overnight the two priests originally from the sands of northern chile or kidnapped in cameroon. and two a m several gunmen arrived in trucks breaking down the parishes doors. he abducted the two men and a comedian on him to be said about twenty km from the roll up close to the nigerian border. it's not the first time. foreigners are taken hostage in the region the area is one of vocal iran strongholds on the other side of the border the income effect is fighting with nigerian forces. and for every nineteen of last year the group kidnapped the whole friends family and is on the milk flowing in and therefore children or a least two months later. in november the jihadists and abducted a french priest holding him for a month after these attacks the french government called on its citizens to leave the region to avoid new violence. however local residents are still facing the press. local drama. it's going in military positions and also civilians the multiplying violent assaults killings and kidnappings. to protect its population. cameroon has stepped up security measures and employi

the country depends for almost 90% of its needs from neighboring cameroon.650 kilometers you need to cross to get any goods in. a sense of some order is beginning to come, but it's thanks to the international community and the peacekeepers there. without them, i think the situation would have been totally different. >> let's find out what the international commitment could be in the coming day. we'll take you to brussels and join bbc's matthew price who is following developments there. matthew, kassim telling us how bad the situation is in c.a.r. and what's need friday the international community to bring some kind of stability. one of the key points he made is the lack of a well-formed message. are we getting some kind of firm commitment, firm message from leaders in brussels? >> reporter: you're going to get a firm message out of this summit, the need to noek cuss on what's happening there. in terms of some of the things that he was saying are needed, more troops, peacekeeping troops and more money in the form of aid money, well, that is being provided by

some say they've been sold into marriage in neighboring cameroon. protests expected after schools closed later today. bbc is in abuja for the latest. what sort of turnout of people are you expecting to see on these protests? is it likely to have any impact on what the government's doing? >> reporter: those are two very good questions. in terms of turnout, abuja itself, central abuja is about 1 million people. when you expand it out to abuja about 3 million people. it would require 1 in 3 people to attend the protest march if they're going to achieve the 1 million people they expect. but one of the things the organizers have been saying is they don't get very big numbers, it is also quite possibly reflective of nigerian society at large about apathy and lack of care for our fellow people. what sort of impact it's going to have, who knows. what's happened over the last couple weeks since the girls were taken, there's been a bit of silence from the government. just yesterday the senate president said everything had to be done to get the girls back. he

men from cameroon take us to their camp. most have been living here for more than a year. they comb the trash from nearby villages in search for food. early in the morning, they hide. it is when the moroccan police most often come to destroy their tents. but they want to tell us about the sixth of february this year when the guardia seville attacked them. >> we wanted to cross the border early in the morning. but in the spaniards began to shoot at us. >> amateur video of the incident, the africans try to swim to the spanish side. a group is recognizable in the water. then shots ring out. the guardia seville fires rubber bullets and tear gas into the water. >> i was in the sea, too, and the cloud of tear gas. i don't know how i got a lot -- got out alive. click the spanish government has rejected accusations it was responsible for the deaths of 15 people that day. >> we do not understand. we are used to violence from the moroccan side, but this time, the spanish were doing the killing. >> they say they will keep trying to get to europe. they owe it to their families. for th

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. >> koreen is a victim of breast ironing carried out in cameroon, it's said to be common there, to deterion. >> they put the spatula on the fire, then put it on the breast, to press the breast in. then you take a binding and tie it around the chest, so the heat stays in for two to throw days. >> she claims the practice is happening in britain across african communities. the victims are too young, loyal, or frightened to report it. >> at the end of the day, it disfigures you as a person. >> a doctor in london has organized training to help others spot the signs. it can lead to abscesses, tissue damage, and even cause breasts to disappear. >> it can be really serious physical effects of this pounding of the breast and damaging the young breast. and of course the psychological effects of a child being injured by their mother who says it's for their own good can leave lasting psychological consequences. >> the police say it's child abuse. how far or exactly why it might have traveled is unclear. but campaigners say there's no room for cultural sensitivities. it's simply another crime against

there are fears students may have been taken over the border into cameroon or chad. we secured a rare interview with the government, which is under fire over its handling of the crisis. we have tried to locate these girls and fun -- >> are you telling me then these girls have not yet been located ?y the military more rallies are planned. they are determined that the plight of the abducted girls is not ignored. tonight, the international monetary fund approved a two-year $17 billion loan package for ukraine. it comes as russia's foreign ministry is calling on kiev to tone down the rhetoric after ukraine's president says the country's military is on full combat alert in case of invasion. moscow claims he is trying to intimidate his own population. for more, i spoke with republican senator john barrasso, who has recently returned from a visit to the region. if i could start with the news that has come in from the international monetary fund of the $17 billion loan package for ukraine. do you welcome that? >> i do. i think it will be helpful, and the message from putin c

we're back in morocco this time close to the spanish enclave of stay with them men from cameroon tickets to their camp. most have been living here for more than a year. they come in a trash from your mind villages in search for food early in the morning behind it's when the moroccan police most often come to destroy their tents. but they want to tell us about the sixth of february this year when the guardia cpu attack them. it didn't work so morning. when did we want to cross the border early in the morning. when asked by the spaniards glorious they'll begin to shoot at us than this. amateur video of the incident the africans tried to swim to the spending some time. the group is recognizable in the water then shots ring out the guardia city and fired rubber bullets and teargas into the water. would i. so i was in the sea to the target area. i don't know how i got out alive the spanish government has rejected accusations it was to blame for the deaths of fifteen people that day. we don't understand what worries to violence from the moroccan side but this time the spanish were doing the ki

this comes amid reports that some of them may have been sold into marriage in neighboring karam -- cameroon. today, china called for an easing of tension after pyongyang conducted its second live fire military exercise in less than a month. the most recent drill took place on an island off the country's west coast near the disputed border with south korea. intelligence agencies are also concerned about increased activities at north korea's nuclear sites. concern mounts that north korea might be preparing for another nuclear test, it is its conventional weaponry that has once again been making its southern neighbor nervous. haven't been given notice that the north was preparing for another artillery drill, the south korean defense ministry made it clear that even if no shells crossed into its waters, firing in the direction of the disputed sea boundary would provocative.idered "if shells to cross over, we will sternly respond." the drills began at 2:00 p.m. local time, and south korea says it counted a total of 50 artillery rounds fired over 10 minutes, a much more limited exercise compared

at ethics, i don't want you to feel like you're russia, uganda, cameroon, [speaker not understood]. i know i myself, i work hard as a great humanitarian from this side of the country for the rest of our world. and, you know, san francisco should treat us blacks [speaker not understood], we have 38,000 registered black voters in here. we need to start by coming in here [speaker not understood] the day that martin luther king was assassinated and standing out with the trash men and be out here for housing and schools and education in san francisco just for a friday, you know. if we're going to start [speaker not understood] we're going to come down here and ask everyone to be a part of what ethics in san francisco -- >> thank you. >>> the way it should look, [speaker not understood]. thank you. (applause) >> i want to thank the speaker ask all the speakers for their comments. many of them were very moving and clearly ms. ellis is lucky to have you all. during the course of the comments, commissioner keane asked to be specially recognized at this moment. >> thank you, mr. chair. i spea

lgbt people in uganda, russia, nigerian, cameroon and latvia are seeing criminalization of gays largely due to american evangelist scott lively who has traveled to these countries for years to encourage governments to sanction gayses. with close to 7,000 votes cast for grand marshals and honorees in san francisco, recently, scott won the pink brick award for causing the most harm to our lgbt community. in addition, the san francisco pride selected activist and lawyer melanie nathan who is a native of south after cavity she is currently in uganda advocating for gay people and she will be honored in the san francisco pride parade. ironically, it was scott lively who attempted to sue her for her exposure of his hate laws. scott lively additionally is still being charged federally for crimes against humanity in his home state of massachusetts. these laws in russia as previously cited will be resulting in a mob mentality where gay russian are tortured, videotapes and sometimes killed. this is no laughing or insignificant matter. there is widespread support among gay and straight allies of sa

to its high and the priests and a chatty and none have been the kidnapped by gunmen in northern cameroon. according to italy's foreign ministry to the attack reportedly occurred overnight in the north of the country on the border with nigeria the same region where a french family was kidnapped a year ago by major an islamist group vocal power on. chad has denied allegations its troops carried out an unprovoked attack the capital of the central african republic. a controversial un report accuses soldiers of killing a thirty civilians and injuring another three hundred. well chad has denied the allegation that calling and defamatory of the child denial came as chad began to withdraw its forces from the peacekeeping mission in the central african republic on friday. it was fine captured for james entrees on the ground there in the capital bond you reach across to him now know james you'll work with and chatty and forces as they left the capital yesterday friday where things stand now indeed it was a very tense moment to score when leaving the city of gold you because of course. in order to

some of the 200 girls abducted from the boarding school may been sold into marriage in neighboring cameroon it's believed they were kidnapped by the group boko haram. people call on the government and military to do more to try to get the girls back safely. >>> brazil's preparations for the 2016 rio games have been described by senior olympic officials as the worst he's seen. the vice president john coates says the production is well behind schedule. there's concerns about infrastructure and water quality. he added there's no plan b. there will not be an alternative city chosen to host the games. >>> as divers continue to recover bodies from the sunk south korean ferry, president park has apologized for failing to prevent the disaster that left more than 300 dead or missing. at the memorial for the 250 school children on board, she apologized for the slow response to the tragedy. bbc has this. >> reporter: the new memorial brings home the sheer scale of the disaster. hundreds of young faces stair out from it. for their families, the grief was overwhelming. trn >> translator: i was trying to

others have been taken across the border into cameroon.s he has information some girls have been married off to the group boko haram. it's difficult to get information to verify this. it's certainly possible that's one of the motives for abducting the girls because when i have spoke ton other girls that managed to escape captivity over the past year or so o they've spoken about fellow captives being forced to become so called wives of militant commanders. >> is any information about the whereabouts of the girls, is it not possible to help them, identify them? >> no information coming from officials in government or military at the moment. they're saying really it's a delicate operation and to give away the kind of information the media wants might hinder information to rescue them. we've gotten no evidence the military has located the girls and has a plan in place to rescue them. a big information gap at the moment. as far as the parents especially of the missing girls, it's now two weeks since they went missing. they're increasingly despe

tens of thousands have fled to cameroon, as well as the democratic republic of congo. dominic cane has the latest on a country in turmoil. a french army truck patrols the streets. escalating tensions between christians and muslims here, have sparked an explosion of violence in recent months. since desks many thousands of muslims have left the city. and aid agencies warn the situation could descend into ethnic cleansing. and where muslims and christians still can meet, the atmosphere is tense. those few that would go on camera say the main witch is for peace to return. >> we are all together, all we want is peace, so we can go back to a business and deal with our needs. into this position came the u.s. ambassador, aware for any creasing cause to be sent to the country. >> no question we need to redouble our efforts. but this adds even more urgency getting more troops and more communities deployed rapidly. in order to fill the gaps. >> one contention issue is is the make up of the international force that is currently in country. chad has supplied thousands of troops but

he traveled all the way from cameroon. but now he's trapped.egal immigrant in mooar ro morocco. hiding from the police. >> i'm a prisoner. because i can't go in the street. i can't just walk in the street. i'm a prisoner. that's why i decide to come in the forest to live. >> reporter: there are thousands living here. an unwelcome community. within touching distance of their ultimate goal. europe. >> for the migrants, the mountain is the -- >> reporter: but this is what stands in their way. on this side of the border fence which stretches for 11.5 kilometers around melia. we're in spain, europe. on the other side is morocco. the tallest of the three fences is eight meters high. the migrants have developed tactics and techniques which have proved very effective. in recent weeks, hundreds at a time have scaled the fence. filmed by the police who call it a human avalanche. spain is spending more on policing its border. but the spanish government's representative in malia -- says the european union needs to take action to help the country control on

. >> you and i a couple of years ago were in the jungles in cameroon with hunters doing reports on virussknown and there's still so much we don't know about this. we don't know where the reservoir for this is, where it comes from. >> it's so fascinating. such a medical mystery. they don't know. to give you a little idea of the process, where the outbreak occurs these epidemiologist, these virus hunters will go and capture hundreds if not thousands of animals and test their blood to find evidence of the ebola virus, any evidence of what are known as antibodies, the response to the ebola virus, anything, any kind of clue. they sort of thing that fruit bats may be the reservoir, but after nearly 40 years, anderson, they cannot confirm and prove that. >> appreciate you being there. for mfgs on how to help the victims and the doctors helping to fight it go to cnn.com/impact. >>> up next, putin warning ukraine is on the brink of a civil war. as new protests rock the area. >>> and p oscar pistorius reads a valentine's day card he never read. s for real this time. step seven point two one two. os

. >> and you were in cameroon doing a report on the virus, and there is still so much we don't know aboutervoir for this is, where exactly it comes from. >> reporter: it is so fascinating, such a medical mystery. they don't know. and just to give you a little bit of an idea of the process where they -- where the outbreak occur occurs, the virus hunter's will go in there and capture hundreds if not thousands of animals, trying to find the ebola virus, what are known as antibodies, the response to the virus, anything, any kind of clue. they sort of think the fruit bats may be the reservoir, but after nearly 40 years, anderson, they still have not confirmed it or proven it. >> wow, sanjay, we appreciate you being there. and for more information on the doctors and how you can help to fight the virus, go to cnn.com/doctors. >>> and oscar pistorius, reading a valentine's day card written by his girlfriend, one she never gave to him because he killed her, when we return. [ woman ] i've always tried to see things from the best angle i could. it's how i look at life. especially now that i live wit

. >> and you and i were in cameroon doing a report on the virus, and there is still so much we don't, we don't to where the reservoir for this is, where exactly it comes from. >> reporter: it is so fascinating. it's such a medical mystery. they don't know. and just to give you a little bit of an idea of the process where the outbreak occurs, the epidemiologists, these virus hunters will go in here and capture hundreds if not thousands of animals, trying to find the ebola virus, what are known as antibodies, the response to the ebola virus, anything, any kind of clue. they sort of think that fruit bats may be the reservoir, but after nearly 40 years, anderson, they still cannot confirm that. they have not proven that. >> wow, sanjay, we careful. we appreciate you being there. and for more information on the doctors and how you can help to fight the virus, go to cnn.com/impact. >>> vladimir putin and the ukraine. >>> and oscar pistorius reading a valentine's day card written by his girlfriend, one she never gave to him because he killed her when we return. to be this awesome. and you..

the government in cameroon, niger. do some intelligence work. you shouldn't be able to -- taking children out, bringing people, fighters from niger to come and kill people in nigeria. take our children, take them across and marry them across to that country. i think we're looking at the -- at a country that has been feeding on chaos and they're urging us to -- telling the people to keep quiet. when they know that nothing has been done. >> alice, thank you very much for joining us. >>> we're going to take a break. but stay with us. because still to come, shock on death row. we'll tell you how an inmate dies from a botched execution. a? [ man ] i did. so, what'd you think of the house? did you see the school rating? oh, you're right. hey, babe, i got to go. bye, daddy. have a good day at school, okay? ♪ [ man ] but what about when my parents visit? okay. just love this one. it's next to a park. [ man ] i love it. i love it, too. here's your new house. ♪ daddy! [ male announcer ] you're not just looking for a house. you're looking for a place for y

krcorroborated in any way, and the other story that we are hearing is that they could be across the border in cameroonknown to have camps. >> thank you so much. we will continue to follow all of the developments. you have been covering this story as the chief african correspondent with the a.p., and we appreciate the latest information from you, and please be safe. thank you. >> thank you, tamron. >> and right now, the supreme court is hearing a case involving privacy and cell phones. when the police arrest someone can they search the person's cell phone or do they need a warrant? pete williams will explain more on the case, and plus this. >> and it is spewing out, and a little light, and caused some panic on board. >> and in-flight emergency when sparks were coming from the engine, and that is one of the stories that we are following on "newsnation." we will be right back. my. tongue. finally. (announcer) all-new friskies saucesations. a taste experience like no other. in cheesy, creamy, homestyle, or garden sauce. friskies. feed the senses. feel like a knot. how can i ease this pain? (man) when i ca

the area where the girls are held are near the border with cameroon. out offensive on a defensive heavily guarded position could lead to high casualties on both sides. a man claiming to be the leader, in the reporting the man claims responsibility for attack on a crowded bus station april 14th that killed more than 70 people. >>> boko haram one of the most violent militant groups around the world been stepping up its attacks. burning people in churches and mosques is par for the course. >>> the boston marathon was today, and it had a pretty incredible outcome. an american tonight won the race for the first time in three decades. hey. i'm ted and this is rudy. say "hi" rudy. [ barks ] [ chuckles ] i'd do anything to keep this guy happy and healthy. that's why i'm so excited about these new milk-bone brushing chews. whoa, i'm not the only one. it's a brilliant new way to take care of his teeth. clinically proven as effective as brushing. ok, here you go. have you ever seen a dog brush his own teeth? the twist and nub design cleans all the way down to the

some have been taken across to the border to cameroon. some of them have been taken to chad.are still within the country. but their whereabouts is difficult to assess at this time. the identity of these girls has been held out of media reports for security reasons. the families are concerned. some of the parents have spoken boldly. but we know very little about the girls except that they were in the highest class of secondary school in nigeria. they were writing examinations. all the schools in borno state have been closed until now. this particular school, secondary school is an examination center for the school examination. not all of them are students from this particular school. they were pulled into that school to write examinations. you would find many of them would be between the ages of 16, maybe a few will be younger than that. but between 16 and 18 years old. >> and, michael leiter, what about the nigerian government? doesn't the central government -- i mean, this is not a poverty stricken country. this is an oil wealthy country with many international corporations

ambassador to as algeria, deputy ambassador in bahrain, and was posted in egypt, turkey, and cameroon. we will start with mr. miliband, then ambassador ford. >> thank you. it is a realn, pleasure to be here at the washington institute, which has a well-deserved reputation as a critical forum for public debate and dialogue. issues. unfashionable it is a source of enormous sadness to me that this area crisis, the regional crisis that is engulfing a large part of the middle east should become a crisis that many people don't want to talk about. i am grateful to the institute for putting this event together. i am particularly delighted to share a platform with ambassador really deserves much more than i do your very fine introduction. has earned it through some extraordinary public service. i am looking forward to our conversation. when we first talked about having this event, we wanted to tease out the interdependence between politics and the oranitarian challenge agenda. obviously, traditionally -- i have moved from being someone who dedicated my career to using politics and government t

that country's civil war during the '90s, deputy ambassador in bahrain and was posted in turkey and cameroon. will start off with mr. miliband's comments and we'll move on to ambassador ford, and after that we will open up for a discussion. mr. miliband. >> well, thank you very much, andrew, good afternoon, everyone. it's a real pleasure to be here at the washington institute which is the is a well deserved reputation, a critical forum for public debate and dialogue, often on unfashionable issues. is a source of enormous sadness to me that the syria crisis, the region crisis is engulfing large part of the middle east should become a crisis that to me people don't want to talk about. i'm grateful to the institute for putting this event together. i'm particularly delighted to be able to share a platform with ambassador ford, who really does deserve much more than i do your very kind introduction to ambassador ford has earned his introduction to the extraordinary public service. i'm looking forward to our conversation. i think that when i first talked about having this event, we wanted to try t