kidnapped students say hundreds of children are missing after gunmen attack a school in nigeria's katsina states. world leaders unveil additional climate change but is it too little too late. and waiting for justice 25 years on victims of the bosnian war struggle to find closure as they fight for their day in court. hello americans will receive their 1st doses of a coronavirus vaccine from monday as the u.s. experiences its toughest period of the pandemic so far the pfizer vaccine is being recommended to those aged 16 and alder nearly 300000 people have died of covert 19 in the world's worst affected nation john hendren has the latest from washington d.c. . in the nation most devastated by the global pandemic the 1st doses of the 1st approved vaccine or on the move within the next 24 hours they will begin moving vaccine from the pfizer manufacturing facility to the u.p.s. and fed ex hopes and then it will go out to the $636.00 locations nationwide the 1st $145.00 sites in the u.s. are expected to receive the vaccine on monday with the rest receiving it by wednesday now front line responde

well thank you very much sadec and from the katsina post telling us what you know about this time and give them. now the head of the u.s. drug regulator is working to reassure americans that the pfizer vaccine is safe this as they prepared to roll it out in the country hardest hit by that 19 u.s. reported more than 230000 new cases on friday and more than 2700 deaths officials hope this distribution of the vaccine from monday will provide relief to hospitals of iran with coronavirus admissions the u.s. is the west country with almost 60000000 infections 295000 related deaths but this vaccine met the f.d.a. as rigorous standards for quality safety and efficacy science and data guided the f.d.a. decision we worked quickly based on the urgency of this pandemic not because of any other external pressure this decision was based on the strongest scientific integrity and i am so proud of the work that our career scientists have done while our federal partners are already taking steps to distribute this vaccine we remind the public to remain vigilant as an occupation will take time that's goo

say 344 schoolboys kidnapped 6 days ago been released and are on their way home we'll be live in katsina state with the latest. on our intake of this is al jazeera live from london also coming up french president in one year mark or test positive for cocaine 19 sending more world leaders into self isolation. that it may putin laughs off an investigation blaming russian agents for poisoning alexander valley saying if they had he would be dead. and 10 years after a fruit seller set himself on fire triggering what became known as the arab spring tunisians are still protesting. we begin with our breaking news out of nigeria the governor of katsina state says 344 school boys kidnapped by an armed group 6 days ago have been released and are on their way home the boys were taken when gunmen raided their school in cannes carra in nigeria's north west last friday. on thursday protesters rallied in the town furious at the government's handling of the case and a faction of the armed group boko haram released a proof of life video of what it said were some of the kidnapped boys in the video which ho

government i have a younger brother and a child taken by the kidnappers i'm from dan jacques katsina state and i've been here in the school since dawn and yet there is no update. it's not clear how many children have been abducted from the all boys boarding school nigerian police say they forced the gunmen to retreat after engaging them in a shootout for more than one hour but this anger that 6 years up to more than $270.00 girls were kidnapped by the armed group boko haram at chip uk nigerian security forces appear to have once again failed to keep school children safe for rates to be that we have illegal tragedy of. hundreds and hundreds of students once again in the country is an indication that we learned no lessons from the previous tragedy there is something called the sis initiative this government should ask itself how seriously it has to conduct initiatives. abductions have become increasingly common in nigeria just 2 days before the school abduction a village elder along with 20 others was kidnapped in the same state the governor has ordered the immediate closure of all boa

coming up on the program barefoot and traumatized more than 300 nigerian school boys returned to katsina a week after they were kidnapped. and a hindu woman who was detained and suffered a miscarriage shines a spotlight on india's new interfaith marriage. welcome to the program the u.s. has experienced its deadliest week ever from the coronavirus with more than 18000 people killed according to figures from johns hopkins university 3270 fatalities were recorded on thursday alone and another 230000 infections confirmed despite that the vice president described this week as the beginning of the end for the pandemic as he and his wife were inoculated live on television mike pence is the highest profile recipient of the vaccine made by pfizer biotech which was authorized for emergency use last week. karen and i were more than happy to step forward before this week was. to take this safe and effective corona virus vaccine that we have secured and produced for the american people karen and i wanted to step forward and take this vaccine to assure the american people that while we cut red tape we

worried parents saying they're negotiating with the kidnappers a military search joins us live from katsina and tell us any but there's any progress on finding the boys. well a short while ago lauren i spoke with the governor of cats in the state. on a bull i mean of into my study who can fund to me that a lot of progress has been made in securing the release of these still remember there were earlier reports contradictory reports of the boys have been released but the governor is sure that he's even surprised that up to now there is the boys are not home he said what the government is doing over the past few days has been to try through intermediaries to secure the release of these young children and one of the things you said was the 1st approach was more like a stick approach deploying the military to cordon off a sudden plays in the forest between them for and gets in a stage now that the bandits have been pinned down and they're saying that whatever happens on the front line is actually the the jurisdiction of federal troops which the state virtually has no control over but on these cu

well, the bbc‘s nigeria correspondent, mayenijones, is in kano, in katsina.the news obviously comes as a huge relief to the parents. so the state government has told the bbc that 344 boys have been released and are currently on their way from a forest in zamfara to katsina in north—western nigeria. we are not clear whether that is the total number of boys who were abducted, there was always some doubt as to how many boys had been taken. the state government said it could be anywhere from 340—400 boys. boko haram claimed that they took 523 boys, so there is some questions about how many boys have been released and whether it's all of them. in terms of responsibility, the extremist group boko haram have claimed that they were responsible for the attack. 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

is the most vulnerable council area in katsina state yes we have one armored personnel carrier a few soldiers and police but that's not enough to deal with the big threat we face daily. become for now but in other villages around here people are living in fear they have been reports of other takes on the police to communities nearby since the news of the students. there's been a significant security presence here because of the recent abductions but it's not clear how long that will last how many trees are does iraq and iraq northwest nigeria. head hair on al jazeera live in to bursley as east african leaders gather to discuss the diplomatic standoff between kenya and somalia. and we take a look at how is this casino capital macau became a model for china's one country 2 systems principles. however we've got a developing tropical storm making its way across the philippines into the south china sea a little circulation him now pushing through it dipping some very heavy rain into the philippines 182 millimeters of rainfall here in 24 hours there we go that kulish unrolling towards the

that they move faster well al jazeera is ahmed addresses live outside the office of the governor of katsina state so then 7 moving pretty quickly in the last few hours just bring us up to date with what's been happening and where the boys are now. well the voice of love to the state the northern one of the northern states the been held up for the past 5 or 6 days and that's why i think what the security forces are telling is the pin down the abductors of the children so they left some for a state initially there was he cups the government of some sort of state and kids in a state tried to sort out the protocols of bringing them back to the here we are told that they are moving in a convoy of vehicles i squatted by the military under tight security at the remember this is an area that for years has been suffering from attacks by bandits and kidnappers as well as robbers and other criminal criminal gangs that have been operating freely in this part of north northern nigeria so what we expect and we expected that they would be here by now however because of the long and dangerous roads we are

gunman stormed a school and kidnapped a number of children about 800 students attend the school in katsina state money flying during the attack police say 200 have returned safely because. the child is a child regardless of his parent children were kidnapped and we didn't sleep throughout the night since 10 pm and we're just tearing gunshots some of my relatives children were also taken i have been at the school since dawn and we're not going to sincerely speaking we here in katsina state are in a terrifying condition we don't see the value of the government in fact i have a younger brother and a child taken along by the kidnappers i am from down jack katsina state and i have been in this school since dawn and yet there is no update south korea has reported a 2nd day of record high corona virus infections. more than a 1000 new cases were confirmed on sunday many in seoul the government has warned it may have to increase restrictions to the highest level. international aid has arrived in the ethiopian city of the center of recent fighting in the region a convoy of trucks from the red cross

al-jazeera is often interests has this update from katsina state. we are told that they are moving in a convoy of vehicles ice courted by the military under tight security and they remember this is an area that for years has been suffering from attacks by bandits and kidnappers as well as robbers and other criminal criminal gangs that have been operating freely in this part of north in northern nigeria so what we expect early on we expected that they would be here by now however because of the long and dangerous roads we are told that we'll have to wait a little bit longer for them to arrive and when they arrive here in cuts in a state they will be kept in a camp then doctors and nurses will be brought in to check them and then some debriefing as well before the president meets them i see prepares to leave the state of cats and back to he's been vacationing here for the last 7 days so i think what is going to happen is probably they won't the president may not meet them until probably later in the day because they're yet to arrive gets into as of no

the bbc‘s nigeria correspondent, mayenijones, is in kano in katsina.iously comes as a huge relief to the parents. so the state government has told the bbc that 344 boys have been released and are currently on their way from a forest in zamfara to the state capital of katsina in north—western nigeria. we are not clear whether that is the total number of boys who were abducted, there was always some doubt as to how many boys had been taken. the state government said it could be anywhere from 340—400 boys. boko haram claimed that they took 523 boys, so there is some questions about how many boys have been released and whether it's all of them. in terms of responsibility, the extremist group boko haram have claimed that they were responsible for the attack. 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 go

live on the ground for us from katsina where the boys have just arrived about a half hour or so ago ahmed what are you hearing about their conditions their state of mind and what happens next. shocking diary these warriors all of them walked barefoot some of them limping you can see they are virtually exhausted traumatise following the events of the past 7 days i've lost some of them can now breathe. easily. but freedom right now will be meeting the governor of the state i mean a bill of my salary has been coordinating efforts all these days along with 6. the agent says and before their arrival we saw we noticed significant movement of nigerian security forces that include the military police units special forces and quite a military organization is courting these boys from far away from forested why they were taken and as they approach here we saw helicopters flying overhead courting them to ensure that they reach their destination safely what we understand right now is that after meeting with the governor of kids in the state they will be moved to a camp while they will undergo medical

city in they see pictures of katsina city in the morning.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 will be living under the toughest restrictions from saturday, in a bid to slow down the spread of coronavirus. thousands of secondary school children across england will have their return to school staggered after the christmas break in northern ireland, a new six—week lockdown starting on boxing day has been agreed by politicians. authorities in the united states are believed to be close to filing charges against a former libyan intelligence officer, in connection with the bombing of panam flight 10

boys have been released the week after they were kidnapped in northwestern nigeria the governor of katsina state says they'll be back with their families after being checked over by doctors the boys were taken when gunmen thought to be linked to boko haram stormed the school in the town of last friday. live outside the government house. with an update on where the boys are right now. well during the boy in approaching cuts in a city now and all have been completed to receive them here the government house all they had been just a few meters away from a few 100 meters away from the government house we understand also that when they arrive here they will see the governor forced who will then inform the president who happens to be in cuts in a state occasion now to come forward to come and meet them before they fly and they are finally reunited with her parents the governor of kids in a state i mean i've been with my study said they will also make sure that they get the best medical attention possible before they are finally transported home that's the situation right now don and what do we k

president says negotiations are taking place with the abductors of hundreds of schoolchildren and katsina states will be live in the capital a. turning day into night thousands gather in chile and argentina to view a red total solar eclipse. us democracy has prevailed and that was the message from president elect joe biden shortly after the electoral college formally validated his victory in the election he was a great size donald trump's attempts to overturn the result she had reports from wilmington delaware for dose of our biden of delaware a democrat. i 65 knows the role. california is electoral college vote made it official joe biden is the president elect and in the end the formal tally of the states joe biden won in the november election was the procedural affair it normally is across the country electors in states that biden flipped from the republicans cost their states votes for the president elect joseph r. biden has received $16.00 votes under the u.s. constitution the president isn't chosen by the popular vote but by the $538.00 electors of the electoral college however usual

haram has released a proof of life video of what it says are some of the kid not always governor of katsina state told out as they were a short time ago but he expects to have progress on the boys' release soon. what were the substantial progress for the 34 days who had been discussing through intermediaries. lived. part of today or within the early morning hours who were the developments heavy in touch with them for the last 30 minutes i was spoke. with. representing us must be sure that the right of security . is on course. to. see the coming back of the children the french president in one year michael has become the latest world leader to test positive for covert 19 he's still working but will quarantine for 7 days several other european leaders have also entered isolation having been in contact with michael in recent days it's thought he contracted the illness at the european council a week ago. they're not just states has passed 17000000 confirmed coronavirus cases adding a 1000000 new infections in just the past 5 days and 3600 fatalities were confirmed on wednesday in the coming hou

in nigeria some of $400.00 students are still missing after gunmen attacked a secondary school in katsina state on friday local police said a large group armed with assault rifles a stormed the building a gunfight with police allowed some students to escape but many more were apparently kidnapped and it's feared they could be held for ransom students who should be sitting at these desks are missing the disappearance has devastated the local community. that child is a child regardless of who their parents are children have been kidnapped here in konqueror from 10 pm on all we could hear was gunfire we couldn't sleep. some of my relatives children were taken i've been here at the school since dawn. we here in katsina earn a terrible condition we can't see how the government is helping my younger brother and my child were taken away by the kidnappers i've been at the school since dawn and we still haven't had an update on. the attack targeted the government science secondary school in the canker district of katsina in northern nigeria. is the home state of nigerian president mohamed do hari

in nigeria some 400 students are still missing after gunmen attacked a secondary school in katsina states on friday a local police said a large group armed with assault rifles stormed the building a gunfight with police allowed some students to escape but many more were apparently kidnapped and it's feared they could be held for ransom. students who should be sitting at these desks a missing that disappearance has devastated the local community. well that's year old is a child regardless of who their parents are children have been kidnapped here in konqueror from 10 pm on all we could hear was gunfire we couldn't sleep. some of my relatives children were taken what i've been here at the school since dawn are. we here in katsina earn a terrible condition we can't see how the government is helping my younger brother and my child were taken away by the kidnappers i've been at the school since dawn and we still haven't had an update on. the attack targeted the government science secondary school in the canker district of kept senior in northern nigeria. it's the home state of nigerian preside

the attack targeted the government science secondary school in the canker district of katsina in northern nigeria. is the home state of nigerian president mohammad yukari he has condemned the attack in a statement bihari said the military had located the kidnappers and exchanged fire backed up by air support it's the latest in a series of attacks by gunmen on nigerian schools one of the most serious occurred in 2014 when members of jihad his group boko haram kidnapped nearly 300 schoolgirls the families affected by this latest incident still waiting to find out who took their children. to sport now and in the bundesliga leon baby here scored twice by leverkusen bait hoffenheim for one to go top of the table the jamaican winger is enjoying a brilliant run of form at the moment and one of his trucks on sunday which you're about to see well almost certainly be a contender for goal of the season. leon bailey's performances this season have again attracted the interest of several big english clubs there's club scouts didn't have to wait long for another glimpse of bally magic. i assure corner

officials in katsina state, said the boys were found —— officials in katsina state said the boys werethey'd been left by their kidnappers. victoria uwonkunda reports. the schoolboys were taken by bus to the state capital, katsina. some were still wearing their school uniforms, others clutched blankets, and some looked clearly distressed and confused. the boys were flanked by armed police as they walked to meet the governor. 0ne told reporters that the kidnappers had barely fed them. at a news conference, the state governor thanked security forces. i also use this opportunity to praise and thank the efforts made by the entire security apparatus of the state, of the country, for what they did. more than 340 schoolboys were kidnapped on december 11 after an attack on the school in kankara town. the islamist militant group boko haram claimed responsibility. however, authorities say bandits were behind the attack. the government insists no ransom was paid, but that the boys were released after negotiations with the kidnappers. security has been an issue in north—eastern nigeria in recent y

mayenijones, bbc news, katsina. still to come: some much—needed christmas cheer — the story of the music teacher who took her lessons online. music and chanting. saddam hussein is finished because he killed our people, our women, our children. the signatures took only a few minutes, but they brought a formal end to 3.5 years of conflict, conflict that has claimed more than 200,000 lives. before an audience of world leaders, the presidents of bosnia, serbia and croatia put their names to the peace agreement. the romanian border was sealed and silent today. romania has cut itself off from the outside world in order to prevent the details of the presumed massacre in timisoara from leaking out. from sex at the white house to a trial for his political life, the lewinsky affair tonight guaranteed bill clinton his place in history as only the second president ever to be impeached. this is bbc news, the latest headlines: a court in france has convicted the accomplices of the islamist militants who carried out the charlie he

is the most vulnerable council area in katsina state yes we have one armored personnel carrier a few soldiers and police but that's not enough to deal with the big threat we face daily. become for now but in other villages around here people are living in fear. they have been reports of other attacks on the police to communities nearby since the news of the students. there's been a significant security presence here because of the recent abductions but it's not clear how long that will last. well that was a reporter from the ground and had seen the state we are also getting for some additional information about reports of other attacks in northern nigeria we bring you more on that here on al-jazeera later today and we do apologize for the audio quality that when we were speaking live meanwhile there are a number of other groups occupying large areas of central african republic have announced the formation of a coalition ahead of next week's elections that the government claims it's an attempt by a former president from mount a coup that move comes as un peacekeepers are now being dep

the state governor of katsina has tweeted. ..ina state. 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 latest kidnapping, is expanding way beyond where they've traditionally been active in the north—east of the country. this would be the first attack of its kind in this part of nigeria, which is frankly a quite worrying trend. there's growing and strong criticism as to the president's performance when it comes to tackling security in the country. if you'll remember, he was elected in 2015 on the promise that he would tackle the problem of security, particularly when it came to jihadi violence. earlier this year, there were protests in the north—west of the country because kidnapping here has been such a huge issue, and i think that this latest kidnapping — particularly the number of students involved, 300 of them, some as young as ten years old — is really a big blow to the administration and their performance on the security

by the disease has more from katsina. so today what happened the 344 of them walked past all of them none of them had any shoes on they limp pastas some with blisters on their feet some with really really trauma and fear despise them regaining freedom you can spell trauma and fear on their faces because these are children who have gone through what nor ordinary child must be allowed to go through they are really traumatized and shortly after the arrival they walked into the building because behind me now and then they met the governor of the state along with security officers from the military the police part of military organizations and other officials and now they are getting ready to be shipped out from this location the governor's office to a safe location why they will be checked physically mentally and they will be assessed we understand that the president is going to meet them before he finally leaves for the federal capital in abuja at the end of his 7 day vacation here in cats in a state so a lot of parents are

mayenijones, bbc news, katsina.ged that a post brexit free—trade deal with the country could take many years. but, he said, it might come much sooner and the mutual benefits would be "enormous". mr raab met indian prime minister narendra modi, and also announced a new vaccine partnership with the country. 0ur south asia correspondent rajini vaidya nathan asked mr raab about brexit. 0n the great things that i've been able to talk through through the prime minister today in the foreign ministry yesterday was if you like the road map, liberalising and deepening our trade in both england and british businesses, of course, free trade negotiations are always a haggle we expect both sides for that to ta ke haggle we expect both sides for that to take place. in looking at the joint mutual benefits between the 20 and 30 year period, they norm is. free—trade agreement happen overnight and could take as long as long as a decade. a free-trade agreement is important and milestones to reaching that sometimes it can take as long a

mayenijones, bbc news, katsina. news, still to come: some much—needed christmas cheer. the music teacher, who took her lessons online. music and chanting. saddam hussein is finished because he killed our people, our women, our children. the signatures took only a few minutes, but they brought a formal end to 3.5 years of conflict, conflict that has claimed more than 200,000 lives. before an audience of world leaders, the presidents of bosnia, serbia and croatia put their names to the peace agreement. the romanian border was sealed and silent today. romania has cut itself off from the outside world in order to prevent the details of the presumed massacre in timisoara from leaking out. from sex at the white house to a trial for his political life, the lewinsky affair tonight guaranteed bill clinton his place in history as only the second president ever to be impeached. this is bbc news, the latest headlines: a court in france has convicted the accomplices of the islamist militants who carrie out the charlie hebdo atta

attack happened on friday night at the government science secondary school in the kankara area of katsina offensive to rescue the children is reportedly still underway. our news reporter and former west africa correspondent, mark lobel, has more details on the attack. around 11:00pm friday night, gunmen on motorbikes stormed this all boys state secondary school and according to police sources fired assault rifles in the air which undoubtedly would have been terrifying, took on security guards at the school and later police that arrived. some boys escaped and jumped over fences and ran into town and then police said they brought in armed defence vehicles to drive the attackers out, and 200 of the 800 stu d e nts were accounted for, so there could be up to 600 abducted or missing and it's very worrying. a mother who had a son and a younger brother at the school said that when she turned up on saturday there was scarcity of information and terrifying conditions for everyone involved. the military said they located the attackers in a forest on saturday and a joint operation is under way with

valleys in some forested where they were you didn't deep inside the forest all right reporting from katsina thank you. germany has had a record number of corona virus infections just 2 days after imposing tighter restrictions it recorded more than 30000 cases in 24 hours for the 1st time since the start of the outbreak it's also claimed more than $800.00 deaths pushing the toll to nearly $25000.00 the government says it's stepping up its efforts with vaccinations set to begin immediately after christmas. now a panel of experts advising the u.s. food and drug administration has recommended the emergency use of a 2nd coronavirus vaccine the committee indorse the moderna vaccine one week after backing the pfizer bio and tech currently being administered across the u.s. more than 17000000 cases have been reported there 310000 people have died our white house correspondent kimberly halkett has more. once the f.d.a. gives the seal of approval it will go to the c.d.c. they're in charge of distribution and once the c.d.c. director signs off it is really just a matter of time before people can start

the story of the kidnapped school boys from katsina state how it's exposing the wider problem of lawlessness and insecurity in nigeria's north. also coming up a test for democracy thailand holds its 1st local elections after months of protests against the government and the monarchy. hello welcome to the program our top story or fears over a new fast moving strain of the coronavirus and that's led to calls for action from the world health organization it says europe needs to step up measures to prevent the spread of the virus several european countries of eva stopped all restricting travel from the u.k. where the health ministers warned a variant strain of the virus is out of control a stay at home order is now in force in parts of the country the mutated strain is also being monitored in the united states where shipments of the 2nd kovan $1000.00 vaccine have started the medina vaccine will be rolled out for monday but before that there is hope that a massive bipartisan stimulus deal will be agreed to kick start the economy. and i asked max a mass vaccination program as are also started in

gunmen stormed a school and kidnapped a number of children about 800 students attend a school in katsina state many flooded during the attack police say 200 have returned safely because. you know a child is a child regardless of his parent children were kidnapped and we didn't sleep throughout the night since 10 pm and we're just hearing gunshots some of my relatives children were also taken i have been at the school since dawn and when i'm sincerely speaking we here in katsina state are in a terrifying condition we don't see the value of the government in fact i have a younger brother and a child taken along by the kidnappers i am from down jack katsina state and i have been in this school since dawn and yet there is no update. i've found police say 3 people have been killed in attacks on the capital prosecutor was shot dead in the east of kabul and in a separate attack 2 people were killed in a bomb blast targeting a member of parliament no group has yet claimed responsibility. the u.k.'s burke said negotiator david frost has arrived in brussels as a deadline looms to agree on a tradin

after they were kidnapped by so-called bandits how many dreams has this update from katsina. you are having a crisis here in katrina state in ventura stayed in support or and could manage to keep going up by the way it's just less than 200 kilometers from the administration capital of nigeria border and various hardly a week that passes without a major incident of kidnapping or attempt to kidnap passengers on the highway for a lot of people now have to resort to air transportation or trains and this is causing a lot of problems for embarrassment on the part of government because this is a recurring problem and this is not only in the northwest for the nigerian government and military it's embarrassing remember 3 years ago the government declared war while technically defeated but we see continuously how boko haram continues to test the will of the nigerian government and its military in the north east of the country and we seeing more activity here in the northwest of nigeria. at least 9 people have been killed in the afghan capital in a car bomb attack another 15 people were

this happened in katsina state, in the north—west of nigeria.when the attack happened. and at least 333 students are still missing. 0ne boy managed to escape byjumping out of a window — but he hasn't seen his twin brother since. translation: i was afraid, totally afraid. but what frightened me the most was that my brother would be in danger. when i looked for him, i couldn't see him. boko haram's claim of responsibility has not been confirmed. the state governor of katsina has tweeted: "the abductors of our children have made contacts with the government and talks are ongoing to ensure their safety and return to their respective families. the security agencies deployed for rescue operations have also informed us that they have located their position." 0ur correspondent, mayenijones, is in kano, the capital of katsina state. 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 latest kidnapping, is expanding way beyond where they've traditionally b

ok let's join us now our correspondent he's in katsina where the students were abducted or what's the military or the civilian administration doing to get these children back. well the governor here is talking about making contacts with people into media as by the way the. media and the cuts will be disassociation of nigeria who they believe is sort of connected or have links to the people who abducted the children they believe that the the abductions was actually done by not boko haram but by local bandits who have been terrorizing kids in the state and other parts of northwestern nigeria now on the side of the military we were in this afternoon and we've seen a large deployment of nigerian special forces there one source is also talking about intelligence being spread around that area locals also told us that over the past few days they've seen aircraft surveillance aircraft moving overhead and we were told that the abductors have been pinned to a particular location and in the words of the governor whatever is going to happen happens on the front line and it's between federal force

well my interest sent us this report from katsina city walking barefoot some of them limping the 344 schoolboys are led by a nigerian security forces through the safe environment of the governor's office in the courts and after nearly a week in captivity. instead of joy it's an exhaustion written on their young freezes. the government says all the students abducted in an armed raid on a boarding school in the town of last week have now been freed but it's yet to explain the circumstances leading to their release a quick intervention prevented nigeria's largest muslim doctrine from turning into another disaster in turn to 14 security experts say nigerian authorities failed to act quickly when both took more than 270 students from a girl 2nd to school in chibok more than $100.00 of them are still unaccounted for . for 6 days the students were forced to trick and hike until i joined in security forces pinned down their abductors in a forest in nearby some for a state. is all in the same place when they took the 3rd but when they saw a jet fighter they change their location and hit is in

just 2 days off to hundreds of boys who were kidnapped late within reunited with their families in katsina off to being abducted by so-called bandits and then in iraq the u.s. embassy in baghdad has condemned a rocket attack on its compound and called on iraqi leaders to take steps to prevent further attacks the iraqi military said several rockets hit the green zone on sunday it's believed the u.s. embassy was the target one iraqi soldier was injured and buildings damaged by god's green zone area houses government buildings and foreign missions witnesses coming up next with an episode called 50 feet from syria. it's 10 years since the arab spring shook countries across the middle east a decade on from the 1st uprising we'll look at the legacy of the revolution. join us as we assess the changes in the political landscape in the middle east and north africa. on al-jazeera. morning morrow morning for you doing are you felt good. when you hear. of the 3rd chance. and nervous ol will but. don't play a little finger sensor tell your fingers but i haven't been to syria for probably 30 years i'm f

number of gunmen on motorbikes attacked a boarding school in can car districts in the northwest in katsina state late on friday many children have taken their luggage and left the school since the attack one officer was shot during the hour long gun battle between the military and the gunman about 800 students attend that school many of them ran away when the attack began and police say 200 have since returned but it's not known how many students were taken on. a child as a child regardless of his parent children were kidnapped and we didn't sleep throughout the night since 10 pm and we're just hearing gunshots some of my relatives tutor and we're also taken i have been at the school since dawn when i sincerely speaking we here in katsina state are in a terrifying condition we don't see the value of the government in fact i have a younger brother and a child taken along by the kidnappers i am from down jack cut scene a state and i have been in this school since dawn and yet there is no update. other respected doctor of the as a queer sally from the bring back our girls campaign of course i

mayenijones, bbc news, katsina.munities across the uk have been worst affected by the pandemic. as part of the our lives series, emma clifford bell has gone back to her home area — drumchapel in glasgow — to find out how the pandemic has affected young people there. 0n the very edge of glasgow, lockdown has hit hard. but this men's support group is keeping spirits up. for gary and wee gary, it's like a second home. you keep me on my toes, don't you? always running about. what kind of character is gary? like me. wild. i think it's been pretty tough, especially coming from a place like drumchapel. nobody‘s got anything. and then you go into a lockdown and it's like you have to stay in your house for four months, four, five months, but you've not got anything to do with that four, five months. some people have not got tellies, so what do they do? stare at four walls for four months? drumchapel is consistently ranked one of the most deprived areas in the country, but people here are resilient and creative. growing up, i