Star wars trilogy, has died aged 75. Hello. Welcome to the programme. Hundreds of schoolboys kidnapped in Northern Nigeria last friday have been released. The governor of Katsina State says 344 children are on their way back from the forest where they were being held. Well, the bbcs nigeria correspondent, mayenijones, is in kano, in katsina. She says the news obviously comes as a huge relief to the parents. So the State Government has told the bbc that 344 boys have been released and are currently on their way from a forest in zamfara to katsina in North Western nigeria. We are not clear whether that is the total number of boys who were abducted, there was always some doubt as to how many boys had been taken. The State Government said it could be anywhere from 340 400 boys. Boko haram claimed that they took 523 boys, so there is some questions about how many boys have been released and whether its all of them. In terms of responsibility, the Extremist Group boko haram have claimed that
Very sad story, about why this child is not getting what he or she needs. Plus, the u. S. Election season heats up, we look at the fight to become texas next governor, ahead of tomorrows primaries. Those are just some of the stories were covering on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by ive been around long enough to recognize the people who are out there owning it. The ones getting involved, staying engaged. They are not afraid to question the path theyre on. Because the one question they never want to ask is, how did i end up here . I started schwab with those people. People who want to take ownership of their investments, like they do in every other aspect of their lives. And with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. And. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Ifill the confrontation in crimea showed no sign of
As expected, formally electing xi jinping as president. applause he was the only candidate, and won 2,952 votes. A lone delegate voted no, and three abstained. translated it meets the popular expectations, and it meets the expectations of the Chinese People and the nation. It is a happy ending. Woodruff the 59yearold xi had already been named military and communist party chief in november. Now, he will officially lead the most populous country on earth with more than 1. 3 billion people. China also boasts the worlds second largest economy, after the United States. And it is the second largest foreign holder of u. S. Debt, about 7. 5 of the total. But the two nations economic relationship has been marred recently by allegations of widespread cyberattacks on american targets. Increasingly, u. S. Businesses are speaking out about their serious concerns about sophisticated, targeted theft of confidential Business Information and proprietary technologies through cyber intrusions emanating f
This particular moment. This this is the cbs weekend news. Quijano good evening, im Elaine Quijano with a western edition of the broadcast. With about 48 hours to go before the polls begin to close, there is breaking news tonight from fbi director james comey on those recently discovered emails connected to Hillary Clintons private server. Comey sent a letter to a Congressional Committee today saying the fbis review of the additional emails has not changed the decision not to prosecute secretary clinton. Nancy cordes is covering the clinton campaign. Reporter clinton was on the way from philadelphia to cleveland when news of comey a letter broke. Campaign aides could be seen reading the letter aloud to the others. Comey wrote after reviewing a large number of emails we have not changed our conclusion from this summer when he recommended against prosecuting clinton. Communications director jennifer palmieri. Were glad to see that he were shall that he found that we were confident that h
Lou holtz on the disappearing border between sports and politics. But we begin with a shocking allegation that a New York Times reporter has been in bed with a source of accused of leaking sensitive information. The New York Times has the department of justice has seized phone and email records of ali watkins. And according to the paper, she has been in a 3year relationship with the former director of security for the Senate Intel Committee james wolfe. He was arrested yesterday and the doj charged him with lying for denying that he even knew the reporter. And for denying that he gave her information on former Campaign Adviser carter page. The times said that it appeared that the fbi was investigating how watkins learned that russian spies were trying to recruit page back in 2013. She reported that in an article for buzz feed. There is reporting tonight to that there was an effort to buy this to senate intel stafford to purposefully target carter page. That is a move that couldve been