a suicide bomber strikes in the. capital several people are killed in the blast in mogadishu. serious injuries islamist group says it's behind the explosion as a. government. also coming up. right wing groups gather in the german city of challenge the country's migration policy. arrival claiming they are the majority it's all week since protesters protests

rather was sparked by allegations that. today. thank you for joining a suicide bomber. who has killed at least six people including two children another dozen people were also injured in the blast the bomber detonated a vehicle full of explosives near local government office the islamist militant group has claimed responsibility for the explosion. these plumes of smoke from the explosion were seen shortly after the bomb went off. witnesses said the blast was huge the attacker was targeting a local government building in the center of mogadishu but he also damaged and nearby mosque and school. one woman described what happened as the bomber detonated

his device. we were in the middle of our usual work when the explosion happened in front of our district offices where our building was destroyed so i had myself under the table there was a lot of gunfire at our gate and someone called me to check if we were safe but when i came out i saw many people laying on the ground injured while others were dead due to. medics said many of those hurt including several students from the nearby islamic school was severely injured one witness said the bomber had tried to speed through a checkpoint at the building but then blew himself up when he was stopped by security forces. i saw bodies strewn on the ground before the ambulances arrived and the whole scene was very ugly. but. the militant group al-shabaab claimed responsibility immediately they're trying to overthrow somalis internationally backed government. for more on this tragic bombing i have journalist below

on the line with me from the capital mogadishu abdul aziz thank you for joining us can you further describe as a constant say as of this bombing and its aftermath. we seem to have laws of dealers is will definitely try and reach him later. right well people gathering at the far right groups including germany's largest opposition party the anti immigration a.f.d.c. paraded through came nits in what they called a silent mourning march for a german man who was stabbed to death in the eastern german city last sunday. before. the war i am here because we are no longer prepared to accept incidents like these in germany where murders are committed by people who should already have been deported earlier he named. thousands of counter-demonstrators also converged

on the city locals and from further afield they wanted to send a message that the right did not represent everyone in kemet. just in this instance it's really important to make a stand against the right wing and for a tolerant germany to send a message to foreign people here to say we support you we are a diverse and peaceful country and you're welcome here just as. i think the time is past here in germany when people could be chased through the streets without anybody speaking up against it this is really a time when people can't just sit a town and do nothing we have to stand up and take to the streets for democracy. the stopping of the german man sparked anti immigration demonstrations and violence and images went around the world for some a reminder of anti foreign incidents soon after german reunification. i mean if i after i've seen the pictures and i remember what happened in the beginning of the

ninety's where we had to write when the prices in some places like mark to borek like course but rostock that's why it's important to see it send a clear stop signal right from the beginning but fortunately that did not take place and now it's high time to call to the wards to government of the state of sex city to just simply do their job tensions were high after the violence of recent days but just. the few minor scuffles the demonstration i'm counter-demonstration both went off peacefully. on our correspondent. story for us good to see you but a tense there yesterday can you tell us what you saw and what people there are telling you. yes the threat of violence was in the air throughout the day yesterday the fear that we would see a repeat of some of the scenes last weekend on monday evening was palpable things did launch the remain peaceful police said that there was a minor scuffles

a number of injuries some people were launched they said they were able to keep the rival protesters a pause that's not to say that there wasn't a lot of anger from people on the streets here on the side of the far right protesters they were extremely angry at the german government's immigration policies they were chanting things like. must go there was also a huge mistrust is the media among the number the far right protest is a lot is and that we spoke to said that they felt that their legitimate concerns about immigration were being misrepresented in the press on the other side meanwhile there was a lot of anger among the council process is about some of the scenes that have unfolded over the last week or so people in particular who are drawing attention to the nazi salute that was seen performed by a small group at the far right protesters during the rally on monday the council

process is yesterday telling us that simply cannot happen on the streets of germany they said that they wanted to go to the streets takes the streets to show a different face of chemist different sides to the one that's been around the world aside that's very clear that refugees migrants are welcome here in germany and of course the police in saxony drafted in reinforcement from other german federal states of to criticism about how they handled the incident last week how exactly did that work yesterday. so there were hundreds of police on the streets yesterday and not just yesterday if i just door attention to just behind me there's still enormous police presence on the streets today that's because there's a small gathering of protesters again who are protesting against some of the far right activism that we've seen on the streets over the last week in kemet yesterday they had not just police in riot gear you also had police on horses you had water

cannon going through the streets as a terrence for any escalation of violence they were used but there really was a huge difference here on the streets and scenes of the number of police here and what we've seen in the week and police were able to keep the two sides largely apart shallow this is different views here in germany about migration policy and obviously many people are concerned about growing far right sentiment i want us to listen to what germany's foreign minister had to say and then we'll come back to. him this is more than worrying a man was brutally killed on a public street followed by mobs chasing people through the city. people giving the nazi salute and not just isolated individuals. my colleagues abroad have been asking me what's going on in germany that's why i'm glad to see that so many democrats are taking a stand in chemicals making clear that a large majority of germans want to live in an open and tolerant country.

so shallow concern from the foreign minister but how deep are the divisions in german society over this issue. has to be made clear that scenes like the ones we've seen playing out in kemet north's playing out across germany can it's really has become an epicenter for some of the dissatisfaction in germany this divided opinion over germany's immigration policies over the last few years people from across the region bussed in on both sides to the protests over the last few days but saxony in particular the state where kevin is located is pretty divided we saw that last year in the national elections saxony voted for the f.t. the far right party to be the strongest party in those national elections it's expected that they have to do very well in regional elections next year so that

just goes to show exactly how divided this city this state is in particular. some people reporting from candidates thank you. as now revisit that story from somalia's capital mogadishu where a tragic bombing has left at least six people dead and i'm not joined by journalist . who is on the line. if you can hear me can you further describe the circumstances of this bombing oh i understand that we have dropped him again so we'll definitely try and reach him later on let's now look at some of the other stories making news around the world protesters have rallied in several russian cities against government plans to raise the country's pension age this despite recent pledges by president vladimir putin to soften the unpopular measures the government's new proposal would delay pension and agility by five years for both women and men u.s. defense secretary james mattis as counsel three hundred million dollars in aid to

pakistan citing a lack of decisive action against militants the u.s. believes pakistan has allowed certain terror groups especially near the afghanistan border to operate freely the u.s. secretary of state is islamabad next week. and israeli prime minister binyamin netanyahu has praised a separate decision by washington to end its decades long funding of the u.n. agency that helps palestinian refugees he said the money should instead be used to quote rehabilitate the refugees the u.s. has been the ages. the decision. as venezuelans economic and political crisis wears on hundreds of thousands have been fleeing the country some have made their way to the southern united states florida is home to a large community of venezuelans in exile with several trying to enter the u.s. politics in order to influence the situation of their home country we have this

report from florida. the venezuelan community has been growing for years but none of them hold a political office in the us independent candidate rafael pinero has an ambitious goal he's campaigning to be commissioner of the miami dade county in florida. important things to start getting a political representation and even federal help and i'm proud to be representing this growing community. last year nearly twenty eight thousand venezuelans applied for asylum in the us and eighty eight percent increase from twenty sixteen the next wayland's are fleeing from societal collapse caused by governmental mismanagement and corruption in the arrow gives them hope that his run for office could help bring respect to the local venezuelan community i don't know if i want back all venezuelans here our hearts are back there but we are trying to fight from here in this country. a fair fight and i think i need it to be free because it's a beautiful country the most beautiful in the world. doral florida or durrell's

weyler has become a hub of the venezuelan exile community about a quarter of durrell's residents emigrated from the crisis ridden country. some are fleeing poverty or persecution others have been in the u.s. for almost twenty years and fully adapted to an american way of life still the devastating situation in venezuela remains on their minds. we got to rallies we tried to get humanitarian aid and were pressuring governments to remove those people who are in power to get our country back in the way by which. it would if we could change it from inside our country and it will be difficult to do it from the outside. lobby groups are trying to get more venezuelans involved in politics and make their way up to the state and federal government some say their ultimate goal is to see venezuelans overthrow majoris regime enabling those in

exile to return. look what i'm getting much the same level as the cuban americans who have basically been in the u.s. longer and have more influence in local u.s. politics but it got even though many organizations are pursuing the same goals collaboration isn't a given the venezuelan community is fragmented in terms of their socio economic status and political beliefs. it is about that when you look at it a little has problems in venezuela exist in the us as well. as a lack of unity in the community we need to organize ourselves better and work together or we're going to satisfy the whole pinero couldn't gain enough votes for this year's election the exile communities goals may be lofty but according to the people of doral they have just gotten started. don't forget you can always get the news on the go it's really easy just download from google play it on the apple store and that will give you access to all the latest news from around the world as well as push notifications for any breaking news you can also use it to send us

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