in fact, the over 200 chibok girls at the school. fact, every day, almost every day we get stories from people of abductions, places are often u nsafe. of abductions, places are often unsafe. sorry, i want of abductions, places are often unsafe. sorry, iwant to of abductions, places are often unsafe. sorry, i want to get as much asi unsafe. sorry, i want to get as much as i can from you. what is that the government doing to help the situation? the government is ashley saying it is doing a lot and it is also saying that it is negotiating and some girls were rescued in october and actually the government is saying that look, we are doing our best, but advocacy groups and top personalities are saying that you have to do more because we are not convinced that what you are telling us. very quickly and finally we understand that a lot of these girls are increasingly used as suicide bombers but also used to raise money. do families pay for their girls to be returned? well you know, most of these kind of deals actually, the details of a kind

that warning comes three years after boko haram kidnapped nearly 300 girls from the town of chibok.rth—east nigeria. it‘s where boko haram ran its campaign of abductions, which led to thousands of women and girls being ta ken into captivity. for several months, the city of gwoza was under the heel of radical islam. now it‘s the nigerian army that claims to hold sway. we‘re the first journalists to enter the shattered city since the liberation. a place of repression and death, all in the name of strict sharia law. it‘s also a place that knows kidnapping. the bbc was told this building, plastered with the black and white flag of boko haram, was a safe house used to hide some of the chibok girls. their abduction three years ago this week horrified the world and gave the boko haram global notoriety. several people claim they saw some of the girls here but there has never been any concrete proof. actually, boko haram kidnapped thousands of others but those who were left behind, the youngsters who were not taken, they are suffering too. a makeshift sign says we‘re entering the village of

so we asa parents of chibok girls informed.ovement get asked by the parents what we as a movement get asked by the pa rents what exactly we as a movement get asked by the parents what exactly the government is saying about our girls. tragedies of this kind must not be managed in this way by governments. dignity of human life, that means that governments must be absolutely sensitive to the need for information and for the need to show empathy in the way it engages with people who have been affected by tragedies of this kind. you say you understand the need for governments to keep aspects of negotiations private because of the sensitivity of those negotiations, but nonetheless there should be better communication with the families of the missing girls? what is your movement, bring back 0ur the missing girls? what is your movement, bring back our girls, championed by figures like michelle 0bama and malala yousafzai and so on, what is the movement doing on this anniversary and as we head into the next year of the girls‘ captivity t

tim: it was three years ago this week that the nigerian town of chibok took on significance when boko haram round kidnapped 276 schoolgirls, sparking a debate of women's rights on the continent and beyond. some of the country's northeast, the islamic extremist group has continued the campaign of abductions. reporter: for several months the city was under the heel of radical islam. now the nigerian army claims to hold sway. we are the first journalists to enter since the liberation. a place of repression and death in the name of sharia law. it knows kidnapping. this building, plastered with the flag of boko haram was a , safe house used to hide some of the chibok girls. they're of the direction three years ago this week horrified ir abduction three years ago this week horrified the world and gave boko haram global notoriety. several women claim they saw some of the girls here but there has never been any concrete proof. boko haram kidnapped thousands of others, but those left behind, the youngsters not taken, they are suffering, too. a makeshift sign says we are entering the village, a

they were taken by the militants in the middle of the night from the town of chibok.n released, but the rest are still being held. it's thought they've been married off to the fighters. clive myrie has been to one of the last places some of the girls were seen — the town of gwoza in north—east nigeria, from where boko haram ran its campaign of abductions, which led to thousands of women and girls being ta ken into captivity. for several months the city of gwoza was under the heel of radical islam. now it's the nigerian army that claims to hold sway. we're the first journalists to enter the shattered city since the liberation. a place of repression and death, all in the name of strict sharia law. it's also a place that knows kidnapping. the bbc was told that this building, plastered with the black and white flag of boko haram, was a safe house used to hide some of the chibok girls. the abduction of three years ago this week horrified the world and gave the boko haram global notoriety. several people claim they saw some of the girls here but there has never been any con

most of the girls were abducted from the town of chibok are still missing.after the kidnappings, which had warned the government that something like this was likely to happen. at that time, we actually issued a statement, saying that the government received a warning before the mass abduction of the over 200 girls at that school, and almost everybody, every day, we get stories about abductions, all in places, one of the most unsafe... justjumping m, of the most unsafe... justjumping in, because i want to get as much i can, what is it that the government is not doing to help? well, the government is actually saying that it is doing a lot, and it is also saying that it is negotiating and some girls were rescued in october, and actually the government is saying, look, we are doing her best. but advocacy groups are saying that you have to do more because we are not convinced with what you are telling us. very quickly and finally, we understand that a lot of these girls are used increasingly as suicide bombers, but also used to raise money. do families pay for th

most of the girls, who were abducted from the town of chibok, are still missing.ppings, which had warned the government that something like this was likely to happen. at that time, we actually issued a statement saying that the government received the warning before the mass abduction of the over 200 girls at that school, and almost every day, we get stories, most especially of abductions, all from patients —— from places... sorry, amjust jumping in, what is it the government is not doing to help the situation? well, the government is actually saying that it is doing a lot, and it is also saying it is negotiating, and some girls were rescued in october. actually, the government is saying, look, we are doing our best. but as they are saying that they have to do more because we are not convinced. —— we are saying. finally, we understand that a lot of these girls are used now increasingly as suicide bombers, but also to raise money. the families pay for the girls to be returned? well, most of these kind of deals actually, the details do not come out in public, but th

nigeria says it is actively negotiating with the islamist militant group boko haram to free the chibokped three years ago today. demonstrators will hold events later today in the capital, abuja, and in lagos, to mark the anniversary. almost 200 of the girls are still being held in captivity. 0ur nigeria correspondent martin patience reports. they were kidnapped as schoolgirls, but will now be young women. three yea rs but will now be young women. three years ago today, the students preparing forfinal years ago today, the students preparing for final exams were abducted from this school. the islamist extremist of boko haram oppose western education. they loaded the girls onto trucks, and then drove them into the darkness. the mass kidnapping shone a spotlight on the brutal boko haram insurgency, which has killed thousands and forced millions to flee their homes in north—east nigeria. the abductions sparked international condemnation, and led to the campaign bring back power girls. and then, late last year, joyous scenes. —— 0ur girls. and then, late last year, joyous scenes. —— our girl

also in the next hour, remembering the kidnapped chibok girls.tion of more than 270 schoolgirls by boko haram extremists. and the online booking site air bnb improves its security after a bbc

government says it is actively negotiating with boko haram to free the schoolgirls who were kidnapped in chibokersary. the headlines on bbc news... a strong warning to washington's enemies after the us drops a massive bomb on an is base in afghanistan killing dozens of militants. schools in england face their worst funding cuts for 20 years — the warning from teaching unions as they meet for their annual conferences. labour says it would bring in a law preventing banks from closing high street branches. let's take a look at the sport. we can go to hugh in the bbc sports centre. good morning. some news just some newsjust in in the some news just in in the last 50 minutes, former world champion jenson button will replace fernando alonso at mclaren for the monocle grand prix in may. alonso, seen on the right, will miss the race to ta ke the right, will miss the race to take part in the indianapolis 500, with full support from the team and detention partner. he is replaced by his former team—mate, mclaren's reserve driver. first practice ahead of the bahrain grand prix will get under way at 1155, y

group boko haram to free the remaining schoolgirls who were kidnapped from a secondary school in chibokvity. british man is being hunted by interpol over the attempted murder of another teacher in myanmar. twenty—six—year—old harris binotti, from dumfries, has not been seen since he went out drinking with his colleague gary ferguson in the capital yangon. mr ferguson was later found dead. the man's wife discovered her husband's body. she told police the dear men had been out drinking and the following day, the victim left me an ma and flew to thailand. police have been wanting to speak to him ever since about his disappearance and have issued this red notice. it is not an arrest warrant but it does but international police on alert that they want to question harris be knotty because he has to return to my an ma. gary ferguson's brother said on facebook that he was very pleased that this red notice had been issued. he said the family were very relieved and after such a long and hard fight, he was in tears to announce that mr binotti had finally been put on the interpol list of wa nted be

year anniversary, shocking, hard to believe it's been three years, since the disappearance of ch chibokipated, did a tweet storm for representative wilson's effort. are we getting any closer to figuring out what happened to them? there's still 195 of those girls missing. >> i don't know. i want to tell you fredericka wilson has been absolutely committed and on point. she makes us wear red, every wednesday the women, particularly on the democratic side of the aisle, wear red in honor of and to remember and have everybody stay focused on the fact boko haram has basically absconded with these girls and many of them are still not back. you said about 195. i am very upset with the nigerian government. i think they could have done more, could have done better. what has happened to these girls should not happen anywhere in the world. we don't know how many of them have been abused, have been r5i7d. some of them have children born to them because of rape. yes, i have participated. i will continue to participate. i follow the lead of fredericka, the leader on this issue. all of us wearing red an