it's getting tense ahead of a big fight, mayweather and manny pacquioa arriving. -- details in sport >>> first nigeria's army says it freed 200 girls and 93 women from boko haram. they were rescued from camps in the strong hold of the forest. let's bring in ynonne ndedge. any more details about the rescue and the identity of girls and women that were rescued. were they part of a chibok girls group? let he up date you on what you know. what the military authorities are telling us is they are planning to release photos and details of the identity of 293 individuals to be rescued from the more effort. what we know is there as possibility that some of these women and girls, wives, relatives of boko haram insurgents living in the forest for a long period of time. a military spokesperson is telling us that the photographs will be forthcoming. the military is speaking more about how they came ba finding the girls. we know that this is a theatre of combat that they are still battling boko haram in this area. and the hope is that the chicago girls, the 200 or so kid naps a year ago could be a

. >> it's tense ahead of a big fight as mayweather and manny pacquioa arrives in las vegas. details coming up with jo in sport. sport. >>> you're watching the al jazeera newshour. a reminder of the top stories. saudi arabia's king abdullah named his nephew 55-year-old mohammed bin nayef as the new crown proins and for the second time in the country's history, a non-royal will be foreign minister. crowds rallied in nepal demanding help from the government. thousands are living in camps and need food and water following saturday's earthquake. more than 5,000 are confirmed dead. >>> nigeria's army says it rescued nearly 300 women and girls. they were sound in the forest which is the arm's group's last-known stronghold. >>> a lecturer from coventry university and a boko haram expert joins us via skype. what is happening in the north, what role is foreign forces playing, and who is in control? >> if we remember what happened before the election national forces led were in the north of nigeria. taking part of that country. and they've been taken over by boko haram fighters. at a p

floyd mayweather and manny pacquioa come together in las vegas ahead of their fight on saturday. mayweather is undefeated. and will improve on a perfect 47 and 0 records. fans have noted that the men has not been himself m known for flam boyance and trash talk floi mayweather has been a little subdued. >> you know it's time to fight now. you guys came to see excitement a great event. i think that is what both competitors bring to the table - excitement. the biggest fight in boxing history. i'm a part of it. so that's the great thing, you know. i'm just truly, truly blessed to be where i'm at. i feel good, i feel strong. i see you guys saturday. thank you. >> before i became a boxer, i used to sleep in the street you know starving hungry and i can't imagine the lord raved me and blessed me that i cannot imagine that the boy in the street raised in the level of life. >> zimbabwe are tour pakistan as a top tier team to visit the country in six years. zimbabwe will play two 20 twenty20 matches and three one-day internationals. no team visited pakistan since an attack in lahore in 200

and in sport find out why floyd mayweather and mani pak awe won't fight for an ordinary -- manny pacquioa won't fight for an ordinary belt >>> candidates approved by choipa will be a-- -- chippa will be allowed to stand in the 2016 elections in hong kong. >> reporter: >> reporter: the government's electoral reform plan divided the people of hong kong. it triggered months of protests, shutting parts of the city, including here in the central part of the financial district. now, today those protesters returned for another round of demonstrations. security was forced to step in as protesters verbally clashed. central to the plan is ruling out a free election in 2017. instead allowing for china or the national people's congress to vet the candidates. the city's chief executive executive said this s a milestone for hong kong, and the public needs to support democratic protest. >> this resolution is a huge step in promoting the democratic hong kong >> reporter: pro-democracy party vowed to defeat the plan scp today, they walked out in protest. the bill leads a two-thirds majority if it's to get