al jazeera. a rush hour bombing in the somali capital kills of things to have until 9 people many of them students the president is blaming al shabaab. some of them surely wins all of this is a live from doha also coming up fears of new violence in central african republic after a dispute over taxes sees dozens killed and shops burned. no backing down to protest against proposed pensions reforms in france find allies in

the yellow vest means. it's just a really fun score and i like to hit people. plans to make one of america's favorite pastime safer for children but not everyone's a fox. hello there somalia's president is clear who's to blame for a bombing in the capital that's killed at least $79.00 and injured many more most of the dead were university students heading for a new day of classes while a truck exploded at a checkpoint m.p. say the target was a tax collection since a although there's been no claim of responsibility so the president is pointing towards al shabaab saturday's bombing was one of the deadliest recent attacks in mogadishu in 2011100 people were killed in a suicide bombing by al-shabaab side the gulf. ministerial complex 2 years ago

nearly 600 people were killed in a double truck bombing that too was blamed on. harm a tussle reports from nairobi in neighboring kenya. the attack was carried out joining morning rush hour as many people going to work and university students heading to campus the bombs exploded at a security checkpoint used by many coming into mogadishu. a truck loaded with explosives was needed at a busy checkpoint the explosion led to many deaths and injuries most of those died here students who were going to the schools and universities. that the this explosion is like the one in does o.b. junction back in 2007 just a few steps away from where i am. officials believe the target was a building next to the checkpoint being used by government troops the group al-shabaab was pushed out of mogadishu civil years ago but is still targets high

profile areas such as checkpoints and hotels al-shabaab is also carried out attacks in neighboring kenya and uganda somalia's government says it's trying to stop attacks like this from happening there. saturday's tragedy has become a lesson learned since the country is in a state of war we need to be vigilant against terror attacks since the primary goal of the terrorists is to cause maximum damage to everybody. not only targeting those who work for the government but the entire population for those caught up in the blast and those who lost family members and loved ones that's a little comfort now. al-jazeera me a kuwaiti is an independent africa policy analyst he says it's time for the international community to start making a serious effort to tackle on groups in africa. there's apart from the international community has not been 0 let me let me say that but having said that

in my opinion my strong opinion it is in selfish and it is less than was so my needs and is not just so malia. obama has now topped kenya they are about to have uganda then if you will soon or bar to western and north africa there are terrorist groups all over us so africa has a real terrorist problem i live in washington and i don't go there in the sense that are the western countries take terrorism in africa seriously they think it's a secondary problem they blame african governments this is a well the government is not perfect the government has corruption so until the printer there are the they have to deal with i think that is wrong we have to use the same yardstick when their terror is victims are whether in europe whether in the middle east or whether in north america we have to arm the guard we need to bring dissident groups into the politico circle to talk but if they pick up arms

then the state marceau pres them so that you know things are not killed we need to protect african lives the same way we protect our lives in the central african republic at least 40 people have been killed in fighting between traders and on men violence began in the capital bangui on thursday when changes began resisting attacks imposed on them by local fights just dozens of shops and houses in the p.k. 5 district were burnt down events warned against a new escalation of violence in a country that suffered years of rest well just meserve he is a senior policy i'm best for africa and the middle east at the heritage foundation in harrisburg pennsylvania he says the violence there has been simmering in bogey's p.k. 5 district for some time. p.-k 5 has been a flashpoint in the capital bangui that has seen various levels of violence for years now it was

a bastion of safety for muslims who fled to p.k. 5 during the sectarian violence that broke out in the country between christians and muslims so very restive very volatile and again this is just yet another round of violence in the capital city and in the specifically with the car is desperately complex environment there was a recent peace agreement signed in february there were 14 armed groups that were signatories to that agreement and that doesn't represent all the armed groups in the country 2nd as you some sense of again the complexity of this so this is a very difficult situation in a desperately poor country very corrupt it's one of the least developed on earth maybe as u.n. backed government forces pushing back against war a funny thought have ties offensive to capture tripoli they've launched

a new attack near the airport area and i playing to captain 10 of have ties so just the d.n.a. has requested military support from turkey has to have began a ministerial fraîche to seize the capital and pull with the amazon so you may remember god willing we will not leave this land to them the libyan national army this is our land and our honor this is our country we will sacrifice the expensive and the cheap long live libya. well have to us ships are threatening some operations of libya's state oil firm and the sea is considering to shut them down and also close down its port in zawiya it's planning to evacuate the refinery staff in the area have to as men earlier targeted an engineering institute in a residential neighborhood it is the 4th such attack in as many days. and as the frontline draws closer to residential areas civilians of course so worried about their safety as luck would have had reports from libya's capital tripoli there is

fear among residents in especially in the neighborhood. were that a random rocket launcher but have to as forces landed that last night killed one civilian and injured other 6 civilians including one child hope is less than 6 years old according to medical sources in the capital tripoli as the clashes are becoming near the residential areas it is fear among civilians of potential human casualties and a huge influx of displaced people as you know that over the past few days have to as forces have been advancing taken control of their locations in and around the. port of of the migration of o.t. in southern tripoli needs a lot of dean neighborhood meanwhile the government military sources have posted

a video showing what they call a number of have to the fighters taken captives by the government forces also the government military sources say that they've managed to repel an attack by have to the forces to take control of the airport road in tripoli. hundreds of protesters have gathered outside the home of lebanon's prime minister designate has some day are demanding that he doesn't take office which has to say they'll continue those demonstrations until they are confirmed he will not become prime minister the previous leader saad hariri was forced from office in october following and to give no protest but he remains a caretaker prime minister and the john let me say that we will not back down until her son die i believe because we want the prime minister was not a politician that's it has an out evolution. it's imposed by this corrupt

class they're going to do whatever they want to pass on job all he cares about is having a position and stealing the politicians are the ones who starved us impoverished us under strong aegis we don't want them we want one of us to represent us. protesters in iraq or stormed the southern nasa ria oil field and cut off its power supply that's according to the reuters news agency the oil field produces $90000.00 barrels a day anti government demonstrations are continuing across the country including in baghdad where people are demanding the release of up to protesters on protest of a day than others who were injured by tear gas. thousands of students also valid on the streets of protesters have been demanding an overhaul of the entire political system since october there is still deadlock over the will be appointed interim prime minister. india's opposition congress party has called the new citizenship law an attack on the country's traditions its culture and its history in the

legislation is a citizenship for religious minorities from neighboring muslim majority countries but protesters say the law goals against in a goes against india's secular constitution by not including muslims and women are on the front line of those protests until war made some of them in new delhi have 16 days into the nationwide protests against the contentious citizenship law and the women of new delhi are undeterred by the 26 dead arrests of a 1000 and the biting called. the police see they are only maintaining law and order and deny trying to quell the protests. some of them violent. these women say they feel threatened by the police and accuse some officers of committing what they call atrocities. shahin courser is leading the female

protesters have been is now if thickly the women are protesting for their safety and to protect their children fear has taken hold of them since the clashes so they want the government to come here and assuage their concerns. but no one from the government has come these women are braving the cold with their infants. protests against the controversial citizenship this is the violence abuse by the police to suppress the protests including beating up students in a nearby university let them go and since they're out and see. charlene corso vividly remembers the events of 13th december the day she says policeman 1st trash the students of john their 1000000 new university with stakes are high for the for the children of many of the women protesters studied there. she says she's never seen them so angry and. caird as they rushed to help side the homemade is a women's rights activists who has long experience of working with muslim women she

says the police brutality and the unjust citizenship law have forced women even from relatively conservative backgrounds to step out and protest never never have i seen this kind of spontaneous outpouring of education and protest 'd by muslim women they are afraid for the next generation for their children they had afraid that they may become either if you do it in their own lands or they may be torn out the mother of 6 says police have pressured her husband to stop her protesting she is equally concerned by divisions within the protest movement and says the lack of leadership may be just the win for india's government is looking for. the leader of the congress party support the protests along with other parties opposed to the ruling hindu nationalist b.g.p. on saturday raul gandhi visited the north-east 8 of us where the protests 1st began

over 2 weeks ago and. back in the capital the female protesters say they're not against one political party in favor of another they just want the basic right to be able to live safely and with dignity in their homeland. al-jazeera new delhi. still ahead on. the growing appetite for avocado this is putting mexican fun is a risk of come in contact us. hello again welcome back to international weather forecasts we're here across china not looking too bad but as we go through the weekend we expect to see more rain particularly across the southern coast of china hong kong you have been good rain just to the south of you here on sunday you can see the rain showers all associate

with our old typhoon that of course went through parts of the philippines as we go towards monday though more rain is going to be edging its way a little bit more towards the north for taiwan though it is going to be quite heavy for you we do expect to see attempts there of about $22.00 degrees well for the philippines finally you are going to be seeing some dry conditions the remnants of the storm you can see on the satellite image now making its way towards the north we do expect to see much dry conditions maybe a passing shower or 2 but nothing like we have seen this past week for manila that means a temperature few of 32 degrees not really changing too much maybe if you have your showers across was on by the time we get towards monday and then across much of india well things are not looking too bad in terms of the rain fairly dry here on our satellite image but we do expect to see more rain popping up across china as we go towards sunday a few winds as well to the north though it is going to continue to rain quite smug across parts of new delhi tempters diving into the morning hours but we do expect to see on sunday attempt or

a 15 degrees. whether sponsored by qatar and. she just strongman is ruling within a fire and faced on the silence from his allies is deafening us he's perfectly happy to trade off the march for sea for security while western leaders turning a blind eye when even the only citizens have for them victim to his repression executions torture or censorship is not acceptable and you won't hear such strong words from nazi berlin or paris or london in cairo on al-jazeera.

welcome back you're watching out 0 mind of our current top stories this hour a truck bomb in somalia's capital has killed at least $79.00 people and injured many more ost of the dead were university students all those but no claim of responsibility somalia's president is pointing towards. in central african republic of these 40 people were killed in fighting between traders and armed men began in the capital deal thursday when traders began resisting attacks imposed on by local fighters dozens of shops and houses in the p.k. 5 district where. hundreds of protesters have gathered outside the home of lebanon's prime minister designate demanding that he doesn't take office to say they'll continue the demonstrations until a sudden idea confirms he will laws be the prime minister. hundreds of turks and syrians have protested outside the russian consulate in istanbul they're angry at russia intensifying its bombing campaign in syria's rebel controlled if the

province similar demonstrations took place in london and paris are supporting the syrian government's efforts to recapture the last opposition stronghold troops of seems times in villages forcing nearly a quarter of a 1000000 mostly women and children to the. well staying in turkey for months people there have been calling for the return of their children and relatives from the kurdistan workers party or p.k. k. as it's known that they claim the group has been forcibly recruiting them to fight harder door for staff from d.r. because security is tight outside the pro kurdish people's democratic party or which the peace headquarters indiana but southern turkey these policemen are getting a peaceful protest by men and women demanding that it tunneled their children who they say have been kidnapped or recruited by the kurdish workers party p k k holding the pictures of their missing children they call for their quick return but

they say this is their lives they took my daughter away and we haven't heard from her for the past 5 years we don't know if she is still alive this protest was taught that in september by 1 mother but now others amelle family members of those they say are now in the arms of the p.k. k. have joined a common claim among the protesters is the children one last seen me here at the offices of the heads of the people. and they say that's why they've continued the sit in outside the party offices but you'll visuals however deny any links to the p.k. k. and say they've also actively recruited for the an assertion. some form of p.k. k. fighters of the time to their families since the protests began and that is giving hope to people here who sneer mickie dissent livid time from iraq where she fought under the p.k. k. she is telling custody awaiting trial for being a member of the group that's outlawed in tikki but some of us say stick god less of

the shoes or live to xbox live on or just another my daughter was 14 when she was kidnapped and i thank god that after 5 long years she surrendered 3 days ago i'm so happy my daughter is out of the hands of those tyrants 2 weeks ago jaffer to jail and also to tom to his family he says it is out that the b.k. cain company's city up to seeing his mother out the protests in media reports or not in won't kill them to have a life is difficult you will constantly fighting and have little time to miss home or family life finally thorough you get disgusted by all the death and destruction and you start missing your loved one isn't the p.k. k. has been designated a terrorist organization by turkey the e.u. and the united states it too long to separate it is insurgency itself is to key in 1008 to 4 says that more than put a 1000 people mostly kids have been killed in fighting with turkish forces. cats

account for roughly 20 percent of turkey's population of about 80000000 people. of the decade so much in life by the turkish state the been demanding create a rights totaling but for many here the hitch d.p.n. p k k have drugs that are litigious into fighting that's more to do with the group's interests that it is with the plight of the kurdish. mohammad that the welch's eda. southern turkey. algeria as president has named again averse to lecture as the new prime minister abdul aziz chair and is a former diplomat and presidential advisor and now teaches political science at the university of algiers his appointment comes a week after i. was declared the winner of a controversial presidential election boycotted by many syrians on friday thousands of protesters continued calling for the overthrow of the entire political system in france striking workers were joined by yellow vests protest is joining

demonstrations in paris and that led to clashes with police the strikers are angry about president a man well mark holmes to reform public sector pensions a nationwide walkout is entering its 25th day train services have been crippled with the national will operate and losing more than $400000000.00 in ticket revenue . service of protested on the streets of the french capital every weekend for more than a year against a number of mccombs policies. well one of the l a best most prominent member who was blinded him one night in a demonstration earlier this year says the same i was injured by a police officer. this is a party and all that different what happened what happened when the authorities stopped demonstrators from moving forward forcing the police to move backwards they get angry and end up beaten out of truncheons and shields we have the policeman who did d.s. his badge number was hidden and the commission 100 fused to keep his badge number that's the reality now waiting to see who's going to rise up against human violence

well brian smith was at that process and he says demonstrations on showing any sign of being ready to give there are a few more trains running now than they were at the start of the strike on december the 5th but still public transportation across france remains severely disrupted the strikers the protesters maintaining that demands of the government rejects shells plans to reform france's complex and in some cases generous pension system particularly the railway workers benefit from early retirement they want to keep those benefits the government says it has to reform the pensions very still public support for the protests despite the major disruption many people particular here in paris having to walk a lot further use scooters or use bikes instead of the metro public transportation there is another major protest planned for january the 9th at the same time that's

when the government and the unions will meet again to try and come to some sort of resolution. criminal gangs in mexico and the tories for cocaine trafficking are switching their attention to something much healthier avocados and pharma say kidnapping and extortion is wrecking a $1000000000.00 business the gangs fought for so growing along with u.s. consumers appetite for mexican avocados john holdren has a story. the western world and in particular the united states has gone mad for avocados within the last 20 years the average consumption there has more than tripled but if you are an american eating mexican avocados on toast or in your pocket it's possible not only of the profits are heading to the right hands. michu it can mix because avocado heartland gangs a hijacking the industry extorting and kidnapping produces stealing trucks with their crops. it's widespread and lucrative there's

a reason they can this gringo. but most grows it too scared to speak out it took weeks for us to persuade this man before they started by asking me for more money perfect hair they came to the farm and said who's the boss we want you to contribute that was 8 months ago he stories coleman eventually different groups were only asking him for protection money and paying them couldn't keep him safe but the political role some guys grabbed me and kidnapped me in their truck they beat me and broke my head open i told them to stop hitting me that i would get more money together the state anti kidnapping unit rescued him but after more than 40 years of growing up those now everything has changed over routes through world war 2. my workers my children my family we don't have any protection now i can't go to the orchard because there are many more people that beat me. to account has increasingly become the battleground of a collection of criminal groups. as in other parts of the country they brought

style from complicated transnational drug trafficking. this something is here simply preying on the local economy. it's affected mining lines local businesses and the truck comes pacifically is a mutation of what was once drug trafficking and jeff mutated into a model where the control territory within the territory you get to sort of squeeze out any type of commodity that's locally available so it still includes drugs but it's also about extortion kidnapping it's useless it seems for the victims to turn to authorities you cannot be sure if you talk to mexican functionaries if you talk to the mexican state that you doing so will not be leaked to the criminal forces because the many times the criminals are in court with. the state forces. it's a bleak outlook for an avocado industry that should be enjoying the current boot.

don't homan now does it a mexico city investigators in kazakhstan are considering technical failure pilot aether air and weather conditions as possible causes of a playing crash which killed 12 people on saturday people gathered to. mourn the victims while the back air jet with 98 people on board crashed just minutes after departing from the city's airport on friday things flight recorders will be sent in to state aviation committee in moscow for analysis. some lawmakers in the united states wants to change the way the kids play american football to make it safer the state of new york is the latest to consider mendel's fonda twelve's in an effort to reduce head injuries but even with the new study highlights in the risks of the game there is resistance algiers cristen salumi a small. saturday night on the gridiron for many families playing american football is

a tradition. one that starts at an early age. it's really fun competitive. 11 year old brian for ranch act loves playing the game even after suffering a mild concussion and it's just a really fun sport and i like to hit people. but those hits even the ones that don't cause concussions could increase his chances of a degenerative brain disease was a recent study by the boston university school of medicine found a player's risk of developing c.t.e. or chronic traumatic encephalopathy increases 30 percent each year they play the sport it isn't so much concussions although of course the cautions are a problem but it's also a cumulative effect of even sub concussive injuries the study is fueling efforts to ban tackling under the age of 12 in some states talking about a modification to the game not banning it that's number one number 2 we're talking

about addressing children we're not talking about adults they're going to such a consent to engage in whatever activity regardless of the risks. hitting is part of the game in football not an accident opponents say the studies don't take into account new training techniques and time limits on drills that involve contact which many youth leagues have recently imposed. we take the head out of the game we were using their upper body strength hip strength leg strength and the head is out of it the best answer for me as a commission. football is the most watched sport in the united states but the number of kids who play on school teams has been declining for the last 10 years in part due to concerns about head injuries still for many parents a tackle ban is a step too far i think the prevention comes with teaching the proper techniques and the proper way to play the game i don't know that a law is going to ever you know solve that problem i do worry about it but i you

know every bit football's been going on for a long time and a lot of people play and not everyone gets hurt. the research maybe raising awareness of the issues. but these hardcore fans don't yet see a ban as the way to tackle this problem kristen salumi al jazeera bridgewater new jersey. this is al jazeera and these are current top stories boman somalia's capital has killed at least 79 people and injured many more most of the dead were university students well there's been no claim of responsibility somalia's president is pointing towards a. second so i mean. the motive behind such an attack is to terrorize and demoralize the somali people and its government the people its government will never be demoralized from achieving our development goals and rebuilding our country this terrorist group of aussie it seems has been contracted to kill and

massacre innocent people and destroy all the infrastructure. in the central african republic at least 40 people were killed in fighting between traders and on land violence began in the capital bongi on thursday when traders began resisting attack symbols on them by local fights says dozens of shops and houses in the p.k. 5 districts were burned down. hundreds of protesters have gathered outside the home of lebanon's prime minister designate demanding that he doesn't take office protesters say they'll continue the demonstrations until half of dia confirms he will last the prime minister libya's u.n. back government forces are pushing back against warlord holly for half stars offensive to capture tripoli they've launched a new attack near the airport area and are claiming to have captured 10 of half their soldiers jna has requested military support from turkey in france strike he workers were joined by the eldest protesters during demonstrations in paris and

that led to clashes with police the strikers are angry about kristen emanuel mccomas plans to reform public sector pensions for nationwide walkout is entering its 25th day. india's opposition congress party is called a new citizenship law an attack on the country's traditions its culture and its history thousands of evil attended former party dobro gandhi's rally in guwahati in the northeast state of. new legislation eases citizenship for religious minorities from neighboring muslim majority countries yes to save alone goes against india's secular constitution and all and today with him it was them us. those are your headlines your up today the news continues here on al-jazeera right after inside story see that.

it can fly a 27 times the speed of sound. is the world leader in hypersonic weapons so how will it affect the global arms race story. hello and welcome to the program i'm dating russia says its new hypersonic weapon is a technological breakthrough on the scale of sputnik the 1st satellite launched by the soviet union in 1967 president vladimir putin can easily bypass missile defense .