Girds and he is threatening to sell them. And a parasite destroying entire colonies of honey bees and the effect it could have on global Food Supplies. Gunfire has broken out at a camp in afghanistan where survivors of a landslide have been sheltering and happened when desperate villages started to get supplies. As a result some aid agencies are reported to have been pulling back from the area for security reasons at least for now, 250 people are confirmed dead from the landslide and many more are still missing in northeast afghanistan. Our correspondent is live in the province and it sounds like a pretty desperate situation there. Any clue as to who was firing these gunshots . Reporter a very volatile situation indeed and very tense situation. We were only a few meters away from this Aid Distribution Center when the gunfire ur erupted and followed scuffles of Security Forces and people getting aid and up to Ten Police Officers guarding this Aid Distribution Center were beaten up and s
Ada rice iaid arrives in afghant gunshots disperse the people. Boko haram has kidnapped eight more girls from the north of the country. Residents say the abductions hand sunday night. Its reported suspected boko haram members went from house to house in a village. Police say the girls were all between the ages of 12 and 15 on. Monday boko haram claimed responsibility for the kidnapping of more than 200 school girls three weeks ago. The armed group has threatens to sale the girls as slaves. Aidan mcquaid is the director of antislavely international and joins me now live from london. Aidan, good to have you on the program. This is obviously a very grim story with the boko haram leader threaten to go sale these girls in to slavely. Clearly there is a market for this. Just how big and how problematic is the issue you of trafficked girls in nigeria . Its an extensive problem. Normally the trafficking of girls and young women occurs under the thin veil of respectability of whats called the f
Kouddous. We will also get an update on Abdullah Elshamy. [indiscernible] my responsibility if anything ever happens to me. We will speak with his brother Mohammed Elshamy. All of that and more coming up. This is democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Iraq is in crisis as sunni militants seized more towns and now set their sights on the capital baghdad. In the past few days, Al Qaedalinked rebels have seized control of mosul, iraqs second largest city, as well as tikrit. The sunni militants now control a territory that stretches from the eastern edge to fallujah and now the Northern City of mosul. Their advanced has cost a humanitarian catastrophe, displacing some 500,000 people in mosul alone. Mosul fell in part because u. S. Trained iraqi forces abandoned their posts. Maliki has reportedly urged the u. S. To carry out airstrikes in recent months, but the Obama Administration has declined request so far. We will have more on the crisis in iraq aft
Boys pursuing an education are forced by their teachers to beg on the street. They sleep on cement or dirt floors, dozens to a room. And for boys who dont make their daily quote, the punishment can be brutal. Woodruff and its friday. Mark shields and david brooks analyze the weeks news. Those are just some of the stories were covering on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. And. Friends of the newshour. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Woodruff the government of ukraine launched a Major Military operation today against prorussian separatists in the east. Their target was slovyansk, and ukraines president reported many insurgents were killed or wounded but not without cost. James mates of independent Television News is there, and filed this report. Reporter helico
Boys pursuing an education are forced by their teachers to beg on the street. They sleep on cement or dirt floors, dozens to a room. And for boys who dont make their daily quote, the punishment can be brutal. Woodruff and its friday. Mark shields and david brooks analyze the weeks news. Those are just some of the stories were covering on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. And. Friends of the newshour. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Woodruff the government of ukraine launched a Major Military operation today against prorussian separatists in the east. Their target was slovyansk, and ukraines president reported many insurgents were killed or wounded but not without cost. James mates of independent Television News is there, and filed this report. Reporter helico