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but everyone has the right. to everyone has the right to say. this is news live from berlin the suicide bomber strikes in the heart of the somali is cut off somalia's capital islamist group al-shabaab says it's behind the explosion as egregious accompanying to overthrow somalia's government also coming up. hundreds demonstrate in cam newton support of democracy and against extremism germany's foreign minister high command says it is or should stand up for
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tolerance after a week of anti migrant protests the. russian president vladimir putin faces widespread anger out of a plan to raise the pension age thousands take to the streets in moscow. i'm glad you could join us a suicide bombing in somalia's capital mogadishu 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 now a local government office the islamist militant group al-shabaab has claimed responsibility for that explosion. these plumes of smoke from the explosion were seen shortly after the bomb went off. witnesses said the blast was huge the
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attacker was targeting a local government building in the center of mogadishu but it also damaged nearby mosque and school. woman described. what happened as the bomber detonated his device. bad idea 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 say but when i came out i saw many people laying on the ground injured while others were dead it didn't matter that. the medic said many of those hurt including several students from the nearby islamic school were 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
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and the whole scene was very ugly. but. the militant group al-shabaab claimed responsibility immediately that trying to overthrow somalis internationally backed government. round of voting has begun in parliamentary elections which will last three days more than seven million voters are eligible to cast ballots in the east african country it will be the first pool where independent candidates can stand for election and many and candidates from smaller parties are also vying for a seat in parliament but the governing party is still expected to win a landslide. there was a party atmosphere in london capital kigali on the last day of campaigning before the three day parliamentary poll. the supporters of the governing party. front are confident of victory once again. we're feeling very confident we've been on the campaign trail masses of people turned out for us. they are happy
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with our party and our policies. and there's little doubt that the are for once again when the majority of mandates in the a.t.c. parliament until now through one parliament had had the highest proportion of female delegates in the world and many expect it to retain that record rwanda has come a long way since the terrible genocide of one thousand nine hundred four and the governing party has presided over a period of stability. rwanda is now viewed internationally as safe and relatively free of corruption and it's one of the least polluted countries on the continent of africa. many give president paul kagame a credit for that. but he's also come in for criticism for his strong arm tactics and oppression of the opposition. is not in the country during the vote. he's in beijing attending a summit on china african cooperation. in part to draw meant to keep positive
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development going. people have been gathering again in the eastern german city of chemist's today to take a stand against violence and racism the demonstration was called by the. church religious leaders as a state and local politicians gave speeches calling for tolerance and unity speakers said they represent the majority in kenya it's it follows on the heels of a divisive. protests and counter protests sparked by the killing of a german residents last weekend two asylum seekers are in custody over the killing . but our correspondent is in kenya story for us good to see you but a tense 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 all
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those things did launch the remain peaceful that there was a minor scuffles a number of injuries some people were detained but they said they were able to keep the protesters apart 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. governments immigration policies they were chanting things like. there was also a huge mistrust is the media among a number of protesters 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. were drawing attention to the nazi salute that was seen performed by
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a small group of 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. 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 an enormous police presence on the streets today 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 kennett
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yesterday that you had not just police in riot you also you had police on horses you had water cannon going through the streets as a terrence for any escalation of violence they 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 year in the week and police were able to keep the two sides largely apart shallow that 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 you. chemist's 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
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democrats are taking a stand in canada's 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 make clear that scenes like the ones we've seen playing out in canada not playing out across germany chemist'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 were bussed in on both sides to the protests of over the last few days but saxony in particular where can it stay where kevin it's located is pretty divided we saw that last year in the national elections saxony voted for the a f d the far right party to be the strongest party in those national elections it's expected that the f.t.
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also 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 kenya thank you in russia protests are growing over the government's plans to increase the pension age many russians are afraid they'll have to work well into their old age just to buy food widespread criticism has pressured president vladimir putin into making changes but some are still angry. some ten thousand people gathered in central moscow for a protest organized by the communist party. they oppose the government's plan to raise the pension age critics here say the changes won't just have a negative impact on the old younger generations will likely have a harder time finding jobs as older employees keep working longer.
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the reforms put forward will take away normal pensions for women and future jobs for young people. one for youths is unemployed and one in three can't find work that suits their qualifications. for weeks the communist party has been pushing for a countrywide referendum on the issue but the kremlin has ignored their attempts angering many. classes you would hear our people are working and sitting beside money for our retirements like the government wants us right to they have to take that's the way. he was when he was i am eighty eight years old and still have to work part time because we don't have money for meat and sausage that is disgraceful that. no one but you should pay it gets in and his colleagues should at least resign or be prosecuted in court the whole lot of them should be taken to
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court come on. polls show more than eighty percent of russians opposed to reform. their plans for further protests from other political parties. in the national address on wednesday president putin finally weighed in on russia's debate about pension reform mr putin watered down some of the most controversial aspects of the government's current plans most people i spoke to the. this demonstration we're not impressed by president putin's concessions to say the least. formula one world champion lewis hamilton has stunned ferrari fans by winning the italian grand prix to extend his lead in the standings the british mercedes driver got the better of both ferrari's in a thrilling race. thought it saudi and were hoping for an easy ferrari win on home
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tarmac at monza and their chances look good with camille reichen and sebastian vettel first and second on the grid. but calamity quickly ensued with germany's vettel clashing with his title rival lewis hamilton vettel complained to the verge of goals but stewards ruled it was a racing incident that would end up for. defending champion hamilton still have work to do to still victory at expertly passed right in just nine laps from the end his victory stings his lead over vettel to a healthy thirty points with seven races left versus what he did up to. see ferrari who put up a great challenge this weekend they really did amazing job and they giving us such a great fight and physically i just want to say q thank you to these guys and one back because without their support without their continued efforts this would be possible today the missing his driver was booed by ferrari fans when handed the
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trophy. but hamilton won't care a jot. last season's been to sleep the runners up shall have lost two nil at home to hit have been. held won one by promoted to sold off in sunday's other match the table after two weekends of the season has a slightly familiar look with bae and munich at the top. and had a surprisingly join them on six points from six at the bottom we can see it has been a bad start for a number of big clubs including shocker. and don't forget you can always get the news on the go it's really simple just download . from google pale from 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 the app to send us photos and videos.
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