by the united states that supply kalashnikov rifle varying accounts but i want to give people the reason for joining the global conversation amount is iraq. ukraine and russia back separatists begin a crucial prisoner swap in the east. but i'm still raman you're watching al-jazeera live my headquarters here in doha also coming up somalia's president calls for his people to unite against armed groups after a truck bomb kills dozens in the capital. also the u.n. sends a rapid response team to the central african republic where at least 40 people were killed in fighting between shop owners and the militias demanding money.

women in india become a symbol of the protest movement against the contentious citizenship law. could have you with us ukraine and pro russian separatists in the country's east have begun swapping prisoners is the 2nd major release since care for moscow agreed to exchange detainees in september the agreement follows talks between ukraine and russia's leaders earlier this month both sides agreed to work towards the escalating the conflict in donetsk that broke out in 2014 of course we'll have more on that story in the program. also turkey has sent doctors and medical supplies to somalia to treat the dozens of people injured in saturday's suicide bombing nearly 80 people were killed in the deadliest attack in mogadishu in 2 years as president

is blaming the armed group al-shabaab and says the country will lot be demoralized tara metasearch is covering developments for us from nairobi in neighboring kenya certainly stronger and emphatic words by the president in somalia but yet no claim of responsibility by anyone in terms of who was behind this blast. exactly no one has claimed responsibility for the attack but today mass funerals are expected to be held for those that were killed there is a concern that some hospitals in mother dish you are unable to cope with serious cases sent in a plane with donations and a medical team to treat some of those that have been injured those that are critical are going to be flown abroad in terms of security has slightly increased on the ground there more police officers and soldiers especially at security

checkpoints where people in mother dishy are angry they are asking why does attacks keep happening the government of somalia is under a lot of pressure to improve security in addition and the rest of the country. was 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. highs with. a truck loaded with explosives was detonated at a busy checkpoint the explosion lead 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 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 being used by government troops the group al-shabaab was pushed out of mogadishu several 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 so my list up and 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. the reason why is the president blames his attack on our shabaab is because that's the way they were that's the way they operate al shabaab was pushed out of mother dishy a few years ago but every now and then they keep coming back into the city and they target hotels and security checkpoints for example saturday's attack in official said the car was

a fairly normal looking car the people in the car were dressed in civilian clothing which made today difficult for security forces despite that this is alice above this is a threat to this is one of the many challenges that officials there are facing in trying to improve security in that country of course we'll monitor events with you through the day for the moment her thank you let's get more on our top story now a prisoner exchange between ukraine and russians are protests. in the east of the country that's what has begun its 2nd major release since kiev and moscow agreed to exchange detainees in september alexander good fruit is live for us in moscow another significant development alexandra a positive step forward in terms of deescalating the situation yet it is still tense isn't it. yourself who are so i mean we have a daily reports of gunfire exchanges here and there and it's territories but what

is going on at this moment is a significant step forward what is actually going on at this point is that the checkpoint of my own which is near the town of the medication line between ukraine and the russian backed separatists they are at this point swapping the prisoners there will have to do i do to be cation of the people meaning the person presenting to which the name on the list and what we do not know at this point is exact number of people that is going to be swapped what was agreed. it was all known for all known and according to representatives of the separatists from donetsk area they're saying they're giving away handing over rather 55 people and expecting from 87 but the number is at this point not known also from the kiev side that this list is actually specifically interesting because yesterday there was information there don't going to include in this exchange 5 members of the special police forces that

were involved or are rather accused of shooting people in 2014 on the square of the independence in kiev and these are events that took place before the annexation of crimea before the 1st gun was ever fired in the east of ukraine so what we are seeing now is a 2nd the bigger exchange of these ear but the 1st one in september that you mentioned was between the states of russia and ukraine and such a prisoner exchange that is happening at this moment happened last time 2 years ago exactly at this same checkpoint of and i ask well of course what we see this sort of movement on the ground on the diplomatic level alexandra we see presidents putin and selenski respectively saying to each other that they want to try to deescalate all of the scenario by 2020 but this sovereignty of crimea will continue to rumble of and so even if you do have prisoner swaps it doesn't ease the issue of sanctions

that have been applied by the european union and the united states that is a diplomatic scenario that has yet to be solved. yes exactly and not only debt this prisoner swap has been agreed on the meeting in the beginning of december between the normandy formant but also in a face to face meeting of russian and ukrainian presidents putin and zelinsky but what is to happen now is even more challenging when it comes to the conflict in the east ukraine that claim $13000.00 lives so far that had seen 1000000 people fled their homes and that is the elections that should happen according to ukrainian law in this russian backed separatist area but also the control of the over the border with russia which again doesn't have a since 2014 and is exactly the point that even in this meeting the 2 science

didn't manage to agree because ukraine says we want to control our border 1st and then they say areas can get the elections well put in says but that's not what the previous president signed in 2015 in minsk that 1st the elections should happen and then the process of they can order control over the border should start so it is hard to say whether this will indeed bring peace to this area and how forward this will this will move the situation it will continue to follow votes on the ground certainly with the prisoner swap is that through the thank you. let's follow another top story and that is at least 7 people have died in yemen after a blast hit a military graduation parade which is the talk of respondent the middle a tub line for us from the sun all the same what seems to happen to mohammed.

no there is no exactly what people don't know what happened actually but so far the 5 people are being killed in the back. part of x.l. . battlefield between these and also the internationally recognized government forces. the tension there is high. we couldn't confirm that with the of these were behind such attack in previous occasions the whole of the said carried out attacks on military raids and act like what happened at least at this time. as they haven't given any information we are trying to reach them and to know. such attacks where they had such attack but also be ok to active in i'm certain areas of yemen more than one occasion be the military personnel who are the targets of such militants but so far no group

has claimed responsibility we will try to get to know information on details about who was who was responsible for attacking the. false or so who were not in the graduation ceremonies after the have taken part in a. military parade a minute free a training course carried out by the united arab emirates and of course we'll come back to you as we get more information with a lot harder for us in yemen's capital sanaa. now the un sent a rapid response team to the central african republic after fighting broke out between shop owners and fighters demanding money at least 40 people were killed in the capital bangui on thursday dozens of shops and homes were set on fire when traders refused to pay the un's warning against the escalation of fighting

following years of unrest between muslim and christian militias. central african republic is one of the world's poorest countries the un says 2 thirds of the population needs humanitarian aid there's really been a moment of peace since conflict began there 6 years ago alliance of muslim rebels known as the seleka overthrew president francois busies government in 2013 subsequent administrations have been unable to contain the fighting between the seleka and christian fighters known as the anti black or in 2014 the un said peacekeeping force to support african union and french forces that were already there and since that cease fires have been signed and violated old sides have been accused of war crimes joshua missive a is a senior policy analyst for africa and the middle east at the heritage foundation in harrisburg pennsylvania he says violence has been building in the 5 district of the city. piqué 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 still out here on al-jazeera it's just a really fun score and i like to have people that have plans to make one of america's favorite pastime say the children not everyone it's a story after the break. rain across much of borneo and further to the south but you will notice. looking fairly clear generally across much of the philippines now there are a few more showers in the 4 cars this side of the bulk of the rains now all across the south the western areas of borneo and we've got a scattering really of showers and thunderstorms across the lake and insula and across into sioux march of getting that well widespread as we head on into choose daytime which is a cool typically in the low thirty's celsius not typical way to the temperatures into australia will this earring hate back in place not really heat wave what we've

got is a real spike in at the time which is so look at this 40 celsius in adelaide 43 in melbourne 40 in her about this is from monday these time which is all 20 degrees celsius above the average for this time of year meanwhile feeling much better in perth a high of 26 and as i say it is a spike because once this next front goes through we've got some cool app behind so 2521 in melbourne and 22 degrees and i have also feeling a whole lot better some showers likely as well as we head through that day monday meanwhile into both islands of new zealand it will be a bit cloudy across into the south on a bit time which is in the low twenty's and on both days we should have some nice sunshine in between the cloud really quite woman oakland with a high of 24. in 2008 just near undocumented a groundbreaking skiing. preparing some of india's poorest children for entry into

its toughest universities. we returned to see other students and the skiing and helping change the face of india. super 30 ananda's era. welcome back you're watching al-jazeera with me so robin a reminder of our top stories ukraine and pro russian separatists in the conflict ukraine's east have become swapping prisoners it's the 2nd major release since care in moscow agreed to exchange detainees in september. also turkey has sent doctors

and medical supplies to somalia following saturday's truck bomb which killed at least 79 people and injured dozens more no one has claimed responsibility for the bombing in mogadishu but the somali president has blamed al shabaab and at least 7 people have died in yemen after a blast hit a military graduation parade they have been security forces say the explosion took place in the southern town after. demonstrators have gathered as a droll calls saying that they won't back down from protests that have disrupted the city for more than 6 months they are vying to hold their demands for change against china's increasing influence over the territory our correspondent florence louis joins me now from hong kong and this is a peaceful assembly so quite a change from all the normal confrontations that we've been used to seeing between police and protesters so what's going on. that's right

now we're seeing about $300.00 protesters all supporters of the hotels movement there dressed mostly in black with a small so they're not immediately recognizable by anything that's become the usual uniform of people attending such rallies believe that there should be a letter of no objection to this gathering which means they deemed to be a legal and certain thing so we're not. he needs a presence but we know they are in the area. listening to speeches people have gone up to speak. with kind of thing as one of the leaders of the protest movement have been talking about. the protests and the been talking about why. encouraging people to continue with the protest movement we have been showing. movement. on the ground. and to support the protest is.

supporting. these rallies including. the it's been raining all day. in the. continue the streets to protest. the protest.

movement. including you know. it's really difficult to see. giving in to these demands. it's fully behind. and back to the. unswerving efforts to stop the violence that's been taking place in hong kong pro-democracy supporters say they still feel quite hopeful and that's partly i think because in the last local district council elections that took place. pro-democracy candidates won about 87 percent of the scene and that's widely seen as a referendum on the protest movement i think was what the government is hoping is that perhaps that the longer this drags on the protest movement is going to support that is no indication that that's happening yet. in the home.

while keeping on a similar theme india's opposition party has called on a new citizenship glory at a time when the country's traditions culture and history the legislation makes it easier for religious minorities from 3 neighboring countries to become indian citizens for protest. against india's secular constitution excluding muslims while women are on the front line of the anger. in new delhi. the 16 days into the nationwide protest 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. 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 courser is leading the female protesters. the women are protesting for their safety and to protect their children fear has taken hold of 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. to protest against the controversial citizenship law 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 they're felt unsafe. schoene corso vividly remembers the events of 13th december the day she says policeman 1st trashed the students of john a 1000000 new university with stakes for the children of many of them in protest a study that. she says she's never seen them so angry and scared as they have

rushed to help. so either hamid 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. protest by muslim women they are afraid for the next generation for their children they are afraid that they may become either refugees 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 rabble 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 am. al-jazeera new delhi. but such a north african our ward cleaver hafter troops are now threatening the operations of libya's state oil firm the n.s.c. says that it may be forced to close the country's largest oil refinery due to fighting near the western port of so we are free bombs under close to the storage tanks over the weekend forces loyal to have to have been accused of targeting the oil port complex our correspondent mahmud of the y. head is live for us in tripoli a serious development for the oil industry and for the recognized government in tripoli what's the latest. well definitely so as you know the

oil revenue is the bag borne of libya's income as zawiya oil refinery is very strategic and see the oil is state oil 3rd of the national oil corporation has worn it that it is looking into shutting down the refinery in a year and evacuating the hole in a solution there that after multiple attacks by half to the fighter jets near the honest to. the finery as you know that the city is pro-government it has been sending troops and the air force meant to the front line to defend the capital tripoli against have those forces and it has in its cost to the the pro have to the pilot that whose fighter jet was shot down by rebels 3 weeks ago it seems that half the us forces are trying to punish

zawiya but in in fact the are. about to cause a humanitarian and environmental disaster if they continue targeting the oil installation that's according to the state oil firm the national oil corporation as you know. that most of us and i love the chairman of the o.c. has been warning that there are flame will gas installations and the fighter jets continue targeting get these honestly that could cause a humanitarian and even an environmental disaster and also the shutting down of or could also lead to shutting down one of our oil field in southern tripoli. which is the biggest oil field in libya or. our correspondent in tripoli. now residents in the australian state of victoria have

been warned to get out now of the fears that it could be hit by more severe bushfires the holton dry weather that's contributed to the unprecedented early fire season across the country all focused to return strong winds and temperatures of over 40 degrees celsius are expected to east gippsland in victoria the prime minister has announced that some volunteer firefighters will not be paid for. know the u.s. there's a movement to change the way kids play american football to make it safer the state of new york is the latest to consider amending the rules in an attempt to reduce head injuries but even with a new study highlighting the risks of the game there's resistance soldiers there as kristen salumi has the story. saturday night on the gridiron for many families playing american football is a tradition. one that starts at an early age. i am.

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. 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 that can essentially 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 hips strength leg strength and the head is out of the best answer for me as a commissioner sure any 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 isn't 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. they want you all just there with me to hold the reminder of our top stories a prisoner swaps under way between pro russian separatists and ukraine's cold looked at east and the government it's the 2nd major release since care of a agree to exchange detainees in september the agreement follows talks between ukraine and russia's leaders earlier this month both sides agreed to work towards deescalating the conflict in donetsk that broke out in 2014 turkey has that doctors and medical supplies to somalia to treat the dozens of people injured in saturday's suicide bombing nearly 80 people were killed in the deadliest attack in mogadishu for 2 years somalia's president is blaming the group al-shabaab and says the

country. well not to be demoralized 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 our it seems has been contracted to kill and massacre innocent people and destroy all infrastructure. at least 7 people have died in yemen or through blast hit a military graduation parade yemen security belt forces say that the explosion took place in the southern town of delhi. and the un sent a rapid response team to the central african republic after fighting broke out between shop owners and fighters demanding money at least 40 people were killed in the capital bangui on thursday dozens of shops and homes were set on fire when traders refused to pay the un's warning against an escalation of fighting following years of unrest between muslim and christian militias. all owed cleaver have to

streep's are now threatening the operations of libya's state oil firm the n.o.c. says it may be forced to close the country's largest oil refinery due to fighting near the western port of the we're 3 bombs landed close to the storage tanks over the weekend forces loyal to have to have been accused of targeting the oil port complex demonstrators have gathered in central on kong saying that they won't back down from protests that have disrupted the city for more than 6 months there mainly against china's increasing influence over the territory. summer has lifted a 6 week state of emergency after doctors managed to control an outbreak of measles the highly infectious disease killed 81 people mostly babies and children those were the headlines kamala's here with the news hour in half an hour do stay with us super 30 is next. my most memorable moments with al jazeera was when i was on air as hosni mubarak fell with the crowds in tahrir square to all to.

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