you're watching bbc news. i'm rich preston. our top stories: gunfire. unconfirmed reports from somalia say security forces have ended a 30—hour siege of the hayat hotel in the capital mogadishu. up to 20 people may have been killed. in russian—annexed crimea, sevastapol, the home of russia's black sea fleet, comes under drone attack again. the russian—appointed governor urges people to remain calm. tribal warriors in south africa proclaim a new king of the zulus, after a year—long family feud. and ukraine's heavyweight boxer, oleksandr usyk, retains his four unified world titles with a victory over britian�*s anthonyjoshua, that he dedicated to the ukrainian armed forces.

hello, and welcome to bbc news. we begin with some news which has been breaking out of somalia over the last couple of hours, where security forces say they've ended a siege that had lasted over 30 hours at the hayat hotel in the capital, mogadishu, where islamist gunmen were reported to be holding hostages. there's been no independent verification, and no official statement from the somali government. our reporter emily brown has been following the story and joins me now. emily, what is the latest? we know this first began on friday

evening, wendy al—shabaab group were known to have detonated at least two bombs outside the hayat hotel in the capital. —— when the al—shabaab. dozens were evacuated from the building, said to be popular with politicians and journalists. we know the siege is said to have lasted 30 hours, with government having held hostages inside. we have some footage in which you can hear the gunshots. frame. this was an intense battle for — frame. this was an intense battle for control. - frame. this was an intense battle for control. it - frame. this was an intense battle for control. it is - frame. this was an intense battle for control. it is not l battle for control. it is not known how many people died during the siege. 0ne known how many people died during the siege. one source is at least 20. one of the reported victims is the hotel's owner, although this has not been confirmed. earlier, security officials said 13 civilians had been killed. the militant group al—shabaab says

some of its fighters managed to escape, but a somali security provider told afp the gunmen were dead and we had no incoming fire from the building incoming fire from the building in the past hour or so. the official gave no information about the total number of casualties in the attack or how many al—shabaab fighters had been killed, so there are still many unconfirmed reports. emily, any idea why this has happened in the first place? well, al—shabaab is the main islamist militant group in somalia, engaged in a long—running conflict with the federal government there. it is the first attack of its kind since the new president took office in may. some believe the deadly assault as a reaction to the government's recent comments saying that they would intensify response to the armed militant group. we are yet to hear an official statement from the government, although security officials told reporters the government would give a press briefing about the attack on sunday, though we do not yet know when this will be. emily, thank you for now. let's go now to javed ali. he's a counter—terrorism expert and former senior

director with the us national security council. thank you very much for being with us. as we have been hearing, this reported that the siege has ended after more than 30 hours, what is your assessment? it 30 hours, what is your assessment?- 30 hours, what is your assessment? , ., ., , assessment? it is great to be with yom _ assessment? it is great to be with yom to _ assessment? it is great to be with you. to me, _ assessment? it is great to be with you. to me, this - assessment? it is great to be with you. to me, this is - with you. to me, this is another example of al—shabaab's another example of al—sha baab's ability another example of al—shabaab's ability to present a threat not only in mogadishu but inside the country, i mean, this is a very persistent, resilient group, that has suffered significant casualties on its own through military actions and counterterrorism actions by the us, the african union and the us, the african union and the somali government, but time and time again it has shown an ability to conduct attacks like this. , , , , ., this. just give us the bit of extra context _ this. just give us the bit of extra context here. - this. just give us the bit of| extra context here. remind this. just give us the bit of - extra context here. remind us who al—shabaab are, where they came from, and the role they play in this corner of africa? al—shabaab grew out of a collection of is alarmist factions in the mid—2000s and

they came togetherfirst factions in the mid—2000s and they came together first to confront the ethiopian invasion of somalia in 2006. that collection of disparate factions then renamed themselves as al—shabaab by late 2006 and early 2007, and started to change their orientation, became more unified to a degree, engaged in terrorism tactics and insurgency tactics, and by 2012, managed to profess their allegiance to al-qaeda. so that was an interesting change too, but the group is still for the most part made up of ethnic somalis, it is not a group, even with the al-qaeda affiliation, does not have arabs in its leadership ranks. and for the most part it fights a local agenda, although it has branched out more regionally and they have been reports it

has had its eyes on attacks against the west end even in the us, but the most part it is a local somali group with local somali agenda. the a local somali group with local somali agenda.— somali agenda. the siege of this hotel — somali agenda. the siege of this hotel which _ somali agenda. the siege of this hotel which was - somali agenda. the siege of this hotel which was popular with politicians and journalists, is this typical of the type of attack they would launch? �* ,, ., ., , the type of attack they would launch? �* ,, ., .,, .,, the type of attack they would launch? �* ,, ., , , launch? al-shabaab has been unfortunately _ launch? al-shabaab has been unfortunately successful - launch? al-shabaab has been unfortunately successful in i u nfortu nately successful in launching unfortunately successful in launching attacks in mogadishu against notjust hotels but government targets. there was an attack when i was anti—trump white house in 2017 which killed hundreds of people in mogadishu, and horrific, horrific attack. so al—shabaab clearly has this ability to conduct these complex assaults inside the capital and other parts of the country but they have also conducted hotel attacks in kenya as well. so the group has shown this ability to reach even further outside somalia and go after western target and show that they are forced to be reckoned with, not only in somalia but in the region.— with, not only in somalia but in the region. how much of a threat do _ in the region. how much of a threat do you _ in the region. how much of a threat do you consider- in the region. how much of a | threat do you consider them? in the region. how much of a i threat do you consider them? in the scheme of al-qaeda's orbit,

because the group still has pledged or kept its allegiance to al-qaeda, and now with the death of eyman hours were hairy, almost a month ago in afghanistan, one can make the argument that al—shabaab is one of the more viable pieces of that broader al-qaeda enterprise. —— death of ayman al—zawahiri. because of this place of attacks that they are able to sustain, mostly in somalia. —— timjuan mata. able to sustain, mostly in somalia. —— tim juan mata. they seem to be doing well from a financial perspective, they can generate revenue to a variety of schemes, in a controlled territory in various parts of the country. that is not, sometimes, with the full support of the local populations. but this is a group which is really entrenched in the country and they may be able to carry that broaderjihadist momentum forward, even though the core al-qaeda is in a very difficult stage with the death of ayman al—zawahiri a few weeks ago. we al-zawahiri a few weeks ago. we will leave it _ al—zawahiri a few weeks ago. we will leave it is for now. javed ali, thank you very much.

air defence systems have again been sounding in the city of sevastapol, in russian—annexed crimea. there have been several nights of ukrainian drone attacks on the region. sevastapol is the home of russia's black sea navalfleet. on saturday morning, a drone flew as far as naval headquarters, when it was shot down and fell on to the roof in flames. the russian—appointed governor urged people to remain calm. 0ur correspondent in ukraine, james waterhouse, sent this report. it's what and where this is which makes this smoke significant. another apparent strike in russian occupied crimea. over the last 11 days, there have been a series of explosions on mostly military targets. out of all of the ukrainian territory which moscow has taken, crimea is where its grip has been strongest. but that grasp appears to be weakening. translation: russia's commanders aren't saying what happened, but it is either a failure of russia's air defences or of russia's intelligence services.

regardless of who is causing these explosions, for ukraine, the result is the same. it is the weakening of russia's position in the south, because we confirm that crimea is ukraine. further north in kyiv, preparations for independence day. captured or destroyed russian tanks are big tourist attractions here. now they are on the move... ..to here, the main street in kyiv. ukraine wants to tell the world it will continue to fight. it hasn't acknowledged any responsibility for these strikes in crimea, but what they do is reinforce the government's message that it will defend itself. the continued supply of weapons from the west is helping ukraine do that. another us package worth £655 million will be welcomed. there has been some diplomatic progress with the occupied zaporizhzhia nuclear

power plant. ukraine claims the russians are using it as a military base. after international pressure, the kremlin has agreed to give inspectors access. the details of how will be crucial. professor sarah kreps is director of the cornell tech policy institute at cornell university. she's in new york. thank you for being with us. what is your analysis of the so—called drone attacks? i think what is really notable about it is that this is a part of the occupied territory, which has been occupied by russia since 2014, and i think there was a sense that this area was impervious to, a sort of behind enemy lines environment, and the fact that ukrainians are able to penetrate that airspace i think is really remarkable, and i think it provides a real kind of psychological if not

military advantage to be ukrainians.— military advantage to be ukrainians. ~ .., . ~ ukrainians. we will come back to that, but — ukrainians. we will come back to that, but let's _ ukrainians. we will come back to that, but let's talk - ukrainians. we will come back to that, but let's talk more - to that, but let's talk more about the military aspect for a moment. it is nearly six months into the russian invasion and this seems like a 180 turn for the ukrainian forces in terms of their successes against russian troops. tell us more about the tactics and weaponry they are using, and why it is suddenly punching through? right, so, whati suddenly punching through? right, so, what i understand is that these are referred to as drones, but i would think of them more as kind of kamikaze missiles. these are not returning, they are not dropping a payload, they are flying through russian airspace and essentially detonating into, in this case, the black sea fleet in crimea. so these are not... they are sort of death by a thousand cuts, of sending large numbers of these through. and some may get shot down, but it is unclear whether or how many were shot down, but evenif or how many were shot down, but even if a couple get through, which seems to be the case

here, that really kind of reveals some weakness on the part of the russian air defences.— part of the russian air defences. ., ., ., defences. you mentioned earlier the psychological _ defences. you mentioned earlier the psychological impact. - defences. you mentioned earlier the psychological impact. what l the psychological impact. what is this doing to the russian forces. , ., , ., forces. there is lots of discussion _ forces. there is lots of discussion about - forces. there is lots of i discussion about whether forces. there is lots of - discussion about whether drones can turn the tide of war. i'm not sure that is how this works. i think what it does is provide this sort of began to victory that this technology was able to get through the russian air defences, and so it is not itself likely to turn the tide, but i think it can provide this sense of resilience, latin ukrainians are still in it, and not only are still in it, and not only are they in it, they are striking behind enemy lines in a way they had not been able to do up until the last week or two. ~ . , do up until the last week or two. . ., , , ., two. we have seen several successive _ two. we have seen several successive days _ two. we have seen several successive days of - two. we have seen several successive days of drone . successive days of drone strikes setting targets in this region, but eventually russia will come up with a way to repel them, surely? will come up with a way to repelthem, surely?- will come up with a way to repelthem, surely? that has very much — repelthem, surely? that has

very much being _ repelthem, surely? that has very much being the - repelthem, surely? that has very much being the case - repelthem, surely? that has very much being the case in i very much being the case in this conflict and in war in general, a cat and mouse game measure and countermeasure. the early tv2s, as they were referred to, the actual drones in ukraine, the military was using them to good effect but the russians caught up with that, and i think that would be true here as well, this sort of element of surprise with which these can really exact an advantage, i think that will be compensated forfairly advantage, i think that will be compensated for fairly quickly as the russians learn and adjust and adapt. but for now i think these have really provided an advantage, in a way that allows them, whether nine russian jets were struck in the same manner. it is not going to single—handedly turn the tide but it is really creating a quiet destructive tactic. we will leave — quiet destructive tactic. we will leave it _ quiet destructive tactic. we will leave it there for now. thank you very much, professor. in southern africa, the body of

the former and golden leader has arrived back in angola after his death in spain last month. —— —— angolan leader. the repatriation had been subject to a dispute within the dos santos family but was given the go—ahead by a court in barcelona. some fear the return of dos santos' body could fuel tensions ahead of national elections on wednesday. at least 15 people have died in flash floods and landslides triggered by heavy monsoon rains in the northern indian state of himahchal pradesh. the worst affected area was the district of mandi where a torrent of water swept away two houses killing eight people. the remaining casualties were caused by flooding in other parts of the state. forecasters have warned that moderate to heavy rainfall is likely to continue in parts of the state. colombia's new left—wing president gustavo petro's given a speech in which he's suspended orders to capture and extradite the leaders of the country's last active guerrilla group, the eln.

the move is likely to pave the way for official peace talks to resume in cuba. mr petro, who took office two weeks ago and is colombia's first ever leftist president, has promised to bring total peace to the country. you're watching bbc world news, a reminder of our top stories: unconfirmed reports say security forces in somalia have ended a 30—hour siege of the hayat hotel in the capital, mogadishu. up to 20 people may have been killed. in russian—annexed crimea, savastopol the home of russia's black sea fleet — has come under drone attack again. the russian—appointed governor has urged people to remain calm. a new king has ascended the zulu throne in south africa. king misuzulu was proclaimed monarch by tribal warriors, amid jubilation and tributes. the ceremony took place after a failed court interdict to halt the proceedings. the half—sisters of the king claim that their late father's will, which paved the way for misuzulu to become king,

may have been forged. 0ur correspondent nomsa maseko reports. singing doesn't have gathered for the traditional coronation of misuzulu ka zwelithini here at the royal palace. despite the fact there are squabbles and legal challenges within the royal family as to who should take the throne, it appears the zulu nation itself has made its choice. this is seen as a show of force to affirm that the first born son of queen mantfombi dlamini zulu is the rightful heir to the throne. translation:— rightful heir to the throne. translation: today is an opportunity _ translation: today is an opportunity for— translation: today is an opportunity for us - translation: today is an opportunity for us to - translation: today is an opportunity for us to start | opportunity for us to start afresh. turn over a new leaf. even though some have left us,

we want them to return home for us to reunite our nation. applause. the king himself has no political powers but is very influential in his nation, which is the largest ethnic group and south africa. the king and a select few members of the royal family and also the zulu regiment performed special rituals at the sacred kraal to usher in the new king of the zulu nation. the half singers of the new king approach the court because they believe that their father's which paved the way for agon to become king was forged, but the court of the redoubt, but it appears they will still be a lot of squabbling within the royal family. government officials who attended today's proceedings have said that

president cyril ramaphosa has endorsed the event and a government backed coronation is due to take place next month. it's been one year since the taliban took control of afghanistan. to show solidarity, people across the uk and europe are taking up the ancient afghan tradition of kite—flying. 0rganisers want the kite festivals to remind the world of the freedoms which have been lost in afghanistan, and the help its people still need. megan paterson reports. on a hillside in bradford, naweet shows off his kite—flying skills, learnt in his homeland afghanistan, a tradition stretching back hundreds of years, a little piece ofjoy from a place he had to flee. what is it like flying the kites here today? it looks like you really enjoyed doing it. translation: i truly en'oy it today, it took me back h to my memories, it really felt like i went back to afghanistan, to the same location, it felt as if the same kite, the same experience, i really enjoyed it, it took me back

to afghanistan, ifelt i am there. the delicate art of making and then flying a traditional afghan kite is being celebrated today with events across the uk, europe, and america, a skill passed down through generations, a key part of many special occasions. and when you would make kites like this in afghanistan, would you sit around with your family and do it with your friends? with friends, of course. you should make it with friends, with partners. because we need people to help us make it. yes, it is not a one—handed job, you need a couple of pairs of hands. that looks a bit rough around the edges. is that all right? yeah, that's fine, that's fine. my very patient teacher moved to bradford injanuary. living in temporary hotel accommodation, leading the kite—making workshops has helped him make friends and share his own storey. i myself, i enjoy teaching other people how to make kites and how to fly kites and telling them about our culture and tell them how we make kites and how we send messages to other people through kite flying.

i can tell, when you talk about it, your whole face lights up, you clearly love doing this, what is it like being able to do it here in bradford and share it with other people? it is amazing because you share parts of your culture to other people and you tell them your storeys about kite flying. you share your feelings, how you feel when you fly kites, when you make kites, so that is really amazing. during the taliban's first period of control in afghanistan, kite flying was banned. the fly with me festival organisers hope the event will remind people of the freedoms lost in the last year and the help still needed. it has been a year since the taliban took over afghanistan and people were forced to flee, and there is a humanitarian crisis happening over there, the culture is under threat, music has already been banned, women are denied an education, people are dying from starvation. and nobody really talks about that any more, it was in the news in the beginning and then we kinda forgot about it. so, wejust wanted to remind

our government and the world to remember afghans and to remember afghanistan. my kite made, it is safe to say i will not be much competition for the professionals. how challenging is the wind here, compared to in afghanistan? it is very challenging here because the wind is very strong here. it needs a bit more skill to control it. a skill i don't think i have! there we go, a bit close to the trees! bit more this way. the first flight didn't go too well, we have a kite casualty here, there was a lot of spin in the air, a bit of height and then a crash. so, my first kite has not survived very long so we will give it another try. the kite—flying festival is raising money for afghan aid, supporting women in rural afghanistan, everyone welcome to take part, share their storeys and experiences, helping those without such simple freedoms. megan patterson, bbc news, bradford.

a 14th century sword looted from british india is going to be returned after being held in a museum. a song to celebrate stolen artefacts going home. some of the items like the sword take back to the 14th century and were looted from northern india almost 200 years ago during britain's colonial rule. we are sendin: britain's colonial rule. we are sending seven _ britain's colonial rule. we are sending seven artefacts - britain's colonial rule. we are sending seven artefacts back| sending seven artefacts back home, the seven artefacts will be rested tutored and will occupy their rightful place in our cultural heritage, so i am really on top of the world, cloud nine.— really on top of the world, cloud nine. , ., , cloud nine. many artefacts in museums— cloud nine. many artefacts in museums and _ cloud nine. many artefacts in museums and collections - cloud nine. many artefacts in l museums and collections have been looted from sacred places such as temples and shrines, and it is not often that they are returned.— are returned. are highly significant _ are returned. are highly significant process, - are returned. are highly significant process, the| are returned. are highly - significant process, the first repatriation to india from a uk new museum. by no means the

first repatriation and glasgow's situation. 0ur first repatriation and glasgow's situation. our first repatriation from the collection was in 1998. the glas . ow collection was in 1998. the glasgow museum's - collection was in 1998. the glasgow museum's also aims to repatriate stolen artworks from nigeria and the sioux tribe is from south dakota. it is, they say, part of the city's commitment to addressing past wrongs. and in the process, build relationships with those countries whose art was stolen so long ago. gail mclennan, bbc news. and almost ten years since the remains of king richard i were found in a car park here in uk. to mark the occasion, a programme of talks about the is being held. august 2012, and archaeologist matthew morris discovers human bones beneath the council car park in leicester. they turned out to be the remains of king richard iii, and ten years on, the dig site is on proud display at the city's visitors

centre where matthew reflects on an incredible find. coming down exactly on top of richard iii was, i want to say a stroke of genius but it wasn't, it was pure luck. and, of course, you didn't realise it was richard iii at first, did you? absolutely, no, there was no way of knowing, looking at the knees that that was richard iii. it took another week of excavation and another five months of research after that, and analysis, to prove that it was richard iii. but for those in the richard iii society, the date of that very first dig is significant. everybody was so keen that this would happen, so i think when it finally did, it was a momentous occasion, it really meant something to, notjust to leicester, but to the world at large. the tenth anniversary of the uncovering of the remains of one of england's most controversial kings is being marked here at the visitors' centre this weekend with talks about the discovery kicking off a program of events.

it was really important to mark the tenth anniversary of what is a significant moment for leicester. you know, we didn't know it at that time, but richard was found this week ten years ago, and the story of king richard iii visitor centre and the re—internment of richard iii started. a decade on, they will be celebration and reflection on the start of a remarkable story that put leicester well and truly on the tourism map. before you go, 0leksandr usyk, has retained his unified world titles, dedicating his victory to the ukrainian armed forces. he beat anthonyjoshua on a split decision after 12 rounds. the fight in the city of was a repeat of the one in london, september. much more on the bbc news website. you can download

also on the news app. you can get in touch with me on twitter. see you next time. a fine end to the day for many of us, but a bit of rain in the forecast, too, particularly in the north. but on the whole this evening and overnight, at least for most of us, it is going to be dry with clear spells. so, let's have a look at the forecast, then. here's the big picture, and in the last few hours, we've seen a weather front moving southwards across the country. here it is. and it's been affecting northern parts of the uk, so a little bit of rain here, which is going to fizzle away as we go through the course of the evening. you can see it crossing parts of lancashire through yorkshire, approaching hull, and then there's really not much left of it. apart from a few showers here and there, maybe in western parts of scotland, it is looking dry and the temperatures will range from around ten degrees in aberdeen to 14 in london and about that

in liverpool, too. so, the forecast for tomorrow, it's actually going to be a sunny day compared to today in the north of the country, but we are expecting more cloud in the south, and the reason for it is this weather front which will be approaching us. and a fair amount of cloud ahead of this weather front. so, here's the forecast, then, for the morning on sunday. quite a lot of cloud here across south—western parts of the uk, certainly for wales, south—western england, some spots of rain moving into mid—wales, north wales, perhaps reaching merseyside by the time we get to the middle of the afternoon. but for many southern, eastern and northern areas, it's going to be a dry day and quite warm there. in norwich, 25 degrees, hull will be up to 23, and not far off 20, i think, for newcastle and for aberdeen, where plenty of sunny spells are forecast. now, on monday, the weather fronts are right over the uk and that means a lot of cloud and outbreaks of rain, at least early in the day. so, this is the morning.

notice it's not raining everywhere. in fact, many parts of central and northern scotland are dry. most of the rain is across england and wales, but then come the afternoon, it does look as though that weather front clears away and there'll be some sunny spells developing, and the temperatures respectable, around the low 20s, maybe the mid—20s there for east anglia and the south—east. so, let's summarise that, then, and the weather for the rest of the week. typical weather for our shores, but quite warm at times. in the south and the south east, though, you can see temperatures in london nudging up to around 27 degrees middle of the week. bye— bye.

this is bbc news. the headlines: officials in somalia say the security services have ended a siege at a hotel in the capital, mogadishu. the claim has not been independently verified. at least 20 people are believed to have been killed after the hotel was stormed by members of the islamist militant group, al—shabaab. the russian occupiers of crimea say they've again had to activate air defence systems in the city of sevastopol. it has been the target of drone strikes for several nights running. the city is the base of russia's black sea fleet. it's also become a holiday destination for russian tourists. the ukrainian heavyweight boxer, 0leksandr usyk, has retained his four unified world titles with a victory he dedicated to the ukrainian armed forces. he beat britain's anthony

joshua on a split points decision. the fight in saudi arabia was a rematch of usyk�*s victory