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. the militant group, al—shabaab, say they were behind the attack. our news reporter, emily brown, told us the latest on the story. we know this attack

began on friday evening, when the al—shabaab group detonated two bombs outside the hayat hotel in the capital. dozens of people were evacuated from the building, said to be popular 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 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 there any indication as to why this siege happened in the 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. air defence systems have again been sounding in the city of sevastopol, in russian—annexed crimea. there have been several nights of ukrainian drone attacks on the region. sevastopol 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. 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. james waterhouse, bbc news. let's get some of

the day's other news the body of the former angolan leader, jose eduardo dos santos, has arrived home following 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. at least 15 people have died in flash floods and landslides triggered by heavy monsoon rains in the northern indian state of himachal pradesh. the worst affected area was the district of mandi where a torrent of water swept away two houses killing eight people. visit our website, where you'll find updates on all our stories as they come in. just download the bbc news app or visit bbc.com/news for all the news and analysis. at least 32 people have been killed, and dozens have been injured, in two separate traffic collisions in south—east turkey. in the first one, a bus collided with an ambulance and first responders in the province of gaziantep.

at least 16 people were killed and 20 others were injured. hours later there was another accident — this time in mardin, a town some 200 kilometres away. at least 16 people were killed after a truck driver hurtled into pedestrians. about 29 people were injured. berza simsek from the bbc�*s turkish service told us more about what happened. road accidents in turkey are not unusual, but what is unusual is two such big accidents happening in one day and having so many casualties. and also the way those accidents happened are quite similar. in first accident, basically it was an accident and the coach. and then rescue workers rushed to the scene, and a coach — 200 metres away from the accident site — overturned, flipped and then hit the rescue workers,

killing health officials, firefighters, and unfortunately two 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 then rescue workers rushed to the scene, and also people rushed to the scene to help. but then another truck, which its breaks failed also, entered this crash basically. this is how these two accidents happened. football fans and festival goers have been among those facing another round of travel disruption, on the sixth day of national rail strikes this summer. this map shows that only around one in five services was running, after 16,000 rail workers walked out again in their dispute over pay and conditions. the rmt union has warned that

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strike this summer. reading station is normally one of the busiest railway hubs in the country. today some services have been operating, but they have been operating, but they have been operating, but they have been limited. it has been a similar picture across the rail network, withjust a similar picture across the rail network, with just 20% of trains running today. the unions are _ trains running today. the unions are still— trains running today. the unions are still in - trains running today. tue: unions are still in dispute with the government and rail companies. they say salaries should increase to reflect the rising cost of living. the rmt union, whose members are on strike, has accused the government of blocking train companies from offering its workers a better deal, and insist that the majority of the public behind them. we are seeing public support for this dispute and trenching. there are campaigns and rallies being launched right across the country in support of these types of activities, we have seen united bus workers coming into the dispute, we have seen many groups of workers willing

with significant pay deals. i think the british public are fed up with being ripped off by this government. has fed up with being ripped off by this government.— this government. as travellers in york struggled _ this government. as travellers in york struggled to _ this government. as travellers in york struggled to get - this government. as travellers in york struggled to get to - this government. as travellers in york struggled to get to the j in york struggled to get to the races, ministers say it is the unions causing the block, adding that if the deals on offer were put to workers, they would be likely to accept them. negotiations are expected to resume earlier next week. but the rmt has warned that more strikes are very likely. helena wilkinson, bbc news, reading. 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. but the ukrainian authorities advised him to return to the ring to highlight

the country�*s plight, and the pre—match build—up was dominated by his patriotism. 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 elusive, hard to pin down. he was landing the volume of punches, althouthoshua had his moments, landing some hard, crunching shots to the body and head, but wasn�*t never able to pin the ukranian down. the fight really came alive in the ninth round wherejoshua was hurt, look like he was on the verge of stopping him but usyk showed a champion�*s heart to weather the storm and really in the next round, and then almost had joshua out in the 10th round. it was a brilliant performance by the ukrainian and he showed real class and why he has been undefeated in the last few yea rs. anthonyjoshua, a little out of character afterwards, very emotional, stormed out of the ring before being called back by his entourage. he gave a speech praising 0leksandr usyk for a brilliant performance.

wherejoshua goes now remains to be seen. as for 0leksandr usyk, he has said to me that he would love to fight tyson fury, the wbc champion, and that would be a blockbuster affair. tyson fury is undefeated and said recently that he would retire from boxing, but with the possibility of facing 0leksandr usyk and a huge bout, there is every possibility he could come back. 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. this is bbc news. the headlines: 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. russia�*s activates its air

defence systems over crimea, as the home of its black sea fleet comes under ukrainian drone attack for another night. more now on our top story. javed ali is a counter—terrorism expert and former senior director with the us national security council. i asked him to give us his assessment on the hotel siege in mogadishu. to me, this is 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 somali government, but time and time again it has shown an ability to conduct attacks like 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 islamist 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 and even in the us, but the most part it is a local somali group with local 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? so al—shabaab has been unfortunately successful in launching attacks in mogadishu against notjust hotels but government targets. there was an attack when i was in the trump white house in 2017 which killed hundreds of people in mogadishu, it was a 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 a force to be reckoned with, not only in somalia but in the region. how much of a 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 ayman al—zawahiri, 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. because of this pace and tempo of attacks that they are able to sustain, mostly in somalia. 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 broader jihadist 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.

let�*s get more on our other top story we�*ve been following — the situation in ukraine. 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 — and sort of a 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. 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�*s 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�*s a lot 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 propaganda 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, that 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�*s 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 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�*s really creating a quiet destructive tactic. 0ver over the last few weeks we have been hearing stories about your�*s sweltering heat wave, but other parts of the world have had to do with record damages —— europe. in south—east china there has been an ongoing drought. dozens of rivers have dried up, leading to some surprising discoveries, as 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 a hidden past. on this 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 saw in the newspaper that it'sj 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�*s believed the statues

may date back as far as the ming dynasty which ruled much of china between 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 think the reason why our ancestors but this - is because they wanted to pray for a peaceful world, a beautiful country. i hope what they wish or can be passed on forever. soon enough, the rain will fall, the water will rise, and these statues will disappear. their mystery and they wonder hidden away once more. tim allman, bbc news. here�*s the weather now with tomasz. 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 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 in london in september. now on bbc news, duncan kennedy reports on the story of historical forced adoptions and the mothers�* search for a justice and an official

government apology. this is a story about a loss. about lives changed, love fractured. it happens not long ago, and the pain has followed those involved down through history. t those involved down through histo . ., , history. i lost the only thing in my life — history. i lost the only thing in my life that _ history. i lost the only thing in my life that i _ history. i lost the only thing in my life that i ever - history. i lost the only thing l in my life that i ever wanted. i loved her so much, i still love — i loved her so much, i still love her. i'm her mom. it was to be a secret, _ love her. i'm her mom. it was to be a secret, it _ love her. i'm her mom. it was to be a secret, it was - love her. i'm her mom. it was to be a secret, it was not - love her. i'm her mom. it was to be a secret, it was not to i to be a secret, it was not to be discussed.

taken from my arms, without telling me what was happening. i canjust remember lying there thinking... better to die. a historical injustice is what happened to us. other countries have recognised it, and it�*s high time ours did. 60 years ago, british society was very different. the bride's name is stella, she's 19, lives in barnet...|

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