between seven and they teen the children were detained while being investigated for any links to boko haram fighters unicef says around a thousand miners have been abducted by the group since two thousand and thirteen well off with more now from the capital of. the children aged between seven years and eighteen eight girls and one hundred and seventy five boys and they were taken into administrative custody according to one security source different times and in different locations some of them are told to be members of family family members of book white on fighters others are thought to have escaped from boko haram camps and some indeed rescued by the army following approaches north positions in northeast nigeria so it's difficult to say whether there were taken all of the same time but what we know we've seen abducting a lot of to britain. recruiting them to carry out suicide missions exploding suicide devices in crowded places in northeast nigeria so the army is saying that these these children was viciously considered to be dangerous to society and it has taken them this long to verify

nigeria local media reporting that the attack bears the whole months of islam is the militant group boko haram is the latest in a series of bombings in the states of borno and your body just as the government is trying to encourage people displaced by the boko haram surge and see to return home . in iraqi kurdistan want government employee has been killed and several wounded during a gun attack on the governor's headquarters in the region's capital have been security forces killed the three gunmen involved officials have described the incident as a terrorist attack but have not assigned blame and no group has claimed responsibility. prince prince harry has met activists from the su two and botswana ahead of his speech at the international aids conference in amsterdam it's the world's largest gathering on hiv aids and brings together more than fifteen thousand scientists activists and policymakers. the tensions between the united states and iran are increasing again with donald trump but treating iranian president hassan rouhani as he would face dayak consequences for threatening america iran's

the head of boko haram had written to bin laden asking for unity under common banner. here is the official authorization for al qaeda in islamic maghreb reports directly to bin laden they will give money, funding weapons to boko haram for training. this is 2009, before this whole debate is occurring whether or not boko haram is really part of the al qaeda network at time. this organization wasn't even designated a terrorist organization right away because of this ridiculous assumption that it didn't really have any ties to al qaeda and global network. meanwhile smoking gun files are found in bin laden's compound should have told everybody that wasn't true. last one, this is the one steve and i have the most fun with, because it ticks off bad guys in washington, ben rhodes and echo chamber. they really hit this one. one of the things we documented over and over again, despite al qaeda and iran are at odds, iranian regime, and al qaeda are at odds in various places they have curious deals where iranian regime allows key al qaeda personnel, senior personnel to operate on

the head of boko haram had already written to bin laden, asking for unity under a common dinner. here is the official authorization for al qaeda in the islamic maghreb, saying they will give money, funding, and weapons -- money, training, and weapons to boko haram. this was when there was a debate whether boko haram was part of the al qaeda organization or not. there was this ridiculous assumption they did not have any ties to al qaeda and the global network. meanwhile, smoking gun files were found in bin laden's compound that should have told people that was not true. this is the one we have the most fun with because it really takes off t-- really ticks off the guys in washington. despite how iran and al qaeda are at odds in various places, they have these curious deals, with the iranian regime allows key al qaeda personnel to operate on iranian soil. we referenced a file called the new generation of leadership al qaeda was grooming. guest where that number one guy is today? iran. in any event, some of the files forced out -- when the obama administration first released files, t

uniformed demand is narrating their actions he says that the women and children are part of the boko haram terrorist group after the first round of bullets one of the men wearing military fatigues acknowledges that one of the children is still alive so he shoots again first the government claims that the video was fake news but now it's been reported that four soldiers have been detained keep in mind that cameroon is a key ally of the united states in the war on terror cameroon is advice to partner in the fight against boko haram isis west africa and other violent extremist organizations in the lake chad basin region a relationship with cameroon is designed to promote stability and security within the region now cameroon host hundreds of u.s. troops and the us drone base and at this point the usa continues to supply cameroon with military planes and other assistance even though it's been pointed out by the ambassador to the country that the military has been involved in targeted killings there's going to start recovering. the bodies summary executions the team taking people. to go use to t

from your experience the kinds of things that these children will have been through being with boko haram or the kinds of things that they would face and what difficulties they face now. first of all i take this opportunity took on the leadership of being in nigeria not me so facilitate in the release of this one hundred i need to bring children encountered during military operations the event took place on monday july ninth two rightly pointed out the total number was one hundred on it's three it's all of them are guns and one hundred are seventy five of them boys. we are currently providing in the necessary care and support to these children impact my sheep with eight states is the to shunt the ministry or who ends up here as on social development by providing them weed. made it comes to screening and help facilities. we also looked it vividly into the psychosocial well being but they process is still going on with regards to the screening of those children i cannot really give you at this particular point in time on what this children of them through except with we've concluded. exerci

states of borno and your body just as the government is trying to encourage people displaced by the boko haram insurgency to return home. police say three people at dead and twelve what would it after a mass shooting in downtown toronto a twenty nine year old gunman opened fire in the city's busy creetown neighborhood before being killed after a shootout with police authorities have not ruled out terrorism as a motive. tensions between the united states and iran are rising again with donald trump are tweeting that iranian president hassan rouhani will face dire consequences for threatening america iran's state owned news agency dismissed the u.s. president's tweet as a passive reaction to rouhani these remarks. everyone has a history of using heated rhetoric against the united states but recent comments by president rouhani appear to have crossed a line for donald trump to michoud was you know. don't play with the lion's tail that would only lead to regret you will forever regret it for. the u.s. president took to twitter to send a warning to tehran using capital letters for emphasis never eve

at least three thousand villages have been forced to leave their homes after a boko haram attack in lake chad near the border with new jab eighteen people were killed nine women abducted boko haram is in control of the area across lake chad's borders with both asia and nigeria the head of the international monetary fund and finance ministers from the g. twenty are in argentina and that's brought thousands out onto the streets they're not happy at the government's decision to take a fifty billion dollar loan from the i.m.f. from one assad has to raise a bow reports. left wing groups who gathered to protest against the international monetary fund in one aside is on saturday. last month the i.m.f. stepped in to shore up the argentinean economy with a fifty billion loan agreement but people like the boy believe it won't help improve people's lives. we already had the i.m.f. on a crisis we know what happened in greece they will fire state employees they will reduce salaries and take away workers right what is today want. argentina's economy has been struggling in recent months due to a drop i

children aged between seven and eighteen were detained while being investigated for any links to boko haram fighters. or further south a decades old fight for land between farmers and the magic cattle herders in central asia area has forced hundreds more people from their homes the dispute over grazing rights is often led to extreme violence between the two sides and as a credit risk now reports from the heart of farming country there are fears it could affect the nation's food supplies. this plant has been producing confectionery for more than half a century it's located in just the epicenter of ethnic and religious violence in central marjorie. over the past twenty years it has lost staff revenue and equipment it's turned green he was a crisis that the company has been impacted at local level real hard to be confronted with the time shall start this inflict on our staff the morale of brokaw's and generally does will affect productivity but also we have had to contend with a logistics and supply chain is it's impacted by in terms of where we have to move goods across the room on this the g

uniformed demand is narrating their actions he says that the women and children are part of the boko haram terrorist group after the first round of bullets one of the men wearing military fatigues acknowledges that one of the children is still alive so he shoots again first the government claims that the video was fake news but now it's been reported that four soldiers have been detained keep in mind that cameroon is a key ally of the united states in the war on terror cameroon is advice to partner in the fights against boko haram isis which suffered another violent extremist organizations in the lake chad basin region a relationship with cameroon is designed to promote stability and security within the region now cameroon host hundreds of u.s. troops and the us drone base and at this point the usa continues to supply cameroon with military planes and other assistance even though it's been pointed out by the ambassador to the country that the military has been involved in targeted killings there's going to start recovering there's a good summary executions the security detaining people. ch

bombings in the state of war now and just as the government is encouraging people displaced by the boko haram insurgency to return home. in iraqi kurdistan one government employee has been killed and several wounded during a gun attack on the governor's headquarters in the region's capital in appeal the security forces killed the three gunmen involved officials have described the incident as a terrorist attack but have not yet assigned blame and no group has claimed responsibility. britain's prince harry has met activists from his otho and botswana ahead of his speech at an international aids conference in amsterdam it is the world's largest gathering on hiv and aids bringing together over fifteen thousand scientists and activists and policymakers. all tension between the united states and iran is rising again with donald trump tweeting our iranian president hassan rouhani that he will face dire consequences for threatening america iran's state owned news agency has dismissed the u.s. president's tweet describing it as a passive reaction to remarks president rouhani made. everyone has a histo

among the topics discussed was the fight against boko haram and regional security but also high in mccall's agenda was african culture his first stop was at the iconic nightclub and music venue the shrine it was here that mccaw said the world's image of africa has to change. a warm welcome for a minute i'm a kong. people queued up for a glimpse of him in my courtroom yeah africa. people i'm not sure of all we have the best. music. to the. musical legacy even though. the cards are good for the hour and they weren't disappointed but it's the french president isn't just here on business after the african union summit and the meeting with president hu harry this is the place to which president michel has come it's a new africa shrine a place dedicated to philip could be the king of afrobeat and it's called the kremlin of lagos to this place. calm came here as a student he said at the time he spent here made a lasting impression. paula. and lisa's reminder. that the place. was the. place. where the slow what. i call a night's the launch of a season of african culture that will bring the work of

an army spokesman said the children were being used as foot soldiers for boko haram and they needed to be interviewed before they were allowed to return to their families the un says the children aged between seven and eighteen were released in may do gooding the capital of borno northeastern state unicef estimates that one thousand children have been abducted by the group since two thousand and thirteen ibrahim sesay is a senior child protection specialist at unicef and he explains what needs to be done to integrate the children back to their communities. but most important thing for us. in korea nation we're with the happiness that we work in this for us so one . of the children settle down and find the sort of space which will allow us so that our documentation on in finding the our parents and loved ones and that is one of the key elements with regards to the program in ensuring that we have an effective from an interest in our unification program and in the event we are by we going to find out immediately we look out options so that will options of getting children if we have f

nigerian police say they have arrested twenty two members of boko haram including some who were sponsible for the mass kidnappings of schoolgirls and she bought eight of the men are said to have confessed to being involved in the kidnappings of more than two hundred schoolgirls and twenty fourteen dozens of the girls have since been released but more than one hundred are still being held and police say the arrest were made earlier this month. south africa has been marking the hundredth anniversary of the birth of nelson mandela the former leader known as the father of the nation in tribute to the anti-apartheid icon many south africans have donated their time to charitable activities for sixty seven minutes each minute represents a year in which mandela fought for a new society says more from johannesburg. this country still has a lot of challenges such as inequality and poverty and nelson mandela really believe that educating all children especially poor black children is a way to alleviate poverty levels in the country but it's not going to be an easy economy isn't doing well right now

nine years of war against boko haram in northern nigeria has taken a toll on young people thousands of traumatised teenagers recruited by the armed group have now returned from the front line one hundred eighty three of them were recently released for reintegration into society but as i was a serious address reports now from my degree in borno state that is a huge challenge. after months and years in custody of these children accused of links to. are starting the long process of recovery. army commanders say someone potential suicide bombers were ready to shoot troops or suspected members of boko haram they were all held prisoner at some time in the conflict by both sides and children are coming out of places with a lot of. it's not a place for a child what we are trying to help the government of nigeria to do is to take every child individually through a process of the habitation the united nations children's fund and the regional government are so far rehabilitated nearly ten thousand of them. there are provided medical support classroom education and skills training yet in baltimore

it was the time that we had those attacks in the north of cameroon by the boko haram sect. that put your shows the first thing that makes it hard to travel through libya is being a christian and. that's the first thing being a christian the second thing is being black. i guess during the war in libya the parents bought weapons and gave them to their children to school when the children asked how they could practice shooting they said well there are blacks everywhere. you understand. don't it's awful to fall so the children learn how to shoot by shooting at blacks see if they learn how to torture by practicing on blacks they use some black people who don't have any other means of surviving who have lost their faith to torture their brothers for pool. and there are libyans who join in the torture with those blacks carrying out the torture actually they use those blacks to help them to communicate to try to get money out of our relatives. go back. to you you pay up or you die that's what they say is they hit you every day as they hit us they smash your feet they hurt your head

historical event and aphis in nigeria to reintegrate fountains of traumatized teenagers recruited by boko haram back into society. and i was hot mid-summer at the moment occasional showers relieve the heat around the shows the caspian about thirty min to be just full of these great tall clouds but otherwise it's sunshine more or less from afghanistan right back to the mediterranean sea so we're just watching temperatures and winds and the highest temperatures yesterday were probably today as well we're going to be in the middle of iraq and southwest and iran forty seven forty noways hitting the fifty. is it us very much relief anyway there's the temperatures for the extremes otherwise we're talking about easily forty to the middle forty's typically but over breeze in tehran it's courses higher as well thirty one on the coast beirut and the breezes still blowing from the hot middle of iraq down through kuwait and dion's through the gulf now of course it doesn't take much variation in the direction of that wind to make it very dusty as has been the case in qatar so forty five in the forecast i'm

historical event and aphis in nigeria to reintegrate thousands of traumatised teenagers recruited by boko haram back into society.

cleared of links to boko haram the children released back into nigerian society. hoping to play go into the muslim minority in the philippines awaits a presidential order that could end of forty year. some of the white helmets volunteers who've rescued thousands of syrians over the years have left southern syria through the occupied golan heights israel's military gave safe passage to eight hundred of the syrian rescue team at their families after a un request around half of arrived in jordan from there they will be resettled in western countries including canada the u.k. and germany with me in the studio one couple and the director of policy analysis at the arab center for research and policy studies will be a lot of raised eyebrows over the fact that the israeli army was involved in this rescue operation and the fact that the white helmets were given safe passage through the occupied golan heights what do you make of it well i think this is dated the regional and international efforts in order to bring the situation in syria and generally and in the southwestern

bhutto with his nigerian counterpart but hari now among the topics discussed was the fight against boko haram and regional security but also high on across the gender was african culture his first stop was at the iconic nightclub and music venue the shrine it was here that across at the world's image of africa has to change. the. warm welcome for. people queue up the road glimpse of him. to my courtroom. obviously even though. the cards are good for us and they weren't disappointed that the french president isn't just here on business . after the african union summit and the meeting with president hu harry this is the place to which president michel has come it's a new africa shrine a place dedicated to philip could be the king of afrobeat and it's brought the kremlin of lagos to this place. not come came here as a student and he was clearly got to be back on. these cars. and let me just remind you. that this was. one of the places. that the slope was. macron announced the launch of a season of african culture that will bring the work of african artists to france in twenty twenty. i think but

the islamic state of iraq and the islamic state west africa isis greater sahara isis libya and boko haram according to the u.s. state department most of the organizations were operating in niger or didn't even exist when or be conducted its polling and that my friends is u.s. foreign policy two hundred years after our independence spreading democracy one drone bombing at a time i would start watching the hawks. but that's. the bottom. like you that i got. to. welcome everybody to watching the hawks i am to roll them and them to have a lot less. there is that that. the chicken and the egg you know are we there fighting you know is the u.s. . they're fighting because it's so dangerous or is the presence of the u.s. or wherever making it more dangerous for you know me. because i'm probably woods considered a peacenik i kind of believe that whatever you're going to do smell a terrorist is hardware drones in the us to a region it escalates any violence that might not have already been there rather than deescalate spirals because of what happens when you bomb countries that introduce military i

say some were potential suicide bombers who were ready to shoot troops or suspected members of boko haram they were all held prisoner at some time in the conflict by both sides and children are coming out of this place is with a lot of trauma as you know it's not a place for a tad what we are trying to help the government of nigeria to do is to take every child individually through a process over the habitation of the united nations children's fund and the regional government are so far rehabilitated nearly ten thousand of them. there are provided medical support plus or medication and skills training. yeah in baltimore state experts say more than half a million children require i've been psychological and social support whatever level facilities got only looked after a few hundred at a time caregiver so yeah that there was a serious security threat unless they get the care they need and the fear is some of them will redrawing burra for yonks just overheard some support reintegration is a difficult process especially to build their self-esteem and confidence. model was arrested by securit

commanders say someone potential source said but most were ready to shoot troops or suspected members of boko haram. they were all held prisoner at some time in the conflict by both sides and children are coming out of these places with a look of. it's not a place for a child what we are trying to help the government of nigeria to do is to take every child individually through a process of the habitation the united nations children's fund and the regional government are so far rehabilitated nearly ten thousand of them. there are provided medical support classroom education and skills training yet in volatile state experts say more than half a million children require i don't psychological and social support whatever level facilities can only look after a few hundred at a time caregiver so yeah that they pose a serious security threat unless they get the care they need the fear is some of them will rejoin book. for yonks just overheard some support reintegration is a difficult process especially to build their self-esteem and confidence. model was arrested by security forces after they fled to the r

emmanuel mccrone has been holding talks and bullshit with his nigerian counterpart the fight against boko haram and regional security were among the topics discussed but african culture was also high on the agenda his first stop was at the iconic my club and music venue the shrine and it was here that look wrong said that the world's image of africa has to change. i warm welcome for. people queue up proclaim to fed. to my culture yet is africa yeah they're real people i'm not sure how we have the best. music. to be. musical legacy even though. they were disappointed that the french president isn't just here on business. after the african union summit and the meeting with president hu harry this is the place to which president michel has come it's a new africa shrine a place dedicated to philip could be the king of afrobeat and it's brought the kremlin crim of lagos to this place. not come came here is a student and he was clearly got to be back all right. paul was. and he says. that this place. was the. place. that was. macron announced the launch of a season of african culture that will bring

nigerian police aide suspected boko haram members have confessed to being involved in the abduction of the chibok school girls that among twenty two members of the on the group arrested earlier this month across northeastern your b. and born states the abduction of the two hundred seventy girls from their school caused global outrage in twenty fourteen was arrested also admitted organizing more than fifty suicide bombings. us. it did not use of nigeria. google says it will appeal a record five billion dollar fine handed to it by the european union the e.u. says the tech giant used its android operating system to cement the dominance of its search engine so i'm going to go report explains. a three year investigation under record five billion dollars fine a steep penalty for google accused by the european union of abusing its power as they call it an entire sector in the phone market who has engaged in illegal practices to cement its time and market position in internet search it must purchase an effective end to this contract within ninety days or face a penalty payment at the heart of

the islamic state of iraq and the islamic state west africa isis greater sahara isis libya and boko haram according to the u.s. state department most of the organizations were operating in niger or didn't even exist when or be conducted its polling and that my friends is u.s. foreign policy two hundred years after our independence spreading democracy one drone bombing at a time and let's start watching the hawks. but that's. the bottom. like you that i got. to. welcome everybody to watching the hawks i am tyrrel them and them to have a lot less. yeah there is that that. is the chicken and the egg you know are we there fighting you know is the us. they're fighting because it's so dangerous or is the presence of the u.s. base or wherever making it more in danger or you know me. because i'm probably what's considered a peacenik i kind of believe that whatever you're going to do smell a terrorist is hardware drones and the rest to a region it escalates any violence that might not have already been there rather than deescalate spiral exams without forms and when you bomb countries that introdu

has released one hundred eighty three children after they were cleared of ties to the armed group boko haram the u.n. children's agency says the miners would release them by the glory the capital of borno state unicef says around the thousand miners have been abducted by the group since two thousand and thirteen. that's it for now and sad story next for. judging the u.s. supreme court democrats are alarmed at donald trump's choice of justice to join the highest court in america they say brett kavanaugh is a public loyalist he's too conservative and the right wing so can he win an expected confirmation battle in the senate this is inside story. hello there welcome to the program i'm laura kyle the latest political battleground in the u.s. senate as soon set become donald trump's choice for supreme court judge the president's nomination a republican loyalist brett kavanaugh is opposed by democrats they say trumps trying to tilt the nine justices in the highest court in the land towards the conservative right of the groups have already begun spending millions of dollars to persuade senators to

second failure in two years ten soldiers have been killed and four are missing after an attack by boko haram in egypt it happened in the south east near the border with nigeria the armed group has killed at least twenty thousand people since it took up arms in nigeria in two thousand and nine. more than forty african leaders are in mauritania to talk about ways to tackle corruption and extremism the african union is struggling to solve conflicts in south sudan somalia and libya these are live pictures right now from shots where the opening session got underway a few minutes ago. has more now from the mauritanian capital. the african union is under-funded and beset by divisions meeting in the mauritanian capitan watch they say they are willing to make tough decisions to restore stability across the continent. but thousands of kilometers away in south sudan a cease fire that was agreed just days ago has collapsed praising concerns of further violence in the country will see divonne. we must beat up the pace of institutional reform with our union reform as an existing condition of our union is

this country to cover not only this question but also security operations in the far north against boko haram and the government unfortunately has a history of being rather return to accepting you know government journalists to access these these more troubled areas of the country this is you know also a country that is known for its stability it's one that the u.s. france the u.k. have been relying upon this part of the security architecture for central africa you know this is a region that is you know you know full of countries that face extremely difficult challenges nigeria the central african republic or the republic of congo so i think it's you know it comes as a surprise for a lot of people that you know such kinds of abuses might be committed by what remains a very strong international partner for security in the region now your colleague has described and their report described this as reaching crisis levels yet saying that that situation could even get far worse with our far more atrocities committed and called on the international community to do something what is it that you're ca

news hour including dealing with the psychological scars of thousands of teenagers recruited by boko haram returned from the front line and in sports tiger woods rewinds the clock with his best performance of a major just seven years. i'd least eleven taxi drivers have been killed in south africa after a gunman opened fire on a minibus they were travelling in johannesburg for other passengers have also been wounded nobody's claimed responsibility for the attack. militias loyal to iran have stopped a group of fifty five buses taking syrian rebels and their families to the country's north the buses were stopped and surrounded by fighters wearing military style uniforms near the city of homs the convoy left part of an agreement between the opposition and syrian government to surrender positions in the south francis sending fifty tons of medical aid to the government controlled area of eastern hall for the aid is being sent on a russian plane the first time a western country has sent material to syrian government controlled areas with moscow's help government forces read talk eastern of also i

by jury and police say eight suspected boko haram members have confessed to being involved in the abduction of the chibok schoolgirls a mass abduction of two hundred seventy girls from their school in the northern town cost global outrage in twenty fourteen gerry and police say the eight men including a calander all admitted to carrying out the crime overall twenty two members of the armed group were arrested in different locations across the northeastern states of europe and borno. hamas says protests are sending burning kites into israel have a right to continue this fight israeli threats to stop them israel says millions of dollars worth of crops have been destroyed and further attacks won't be tolerated child stratford has this report from gaza. it's been almost four months since protesters in causes started flying kites carrying petrol bombs and burning ranks over the border fence towards israel the israeli government says they've set far too many had to have learned destroying millions of dollars worth of crops this protest insisted we hide his identity he's a member of a group callin

control of the area across lake charles borders with both nisha and nigeria nine years of war against boko haram in northern nigeria has taken a toll on young people thousands of traumatised teenagers recruited by the armed group have returned from the front line one hundred ninety three of them were recently released but those are quite interesting for us from my main to gori and borneo states reintegration is a huge challenge. after months and years in custody of these children accused of links to. starting the long process of recovery army commanders say someone potential source side bombers were ready to shoot troops or suspected members of. they were all held prisoner at some time in the conflict by both sides and children are coming out of this place is with a lot of. it's not a place for a child what we are trying to help the government of nigeria to do is to take every child individually through a process of the habitation the united nations children's fund and the regional government are so far rehabilitated nearly ten thousand of them. there are provided medical support classroom educa