Nigeria's Dapchi school abduction: Father's plea to find daughter The father of a 14-year-old girl who is among 110 believed to have been abducted by Boko Haram has pleaded with the Nigerian government to act quickly. "We don't want these girls to stay long with those militants. Anything can happen to them," Kachalla Bukar told the BBC. Jihadists stormed the school in the town of Dapchi in the north-eastern Yobe state on 19 February. The attack has revived memories of the Chibok schoolgirl abduction in 2014. President Muhammadu Buhari said it was a "national disaster" and apologised to the girls' families. Mr Bukar says his wife cannot stop crying and he cannot sleep since their "brilliant" daughter Aisha disappeared. "We are begging the government to control the situation quickly." Nigeria has deployed extra troops and planes to search for the schoolgirls. "We want to assure Nigerians that no stone will...
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Florida school shooting: Students to march on Washington Young survivors of Wednesday's school shooting in Florida have announced a national march on Washington to demand political action on gun control. Student organisers told US media that they were determined to make Wednesday's shooting a turning point in the national gun debate. The attack, which left 17 students and staff members dead, was the deadliest US school shooting since 2012. Yesterday protestors chanted "shame on you" to US lawmakers and the president. Mr Trump said last year he would "never" infringe on the right to keep arms - a long-running and contested debate within the US. In his first public comments on the gun control issue since the attack, Mr Trump blamed the Democrats for not passing legislation when they controlled Congress during the early years of Barack Obama's administration. He also rebuked the FBI for missing signals before Wednesday's school shooting ...
Salah Abdeslam: Paris suspect attacks 'anti-Muslim bias' The prime surviving suspect from the 2015 Paris terror attacks is refusing to speak any further in a Belgian court, where he is on trial over the gunfight that led to his arrest. Salah Abdeslam has said he will not respond to questions from the judge. "My silence does not make me a criminal, it's my defence," he said. Abdeslam, 28, claimed that Muslims were "judged and treated in the worst of ways, mercilessly", and said he was placing his trust in Allah. "I am not afraid of you, I am not afraid of your allies," he added, without making clear who he meant. He urged the prosecution to base its case on "forensic and tangible evidence", and not to "swagger about to satisfy public opinion". What is Abdeslam accused of? French prosecutors believe Abdeslam played a key role in the Paris attacks, in which gunmen and suicide bombers targeted a concert hall,...