and boko haram a so far proved to be a resilient fall in northeastern nigeria. well boko haram is still holding many more people hostage al-jazeera is katherine sawyer met some of their families as well as former captives of the armed group in mother garley in northeastern nigeria . these mothers in my golly a desperate for news of their teenage daughters who were kidnapped by boko haram almost three years ago their tag of also killed men in the village in northeast nigeria. was seventeen years old woman. only god knows where she is i've been praying to him to bring her back we'll keep a saying maybe you can help us find her several other girls from this area have returned home after fleeing the boko haram kept his which gives this mother's hope thousands of people mostly women and children have been abducted by boko haram managed to escape say they were forced to become wives signed up how was life with her. we suffered a lot my husband beat me but i made good friendships with other women who had also been abducted. and how did you manage to escape. one day my

boko haram is not just a nigerian problem. militant group also operates in neighboring countries. the region has long been plagued by terrorism, as well as human trafficking and drug smuggling. hopes now lie and cooperation between the g5 countries, which include mauritania, niger, burkina faso, and chad. today, defense members of the region are meeting in paris. french president emmanuel macron has been pushing to create an international anti-terror force in the region. at the meeting today, he aims to set down a concrete timetable for that force. france says that donor countries have pledged a total of around 300 million euros. saudi arabia has paid 100 million euros. the u.s. has put in 50 million euros, as have the european union and the g5 members. the force will include 5000 soldiers, and they will target groups like so-called islamic state, boko haram, and al qaeda, all of which are active in that region. correspondent lisa louis is in paris and has been following that meeting. she sent us this report. lisa: g5 member c

in the north east of nigeria now some also believe that these particular video is to show that boko haram is still a potent force and its struggles in the east are stunned nigeria the nigerian military and government in the past few months have announced that they have continued their operations with remarkable success against boko haram rescued more than a thousand people and of course damaging the command and control structures of boko haram book or on its part has released videos showing that it has kept and destroyed military equipment from the nigerian forces as well as forces from neighboring countries operating in that region. there's been a shootout between venezuelan special forces and a former police pilot has been a run for more than six months after he stole a police helicopter and attacked government buildings or scupper as posted videos of himself on social media showing his injuries from the clashes he said he was negotiating his surrender but told his children he loves them and hopes he sees them again in june last year peres used a stolen helicopter to not grenades and sh

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the girls from this area have returned home after fleeing their boko haram a cop his which gives this mother's hope thousands of people mostly women and children have been abducted by boko haram managed to escape say they were forced to become wives signed up how was life with her. we suffered a lot my husband beat me but i made good friendships with other women who had also been abducted and how did you manage to escape. one day my husband left in a hurry he didn't tell me where he was going then i heard nigerian soldiers were coming so i just started walking. in twenty four thousand more than two hundred girls were kidnapped from the secondary school in chibok some escaped the least of the negotiations between the government and. one in a hundred girls remain prison as. the catholic church is taking care of girls who risk being kidnapped if they return home anybody that has had any clues contact with and stayed with them for a month or two months or more when they come back to the community the suspicion is still there are these people really back to the coverage in the community or

. -- boko haram. a reporter joins us now. good evening.more can you tell us about this bombing? >> the emergency officials put the number of people at 65 injured, but it is difficult to do verify those numbers because our colleagues are not able to go out because there is a curfew overnight. no group has been responsibility for the attack yet, but it is likely boko haram is behind it. they have attacked here before. the area where it happened is in the out parts of the state capital. it is the area where a lot of displaced people live, those who come from the rural areas to seek a safer place, first. the security forces take a long time to check everybody before they allow them to enter the town. it is a buffer zone, which makes it easy to attack for terrorists. the information we have is one of the suicide attackers was a woman, and there is another sign boko haram might behind death be behind it because they have been using women and young girls, forcing them to carry out suicide attacks. brent: there is been another incident, gunmen in

and boko haram a so far proved to be resilient fall in northeastern nigeria police in brazil sending one hundred prisoners are still on the run after their fledging a riot nine inmates were killed and fourteen injured when a group of prisoners stormed the wing of the jail controlled by a rival gang it happened in the city of going on here near the capital personell police say they've recaptured more than half of the two hundred forty prisoners who were skunked. the united nations says that yemen is in the grip of the world's worst humanitarian crisis with twenty one million people suffering from war and a saudi in the blockade and the latest in our series looking ahead to the year's big stories a solid reports now on what lies ahead for the country. good imagination and the skeleton of a motorbike it's all these children how they live in one day they're one of yemen's most impoverished regions import dependent and cash starved countries been under a saudi led blockade since two thousand and fifteen use of not sure what the new year will bring all his family has is a hot cobbled toget

and new video from nigeria group boko haram appears to show several schoolgirls almost four years after they were kidnapped. president has promised to strangle what he's describing as a terror army for me along his country's border with syria. once rhetoric is in reference to a thirty thousand strong kurdish led border force that's being set up in northern syria with the u.s. backing he's also planning an imminent offensive against kurdish forces in syria shot at. now the united states has confessed that they are forming a terror army along our border what we have to do is to strangle this terror army on our borders before it is born i was zero seven concealed who has the latest from antakya in turkey india syria's border. prisons are done today also war that turkey will be drawn thing these groups because turkey's c s y p g which is the backbone of s.t. have syrian democratic forces as an offshoot of p.k. the kurdistan workers' party and it's an alp old organization for turkey e.u. and the united states they are listed as terrorist groups so turkey says it as if it's a united states is

i jerry's military says more than seven hundred people held hostage by the armed group boko haram of managed to escape they were found near mangano close to the northeastern border with chad the military says many of the captives were farmers and fishermen who were being kept as forced laborers or those who escaped were among thousands of people believed to have been kidnapped by a book in northeastern nigeria catherine so i went to my golly wishing that former captors of the group and families of girls still held hostage. this mother's in my dog a desperate for news of their teenage daughters who were kidnapped by boko haram almost three years ago their tag of also killed men in the village in northeast nigeria. was seventeen years old a woman. only god knows where she is i've been praying to him to bring her back will keep saying maybe you can help us find to several other girls from this area have returned home after fleeing the boko haram a cop his which gives this mother's hope thousands of people mostly women and children have been abducted by boko haram to escape say they were

and boko haram has so far proved to be a resilient fall in northeastern nigeria and northeastern nigeria they show there are pockets around fillings launched and so i went to cali where she spoke to former captives of the group the families of those still being held hostage. this mother's in my golly a desperate for news of their teenaged daughters who were kidnapped by boko haram almost three years ago their tag of also killed men in the village in northeast nigeria. was seventeen years old woman. only god knows where she is i've been praying to him to bring her back will keep saying maybe you can help us find her several other girls from this area have returned home after fleeing the boko haram kept his which gives this mother's hope thousands of people mostly women and children have been abducted by boko haram managed to escape. they were forced to become wives signed up how was life with her . we suffered a lot my husband beat me but i made good friendships with other women who had also been abducted. and how did you manage to escape. one day my husband left in a hurry he didn't tell

place the nigerian military says more than seven hundred people held hostage by the armed group boko haram have managed to escape they were found. close the north eastern border with chad the military says many of the captives were farmers and fishermen who were being forcibly kept in labor camps towards the end of last year al jazeera is katherine sawyer visited the region in northeast nigeria where people have been living in the shadow of boko haram while there she met with former captives and the families of people still held hostage by the group. this mother's in my golly a desperate for news of their teenaged daughters who were kidnapped by boko haram almost three years ago their tag of also killed men in the village in northeast nigeria. was seventeen years old a woman. only god knows where she is i've been praying to him to bring her back we'll keep a search maybe you can help us find her several other girls from this area have returned home after fleeing the boko haram kept his which gives this mother's hope thousands of people mostly women and children have been abducted by boko h

threats against a free and might affect that cooperation in the future the militant islamist group boko haram has released a video which purports to show some of the girls kidnapped from the nigerian town of chibok nearly four years ago in the video one of the young women pledges her allegiance to boko haram she also says that she pities the girls who were returned to their families following talks between the government and the militants about one hundred of the girls are still thought to be in captivity. for more on this now i'm joined by our correspondent adrian crean she is in law goes nigeria good evening to you adrian so bring us up to speed on the story here of the chibok girls and what we know right now. reverend it's almost four years ago that those girls were abducted and you might recall that about two years for about two years there was little information at all about the whereabouts of these two hundred nineteen girls despite the international outcry despite the bring back our girls campaign that was happening abroad but also here in nigeria only in october two thousand and sixte

months have announced that they have continued their operations with remarkable success against boko haram rescued more than a thousand people and of course damaging the command and control structures of boko haram book or on its part has released videos showing that it has captured and destroyed military equipment from the nigerian forces as well as forces from neighboring countries operating in that region. you're watching all does there are still to come on the program athens as a standstill in protest as the greek government votes on more sturdy measures to satisfy its creditors and south korea makes public transport free during peak travel times to tackle air pollution in seoul but will it work. hello there the weather is quite mobile all across the middle east at the moment we're going to fair amount of cloud drifting its way across us one of them is now working its way across towards our marty the next one's working its way across the caspian sea we're also seeing more cloud make its way into the western parts of turkey that's the one that's going to give us most of the precipitatio

well while sammy says the that declaration by the nigerian president that boko haram has been defeated i looked at a lot of nigerians who are not comfortable with that until they see the book quote i'm sorry and drink in numbers and that has not happened and since that declaration we've seen book quite i'm launching daring and sometimes devastating attacks some of these attacks happen in the months after the and all spent by president mohamed behind me however one one credit goes to the nigerian government and its military is that they were able to free up a lot of local government areas and lot of areas that weren't held by before i don't remember more than eighty percent of the bottom of stayed in northeastern nigeria the birthplace of boko haram was occupied by the fighters and certain percentage about thirty forty percent of your base state was also occupied bible quote and they made parts of the most state in the northeast still ungovernable for a very long time especially the medically and which attack in places like hong and even be now these areas have been largely what the mil

kidnap more than one hundred tribal girls and hundreds of other captives are still being held by boko haram the parents left waiting and desperate to see them again armitage grease al-jazeera a border. the united arab emirates has accused cattery air force jets of twice intercepting civilian aircraft during flights to bahrain qatar foreign minister has denied the allegation and u.s. central command in the middle east so it hasn't received any reports of civilian flights being intercepted in the gulf skies and reports. and amorality passenger plane takes off from dubai on monday the civil aviation authority of the united arab emirates said two qatari jets had intercepted a plane like this bound for her reign but in international airspace later u.a.e. state media reported a second battery inbound plane had been intercepted by qatari jets qatar totally denies the claims we are used to such false claims. as the. national. agency of the national agency. the small i'd go through for the normal people but. for countries. and high tech and. radar image and it's will be obvious for them that this is

jurors military says more than seven hundred people held hostage by the armed group boko haram have managed to escape or find near close to the north eastern border with chad the army says many of the captors were farmers and fishermen who were being kept in forced labor camps booker army is still holding many more people hostage catherine sawyer met some of their families waiting news of their loved ones as well as former captives of the armed group in but the garley in northeastern nigeria. these mothers in my golly are desperate for news of their teenaged daughters who were kidnapped by boko haram almost three years ago their tag of also killed many in the village in northeast nigeria. brahim still has her robbie was seventeen years old woman. only god knows where she is i've been praying to him to bring her back will keep a saying maybe you can help us find her several other girls from this area have returned home after a few in the boko haram kept his which gives this mother's hope thousands of people mostly women and children have been abducted by boko haram managed to escape like sig

the militant islamist group boko haram has released a video which purports to show some of the girls kidnapped from the nigerian town of chibok nearly four years ago in the video one of the young women pledges her allegiance to boko haram she also says she pities the girls who are returned to their families following talks between the government and the militants about one hundred of the girls are still fucked to be in captivity. we'll be speaking with our correspondent in nigeria just a little bit later in the program. it's. well boko haram is not just a nigerian a problem the militant group also operates in neighboring countries the region has long been plagued by terrorism as well as human trafficking and drug smuggling well hopes now line cooperation between the so-called g five countries which include mori taney out mali for kenya faso niger and chad today defense ministers of the five style region countries are meeting in paris french president a minimal krohn has been pushing to create an international anti terror force in the style region and the meeting today aims to send do

it's the third attack in three days in the region, which is at the centre of the boko haram islamist trump's former chief strategist steve bannon won't appear before a grand jury in the special counsel investigation into links between the trump election campaign and russia. us media are reporting that bannon has struck a deal to meet with robert mueller and his team instead, with his lawyer present. britain is to up its contribution towards border controls in france and commit to taking more migrants, especially unaccompanied minors. the money will be spent on fencing, security cameras and body scanners at calais and other channel ports. the deal will be announced at an anglo—french summit on thursday. questions are being raised in venezuela about the government's a meeting of turkey's top security body has recommended extending the state of emergency, for the sixth time since the failed coup in july 2016. president erdogan chaired the meeting, though parliament still needs to approve the extension. at least 50,000 people have been arrested since the attempt to overthrow the presiden

it's the third attack in three days in the region, which is at the centre of the boko haram islamist is to up its contribution towards border controls in france and commit to taking more migrants, especially unaccompanied minors. the money will be spent on fencing, security cameras and body scanners at calais and other channel ports. the deal will be announced at an anglo—french summit on thursday. fighting is intensifying in idlib — the last syrian province still in rebel hands. but as the devastating conflict enters its eighth year, all main cities are in the hands of president assad's forces, including the city of aleppo. our chief international correspondent, lyse doucet, reported from aleppo in the last days of the fighting a year ago. she's returned to the ancient city to see what's changed since. dawn holds little fear now for the city of aleppo. gone are the warplanes, at least from here, and a train now runs from east to west. aleppo is back in government hands, its tallest building leaves you in no doubt. nor do the songs school children sing in praise of their president, i

insists negotiations are ongoing to secure the release of the girls and hundreds of others held by boko haram but while this is going on the country's military has continued to operations i guess the fighters in the northeast something that could jeopardize their release parents and campaigners have identified some of the goes in the new video saying it's prove the government needs to do more to bring them home as far as we're concerned we hold them to what they were released say they said that most of our friends asked still a life if any number of to get that up tallie was such an insight you know it was it was less number than the kind of numbers that people had said where dead. despite government claims of victory both quote i'm continues to adapt to its losses targeting isolated communities transport convoys and public places nearly four years on from that kidnapped more than one hundred people girls and hundreds of other captives us still being held by boko haram their parents left waiting and desperate to see them again amid a grease al-jazeera object. several students have been injure

nigeria's military says it has rescued one of the schoolgirls abducted by boko haram in two thousand and fourteen salome paul who was found with another girl and the child by troops the point in the town of poker they are now receiving medical attention the abduction of more than two hundred seventy students from the town of shoe box four years ago drew huge international attention and widespread criticism of the nigerian authorities eighteen people have been killed and more than two hundred injured in a train crash in south africa many of the victims were on their way home after the holidays when a truck smashed into the carriages at a railway crossing twenty page reports from johannesburg. the shosholoza main is a popular train for families during the busy holiday season it was hitting from the beaches of port elizabeth to johannesburg but several hours south of the city it collided with a truck and trailer at a level crossing officials say the driver had tried to beach the train across the track he walked away with minor injuries. clog the driver was taking turns we thought. throu

here with the news from al-jazeera still to come on the program a video released by boko haram offers a new chilling glimpse of some of the hundreds of schoolgirls kidnapped nearly four years ago plus. a protest against pope francis. why. added support the last gasp touchdown that secured a remarkable playoff victory in the n.f.l. is here with all the details and a little over thirty minutes. we'll find out whether she gets bail after a video of her slapping and hitting israeli soldiers went viral she was arrested a month ago and faces a prison sentence for assault stone throwing at incitement hours before the incident it's causing muhammad was seriously injured when israeli soldiers fired a rubber coated steel bullets at his face amnesty international has called for immediate release meanwhile the palestinian liberation organization central council is holding the second day of meetings in the occupied west bank on sunday palestinian president mahmoud abbas told the council that donald trump's efforts to mediate talks with israel was shameful he says that palestine will no longer reco

bodies nigeria's military says more than seven hundred people were held hostage by the armed group boko haram of managed to escape they were found in mongolia that's close to the northeastern border with chad the army says many of the captives were farmers and fishermen who are being kept in forced labor camps well those are the headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera after rebel architecture statement consulted by fire. the head of the september twenty fourth national election survey showed a satisfied to the state of the economy this is easily the start news biggest tech success story the company was poor by microsoft in two thousand and eleven we bring you the stories to the shaping the economic world we live in counting the cost at this time. he takes his own ways to find the human. from the simplest to the greatest money. rebellion is underway. led by a new breed of hockey team puts people before i call. the tech using the tools of the trade. least trying to. redefine. ilo. yeah. he does that yup i got a ploy. if they shout that me. now i must only go about seduction the chemical

never coming back nearly three hundred girls were abducted from their school by the armed group boko haram in april twenty fourth teen about sixty escaped soon afterwards and around one hundred still believed to be in captivity. those who we are the chibok girls you have been crying that we should be released but by the grace of allah we will not return home . and these thirty eight people have been killed after two suicide bombs were detonated during rush hour in the iraqi capital baghdad with one hundred others were wounded in the attack which happened in a busy commercial district where laborers had gathered in search of work is the fourth attack on the capital in the past forty eight hours students on a tour of indonesia's stock exchange have had a remarkable escape from serious injury when a walkway suddenly collapsed at least seventy five people were taken to hospital in jakarta and police say none of the injuries is life threatening an investigation is underway to determine why the floor caved in. but he's in greece a fired tear gas at protesters outside parliament in athens as poli

girls were abducted by the own group boko haram in april twenty fourth teen about sixty escaped you know afterwards and around one hundred still believed to be in captivity pope francis has landed in chile for a visit that's steeped in controversy. security has been ramped up ahead of his arrival at least five churches have been vandalized in chile in recent days and protests are expected to be held against the cover up of alleged sexual abuse in the catholic church. in the united arab emirates is accused force jets of twice intercepting civilian emirates yeah craft during flights to bahrain qatar as foreign minister has denied the allegation and u.s. central command in the middle east says it hasn't received any reports of civilian flights being intercepted in the gulf skies. police in greece are fired tear gas or protesters outside parliament in athens as politicians inside debated a new series of austerity measures needed to trigger a final round of bailout loans to build includes measures to make it more difficult for workers to strike rebel architectures up next tuesday with a c.r.

and chair is military says more than seven hundred people held hostage by the armed group boko haram have managed to escape the. close to the north eastern border with chad those are the headlines up next it's from a near people in power. i mean if you were. going to let me you know. once the most corrupt country in the european union romanian society is engaged in an unprecedented fight against corruption. on the thirty first of january twenty seventh in the biggest protests since the fall of romanians communist dictatorship broke out in the streets of. the newly sworn in government had secretly passed to be greek that would grant its members immunity from prosecution on some corruption charges. hundreds of officials including businessmen mayors government ministers and members of parliament have been charged and convicted at the center of it all is an independent judicial body the national lead to corruption directorate for d.n.a. in early twenty sixteen the d.n.a. steve prosecutor announced a sharp spike in corruption charges for three missions for the carter based on me endorse t

nigeria's military says it has rescued one of the schoolgirls abducted by boko haram in two thousand and fourteen salome paul who was found with another girl and the child by troops the ploy the in the town of pull up the abduction of more than two hundred seventy students from the town of chibok four years ago a truck that huge international attention the u.s. and south korea have agreed to delay a joint military exercises until after the winter olympics president trump called president in to say that he hoped into korean talks on tuesday would lead to good results the white house says the leaders also agreed to continue to exert maximum pressure on north korea say without zehr face to face continues next. max and martin luther king two legendary figures with opposing visions for american civil rights and into their rivalry plays out on prime time television in the united states common. dr king is equality and all right citizenship or not the goal of dr martin luther king is to give negro the chance to sit in a segregated restaurant plain white man alive four hundred years the goal

from daesh how to occupy territories, how to manage territories, how to collect taxes, and the boko haram is a good, how to say, student. and they have implemented what they have learned from daesh in syria and iraq. so it's an area where international attention should be concentrated much more, because as long as finance as terrorism is there. and the problem is there is a kind of mutualization of resources, human and material resources between the terrorist groups and criminal groups. the roads for cocaine are secured by the terrorist groups. the roads for hashish are secured by the terrorist groups. and so on. so, there is a great need for the international community to concentrate on this issue and to cut the problem from its origin. thank you. >> thank you. ambassador tamek, you talked about some interesting and cutting-edge work you're doing inside the prisons in terms of amnesty, reconciliation. you've talked to a lot of jihadi salafi prisoners that have come through your system. what has surprised you about what you learn from these people, from the new generation of jihadi salafi

genie: an update on the remaining girls being held by militant islamic group boko haram. a new video appears to show 14 of the schoolgirls abducted from the northeast nigerian town almost four years ago. at least three of the group are seen carrying babies. in the united states, donald trump has vehemently denied he is a racist three days after reportedly referring to african and haitian immigrants is coming from "shithole countries." the u.s. president reportedly made those comments at an immigration meeting last week, but trump denies he used the word and has made no moves to apologize. let's get the report. >> o on the defensive about reports of foul l language and racist comments -- i am theent trump: least racist person you have ever interviewed. >> donald trump has denied he said haiti in african nations ," but multiple sources say he used the term repeatedly. amid outrage, the repubublican establishment is saying -- >> are you saying the president did not use the word that is reported? >> i am telling you he did not use that word, and i am telling you it is a gross

kidnap more than one hundred tribal girls and hundreds of other captives are still being held by boko haram the parents left waiting and desperate to see them again armitage reese al-jazeera object. as much more to come on the news hour including why this venezuelan a former police pilot has been involved in a shootout with special forces. united states marks the birthday of civil rights leader martin luther king jr. and rafael nadal places first competitive match after injury on day one of the australian open in a tiny little town in sport. the united arab emirates is accused cattery air force jets have twice intercepting civilian aircraft during flights to bahrain qatar foreign ministry has denied the allegation and u.s. central command in the middle east says it hasn't received any reports of civilian flights being intercepted in the gulf skies and the about the reports. and amorality passenger plane takes off from dubai on monday the civil aviation authority of the united arab emirates said two qatari jets had intercepted a plane like this bound for hurricane but it international airspa

months have announced that they have continued their operations with remarkable success against boko haram rescued more than a thousand people and of course damaging the command and control structures of boko haram book or on its part has released videos showing that it has kept and destroyed military equipment from the nigerian forces as well as forces from neighboring countries operating in that region. there's been a shootout between venezuelan special forces and a former police pilot who's been on the run for more than six months after he stole a police helicopter and attacked government buildings aska paris posted videos of himself on social media showing his injuries from the clash he said he was negotiating his surrender but told his children he loves them and hopes he sees them again in june last year prayer's used a stolen helicopter to throw grenades and shoot at government buildings in caracas but francis is on his way to south america his first stop will be chile where at least five churches have been vandalized in recent days and protests are expected to be held against the co

on both sides of this border between nigeria and northern niger, boko haram recruit idle youth.he big urban areas. from here, we followed one man who has left to make it big in lagos. it's a well—trodden route from this quiet rural village to the city. his family are talking about the son and brother, the husband and father, who left his wife and one—year—old boy behind. translation: we don't have money to eat, so we had to send the boy to go and look for money. he sends around $100 every now and again which they use for the farm, food, and clothes. it's quite a contrast, moving from a village of 7,000 people to africa's largest city. this wasn't quite what muktar had in mind, but optimism is emblazoned across his chest. translation: i don't have it easy. but then i realised how much hard it was to get work. but you can't just sit here without a job. i wanted to buy and sell, to have a shop, and to make enough money to go back to school to get the rest of my education. every day thousands of people arrive in lagos, africa's largest city, looking for the same thing, a new start i

insists negotiations are ongoing to secure the release of the girls and hundreds of others held by boko haram but while this is going on the country's military has continued to operations i guess the fighters in the northeast something that could jeopardize their release. parents and campaigners have identified some of the goes in the new video saying it's prove the government needs to do more to bring them home as far as we're concerned we hold them to what they were released say they said that most of our friends asked still a life if any number of to get that up tallie was such an instant you know it was it was less number than the kind of numbers that people had said we're dead. despite government claims of victory continues to adopt its losses targeting isolated communities transport convoys and public places nearly four years on from the kidnap more than one hundred girls and hundreds of other captives are still being held by boko haram parents left waiting and desperate to see them again armitage greece al-jazeera. a california couple has been charged with. they're facing charges of to

nigeria's military says more than seven hundred people held hostage by the armed group boko haram have managed to escape they were found in a long qunu close to the north eastern border with china and the military says many of the captives were farmers and fisherman who were being kept as forced laborers south korea has accepted the north's rare offer of talks proposing the two sides meet next tuesday seoul said the meeting would mainly focus on north korea's participation in the upcoming winter olympics which are being held in south korea. so the top stories stay with us next up walls of shame takes a look at the us mexico border. this is the u.s. mexican border a harsh landscape that's become the focus a bitter debate between the two countries. yes how can a oh ok we'll build the wall but always get uptight. apostolou the right and i got it right. in the film we're about to show you the first ad in two thousand and seven it questions a policy that's become even more contentious today. the sonoran desert in the south of the united states a harsh hot and unforgiving landscape straddlin

. >> for instance at facebook, if you are boko haram, you cannot have a page on facebook, even if you're just talking about the lovely weather. >> today's testimony follows hearings last november when company execs were questioned about russia's efforts to use social media to interfere with the presidential election. >>> apple announced a plan today to pour 350 milli$350 million b the economy. the plan includes the construction of another corporate campus and the hiring of 20,000 new workers over the next five years. the move takes advantage of the recently passed tax bill allowing apple to bring back more than $250 billion in offshore cash, generating a tax bill of roughly $38 billion. apple says it will announce the location of that second campus this year, and ceo tim cook says it won't be here in california or in texas. >>> oakland mayor libby shaft took steps today she hopes will alleviate the affordable housing crisis. she says she will -- they include a $500 cash signing bonus, up to $2,500 in interest free loans for repairs and upgrades and to pay current section 8 property owner

the baker from damascus whose house is bombed, the girl who's chased out of her school by boko haram.e are people fleeing for their lives, literally, and making sure that that integrity of the definition of a refugee is clear and is properly adjudicated -- that's absolutely vital to making this really possible. the second thing that i think is really important is that we recognize that there needs to be work at both ends of the refugee crisis, both in the countries that are sheltering most refugees -- after all, the top-10 refugee-hosting countries are not britain, america, france. they are kenya, ethiopia, lebanon, jordan, turkey. these are relatively poor and lower-middle-income countries. and we need an effective humanitarian aid system, as well. so, "rescue" is your book, and you're writing it not just as the president of the irc, but also as a former foreign minister. i say that because, clearly, you have policy in your experience and background. so what are the solutions? well, the biggest argument i make here is that the refugee crisis is not insoluble. it's not unmanageable. g

starting with nigeria there is massive this type illustration of the populace in the not is we had the boko haram consistently page in the social life life of the people in the place between two thousand and fifteen and now there's been some appreciable improvement in the security of loss of property in the not is but that has been replaced by is the climate of instability in the north central and also part of the not is i talk about this like terrible like a ben when this north central plateau and the rest so there's a climate of the security even here in nigeria and conduct there otherwise i would say that is why has the failed on that count. well one of the reasons why you do within the air you played some more fundamental role is that there's be muslim movement in and out of nigeria for a thousand other african countries within the sub region. in a manner that if the african you know where strong where you are active and a vision that should have been able to stop the free movement of terrorists from one country to the other that religious dainty gratian that you want to see the cop pressure

and border security i jury says more than seven hundred people held hostage by the armed group boko haram have managed to escape they were found near close to the northeastern border with chad the military says many of the captives were farmers and fisherman who are being kept as slaves i mean agrees has the latest from a booter. the more than seven hundred hostages fled their captors after what the nigerian army called grown elephants of over the last few weeks in northeastern nigeria now these areas they fled from are actually islands in the lake chad because of the receding waters of the league on the borders with nigeria cameroon and child some islands forming in the middle of the lake and these have been populated by villagers who are mostly farmers and fisherman now they have escaped after the army or the military read in the lake child region of northeastern nigeria now this is coming this discovery of large number of hostages kept the bible quote came almost a year after the nigerian government announced that a bookworm has been technically defeated a lot of nigerians are not comf

injured by two suicide bombs in the city of my degree in northern nigeria official suspect the group boko haram to be behind the attacks. a leading voice in hong kong's pro-democracy movement has been sentenced to jail for a second time for his role in protests in two thousand and fourteen joshua wong has been given a three month jail term for contempt of court and has already been taken into custody. where you can get much more on all those stories on our website you can see it on your screens right now the address al jazeera dot com and of course i'm going to have everything on those stories coming up on the al-jazeera news hour that's in less than half an hour coming up next though its inside story thanks for watching. some call it the business of death the worldwide arms trade is booming and the number of dead from wars gun battles and on gang crime is rising with thousands killed every day is it possible for governments to control powerful companies that dominate the global weapons market this is inside story. hello welcome to the program i'm adrian finnegan and when it comes to global arm

it's the third attack in three days in the region, which is at the centre of the boko haram islamistnsurgency. there's been more powerful testimony from women who were sexually abused by larry nassar, former team doctor for usa gymnastics. he's admitted abuse and almost 100 women are giving victim impact statements at his sentencing hearing. he's already serving 60 years in jail for child pornography offences. now on bbc news, hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk, i'm stephen sackur. the white house has never before seen a president like donald trump. he doesn't play by any conventional political rules. my guest today is anthony scaramucci, the white house director of communications for all of 11 days before he was fired in a media firestorm. but the mooch has stayed loyal to his former boss. why? anthony scaramucci, welcome to hardtalk. it's good to be back. do you believe that donald trump is a president that the american people can be proud of? yeah, i mean listen, we're in a polarised country, so certainly 40—60% of the people are not going to like the president at any given time, i thi

evidence to convict him the nigerian military says more than seven hundred people held hostage by boko haram have managed to escape they were found close to the northeast and border with chad the military says many of the captives were farmers and fishermen who were being kept in forced labor camps those are your headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera after the scream i will see you very soon by. al-jazeera. where ever you. and here in the stream today from poverty to parliament will speak to your gandhian afro pop star and newly elected m.p. . uganda is a robber chugg better known by his stage name bobby wind grew up in one of kampala sports neighborhoods to his east african fans he's known as the ghetto president and over the past decade he has made a name for himself as a musician and social activists speaking out against what he sees as injustices in his country. the result. of the war not. trying to. make. their. mark right. now while the wind has started a new chapter in his career from ghetto president to real life politics winning his district in a landslide election the new

it's the third attack in three days in the region <— which is at the centre of the boko haram islamistgency. there's been more powerful testimony from women who were sexually abused by larry nassar, former team doctor for usa gymnastics. he's admitted abuse and almost a hundred women are giving victim impact statements at his sentencing hearing. he's already serving 60 years in jail for child pornography offences. now on bbc news, it's time for click. this week: angry man tries to open e—mail. hologram takes on human form. and the x factor reaches a new low. heavy metal plays. i've had enough. enough of old tech. it's all going obsolete, or so it seems. even desktop computers‘ days are numbered. ah! right! let's see what they've got for us this year. the consumer electronics show in las vegas is the place to find out. it's where the new products and concepts are launched for 2018 and some of them might just change the world. one of the highlights of ces for me is always finding out how bendy lg is this year. previously, they have been slightly bendy, and then they were quite bendy. thi