major. car bomb blast took place during morning rush hour at a checkpoint authorities say at least 70 people were killed. after 2 weeks of bombardment from syria. 230000 people

most of them. government. and strong. and good to have you with us authorities in the capital mogadishu say at least 70 people have been killed by a car ball an explosion hit during morning rush hour at a busy security checkpoint is the most deadly attack to rock the somali capital this year. it was. the survivors of a massive truck bomb explosion being ferried to hospital out of all the attacks the capital suffered in 2019. this is the worst. kind of

knocked me to the ground with its force i've never seen such an explosion in my life. that i hoped it would mean by the mention of that violence of the blast took place as i was getting off a minibus i was on my way to work. my leg was injured so of course a few chuckles. the tangled wreckage on saturday morning the people of mogadishu were gearing up for the new working week when the bombers struck. a truck loaded with explosives was death tonight it out of a busy checkpoint the explosion led to many deaths and injuries. that was most of those who died here was students who were going to school and university there was a huge amada hop. in the middle of it

a bus ferrying students to classes and lectures but no one has claimed responsibility for the attack yet but scenes like this a primly familiar on the streets of the capital the u.n. backed government in mogadishu is struggling to take control of the country the militant islamist group al-shabaab has carried out deadly attacks here in the past now once again the people of this city are mourning their dead. or joining me now on the law is small the journalist of a below of those things we're walking you tell us about this attack. well the president of china margaret optimizer marjoe has offered his condolences to the families and the 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 there are many of us a packet of voters today and heading to a university was called talking about a deadly explosion that killed also scores over other people if you consider to be the fact that terrorists attacked iraq mogadishu in the concept decade alone after the focus of khobar bombing that killed more than $627.00 there's been no claim of responsibility as you mentioned them security operatives have 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 the exact location that was targeted with the vicar's a checkpoint at our buffer zone from mogadishu with security forces mine and and i believe mogadishu they say that no one has claimed responsibility 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. maser the impact of the attack and the

effects of falsities attack bears all the hallmarks of pop culture of attack in mogadishu if we remember a cousin of mine out about such a case a graduation ceremony of university students from the university of iowa killed in this minivan but never dreamed responsibility there was another deadly attack in 27 years the group's never claimed responsibility despite the market. but it's going to get delivered to the back in africa this is the 3rd time the has been no claim of responsibility despite at the high number of casualties u.k. talk or did say that they're going to need it investigation but the prime suspect in these attacks he's a merchant group al-shabaab and their parties on the level that issues that they focus on the host put in place by security forces to prevent that these 2 kind of explosions from entering the city is the reason as to why al-shabaab didn't enter the explosives at that security checkpoints or the security forces can be diverted

and focus more don't focus more rather on security move that it should so these vehicles target probably was not the things that checkpoint but it main intention was to cause more massive 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 that. say 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 at protesters with the towns and restrained participants the protesters are calling for chinese traders to leave hong kong activists have been demanding autonomy from china since june. the remains of 6 people have been recovered following a helicopter crash in hawaii a 7 is still missing helicopter came down on kawaii island

during a sightseeing tour. 2 children are reportedly among the dead. in chile police used tear gas and water cannons to break up anti-government protests demonstrations against president and you're a rock the country since october on friday he did a key demand of the protesters and set a date for a referendum on a new constitution. in northern syria more than 235000 people are reported to have fled their homes in. the united nations says the exodus began more than 2 weeks ago after syrian russian forces began an offensive on the region the last remaining rebel stronghold in syria and it's home to around $3000000.00 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 spade 2 week long

russian backed offensive in series last significant rebel held on clave the fortunate ones finding refuge with family or friends near the turkish border those less lucky have to shelter in the camps and often squalid conditions. in this rain the waters pouring into our tents are 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 then though did i become the wife of a martyr and i 5 children we need help i cannot live in tents we left our homes and fled the bombardment we needed me. but now with the.

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 . 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. well certainly the bushfires of alarmingly close to sit

within an hour or two's drive from the city center 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 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 are recently healthy so that's been one of the effects of the bushfires in the cities and of course it's much worse in the in the countryside and it's the country people who've really been suffering for the past few weeks in not only are all the foreign fighters 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 community is has become stressed and that was a point made by the mayor of the blue mountains in iran today who said look this sort of stress is 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 who don't step on died in this bushfire 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 caused the drought and what schools of climate change which were undoubtedly experiencing undoubtedly. the fuzz this year have been 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 factor for the bush fun he says that you know 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 you have to say that the effect of the smoke and the buzz of the past few weeks secondly to change 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. well 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 while those cyclists in adelaide stopped in their tracks to give the park's koala water after bottling after giving all 7 bottles to the family

their group cycled home thirsty in 40 degree heat. australia it is the animals natural habitat and the only place work while those can be found living in the wild were real. and i got a. tele so angle can only see minimally from the corner of his hands but the teenager is still one of the fastest swimmers his age in germany now he's beat the time needed to qualify for the paralympics a full 6 months before it's decided who gets to go to tokyo 2020. 7 team he's one of the fastest swimmers in germany and it is visually impaired and has a clear goal in shrewdness. i would be really excited to participate in the paralympics i would also be happy if i want a medal but i don't pressure myself too much because i don't handle pressure that

well and so forth but others are certainly. and keeping a cool head pays off in september when the gold medal and the pair are world cup in london now he already beat the paralympic qualifying time he trains 9 times a week to reach these goals because he sees less than 10 percent has a special way of staying in the pool lane is already here in his honor. i follow the black line on the floor and the rope on the side of the lane i can see some of the rope from the corner of my ice what is hard to guess is the distance to the wall to get that flip turn right on the event you can also. tell you those mother has been cheering him on since he started swimming at 5 she's proud that he manages to balance the schoolwork while breaking one personal best after the other. but that makes me happy because i know that he's happy but we can't get too used to

this he's been growing and growing in the past few years and when you're still growing your times automatically become better. now to continue training hard so that in june he can officially qualify for tokyo 2020. you're watching g.w. news from berlin coming up next world stories of the week in reporters get all the latest news information around the clock on our web site that's at the w dot com i'm terry martin thanks for watching. what secrets lie behind these walls. discover new adventures in 360 degree. and explore fascinating world heritage sites. d.w. world heritage 360 get the map now.