canner that's a philosophical question it's not allowed but you do socially connect on a subconscious level we are creating this new kind of entity. somalia's president calls for his people to unite against armed groups after a truck bomb kills dozens in the capital. alarms all right when you're watching all jews are alive my headquarters here in doha also coming up at the un sends a rapid response team to central african republic where a dispute between traders and militias has turned deadly. also how these women have become a symbol of the protest movement in india against the contentious citizenship ball

. it's just a really fun sport and i like to hit people. and plans to make one of america's favorite pastime safer for children not everyone's a fan. on the program while come to al-jazeera turkey has sent doctors and medical supplies to somalia to treat the dozens of people injured in saturday's truck bombing nearly 80 people were killed in the deadliest attack in mortgage issue in 2 years somalia's president is blaming the group involves the country will not be demoralized toss reports of nairobi in neighboring kenya. joining morning rush hour as many people going to work and university students are getting to campus the bombs exploded at a security checkpoint east by many coming into mogadishu yet again that is where

the school got a truck loaded with explosives was detonated at a busy checkpoint the explosion lead to many deaths and injuries most of those died hear us. students who are going to the schools and universities. this explosion is like there one in the junction back in 2007 just a few steps away from where i am. officials believe the target was a building next to the checkpoint by government troops the group was pushed out of mogadishu several years ago but it still targets high profile areas such as checkpoints and hotels. also carried out attacks in neighboring kenya and uganda. is trying to stop attacks like this from happening. 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. algis their. independent africa policy. time for the world to make a serious effort to tackle groups in africa. there so far 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 down was so my needs and is not yes. they are about tab uganda then if you will slow to western and north africa there are terrorist groups all over africa has a read out terrorist problem i live in washington and i don't get the sense that western countries take terrorism in africa seriously they think it's

a secondary problem they blame african governments this is while the government is not perfect the government has corruption so until the clean up there are the they have to deal with it i think that is wrong we have to use the same yardstick when that terror is victims whether europe whether in the middle east or whether in north america we have to understand that we need to bring this event groups to their political circle to talk but if they pick up then the state must still president so that in that sense i don't killed we need to protect african lives the same way we protect our lives while staying on the continent the u.n. sent a rapid response team to central african republic at least 40 people were killed in fighting between shop owners and men the violence began in the capital. when traders refused to pay money demanded by local fighters dozens of shops and

houses in the p.k. 5 to strict what down the un has warned against an escalation of violence in a country that suffered years of unrest joshua safeway is a senior policy analyst for africa the middle east at the heritage foundation in harrisburg pennsylvania he says violence has been building in the 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 another round of violence in the capital city and in this specific neighborhood car is

a 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 countries that gives you some sense of again the complexity of this so this is a very difficult situation in a desperately poor country very perhaps it's one of the least developed on earth. well india's opposition congress party has called a new citizenship law an attack on the country's traditions culture and history the legislation makes it easier for religious minorities from 3 neighboring countries to become indian citizens to protest to say the law goes against india secular constitution by not including muslims and she joins me now from the capital new delhi and of course the opposition parties are coming out to protest but what does this mean in the long term for the legislation.

can you hear me say hello robin hearing to me i'm sorry i can hear you very well that's ok yeah the. my apologies to you that's ok the opposition parties obviously are coming out in force as are the public at large so one question is what this means for the legislation in the long term. where you know this is supporting of what began as a student. organic movement so to say about hind me actually a lot of people are walking in so here's a this is a 17th day of the protests and a lot of people have gathered police men as well and these people want the controversial law to be withdrawn now watch to answer your question yesterday we saw the leading opposition party the congress party organize several protests

across several states of india what that means to these people is that they now are by far because even within these protests there are some internal divisions and they have a lot of pressure from the police to not only keep the protests continue but also to really not have as many as they be riding so if the political parties conduct the protests as we've seen yesterday then the movement carries on its status the movement we've seen. a lot of political parties also say that they will actually not even implementing the law in their states 10 states in india which i won't write a lot of video recorders have said that they're not going to implement this law in this is all over legally that's untenable the procedure really on the ground these state governments can actually make it difficult for this more to be implemented now a lot of these protesters are actually women more stepping out with their children with a movement and i thought those i met some of them yesterday let's have a look at that report. was 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 cold. in the vote the police say they are only maintaining law and order and denying 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 koester is leading the female protesters have been is not if deeply 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 gone these women are braving the cold with their infants and toddlers to protest against the controversial citizenship of normal they say the

violence used by the police to suppress the protests including beating up students in a nearby university let them go and since unsafe was. vividly remembers the events of 13th december the day she says policeman 1st trashed the students of john new university with stakes are high for the for the children of many of the women protesters studied that. she says she's never seen them so angry and scared as they rushed to help side the homie 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 by muslim women they are afraid for the next generation for their children they had

a fear that they may become either if you get in their own land 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 nationalists b.g.p. on saturday the whole gandhi visited the north-east 8 of us where the protests 1st began over 2 weeks ago. 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. of course the police have been accused of picking up protesters

keeping them in custody without charge even and beating them up and of course india has a unique situation in that the police and said directly to the interior ministry they're not an independent body so one wonders really whether the government is going to take any action against police officers that attacked the public at large. that is a very important question in fact and so far what we've seen is that while 26 people. have been killed the police has admitted to only the killing of one invision or a new to predation and in that case learned that a fast information report a case has been filed against 5 policemen although one would have fired the shot that killed the man. has been filed against 6 and 6 of these policemen other than that nothing has been done against all the atrocities that the police have allegedly committed we've seen the rituals of police officials in the state of

a smashing pry would we close the one about that we've learnt that the private individuals in the state to have gone with the damages have paid damages to the state administration for some of the public property that was monday lies but then again what about property that has been smashed by the police personnel what about the beatings inside universities so experts are raising this question and saying what sort of defections do the police officials i have from the home ministry whose orders are they really working on i-max one of the girls in this protest she's come from like now in the state of what the british which is where so had over 5000 people have been detained and cases have been registered against 1000 protesters more than 1000 protesters she was saying that her family in iraq now is terrified because it could be done next she says a lot of activists have been taken on the preventive custody but there are many unknown people who also being taken on the preventive custody who nobody actually knows much about so there's

a lot of fear among these people who say that all they doing is questioning the government decision on the legislation that they don't approve of but the response that they have from the police officials they say is unprecedented. the protests that are ongoing across the country through the day with you for the moment thank you. well residents in the australian state of toria have been warned to get help well over fears it could be hit by more severe bushfires the hot and dry weather that's contributed to the unprecedented early fire season across the country is forecast to return strong winds and temperatures of nearly 40 degrees celsius are expected in east gippsland in victoria the prime ministers and some volunteer firefighters will be paid as this is a very prolonged fire season this is putting additional demands on our firefighters in particular and it means that the turnouts in the call outs have been far more extensive than in previous years going well and beyond and above what is normally

expected of those who are engaged in volunteer service and i've got a particularly when i've been out outside the cities and so in the impact tickly in rural communities on farmers who are dealing with drought during the day and dealing with fires at night and through the afternoon. well still ahead here on al-jazeera after months of political unrest in iraq we find out what 2020 looks for in a country turmoil and taiwan's a presidential candidates present their policies on why they think that best suited to win one of the island's most important elections. hello again welcome back to international weather forecasts were here across the eastern part of the mediterranean we are still looking at that very windy wet scenario that has been going on for days now and unfortunately as we go through the rest of the weekend and monday more of the same if not even heavier for some

locations so and you were from greece all the way over toward syria including cyprus turkey you can be seeing some more heavy rain so the ground is already saturated that means any more rain will probably likely lead to some flooding scenarios across much of the area we're also going to be bringing some very windy conditions by the time we get towards monday and for athens it's going to be a chilly wet day for you with the temperature there of about 6 degrees to the west though things are looking quite nice mostly dry mostly sunny across much of the area you may see some morning fog but that will start to dissipate as the heating of the day begins but up towards paris it is going to be a nice day on monday at 7 in london at about 11 degrees there well for the northeastern part of africa we are dealing with that same weather system i just mentioned we're going to be seeing some very windy conditions all across the coast of libya over here towards egypt as well and we are going to see even more rain as we go towards monday extending all the way up towards tunis so expect to see some localized flooding across the region but gazi

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about the watching of 0 that means the whole run the reminder of our top stories turkey has doctors and medical supplies to somalia following saturday's attack that killed at least 79 people in mogadishu no one has claimed responsibility for the truck bombing but the president is blaming al shabaab. the u.n. sent a rapid response team to central african republic taff to at least 40 people were killed in fighting the violence began in the capital bogey on thursday when traders refused to pay money demanded by local fighters. and residents in parts of australia's victoria state have been warned to get out now ahead of severe bushfire conditions fears of a nationwide he wave have led to the prime minister to announce some volunteer firefighters will be paid. a man armed with a machete has attacked 5 all the docks jews celebrating the festival of how they are in upstate new york he burst into the rabbi's home where the event was taking

place in the town of moments 5 victims are reported to be the critical condition some people were chased from the house or took refuge in a neighboring synagogue the attacker escaped to the car. protesters in iraq stormed the southern nursery of oil field and cut off its power supply the oil field produces $90000.00 barrels a day and government demonstrations have gripped the country since the beginning of october more than 450 people have been killed the latest rallies in baghdad have called for the release of ducted protesters thousands of students have also rallied on the streets of basra they say the country's political system is corrupt and keeping most iraqis in poverty but any changes taking time with party still deadlocked over appointing a new prime minister. iraq is no stranger to unrest caves of war u.n. sanctions tearing and i saw and all these protests some of the fulton reports from

baghdad on what 2020 holes for iraq. hundreds dead tens of thousands injured dozens of activists assassinated or abducted and only one resignation that is the result of 3 months of anti-government protests in iraq as unrest spills into 2020 the rift between iraqis and ruling elites only appears to be growing in baghdad to hear square the epicenter of protests some people call this a revolution they want the end tired political class to leave across the bridge in the fortified green zone politicians offer token concessions as they cling on to power all of the candidates put forward by major political parties to replace prime minister i love the mahdi have been firmly rejected seen as the product of a political system that has failed the people around them what does once the demonstrators say about the candidates cannot be disregarded we put down our conditions and we sent them to the politicians and all the world the protests have

galvanized iraqis from all walks of life muslims christians the elderly women and the youth all united by demands for a just and sovereign government that serves its people regardless of religion sacked and status i demand my rights i'm a student and i want to get a future for myself i hope there will be change for the better in the country and the skills will improve the majority of demonstrators came of age in the post saddam era but after promises of democracy they feel that down iraq are turning the reality of education is that 1st of all we're in 2019 and there are schools both of mud and 2019 there are over 100 students and one class a student can learn an environment like this but as the weeks passed and crowds growth and so it seems there's the prospect of sweeping. change what we have is. a system whereby there are multiple political actors who are very well entrenched within the state they are really fighting for their political survival right now

and they're really looking to find a way out of this current crisis through consensus i believe through finding some sort of an agreement between them that can push forward a new government that can pipes in the future address some of the demands of protesters for now prime minister i will of the matter remains in a caretaker role and you election law was passed earlier this month and while it allows voters to elect independent legislators rather than choosing from party lists it doesn't give the people the right to direct the elect the head of state 3 months the chances that this protest movement will usher in the new political order appear less and less likely that people are discouraged by the lack of progress and intimidated by the state's violent response but unless the root causes of this crisis are addressed it seems iraq's streets will bear witness to more turmoil in the. whole thing i'll just interrupt about. libya's un recognized government

forces are resisting walty for after the fence of to capture tripoli they've launched a new attack near the capital's port and claim to have captured 10 of half to soldiers now the government has requested military support from turkey 1st began a military operation to seize the capital in april and 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. it had to strip so now threatening the operations of libya's state oil firm and the sea says it may be forced to close the country's largest oil refinery duty fighting near the western port of so we're 3 bombs down to close to the company's storage tanks at the port over the weekend forces loyal to have to have been accused of targeting the oil port complex. over to asia where the 3 candidates running in taiwan's upcoming presidential election are taking part of

the t.v. debate ahead of the vote next month china has dominated the campaign so far the elections on the semi autonomous island are being held at a sensitive time in crossed straight relations presence signed when the favors independence from beijing while her main challenger and co you from the chinese nationalist party wants close ties with the mainland also in the race is james song from the conservative people 1st party well demonstrations in hong kong over china's perceived efforts to curb the territories freedom have ignited concerns on the island beijing has been using its growing economic clout to pressure countries that have diplomatic relations with taiwan only 15 nations now have kept ties with taipei and in recent days china has tried to win favor with taiwan's voters by introducing a law making it easier for taiwanese companies to invest in the mainland but there's a push there to counter chinese efforts last find gold is an asia political

risk analyst and a policy adviser to the taipei city government he says voters will have to choose between candidates different approaches to china. people here in taiwan they don't accept the one country 2 systems formula that china proposed for hong kong so when it comes to taiwan's relationship with china that's one thing we certainly know and whether it's the nationalist party candidate on go you are the incumbent president so i have one of the democratic progressive party or the 3rd candidate of the people 1st party that none of them support that concept so it's really what other formulas exist now congo u n n james song would return to the formula that was used by the previous president mining joe of the nationalist party which was a formular that china was comfortable with as well but in 2016 the voters elect its on one of the democratic progressive party and she doesn't agree with the previous

formula and she prefers a formula that really separates taiwan. identity as its sovereignty excedrin from china so that's a significant choice for the voters but again there are these other issues and economic growth wage growth even pollution in the energy supply whether to use color nuclear power these kinds of day to day issues are very important part of the conversation as well. voters in getting our heading to the polls today for a roll of vote to decide the country's next president 2 former prime ministers domingo simonas pira and omarosa score will battle it out for this 2nd round there were violent protests in the lead up to the election with many for straitened by the country's deadlocked parliament despite their popularity both candidates are facing serious allegations about the sources of their funds. more than $6000.00 families in the town of kisumu kenya have been affected by severe flooding heavy

rains that began on christmas eve inundated the area east africa has seen and usually heavy rain this year due to the warming of the indian ocean. tropical cyclone sariah has left at least 2 people dead and for thousands to seek emergency shelter after hitting fiji the storm damaged houses cut power and force the cancellation of international flights recovery workers because of the cycle moves away from the island nation or say it could take weeks to fully restore electricity in affected areas. in the united states as a movement to change the way kids play american football to make it safer the state's new york is the latest to consider amending rules in an attempt to reduce head injuries but even with a new study highlighting the risks of the game there is resistance well just as kristen salumi has. 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 ryan 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 concussions 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 more upper body strength hip strength leg strength and the head is out of it the best answer for me as a commissioner is. 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 that prevention comes with teaching the proper techniques in 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 has 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. your child has their arms the whole room the reminder of our top news stories turkey is sending doctors and medical supplies to somalia following saturday's truck bomb attack which killed at least 79 people and injured dozens of all the somali president is blaming al-shabaab but no one has claimed responsibility for the bombing in mogadishu so i can see what. the motive behind such an attack is to terrorize and demoralize the somali people and its government the people in its government will never be demoralized from achieving our development goals and

rebuilding our country this terrorist group of boston it seems has been contracted to kill and massacre innocent people and destroy all infrastructure. the u.n. sent a rapid response team to central african republic after at least 40 people were killed in fighting between shop owners and the battle began in the capital thursday when traders refused to pay money demanded by local fighters dozens of shops and houses in the p.k. 5 district was settled fine. india's opposition congress party has called a new citizenship law an attack on the country's traditions culture and history the legislation makes it easier for religious minorities from 3 neighboring countries to become india's citizens but protesters say the law goes against india's secular constitution by not including muslims. residents in the australian state of victoria have been warned to get out now for fears it could be hit by more severe bushfires the hot and dry weather that's contributed to an unprecedented early fire

season across the country are forecast to return strong winds and temperatures of over 40 degrees celsius are expected in east gippsland in victoria voters in guinea-bissau heading to the polls on sunday for a runoff vote to decide their next president to former prime minister's domingo simmers pereira and omarosa scorm barlow will battle it out in the 2nd round with many people frustrated by the deadlocked parliament violence broke out in the lead up to the election. the presidential candidates in taiwan are also taking part of the live t.v. debate ahead of next month's election the 3 politicians a challenge each other social and economic policies of course you can follow the stories on our website at al-jazeera dot com we'll use it often up next it's inside story with the read up a gator to stay with us for. it

can fly a $27.00 times the speed of sound russia says it's merely deployed evan guard miss out is the world leader in hypersonic weapons so how will it affect the global arms race this is inside 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 says the add on guard can easily bypass missile defense systems on its way to a target through sharp maneuvers and that's worrying the u.s. .