the very real threat of being sent to prison without bail on charges of sedition the end the judge relented just to take away his passport and let him walk free but the option to put him into jail remains no both that would be political dynamite if he was put behind bars i think it's a real indication that the. all the big cards remain in the hands of the madrid government the options facing the catalan independence movement are dwindling. head on the news including we report from the philippine city of morality where the government says its fight against rebels is nearing its end. israel of. the jewish settlements. have been a kid takes a legal stance claiming. him protests against racial injustice.

rescue crews in somalia are working to find survivors two days after the worst suicide attack in the country's history more than three hundred people were killed and hundreds more injured after a truck explosion ripped through the heart of the capital. reports. it's a search to recover bodies and perhaps to find survivors rescue workers hope there still life under these piles of rubble. twenty four hours after the explosion we found a young man who was alive the first thing i asked for was a phone so he could call his family he will continue to look for survivors for as long as it takes. more than three hundred people died in saturday's bombing attack in mogadishu scores are still missing. and his family were nearby when the car exploded he hasn't seen his brother since. my brother and his wife very near the blast that he's still. out or if they survived we've gone to

the sea and all the hospitals but still nothing. many families are left with only questions not knowing whether to grieve or hang on to hope. my son had a pharmacy. where the tragedy happened we still don't know where he is dead or alive he had she wives and twelve children he was a sole breadwinner. for survivors international help has a right military planes take these victims to turkey where they will receive specialized treatment with limited resources and medical supplies local hospitals are struggling. in my career as a doctor i've never seen anything like this they were burned bodies all over the place hundreds of fatalities were registered at medina hospital countless are injured. countries like kenya ethiopia and qatar are offering logistical help

locals are also doing what they can retrieving bodies from the rubble providing food and water for emergency workers. but they are also angry hundred six of the streets to protest the attack they blame the armed groups fighting the government and. union peacekeepers inside somalia i thought. it was a message i've never seen anything like it in the last twenty seven years i saw a little boy's head lying on the ground it was shocking. no one has yet claimed responsibility but speaking to al jazeera and al shabaab spokesman refused to confirm or deny responsibility president who visited the scene blames would he calls terrorists targeting innocent civilians. the shock has now turned to anger pain and frustration as somalis deal with the deadly aftermath and or rising death toll. now dizzier eiffel towers dimming its lights in

solidarity with somalia after the mogadishu attack the monument in the french capital usually stays lit until late at night in recent times the mayor of paris has asked for the towers lights to be dimmed to on a victims of attacks around the world a report of the modish attack has triggered a social media outrage with many accusing the western media houses of double standards and under representing somalia's deadliest attack that it is a professor of journalism and public diplomacy at the university of southern california need joins us now from los angeles on skype or people correct here would it have been any different if we'd seen this type of attack in say paris. well i think so the coverage in the united states today was pretty substantial but i think tomorrow it will evaporate whether it's somalia or yemen the fact is that the west particularly the united states is very slow to cover things that don't

directly affect the on the news audience here if that's part of the america first attitude that has been so prominent in u.s. politics but do you think it also has something to do with the fact that it's the developing world people they don't really know is are they racist connotations. well i think there's some racial connotations and i think there's always a feeling among a lot of people in the united states and well it's just africa again and there's always a war there's always an attack there's always a famine and people but i don't think most americans could even find some of the on a map and that's that's a real problem that the consciousness about suffering in the rest of the world is not where it should be so it is juicy is it to change that. well the news media have to have to work harder part of the responsibility of news organizations not

just to report the news but to educate the public and when things like this are going on. the public needs to be taught about it the other thing is that there is quite likely an al qaida connection to this to this attack in somalia and that might stir the american interest it is a unified world and when there is an attack in somalia it is not unrelated to the to the safety of americans do you think donald trump possibly tweeting on this and he hasn't done so a lot that's some interest and why hasn't he tweeted. i think donald trump might not know where somalia is either as it's the difficulty is that. it is not an issue that resonates terrorism resonates with the american public but terrorism in africa doesn't and it's the whole idea of the global south and in most american eyes is almost like another planet but also i mean when it comes to there were

hanging if you think how many people off leaving that the horrific atrocities babies thrown on fire and yet very little is done it took a long time for that to gain traction as well why is it that people don't care for those sort of stories. well that's a that's a very difficult question and journalists ask that as well some journalist say how can i make people care some people attributed compassion fatigue that we've seen so much suffering it has kind of numbed us but again i would put more responsibility on the shoulders of the news organizations to keep reporting and be persistent and hope that finally the public wakes up and that we shall do set ups thank you very much you're welcome the philippines military says it is close to end the siege of the southern city of morality by linked fighters thirty rebels and their families remain in the battle area they are holding twenty two people hostage

two senior commanders of the armed group who have battled government troops for the control. since may were killed in fighting on sunday and in the gun reports. it is the end of an era says the philippine military the leaders of the multi-group east nealon happy law and omar were killed in a military operation early on monday morning but it says the victory is bittersweet it is a conflict that has dragged on for far too long even miniature officials here admit more than a thousand people have been killed and a hundred thousand more displaced since the fighting began the more than four months ago she laughs a lot of their followers will abandon the movement. was one of the leaders of the abu sayyaf group in the southern philippines he pledged allegiance to i sold a few years ago and declared leader of an islamic state he wanted to set up in

southeast asia together with his supporters he joined forces with another armed group called the mountain last year the mountain started as a private militia in la now those who are province all more and pledged allegiance to to the group took control of several parts of my city a few months ago. it raised its black flag over several government facilities and took thousands of civilians hostage a day was killed a few months ago in one of the battles inside what are we. more than four months on much of morality is now in ruins according to the philippine military the fighting may finally end this week. about two hundred meters across that blake is the last remaining stronghold all of them out. around thirty of them continue to battle it out against the philippine military. but they still have hostages with them and

it's making the situation complicated. in the midst of congratulatory salutes are questions whether lessons have been learned the support of the. support from. the fighters there may have been a setback to the leadership but it doesn't signal the end of the mounting are there i still inspired troops in mindanao the people of morale we say they're happy knowing the seach will be over soon so much blood has been spilled here they say and the city they love has turned desolate. dog and i'm just city southern philippines a journalist who's been leading the fight against corruption has been killed by a car bomb definitely khurana made several allegations against senior business and political figures rob matheson reports the byrne drag of daphne koller one

a car lies in a bolt his feet flung over a wall by the explosion which killed the crusading journalist. in the crime. current corruption. and fortune. there are some. seventy. year old. ana galathea was at the center of often fiery anti corruption campaigns in malta some of her allegations were based on revelations in the so-called pan about papers leak in twenty fifteen over eleven million documents gave details of the personal financial information over wealthy people some are said to have shown evidence of fraud as well as evasion of tax and international sanctions earlier this year.

said the wife of malta as prime minister joseph muscat was the owner of a company in. a claim to large sums of money had moved between the company and bank accounts in azerbaijan the prime minister and his wife denied the accusation the prime minister called and one actions in june as a vote of confidence to counter the two on a guy leave his allegations in a tweet on monday he said this is a spiteful attack on a citizen and freedom of expression i will not rest until justice is done the country deserves justice. in the town of crowds have gathered to pay their respects to a reporter who they believed held powerful people to account and as a citizen. i think that's. an absolutely but. fourth pillar of our democracy and that today's heinous crime was was not only

against against a journalist but against a pair of everyone's democracy how do want to leave his website called running commentary is said to have been one of the most widely read of the island in one of our final posts she wrote there are crooks everywhere you look now the situation is desperate right matheson al-jazeera al-jazeera is demanding the release of its journalist mahmud hussein has now been imprisoned in egypt for three hundred two days he's accused of broadcasting false news to spread chaos which he and strongly deny his saying has repeatedly complained of mistreatment in jail he was arrested in december while visiting his family. still ahead. the violence says u.s. backed syrian forces say they're close to capturing the i saw a stronghold of rocket plus. dozens killed in wildfires in central and northern portugal over the past twenty four. coach says he's getting ready

for a mini final in the champions league group stages. through tranquil the rave you can you. can see and if the continent. how i would i think we've pretty much seen the last of typhoon coming final warning was issued through the course of monday still some of the wet weather in place just into the gulf of tonkin just pushing up into the far north of vietnam and i still a case as we go on into wednesday that wet weather still very much in place much of southern china not too bad hong kong looking fine a dry northeasterly wind here temperatures around thirty one celsius but the showers they do continue into central parts of vietnam china showers on the other side of the south china seas and that joins up with some very wet weather that we

have a close to the philippines on the side of the philippines we have tropical storm making its way in across the region i think it should just generally stay to the east of the philippines in place to say just push a little further north with but you can link these two systems up here just storms right across the philippines some very wet weather coming in. at the worst of the winds the worst of the heavy right will stay to the east of the philippines but still some rather heavy downpours in the offing heavy downpours in the offing too across southern parts of india well circulation in the go bring some heavy showers into our possession to addition as well further north this warm dry and sunny day with a top temperature thirty five. the weather sponsored by cats are always. witness

documentaries that open your eyes at this time on al-jazeera. and monday pointed well on. u.s. and british companies have announced the biggest discovery of natural gas in west africa but what to do with these untapped natural resources is already a source of heated debate nothing much has changed they still spend most of their days looking forward to from dry river beds like this one five years on the syrians still feel battered or even those who managed to escape their country haven't truly been able to escape the war.

again the top stories on al jazeera iraqi government forces have taken control of the contested city of kirkuk from kurdish forces tension has been mounting in the oil rich region ever since the kurds held a referendum on last night. to clarify whether his region plans to announce independence from spain. has three more days to make the decision people are protesting in barcelona after spanish judge jailed the leaders of independence groups. more than two hundred people have died after somalia's worst suicide attack in history hundreds more injured in the twin bomb explosions on saturday forty of the most severely wounded have been flown to turkey for further treatment. civilians continue to leave claimed capital in syria as the final assault to push out the group's last fighters gathers pace us back to enforce

a victory in iraq is near despite fierce resistance reports from had turkey's border with syria. believed to be i still fighting. mostly syrians who handed over themselves to local officials after the deal brokered by tribal leaders. who wish that you start a new life and turn the chapter of the dark to. remove those ideas that were injected into your brains and which made. into our country. the deal was not extended to foreign fighter. in the city syrian democratic forces a coalition of kurdish groups backed by the us. they are seen here demanding i sell fighters surround but i still don't for using

snipers suicide bombers or. buildings to block that enemy from advancing i mean. i still will be defeated so they launch attacks under the cover of the night they capabilities have diminished civilians caught up in the fighting are fleeing the area they have been trapped iraq since i still took control of the city into thousand and fourteen the s.d.f. accuses i.c.l. of using civilians as human shields. record's a big deal we were trapped for three years we tried three times to escape but couldn't because i saw snipers shoot anyone who was leaving the city taking control of iraq is crucial for kurdish faction since the start of serious conflict the kurds have expanded their influence in the region they now control an area stretching from. all the way to all the border with turkey the capture of rock

is a major setback for i said which is losing ground in eastern syria the armed group is now retreating besieged from everywhere by the kurds the syrian army and constantly under threat from the u.s. and russia and. its presence in syria is now approaching and. on turkish border with syria the israeli government has approved the building of new israeli settlement units in hebron in the occupied west bank it's a first time new construction in the city has been given official approval in fifteen years heavy forces reports from hebron. hadrons newest israeli settlers are due to live here on what is now a military base adjoining another settler building the approval for plans for thirty one housing units is the first in this bitterly divided city since two thousand and two. need to be on to the balcony of the house that he was born in

seventy years ago it overlooks the site for him this decision will only increase the burden of restrictions on movement that have been his daily life. we can hardly manage it with ten settlers in front of this can you imagine how two hundred we turn our lives upside down. hebron streets are marked by stark close quarter separation hundreds of settlers kept apart from thousands of palestinians with cages barbed wire and a large israeli army presence conditions which attract mostly religiously radical right wing settlers the approval would change the designation of this land from a military base to housing use and given that the israeli army seized it on site.