renegades
and
outlaws
and restore security.
The Nigerian army says it's shot dead 11 members of the Islamist insurgent group Boko Haram in the northeast of the country. An army spokesman said they were killed during an exchange of fire. Boko Haram has warned that it will continue its
insurgency
until sharia law is observed throughout Nigeria. Mark Lobel reports from the northern Nigerian city of Kano.
During the army
crackdown
in Borno state, the Nigerian joint task force said 11 suspected Boko Haram members were killed in the capital Maiduguri. The army claim that there was a shoot-out has been denied by the group, who said their members were picked up from their homes and killed. It took place after a policeman was killed by the militant Islamist group. They attacked a police station in Nigeria's second city Kano. The gunfight occurred a week on from a series of coordinated bombings on security and immigration centres that killed at least 185 people, most of whom were civilians.
Greece has rejected a German proposal to appoint a European Union commissioner with the power to
veto
Greek budgets. A government spokesman said only Greece should have control over tax and spending. From Brussels, Chris Morris reports.
Anyone looking for a clear sign that Germany and its fiscally conservative allies are losing patience with Greece should look no further. Greek officials have reacted angrily to the new German proposal, and other countries might worry about the precedent which would be set. But Germany is the most influential player in the eurozone, and it's now suggesting that Greece should forfeit its ability to decide how to tax and spend - a fundamental part of what it means to be a sovereign nation state.