welcome to bbc news. our top stories: unconfirmed reports from somalia say security forces have ended a 20—hour siege of a hotel in the capital in which upto 20 people may have been killed. russia activates its air defence systems over crimea as the home of its black sea fleet comes under ukrainian drone attack for another night. more than 30 people are killed, and dozens injured, after a bus hit the scene of a road accident in turkey. ukraine's heavyweight boxer, oleksandr usyk, retains his four unified world titles with a win over britian�*s anthonyjoshua, that he dedicated to the ukrainian armed forces. we begin with some news which has been breaking out

and the secret hidden in china's rivers, finally exposed after a long drought. 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. the militant group, al—shabaab, claimed responsibility. our reporter emily brown has been following the story and joins me now. what is the latest? we know

this attack — what is the latest? we know this attack began _ what is the latest? we know this attack began on - what is the latest? we know this attack began on friday l this attack began on friday evening, when the al—shabaab group detonated two bombs outside the hyatt hotel in the capital. —— hayat. dozens of people were evacuated from the building, said to be popular with the journalist building, said to be popular with thejournalist and with the journalist and politicians. the siege lasted for 30 hours, with gunmen having held hostages inside. we have seen some footage which we can show you, in it, you can hear the gunshots. gunfire. this was clearly _ hear the gunshots. gunfire. this was clearly an _ hear the gunshots. gunfire. this was clearly an intense i this was clearly an intense battle for control. it is not yet known how many people died during the siege. this is so it was at least 20. one of the reported victims is the hotel's owner, although this has not been confirmed yet. earlier, a security official said 13 civilians had been killed. the militant group al—shabaab said some of its fighters managed to escape. but a somali security commander told afp the gunmen are dead, and said we have had

no incoming gunfire from the building since the siege ended. the official gave no information about the total number of casualties in the attack on the hotel, or how many al—shabaab fighters had been killed, so there are still many unconfirmed reports. is many unconfirmed reports. is there any indication as to why this siege happened in the first place?— this siege happened in the first lace? �* ,, ., , first place? al-shabaab is the main islamist _ first place? al-shabaab is the main islamist militant - first place? al-shabaab is the main islamist militant group i first place? al-shabaab is the | main islamist militant group in somalia, it is 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 this deadly assault is a reaction to the government's recent comments saying they will intensify the response to the armed militant group. we are yet to hear an official statement from the government although the security official told reporters that the government would give a press briefing about the attack on sunday, but we don't know exactly when that will be. emily, i am sure you will be keeping across updates for us on that story. for now, thank you. we can now speak to vanda

felbab—brown, she's co—director of the africa security initiative at brookings. she joins us from washington. good to see you, and thank you very much for being with us. 30 hours is a long siege. are you surprised it took this long for it to be brought to an end? unfortunately not. al—shabaab unfortunately not. al—sha baab remains unfortunately not. al—shabaab remains very potent and has been increasing its potency somalia for a number of years. in fact, last year the mission of the african union was supposed to end, and there was significant concern that if that mission ended, al—shabaab would be able to take over much of southern somalia as well as mogadishu altogether. so the mission was changed to a new mandate and a new name, but the reality is that the somali security forces remain weak and

played by multiple problems while al—shabaab's potency has been increasing. ilil" while al-shabaab's potency has been increasing.— been increasing. our active have al-shabaab _ been increasing. our active have al-shabaab been? - have al—shabaab been? specifically in recent years? al—shabaab has been very active, essentially since 2016 or 2017, al—shabaab has been on the offensive and dominating the offensive and dominating the operational tempo in somalia. neitherthe the operational tempo in somalia. neither the somali army or the african union forces at the time were dictating what was happening on the battlefield, or taking action against al—shabaab. al—shabaab was taking the action to the security forces and to the populations, including in mogadishu, where it exhorts many businesses. al—shabaab has regularly engaged in the type of horrific attack that we have just been watching unfolding for two reasons. one is to demonstrate its potency, particularly to external audiences, its potency, particularly to externalaudiences, outside its potency, particularly to

external audiences, outside of somalia, to potential recruits outside of somalia, as well as to the somali population, but the second is frequently a retaliation when a business or an entity refuses to pay extortion fees, which al—shabaab regularly connects al—sha baab regularly connects across al—shabaab regularly connects across mogadishu, as well as elsewhere in somalia, but even in the capital.— in the capital. looking under the bigger— in the capital. looking under the bigger picture _ in the capital. looking under the bigger picture when - in the capital. looking under the bigger picture when it i the bigger picture when it comes to islamist extremist groups, who are al—shabaab aligned to? groups, who are al-shabaab aligned to?— aligned to? you are their allegiances _ aligned to? you are their allegiances with? - aligned to? you are their - allegiances with? al-shabaab's allegiances with? al—sha baab's allegiances with? al—shabaab's allegiance remains to al-qaeda. the islamic state has tried to flip al—shabaab over to its side, and did not succeed in that, so a splinter group emerged which has become the islamic state in somalia, however, it still remains rather weak. al—shabaab is not only the strongest of the militant groups and somali groups in somalia, but it also remains essentially aligned in its ideology with al-qaeda. but

its ideology with al-qaeda. but it is a very powerful group in and of itself, and does not depend on al-qaeda for its capacities and the strength of its operations. ilil" capacities and the strength of its operations.— its operations. our security forces in — its operations. our security forces in the _ its operations. our security forces in the countries - its operations. our security i forces in the countries where al—shabaab operates equipped to deal with them? —— are. unfortunately not, the international community has tried to build up the somali national forces, tried to build up the somali nationalforces, with tried to build up the somali national forces, with lots of money, in the tens of millions of hundreds of millions of dollars which have gone into building the somali national army the somali police force, which has been a training of multiple countries, but the western countries, including the united kingdom and the united states, turkey, there have been multiple deployments of external forces, i have been multiple deployments of externalforces, i have spoken about the african union security forces in their various iterations, but by and

large comedy somali security forces, including the national army, remain plagued by corruption, it is a conglomeration of essentially planned malicious but often resent each other and are not necessarily aligned with mogadishu. and unfortunately we have had several years of really bad governance in somalia, which has, like in afghanistan, really weakened the somali forces further, often aligning them with particular plans in particular politicians. so there has long been a fear as we have waited for this government to finally exceed this length but it was finally strengthening al—shabaab, and indeed that has been the case, this latest attack is just one symptom of that. attack is 'ust one symptom of that. ~ . that. we will leave it there, but we're — that. we will leave it there, but we're very _ that. we will leave it there, but we're very for _ that. we will leave it there, but we're very for your - but we're very for your insights. —— very grateful. 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. sevasatpol 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. earlier i spoke to professor sarah kreps, director of the cornell tech policy institute at cornell university. i asked for her analysis of these 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 the ukrainians. we will come back 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, 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 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. you mentioned earlier the psychological impact. what is this doing

to the russian 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, the ukrainians 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. we have seen several successive days of drone strikes setting targets in this region, but eventually russia will come up with a way to repel them, surely? that has very much being the case in this conflict and in war in general, a cat and mouse game of 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 will 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 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, you know, 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. are you a reminder of the russian occupiers of crimea say they've had to activate air defence systems in the city

of sevastopol once again. the region has been the target of drone strikes for several russia activates air defence systems. the black sea fleet comes under drone attacks in ukraine for another night. at least 15 people have died in flash floods and landslides triggered by heavy monsoon rains in the northern indian state of himachal pradesh. 0nly only 16 people were killed after truck driver hurtled into pedestrians. about 29 people were injured. i'll reported holders more what happened. road accidents in turkey aren't

unusual, but what is unusual is two big accidents having in one day and having some new casualties. also, the way those accidents happened are quite similar. infirst accidents happened are quite similar. in first accident, basically it was an accident and then rescue workers rushed to the scene and a coach 200 metres away from the accident site overturned, slipped and hit the rescue workers, killing health officials, firefighters and unfortunately to journalists as well. in the second accident in mardin, a similar thing happened. a trailer truck was involved in an accident with two cars and rescue workers rushed to the scene, and also people rushed to the scene to help, but then another truck, which breaks

failed also, entered this crash as well, this is how these accidents happen. berza simsek from the bbc�*s turkish service. in southern africa, the body of the former angolan leader, jose eduardo dos santos, has arrived back in angola after his death in spain last month. 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. it is 50 people have died in monsoon rains the northern indian state. a torrent of water swept away two houses in one area, killing eight people. remaining casualties in flooding and other parts of the state — moderate to heavy rainfall is likely to continue. colombia's

new lapwing president has given a speech in which he has suspended orders to capture and extradite the leaders of the last active guerrilla group, 21. it is likely to pave way for official peace talks to resume in cuba. he took office two weeks ago and is gone because my first ever left is present, promising to bring total peace the country. boxing news now and the ukrainian heavyweight, 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 after 12 rounds. the fight in saudi arabia was a rematch of usyk�*s victory in london in september. usyk had beatenjoshua to claim the belts, but volunteered as a soldier following russia's invasion of ukraine in february. the ukrainian authorities, however, advised him to return to the ring to highlight the country's plight, and the pre—match build—up was dominated by his patriotism. after the bout, usyk dedicated his victory to the ukrainian forces from

a ring filled with the national colours of yellow and blue. here's our reporter injeddah, ade adedoyin. it really was a dramatic night and the fight fell into a similar pattern as the first one. usyk was very little, hard to pin down. he was landing the volume of punches, although joshua had his moments, landing hard, crunching shots to the body and head but wasn't able to pin the ukranian down. the fight really came alive on the ninth round wherejoshua hadn't heard, look like he was on the verge of stopping him but usyk showed a champion's hard to weather the storm and really in the next round, and then almost had joshua out in the 10th round. it was a bully performance by the ukrainian and he showed real class and why he has been undefeated in the last few years. anthony joshua, a little out of character afterwards, very emotional, stormed out of the ring before being called back and by his entourage. he gave a speech praising 0leksandr usyk

for a brilliant performance. where he goes now remains to be seen. as for 0leksandr usyk he has said to me that he would love to fight a wbc champion, and that would be a blockbuster fare. so if you are undefeated. he says that he will retire from boxing but with the prospect of facing 0leksandr usykin prospect of facing 0leksandr usyk in a huge bout, so there is every possibility he could come back. ade adedoyin in jeddah. 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 thousands of people have gathered for the traditional coronation of king misuzulu ka zwelithini here at kwakhangelamankengane royal palace.

despite the fact that 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: today is - an opportunity for us to start afresh, turn over a new leaf. even though some have turned their backs on us, we want them to return home, for us to reunite our nation. cheering and applause the king himself has no political powers but is very influential in his nation, which is the largest ethnic group in 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—sisters of the new king approach the court because they believe that their father's will, which paved the way for misuzulu to become king may have been forged, but the court threw that out. however, it still does appear that there is still going to be a lot of squabbling within the royal family. government officials who attended today's proceedings have said president cyril ramaphosa has endorsed this event, and a government—backed coronation is due to take place next month. nic icu equilibrium bringing you stories about this sorcery heatwave across europe but other parts of the sorcery heatwave across europe but other possible is also dealing

with record temperatures. in south—west china there has been an ongoing drought. dozens of rivers have dried up. in some cases they have led to the bbc�*s tim allman explains. the yangtze river is the lifeblood of china, but now it seems to be disappearing before our eyes. the water levels drop away, and as they do so, they reveal it in on the small, rocky island, three buddhist statues that date back hundreds of years. sightseers come to have a look, a chance to witness a history that has gone unseen for generations. translation: i unseen for generations. tuna/mom- unseen for generations. translation: i saw in the newspaper— translation: i saw in the newspaper that _ translation: i saw in the newspaper that it - translation: i saw in the newspaper that it is - translation: i saw in the newspaper that it is from l translation: | saw in the i newspaper that it is from 600 years ago. i think this is very precious. i don't think we will see it again when the water

level comes back. this is the culture our ancestors have left us. it is believed the statues may date back as far as the ming dynasty which ruled much of china during the 13th and 14th century. why were they built here, you may ask, but the body really knows the answer. they can hazard a guess. translation: i can hazard a guess. translation: 4' ., ,., translation: i think the reason wh our translation: i think the reason why our ancestors _ translation: i think the reason why our ancestors but _ translation: i think the reason why our ancestors but this - translation: i think the reason why our ancestors but this is - why our ancestors but this is because they wanted to pray for a peaceful work, a beautiful country. i hope what they wish or can be passed on forever. —— a peaceful world. or can be passed on forever. -- a peaceful world.— or can be passed on forever. -- a peaceful world. a peacefulworld. soon enough, the rain will _ a peacefulworld. soon enough, the rain will fall, _ a peacefulworld. soon enough, the rain will fall, the _ a peacefulworld. soon enough, the rain will fall, the water- the rain will fall, the water will rise, and these statues will rise, and these statues will disappear. their mystery and they wonder hidden away once more. tim allman, bbc news. before we go, a reminder of our

top story — officials in somalia so the security services have ended the 30 hour 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 possible hayat hotel was stormed by members of the islamist militant group al—shabab. that story is the top story on our website where you will find updates as they come in. you can download the bbc news app. also more on unfolding events in ukraine, including these updates posted including these updates posted in the past few minutes. the daughter of a close ally to vladimir putin has reportedly been killed in a car bomb in moscow. herfather is been killed in a car bomb in moscow. her father is a russian philosopher nicknamed predinner�*s brain. it is not clear if he was the intended target. —— putin's kevin o'brien. that is it for now. you can reach me on twitter.

hello. 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 1a in london and about that in liverpool, too. so, the forecast fortomorrow, 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 security services there 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 have again had to activate their defence systems in the city of sevastopol, which has been the target of drone strikes for several nights running. the city is the base of russia's black sea fleet and has also become a holiday destination for russian tourists. ukraine's heavyweight boxer, oleksandr usyk,

retains his four unified world titles with a win over