is it the islamic state or boko haram?think it's no do you want that islam is the larger threat now. since tweevepblet, the largest attacks on military, the most successful attack on the military, especially nigh jeera but also in chad have been carried out by iswap, partly because they've rethought tactics and also they have learned, thanks to the islamic state, they've adopted, evolved. they are organized, their organization has evolved. they have a permanents group of soldiers rather than the militant type of system that shekau used to work off of. >> do you see the islamic state as a greater threat or is boko haram just as threatening? >> no, i agree with your other guest. isleaming is a bigger threat. the you would find boko haram attacks mostly in northeast nigeria, particularly in borno. and they have more of a guerilla attack. hit and run. but if you look at how the other group is able to attack the nigerian public and there's a tribal area. [indiscernible] have been very zphelf their troop attacks of nigeria. ther

we cannot say 100% for sure if this is from boko haram, and i hope it is not, but it is likely boko harams responsible for the attack. boko haram has made inroads into the northeastern part of nigeria where the attack took place. secondly, we know that the attack itself bears boko haram's hallmarks. for example, when the attackers went, they were reported to have been shouting "god is great" in arabic, which is a boko haram homework. the claim of responsibility is most likely true. >> boko haram best known perhaps for the kidnapping of many girls, some of whom are still missing. what fate lies in store for the children who are still missing? >> you are right,t's another indication this could be boko harabecause this particular kidnapping -- there was another abduction where 110 schoolgirls were taken two years ago. boko haram could be using these boys for two things -- number one, an attempt to indoctrina and use them as fighters. they are notoriousor conscripng fighters in this way. secondly, they may t do the first one, but they may use these boys to get money from government and get th

boko haram, terrorizes northern nigeria. on saturday, the group killed more than 100 civilians in the northeast. it's one of the most violent attacks in years. what's been done to find boko haram and can it be defeated? this is inside story. hello, welcome to the program and burn it's. nigeria's government has repeatedly said it has defeated boko haram. yet after more than 10 years of fighting, the group violence is on the rise in the northeast boko haram is suspected of being behind an attack on saturday was described as the most violent on civilians this year. the u.n. says at least 110 people were killed in an assault on the farmers in rice fields near borno state capital. my do agree on that edris reports from the nigerian capital abuja. they traveled more than a 1000 kilometers to find jobs in one of the most dangerous places to live and work in nigeria. they ended up in the hands of bound and then slaughtered 43 victims laid to rest in the cemetery. but once we're going in one, never seen anything, not a thing, my life

said he was taken by the gang again pointing to boko haram.n terms of a ransom being paid obviously that is part of the speculation, part of what might have happened and as i think were saying, if it is not boko haram, who else could it have been? the things we know, the boysb are being freed whichoko about their condition? do know if anybody has been harmed? >> that is not clear, but fr the video we s, one of the abductors said this is to assure the governor that these children are in very -- condition, although we have had reports from some children who escaped from the abductors who said at least two children were killed. the abductors are saying that nobody was hard, the children are in good shape. we know that past abductions like this have not ended all too well most times, one or tw people and up losing their lives either because of the harsh condition under which theyere held, he saw the video, you saw that the boys were not in very go shape. we heard the boys crying even though they have been indicated to be happy. at has happed --his

how are they sucked into boko haram? an islamic state, is it solely religion or no, it's not, it's not it's for is a far broader issue. don't just religious, you know, i just, i don't know that ideological issues. so there is just really, so through a commitment from political, you know, context that assume that all of us down in, oh, how the proliferation of books or books around for instance, named you are, has over 11000000 children out of school. right. and then you also look at the fact that you're going to get to do the usual. were there it to percent of the 90000000 people in the end you are living in abject poverty. in india, not one part of men here to defend the arm of government story arc to ensure that youths are at least educated and could be to become you know, where well, meaning dogs, it's not beer, then you also have you ever meant are issues also asked for is on the mic, turned out, been shrinking for decades, and not, not much has been done to object to ideas that unmetered been image of what the, what

is it the islamic state or is it boko haram? i think there's no doubt that is what is the largest larger threat now if you see, you know, since 2017 that the largest, the largest attack some on military the most successful attack on, on the military, especially in nigeria. but also in chad has been you know, carried out by its swap, partly because it's weapons as it reached thoughts dicks, and that also they have learnt thanks to the stomach state. they have adapted. they have evolved, they are much more astute. they are organized. 'd you know, they are, their organization has evolved the other permanent troop of soldiers. 'd rather than the militia kind of system that chicago know used to work on so that they are clearly about the most impact on the ground of the equator. you see that? do you see the islamic state as a greater threat or is boko haram just as threatening? no. our group, it was the largest. it is for present trade because it's true. it is brother intent of do graphic. you know, you would find, look around what ar

-- by boko haram. >> next, the u.s.er security has set a sophisticated cyber attack on government agencies and private companies uncovered this week, posea quote grave risk. the democrats and president-elect joe biden expressed great concern over the computer intrusion and says cybersecurity will be a top priority for his administration. it inot yet clear who was behind this attack, but private serity companies have already pointed the finger of blame at ssian hackers. let's listen to one democratic congressman and the chair of the national security subcommittee on oversight. >> my name is steve lynch, i chair the national security subcommittee on oversight. so, this act was so big -- this hack was so big in scope, that even our cybersecurity experts do not have a real sense yet, in terms of the brett -- breadth of the intrusion itself. there are as many as 18,000 individual entities, both private and governmental, that have been compromise here. --compromised here, and that had the defective software. so, that has to b

it i not clear where boko haram raises its funds.h: like you say, it is that expansion into new areas, and we understand that the leader of boko haram is now looking for loyalty from a lot of these gangs, these bandits. >> yes, there is that. there was a feeling that, as we go especially toward christmas and it keeps launching attacks, that it is going to either reach out to other groups as a way of expanding and creating a more destabilized situation in the north. we have seen that with some propaganda videos, suggesting it has some presence in the middle. but this is still evolving and it has yet to be clearly understood. anchor: beverly, thank you very much for that. boris johnson has said things are looking difficulty and talks about a trade deal, due to take effect once the brexit transition ends. the e you chief negotiator michael garnier says both sides are at a moment of truth, -- michel barn yanai -- barn -- michel barnier. just a few hours left? >> they said last weekend at the weekend before that and maybe the weekend befo

boko haram claimed they took to 523 boys.ons about how many boys are released and whether it's all of them. in terms of responsibility the extremist group boko haram has claimed that they were responsible for the attack. state authorities say that it was local criminals, kidnappers for ransom. with some connection to the extremist group. all of this news comes off the back of a video allegedly coming from boko haram on thursday it showed dozens of young boys looking distressed in the forest. begging the nigerian government to pull back the troops saying some of their peers have been killed. in airstrikes. according to state officials that's not the case. all of the boys that they have recovered are alive. this will be great news for their pa rents. some of who have been waiting anxiously at the school where the boys were ta ken last friday. waiting for news. the president to bring back security to the state. it's unclear whether the authorities tend to do to avoid these types of events moving forward. schools are currently cl

say we are dealing with boko haram yet. girls. over half of them were freed. it's unclear how the government secured their release. some believe they paid a ransom. the authorities deny they did then, and won't entertain the thought now. i don't think the issue of ransom for money is on the table. it should not be on the table. it should not. we don't pay kidnappers money, because it's an encouragement. we don't pay it. back at the secondary school where her child was abducted, this parent is sceptical about boko haram's claims. translation: i don't believe the claim by the leader of boko haram that he ordered the kidnapping of our children. we were told that they used to kill our children, and i stick to that. we re were told that thieves took away our children. with schools here now closed until security improves, getting an education in north—west nigeria has become precarious. mayenijones, bbc news, katsina. health and education experts say it's become increasingly apparent that people living in deprived communities acr

say we are dealing with boko haram yet.1a abduction of the chibok girls. over half of them were freed. it's unclear how the government secured their release. some believe they paid a ransom. the authorities deny they did then, and won't entertain the thought now. i don't think the issue of ransom for money is on the table. it should not be on the table. it should not. we don't pay kidnappers money, because it's an encouragement. we don't pay it. back at the secondary school where her child was abducted, this parent is sceptical about boko haram's claims. translation: i don't believe the claim by the leader of boko haram that he ordered the kidnapping of our children. we were told that they used to kill our children, and i stick to that. were told that thieves took away our children. with schools here now closed until security improves, getting an education in north—west nigeria has become precarious. mayenijones, bbc news, katsina. british foreign secretary dominic raab, who's visiting india, has acknowledged that a post br

say we are dealing with boko haram yet.d comparisons between friday's kidnapping and a 2014 abduction of the chibok girls. over half of them were freed. it's unclear how the government secured their release. some believe they paid a ransom. the authorities deny they did then, and won't entertain the thought now. i don't think the issue of ransom for money is on the table. it should not be on the table. it should not. we don't pay kidnappers money, because it's an encouragement. we don't pay it. back at the secondary school where her child was abducted, this parent is sceptical about boko haram's claims. translation: i don't believe the claim by the leader of boko haram that he ordered the kidnapping of our children. we were told that thieves took away our children, and i stick to that. with schools here now closed until security improves, getting an education in north—west nigeria has become precarious. mayenijones, bbc news, katsina. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: some much—needed christmas cheer — the story of t

these bandits tend to kidnapped for ransom, where's boko haram kidnap to swell their ranks, so haramre was a lot of concern there. yes, there is that, is the fact that banded attacks are targeted toward ransom, boko haram has every ideological string towards attacks stop when it made the claim, it settles because the school was offering western education. in the case of chibok in 2014, there was a similar argument made. a local newspaper, suggesting, boko haram could... the bandits could be at the behest of boko haram to raise money for the bendy group. the group has expanded into other countries. unlike the other general groups like al-qaeda, it is unclear where boko haram secures its funds, so this could be one theory. very quickly, beverly, like you say, it is that expansion into new areas and we understand that the leader of boko haram is now looking for loyalty from a lot of these gangs, these bandits. yes, there is that, there was a feeling that as we go through the christmas period and it keeps launching attacks that it is going to reach out to other groups as a way of expandi

one of the nigerian schoolboys who escaped capture from the faction of boko haram has spoken about his kidnapping hundreds of students were abducted from the school in northern can't see the state last week the 17 have been rescued by security forces you to go out of the way and walk out of it after we scaled the fence we were hearing voices saying that we should come back thinking there were police officers unknown to us it was the brain that the rest of the sport that was when we realized that would bend it's wearing military you. before the skill set of i don't actually been walking for so long i was already exhausted from a sickle cell patients want to hold my french shoulder on to my right the up to to my left before i could continue the treacherous walk into the bush as the bandits continued to float people from the back so that they move faster. we came across young boys that are not as old as the ones that came to kidnap us from the school boys in their teens armed with guns in the bush some are younger than us. and us government agencies are rushing to be thought their securit

groups only 17 boys have been rescued by the security forces so far a faction of the armed group boko haram says it was responsible for the kidnappings . well boko haram has released a video said to show some of the abducted children making statements apparently under duress al-jazeera has decided not to show the video earlier one of the nigerian schoolboys who escaped capture spoke about his ordeal to a journalist. and we had one walk out of that after we scaled the fence we were hearing voices saying that we should come back thinking there were police officers unknown to us it was the brain that they then given us at a spot that was when we realized there were bend it's wearing military uniform. been walking for so long i was already exhausted i'm a sickle cell patients want to hold my friend shoulder on to my right the up the to my lift before i continue the treacherous walk into the bush as the bend it's continued to flow people from the back so that they move faster. ok let's join us now our correspondent he's in katsina where the students were abducted or what's the military or the ci

ros: boko, ha's -- boko haram's claim to have carried out the abduction has not beenonfirmed.ity agencies depy for resc operations and forest ey located their position. next, we hear from a former nigerianel colho doesn't believe boko haram is involved, and describes the group's operations in nigeria. >> there are boko haram terrorist elements in other it is happening, we are seeing the results here and there, and that h wife becomes very disturbing. ros: our correspondent has more from the capital of the state. correspondent: we got this message from the leader of boko haram late last night and in it, he says he carried out this attack against western education, saying it is not islamic and they want to send a strong message that thpp don't t it. the reason this attack is particularly significant is that it shows that the area of boko haram, if they carried out this latest attack, is expanding in the country. it would be the first attack of its kind in thi part of northern nigeria, a frankly worrying trend. there is strong criticism of the president's performance, and you wil

would be why they and then you know boko haram has also. shocked at schools you know this is the fore. instead i mean more than for italy. because there were there were there was a school where they so ok. ok let me just jump in there because when we push the time so where does all of this then leave the government's fight against on groups like boko haram because it seems these groups are still allowed to operate with impunity. well you know the think there's a standoff between the government and boko haram the government has not been able to maybe make any significant headway because this number of children i think the reports where almost 600 children were abducted it's very concerning that the government never has the will figure exactly 0 how many children. and you know the girls 112 of them as to who had them pens lay asheri who was abducted from. that she is still there you know 100 and something of half last mates ok that's cool mates where we meet this. 6 allison guy who is a humanitarian war so happily assassinated so the governme

boko haram claimed the boys -- to stop looking for them.o haram claimed they were taken from the school on friday. the bbc will not release the video, but we can show you this large demonstration with people chanting bring back our boys and waving anti-boko haram posters. let's also remind ourselves what happened last friday. the abduction happened. around 800 students were at the school when it happened. 333 of them were missing until a few minutes ago. as we have just been saying, we are getting reports from local authorities that these boys have now been released or will be released. we are still waiting for full confirmation. authorities are saying this is going to be resolved very soon. stay with me here on outside source. brexit talks are carrying on. two quite different accounts of the call have emerged. a french court has sentenced a moroccan man to life in prison for attempting to kill passengers on a high-speed train. the attack was five years ago. you might remember it. it was foiled by passengers including off-duty soldiers. her

haram's 214 attack was reminiscent of boko haram's 2i4 mapping of 270 schoolgirls in the north—eastern there is relief for the boys and their families but details still remain unclear including who was responsible, why they kidnapped the boys and whether a ransom was paid. aruna iyengar, bbc news. like so many regions of the world, central america has been hit hard by the pandemic. and the damage by hurricanes in november has left many there homeless. these hardships have helped fuel the mass departures of migrants from honduras in recent days, as people hope to get to the united states. our central america correspondent will grant reports. it is an all—too—familiar site. a few hundred impoverished central american migrants travelling together before dawn, carrying only their children, a few possessions and hopes for a better life up north. certainly, they say, it can't be any worse than the one they're leaving behind. translation: we ask the new president of the united states to help us. we can't live here anymore. they lost everything to that hurricane is which battered central ameri

now basically boko haram is centered mainly in the northeast of the country with the main operational base being the states the contiguous states of baltimore your bay and adam are states and over the past few years we've seen how the group are splinted one pledging allegiance to islamic state and the other remaining what it is because it's lost it lost out in the past drug to be identified with ice all now that is raising concerns about possible negotiations of hostages and other deals that their thoughts just may want to cut with boko haram however what we know is that there has been some contact between book or on faction especially the shekel faction with bundy's operating in the northwest of nigeria there were several videos in the past one and a half years or so why a book or time has been soliciting the cooperation of these groups these bandits these armed men who've been raiding villages for cattle money and all that and we've seen some form of ideas also on the part of some of these groups but we also understand that boko haram has claimed responsibility for this but there ar

pristine wonder it's good to have your company nigeria's boko haram has claimed responsibility for the abduction of hundreds of schoolboys in the north of the country the islamist extremist groups. and an audio message to a local newspaper saying the students were kidnapped because western education is against the tenants of more than 330 boys from a government secretary school in the northwest state of katsina a missing hole or as you say bandits all responsible and that they're negotiating the release of the boys with the attackers we'll hear from nigeria's former education minister and the leader off the bring back all girls campaign off to this report. waiting for news of her child her son one of the boys snatched from a school on friday. if this government is just then we want them to rescue our children because they have the power to do sorry this slow to take action because it's not their children who have been taken they've put us in the situation where parents and grandparents are in absolute confusion they've stopped us from having peace of mind we're totally devastated. by.

and i'm christine one to it's good to have your company nigeria's boko haram has claimed responsibility for the abduction of hundreds of schoolboys in the north of the country the islamist extremist groups. and audio message to a local newspaper saying the students were kidnapped because western education is against the tenets of islam more than 330 boys from a government secret reschooling in the northway state of katsina a missing although as you say bandits are responsible and that they're negotiating the release of the boys with the attackers we'll hear from nigeria's former education minister and the leader of the bring back our girls campaign after this report. waiting for news of her child her son one of the boys snatched from a school on friday. if this government is just then we want them to rescue our children because they have the power to do sorry this slow to take action because it's not their children who have been taken they've put us in a situation where parents and grandparents are in absolute confusion they've stopped us from having peace of mind we're totally devastat

boko haram's claim of responsibility has not been confirmed.rom a former nigerian colonel on boko haram's movements. there is a fanning out from the northeast of boko haram or terrorist elements into other parts of the country. yes it is happening and we are breeding to see the results. and that's where it very disturbing. our correspondent mayenijones is in kano — the capital of katsina state. the so—called leader of boko haram released this message, an audio message late last night. and in it he says that they carry out this attack because, it's un—islamic and there were to send a strong message that you do not support it. the reason why this attack is particularly significant is because this shows that boko haram's area of activity, if it's true that they carried out this can happen, is expanding. way beyond where they have traditionally been active in the northeast of the country. the first attack of its kind in this pa rt first attack of its kind in this part of nigeria. which is frankly quite a worrying trend. growing and strong criticism

places like work in a fossil they lake charles base in countries have come together to defeat boko haram it backfired not simply in different parts of the border particular between nigeria and come come rotha. we have a new groups moving that expanding affiliated with or with the islamic state if the nigerian were to address the root causes particularly mismanagement it doesn't matter of public funds and corruption could that be the way out of this particular crisis which is widely seen as an existential threat to your country yes if can because if you look if you look at the in this is when socially this is in the indian not you you get a sense of us a wire it is a breeding ground for terrorism for instance meant you have environmental 1000000 people live in abject poverty it's the sense of that 90000000 reset in the not the only level 1000000 children out of school in india majority of which are india not include many of the other colleagues here would know about that on my degree and on all of that if when you have those kind of feel goes. people concentrated in a particular region so

from the function of lido boko haram abubakar shekau claiming responsibility for that attack now with several sites to the story we've. witnesses that count especially a student we skate. and skip the abductors who said they were herded into groups and moved from one forest to the other and he was coaching numbers fabio in what the officials i willing to tell us they're talking about 512 or even up to $600.00 students who are still missing so that's the situation right now we also understand that this according to posts have deployed additional facilities and personnel to try to track down the abductors and fine or rescue the schoolchildren initially 2 days after the attack we heard the nigerian government claiming that the abductors and the students have been spotted and that security services were engaging them in a firefight which turned out not to be exactly true because if what the governor of course in a state is talking about is correct that. they are in touch with the abductors what he described as bad as bandits then we probably may not see or may not have the true position o

yes, so in the video, allegedly from boko haram, young boy seenin allegedly from boko haram, young boy. all of this is part of some sort of war propaganda between boko haram and the government can both find to direct the narrative of what is happening to these boys. i'm sure pa rents happening to these boys. i'm sure parents and the nigerian public in general will feel more relieved when they see pictures of katsina city in they see pictures of katsina city in the morning. how long will that be? according to the katsina state government, the boys are currently on their way from the forest. obviously is quite a long walk and they have been trolled already, but they have been trolled already, but they say that should they should be in the state capital in the next few hours. mayeni jones, it is in the state capital in the next few hours. mayenijones, it is so good to have some good news and i know you will be monitoring their return for us. we will continue to monitor that and as we get those images, we will bring them to you. the headlines on bbc news... millions more people in england

of boko haram's 2014 kidnapping of more than 270 schoolgirls in the north—eastern town of chibok.e boys and their families, but details still remain unclear, including who was responsible, why they kidnapped the boys and whether a ransom was paid. aruna iyengar, bbc news. us senators have just published a damning report alleging that boeing officials "inappropriately coached" test pilots during the process to recertify the 737 max plane. the aircraft was grounded worldwide in march last year following two deadly crashes. our washington correspondent, lebo diseko, told me more about the report. really scathing, lewis, essentially saying that boeing and the faa — that's the regulator — worked together to manipulate the outcomes, the results of these tests, and these are the tests that led to the plane being given the all clear to fly again. now, in 2019, a series of tests were done that looked at pilot reaction times to that faulty software that was blamed for the two deadly crashes, and what the senators in this committee have found were that one, boeing improperly influenced at le

and a faction of boko haram has claimed responsibility for b. adoption of hundreds of school boys in northern nigeria it comes as the government announced it's negotiating with what it describes as an armed. somalia has cuts diplomatic ties with kenya saying it has constantly violated its sovereignty its accusing its neighbor of political interference in juba land one of somalia's 5 semi autonomous states has recalled all its diplomats from kenya and has ordered their counterparts to leave somalia within 7 days welcome webb has more from nairobi. then election is happening next month is based on a fragile agreement between the leaders of those 5 so you autonomous states and its president came here to visit nairobi kenya spoke to the government returned back to somalia and the somali government then said the president a jubilant were negative on the electoral agreement and blamed kenyan interference for that now just 2 days ago the president of another region somaliland also came here to nairobi and that's been followed by further allegations by

the extremist group boko haram have claimed that they we re haram have claimed that they were responsiblettack, the state authorities say that it was local criminals, kidnappers for ransom with some connection to the extremist group. all of this news comes off the back of a video allegedly coming from boko haram on thursday that showed dozens of young boys looking distressed in the forest, begging the nigerian government to call back their troops and say that some of their peers had been killed and airstrikes. according to state officials, that is not the case. all of the boys who were recovered a re case. all of the boys who were recovered are alive. this will be great news for their pa rents, be great news for their parents, some of whom have been waiting anxiously at the school where the boys were taken last friday waiting for news copy there has also been protests and katsina state calling for the president to bring back security to the state. it is unclear what the authorities plan to do to avoid this type of incident moving forward. schools in the region are currently closed until t

do you think those such as boko haram is a threat to us interest? and many others you spoke to. >> anytime we have an arab state militia so how much impact we will have? none. this will help those that did not show up by the way if there is the biden administration. but the meeting with the russians so there are a lot of people who are evil on - - involved with the obama administration. for from the friends and allies. >> so i think it is a win-win situation but this is the end it will not change the situation on the ground and those who are doing business under the table but that is what has been accomplished. so i am but then but if that would have been the conflict or the situation and. >> or the situation with all the different groups. >> it is very simple. >> i'm trying to find something that will have a good and what is your perspective on lebanon in the future? can it come out of the saudi arabia and rivalry? >> it's not always saudi arabia and iran now i went to lebanon and the french are restoring their historical relationship to influence

>> the northeast is where boko haram's activities have typically been limited to.they are responsible, it is a geographical spread, which would be concerning given the context of boko haram being declared as having been defeated five years ago. it seems to be a case of flexing might and showing an increased strength and confidence in that raises concerns for people who are interested in or have a stake in the security of the northern region in nigeria. >> good to talk to you again. thanks for being with us. >> thank you. >> a panel of experts advising the fda has recommended the emergency use of a second coronavirus vaccine. the committee endorsed the moderna vaccine a week after packing the pfizer backseat which is being blistered across the u.s. the fda is expected to grant emergency use as early as late thursday or friday. the u.s. registered a double record in deaths and infections in a single day. let's go to our white house correspondent in washington. how fast can this vaccine be rolled out once the fda gives its seal of approval? >> was the commotion or --

to be used in terms of growing its political importance in the country as well right boko haram claimed responsibility for the kidnapping of these boys how credible do you think that claim is. well i mean it appears a you know when book around released a statement it did this to through a voice message but when we saw videos of the boys the main book around players were not in that video so it appears as of this was i have a cell of book around operating in that part of the country or a group that you know just opera a militant group that operates there and was hoping to possibly sell these boys on to boko haram for money but it does not appear that book or the coke around had control over these boys and and so was not able to wield to hold them on for longer . right tell me what we are talking about something that's happened. since the chip bakos incident and still today we can report that only half of that your vocals have been found or fried at this as we know where married off suffices while the race really seemed to be dead so why is the outcome in this case so different. well ther

community felt so unprotected by the state authority that they actually made a deal with boko haramilitants that they would feed them, that they would provide them with resources and support if they were left alone. some militants came back and overstepped and actually took forcibly key elements of these farmers livelihoods. and when the farmers just went to get their possessions back, this is what it resulted in. it resulted in the horror that was perpetuated over the weekend. they both rise from the same place, which is assents by nigerian citizens that its government is ineffective at best and corrupt at worst. amy: nima elbagir, we're going to go to break. we come back, we want -- you are based in london. we want to ask about covid and the vaccine in london. but also the latest news on ethiopia with so many refugees fleeing from to gray into sudan, which is where you are from. this is democracy now! .e are speaking to nima elbagir stay with us. ♪ [music break] amy: amy: this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the quarantine report. i'm amy goodman. the united nations as it has

yes boko haram has claimed responsibility but when you go to conquer. states a lot of people believe that the kidnapping was done by the bandits now the reason why they believe it was done by the. ram is because bandits have been operating in that era out quadrants of them fly around 10 years and they've tried to attack the school about 3 times on successfully and after this carried out they asked for ransom which is very on like. now people are saying that before iran is only claiming responsibility because we are seeking agreeable recognition. whereas it's wasn't really them that performed nobody really knew who was behind them it's. preview response to the president who hari meantime repeatedly promising to tackle islamist terrorism what's gone wrong. i wish i could answer that question was has gone wrong he promised in nigeria that he was going to fix the salami stomach terrorism since 2015 this year we are yet to see who remains in fact things have been getting worse progressive just really should go that was on the top 100. in the southeast of nig

boko haram is saying it is holding more than 520 of them. certainly this would be the biggest abduction since this conflict began 11 years ago. >> ahead here on al jazeera. ♪ >> despite accusations of vote rigging and violating the constitution, getting the presidents who sworn in for a controversial third term. the italian author getting france's highest award. why she's following him. stay with us here on al jazeera. >>>> it is still snowing in japan because the cold air is coming out of far northeastern part of mainland asia. over the open waters, it produces possibly thunder snow, lightning. the wind is no easing, leaving behind cold air. hong kong still affected by this cold flow but it is slowly improving. showers are still building off the coast of vietnam and the philippines. there's a hint of circulation forming in the western pacific. the biggest shower is forecast through indonesia and all the way across northern australia. looks like a good, wet one. this is out of season rain in india. we have seen it come up moving to the north

taken the steel ring and is trying to transfer some some of them or not if not all of them to boko haram now what the governor told me earlier was that because the kidnappers were pinned down to a particular section of a forest between them for and gets in the state they were denied the freedom of movement and so they have been day and night surveillance over that area so that they will not escape with the students into neighboring new republic and probably off to mali or something like that so i think that is how negotiations directly started between government intermediaries and the bandits and then from what we hear this minute and successfully with the return of the boys tonight thank you very much indeed for the very latest on line for from nigeria on the return of proposed return of those thank you. the french president in one year mark or has become the latest world leader to test positive the code 19 a virus that infected more than 74000000 people he's still working but will quarantine for 7 days because office says it's very likely he got it at an e.u. summit a week ago he's als

there is no mr militant group boko haram has claimed responsibility for the kidnapping of more than 300 schoolchildren in nigeria and a voice recording sent to a nigerian newspaper the group justified the attack saying there you have both saying that boko haram rejects western education gunmen stormed the school in the northwestern city of calcutta on friday night and many of the students were able to escape but the families of the boys who were taken the still waiting to find out what has happened to them. waiting for news of her child her son one of the boys snatched from a school on friday. if this government is just then we want them to rescue our children because they have the power to do sorry this slow to take action because it's not their children who have been taken they've put us in the situation where parents and grandparents are in absolute confusion they've stopped us from having peace of mind we're totally devastated. by. the missing pupils were boarders at this school in kids who know they were taken in a balanced attack by dozens of gunmen with assault rifles while they

gloria has repeatedly claimed boko haram has been technically defeated what does this kidnapping tell us about their presence and strength in nigeria. if there are 5 what many people like you say you look or are a lot in technical duty you did yes still around truong deal or leaders do what they come to town to do a task. but what happened in my degree of our mary where to slaughter some really serious shit to sicken me every day and then the abduction of this would give the i wanted to push so many of the government 6 search of schools down in the northern part of the county to w a correspondent why so interests in a budget thank you for that update that. germany's 1000 crisis keeps escalating more than 30000 new cases confirmed in a single day as germans hope tighter lockdown restrictions will start to bring those numbers down deaths related to cope with 19 are also climbing and they tend to lag behind infection numbers by several weeks the country's 2nd wave is threatening to overwhelm the country's medical system hospitals and the worst hit areas have begun to transfer patients to

relief to their families the entire country and the international community the jihadist group boko haram has claimed responsibility for the kidnapping. and date of your correspondent flourish joins me now from lagos flourish we just saw pictures of the boys arriving at the same state governor's office they walked there themselves barefoot wrapped in blankets what more can you tell us about the condition the boys are in. well we don't know the details about the exact condition of the boys but what from what we can see footage via obviously smiling and happy to be back home now and the governor has promised to take them down actually only are we right now to be given proper medical attention and those that need psychological help things like that. provided for the boys how big of a victory is this rescue for the president he had come on the fire for his handling of the situation. yes of course this has very quickly become a political issue we have people on the side of why re he supports us who are rejoicing is celebrating saying that this easy huge victory for. the stray show and well on

boko haram claimed responsibility for the kidnapping of these boys how credible do you think that claim is. well i mean it appears a you know when book around released a statement it did this to through a voice message but when we saw videos of the boys the men book around players were not in that video so it appears as of this was i have a cell of book around operating in that part of the country or a group that you know just opera a militant group that operates there and was hoping to possibly sell these boys on to boko haram for money but it does not appear that book or the coke around had control over these boys and and so was not able to wield to hold them on for longer . right tell me what we are talking about something that's happened. since the chip ball cols incident and still today we can report that only half of the chip bottles have been found or freed at this as we know were married off to fight is while the race really seems to be dead so why is the outcome in this case so different. well 2 things i'll point out the 1st is that the chibok girls case when the girls were tak

and witnesses say boko haram islamist militants have killed at least 10 people in northern nigeria she had just jihadists and drove through villages torching shops homes and churches and shooting residents who fled into the bush un says boko haram has killed 36000 people since 2009. 100 of migrants a stranded in northwestern bosnia and herzegovina have spent a 4th night in freezing temperatures and squalid conditions the u.n. and international aid groups are appealing to authorities to provide proper accommodation they warn of that without urgent action people will die. they were already living in misery. and then things got worse. preaching temperatures. no heat in a big tent and just plastic sheeting for a roof one that threatens to cave in from the snow piling up on top some people here say they're not getting enough to eat. when there is a worry called we can't sleep in here. anything for example no. child or no food without food we are sleeping here weirdo. about 1200 refugees were being relocated for macam burned down a few days ago the fire allegedly set by frustrated occupants.

was the last major foreign leader to acknowledge biden's victory in last month's election the boko haram jihadist group says its fighters carried out friday's kidnapping of hundreds of students from a school in northern nigeria days after the raid the government says it is negotiating with the armed men boko haram was also responsible for abducting hundreds of schoolgirls in the town of chibok in 2014 an explosion in afghanistan has killed 3 people including the deputy governor of the capital kabul the interior ministry says unknown assailants attached a bomb to my. vehicle no group has claimed responsibility for the attack german police say they have arrested another suspect in last year's robbery of priceless jewelry from the famous green ball museum in dresden only last month investigators arrested 3 young men 2 suspects remained on the run now one of them has been detained in berlin. countries across europe are tightening coronavirus restrictions as new infections surge london and parts of southern england will start a stricter lockdown on wednesday morning the netherlands and the cz

secondary school in the northwest state of kut sina are missing if boko haram is behind the abduction this would represent a significant expansion of the group's activities into new areas. waiting for news of her child her son one of the boys snatched from a school on friday. if this government is just then we want them to rescue our children because they have the power to do sorry this slow to take action because it's not their children who have been taken they've put us in the situation where parents and grandparents are in absolute confusion they've stopped us from having peace of mind when totally devastated. by. the missing people's will borders that this school in kids you know they were taken in a violent attack by dozens of gunmen with assault rifles while they were asleep in their dormitories. usama is one of the lucky ones he managed to escape the kidnappers. i was about to slape when i started hearing sporadic gunshots and before i could even get outside there were many people there were already outside and so we were asked to go back into a hostel then they said the gunmen