Welcome to the program. Niger and its neighboring allies have launch aid joint offensive against boca huh ram in the northeastern part of the are country. Its nigers first major push in to nigerian territory. Ahmed is respite has more from abuja the capital. Reporter for nigerias neighbors the fight against boko haram has taken new urgency. Operations against the group is underway. The objective is to push the fighters in to a corner ahead of the expected final onslaught this month. So far, more than 30 towns and villages have been liberated from the fighters since chad and niner joined effort by nigerian and cameroonian troop to his fight the group. For niger chad and cameroon defeating boko haram is crucial. Five years of violence has cut off much of trade against between in africas biggest economy. The group if left up checked there is fear the group will be big become a bigger threat to the entire ying un. They say they are now in a position to fight them. We are now adequately he
surface. as the rescue drags on, officials lower food, games, even mp3 players down through small bore holes. they are the only way for the miners to connect with the world above. cakarl penhaul has the very latest. reporter: this is the san jose gold mine, behind the chilean desert. deep below is his refuge 33. the named 33 miners have gin the shelter where they ve been trapped for more than three weeks after a cave-in. rescue workers drag equipment into place. they plan to begin drilling a whole monday through a depth of 700 meters, or 2,300 feet. first of all, a drill will go down, then a wider hole will be dug about shoulder width to pull the men up. that initial plan, plan a, is expected to take as long as four months. but now engineers say they may have another plan, plan b. that could get the miners out in half the time previously estimated. using a faster drill normally used for boring water holes. we don t want to pin down a time frame but we think this could be q