this is. the blast took place during morning rush hour at a busy checkpoint authorities say at least 70 people were killed in. syria after 2 weeks of bombardment from syrian russian forces. 30000 people are

fleeing most of them women and children. even more wildfires. are. good to have you with us authorities in the somali capital mogadishu say at least 70 people have been killed 'd by a car bomb explosion more fears the death toll could rise a government spokesman says the bomb was detonated during the morning rush hour at a busy security checkpoint several university students are reported to be among the dead no group has claimed responsibility for.

well joining me now on the law is small the journalist bill is east of below those things what can you tell us about this attack. well the president of china margaret optimizer marjoe has offered his condolences to the families and victims of those who lost their loved ones in today's a deadly attacks ex control of glory on the outskirts of because you are as you mentioned but the majority of the people who died in that attack were university students actually a minivan back to be devoted to the heading to a university was caught up in back a deadly explosion that killed also scores of other people it's considered to be deferred. a terrorist attack to rock mogadishu in the constant decade alone after that 4 people khobar bombing that killed more than 617 others there's been no claim of responsibility as you mentioned them security operatives of heightened security i don't have a serious is that he's around the corner so they don't want to be caught by any

surprises yet and that it appears that location was targeted with the vicar to check point out buffer zone from a visual signal to mine. and then leave mogadishu they say that no one has claims possibility for the attack so far but there must be suspects what are authorities saying in terms of who they think might have carried out this attack. resources and the impact of the attack and the effects of falsities attack there's all the hallmarks of pop culture of attack in mogadishu if we remember a cousin of mine out of our graduation ceremony of university students from the diversity that got killed in this minivan but never dreamed responsibility there was another deadly attack in just 7 years the group never claimed responsibility despite the market. but it's going to be delivered to the back in africa this is

the 3rd time that there's been no claim of responsibility despite at the high number of casualties u.k. talk or did say that they're going to get investigations of the prime suspect in these attacks these emergent group al-shabaab and their parties on the level that issues face their problems on the field put in place by security forces to prevent that the 2 kind of explosions from entering the city is the reason as to why al-shabaab didn't enter the explosives at that security checkpoint so that security forces can be diverted and focus more don't focus more rather on security look at issues for these vehicles target probably was not that is that checkpoint but a main intention was to cause more market damage inside the city center which it was unable to access. thank you very much for filling us in the somali journalist abdul aziz below. now let's take a look at some of the other stories making headlines around the world today in hong kong police dressed like protesters have arrested several people during

a demonstration at a shopping mall plainclothes officers lashed out of protesters with the tones and restrained participants the protesters are calling for chinese traders to leave hong kong activists have been demanding autonomy from china since. in chile police used tear gas water cannon to break up protests demonstrations against presidents about symphony ever have rocked the country since october on friday penury heated a key demand of the protesters and such a date for a referendum on a new constitution. in northern syria more than 235000 people reported to have fled their homes in live province the united nations says the eggs this began more than 2 weeks ago after syrian and russian forces began an offensive on the region it live is the last remaining rebel stronghold in syria and is home 3000000 people including many displaced from other parts of the

country. bumper to bumper traffic on the road towards the turkish border people packed into cars and trucks with whatever they could take with them displaced by a 2 week long russian backed offensive in series last significant rebel held enclave the fortunate ones finding refuge with family or friends near the turkish border those less lucky have to shelter in the camps in often squalid conditions. in this rain the water's pouring into a chance of the children have no clothes and are falling sick from the cold we have nothing it's a terrible state these tents are really cold and you can see what it's like here. it's estimated that 80 percent of the displaced are women and children and many don't know where to go next when and if they can leave the camps. and though did

i become the wife of a modern i have 5 children and we need help i cannot live in tents we left our homes and fled the bombardment we need a. button with. but un funded supplies to syria may stop entirely in the new year last week russia and china vetoed a u.n. security council resolution that would have extended deliveries throughout 2020. 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 across the country over the last 6 weeks at least 9 people have been killed . of more let's cross over to journalist roger maynards in sydney rodger bushfires

have been raging around sydney for weeks now what effect is this having on every day life there. well certainly the bush fires are alarmingly close to. within an hour or two's drive from the city center that so that's a bit of a worry for people but the biggest concern has been the smoke which has blanketed much of new south wales now for much of the past fortnight or so are that so busy doing to us that people will read into it what is this dangerous at the root of all problems and it's always a very unpleasant to smell and to bridge the cell even if you were recently healthy so that's been one of the bigger fixes that was filed in the cities and of course it's much worse in the in the countryside and is the country people have 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 worried about losing

their homes and and the threat to their own lives as well so you know the whole community is 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 stresses affecting families you know they're living with the daily threat to their homes and also the threat to the to human life and as you rightly mentioned just now 9 people. 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 supers debate about what schools the drones and what schools the climate change which were undoubtedly experiencing undoubtedly. the fuzz this year of being much more intense and much more extensive than they have been in previous years but the prime minister scott morrison refuses

to directly blame any particular effect for the bush he says that. he's reluctant to take any firm action against climate change which might affect the economy and remember the australian owns about $60000000000.00 a year from exports of coal and relies very heavily to an 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 we have to say that the effect of the smoke on the fires of the past few weeks is certainly to change public opinion and 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. the highers are also threatening the lives of cornwall is in australia and 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 qualities cyclists in adelaide stopped in their tracks to give the parched koala water. after giving all 7 portals to the animal the group cycled home thirsty in 40 degree heat it's all strength is the animal's natural habitat and the only place where all those can be found living in the wild real. fear is coming to an end in here d.w. are taking a look back at stories from our correspondents around the world that inspired us our next report takes is to south africa and efforts to protect the endangered african penguin you know use a dream creation is that it conservationists working to save the penguins from extinction. for. one last chance to relax together before things starts to get uncomfortable. an appointment with dr roberts is not

something these penguins seem to be looking forward to so at the moment putting doing is we're just checking the penguins and making sure that they're all ready for release so we each one has his own this is made of this what he had he was 70 percent oil and he was emaciated he was really underweight conservationists take in sea birds in peril and try to prepare them to be released back into the wilds thousands of injured animals come here every year some will stay here forever as they would not so wife in their nature will have the tents. but these birds might not be here in the long term. they are in danger of extinction it's quite possible the penguin can go extinct in the future and we've had a dramatic declines in one numbers even between the concert last year and this year the numbers of dropped by about 2000 breeding pairs so we have less than $20000.00

breeding pairs that's scary though. these penguins 1st have to spend time in a small box but only briefly until they have fully recovered and are ready to return to the why did this. in simon's town one of the few remaining thing green colonies they are really. oh. i. i i. it went really well. so quickly they didn't get confused the crowd was very polite and not too noisy so that didn't scare the penguins and they were they went straight out in the direction they should have gone and really we can see them i think there's one head sticking out over there so now the threats that they face of the same. all the other wild penguins people need to think about the impacts of what they're doing and how they can affect anything once but all of the sea life and other wildlife that song is in danger from human interaction. still the message

seems to have got through to the hundreds of people in the crowd over here we have a lot of folk musicians who are trying to save the oceans and animals in and obviously the pingers were being rehabilitated and then put back in but there's a lot more we can do is you must do more to protect them because you see what is happening at sea this is not only used to be the last big problem however the biggest threats to the african penguin is the like a fish not enough. in the oceans due to overfishing. and the worst case scenario of the last african penguin colony will die out in 20 or 30 years but people here definitely want to prevent that from happening. and there are. the top stories we're following for you here today on the w.b. police in somalia say more than 70 people have been killed and many others injured

by a massive car bomb in mogadishu almost at the native during the morning rush hour at a busy security check. you're watching news coming to you live from berlin up next the best groups with some of the music show's star performances and most comedic moments from 2019 i'm terry martin thanks for being with us. and for. language courses. video. anytime anywhere. yes.