out that some of them are boko haram and others are not boko haram. the military has always also explained it is handicapped in a sense that it there are no official authorities. there are no police any more. >> amnesty international has handed over its report to nigeria's new president muhammadu buhari. he is in chad to discuss how to defeat boko haram. amnesty is demanding that the new president and new government evaluating the alleged crimes. president buhari has yet to respond to the report. but before he was elected he promised to evaluating the allegations. the question now is will he and we know. yvonne ndege. abuja, nigeria. >> the fabulous' investigation into corruption and fifa has been expanded to include the bidding process behind the next two world cups that's according to u.s. officials. russia and qatar won the rights to stage the tournament in 2011 2018 and 2022. meanwhile, sepp blatter received a standing ovation from staff a day after announcing he would be resigning as president of fifa's governing body. >> zurich headquarters sepp

some of them are boko haram and others are not boko haram. the military has always also explained that it is handicapped that it is operating in which there are no authorities. there are no police any more. so the military has to do the job of the police and judiciary for which it is not trained at all to do, and it does not have the facilities too. >> amnesty international has handed over its reports to president buhari, the normal military general is visiting niger and chad to discuss how to defeat boko haram. amnesty is demanding that the new president and new government investigate the alleged crime. president buhari has yet to respond to the report. but before he was elected he promised to investigate the allegations. the question now is will he and when? al jazeera abuja nigeria. >> well, during his visit to niger the nigerian president repeated his promise to defeat boko haram. >> i renew my commitment to chase boko haram up to its last trenches. five years of the evil presence of this sect is enough. nigerian soldiers have suffered a

he is accused of not acting in coordination against boko haram. june security would be top of the agenda in discussions now between chad, cameroon and niger republic. president buhari signaled from the on set that he would place priority on defeating boko haram and therefore would be discussing for them for the coordination of military efforts in the campaign against boko haram. i think they would also be trying to get to specifics about the mixed military force international force that is supposed to be set up to fight boko haram. there have been disagreements about whether it should be a regional force or united force under international mandate and how it's going to be let and who is going to resource it and so on. i think he will be ironing out all of that with him. >> what about this amnesty international report accusing nigeria of committing war crimes saying 7,000 men and boys have died in military detention and want senior officers to be investigated. how is that likely to be received? >> yes, it is a report, comprehensive report. this is

and as are not boko haram.y has also explained that it is handicapped in the sense that it's operating in the theater in which there are no judicial authorities. there is no police anymore. and so the military has to do the job of the police and the jew dish air and i so on. for which it is not trained at all do. and doesn't have the facilities to do amnesty international has handed over its report to the new president. the former military general is visiting niger and chad to discuss how to defeat boko haram. amnesty is demanding the new president and new government investigate the alleged crimes. they have yet to respond to the report but before he was a elected he promise today investigate the allegations. the question now is will he and when? al jazerra abuja nigeria. >>> students in burundi's capital say that they are too scared to go home. their university shutdown a me ago when protests began after the president announced he would seek a controversial third term. many of them come from the countryside. a

it can't be ruled out some are boko haram, and some others are not. the military explained that it's handy capped in a sense it's operating in a sheeter where there's no traditional authorities or police. the military has to do the job of police for which it is not trained to do and doesn't have the facilities to do. >> amnesty international handed over a report to the new president. the former military general is visiting niger and chad to discuss how to defeat boko haram. >> amnesty international is demanding the new president and government investigate the alleged crime. the president is yet to respond to the report. before he was elected, he promised to investigate the allegations, the question now is will he and when >>> fighting between ukranian forces and pro-russian fighters the biggest escalation was agreed in february. ukraine's defence minister said the rebels are taking the town using tanks and fighters, stopped by forces loyal to the government. the separatists accused government troops of firing at rebel territories around donetsk, sayin

she remains hopeful. >> boko haram gone? >> yeah. >> no one knows when boko haram will be gone.s are still fighting while on this remote island. the isn't fend for themselves. >> and kier simmons live from the capital of chad. this is just an incredible crisis. it has been until you went there really off the radar. there's been no visibility. >> reporter: well that's right. particularly for the thousands of refugees on that island that you saw there. there are other refugees here in chad. in nigeria itself spread across this region. as i mentioned they estimate 1.5 displaced including women and children. you have to ask yourself the question, when the west gets so concerned about the issue of bring back our girls with the hashtag campaign then you compare that to level of human suffering now with so many -- we were told by unicef and by other groups that they think they treated thousands of people on that island. there's an estimate 2,000 women have been taken by boko haram. when that's all true how come there isn't the same level of concern and attention across the west now a y

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but no one here knows when boko haram will be gone. still fighting. while on this remote island, the innocent fend for themselves. keir simmons, nbc news, lake chad. >>> a lot more still ahead tonight including the photos that exploded on the internet today. our first look at caitlyn jenner, the woman formerly known as bruce jenner makes her debut opening up about surgery and what pushed her close to suicide. >>> tonight after weeks of speculation over what her name would be and what she would look like, caitlyn jenner, the woman formerly known as bruce jenner made her debut in a big way on the cover of "vanity fair" opening up about some tough times to get to this point. nbc's stephanie gosk has our report. >> as soon as the "vanity fair" cover comes out, i'm free. >> reporter: once bruce jenner, now caitlyn jenner described to "vanity fair" the relief she would feel today in this behind the scenes video. >> bruce always had to tell a lie. he was always living that lie. >> reporter: there is no lie anymore. in the article jenner says if i was lying o

both countries have accused the nigerian military of not cooperating in the fight against boko haram.reporter: the report goes into further detail as to how amnesty have come up with this statistic of over 7,000 men and boys killed murdered tortured at the hands of the nighian military. amnesty say they had access to over 800 documents in gathering this evidence. they say they carried out several field trips, that they spoke to at least eight military officials who were unnamed, who gave them evidence of this wrongdoing, and hundreds of eyewitnesses medical staff who were treating some of the people that they say were victims. but the bottom line of this report is the naming of at least eight senior members of the army who amnesty are saying need to be investigated for alleged war crimes. they say these individuals presided over and in some cases were responsible for seeing subordinate commit murder against the thousands of boys men, named in this report. so far there has been no official response to amnesty's allegations from the new president and the new administration. we have reac

. >>> nigerian military is accused of killing 7,000 people in its fight against boko haram. and heavy fighting breaks out in ukraine since the february cease-fire began. >>> and the murder of a 14-year-old girl sparks protest in argentina over the rise in violence against women. >>> and i have all the day sports. the king of clay says good by, roger nadal is knocked out by djokovic in the quarterfinal. >> evidence that helped lead to the arrest of seven other fifa officials and the resignation of sepp blatter. chuck blazer admits taking bribes in connection with the 1998 and 2010 world cup won by france and south africa representedly. he pleaded guilty to a number of corruption charges and it is believed he became an informant to the fbi. >>> well he specifically admits that i and other on the fifa executive economy agreed to accept bribes in conjunction with the selection of the host nation for the 1998 cup and agreed to accept bribes in conjunction with the selection of south africa as the host nation for the 2010 world cup. he has been key to this investigation. now week

♪ >>> amnesty accuses the nigerian military of war crimes in its battle to defeat boko haram. ♪ >> i'mren taylor this is al jazeera live from london. south africa admits it gave $10 million to a soccer official in the united states but was a world cup bribe. >>> renewed fighting near donetsk. ukraine's government and separatists blame each other. family versus career. we look at the pros and cons of a growing number of women freezing their eggs in the u.k. ♪ >>> hello. amnesty international is ak casing the nigerian military of committing war crimes during its fight against boko haram. the military including senior commanders it says must be investigated for the killing of thousands of people. its report says since march 2011 more than 7,000 young men and boys died many military detention. and at least 10,000 were arrested on suspicion of being boko haram members and tortured. amnesty says the report is based on years of research and leaked military reports, as wells a interviews with many people. the nigerian military has rejected the report calling it biased and concocted. let's cros

jennifer, who was a student, and her friends all say they fled from boko haram. women captured by the militants are injured. >> they kill them. >> reporter: later we saw this woman who saw boko haram militants cut her son's throat. his children now fatherless. further on another gathering. are you sick? more families begging for help. he's not well. not well. when medicine arrives the scale of the need shows. mothers holding up their babies clamoring for supplies included water purification tablets. the aid workers are overwhelmed and they just got here. people are terrified. now they're desperate. more than a hundred malnourished children are treated. this is the first aid they've had? >> yes, first aid they have had since they came. >> reporter: in just 24 hours here unicef delivers aid to thousands. a fraction of the estimated 1.5 million people displaced in the region. including jennifer who must now look after her 4-year-old. she remains hopeful. when boko haram are gone -- >> i go back to college. >> reporter: you'll go back to college. but no one here know

against boko haram. al jazeera anjemena. >> russia says the plan to station more tanks and heavy equipment could come to serious consequences. moved to nato states on russia's bother. the kremlin warned it may enmove more missiles closer to the border of poland and lithuania. >>> a rift is growing between australia and indonesia over the clam that australia bribed people smugglers to take be migrants back to indonesia. officials are demanding an inquiry. andrew thomas reports. >> on monday, australia's prime minister was asked repeatedly to confirm or deny the allegations. he refused. >> the consistent position of this government has been not to on the operational details what has been necessary and when has been done to stop boats. >> reporter: but stopped by bribing smugglers? the allegation is that six smugglers were paid $5,000 each to turn around. >> we spoke to the boat passengers in the group and they did confirm to us that the australian authorities did pay money to the boat crew. and if that was

both countries have accused the country of not cooperating with the fight against boko haram. report makes very grim reading, doesn't it? >> reporter: well it does shiulie, and in this report there's more details as to how exactly amnesty came up with this figure of more than 7,000 men and boys tortured starved and beaten to death by the nigerian military. they say they had access to over 800 official military documents that were leaked to them. they spoke to eight unnamed military personnel, and spoke to hundreds of people not just victims and witnesses, but medical staff, those who were working in military facilities. but the bottom line of all of this is the naming of at least eight senior military officials that amnesty are demanding the president now investigate for committing or presiding over war crimes. now they include two or three major generals, two brigadier generals, and four chief of defense and chief of army staff. they are saying that the new administration must carry out an urgent investigation and these individuals must face the law. >> is the president likel

anna was held by boko haram for five months. she told me she had seen some of the chibok schoolgirls. how did you know they were those girls? anna: it was no doubt it was them. people were tied up and forced to the ground. the schoolgirls were forced to sit -- with their throat. it was not their fault. they were forced to do it. i pity them. i cannot get the images out of my head. every time i thought like this, i just pray that the nightmares don't return. reporter: as anna battled her nightmares, hundreds of women and girls still in activity continue to live out there is. the government said it is doing all it can to find the girls but admits it may not be possible to bring them home. bbc news, northeast nigeria. katty: the terrible fate of the chibok schoolgirls and there are others missing in northern nigeria. what is becoming of them? now to the american love affair with the tailors from savile row . the u.s. is britain's biggest market when it comes to custom-made suits. the british embassies in washington have been celebr

he vowed to beat boko haram campaigned on beating boko haram and is traveling to the republic tomorrow to meet with country leaders to discuss how to stop the group's activities in the area. we are still trying to get further information about the extents of this attack, how many people may have been killed, and how many people may have been injured. it's clearly bad news, because the hope was that the coming of the new government and a fresh start in many sense in nigeria that there would be a reduction in these kinds of attacks. we're waiting for response also from the government officially, the new government about this latest incident taking place. >> it's not going to be long about the honeymoon period wears off for bahari, coming to power on the promise that he was going to defeat boko haram. >> that's right. when he was inaugurated on friday during that inaugural speech, i was there heard it myself he promised, as i say to beat boko haram. he also announced during that inaugural speech that he would move the command and control center the army's command and control center from h

and uncoordinated attacks by boko haram. basically what they have been able to do over the last 15 months or so we see them use suicide bombing, at markets, checkpoints, isolated villages that have not been bothered by security operations there. basically a rise in attacks over the last few weeks or so. most of these are targetting soft spots, and the use of suicide bombers to target the particular ors or communities. what we have not seen is the large scale operations. while they take a lot of trert tree in control. the military in cameroon and niger pushed boko haram to locations in parts of the north-east. when we see the rise in suicide bombings and the placement of explosive devices in public places like markets. >> thank you for that >>> pope francis created a new tribunal to deal with church leaders that failed to protect children from sexually abusive children. for years the church has been criticized for failing to take access. this latest move is to hold bishops actable. kevin eastwood has the story. >> these are p

why some women who survived boko haram kidnappings are being shunned at home. >> warm welcome to allf our viewers in the united states and around the world. i'm zain asher. >> i'm errol barnett. thank you for joining us. this is "cnn newsroom." all right. we begin with the latest information on that frantic search for the two escaped murderers in upstate new york. more than 400 police officers are searching door to door for richard matt and david sweat. the inmates broke out of the clinton correctional facility near the border with canada over the weekend. >> police say they are following more than 500 leads in this case. new york's governor andrew cuomo is urging the public to be on the lookout, be on the alert and call police if they have see anything unusual. >> we need to find these escapees. they are dangerous men. they are killers. they are murderers. there's no reason to believe they wouldn't do it again. >> these men could be anywhere right now. authorities are saying the men could have tried to cross the border in to canada or could have fled to vermont. we don't know. >> le

: forces are conducting operations to eradicate the boko haram threat around the lake chad. but there is a limit of what they can do. >> boko haram is active from nigeria to southeastern niger. they killed 32 people on wednesday in two villages in niger. >>> officials at the u.n. refugee agency say the number of people displaced in asia grew by 31% last year. the total now stands at 9 million. patchari raksawong at our bureau in bangkok is following the story. >> the figures come from a report released by the u.n. high commissioner for refugees ahead of world refugee day on saturday. a large number of displaced people in asia are from or near myanmar. our reporter visited a refugee camp here in thailand to meet some of the people living there. >> reporter: a seven-hour drive from the city of chenlai in northern thailand. the mountain slope is covered with houses made of bamboo and tree leaves. they are home to more than 10,000 refugees. this camp is near thailand's border with myanmar. most of the people living here are members of the current ethnic minority. one of only nin

and others are not boko haram. the military has always also explained that it is handicapped in a sense it is operating in a theater there is no judicial authorities, there is no police anymore so the military has to do with the job of the police and the military and so on for which it is not trained odo and doesn't have the facility to do. >> new president mbd. muhammadu buhari. before he was elected he promised to investigate the allegations. the question now is will he and when? yvonne ndege, al jazeera booming. >> up flex, a stunning confession from the whistle blower who helped unlock the fifa corruption. >>> and samantha power talks about the challenges facing the u.s. and the global community. >> more damning revelations in the scandal that has rocked the world of international soccer. the american whistle blower who helped uncover corruption at fifa admitted to taking bribes. chuck blazer meanwhile officials are now trying to find someone to replace outgoing president sepp blatter. lawrence lee has the late

original campaign against boko haram. al jazeera anjemina. >> kenya says it has killed an al shabaab commander believed to be responsible for an attack that was responsible for the death of 60 people. >> some of the images in her report are disturbing. >> people in pekatoni queue in a mob, to view fight are who were killed. one of the dead was a kenyan who also led a series of attacks that started in pecatoni about a year ago. a british national has also been identified. thomas evans converted to islam when he was 15 and came to fight alongside al shabaab 74 years ago. thousands of people have come to view the bodies. the air is thick with a stench. now, the government says the reason the public viewing is going on is so people can help in identification but also to boost public confidence in the ability of security forces to deal with al shabaab. symon's brother was shot zed during the attack, along with seven other men. >> translator: people here did not believe that the government was doing enough to pursue those who k

we have managed to speak directly to a source who have been assisting the military in mighting boko haramd say they yes, a serious explosion did take place at a livestock market visited by hundreds of people every day trading in livestock. what is not clear is the exact number of fatalities according to the security and emergency services who we reached out to to try to get further clarification on how many people may have been killed and how many injured. this comes just after attacks that took place over the weekend in the capitol of borno state which has been the epicenter of violence by boko haram over the last six years. we're still waiting for further information about the nature of this attack. it has been said it's a suicide attack but that's not 100% clear, and we're waiting for more details as i say shiulie. >> and the new president who came to power on the backing of security promises. what has he done thus far? >> well he was inaugurated on friday, and naturally people are waiting to see what he is able to do to defeat the group. as you said he did campaign on the ticket of be

there were reports on wednesday of people being affected by unexploded devices left by boko haram.learly that is different from a natural attack launched by the group. the leader has been on a tour of the region you could say, talking to leaders in particular in niger and chad about better ways to combat the group. and talked to leaders at the african union summit to reinforce the determination of the nigerian authorities to defeat boko haram, and ordered the release of 20 million from the nigerian treasury to go towards the military effort to defeat the group. so the question is whether the momentum, at a political level, is felt on the ground. and clearly if these reports are accurate, many may say, particularly those affected by these attacks, that the impact and the changes that are made at the top, and the momentum at the top is not felt on the ground. >>> politicians in hong kong rejected an election reform bill. it would have given voters the opportunity to elect their leader in 2017. but they'd be restricted to choosing from candidates approved by beijing, a move called un-

chiefs here in the capitol to discuss a new strategy putting together a new strategy against boko haram thought that many of these service chiefs are about to be relieved of their positions as is in keeping when a new president comes into office that he is planning on appointing new military chiefs we also know he's planning to travel tamale and niger republic on wednesday to meet with these leaders of those countries to discuss how to deal with the threat of boko haram. this new attack follows weekend attack in which at least 30 people were killed. so it's a really obviously terrible event for people living in the area and is creating more uncertainty. >> thank you yvonne. >>> china's transport minister says rescuers will not be giving up the search for survivors from a huge river boat that capsized on monday. rob mcbride has now more from hong kong. >> reporter: china's mighty rooifr has seen tragedies before. what is uncommon in this case is the expected loss of life. hundreds of tourists mostly retired workers, were taking the trip of a lifetime to the popular three gorges dam area.

as you see boko haram is still killing.reduced, but it is still -- we're still seeing people being killed. we need to go faster and we need to address these root causes of poverty and marginalization in all four countries in that region. >> again, congratulations. you are the future and we'll continue to be in touch about all of this. thank you so much for being here. >> a pleasure. >>> and that does it for our edition of "andrea mitchell reports" today. follow the show online facebook and twitter. thomas roberts is here next. to information, no matter where they are. the microsoft cloud gives our team the power to instantly deliver critical information to people, whenever they need it. here at accuweather we get up to 10 billion data requests every day. the cloud allows us to scale up so we can handle that volume. we can help keep people safe and to us that feels really good. here is a simple math problem. two trains leave st. louis for albuquerque at the same time. same cargo, same size, same power. which one arrives firs

now it does look like the work of boko haram, because obviously they have been behind many if not allthe attacks we have seen in this area over the last five or six years. just this week this was a similar attack in which 30 people were killed. and all of this comes of course just a couple of days since the new president was sworn in as president on friday in the capitol where the vowed to defeat boko haram. he promised then to move the command and control center the military command and control center from the capitol to the epicenter of the violence. it made no sense for military chief to be in abuja. he is meeting with chiefs who may soon be retired, because it is expected that the new president will appoint new military leaders, and try to better strategize against boko haram. we also know shiulie, that the president will travel tamale and niger republic on wednesday to meet with leaders of those countries to discuss how to secure the border and stop the insurgency that has been going on. this is obviously bad news. people are waiting to hear how this new administration will tackl

boko haram controls much of northern nigeria, and has been launching attacks across the boarder since joined in the fight. the white house announced president obama will host the newly elected president to discuss boko haram. >> a chaotic scene outside the u.s. embassy in burundi where hundreds scaled its walls seeking protection. they were defying an order to leave an encampment set up near the embassy. one of burundi's two vice presidents inned the country, saying he fears for his life. >> reporter: another grenade attacks in burundi's capital before the parliamentary elections, unlike last week city center shoppers were hurt. >> translation: the grenades were flown into the streets by a car that drove past. we heard a loud explosion, it was terrible. >> reporter: the government appealed for calm. some people feel one thing can stop it. >> the only thing to stop the attacks is if the op opposition and the government talk. >> the second vice president has fled to belgium. he says he fears for his life because he criticized the president's unconstitutional bid for a third term. >> tra

i was struck by the article from the times that there was the boko haram massacre of about this timetime the episode in paris it was on frontpage around of rolled and the ravaging it nigeria was barely covered of most of the western press. what is the structure of that ad may interpret boko haram that is that in the interest of belgium point of view. >> guest: i found the older i get the less interested ibm and how the west sees africa and the more interested ibm how it sees itself. before i would have been angry but now i am much more interested in kenya helping nigeria's then the u.s. really. there is the power again in the example the nigerian journalists was to get the interview with the data syrian president the nigerian one is more likely to get the interview. that is a problem. average just of being stupid [laughter] really of above to be more articulate on this problem but don't know if i have a solution. [laughter] so what happened in paris or nigeria, it is harder to get access to the front of the jury that has been overrun by boko haram and it is much easier to disparage b

obviously suspicion has fallen on boko haram give the fact that they have been behind all of the attacks. the question now being asked is what will the new president of the country muhammadu buhari was elected how will he beat boko haram. he met with police in the championship tall to discuss the way forward. we know that he intends to challenge to travel to other countries. he will be tested because one of the major promises of the campaign is to defeat the group and secure the areas. now many will see how he'll respond in the face of fresh vie glens the italian course board has beenvie. >> they call up the italian military police. they were 24 nautical miles up the coast of western libya the area where most of the migrant boats sail out from. when we carried out the first rescue operation 110 people all on board of a rubber dinghy. the most of it with a bottom of plywood. and by the time we areached the dinghy the play wood was turning to paper because of the water. northwest there was another dinghy packed with somalis. 110 of them, men women and many of them pregnant, and there was o

respect and kind of understand the challenges faced by the military in operation against boko haram andn the northeast. as you say lauren, ultimately the amnesty international is biased. of course they deny these allegations being made, counter allegations by the nigerian military authorities. >> ukrainian forces and pro russia fighters have fought their first serious battles in more than three months. the rebels tried to take tanks and up to 1,000 fighters but it was stopped by forces of the government. cease-fire deal was agreed to in february. groups are accused accused of firing at rebels fighters in donetsk. charles stratford is in moscow. charles, it does seem as though things are getting worse. >> well certainly i think it's fair to describe today's events as sudden escalation in violence in the east of ukraine. interestingly we've had reaction here from the russian government the presidential spokesperson saying what russia was closely monitoring the situation was extremely concerned about what is described as provocations from the ukrainian army. he went on to say that the gove

the leaders of the countries, all of them are tieding on what to do next, and how to defeat boko haram. there is no fear in this part of the world. i.s.i.l. will find it into nigeria. in cameroon and other neighbouring countries. >> israel says the death of four palestinian children on the gaza beach were accidental. they were playing football when they came under air attack. in concluding a probe, israel says no action would be taken. two other cases involving palestinian death have been dropped. >>> the turkish president called on political parties to put aside their differences to form a new government. recep tayyip erdogan was speaking at a graduation ceremony. it's a speech at the a.k. party after they lost that are overall majority in parliament. >> all parties should leave egos aside and form a new government within the constitutional process, and it should continue with an understanding that continuity is a must for the state. >> twitter's chief executive is stepping down after five years in the job. it's one of several setbacks for the giant facing stiff competition. rob reyno

funding to support the a use effort to eliminate boko haram. in terms of the central africa republic of brody, i had the privilege of traveling to both of those countries with you. your first pushing our response -- you were first pushing our response. delivered $11 million in humanitarian support. in burundi, when we traveled there, thomas green filled met with the president and encourage them not to run for a third term. he did just that. there was the attempted coup and now there is chaos. i wanted to know if you could provide an update about the u.n. response to the crisis in burundi. it also cases of ebola that have emerged. ambassador power: thank you congresswoman. to your point about the extent of the crises, one of the lines i have been joined on is shakespeare's life of the tempest which is "hell is empty, all of the devils are here." it feels like that. two underscore the product -- to underscore the pride. i think it was a shining example of what a significant bipartisan effort -- the impact it can make on ebola. people really stepp

we are offering significant help including training the nigerian army to defeat boko haram. fighting these overseas is not just a moral obligation it's the single most effective way in preventing diseases. so following the ebola outbreak it was right that the g-7 devoted significant time to try to prevent the future global pandemic. at the submit u.k. certainly and development fund focused on breakthrough medicines. we're leading by disaster and forming our own crack team of medics that can deploy rapidly to tackle infection outbreaks anywhere in the world. learning from the slow response of ebola. finally this was the second year running that we met at the g-7 rather than a g-8. president obama summed up the choice. he can continue russia's isolation or he can recognize that russia's greatness does not depend on violating the integrity ofory countries. the g-7 was clear and unambiguous about his position. their dramatic issues should restore integrity. and they must remain in place until they are fully implemented. we expect russia to stop separate forces and bring balance

. >>> and later, the campaign against boko haram leads to deadly result. in chad. >> the deadline for iran and six world powers to reach a deal to limit iran's nuclear program is less than 24 hours away. and it's looking more likely that the negotiations will go on past that deadline. diplomatic editor james bays has more from vienna. >> reporter: one u.s. official has described the atmosphere of these talks like a roller coaster. and it is true, these past hours have become more a relaxed atmosphere ministers have left because the iranian foreign minister zarif is in tehran. even though there aren't many meetings, this could be the most important day of this long process because he is speaking to the leadership in tehran, including the supreme leader and the president. i asked one expert who has covered this whole process very closely what he thinks is going on in tehran. >> one explanation is that the requirements of the deal that was acceptable for the p-5 plus one was pushing against red lines of the supreme leader of iran and he had to go back for con

international is accusing the nigerian military of committing war crimes in its fights against boko haram. it said that the military including senior commanders must be investigated for the murder, torture starvation and suffocation of thousands of people. the report said that since march march 2011 more than 7,000 men and boys died in detention and 20,000 20,000 were arrested under suspicion of being boko haram members and were tortured. the nigerian military has rejected reports calling it biased and concocted. we have the latest from the nigerian capital abuja. >> the military just responded in the last few minutes. what they're basically saying is that amnesty's report is biased, that it's not based on syria evidence but that their sources are questionable, that they're relying on many unnamed sources that they're not giving any specific details as to how they came about the 7,000 men and boys have been murdered at the hans of the military. amnesty talk about making six various missions to the region where there has been fighting. they don't say where exactly those missions were in th

operation since a serious of suicide bombs struck the capitol earlier this month and thought boko haramm neighboring nigeria is to blame. they voted in the parliamentary elections saying it's a good day or the country. the vote is held with condemnation from the international community and security crack down. the u.n. says it is concerned about the poll going ahead and the african union pulled observers out on sunday and say the election is not free or fair. opposition parties are also boycotting the vote. burundi has been in turmoil since april when the party elected the current president for a third term in office and violent demonstrations erupted saying a third term was against the constitution and rounds 70 people have been killed and more than 120,000 have sought safety in neighboring countries but the constitutional court ruled in favor of the president and a failed coup attempt in may led the president going to belgium. a grenade was thrown near one station hours after polls were opened and several others attacked overnight and we have this from the capitol. >> reporter: some p

can you inform the house when the schoolchildren who were kidnapped from boko haram, when can we expect them to be reunited with their families again? >> i think of those who have been abducted, a number has been returned, but a large number has still been taken by boko haram. one of the reasons these things have happened is the endemic corruption in these countries that means the military and security services are not affect, and people sometimes turn to extremist organizations because their governments are working. second of all, we should not try to take over the organization of these things, but be there to assist and help train the military and help deal with corruption so they are better able to protect their people. >> martin preacher. >> i welcome the national security council privatizing health of the nature of governments and their fight against fifa. does the prime minister agree with me that the security forces of chad, mali, and nigeria need to work at a regional solution as well and work more closely together? >> my honorable friend is right. one of the first things the pr

i've joints offensive against the armed group. >> translator: i renew my commitment to chase boko haramast trench to his low bit rate it. five years of this evilness is enough nigerian old jeffs have suffered a lot of defeats but it's not the time to criticize. the neighboring country of thinger and chad i will visit tomorrow, going to sit down to refine a common strategy. >>> hundreds of black israelis have clashed with police in tel aviv. they were protesting against racism and calling for the police to be punished after another demonstration turned violent last month. this time no one was hurt but two pro tests were arrested. prime minute officer benjamin netanyahu has formed a cabinet committee to improve the integration of black israelis. >>> the number of live samples of lanzarotte anthrax mailed from a u.s. military base across the country is double what was previously thought. the pentagon says more than 50 50 labs in 17 states received the sample as well as three foreign countries. an army testing facility in utah mistakenly sent the samples without proper safeguards. the penta

you can see that in boko haram as well as with isis.we have said the possibilities we have to be successful in combating terrorism is an inclusive and consistent process in order toall the different minorities. this is discussed in nigeria. the nigerian president discussed himself clearly in this respect. he wanted to be inclusive when he talks about the shiites and the sunnis as well as the kurds. he made it clear that his claim is to work together in his country and only in this way will there be a possibility for success. we had a lengthy discussion on libya and in this respect we see the negotiators at the united nations have been given not the support we can. we have to come up with a national government in libya and europeans consider this extremely important because the refugees coming through the mediterranean unrelated to the situation in libya. a conventional topic for g-7 deliberations of the global economy. we've seen there is recovery of the world onto me based on iws forecast to grow this year. we had an intense discussion

can you inform the house when the schoolchildren who were kidnapped some two years ago by boko haramn can we expect them to be reunited with their families again? >> i think a number of them have been returned but there's a large number that have been taken by boko haram. one of the reasons these things have been at the end of that corruption in these countries that means the military and security services aren't effective and that people sometimes turn to extremist organizations because their governments aren't working. second of all, how we should not try to take over the organization of these things, but should be there to assist and lep and to help train their military and help deal with that corruption so that these countries are better able to protect their people. >> mark pritcher. >> i welcome the national security council prioritizing health. does the prime minister agree with me that the security forces of mali knife niger, nigeria need to work out a regional solution and work more closely together? >> my honorable friend is right. one of the first thing is it visited all t

and boko haram, reducing har bon emissions. >> the historic election outcome in turkey. >> i was really impressed yesterday seeing people so actively going to the polls. >> the rise of the pro-kurdish group supporting women and gays. >>> the pristine waters off of ftc cuba. cuba. >> hello everybody this is al jazeera america. we begin with an intriguing summit meeting in germany. this is second g7 summit since the group reviewed russian president vladimir putin from the group previously known as g8. violence there was high on today's agenda, the violence in ukraine. honoring the truce known as the minsk agreement. in the battle against i.s.i.l president obama said he and others are confident that the group will be defeated but a complete strategy has not yet beenbeen finalized. and slowing down the average rise in temperatures and making energy sectors greener. on the threat from ebola which has killed over 11,000 in west africa the group pledged to eradicate the virus. by all accounts, this was a picturesque and busy meeting. dominic kane. >> the group was joined by the leaders of eigh

officials suspect the bombings were coordinated by boko haram, but the group has not claimed responsibility. chad has been a major ally of nigeria in the fight against boko haram. >> kenya said it killed an al-shabab commander. 10 of the rebel fighters died as they tried to overrun a military camp. the leader was responsible for two attacks in 2014 that killed 60 people. britain is working to confirm if one of the dead is a british citizen. >> u.s. secretary ban ki-moon is calling for a humanitarian pause in the fighting in yemen. hashem ahelbarra is there, and reports that the talks got off to a slow stamp -- start. >> reporter: the united nations secretary-general hoped to meet all factions in the war. that didn't happen because all factions were stranded in djibouti. they missed the first day of the talks, because the egyptian government refused permission for their plane to fly over to switzerland. for ban ki-moon the gathering is an opportunity to pull yemen from the brink of disaster. >> yemen's existence hangs in the balance. yemen bonds. the parties have a responsibility to end the

welcome the prime minister's conversations with president bahari and the commitment to tackle boko haram in nigeria. he also mentioned discussions around tackling corruption. could he give us more detail about those discussions and actions? >> first of all i hope the honorable lady would agree with me that the president's election is actually a very important moment for nigeria because he won this election even though he was facing some pretty overwhelming odds in terms of what were his opposeing candidate's party was doing, if i can put it that way. and he has a track record of fighting corruption and has put it at the top of his agenda. what he needs to do is obviously sought out corruption in the army sought out corruption in the oil department and industry. what britain is trying to say is we are there as your partner and want to help you. so the more we can do to help clean up this, the better for people throughout the region. >> can i commend the prime minister on his statement on isil. it is a national security threat. president obama spoke about a developing plan for isil. prime

still ahead on al jazeera combating boko haram leaders discuss a joint military force. find out how falling water levels in california are effecting one of america's last great wildernesses. world qualifying action coming right up. to china now where a man once considered most powerful in the country had been sentenced to life in prison. on a charge of intentionally leaking national secrets. i accept the verdict and will not appeal. i realize that i committed crime that cause lost to the party, i con press and i regret. a closer look at his fall from grace. >> deep in the country side, this is the ancestral village of the poll six once arguably, one of the most powerful men in china. the vast now empty compound stands on the spot ojo yang's child hoop heed. according to state media, it was built with government funds. charmed to ward off evil spirits still hangs above the front door. many villagers resent the scrutiny. it is about the only place in china, where people are prepared to speak up for him. he made our village much better, he was good, now people think he is

. >> a new video allegedly released by boko haram fighters shows the group killing soldiers and they said that they shot down a nigerian fighter jet. they're blamed for another attack that killed 20 people. boko haram claims to hold several northeastern towns and said that thousands of its fighters are still in the sambisa forest stronghold. >>> rescuers try to find survivors of a capsized cruise ship. 158 people were on board the eastern star when it overturned on the yangtze river during violent weather monday night. rob mcbride with more. >> china's mighty yangtze river had seen tragedies before. what was uncommon in this case was the extensive loss of life. hundreds of tourists, mostly retired workers were taking a trip of a lifetime. the captain who was rescued after the civil went down said that it was struck by a freak storm. what he called a tornado. most of the performances passengers had little chance to escape as the vessel sank in just two minutes. as other vessels and rescue teams rushed to the areas hopes were raised as sounds for and shouts were heard from inside the h

. >>> boko haram is suspected on attacks in nigeria. shooting fleeg residents and setting tire to homes. a coalition of soldiers from nigeria, cameroon and chad has had some success in reducing the territory held by boko haram over the last several months. a bitter battle is breaking out between two european union nations over taking in migrants. austrian officials are angry hungary has backed out of an asylum agreement. but overwhelmed taking in over 60,000 nieg rants this60,000 migrants this year. as jonah hull reports the government is planning to build a fence on its southern border with serbia. >> they could be tears of pain or relief or exhaustion, for more days than many ask count they've traveled, crossing borders by any means fleeing civil war in syria for the freedom of the european union. this is the welcome they get. >> yes we are refugees. >> another group arrested, this time from pakistan. they've just walked from serbia into hungary the latest leg of a two month journey from islamabad. >> where do you want to go to? why?

boko haram uses improvised explosives in their attacks. >> a push to reform how the u.s. military has handled sexual assault failed in the senate. the amendment fell short of the votes needed to advance. the bipartisan proposal would have removed assault cases from the military chain of command and established an independent justice system. the amendment also failed to pass last year. >> attorney journal loretta lynch will be form ally welcomed to office today later this morning in a ceremony at a theater in washington d.c. lynch has been on the job two months. her senate confirmation took five months. >> a 20-year-old college student is facing conspiracy charges today for allegedly supporting isil. the f.b.i. says he was attempting to carry outer an attack in new york city. agents say he tweeted out support for ice ail and searched the internet for items to make explosives. boston police shot and killed a man also planning attacks. >> the head of o.m.b. faced tough question on capitol him about the cyber attack that may have exposed sensitive information of millions of c