UK Boko Haram Spy Plane Breaks Down!

The RAF Sentinel R1 was deployed as part of a global effort to locate the girls



A UK spy plane sent to help search for more than 200 girls abducted by militant Islamists in Nigeria has developed a technical fault.

It has been forced to land in Senegal for repairs, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) said.

The plane left the UK on Sunday, joining an international effort to secure the release of the girls.

The Boko Haram group captured the girls from their boarding school in Chibok town, north-east Nigeria, in April.

In other developments:
The Senate has unanimously approved a six-month extension of a state of emergency in three north-eastern states - it has already been approved by the lower house of parliament
The police say they are reviewing security at boarding schools across the country
The US on Monday said it had agreed to share some of its intelligence, including aerial imagery, with Nigeria's government in order to bolster the search for the girls.

'State-of-the-art'

The US military is flying manned and unmanned surveillance aircraft over Nigeria.

Israel says it has sent intelligence experts and specialists in hostage negotiations to help with the rescue effort.