this is close to the badder of niger and -- board are of niger and libya.person knows that moving forward means risking his life. >> the road, we have to admit, is risky, is not tarmacked. it's the sahara, the truck is a 4 by four. it takes more than 30 people, 27 like that. it is dangerous. if you are not seated in a good position, you risk falling, and you risk being killed. >> it used to be a tourist destination, notorious four human trafficking and crime. people are charged $500 to cross the sahara. hundreds die every year taking the dangerous route through the desert. until people make it to the boats, their stories of thursday, hunger and accidents are rarely hurt. two years ago the bodies of 92 were found in the desert. they were abandoned by the smugglers and died of thursday. -- thirst. 60% of migrants that made it to italy are said to have travelled through niger. many that travelled, from niger mali, chad and cameroon and other areas. they enter libya and continue across to the mediterranean. many don't make it. >> translation: the migrants die o

two-thirds of niger is desert. the country's annual income per person is about $400. more and more people in some areas are trying to get out of poverty by helping boko haram. >> translator: forces are conducting operations to eradicate the boko haram threat around the lake chad. but there is a limit of what they can do. >> boko haram is active from nigeria to southeastern niger. they killed 32 people on wednesday in two villages in niger. >>> officials at the u.n. refugee agency say the number of people displaced in asia grew by 31% last year. the total now stands at 9 million. patchari raksawong at our bureau in bangkok is following the story. >> the figures come from a report released by the u.n. high commissioner for refugees ahead of world refugee day on saturday. a large number of displaced people in asia are from or near myanmar. our reporter visited a refugee camp here in thailand to meet some of the people living there. >> reporter: a seven-hour drive from the city of chenlai in northern thailand. the mountain slope is covered with houses made of bamboo and t

people from senegal gambia, guinea ivory coast ghana ma'ami niger and cameroon. many don't make it. >> the migrants die on the way but the traffickers don't care and in libya there are a loot of problems. there's everyone for himself. >> translator: somehow it appears in either libya or nigeria. fragments of cuts in their bodies, treatment they received in the host country. >> niger's government says it can't regulate people coming in from wearch west african nations osama ben javnessais, al jazeera. >> won't spoke to the exiled government of abd rabbu mansour hadi abd rabbu mansour hashem ahelbarra reports from yemen. >> they are in geneva for crucial talks aimed at stopping violence in yemen. the united nations has called on all parties to agree on a two week humanitarian truce. >> the fighting on the ground is an issue but the big issue is the saudi led air strikes. we want the u.n. and international community to put the pressure ton saudis to stop the air strikes. >> the be forces loyal to sally ale have recently taken new areas ton border with saudi arabia.

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

gun -- niger, gunmen shot two people.had's people launched operations in nigeria, after suicide bombings killed people in the chadian capital. nigeria denies that chad carried out strikes in its territory, the latest from nigeria's capital abuja. >> reports of the attack in niger comes as a surprise to many. there has been a significant reduction in the number of attacks by boko haram, since the new president took over at the end of may, and before then. there is a sense, a feeling that these attacks are a last-ditch attempt by the group to remain impact of the and relevant. there were reports on wednesday of people being affected by unexploded devices left by boko haram. clearly that is different from a natural attack launched by the group. the leader has been on a tour of the region you could say, talking to leaders in particular in niger and chad about better ways to combat the group. and talked to leaders at the african union summit to reinforce the determination of the nigerian authorities to defeat boko haram, and o

you've heard from both denene and niger again. haven't we evolved so we can have an honest discussion? i don't want to talk about the use of the n word. i agree on the office being more important. we're not talking about the issue, we're talking about a word. >> well we're talking about the word and the issue. because just like the president said in that podcast, it is not saying the word in public does not mean that racism is gone. we have to get to the deep rooted issues and start listening to each other opposed to just battling rams like on the mountain where we don't listen to each other. we have come a long way. i agree with that 100%. just like what denene said we have four african-americans on national tv right now discussing this. we have come a long way. but we have a long way to go. that's why it's important to have those discussions open kugs and not be pc about it so we can't have the discussions. >> we won't be dishonest about it as americans. i believe this country -- i think we all agree, eric niger denene we've com

officials in niger say 38 people have been killed in attack -- an attack by boko haram militants. most of the dead are said to be women and children. both major -- niger and nigeria are part of a regional coalition fighting against the jihadist group. they are joined by forces from chad and cameroon. they have escaped the deadly fighting, but they are not out of harms way -- harm's way. many are sleeping in parks and parking lots and relying on handouts. this as the united nations warns the world refugee situation is out of control. reporter: he and his young family have been sleeping in this park for almost a week. they are among the thousands of syrians who fled across the border amid fierce fighting. they may have escaped the violence, but it is still a struggle to survive. "these are our children sitting on the ground. we have nothing. we only have this blanket. they brought us like it's, nothing else -- us blankets, nothing else." reporter: the kurds declared full control on tuesday, less than a week after they began their advance on a key jihadist town. the border was closed

. >> he tells me stand up niger.nd up to the wall handcuff me behind my back and he gets the stick and puts it between my legs. and he put it against the wall and lifts me off my feet. and he grinds. and he grinds. and he grinds. and he grinds. >> reporter: for more than 16 hours, a revolving door of officers beat and interrogated him until he had no fight left. >> okay i'll do what you want me to do. whatever i'll do it i'll confess. >> reporter: based on his confession, and the testimony of an imprisoned informant. kitchen was found guilty of all five murders and sentenced to death. it would not be until years later that kitchen realized he would be alone. >> the protectors of the law forced me into something i didn't do and knowing that i didn't do it was willing to see me. the men are out there robbing and killing. it makes you a murderer a premeditated murderer. >> reporter: kitchen's case tragic as an isolated incident, and terrifying as a practice of some members of the police department. who, according to leg

al jazeera abuja nigeria. >> well, during his visit to niger the nigerian president repeated his promise to defeat boko haram. >> i renew my commitment to chase boko haram up to its last trenches. five years of the evil presence of this sect is enough. nigerian soldiers have suffered a lot of defeat but it's not the moment to criticize. we're gazillion to going to mobilize our best best. in chad we'll sit down and refine a common strategy. >>> ukrainian forces and pro-russian fight verse fought their first serious battles in more than three months. ukraine's defense minister said that rebels tried to take the town of maryinka using tanks and fighters but were stopped by forces loyal to the government. it's the most significant escalation since a cease-fire deal was agreed to in february. they say electricity supplies have been cut off trapping hundreds of miners underground. we have more now from moscow. >> it can only be described as violence in eastern ukraine today. ukrainian army accusing separatists of launching what it describes as a large scale assault against government troops ar

. >> during his sift no niger the nigerian president repeated his promise to defeat boko haram. gliff years of the evil presence of the sect is enough. nigerian soldiers have suffered defeat but it's not the time to criticize. the neighboring countries we're going to sit down and define a common strategy. >> a a bomb hack exploded in nigeria killing four people and injuring 33 others. it has went off 600 meters where bombings have killed 80 people in the last few days. >>> well anthony goldman is a nigerian analyst. he join us, can i ask you later about this idea that the new president has moving troops around but first i want to focus on the amnesty international report. shocking 7,000 men and boys have died in military detention. are you surprised by the report and the scale of what is alleged? >> i think that there is an issue that human rights abuses have been committed by the my jeeran military is going to be obscured and diluted by sub substantiateed relating to numbers. it's a very difficile to get the scale exactly what happens and the scale of abuses. i think there are

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

to try and close the treatment gap doctors in niger nigeria are starting a trial next month. they believe the trial will help improve the services of traditional doctors. >> they believe in them so they go to them. at the same time, we need to try and improve what to do. we cannot say that we're going to wait for when that will be enough psychiatrists. enough social workers. >> during the trial conventional doctors, nurses, community health workers will help patients into tradition fell facilities. if successful it will be rolled out in as many places as possible. but there are worries that this program may be too expensive. abu j nigeria. >> in the second part of our series of how countries are deal dealing with mental health issues we look how it's looked at in hong kong. that's at 10:00 gmt here on al jazeera. >>> the country's first back to learning campaign, a $42 million initiative to try to get some 400,000 children who left school to go back. but in the report they're up against the odds. >> students from across the town come together for a celebration. and a call to

because of niger nigeria's concern having foreign troops on its soil. >> emergency services have beentling to control a blaze that injured 11 people. one person has died in hospital. >> backing giant has confront plans to shrink its workforce. over the next three years hsbc will reduce its head count by 50,000. half of those jobs will come from businesses in turkey and brazil. they want to cut $5 billion a year by 2017. joining us live from washington, d.c. specializing in international trade and political affairs in latin america. thank you for being with us. how did hsbc get to this point? >> well, they're doing something very strategic very smart. they're going to relocate. they're going to work in countries and areas that are going to have higher rates of economic growth, and that's china and the asian pacific countries unlike brazil and turkey, of course. brazil had a lot of future ago. they were seeing increase approximating trade between them and china and then when the new president things have changed completely. at this point in the last report they had in the first trimeste

the military in cameroon and niger pushed boko haram to locations in parts of the north-east. when we see the rise in suicide bombings and the placement of explosive devices in public places like markets. >> thank you for that >>> pope francis created a new tribunal to deal with church leaders that failed to protect children from sexually abusive children. for years the church has been criticized for failing to take access. this latest move is to hold bishops actable. kevin eastwood has the story. >> these are photos of us at the age we were when the police priest sexually violated us. >> reporter: barbara points out members of her survivor network, still pointing to emotional scars at the hand of priests. she was one of those kids. she said if the vatican is serious about rooting out abusive priests it doesn't need a special tribunal. >> we know that pope francis has complete authority to take whatever action he wants. if he wanted to, he could have sacked any bishop at any time. he is the boss. >> bowing to criticism to victims and advocacy groups, the new tribunal will exam

if i take an example, for example, of niger, they did this kind of work in the north of niger, and thankse work they have been restoring more than 2 million heckers, and they brought out 6,000 people out of poverty. >>> still ahead, chocolate is good for you. i don't believe it either but scientists in scotland say it's true. >>> and in sport uruguay stumbled into the danger zone. ♪ >> gripping. inspiring. entertaining. talk to al jazeera. only on al jazeera america. ♪ >>> some good news perhaps. scientists in scotland have discovered a link between people who eat up to 100 grams of chocolate every day, and a low risk of stroke and heart disease, but the sweet treat still has some down sides. >> reporter: it seems eating chocolate every day is linked to a lower risk of heart disease and strokes. looking at the eating habits of 21,000 people over 12 years researchers discovered those who ate more chocolate, weighed less exercised more and were less likely to have type ii diabetes. it may not make it healthier, but there may no need to give it up to protect your heart. >> we finally had a l

. >> niger's army reported it killed 15 boko haram fighters and captured another 20, coming a day aftercivilians were killed and 100 homes were set on fire. boko haram controls much of northern nigeria, and has been launching attacks across the boarder since niger joined in the fight. the white house announced president obama will host the newly elected president to discuss boko haram. >> a chaotic scene outside the u.s. embassy in burundi where hundreds scaled its walls seeking protection. they were defying an order to leave an encampment set up near the embassy. one of burundi's two vice presidents inned the country, saying he fears for his life. >> reporter: another grenade attacks in burundi's capital before the parliamentary elections, unlike last week city center shoppers were hurt. >> translation: the grenades were flown into the streets by a car that drove past. we heard a loud explosion, it was terrible. >> reporter: the government appealed for calm. some people feel one thing can stop it. >> the only thing to stop the attacks is if the op opposition and the government talk. >>

al jazeera niger nigeria. >> for more we look at how mental illness is recognized in hong kong. that's at 10:00 gmt on sunday right here on al jazeera. the death toll from the chinese cruise ship disaster has risen to 196. they have searched the yangtze. only 14 are known to have survived. >>> the outbreak of middle east mers in south korea has increased. india's prime minister narendra modi has signed a historic land agreement with the president of bangladesh allowing people who live on the board to choose their nationality. they've been stateless for decades. >>> trying to cross the mediterranean this year many were rescued by anti-smuggling units. >> their mission is to control and protect the borders of italy. but a for a few years now it goes well beyond that. they are at the forefront of the migrants. >> saving human lives is really terrifying. once there was a baby who showed no signs of life. his health was tilt:ed. it was emotional. >> we have to bring them on board as quickly as possible. all of them were singing old and young. >> a state of the earth vessel, the newes

the former military general is visiting niger and chad to discuss how to defeat boko haram. >> amnesty international is demanding the new president and government investigate the alleged crime. the president is yet to respond to the report. before he was elected, he promised to investigate the allegations, the question now is will he and when >>> fighting between ukranian forces and pro-russian fighters the biggest escalation was agreed in february. ukraine's defence minister said the rebels are taking the town using tanks and fighters, stopped by forces loyal to the government. the separatists accused government troops of firing at rebel territories around donetsk, saying electricity supplies have been cut off trapping hundreds of minors much. >> tens of thousands have been investing in towns and cities demanding on end to violence against women. the country was shocked by high-profile murders involving women and partners. >> reporter: they've had enough no more killings or beatings. no more victims, women and men, young and old from all backgrounds and sectors of society gathered acr

the capitol of abuja, and he have been told he plans to travel tamale tamale tamale -- to mali and nigermeet with those leaders. so people are waiting to see how he responds to this latest attack. but just as some background he has always said in the run up at least to the election and when he won the election last month that it's going to take time that the new government has to take stock of the situation, try to understand what the issues are, and it is worth mentioning just finally, shiulie, in the last few weeks we have seen a tremendous decline in the number of attacks by the group in the run up to the election and post-election period it has been incredibly quiet, so this does come as a bit of a surprise to many as i said people are waiting to hear and see what the new administration is going to be able to do to finally beat this group. ivan thank you. >>> iraq's prime minister says the international coalition needs to do more to fight the islamic state of iraq and the levant. he has been meeting the french president along with foreign ministers from several countries in a meeting

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

he masterminded suicide attacks in niger and the attack in nigeria the following year. with an american bounty of $5 million on his head, he left a year ago to hideout in libya. laura: in syria there are reports that kurdish fighters have seized control of a key border crossing with turkey. a town has been the scene of fierce fighting between the kurdish ypg forces and members of the islamic state groups. violence has forced 60,000 civilians to flee their homes. reporter: exhausted, dehydrated, and no longer able to walk. after days spent under scorching temperatures, these syrians are finally able to cross the border into turkey. blocked on the syrian side since and kara -- ankara gave the order last wednesday to close the crossing these civilians were stuck here. turkish forces used water cannons to push back refugees disperse the crowds, and keep people from climbing over barbed wire fences. these men, women, and children were fleeing nearby fighting between islamic state group jihadists that control much of the region and kurdish fighters. backed by the us-led airst

that he is planning on appointing new military chiefs we also know he's planning to travel tamale and nigerlic on wednesday to meet with these leaders of those countries to discuss how to deal with the threat of boko haram. this new attack follows weekend attack in which at least 30 people were killed. so it's a really obviously terrible event for people living in the area and is creating more uncertainty. >> thank you yvonne. >>> china's transport minister says rescuers will not be giving up the search for survivors from a huge river boat that capsized on monday. rob mcbride has now more from hong kong. >> reporter: china's mighty rooifr has seen tragedies before. what is uncommon in this case is the expected loss of life. hundreds of tourists mostly retired workers, were taking the trip of a lifetime to the popular three gorges dam area. the captain who was rescued soon after the vessel went down said it was struck by a freak storm, what he described as a tornado. most of the passengers were asleep in their cabins below deck and had little chance to escape, as the vessel sank in just two

. >>> attackers shot civilians in two villages in niger.his follows strikes by chad's military against boko haram. >>> human selfishness is the reason for global warming. that's the message from pope francis. our correspondent reports from the vatican on how the prayers of environmentalists have been answered. >> reporter: it's judgment day on the causes of climate change. the vatican released a long letter with his views on the environment, embracing the theory that global warming is mainly caused by human activity. pope francis calls for dramatic changes in lifestyle, production,: the pope's unprecedented stance is an answer to prayers from environmentalists. >> translator: it's important that the pope says climate change carries an ethical and moral burden. we agree, it is an ethical issue because it affects the poor who are also those who bareless responsibility. it will have an impact on the 1.2 billion catholics around the world, and we hope it will push politicians to act. >> reporter: while he based his conclusions on global warming

. >> racism we are not cured of clearly and it's not just a matter of it not being polite to say nigerblic that is not the measure of whether racism still exists or not. >> reporter: the white house said the president wasn't trying to be provocative or spark debate but that is what happened and a lot of people are talking about what the president had to say. >>> still to come on al jazeera violence and claims of racism in bangladesh, 20 years after a peace agreement and japan's internet addicts hooked on line for 15 hours a day. ♪ as fearlessly as possible >> into an award winning career... from hell? >> it's thrilling when it's working.... >> every tuesday night. >> i lived that character. >> go one on one with america's movers and shakers. >> we will be able to see change. >> grippin >> "inside story" takes you beyond the headlines, beyond the quick cuts, beyond the sound bites. we're giving you a deeper dive into the stories that are making our world what it is. >> ray suarez hosts "inside story". only on al jazeera america. welcome back and let's recap the headlines on al jazeera,

the former military general is visiting niger and chad to discuss how to defeat boko haram.demanding the new president and new government investigate the alleged crimes. they have yet to respond to the report but before he was a elected he promise today investigate the allegations. the question now is will he and when? al jazerra abuja nigeria. >>> students in burundi's capital say that they are too scared to go home. their university shutdown a me ago when protests began after the president announced he would seek a controversial third term. many of them come from the countryside. a strong hold of the ruling party. >> reporter: these university students are used to more comfortable living conditions. but when protests against the president began, more than a month ago government leaders shutdown the university. some students took part in the protests against the president's bid for a third term. he says he has nowhere to go. he is afraid of pro-government militia who control the country side. >> i can't go home because when we go home, there is. [ inaudible ] who said that

he hosted the leaders of chad, niger, cameroon and ba 19 who all decided to set up the force.sted nigeria's troops must lead the offensive against the armed group. >>> now, new york is one of the most expensive cities in the world, but nearly a quarter of its residents live in represents-regulated apartments. that keep howing affordable. the laws that govern those apartments are about to expire. and as kristen sloop i saloomey explains some landlords are taking extreme mesh tours pump up prizes. >> reporter: catalina say native new yorker from the bure borough of brooklyn. >> i grew up in breen point lived around the corner most of my life and moved her 10 year old ago. >> reporter: but her neighborhood has gotten expensive, so like many new yorkers, she put up with terrible living conditions to hold onto a two bedroom apartment she could afford on her salary. >> we had no heat the entire winter. at times the hot water would go. >> reporter: it got horse. >> an action was taken to the boiler. they destroyed the electrical system the gas and actually took a saw to the water pip

. >> i think we've been niger naively thinking that this stuff is secure for quite some time. you thought it would be secure and be able to afford to secure their websites and the guy down the street is a little smarter. >> smart enough to get social security numbers national tigers numbers place of birth job title rating and forms rating. computer expert said that is extremely valuable. >> it's valuable in a black market. it's really valuable for intelligence community. it's valuable in identifying who might be on the other side spying for us who may be compromiseed through blackmail and extortion. >> as for who the u.s. government thinks is behind it, there is the official on-come are a response. >> i don't have information to provide to you about who is responsible for this incident. >> but anonymous sources are pointing the finger at china. officials there deny it. >> you jump to a conclusion so quickly. we think that it's not scientific and it's not responsible. >> we know thanks to links to former contractor edward snowdon snowdon, they set more than $275 million on acti

niger, what he is saying is unlike the federal government, our federal government, states can't printheir way out of this, and a lot of them playing shell games with automatic balanced budgets that they have to have at the end of every year and the chicken is going to come to roost and it's going to be ugly. do you agree with that? exploding at the same time? >> i agree completely. anybody heard of the state of california? how about the state of illinois? both are virtually bankrupt, and continue to grow their budget. continue to grow their social welfare state. it's a potential disaster that could have disastrous consequences for the rest of the country. and by the way, speaking of the federal government, which, of course, can print money, that didn't mean we're out of the hot water. neil: you know, you're right about that. not out of the federal waters as well. jonathan, that is another argument that i know we always worry about this sort of thing, but the unfunded state lives, paul volcker and others talking about them, they dwarf whatever unfunded liabilities we have, and doesn't

. >> say on your oath that you have is not addressed any black person as a niger or spoken about blacke as niggers in the past ten years? >> he is the key witness in their case, he is the one that allegedly found the glove. >> and the pivotal moment, of course. >> that's people's 77. >> was the self-destructive act by chris darden, the co prosecutor who decided on his own to have o.j. simpson attempt to try on this bloody glove. boy he was a great actor. i can't -- it's hurting my hands. it was unbelievable. >> when yeltsin arrived from russia, he got off the plane and he said to clinton, do you think he did it? that's how much the world knew -- when you think about it, he was the most famous person ever charged with murder. >> o.j. simpson in a knit cap. >> i remember johnnie cochran -- >> putting on this silly cap that's an image i think will be forever in my mind. >> if it doesn't fit, you must acquit. >> simpson, would you please stand and face the jury. >> orenthal james simpson not guilty of murder upon nicole brown simpson. >> the next night, johnnie cochran was on my show. with

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

was, we would have the same levels of refugee flows that we are seeing elsewhere and i'm going to nigera small country bordering nigeria and there is a sick the biggest number of people flowing across the sahara. it shows the potential to go upstream and block off some of these. charlie: are you the least optimistic? kenneth: this would eventually go down, and my fear is if we do not keep the pressure, the government will win. and my view would get inhibited access for humanitarians, even in their camps, even when they all have better treatment, with proper food, etc. they will then have to fight for -- the absence of freedom is terrible. they are terribly scared to move, because they feel they will be attacked by mobs. and the majority in the states are themselves an ethnic minority. there are long-held complaints about the way they were treated by the central government, and if they are not part of the solution, it will never have a solution, and so far, we tend to see them as all good or all bad, in this is the scheme we have to break in our minds in the way we approach the situation

niger is blaming boko haram for two deadly raids on wednesday. 40 people died on twin attacks near areas of northern nigeria, under the control of the rebel groups. hundreds of homes were burnt the the deposit of neighbouring -- government of neighbouring chad accused them of two suicide bombings there. >> in hong kong politicians rejected an attempt by the chinese government to impose fake democracy. china's proposal would allow hong kong voters to elect their leaders in 2017, but the candidate would need to be cleared by beijing. adrian brown reports. >> reporter: after two days of intense and impassioned debate it ended quickly and chaotically. the government supporters in the legislature voted with their feet walking out of the chamber, ensuring a win for their opponents. the plans were in tatters. >> at this point i'm pained and disappointed that a political reform has been vetoed. i cannot predict when the democratic reform can step foot again. a. >> it was a surreal moment politicians spending years campaigning for democracy voted down hor of it. they say it offered hong kong fake

the highest rates of child marriage are in africa and south asia, niger is at the top of the list. three out of four young women were married before they were 18. chad and the central republic are tied at second place, and the rate in bangladesh is 65%. they have the highest percentage of brides under the age of 50 >>> here in the u.s. there's no official statistics but a 2011 survey found 3,000 cases of reported or suspected forced marriages involving girls under the age of 18. >> in some parts of ghana, 40% of girls are married before the age of 18. it's widespread made worse by tradition, culture and poverty. some people are working to change that. >> reporter: this girl finds it hard to speak about what happened to her. she tells me her father took her out of school when she was 14 to prepare her for marriage. some of her family members were angry when they saw her talking to a boy. >> reporter: she is back in school. it's been a difficult time. she got pregnant at 16. like many young girls, she thought that was the best way to get someone to take care of her financially. this

we also know shiulie, that the president will travel tamale and niger republic on wednesday to meet withders of those countries to discuss how to secure the border and stop the insurgency that has been going on. this is obviously bad news. people are waiting to hear how this new administration will tackle boko haram, how their strategy how they are going to work will be different from the previous administration. >> indeed. thank you for that. updating us from abuja there. >>> now iraq's prime minister says the international coalition needs to do more to fight the islamic state of iraq and the levant. he has been meeting the french president along with diplomats from several countries at a conference in paris. tran we need to disrupt the flow of international combatants and dry up their financial resources. we need to fight all of this. >> well our correspondent joins us from paris. so strategy wise what came out of this summit? >> reporter: well shiulie, it's been an interesting conference to observe, because in the lead-up to it you really got a sense that there were tensions arising a

so niger innis, what he makes of that, tea party.net executive director. what do you think?'m not a big fan of the confederate flag although i have southern friends see quite differently than i do. neil: how do they see it? >> they see it southern heritage, pride in the south. neil: you don't, as african-american yourself don't see it as little more disturb? >> i see it much more disturbing. i see it as symbol of domestic terrorism visited on black folks for 100 years. neil: if we didn't have the killings last week it would be flying everywhere now, right? >> it would be. i think there was slow movements away. of the at one time it was on the capitol dome. neil: true. >> in south carolina. they moved it off the capitol dome but still on government property. my concern, neil, we're missing the big picture here. think about that picture of that press conference. you have this indian-american governor, you have, flanked to her right, but a black-american senator, first one elected to the senate in the south since the reconstruction era. getting more votes by the way, more white

if i take an example, for example, niger they did this kind of work in the north and thanks to the work that they have been doing, they have been actually now restoring more than 2 million hectares and brought out 600,000 people out of poverty. >> disney left hand with a slight twist russians president vladimir putin opened a military-themed park where kids can learn to shoot climb on tanks and learn of past military goalies. the park isn't fully opened yet. rory challands has been to the venue's first proper event weapons show. >> examining the produce looking for bargains, military have brought their shopping list to russia's military technical forum from all across the world. it's given park patriots dubbed russia's military disneyland its first proper test as a venue. president putin kicked proceedings off with an explanation of what the park bill do what it opens to the public next year. >> here you will be able to see reenactments of famous legendary battles, get the history of the military and take part in competitions and extreme sports. i am certain that the new park will becom

i'm going to niger next week a small country bordering nigeria. there are significant numbers of nigerian refugees flooding across the border. but after the election the government accepted the result and it made a difference and i think it shows the potential of serious political pressure to be applied and to go upstream and block off some of the flows that once they reach a torret are very, very hard for any country to deal with. >> rose: are you in the least optimistic? >> right now the boat crisis has given a lot of visibility to the rohingya. i think the boat crisis will eventually go down and my fear is if we don't keep the pressure internationally on the rohingya, the government will weigh. i think we have to keep the pressure strongly. it's going to take long. the first priority will be to get uninhibited access for humanitarianso make rohingya even in the camps get better treatment and basic medical health, proper food, et cetera. we will then have to fight for progressive reef of the inhibition to have to move. the absence of freedom of

. >> reporter: 30 people have been killed in attacks by boko haram in southern niger and they shot peoplevillages in a different region and reportedly announced air strikes with boko haram and twin suicide bombings that kid 34 people in chad capitol and denies that chad carried out strikes in its territory. dominican republic hundreds of thousands of migrants from haiti fight deportation and they share one island in the caribbean and david mercy reports from the dominican republic. >> reporter: lining up for days desperate to get the papers they need so they can stay in their adopted country. immigrant workers from haiti and some lived here for decades. >> translator: they don't want haiti people here and started the process to stay illegally but it's all for nothing because they want us out of the country. >> reporter: those who have not managed to register as foreign workers and rights group say there could be as many as 300,000 who have not now face deportation. some leading dominican business men says taking workers out of the country will damage the rapidly growing economy but they a

cameroon, chad niger and nie nigeria need to be fully involved.nately, we spent about two years with the military being very corrupt, being a little bumbling faced with an enemy that's very very determined. >> and i think the joint task force is now located in cameroon. the u.s. government is trying to help. their offers of help were resisted -- >> in the beginning. >> -- in the beginning by the nigerians. >> yes. nigeria is a very big country in the region and i think they did not feel like they needed help in the beginning. luckily today, we see a realization on the nigerian part, one of the first things that the new president did was to ask the other presidents in the region to come together on this strategy but still international pressure needs to push much harder. we need to go much faster. as you see boko haram is still killing. it has reduced, but it is still -- we're still seeing people being killed. we need to go faster and we need to address these root causes of poverty and marginalization in all four countries in that region. >> again,

the idea that angola, you know, with all of its wealth, has a worse child mortality rate than niger,hat ber key that faso, than sierra leone is kind of incomprehensible and that's simply because the leadership doesn't deploy its wealth to make a difference and, in fact, is this year cutting its health budget even further. >> ifill: nick kristof of "the new york times," thank you for going where we always can't and bringing us the story. >> my pleasure, gwen. >> woodruff: nearly 800,000 americans suffer a stroke each year, and 130,000 die from one making it the fifth leading cause of death in this country. most strokes are caused by a blood clot in the brain. the recommended treatment is a drug called t.p.a. to dissolve it. but it must be given within four-and-a-half hours and fewer than five percent of people are diagnosed in time. now the american heart association has recommended another treatment to help: in many cases, doctors should use a stent to remove the clot. dr. william powers is the head of the panel that made the recommendation. he's the chief of neurology at the univers

does the prime minister agree with me that the security forces of chad mali, niger, and nigeria need to work out a regional solution as well and work more closely together? >> my honorable friend is absolutely right. one of the first things president buhari has done, and he was telling me this in our bilateral, is he's visited all of the neighboring countries to work closely with them. >> was there any discussion in the g-7 on the importance of freedom of expression as a human right? particularly in view of the very severe clamp down in saudi arabia on freedom of expression and the blogger who is due to be flogged again brutally on friday. foreign secretary yesterday gave -- made very encouraging sums. can the prime minister take this up personally or does he have further news? >> well, there wasn't a specific discussion on this but the great thing about the g-7 is that all the countries there sign up to certain norms about human rights and freedom of expression and the rule of law and democracy which is why the conversation is like-minded conversation that can deal with issues frank

does the prime minister agree with me that the security forces of mali knife niger, nigeria need to work a regional solution and work more closely together? >> my honorable friend is right. one of the first thing is it visited all the countries to work closely with them. >> dan cluey. >> was there a discussion on the importance of freedom of expression of human rights, particularly in view of the very severe tramp down in saudi arabia on freedom of expression and the race for -- who is due to be flogged again brutally on friday? yesterday, france gave -- made very intelligent tongues. can the prime minister take this up personally or does he have some further news? >> well, there wasn't a specific discussion on this. the great thing about the g-7 is all the countries there sign up for certain norms about human rights and freedom of expression and the rules of democracy which is why the conversation is -- it's a like-minded conversation to deal with issues very frankly. we set out our views on what happened in this case in saudi a arabia and we will continue to do so. >> mr. garrett johns

influence and secured allegiance from cooperating terrorist organizations in yemen liberia nigeria, niger chad and cameroon. and early last year, the president compared isis to a junior varsity. some junior varsity. looks more like something that rises to the level of a major major threat to the nations of the world not just in the middle east but to the nations of the world. and to call it a junior varsity? then following the terrorist group's dramatic expansion later, the president acknowledged the threat but admitted -- and i quote again -- "we don't have a strategy yet," he said, to confront isis. eventually though, the president did come up with a plan that included two main elements -- training moderate volunteers not american volunteers but iraqi volunteers, to fight isis in syria and training and equipping iraqi defense forces to fight isis in iraq. the first part of that plan has produced no fighters after a year of talk and has just begun to train the first cohort of 400 volunteers whose training is to be completed in another year or so and even then they will be equipped to ass