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　　Hello, I'm Justin Greene with the BBC news

　　A video sent to the Nigerian government by theIslamist group Boko Haram appears to prove thatsome of the 276 girls kidnapped two years ago in thetown of Chibok are still alive. The images apparentlyfilmed on Christmas Day and aired by CNN showed 15 girls in black robes. Relatives of thekidnapped girls have no doubt about the tape's authenticity as the BBC's OM explains.

　　One of the parents was given the, was shown the video and she was in serious tears. Not onlythat, there was a classmate of one of the Chibok girls, and she too, said she recognized one ofthem used to her classmate and she was really showing her grief. This video has given somekind of hope to Nigerians that theses girls or some of these girls are still alive.

　　Our report commissioned by the American city of Chicago has concluded that the police forcethere is plagued by racism. It was commissioned by Chicago's mayor in response to an outcryof police shootings. Here is Laura Bicker.

　　The damning report claims that police in Chicago have no regard for the sanctity of life when itcomes to people of color. It asks for over 100 sweeping changes to the police force. The panelconcluded that the fear and lack of trust in law enforcement among minorities is justified. Theyfound 74 percent of the 100 shot by officers in recent years were African Americans eventhough backs account for 33 percent of the city's population. The new police chief EddieJohnson is an African American with 27 years' experience. He vowed to root out racism withinthe force.

　　The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have confirmed that Zika virus in pregnantwomen causes babies to be born with unusually small heads and severe brain abnormalities.There have been months of debate on the issue since Zika was connected to a surge of birthdefects in Brazil. Dr Sonja A. Rasmussen is one of the researchers.

　　It really has been a careful analysis and we had heard about this relationship, this powerful linkwith Zika virus several months ago. Ever since that time of hearing about that possible link, westarted evaluating the evidence.

　　The political landscape in South Korea has undergone a significant change with the party that'sgoverned for the last 16 years suffering a shock defeat in elections in the national assembly.The sluggish South Korean economy has been blamed for the reverse for president ParkGeun-hye's Saenuri Party. But internal frictions may also have contributed to the lose of morethan 30 seats in the assembly. Saenuri 's leader has offered to resign following the defeatwhich will hamper Ms Park's attempts to push through reforms. The biggest party in the newassembly will be the liberal Minjoo Gathering.

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　　President Obama has said the US will do everything it can to ensure the current cessation ofhostilities in Syria holds. At the opening of a further round of peace talks in Geneva, the UnitedNations asked all parties to recommit to the truce. Mr Obama said there had been violations bythe force of president al-Assad and the al-Nusra Front but said the truce has saved Syrian livesand allowed aids to be delivered.

　　US Secretary of State John Kerry has said he wants to remove any doubt about theadministration's opposition to torture. Mr Kerry made the remarks during the launch of theState Department's latest global human rights report which indicates an increasing globaltrend towards stifling civil society and press freedom. In an apparent reference to Republicanpresidential hopeful who've advocated the use of waterboarding, Mr Kerry emphasized thatthere was no place for torture anywhere.

　　The United States is opposed to the use of torture in any form at any time by any governmentor any non-state actor. This is a standard that we insist, that others meet and therefore wemust meet the standard ourselves.

　　One of the biggest stars in basketball Kobe Bryant has played his final game in a professionalcareer which had spanned 20 years. He played for just one team, the LA Lakers, with whomhe's won 5 NBA titles and recorded the third-highest total number of points in the sport.Speaking ahead of his final game, Bryant said the reality of his retirement hadn't sunken yet.

　　Thankful about everything. I'm very happy about everything. It hasn't really hit me yet. So we'llsee. We'll see where it goes. Inevitably, you're bound to have regrets no matter what decisionsyou make. So if I maybe go back and change things that I'm regretful for, you know, I'be sittinghere today and being regretful about something else.

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