and, frankly, there are swaths of northeast nigeria where clearly they're moving at will. ving large convoys of vehicles. nobody can understand really why the military, this massive military force that nigeria has, why it has not been able to stop the islamist militants from roaming so freely across large parts of northeast nigeria. >> will ross speaking to me from abuja. >>> syria has joined the list o countries where the murder of a journalist is most likely to go unpunished. that's according to the committee to protect journalists. it's just released impunity index. a risk that shows countries where journalists are most at risk. with 100 deaths in the last decade and not a single conviction iraq is at the top of the list. it's been there since the index started in 2008. 96% of the victims are local reporters. the majority covering politics, corruption and war in their own countries. the crimes are prosecuted in less than 5% of the cases. for years pakistan has been considered one of the most dangerous countries for the press. but according to the report, there has been a

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. >> in northeast nigeria, 100 schoolgirls have been kidnapped by boko haram.parking a search to track down the attackers. the mass kidnapping in borno state happened when gunmen stormed a girls' secondary school. just hours after a deadly bomb blast on the outskirts of the capital abuja killed 75. one year since twin bombs exploded at the finish line of the boston marathon, killing three and injuring over 250 more. on tuesday, the city gathered to commemorate that tragedy and pay a module -- and pay homage to those who lost lives. u.s. vice president joe biden and a host of other city officials were there alongside the survivors. thomas waterhouse has the report. >> a trumpet lament fills the hall as the people of austin gathered to remember the day s -- as the people of boston gather to member the day tragedy struck. patrick, along with his wife jessica, lost a leg. >> boston strong -- a simple phrase with a not so simple meaning. it symbolizes our determination to spread compassion generosity, unity and pride. >> shortly before 3:00 in the afternoon on april

reports.spondent >> yet another destroyed school in northeast nigeria. this area is so were mowed and dangerous it took a whole week to get the first pictures out. -- so remote and dangerous. this midnight raid on the school was different. the gunmen forced female students out of their dormitories that were then torched. that downloaded more than 200 s and drove lorrie them away. a few managed to escape. one of the girls said they initially mistook the attackers people who had come to help you request we thought they were soldiers. our friends and i jumped from the vehicle and ran back home they did notalized look right. >> i got through to the father of one kidnapped girl. [indiscernible] >> it translates as western education is forbidden. thousands of students have been forced home. last week the nigerian military said it was doing all it could to locate and rescue the missing girls. since then there have been no official statements. now relatives and friends are telling me they are increasingly desperate and they feel helpless as they wait for news. c

. >> recent footage of the boko moving intant convoy northeast nigeria. this group is thought to be behind the abduction of more than 100 teenage girls from a boarding school. the military says almost all the girls have managed to escape, but there is no independent proof of this. rescuing any remaining hostages will be a tough task. .> it is very bad for us tracking is not easy. there is a the dash area surveillance going on. the ground -- there is area surveillance going on. the ground troops are out there. >> the name boko haram means western education is forbidden. and the insurgents have a brutal way of sending this message home. 29 teenage boys were killed in this recent school attack. theviolence has spread to capital, abuja, once again. on monday, a powerful bomb was detonated at this bus station. 71 people died. many more are badly injured. bokoia's president blamed haram. gladly burned your heine got out of the fire crawling on his -- this badly burned man got out of the fire crawling on his hands and knees. >> everywhere i looked was dark. >> j

has more. >> reporter: recent footage of the boko haram islamist militants moving in convoy in northeast nigeria. this group is thought to be behind the abduction of more than 100 teenage girls from a boarding school. one girl said she managed to escape when one of the attacker's vehicles broke down. >> translator: they burnt the car with petrol and transferred us to other vehicles. ours moved on while the rest decided to go back for the other car broken down. it was then some of the girls in our truck decided to jump from the vehicle. >> reporter: a rescue operation is under way. but the girls are being held in challenging terrain. >> it's a very vast forest. trekking is not easy. as i said, as of the time i left, there's aerial surveillance going on. the ground troops are very in force. we are just hopeful. >> reporter: the islamist militants have been causing havoc. nigeria's president said they were behind monday's bomb attack in abuja. 71 people were killed and many more were badly injured. yuhana broke his leg and was badly burned. a last minute decision saved his life. he said he was just

they've been behind similar attacks in northeast nigeria. they have not been in the capitol for two years but it looks like this is the kind of things they might be behind. >> lots more to come on the news hour. nearly a million people can't read and write, what can be done. plus: >> this is just one of the hundreds of mines discovered here in mexico city. coming up i'll have a report on why these mines pose such a threat to people here. >> and in sport, the most decorated athlete in olympic history announces his come back, that is also to come. chemical weapons stockpile with its latest shipment. that's according to the international body charged with destroying syria's are chemical arsenal. the next deadline may be missed, if somebody doesn't speed up the removal. >>> military achievements against rebel fighters. state media are quoted are bashar al-assad's statements. stronger position to regain territory such as the israel occupied golan heights. >> the victories we've had will reinforce the government and its allies' positions in intern

they have been waging an increasingly bloody insurgency in the northeast of nigeria.ere in france, a private catholic school is going to test the dna of more than 500 male students and staff. that is in a bid to identify the rapist of a 16-year-old girl, who was assaulted in a dark school toilet. they explain that the test is the first and a friend school and will end on wednesday. >> it is test today at this from school. testing of a different kind. 527 students and staff are being genetically examined to identify the rapist of a young girl. the assault occurred in september in a dark school toilet. for the director of this goal, this is the only remaining option to advance the investigation. >> all other possibilities are explored for we arrived at the solution. we do not have any other choices or options. this will enable us to find the offender. >> this genetic testing has been foiled in controversy. place,can, in the first refused to take part. however, those who refuse to do so become potential suspect. for the students, the testing could not have come sooner. >

this is a violent group that began as fairly small sect in the northeast of nigeria, very remote state that expanded its tax particular, its targets, initially against security forces and police now against civilians, school children, against ordinary citizens in the capital of abuja as well as the states within the stronghold. i think after a lull, the leadership of? what fractured last summer and weakened. clearly come back, is making a statement that it's still very much on the scene. this is particularly frightening as nigeria set toe host the world economic forum in the coming months and is entering a very fractured election cycle as well. so these are very high profile attacks. that come at a very delicate time for nigeria. >> reporter: what are some of the consequences of these attacks? we're hearing that almost a million people have been displaced either internally or externally. >> one is displacement. the people killed and they have killed some 4,000 in the last four years. the displacement as you say it means that very little investment is going in to the north. education an

jonathan visited the scene and blamed boko haram, the islamist group that's killed thousands in nigeria's northeast. >> ifill: a wildfire burned for a third day in valparaiso, chile, as the military moved to evacuate 700 more families. the fire, which erupted saturday, has killed a dozen people, forced thousands to flee and destroyed 2,000 homes. firefighters worked through the night to contain flames being whipped by pacific ocean winds. today, air and ground crews tried to keep the blaze from consuming even more homes. >> ( translated ): it is very hard to be in a place where you grew up, played, ran, and had a good time, shared with so many people and today no one has anything. to be burned like this, in ruins, it's as if a war has happened. >> ifill: the chilean forestry agency warned it could take another 20 days to extinguish the fire. syria has now shipped out about two-thirds of the raw materials for chemical weapons that it admits to having. but, the "organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons" said today damascus still has a long way to go to meet a june 30th deadline. a u.n. ag

northeast. if this bomb blast was carried out by boko haram it will be a set back and will send a lot of fear across the capital and different states in nigeria. many have felt the attacks in the northeast were not going to affect them. if they have taken the fight again to abuja, it will send a different signal. it's not the first time. there's been several attacks on the building including in 2011 and also attack on a newspaper blown up in 2012 and attack on security insulations. they have targeted abuja before. >>> the government in kiev says it will launch a military operation to remove militants in the government buildings. russia's ambassador called an emergency session at the united nations where he says kiev is a waiting war on its own people. ukraine says moscow is trying to destabilize the economy. >> pro russian protestors are seen storming a police station in eastern ukraine. the deadline passes from the new central authorities in kiev for protestors to end the occupation of government buildings in the east. this looks like more evidence this remains a highly combustible battle of wills. this standoff in another eastern ukrainian

northeast of baghdad. the series of attacks are aimed to discourage people from voting wednesday. >>> reports from nigeriasay some of the 200 girls abducted from the boarding school may been sold into marriage in neighboring cameroon. it's believed they were kidnapped by the group boko haram. people call on the government and military to do more to try to get the girls back safely. >>> brazil's preparations for the 2016 rio games have been described by senior olympic officials as the worst he's seen. the vice president john coates says the production is well behind schedule. there's concerns about infrastructure and water quality. he added there's no plan b. there will not be an alternative city chosen to host the games. >>> as divers continue to recover bodies from the sunk south korean ferry, president park has apologized for failing to prevent the disaster that left more than 300 dead or missing. at the memorial for the 250 school children on board, she apologized for the slow response to the tragedy. bbc has this. >> reporter: the new memorial brings home the sheer scale of the disaster. hundreds of y

emergency last me for three states in the northeast with the group has mostly concentrated their attacks. hundreds of kilometers from the capital and simple nigeria. there are fears the attacks will increase when the emergency rule expires saturday recently built around the behest of the group plans to widen its insurgency is that unless your computer in twenty twelve and suicide car bombers targeted newspaper offices. in an attack that left seven people dead this operation was moved. in a fierce reaction from one of our viewers. id blue jello saying what the koran is doing is not in accordance with muslim walden are hoping the muslims nor the nature and in many key to this attack on the capital. is your reaction when you heard the news. one is a very terrible thing happened. i think. we sure don't like to lose weight with the tools and implements to start with this new two thousand and fourteen. is the centenary anniversary of the creation of nigeria. we celebrate it this anti soviet union launched the liberation of the century an investor. he secured wins was to be on how to measure it because with so by the submission states. for one hundred h

east nigeria where air bombing campaigns occur almost daily assaults on the ground are common and mother nigerian government has said that violence is now contained to a small area in the northeast part of the country. many say this attack near the capital serves as a wakeup call that more needs to be done the netroots cctv. the un secretary general ban ki moon says he's shocked and saddened by the bomb attack he says those responsible must be brought to justice at the pool so it's only contender for the indiscriminate killings and acts of violent extremism you're watching cctv years will be back with more stories up for school break fan . i knew. the us the eye well i picked respect now called the lunar eclipse the special ignore eclipse is happening right now with the moon standing rigid at the moment and as we mentioned that sun known as the blogging mood. suzie getting me of my pitches then it simply is a very a good indication of what this eclipse is the singing. and it's inevitable to watch if you are in the north pole south america and eighty countries around the pacific ocean yall to the design view of the isi or the moon is counted bingle as we mentioned from the somebo

nigeria, dozens of girls have been reunited. authorities are still searching for the 85 girls that remain missing in the northeast borneau state.olice are focusing on the nearby forest known to hide members of the extremest group boca horam. >> four days after they were taken from their school, less than half the number of girls taken have been reunited with their families. the authorities in the state are saying 85 girls are still missing a massive manhunt is underway to try to rescue those girls from their abductors. the finger blame is pointing to boca horam. civilians and officials are concentrating efforts in and around the town of chibo and surrounding villages but especially on the notorious forest, a known stronghold of boca horam. the military in the last 11 months have launched many air raids and land attacks on this forest but have so far failed to chase away the attackers or fighters from this forest. the leader of the group, in an 8-minute video claiming responsibility and in that attack more than 17 nigerians, officials are confirming 75 have died few attack and more than 120 have been injured. but other figures s

. >>> in nigeria, dozens of girls who escaped from kidnappers have been reunited with their families. authorities are still searching for the 85 girls missing in the northeastneau state. the latest from abuja. >> four days after they had been taken from their school, less than half the number of girls taken have been reunited with their families. they are saying 85 girls are missing. a massive man hubt is underway to try to rescue those girls from the abductors. the finger of blame is pointing to boca haran. the efforts are concentrated in the not orous forrem, a stronghold of boko haram. they have launched many air raids and land attacks on this forest. so far, they have failed to chase away the attackers from this forest. meanwhile, the leader of the group has and in an eight-minute video claiming responsibility for the attack in the capital city. no attack, more than 17 nigerians have died in that attack and more than 120 have been injured. other figures suggest the number could be much higher than that. in this video, he said yes, they carried out the attack and that they have members either sleeper cell or an active cell. for residents of the capitol,

northeast but here in the nation's capital. >> just terrible. on this easter sunday we are reminded they have continuously attacked christian churches on sundays as well. very tragic. thank you so much. vladimir duthier from abuja, nigeria. >>> you're watching "cnn newsroom." ahead here, the world has gotten another glimpse of little prince george as the british royal's trip down under continues. his parents took him to the zoo. we'll have a live report for you in just a moment. i'm beth... and i'm michelle. and we own the paper cottage. it's a stationery and gifts store. anything we purchase for the paper cottage goes on our ink card. so you can manage your business expenses and access them online instantly with the game changing app from ink. we didn't get into business to spend time managing receipts, that's why we have ink. we like being in business because we like being creative, we like interacting with people. so you have time to focus on the things you love. ink from chase. so you can. i'm j-e-f-f and i have copd. i'm l-i-s-a and i have copd, but i don't want my breathing problems to get in the way of hosting my book club. that's why i asked my doctor about b-r-e-o. once-daily breo ellipta helps increase airflow

northern nigeria according to police for lonnie herdsmen launched an assault in the village in the state of some far a new while seventeen were reported dead in an attack on the country's northeastwitnesses say gunmen surrounded a village there and opened fire on residents no one claimed responsibility but the islamist group boko haram operates in the area. at least one person dead after clashes break out of the syrian refugee camp in jordan officials say violence erupted after protesters threw rocks at police they were upset with security forces for detaining several refugees who were illegally tried to leave the camp. more than one hundred people arrested and several injured in scuffles with police at a spring break party in the us tear gas and phone bullets and to disperse crowds report say it all start. after a police officer was hit in the head by a heavy backpack full of bottles of alcohol the party attended by more than fifteen thousand people most of them students from local colleges. the u.s. saw another shooting rampage this week wednesday as soldier killed three colleagues and mooted sixteen and his army base in texas ivan lopez reportedly got into a gun fight with ot

northern nigeria according to police for lonnie herdsmen launched an assault on the village in the central state of zamfara new well seventeen people reported dead an attack in the country's northeasttnesses say gunmen surrounded a village there and opened fire on residents no one's claim responsibility but islam this group boko haram frequently operates in the area. at least one person dead after clashes broke out of the syrian refugee camp in jordan officials say the violence erupted after protesters threw rocks at police they were upset with security forces for detaining several refugees for illegally leaving the camp. at least eleven killed in attacks across iraq according to officials a gunman kidnapped and later executed six men in the deadliest of a series of assaults no group admitted to the killings but the nation has seen a significant spike in sectarian violence and head of upcoming elections. more than one hundred people arrested several injured and scuffles with police at a spring break party in the u.s. tear gas and foam bullets used to disperse crowds were poor and say it all started after a police officer was hit in the head by a heavy backpack full of alcohol bottl