Cup . The u. S. Says the strikes over Northern Nigeria as part of a rescue effort to find 200 kidnapped school girls and boko haram operates in three states in the north and there was a state of emergency a year ago. Boko haram has bases with chad and two other countries and they were taken and sought they were held somewhere in this area. On top of the surveillance the u. S. Sent a team of 30 experts to help with the search and china and france have sent technical experts and on monday boko haram released the video offering to swap the girls for jail members. U. S. Experts are studying the pictures closely for any clues that might help them and we will go to abuja and how does is the search and rescue effort shaping up and how difficult is this going to be . Reporter details emerging from washington about the makeup of their 30man team. We understand that this team involves officials from the state department, from the dissent department and we have f. B. I. Personnel and military per
Russia. War torn country with iconic images. And we report why biking in australia may not be riding so easily anymore. So nigerias government has insisted it will not are negotiate with boko haram, after it offered to swipe prisoners for the modern 200 school girls it kid napped. Kidnapped. Does this change anything, this video, rawya . What it does certainly kamal is act to the distress of the families to the shock of the International Community. It has to be said that up until now, the identity has not been verified yet. Authorities in abuja say they have not been able to locate their relatives on the video yet. The educational commissioner has told the authorities in abuja that they have called in some of the School Authorities and are family members to identify the girls on the video, if true, very shocking images. Their kidnapping has shocked the world. And now the images of the girls are likely to cause further distress. In the 17 minute video the girls are heard speaking in ara
Exchange for the release of a prisoner in ayman. Past the point of no return scientists warn of an irreversible antarctic thaw. First, the u. S. Says it started surveillance flights over northern nigeria, as part of the International Rescue effort to try to find more than 200 kidnapped school girls. Boko haram, the group that took them, operates across a swathe of states in the north. A state of emergency was declared a year ago. The girls were taken on april 14th, a month ago. If the girls are in the county, its thought theyd be held in that area. The u. S. Started to fly manned Surveillance Missions across the region, and sent a team of 30 experts and the fbi, the defense and state departments to help with the search. On monday boko haram released a video of the girls. U. S. Experts studied the pictures closely for clues that might help find them. Human Rights Groups say nigerias government is to glam for the growing blame for the instability in the country. Last week it was said the
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The sewol ferry disaster. The french open, Venus Williams is on the court now. Major International Tournament for the first time ever. So in egypt, the concerns for a low turnout has considered extending polls for another day. Voting with their feet and staying at home. This report from omar al sallay. Third day of voting for choosing a new president in egypt. But theres a growing debate about the low turnout in the last couple of days. There are around 50 million registered voters and state media and talk shows were encouraging people to come out. An official at the Election Commission say 37 of people have voted. While the Opposition Alliance including the muslim brotherhood, insist that less than 10 of people showed up. Alsisi is expected to win, he needs mower people to legitimize his election. The people turn their backs to sisi. Five elections before and all had gone in vein. The only other candidate is hamdin sabahi. Refused to pull out of the president ial race. The boycott is