boka was at the capitol in 2011 blowing up the u.n. and dozens were killed and injured but since then things have been peaceful there. but this city is the fortified part of the country and if they are behind this it will contradict statements by the nigeria government that the group is diminished and on the run and i'm in nigeria. >> they will go ahead with the world economic forum meeting next month and mounting the largest security operation ever under taken for an international summit. let's get more on the kidnapping in libya and join andrew simmons live in tripoli. andrew, what happened? >> well, laura, the ambassador for jordan was traveling in his official car on his way from home to the embassy and then suddenly it came under attack by at least two other vehicles. there was gunfire and his driver was shot in the leg. the car came to a halt obviously and then at least two men dressed in civilian clothes took the ambassador at gunpoint and abducted him. we have heard this from the foreign ministry, all of those points have been

boka haram said it wants to establish an islamic state in northern nigeria. amnesty international said more than 1500 people are being killed this year alone. it's hard to know who's safe. the targets have been so widespread. schools, mosques, markets and military have been hit. >> here at the scene you get a real sense of the power of the explosion. this whole area and all of these buses would have been packed with commuters at the time. people have thought that abuja was safe. there hasn't been an take here for two years. this sends a great deal of fear across the city and across the country. the government said the war against boka haram is being won but there's little evidence to back that up. maybe this will be a wake up call to make people realize that all is not well in nigeria. will russ, bbc news abuja. >>> you're watching bbc world news america. still to come tonight, one year after the boston marathon bombing. we return to visit one father who's life was changed forever that day. >>> robotic submarine was sent deep into the southern indianaian ocea

it looks like the work of boka hara--bow co-had a ram. it looks like this might be the kind of thing that they might be hyped. >> the justice department saying it will investigate the smooth negotiation kansas as a possible hate crime. a suspected white supremacist under arrest for killing three people sunday. he open fired at a jewish community center killing a man and his grandson and then the police say he killed a woman near a jewish retirement village nearby. >> we're investigating it a as a hate crime and criminal act. we know that there was a shotgun involved. we're exploring the possibility that a handgun was involved in shooting at the two persons that he missed, and we're looking at a possibility of an assault rifle. >> he's described as a former klu klux klan leader. >>> jury selections but under way in new york in the trial of a former leader in london. he finally goes on trial in the u.s. courts. after a decade of courtroom challenges in the u.k. he was extrextradited to the united st. he is accused of conspiring to keetothe

no group has claimed responsibility of the attack, but it looks like the work of boka haram, the groupehind bombings in the area, the group that believes western education is wrong. we've seen attacks but we've never seen on this scale of mass abduction. >> the war of literacy focuses on countries of how well we read and write, that includes the u.s. we go to mississippi, the state with the biggest problem. >> reporter: sometimes the best thing to do for children's literacy is a kind of first aid. before she can teach the toddlers to read, she has to take on the crippling hardships they bring with them. >> i had a father tell me, he say, i actually don't know how to be a father. he said because i don't come with a manual. so what i see is we nope help. >> reporter: a report by the n.e.e. casey ranked mississippi last in literacy along with new mexico. a few places have it worse than moorhead. across the u.s. literacy has been on the rise, but the gap between rich and poor keeps getting wider, and that hits especially wide in the mississippi delta, the poorest part of the nation's poore

boka was in the capitol in 2011 blowing up the u.n.ices and dozens killed and injured but since then things have been relatively peaceful there. but latest attack worries many and this is the most fortified part of the country and if they are behind this it will contradict statements by the nigeria government that the group is diminished and on the run, i'm with al jazeera in nigeria. >> jordan ambassador to libya has been kidnapped and armed men in two cars targeted the vehicle in the capitol tripoli and injured the driver and they called his wife to say he is okay. andrew simmons is live from tripoli. what happened andrew and any idea where he might be? >> reporter: no idea whatsoever, david. it should have been a routine morning. he set out his official car from home to the embassy and a number of vehicles were involved in an attack on the driver who took a gunshot wound to the leg. he is now in hospital. two men in civilian clothes hooded, then at gunpoint took the ambassador away. no one knows where he is and there has been no ind