Well be live all morning well be on board a specially from portsmouth where the queen, Prince Charles and President Trump chartered ship to see families willjoin veterans to commemorate relive the journey of those the bravery of those who helped to liberate europe. Who took part in d day. We cannot comprehend what these but for now lets go to ben, in the breakfast studio, for the rest of the days news. Ladies and gentlemen did to us to in other news, its the last day give us ourfreedom. Of the us president Donald Trumps state visit to the uk. Following this mornings d day commemorations, he will travel to ireland inaudible. For a bilateral meeting with irish premier, leo varadkar. Last night the president and first lady, melania trump, elsewhere this morning, in sport, hosted a dinnerfor the prince history forJohanna Konta. Shes through to the semi of wales and the duchess of cornwall finals of the french open, the furthest any british woman has at the american ambassadors reached at R
Like millions of people across the globe, my husband and i are outraged and heart broken over the kidnapping of more than 200 nigerian girls from their School Dormitory in the middle of the night. The first lady as her voice to the international cry to find the kidnapped school girls in nigeria. First, government officials on the defensive denying reports they knew in advance. Boko haram fighters were planning to snatch more than 200 girls. They say thats not true. Also today u. S. Personnel are in nigeria to help find the missing students. More from abuja. The Nigerian Military broke its silence issuing a rather detailed statement trying to exonerate soldiers from allegations that they had advanced warning hours before the attack but failed to act accordingly. Instead, the military said what they did receive were calls for reinforcements once the boko haram attack was underway, that it had to dispatch reinforcements to more than 120s kilometers away in a very rugged and difficult terr
Accused of rape or assault. This has been another violent and horrifying 24 hours in nigeria. A nigeriaen lawmaker said the radical Group Boko Haram massacred hundreds of people. It happened near the border with cameroon, boko haram set shops and homes on fire with an assault that lasted nearly 12 hours. The deadly rampage came hours after Nigerian Police offered money for more information on the abduction of school girls last month. This is the carnage caused by the Group Boko Haram killing hundreds in the northeast on monday will worry many. Residents toll the government that masked men raided the village and started firing. Anyone sighted in that area were shot and killed. They went through the city, went through all the shops, and according to the residents they told me not less than 300 people died. Reporter the report may fuel public anger among concerned nigerians about the federal governments failure to curb attacks by the group. These nigerians march to the head of the arm on
And football camp . A. Good afternoon, im Michael Gleaves and im morgan radford. Thank you for joining us. Officials say an attack that set homes and shops on fire during the 12hour attack near the border with cameroon. Now this attack comes as Nigerian Police offer even more money for any and all information leading them to the more 200 school girls who were kidnapped just last month. Describing what residents said about that attack. These people operated within that city for over 12 hours. She did notthey did not leave until 1 00 in the night. Before the city was visited by the military and control volunteers. The military and the civilians vigilanty moved to the northern border when they heard that some of the school girls who had been abducted from sighted around that area. So the insurgents took advantage of the situation, and they came in to the city. Actually when they came the villagers thought it was the military who came because they came in with military vehicles and militar
Too close for comfort a commercial jet nearly collides with a drone. I put in so many applications. The difficult job of trying to find work in a tough economy. What happened in nigeria was not an isolated incident. It is a story we see every day as girls around the world risk their lives to pursue their ambitions. Thats First Lady Michelle Obama demanding justice for the hundreds of missing school girls. Good morning to you and welcome to al Jazeera America. Live from new york city, im Morgan Radford. The first lady delivered the president ial address in place of president obama and used the opportunity to condemn the kidnappings by boko haram. It started as a mothers day tribute but transitioned to an abduction sparking international outrage. My husband and i are outraged and heart broken over the kidnapping of more than 200 nigan girls from a School Dormitory in the middle of the night. This unconscionable act was committed by a terrorist group. Ground men attempting to snuff out th