of at least 118 people have now been recovered from the sites of twin bombings in the central nigerian cityre's been another deadly attack today in the northeastern city of alagarno right up there in the top corner in borno state. 17 people reported dead there. that coming after the two blasts in jos. those blasts coming about 20 minute apart near the city's terminus market and the university of jos teaching hospital. just to show you exactly where those are. so not very far apart. the fears are that more bodies may still be buried under rubble. boko haram, who were responsible, of course, for kidnapping the schoolgirls from the northeast of the country, remain the main suspects for these latest attacks as well. >> reporter: this area was packed with people. many of the victims were traders selling from the market stalls and their customers. the aim was clearly to kill as many people as possible. just minutes after the first blast, the second bomb was detonated as victims were being taken to the nearby hospital. body parts were skrtrewn across the area. there was panic as the emergency serv

. >> at least 46 people are still feared dead following explosions in the central nigerian city of josthey came amid the bombing campaign by the boko haram islamist group. the city has seen several deadly clashes between christian and muslim groups in recent years. we will bring you more details as they come to hand. moving on, china has denounced u.s. charges against five army officers accusing economic espionage. beijing says washington has double standards, claiming the americans are just as good at spying on other countries, including china. >> china denies spying on u.s. companies. beijing is infuriated by the unprecedented indictments of these five chinese men. washington suspects them of cyber espionage for economic purposes. the chinese foreign ministry summoned the u.s. ambassador and says washington is accusing others of something it is doing itself. >> the u.s. is the one who launched cyber surveillance and tapping against individuals, companies, and institutions around the world. china is a victim of this. >> beijing demands the withdrawal of the indictments. china has susp

. >> to massive blasts ripped through a bus terminal in the nigerian city, more than 100 dead in this latest attack. martial law declared in thailand after months of protest but the military insists it is not a coup. these mummies have remained a mystery but thanks to technology, we get a fascinating look inside of them. >> welcome to our viewers on public television in america and around the globe. two large bombs have killed more than 100 people today, fears that the death toll could rise even higher than that. the target was a bustling bus station and market area. no one has claimed responsibility but similar to a string of deadly bombings 50 boko haram, islamic militant group also responsible for kidnapping more than 200 schoolgirls last month. >> what do we know more now >> theyese attacks? happened in a very busy area, a market area where a lot of trading is going on on the streets and the second blast happened just minutes later when some of the victims were being taken to the nearby hospital. the second blast was right outside the hospital. explosions were both inside vehicles

bob carr many thanks for that update from the northern nigerian city of kano. and in the niger delta gunmen snatched three dutch nationals. arms kidnappings frequently operating there often for ransom. two men and women the woman did happen and i yell sustain the kidnappings happening as they were on route to the hospital operated to buy us all from chevron. a french national killed another wounded in yemen's capital there working as guards for the new mission in sonata current tax men aboard an suv with a mark licence plate to him and tries were also injured. in it. the ostriches stories trial region meeting in pretoria with a neighbor of the paralympics are testifying about the panicked phone call he received two minutes. the story shot dead his girlfriend and a lot more a neighbor who told the court he's convinced the shooting was accidental i hesitate to bolster the story of the worst or themes are unshakable thinking outside the court as everyday of his trial on monday they were there as usual as proceedings restarted after a two week recess. lancaster is

>> less than a day after dozens were killed in the nigerian city, there is another attack in nigeria. ♪ >> hello and welcome to al jazeera america. i'm steven cole in doha. always ahead, egypt's former president is sentenced to three year's im prisonment. china and russia signed one of the biggest gas deals. >>> a controversial film is nominated at this year's can film festival but will it fall foul of censors at home. >> first we begin in nigeria. it happened close to the town where more than 250 schoolgirls were kidnapped over a month ago. at least 18 people were killed in double bombings yesterday. mohammed reports. >> reporter: the target was a busy marketplace. the bomb was packed in a mini van designed to kill as many as possible. >> [ inaudible ] so by the time i [ inaudible ] a lot of dead bodies. >> reporter: a second blast in a truck went off less than 40 minutes later. it hit some of the initial response teams. >> lessons learned is that when [ inaudible ] there is bound to be a second explosion. >> reporter: this is the devastation caused by the blast. the goods the traito

homes since serbia, bosnia, herzegovina and croatia >>> four have been killed in the northern nigerian city, in a busy street, in a caistian area. there's -- christian area. there's no claim of responsibility >>> a senator were borno state is disappointed with how the government is dealing with the threat from boko haram. there's growing frustration over a failure to rescue 200 school girls kidnapped by the group. we have more from abuja. >> reporter: this is the senator for borno state, the epicentre of boko haram's attacks in recent years. he says he's unhappy with how the government is handling the crisis. >> i feel disgusted. i feel very, very bad. for a country like nigeria, a country with a lot of resources, mann power, you know, and they cannot contain a small group. >> but for the security forces, boko haram's group have represented new challenges that they are struggling to cope with. at times they are outgunned by boko haram fighters. something the senator says should not happen given how well funded the nigerian army is. >> between 2012 and 2013 we gave them about 1.5 trillion li

. >> less than a day after dozens were killed in the nigerian city, there is another attack in nigeria. ♪ >> hello and welcome to al jazeera america. i'm steven cole in doha. always ahead, egypt's former president is sentenced to three year's im prisonment. china and russia signed one of the biggest gas deals. >>> a controversial

at least four people have been killed in a suicide car bombing in the northern nigerian city of kano.losion happened on a busy street in an area that is mostly christian and there has been no claim of responsibility. al jazeera is demanding the immediate release of the journalists who have now been in prison in egypt for 142 days. the trial of greste and mohamed and fahmy was adjourned and they are accused of being with the muslims and he is refusing food and held without trial since last august and on hunger strike for months and he has been put in solitary confinement where attempts have been made to force feed him. syria's airforce chief has been killed in fighting and reportedly died on saturday after rebels attacked the defense base. and syrian citizen journalist told al jazeera how he suffered but survived a chemical attack that took place in august last year near damascus and he has since escaped and the u.s. is working to raise awareness of the war and this is his personal account of his journey. >> i'm zachary and i'm 27 years old and i just made it to the united states almos

that was in the nigerian city of jos. tell us what we know about these explosions. i'm wondering if anyone claimed responsibility. some were thinking it was attributed to boko haram. at this point, do we know? >> reporter: morning, poppy. no. no one claimed responsibility for the latest attack. this is the state nigerians are living under. almost weekly, poppy, we report on bombings that happen across the northeastern part of the country. now, here in the capital last month, two killed and dozened more injured. this is a sad reality. what's happening is as international spotlight is focused on nigeria, a lot of people are looking saying what is going on in this country. this is a country that is the largest in africa. they want to be on the u.n. security council. they want to be a major player on the continent and around the world. what is happening that there are weekly attacks that left this year alone, poppy, 1500 people killed in boko haram violence. >> the world economic form held a big meeting there. their economy has been a leader for africa and they are batt

. >> workers in central nigerian city are counting the dead. two bombs explode he in the city of jos yesterday. an official says most of the victims are women and children. more bodies are expected to be found in the rubble. boko haram does not claim responsibility for any of this week's violence in nigeria but it has admitted to several attacks in the past two months. in march 20 people were killed in a suicide car bomb. in april a double bombing killed more than 70 at a bus station. in early may another car bomb claimed at least 19 lives. then, in may, more people were killed near the nigeria chad border. lieutenant william ward joins us tonight from washington, d.c. general, welcome. >> good evening, thank you very much. >> can you tell me what is your reaction to the u.s., the latest u.s. involvement in this? >> first let me say that my initial reaction is one of absolute disbelief and dismay at what happened initially. the kidnapping of these young girls as they were attempting to get an education. obviously something that was done to frig

. >> no one has claimed responsibility for a pair of deadly bombings in the central nigerian city ofle were killed as the car bombs exploded in crowded markets. authorities fear the death toll could rise as workers search the rubble for more victims. >>> the u.s. state department is advising all-americans in thailand to avoid protests and security operations. and the u.s. ambassador in bangkok told me a little earlier that thai generals have not staged a coup, but she says washington is closely watching how long marshal law will remain in place. >> one of the things we are very, very much urging all sides is to use this as a short-term measure to bring peace and foster a dialogue. we're looking to see people talking to each other, finding a solution for it, and finding a solution that involves elections so that the thai people can choose the government they wish. so those will be some of the things we're looking for. >> i know the u.s. position is there needs to be a period of peace and stability and that this will ultimately be resolved through elections which are scheduled in july.

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smoke fills the air and debris litters the streets, after the nigerian city is rocked by three deadly. the man reportedly responsible for the 1983 bombing of the u.s. embassy in beirut may be living in the united states. not only that, there's a new book that says he may be protected right now by the cia. >>> hello, i'm wolf blitzer reporting from washington. tea party versus the republican establishment. two georgia

twin bombings hit the nigerian city of jos killing more than 100 people.have been killed today in alagarno in the northeast of the country. >>> china and russia agree a huge gas contract in shanghai after a decade of talks on the multibillion dollar deal. >>> let's return now to those floods in bosnia and serbia, killing some 40 people. and both countries are acquiring huge international help. we can speak now to the crown prince of serbia, alexander. he joins us on the phone from belgrade. you have been out visiting some of the worst affected areas. just describe how bad it is. >> it's very bad. my wife and i have been out. and we delivered aid. we noticed many houses have been destroyed. there's so many refugees. there's about 35,000 to 40,000 have been evacuated to stadiums, to dormitories of students. and the floods were quite shocking. we could see the damage, bridges destroyed. roads have been sort of made impassable. landslides. and the fear of an epidemic because the weather is warming up now. >> what sort of international aid is getting through? a

four people killed in a suicide car bombing in the northern nigerian city and it is on a street thatstly christian and there has been no claim of responsibility. center from nigeria borno state says they are disappointed with how the government is dealing with the threats from boko-haram and there is growing frustration with the slow pace of efforts to rescue them and we have more from the capitol. >> the top of the born state, epicenter for attacks in resent years and unhappy with how the government is handling the crisis. >> i feel disgusted and i feel very, very bad. for a country like nigeria who has a lot of resources, a lot of man power, a lot of army, you know, and they cannot contain a small group. >> reporter: but for the security forces boko-haram has represented new challenges. and they are struggling. at times they are out gunned by boko-haram fighters and something that should not be happening given how well funded the nigerian army is. >> between 2012-2013 we gave them about $1.5 trillion. $1.5 trillion translates to about $10 billion. even if they were given just a qua

. >>> so dozens of people have been killed after two bombs exploded in nigerian city of joss. the blasts went off in a busy intersection next to a popular market. no claim of responsibility, but boko haram is suspected given the current situation there. the latest is live from abuja. tell us what you know. >> reporter: well, the blast happened near the main market at the busy intersection that was full of people at that point. one of the bombs were put on a minivan and another one on a truck. police could be seen on pictures in social media putting in pickup bodies. the police have confirmed more than six people have died. the tensions are rising over the town with the armed forces and police on the streets to stop youths and other angry people from cutting out any attacks. joss is known for sectarian violence and where the muslim north meets the christian south. >> correct me if i'm wrong, but both houses of parliament approved an extension to the state of emergency situation in three states in the northeast. you have to start to wonder if these things are having any impact,

today and in the nigerian city of abuja even as reports surface that the terrorist group has carried out another kidnapping. this time of eight additional nigerian girls. the _#bring back our girls is still trending across social media with celebrities now joining in. sean combs even asking for for shares on instagram and asking for retweets -- hillary clinton posting we must stand up to terrorism. today we're hearing from one of the girls who managed to escape capture that night three weeks ago when armed men in uniforms burst into her school. the 16-year-old told the associated press in a phone interview that the men said don't worry. we're soldiers. nothing is going to happen to you. then they started shouting alluhu akhbar, god is great, and then she said we knew. the only girl in her family described her escape. we ran and ran so fast. that is how i saved myself. i had no time to be scared. i was just running. running to escape from this man, abu shakahr shs shakou. boko haram has been in place since the late 19980s. he has been in charge since the group's previous leader was kil

. >>> a new round of violence in the northern nigerian city west of where the 276 teenage girls wereram's militants. 14 people are dead after a car bomb exploded in a christian community within the city. it happened sunday. police believe the device went off before reaching the kano packed restaurant district. bill neely is live, give us an idea if authorities there believe boko haram may have been behind the latest deadly attack and if the bomber is among those casualties. >> reporter: yes, almost certainly peter this was a boko haram attack. they didn't claim it but they don't tend to do that. this is the group trying to show it can strike anywhere at any time. kano is nigeria's second biggest city and mainly muslim city. the target was a christian corridor. the car bomber drove his car into this area and police as you say think this might have gone off prematurely. he is one of the dead but there are four other dead, including a 12-year-old girl. it was targeted at an area where alcohol is sold openly mainly christian traders coming from the south to sell alcohol in a mainly musli

at least 118 people have been killed and 45 wounded in a twin bombing in the nigerian city of jos.ocused on boko haram, the militant group behind hundreds of attacks including last month kidnapping of nearly 300 schoolgirls. the bombing comes days after western african nations declared war on the boko haram at a summit in paris. nigerian president good luck jonathan outlined plans for a multinational force to root out boko haram militants. >> they have agreed that each country will contribute one battalion of troops to the in line with force the resolution of the commission. france, the united states, and the united kingdom will extend technical assistance to achieve these objectives. the countries will come together to put in place an effective regime and that no effort will be spared to stop the proliferation of arms and the supply of arms and equipment made available to terrorists. >> on tuesday, activists in the nigerian capital continue to protest, demanding the girls release. a national longer problem, terrorism is a global problem and it has to be taken global publicve a goo

kidnappings, and there have been terrorist threats and bombings that have been taking place in the nigerian cities, and it took the world weeks to realize that 300 women had been k kidnapped. it is a fair comparison, because these women are as important as any other country or city -- >> well, i am not saying they are not important, but not the outrage and the outcry, and we are have been covering this story extensively. >> sure. >> and not to say that at all, and we know that all life is important, and valuable no matter the color or the location, and i am asking about the u.s. response and what our country can do? >> well, the u.s. response has been a result of the u.s. of americans getting together and saying, this is important for us. i am very proud frankly, and welcome are president obama and s secretary kerry's announcement, and also, we need to use the strong diplomacy to make sure that the nigerian government sticks to the promise of investigating and find iing the girls. certainly our response, the u.s. response has been a wonderful welcomed thing. it has been three week, and i wish it h

these abductions 75 more consider willed and 100 wounded at a bombing in a bus station in the nigerian capital citydered in a boko haram attack last week. boko haram has killed over 1,500 people in the last year alone. i want to welcome my partner in the africa subcommittee, senator flake, as well as chairman me men does, ranking member corker and other members, as we look at these kidnappings and the growing threat by boko haram. when we looked at the persistent divides between the north and south and economic potential, governance, education and social services and the very real security challenges created by these differences. nigeria is an important partner in the region, but boko haram has capitalized on pervasive corruption, poor governance and growing poverty in the north to undermine domestic and regional stability. boko haram whose name means western education is sinful targets public institutions, churches and schools. and children are the frequent victims of its vicious attacks. as new york times columnist nick chris to have wrote last weekend the greatest threat isn't drones, firing mis

a suicide bombing in the nigerian city of jos has left at least three people dead officials say the terrorist set his explosives off prematurely and. that this limited the damage no group has admitted to the attack but government officials suspect the islamist group boko haram might be behind it this comes just days after the terrorist network killed one hundred eighteen people in it two different blasts. now a recap of our breaking news story two russian journalists from life news t.v. were captured by ukraine's military over a week ago they have now been released negotiators from the russian republic of chechnya had been in kiev and for the past few days trying to secure the reporters release these are the latest pictures of the journalists having landed in the chechen capital grozny the journalists were accused of you by ukraine of terrorism a claim that russia said was entirely false they will remain in grozny for one day before being brought back to moscow. up next here on our t.v. international i look at the latest high tech news in technology update stay with us . if you drive people a

the protests are still carrying on a lot of nigerian groups in major cities having a process today throughhe week calling for more action and release of these girls. >> does that mean nigerian authorities would welcome the help of other countries with more sophisticated equipment who might be able to join in this hunt? >> the president spoke sunday about this issue. it was the first time he spoke publicly. he confirmed he had been in talks with u.s. president barack obama and was calling for assistance. it's the first major admission of the kind that the nigerian government cannot handle on its own. >> thank you the. >>> after a two week break, the murder trial of oscar pistorius has resumed. hes been accused of killing his girlfriend valentine's day last year. he denies that saying he shot her in a panic. today we hear from neighbors first on the scene the night of the shooting. let's go to milton who can give us more today's evidence. >> reporter: day 26 of the trial here in pretoria. on the witness stand today was the estate manager where oscar pistorius shot and killed reeva steenkamp

. >>> americans in at least two major city are demanding students fromny from nigerian schools be rescuedrato be brought to justice. right now to the health story you got to hear. a deadly virus from the middle east spread to the u.s. for the first time. it's called mers and stands for middle east res pla tore syndrome. a man from indiana was hospitalized after he began experiencing symptoms, shortness of breath and favor, officials are trying to figure out how he contracted the virus. dr. sanjay gupta has more. >> we are getting more details. we know this is an american. someone who works as a health care worker doing that job if saudi arabia and traveled back from saudi arabia through london, chicago and took a bus to indiana, it was three days after they arrived here, they began to get ill and were in a hospital in isolation. he appears to be if stable condition right now. on oxygen, not on a vent lator, we don't know where this virus comes from three quarters have the virus, itself, in camels over there exactly how it gets transmitted. is it if droplets or unpass curized camel milk? n

. >> nigerians in the capital city continued to call for more to be done to secure the release of thechoolgirls abducted by boko haram. >> [indiscernible] confirmed that discovered where they are. we are happy with this development. we want to see how the army will rescue these girls safely and alive and bring them back to their parents. that is what we expect the nigerian army to do. if they do that, surely they will [indiscernible] >> from one the situation in nigeria and the newly revealed us program to train so called homegrown african counterterrorism teams, we're joined by dayo olopade. she is a nigerian american of, "thet and author bright continent: breaking rules and making changes in modern africa." welcome to democracy now! it is great to have you with us. talk about the latest. >> i think just looking at those clips and hearing folks expressed confidence in nigerian government and military possibility to rescue these girls rang a bit false to me. i think this has been a problem upwards of five years with respect to boko haram and earlier in this debacle, the nigerian gover

city. i'm sorry from the nigerian women trust fund thanks so much for joining us on the line. we get to meet him in now way eu foreign policy chief catherine ashton has strongly condemned the killing of a french national working for the eu mission in ghana and the main block the diplomatic corps the man was traveling and then opened fire. another frenchman and again many were injured. no one has claimed responsibility but foreigners have often been targeted in the country where government forces are waging a major offensive against al qaeda militants. what you do don't we wish but a lot more news coming your way including the euro zone and pulling out all of its doldrums i suppose you could say i had to be pretty rough time of the last couple years. portugal is an example why. right there with us. long the guy on the internet and only used on the scene. i did. he said when the guy. element isn't really a good little later our own. oh and i intend to use it yet. while. it's nice mac us secretary of state john kerry has threatened sanctions in rebel leaders in south sudan. don't

british security experts have joined nigerian and american forces looking for the girls. in the main city, demonstrators marched again to protest the government's failure to find the girls who were kidnapped by boko haram last month. their fate has triggered growing international concern. the u.s. first lady michelle obama has joined the outcry against the kidnappings. act wasunconscionable committed by a terrorist group determined to keep these girls from getting an education. to snuff attempting out the aspirations of young girls. in these girls, we see our own daughters. we see their hopes and dreams. anguishnly imagine the their parents are feeling right now. lady.t was the u.s. first the u.n. says it is preparing aid deliveries to south sudan a day after a peace deal between the warring factions. it is the second time the sides agreed to a truce, but the first time their leaders have signed up in person. so far, there have been no reports of fresh fighting. >> the peace deal came as a surprise to many. the president and the rebel leader signed an agreement a short time after their fi

i think is because of the outrage expressed by nigerians, protests taking place in various places in nigeria and various cities across the world. the hashtag has increased pressure on the government and community to do something about the missing 200 girls. that's why we have reactions now from u.s. and uk saying they're offering help to release the 200 girls. >> the president has invited the whole world, anyone who has technology to help us. this is three weeks on. >> it is three weeks on. i think there has been -- i think this is why the government of nigeria has been under heavy criticism in and outside the country. it's taken weeks for the president to come out and address the nation. when he came out, all he told the nation they're still checking. he said aircraft and helicopters are searching a wide area in nigeria. there was an effort to locate the children where they have been held. >> many thanks. >>> the ukrainian interior minister claims more than 30 pro russian fighters have been killed in the government assault on the strong hold. four government troops died in the fighting. the airport seems to h

city. i am morgan radford. here are the top stories. >>> the searching for the missing nigerian school girls prompting an international response waging war against boko haram. >>> china evacwaits citizens while tension boildz over drilling in the south china sea. the death toll in saudi arabia closing in on 170 people, now a third case of the deadly mers virus diagnosed right here on american soil. a kay after a coup of the western and african forces, they say they may launch their own search party to find the missing school girls. mohammed adow has more. >> reporter: the senator for born 0 state, the center for most of boko haram attacks in recent years, he says he is unhappy with how the government is handling the crisis. >> i feel disgusted, and i feel very, very bad for a country like nigeria who has a lot of resources, a lot of manpower, a lot of money, you know, and they cannot contain a small group? >> . >> reporter: but for the security forces, attacks have represented new challenges that they are struggling to cope with. at times, they are out gunned by boko haram fighters, something that the senator said sho

and business elites of the world economic forum descend on nigeria's capital city tonight there are reports that more nigeriantwo towns in nigeria are reporting between 8 and 11 girls aged 12 to 15 were taken in the last 48 hours, again by fighters believed to be boka haram. joining us now is senator amy clobishar of minnesota. she's asking president obama to take further immediate action to help recover the girls. thanks for being here. >> thank you, rachel, for shedding light on this heinous crime, this atrocity. we have a situation here where these girls were doing nothing more than what girls do in america every day. they were taking final exams, kidnapped at gunpoint, taken into the forest. for weeks all the help they got was their parents desperately in agony looking for them with bows and arrows. that's all they got. finally the eyes of the international community are on this tragedy. i will note as many girls are missing as we lost people in the horrible tragedy with malaysia airlines, and you know how the nation was riveted on that story. it is time to look at human trafficking not just in nigeria bu

nigerian government. >> in ukraine, thousands of workers are taking control of the city from pro russian forces, and joining forces with the police to push them out, men in hats and overalls have been seen cleaning up the barricades, and cleaning up the debris. they are asking to take back their cities. >>> in turkey, the efforts to rescue the trapped coal work, the death toll is 284. 80 people are trapped under ground. 360 people have been evacuated since the explosion, and tens of thousands of protesters are taking to the streets across the country. and the country's major unions are now launching strikes. >> . >> evacuation orders are finally being lifted in southern california, though some of the wildfires continue to burn, and a body has now been found. firefighters putting out some of the nine fires that broke out on tuesday, and new evacuations broke out last night as the flames approached san marcos, but now those people are told they can go back home. the fires have burned 15 square miles in san diego. brian is in escondido, and give us an update on the containment. >> we're actually waiting. we ha

capital of the syrian revolution, rebel forces leave ,he battered city of homs handing president aside a significant victory. the nigerianovernment offers a reborn for help in finding the abducted schoolgirls, an american and british teams aid in that search. and meet pinocchio rex. a new species of dinosaur has been discovered in china, and its snout is quite a sight. ♪ welcome to our viewers on public television in america and also around the globe. hundreds of syrian opposition fighters have left their last remaining stronghold in the city of homs. the evacuation is a major victory for the syrian government. homs was often called the capital of the revolution and was one of the first places to rise up against the president. the city has been all but destroyed in this war. in homs is over. smoke rises over the buildings. the rebel fighters moved out. demoralized and hungry after two years of siege. officers and president assad's army called it a surrender or starve. none of the international legions succeeded in putting enough pressure on the regime to open a humanitarian corridor or to supply us with basic needs of fo

. >> there will be a rally today in front of the nigerian embassy with black in new york city. >> yes at 12:00 noon. >> we will cover that. latest onme back, the the occupy trial. a young woman charged with assaulting a police officer. convicted. she faces seven years in prison. she is that rikers island right now. then we stick with former black panther kathleen cleaver and actor danny glover. stay with us. ♪ [music break] >> this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman with aaron matÉ. occupy wall street activist has been found to tip assaulting a new york city police officer, but critics say the trial should of been about the police assaulting her. cecily mcmillan was arrested in march 20 12 as protesters tried to reoccupy zuccotti park, six months after occupy began. in millan was convicted of deliberately's writing -- deliver really striking officer grantley bovell with her elbow, leaving them with a black eye. in millan said she swung her arm instinctively after being grabbed in the right breast from behind. to support this claim, defense l

news. [ people chanting ] >> reporter: the pressure is on the nigerian government to find the girls, rallies were held in several u.s. cities on saturday and the first lady used the president's weekly address to talk about the kidnapping. >> and i want you to know that barack has directed our government to do everything possible to support the nigerian government's efforts to find these girls and bring them home. >> reporter: the first lady later gave the excellencement address at -- commencement address in louisiana at dillard university. the valedictorian is from nigeria and went to a school similar to the kidnapped girls. >> let's take a couple of seconds of silence to show our support for finding these girls. >> reporter: ist officials are in knee jeer -- u.s. officials are no nigeria helping with the rescue plan. omar villafranca, cbs news. >> it's not clear if the kidnapped girls are still being held together or if they've been broken up into groups and taken to separate locations. >>> crews are searching for hot air balloon that crashed in virginia killing at least two people. witnesses saw the balloon catch fire aft

they launched a major attack in the capital city just in april where they killed 70 people with bomb attacks. that forced some of the nigerianssome of their best security forces, 5,000 into the capital city to protect the ongoing economic conversation which left really, really very few forces out-manned for sure. left to help out in the north. >> so they actually brought really all of their best forces to guard the capital. meanwhile leaving other parts of the country exposed? >> absolutely, you know, you just have to make choices. when this conversation is over they will be able to re-focus some of those assets. >> do the nigerians have the special forces? do they have groups like that? >> they do, they have some of their own. they have been advised by the u.s. and other friendly u.s. allies in how to conduct operations like this. counterterrorism operations. they are also part of a multi-joint national task force they put together, that consists of nigeria, chad, and niger. they clearly are getting training but it is a very small operation, focused on the border. it is so porous with weapons coming in there, there are estim

nigerian government. >>> in libya fierce fighting raging now between armed groups. the fighting is underway in the eastern citybenghazi. benghazi is that city where four americans including ambassador chris stephen were killed in 2012. nigeria has evacuated its ambassador after a threat. >>> a bomb went off in kenyan at a bus stop and at a crowded market. so far no one has claimed responsibility. >>> in turkey, in ukraine, thousands of workers have retaken control of the city. steelworkers joining forces with police to push out the pro-russian forces. men in heard hats have been clearing ahold the barricades and cleaning up the debris. >> reporter: i'm outside the city administration building. the building quite clearly bares the scars of several occupations by separatists, but the separatists have now left the building, and now we have a group of about 100 locals that have come here because they are upset about a memorandum that has been signed. they say they were never consulted. they didn't know anything about it news trickled through. and they are absolutely not happy with it. it comes as local steelworker

there are new claims that the nigerian military was warned about the mass kidnapping hours before it happened. today women and students in cities across nigeria marched, many upset about the government's inability to rescue those girls. stephanie gosk has more on the rescue effort. >> reporter: a father of two of the abducted school girls recounts the terror from the day the school was attacked. >> i heard the cry and the shouts of the students because i'm very close to the school. >> reporter: he says the islamic radical group boko haram held the girls nearby but nobody came to help. >> they come for them. no helping hands for a good 11 days. >> reporter: the slow response has been replaced by international outcry and mobilization. eight u.s. military personnel arrived in nigeria on friday, another seven travel this weekend. >> really, the nigerian government will allow them to walk and take our daughters. >> reporter: criticism has been leveled at all sides. amnesty international says the military had at least four hours of advance warning. >> they had warning that this -- that this school was under threat, and nothing was do

city. i am morgan radford. here are the top stories. >>> the searching for the missing nigerian school girls prompting an internationalesponse waging war against boko haram. >>> china evacwaits citizens while tension boildz over drilling in the south china sea. the death toll in saudi arabia closing in on 170 people, now a third case of the deadly mers virus diagnosed right here on

. >>> nigerian authorities are working to determine who's behind back-to-back bombings that ripped through a central city. more than 100 people died. some are pinning blame on boko haram. the islamist militant group that kidnapped more than 200 schoolgirls last month. nhk world's craig dale reports. >> reporter: the first car bomb went off in the middle of the afternoon, reducing a busy part of the central city to rubble. the second exploded about 30 minutes later, just as people were helping the victims. >> i saw the explosion up. the number of people i saw, there were pieces, and they were taking them out. >> reporter: no one has claimed responsibility, but investigators see the work of boko haram. the extremist group is fighting to create an islamic state in nigeria where half the population is christian. boko haram is tracted worldwide attention after its members kidnapped more than 200 girls last month from this school in a remote northern village. their leader threatened to sell the teens into slavery. the families of the abductees are struggling to stay hopeful. >> i thought that by now they would

there are new claims the nigerian military was warned about the mass abduction hours before it happened. well, today women and students in cities across nigeria marched, many upset over the government's inability to rescue the girls. stephanie gosk has more on the rescue efforts. >> reporter: a father of two of the abducted school girls recounts the terror from the day the school was attacked. >> i heard the cry and the shouts of the students because i'm very close to the school. >> reporter: he said boko haram held the girls nearby but nobody came to help. >> they come for them. no help for a good 11 days. >> reporter: the slow response has been replaced by international outcry and mobilization. eight u.s. military personnel arrived in nigeria on friday, another seven travel this weekend. >> really, the nigerian government will allow them to walk with our daughters. >> reporter: criticism of the nigerians has been leveled from all sides. amnesty international said the military had at least four hours of advance warning. >> they had warning that this school was under threat and nothing was done to save these girls. >> reporter:

get access to the old part of the city after years of fighting >>> why asylum seekers in indonesia are giving themselves up to detention centres. >>> first, the nigerian military denied it was warned about the kidnapping of hundreds of school girls by boko haram. a military spokesman said it has to be categorically stated: >> the kidnapping of school girls a month as soon as has affected nigeria's education system. nowhere is it more apparent than in borno, where some are pulling their children out of schools. boko haram opposes western education and wants schools shut down. we have this report. >> reporter: a mother of four lost her husband to boko haram a few years ago. she dreamt of her children becoming doctors and lawyers. but boko haram attention in schools forced her to change her mind. >> i really wanted them to go to conventional schools, but abduction made me rethink. i pulled them out and put them in a koranic school. they'll be safe. it's painful what the chibok mothers are going through. >> her youngest daughter said it was a painful decision for them. >> translation: i feel sad when i see my mates going school, and i am not. to be honest

city. >> and i'm michael lees thank you for joining us. nigerianresident good luck jonathan told the world economic forum today his country will win it's war on terror. that amido new violence in north eastern nigeria. >> the radical group boko haram is blamed for a deadly attack on a town on the border. this is the same group that is being blamed for kidnapping hundreds of school girls. to actually reach and he spoke to one of the girls that managed to escane. >> atramenttized mother, esther still hasn't some to terms with the abduction of her 15-year-old daughter. she still thinks it's a bad dream think will wake from. her 15-year-old daughter is among the 270 other girls taken but boko haram fighters. more than three weeks after, they remain missing. >> i prefer, as a mother, they should go into my house, burn my house, break everything if they give me back my daughter. that would be better for me. even take my life at that moment. i think i am satisfied. more than. >> her pain is shared by most of the families in this once vibrant community. fo

nigerians. >> jennifer griffin, thank you. >>> hundreds of syrian rebels are evacuating the central city of holmes. the exit of some 1,200 fighters signals the end of the rebellion in the country's virtually devoied third largest city. they struck a deal with the rebels as he prepares for a nationwide election in june. >>> the u.s. and nato are shooting down russian president vladimir putin's claim that he has pulled back his shooters from the ukrainian border. foreign affairs spopt reports another gesture by the russian president is ringing hollow tonight. >> reporter: at a meeting with the swiss president, vladimir putin announced he finally made good on a promise to move troops. >> translator: we have pulled them out and now they are based not on the ukrainian border but in the sites they conduct regular training. >> reporter: putin said pro-russian separatists should postpone plans for a referendum on a ton they called the comments helpful, but there was no sign the troops are withdrawn. >> we have not seen evidence of such movement. >> reporter: sunday's referendum is illegitimate. but despite

. >> reporter: in big cities and small towns across the nation, that attention is growing. hundreds gathered to show support for the more than 250 nigerianchool girls kidnapped from their dorm rooms two months ago. >> they need to know world is with them. >> reporter: from detroit to boston. >> we're making our voices here. heard here today. >> reporter: and all the way to the white house where first lady michelle obama used her first ever solo weekly address to speak out. >> this unconscionable act was committed by a terrorist group determined to keep these girls from getting an education. grown men attempting to snuff out the aspirations of young girls. >> reporter: she said in these girls, she and the president see their own daughters. >> we can only imagine the anguish their parents are feeling right now. >> reporter: it is an anguish that has touched off protests worldwide. in the u.s., a show of unity and hope for the nearly 300 girls still missing. nbc news. >>> silicon valley executive. that may be the new name for dr. dre. for beats electronics. the company makes high end head phones and operates a streaming service. the rapper