--- description: Boko Haram releases video of kidnapped girls, Don Sterling apologizes, Putin dominates a hockey game, and a drag queen wins Eurovision 2014 title: Boko Haram Proposes Girls for Prisoners Trade image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt86eaf1c8836bb95f/69868eef810bbb48dcc9187a/489740335.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [The Brief](/tag/the-brief/) ## The Brief Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Boko Haram Proposes Schoolgirls-for-Prisoners Trade in Nigeria by [TIME Video](/author/time-video/) ## TIME Video Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close May 12, 2014 4:12 PM CUT  People demonstrate to press for the release of missing Chibok school girls in Lagos on May 12, 2014\. Boko Haram released a new video on Monday claiming to show the missing Nigerian schoolgirls, alleging they had converted to Islam and would not be released until all militant prisoners were freed. AFP PHOTO/PIUS UTOMI EKPEI (Photo credit should read PIUS UTOMI EKPEI/AFP/Getty Images) People demonstrate to press for the release of missing Chibok school girls in Lagos on May 12, 2014\. Boko Haram released a new video on Monday claiming to show the missing Nigerian schoolgirls, alleging they had converted to Islam and would not be released until all militant prisoners were freed. AFP PHOTO/PIUS UTOMI EKPEI (Photo credit should read PIUS UTOMI EKPEI/AFP/Getty Images)Pius Utomi Ekpei—AFP/Getty Images by [TIME Video](/author/time-video/) ## TIME Video Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close May 12, 2014 4:12 PM CUT Here are the stories TIME is watching this Monday, May 12: * [Boko Haram](http://time.com/95932/boko-haram-video-nigeria-kidnapped-girls/ "undefined") released a video depicting what appears to be the kidnapped girls. Leader Abubakar Shekau demanded the release of Boko Haram prisoners in exchange for the girls. * [Donald Sterling](http://time.com/95621/sterling-i-made-a-terrible-mistake/ "undefined") apologized for the racist comments that got him banned from the NBA, calling them a “terrible mistake.” * [Vladimir Putin](http://time.com/95533/vladimir-putin-hockey/ "undefined") dominated an exhibition hockey game on the eve of eastern Ukraine’s referendum for succession from the Kiev government. * Bearded Austrian drag queen Conchita Wurst won the 2014 [Eurovision Song Contest](http://time.com/95228/austrian-drag-queen-wins-eurovision-song-contest/ "undefined"). 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