in email. in. this is d w news live from berlin a suicide bomber strikes at the heart of somalia's capital mogadishu is the most group al-shabaab says it's responsible for the attack as part of its years long campaign to overthrow somalia's government at least six people are dead many more injured and also on the program here in germany thousands have been demonstrating in the eastern city of kemet against far right extremism. germany's foreign minister heikal ma says more citizens should be standing up for tolerance after

a weekend in my school protests. and russian president vladimir putin faces all going anger over his plans to raise the pension age with thousands taking to the streets today in moscow that's despite the concessions putin made earlier this week . hello and welcome my name is christopher bring it thanks for joining us after a period of relative calm the somalian capital market issue has again been targeted by a terror attack at least six people died earlier today including two children on a suicide bomber detonated a vehicle full of explosives near a local government office fourteen people were also injured in the blast the islamist militant group al-shabaab has claimed responsibility. for these plumes of smoke from the explosion was 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. 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 safe 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

and the whole scene was very ugly. part of. the militant group al-shabaab claimed responsibility immediately they're trying to overthrow somalis internationally backed government. here in germany people have been demonstrating again in the eastern city of kenneth's today to take a stand against far right violence racism event comes after a divisive week of anti immigrant protests and counter protests sparked by the fatal stabbing of a german national last week and two asylum seekers are currently in custody over that killing. saxony state premier michel chrisma received a friendly welcome when he visited chemists on sunday he said he'd come to the city to support those who are making a stand against violence and for mutual respect. shipment is a fun show i chose to attend this event because i think it's important to be there

when the people of chemists come together to show the world that democracy and the rule of law are important to them they don't want people to let their emotions run away with them or for anyone especially the most vulnerable to come to harm that foreign minister who had a similar message. you know it's whether extremist elements get hurt in our society depends on how loud the voices of the decent people are and that's why i think we need to raise our voices more to call for a more open international and tolerant society. the two thousand people attending a rally organized by the lutheran church on sunday were far from loud but their message was clear. it was important for us to put on an event that did not polarize people further or push people further apart instead we wanted to focus on what unites us. and. the people of kemet started throwing in the streets in the early afternoon in a protest organized by

a private citizen who said he simply wanted to do something to improve the situation in his town i was ten i can only hope that this is just the beginning of something for the whole country we have to be honest about it the problem is not confined to the city of kemet. so people were out on the streets of k minutes again but this time in the name of peace. ok we're going to catch up now with some of the other stories making news around the world large crowds have turned out for the funeral of a pro russian rebel leader oleksandr. was killed in an explosion in eastern ukraine last week russia's foreign ministry has accused ukraine of organizing his murder. was blamed his death on separatist infighting. u.s. defense secretary james mattis has canceled three hundred million dollars in aid to pakistan and citing a lack of decisive action against militants in the country the u.s. believes pakistan has allowed several terror groups operate freely especially near its border with afghanistan the u.s.

secretary of state is due to visit pakistan next week. israeli prime minister binyamin netanyahu has praised the separate decision by washington to end its decades long funding of the united nations agency that provides aid for palestinian refugees that are you know who said the money should instead be you. used to quote rehabilitate the refugees the us had been the agency's largest you know palestinians have condemned that decision. now in russia thousands of people have been demonstrating today against 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 earn enough to survive after widespread criticism of the plans president vladimir putin announced concessions earlier this week but many russians are still angry. some ten thousand people gathered in central moscow for a protest organized by the communist party. they opposed 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. 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. nassir you would hear our people are working and setting aside 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 putin and his colleagues should at least resign or be prosecuted in court the whole lot of them should be taken to court q come on but. polls show more than eighty percent of russians opposed to to reform. their plans for further protests from other political parties. in a 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 were not impressed by president putin. to say the least. turning to egypt now where the government has ratified

a new social media law that critics able to finance political dissent the law gives the government new powers to moments of people with large online followings it's part of a series of bills introduced by president sisi taking aim at so-called cyber crime and the city international has criticized the president calling the recent legislation an assault on online freedoms the group says the legislation is quote vaguely defined and could allow the government to sense that any dissent on social media. we're going to get more on this now from. one of my egyptian colleagues who's been following this story for us walk us through what's happening here why is the government with the egyptian government cracking down on people with all these social media followers the government doesn't actually say that it cracks down on people with large social media accounts it says that it's introducing this law as you said is part of a larger package of laws to crackdown partially on fake news and to maintain the

security of the country now why social media as our viewers may already know during egypt's version of the arab spring social media was a huge part of of the uprising and during this time you had a large group large groups of activists who in a very short time gained a very large following and the hundred thousands and some of them even in the millions and. egypt the state's control over. traditional media outlets like newspapers and t.v. stations is pretty tight whether it's public broadcasters or private t.v. stations and social media was really the last front where you could get some dissent you could get some free expression but the state had so far not been able to regulate it in the way that it regulates traditional media and basically what they did with this law is. treat social media accounts as media media companies which if anything shows that the state's misunderstanding of what social media is and how the internet operates and in many ways it's another tool of

control essentially is what you're saying when in many ways yes and you know we heard on the international saying you know this is an assault on line freedoms what is the effect of this legislation likely to be. my estimation is that the effect on this law on the ground is not going to be huge because the egyptian state has not been waiting for this law to actually crack down on social media activists they have been doing this for a while in may a very prominent social media activist was essentially taken from his home in the middle of the night we had from him was in message. on his facebook saying i'm being arrested now but what this does is that it gives the state an official reason to make moves like this it basically puts down on paper a practice that they've been something that they've been practicing for the past three or four years three or four years with impunity and pretty systematically now when we're talking about the effect that this could have on activists of course this is going to make them express less. places like twitter and facebook and you

tube are not going to be places where they go to express their opinions i've talked to some activists to get their opinion about how this is going to affect their work and one of them said something that was very striking which is that. we activists don't really have cannot really trust media anymore and this is going to be an opportunity for us to try to start looking for alternative platforms she said just as they found social media and twenty eleven twenty twelve now it is the historically defining moment to see if there are other platforms and it remains to be seen when and how and what these platforms are going to be absolutely and you'll be keeping tabs on that for us for him many thanks for that background. we're going to turn to rwanda now where voting has begun in parliament or elections which are being held over the next three days more than seven million voters eligible to vote in the east african country rwanda is of course still scarred by the genocide of one thousand nine hundred four when hutu extremists targeted the

minority community this is the first election since then in which independent candidates are being allowed to stand when a young candidate from small parties are also vying for a seat but the governing rwanda patriotic from two is still expected to cement its absolute majority in parliament. there was a party atmosphere in the rwandan capital kigali on the last day of campaigning before the three day parliamentary polls. 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 with our party and our policies. that. there's little doubt that the are for once again when the majority of mandates in the a.b.c. parliament until now the rwandan 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 a 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 drum up investment to keep rwanda's positive development going. now don't forget you can always get to w. news all the go just download all app from google play or from the apple store if you access to all the latest news from around the world as well as to push

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