nigeria's president goodluck#0ç johnson cancelled the meeting to the area where 200 girls were kidnappede'll talk to our correspondent the to find out why. [ male announcer ] legalzoom has helped start over 1 million businesses. if you have a business idea, we have a personalized legal solution that's right for you. with easy step-by-step guidance, we're here to help you turn your dream into a reality. start your business today with legalzoom. >>> this is bbc world news. i'm geeta guru-murthy with the top stories. supporters of india's bjp party are celebrating. early results just a landslide victory. modi is set to become india's new prime minister. >>> the owner of the turkish mind where 280 died in the explosion has denied negligence defending the safety record. >>> now nigeria's president goodluck johnson has cancelled a visit to the town where 200 school girls were abducted a month ago. he had been set to make a meeting since the girls were abducted. we are at the capital with gabriel. what reason has been given for this cancellation? >> none has been given. they never officially an

is it also a question goodluck johnson, the president isn't interested in what's happening in the norths more focused on central and southern nigeria? >> this is the opinion of some people. this has been expressed because within the last three years over 1.5 trillion just for security. with that many they did not buy equipment to fight boko haram. some people have notion that there's a conspiracy. >> okay. we must leave it there. thanks for joining us here on "gmt." >>> let's go to our correspondent from abuja as well. give us an update on what the government's latest plans are and what sort of international help is forth coming regarding the hunt for these schoolgirls and fighting of boko haram? >> they'll continue to do their best in release of over 200 girls abducted over three weeks ago. nigerians are not convinced the government is using enough military or enough -- has the commitment to actually release girls. the president of nigeria johnson said he had spoke ton leaders. u.s., uk, china all offered help to nigeria. this will be welcomed by the government. because it will strengt

. >>> president goodluck johnson is getting details of other suspected attacks.ed were killed when boko haram stormed a town earlier this week. we are more from abuja about the latest attack. >> reporter: we're hearing reports from residents of this town as well as a local politician represented in the area that gunmen arrived in the town monday evening. they arrived in trucks fully armed and came in, opened fire on the public, set buildings and car alike. hundreds were unlucky and lost their lives. >> do we know exactly where this happened? has anyone been able to speak to anyone involved or witnessed the attacks? >> well this happened in the border town, close to nigeria. it's thought that the man in which this attack was carried out is similar to the way boko haram do carry out their attacks. there's no confirmation whether they were the ones involved. boko haram has been carrying out attacks in this area for a long time. also the news came out very late because this place is remote. it takes usually a long time not just for this news to filter out but reports

domestic and international pressure on the nigerian government to do something here that president goodluck johnsonave no choice but to strike a deal? why would u.s. hostage negotiators be sent to nigeria if they weren't prepared to talk. >> i think the point is what kind of deal are you going to make or how are you going to do the transaction? you often find some deal will be struck in a way that both sides could examine it. be it that it's a monetary exchange that happens in a quiet fashion or be it some sort of exchange for individuals where people get released or other individuals if something happens further do you know the line so maybe it's harder to make the direct connection of the two. it's hard to decide how this is done. the fact is there's so much tension and focus on this group of girls, the fact that because of this video we know at least 100 or so of them appear to be together and under the control of the leader of boko haram, the perception must be that maybe the entire group can't be rescued. we have to remember this happened almost a month ago now. at least 100 of them could be r

despite the president goodluck johnson vowing to crush them in the northeastern state in nigeria, boko haram seems to be determined to wreak havoc in the country. zain asher, abuja, nigeria. >>> thailand has leaders of the political party and had leaders arrive for what could be a crucial meeting at this hour. >> it's happening under the latest declaration of marshal law which seems to be having the desired affect. paul is in bangkok with more of the army's move to ease months of political turmoil. >> reporter: it's day two of thailand's marshal law. at this point things appear fairly calm. there were military personnel and military vehicles on tuesday. this wednesday the army chief was insisting that this is not a coup, insisting that it is business as usual. at least at this point this wednesday it does appear that that is holding. but it is an unusual role for the military to be playing when you consider the long history of military coups and of over throwing governments in thailand. now they are trying to play the role of mediator according to the military chief, trying to get both

even though president goodluck johnson told me several times that boko haram poses a threat to the nationer of information who bailed on the interview. >> yes. exactly. >> the nigerian government on one hand, i mean, they've been doing a very poor job of communicating this situation, in denial as you said. they say that they are working to find the girls, though. is that the impression you get, that maybe publicly not doing a whole lot, but behind the scenes, really working here? >> well, they really better be, but the parents of these girls, the people who live up in that region where they were taken from, and where apparently they were still being held, at least for the first 11 or 12 days after the abduction, say that absolutely nothing was done. and that's why they're so desperate and that's why they're protesting in the streets. they say they saw these girls, they saw the people who took them. they followed them, and they just needed help to go and be able to bring the girls back. and that they understood from villagers that these abductees and their captors awere hanging around that

goodluck jonathan is the president of nigeria. >>> magic johnson is responding to donald sterling's verbal attac attacks. magic was first dragged into the controversy after sterling confronted his then mistress, v. stiviano, over a photograph. stiviano posted this image of magic johnson on her instagram. it's a photo made public by tmz sports. now, sterling told her not to bring magic or any other african americans to clippers games during that original racist rant that was recorded and made public. just days ago, sterling went after magic again, this time for having hiv. magic addressed the comments by the disgraced clippers owner yesterday. >> here's a man who we would think would be educated and a man who is smart enough to build this type of wealth and own a team that has an incredible platform to change the world, but he's doing it in a negative way. he's reaching. he's reaching. he's trying to find something that he can grab on to to help him save his team, and it's not going to happen. am i upset? of course. but at the same time, i'm a god-fearing man. i'm going to pray for him and

goodluck" jonathan has to take this seriously which i believe he is right now but the international community which are literally poised to assist him would make a difference. >> we thank you. that's ayahe johnson. thank you. >>> seven people have reportedly been killed near the presidential palace in yemen. the latest in a string of incidents after a military offensive targeted al-qaeda strongholds. let's go there and the fighting. >> in the capitol, security forces have intercepted a car packed with explosives on the way to the capitol. wherever you go now, there are deployments, security forces, blocking main roads. they are pretty much concerned about al-qaeda taking the fight to the heart of the capitol. >> the bigger picture because if al-qaeda is coming into the heart of the capitol, there are other places where it is probably more entrenched. what do you know about the overall story there? >> reporter: it's a delicate situation, a very despisive moment. >> dormant cells have been active in aden and different parts of the country. this is exactly why security forces have been telling people to be viglant warning them about suicide bombing attacks particularly here in the capitol. thank y