Soldiers from niger and chad have joined the fight against bomb in boko haram in nigeria. They helped to retake the town of damasak in borno. This is latest offensive by neighboring countries inside nigeria. On friday the the africa union reinforced the contingent with 8,000 troops from cameroon and benin. Security forces have confirmed that the town of damasak has been arrested from boko harams control. Troops acrossed into nigeria yesterday supported by air and Ground Forces and then arrested control in other areas as we speak. Now sources say that the battle has been fierce and a lot of people have been killed, many fighters on the side of the boko haram have been killed. Now with this development especially in the states of born o and yurba it has been shrinking. There is likelihood that boko haram will be pushed back if not defeated completely. But there is fear that boko haram will resort to its old tactic of launching gorilla guerrilla warfare. Protest against n aleppo against c
Hello. A swiss plane has taken off from abu dhabi on the firstever attempt to fly around the world using only the energy of the sun. The Solar Impulse ii could take five months to complete the 12 stages of the flight crisscrossing continents while spreading the word about clean technology. Its a pretty impressive project with some even more impressive figures. Lets show you a two. Two pilots will take it in turns to fly the singleseater plane on the 35,000 kilometer journey. The Solar Impulse ii has a wingspan of 72 meters larger than that of a boeing 747. Built into the wings, more than 17,000 ultraefficient solar cells, which transfer energy to four electrical motors powering the planes propellers. The pilots will have to stay awake for most of their time in the air. They are being allowed naps of just 20 minutes, confined in a cockpit thats not much bigger than a phone box. Mark lobel watched the launch in abu dhabi. Reporter preparing for the ride of their lives. The moment the swi
Internet sensation, singing Justin Bieber hits. Hello. A swiss plane has taken off from abu dhabi on the firstever attempt to fly around the world using only the energy of the sun. The Solar Impulse ii could take five months to complete the 12 stages of the flight. It will be crisscrossing continents while spreading the word about clean technology. Now, this is a pretty impressive project with some even more impressive figures. Lets show you. Two pilots will take turns to fly the singleseater plane on this 35,000 kilometer journey. The Solar Impulse ii has a wingspan of 72 meters. Now, this is larger than that of a boeing 747, although a jumbo is almost 80 times heavier. Built into the wings, this is the key, more than 17,000 ultraefficient solar cells, which transfer energy to four electrical motors powering the planes propellers. The pilots will have to stay awake for most of their time in the air. Theyre allowed nap times of just 20 minutes, confined in a cockpit not much bigger tha
It in decline. A essential report from beirut. More than two years after the tsunami in japan, debris is still washing up on beaches thousands of kilometers away. Thousands of people are still waiting for help to arrive after a powerful earthquake hit pakistans remote southwest on tuesday. The quake has affected an area the size of switzerland. The latest death toll is now at 348. The quake flattened large areas of the district thats the countrys poorest province. Judo is the only International News channel with a team in the worst affected area. Our correspondent reports. Reporter three days after a major earthquake flattened entire villages in some districts, we have seen widespread destruction in anarwan. This is an impov riched district where people are still digging and theyre not digging for gold or valuables, butter but theyre looking for the missing, their loved ones unaccounted for. The women here have nowhere to goment. There is no shade from the sweltering sun. Soon it will
Yorks longest players and president ial elections and we are live to london for analysis later in the program. But first there are two main issues dominating talks at a high level summit in new york and optimism that progress may be being made on both Irans Nuclear program and syrias chemical weapons issues. Agreement reached on a draft resolution to eliminate syrias stockpile and landmark talks between the United States and iran raised hopes of resolving the on pass of Nuclear Activities and kristen in new york starts of coverage. It was the most highly anticipated entrance at the general assembly, mohamed joined the permanent five members of Security Council and germany hoping to end years of deadlock and sour relations. The presence of u. S. Secretary of state john kerry made tit highest level meeting between the countries in decades and the european Foreign Policy chief described the talks as substantive. Having them come and openly talk was a change in the dynamic engagements with