isil with over 5,000 airstrikes. we've taken out thousands of fighting positions, tanks, vehicles, bomb factories and training camps. we've eliminated thousands of fighters, including senior isil commanders and over the last year we've seen that when we have an effective partner on the ground, isil can be pushed back. >> ifill: the president's statement follo