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have you with us authorities. say at least 70 people have been killed by a car bomb explosion injured dozens more. the death toll. or. the attack. or. can you tell us about this attack. it was so far this is the deadliest attack to rock mogadishu in 19 and the death toll according to the lancet this is the only
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medical emergencies of its operating in the silence capital that 76 people have been killed in the blast and more than 100 have been hospitalized now exactly 20 of those killed university students from the bin at this university who perished while they were traveling to a boat with the 2 in a minivan and that's when the truck bomb detonated outside x. control of goods houses of mogadishu killing 76 people so authorities are saying that there launched an immediate investigation as to how that attack reached and there is no claim of responsibility yet so far all parties now are struggling and calling people at the public rather to go to medical centers and donate blood in order to save lives so this is the deadliest attack iraq move that issue so far and comes amid a month of improvement in security in the capital mogadishu is it clear what the target of this attack was or was it simply aimed at just dispersing as many people
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killing as many people as possible. well i have heard into the government as objective over the militant group al-shabaab is to cause massive casualties at any given time during any attack and the main aim is to cause global headlines so that they can be seen as a deadly force in them over the issue and the can also be seen as a power for terrorist organization in the larger horn of africa region so they sacked reasons why these places targeted remains unclear but then again that's control of was the last defense position of movie shoot is where government forces of a security checkpoint from which they wanted to vehicles that enter and leave around the capital city mogadishu so after these tires it raises more questions of how the government can monitor 100 full security of a city that's has a population of more than 3000000 people and is under constant and deadly attack from other militant group al-shabaab abilities thank you very much for bringing us
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up to date there that was disease a bailer speaking to us from mogadishu decades upon rest and poor security in small forced many people to leave the country in the 1990 s. civil war broke out and thousands of small and fled with many of them ending up in refugee camps in neighboring kenya 30 years later the makeshift camps have become a permanent home for many somalis but aid cuts mean already difficult conditions could soon get worse. it's a city that wasn't supposed to be but dar dab is now written on kenya's map the refugee camp in the country's east is home 220-0000 people who fled conflict in neighboring somalia. mohammad abdi abdul he says it's the only home he knows he was raised here married and had children so i look to how it's very difficult to spend
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my life stuck here. we have freedom of movement. and that is a basic human right. and i do a lot of. mohammad is not allowed to leave the camp nor is he allowed to work for 28 year old can't escape his refugee status. he's you have a few of my friends have killed themselves and happens often here. is how to go. and life is set to get worse people here depend on donations but they are decreasing the world food program's budget has been cut which means food in the camp has been reduced to 70 percent of the recommended rations. they think. mohammed visits the grave of his father who died in the camp he fears that he too
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will one day succumb to the same fate. as catch up on some of the stories making headlines around the world today in hong kong police dressed like protestors have arrested several people during a demonstration at a shopping mall plainclothes officers lashed out at protesters with the tongs and restrained her to suppress the protesters are calling her chinese traders to leave hong kong activists have been demanding autonomy from china since. in chile police used tear gas and water cannon to break up anti-government protests demonstrations against president sebastian pinera have rocked the country since october on friday pinera heated a key demand of the protesters and set it date for a referendum on a new constitution. and russia's defense minister says its new intercontinental hypersonic misawa became operational on friday according to the
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kremlin the missiles travel up to 27 times the speed of sound and can make sharp turns allowing them to evade missile interceptor systems. the australian government has called up the army to help fight wildfires burning out of control near sydney australia's largest city authorities are bracing for an extreme heat wave this weekend following a few days of cooler weather fire has destroyed vegetation on millions of hectares of land to across the country over the last 6 weeks at least 9 people have been killed. over more let's cross over to journalist roger maynards in sydney roger bushfires have been raging around sydney for weeks now what effect is this having on every day life there. oh suddenly the bush fires a alarmingly close to. within an hour or two's drive from the city center so
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that's a bit of a worry of the people but the biggest concern has been the smoke which is blanketed much of new south wales now for much of the past fortnight or so and that's all busy doing just that people with breathing difficulties is dangerous at the root of all problems and it's always a very unpleasant to smell and to breathe the self even if you were recently healthy so that's been one of the big fixes that was filed in the cities and of course it's much worse in the in the countryside and is the country people who've really been suffering for the past few weeks in an orderly are all the firefighters putting themselves at risk but of course the people generally are worried about losing their homes and and the threat to their own lives as well so you know the whole communities has become stressed and that was a point made by the mayor of the blue mountains earlier on today who said look this sort of stress is affecting families you know they're living with the daily threat
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to their homes and also the threat to the to human life and as you rightly mentioned just now 9 people who don't save on died in this crisis and something like 8 or 900 homes have been lost so it's affecting a lot of people and it permeates throughout the country. many are linking the intensity of the bushfires to climate change what's the government's response to that. well. the super has debate about what schools the drones and what schools the climate change which were undoubtedly experiencing undoubtedly. to fuzz this year of being much more intense and much more extensive than it had been in previous years but the prime minister scott morrison refuses to directly blame any particular effect for the bush he says that you know he's reluctant to take any action against climate change which might affect the
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economy and remember the australian owns about $60000000000.00 a year from exports of coal and relies very heavily to him coal fired power stations for electricity so he doesn't want to do anything that's going to going to harm the economy on the other hand you have to say that the effect of the smoke and the buzz of the past few weeks is suddenly changed public opinion and was certainly morrison and its government will come under. increasing pressure to change their mind when it comes to action on climate change roger thank you very much for your insights that was journalist roger maynard there in sydney. thank you. well the fires are also threatening the lives of coal wall is in australia it's feared that thousands of the animals have died in the blazes rescuers and good samaritans are doing what they can to save the endangered qualis cyclists in adelaide stopped in their tracks to give a parched koala water after giving all 7 bottles to the animal the group cycled
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home thirsty in 40 degree heat and strangely it is the animal's natural habitat and the only players recall those can be found living in the wild. well the 1st half of the current bonus league season has offered plenty of surprises relative newcomers sit top of the table right behind them in 2nd place are mentioned recalling that club's glory days of the 970. mark gotos a style of play has been a big part of black box success pressing high up the pitch quick transition between defense and attack more push towards goals the results of the 1st season half were impressive. this is a teacher we're enjoying being higher up in the standings because it's important that we understand what's happening this is special for us but it's not by chance
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we've worked hard for this week after week in the whole 1st half of the season and we're proud. of setbacks during the 1st season half didn't throw gladbach off balance newcomers brail mbulelo and marcus today are a perfect fit for the system and a boost for team spirit. from the start we've gotten along well even off the pitch for in the locker room to see what you can see that on the pitch to every player who gets a chance shows the coach what qualities he has being successful together is the most important thing in mind some a. strong cohesion and successful football that's what characterizes. at the moment. and it brings back memories of the 1970 s. when the club was one of the best and your. corrupt office. is a club that has definitely made a lot of history. at the moment we are in the process of putting the whole thing
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back on stable footing so that when it comes to that this tradition and the president are certainly very closely connected. to the ground work has been laid for making more history and mentioned. the annual sydney to hobart yacht race in australia has come to an end with comanche 1st finish the journey spanning around 630 nautical miles when she made the bold move to track further out to sea than the rest of the competition it wasn't smooth sailing for the race leader as the yacht came to a complete standstill at one point but eventually the tactic paid off comanche claimed their 3rd so-called line all hers finishing the race in one day 18 hours and 30 minutes.
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just reminder of the top stories we're following for you here today. police in. people have been killed. in the. morning rush hour at a busy security. has been called in to help fight wildfires raging near the country's largest city. you're watching news coming. up next.
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