david and this is climate change drugs that sex house in 3 books you get smarter for free you know where you books are neutral. this is deja news live from berlin somalia's capital mogadishu is rocked by a massive truck bomb. blast took place during morning rush hour at a busy checkpoint authorities say almost 80 people were killed many more injured also coming up. australia braces for more bushfires after days of cooler

weather over christmas temperatures are set to soar above 40 degrees celsius. on exposure thanks for joining us authorities in the somali capital mogadishu say at least 78 people have been killed by a truck bomb somalia's president mohammed abdul hakim mohamad is blaming the jihadist al-shabaab group for the attack but no one has officially claimed responsibility. it was. 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. i've been here all the beauty of it knocked me to the ground with its force i've never seen such an explosion in my entire life william but i hope that even with the mention

of that was once a blast took place as i was getting off a minibus. also on the road i was on my way to work the short of it my leg got injured some of. the tangled wreckage on saturday morning the people of mogadishu were gearing up for the new working week when the bomber struck. by a truck loaded with explosives was detonated at a busy control checkpoint the explosion led to many deaths and injuries. that was. most of those most of those who died here were students who were going to school or university. here john. but in the middle of it a bus ferrying students to classes and lectures. no one has claimed responsibility for the attack yet but scenes like this of quickly familiar on the

streets of the capital the un 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. and joining me now on the line is somali journalist he's below what has the somali government's response to this attack been. well the federal government that issue is in partnership with the international populous a walking drifting of a. deadly explosion one of it. to the international community to assist evacuate some of the seriously wounded victims for special treatment abroad and the state of christian undertake yet 2 of the countries willing to send a medical team medical bring. some of the wounded people to you stumble and don't

have a specialized treatment and now on the ground as a situation. you have asked for locals to go to the local hospitals to a journey because most of the victims are in dire need of blood and the country doesn't actually at the moment so although it is a thing that doesn't now if i can security in and around every couple city of mogadishu the country's most populous city and a frequent hot spot for a deadly militant attack and so because he has been beefed up because the militant group is known to the deadly attacks. as the counter and to prove that it could mean that formidable or somalia and that it comes despite assurances from the government and the international partners that security has improved in the past couple of months and how are the people in mogadishu itself coping with this attack . well the country also might have undergone maritime one for the past 3 decades

and one thing that has made the public in that country more resilient is the constant number of attacks and the constant number of deaths they've been able to witness time in the game and these cases lead to so tragic because most of the victims who died in these attacks are students and there were 20 students in one box and they all perished in a single minute from the truck bomb so do you have a chilling effect on the vast majority of young people especially for somalia where the population is a very high of young people morning or for the wrong. carriage and doctors and potential lawyers who all lost their lives you know involved a strike that has not yet been claimed responsibility for but overall on social media is growing busy sympathy or. trying to challenge the government to eradicate al-shabaab and come up with a strong security measure to ensure that the young people in somalia are not forced to flee the country but not in the queue that comes in just briefly if you would

what needs to happen is for the situation to change. well the federal government in mogadishu says that it is trying its level best in its capacity to handle and contain the militant group insurgency and to the strong yeah so the government in mogadishu says that it's limited in that capacity in one sense that it's a blockade and an arms embargo rather by the international community the u.n. security council that is imposing $1002.00 that is limiting the federal government of somalia from giving weapons to their forces to be able to tackle the militant group head on one of the arguments that the generals are giving in somalia. the same weapon these militant groups are using is the same one that is posed that the government is using so it will be very hard for them to go ahead on monday might use what you to god. the bible says they're upping the trust of the liturgy to keep

to the expectation to empower the country security forces at a time when general elections are due to take place next year and african union troops have been in the country for almost more than one decade now are supposed to exist the country so the government wants to support its security sector reform to be able to contain this insurgency and secure the country ok i think there's a lot at stake somali journalist abdul aziz below thanks for that time now to take a look at some of the other stories making news around the world. in a lebanon hundreds of protesters rallied outside the home of the country's new prime minister demonstrators fired flares and demanded the resignation of has sandia who is backed by hezbollah was lebanon is facing its worst political crisis in decades protests against corruption and mismanagement have gripped the country since october. algeria's president. has

named an educator and diplomat as prime minister in our village these jerad said his challenge would be to regain the confidence of algerian society protests against algeria as political establishment have persisted since to boone was elected earlier this month syria's pro-democracy movement boycotted the election. 3 skiers were killed when they were buried by an avalanche on a ski slope in south tyrol in italy a woman in 2 girls all german nationals died when a sheet of snow broke lose above the total zakes slope at 2400 metres elevation 2 other people were injured in the incident. over 6000 families in western kenya are affected by flooding from heavy rains that began on christmas eve the residents of kids soon move fear the flooding could become worse while they wait for aid to iraq east africa is experiencing abnormally heavy rains juge of the

indian ocean being warmer than usual. in the kenyan county of kisumu water has crept everywhere residents struggle to find safe and dry places away from the muddy waters they are appealing to the government for help. feed my children food went with the water and the books for the kids to my belongings outside here and i don't know where i will go to. there's no place to sleep we don't even have tents no water to drink and i have children in college as well as in secondary and primary schools. to adult court it started on christmas night is left homes and businesses sup merged this week's floods are the latest to hit kenya earlier heavy rains had already forced thousands of people to evacuate many had started to return to clean up their homes but this week stubborn poor has those hopes residents look

at the tide of brown water with anxiety and gloom. australia is bracing for it but it's bushfire crisis to worsen as a heat wave temperatures into the forty's widespread fires are also devastating to australian wildlife including koalas. cyclists near the city of adelaide happened across this koala on the road in 40 degree heat and cyclists in the koala prochoice them and climbed onto a bicycle appearing to be seeking help and gave the koala all 7 bottles of their water video of the incident has gone viral online and for more on australia's bushfire crisis i'm joined by the reporter joel dahl roy thanks for being here joel one lucky koala made it on to social media but there are many many more out there who weren't quite so lucky is a stray these environment minister says up to one 3rd of all koalas in one particularly hard hit region may have died in the recent fire season another

estimate says that it could be around $1000.00 koalas that may have perished since this fire season began in september you've got to remember that from a very small population to begin with there's less than 100000 koalas in the wild or there's thought to be now this video was seeing here is actually not the only video thirsty koalas to emerge in recent months we've seen others and stray the ones are reaching into their pockets to try and help the koalas and online donation site has raised several $1000000.00 to try and fund drinking stations for koalas. regions now it's not guaranteed that that money will actually use for that cause all the stations could be built in time to help koalas in this particular fire season it's been a pretty devastating fire season bob by all accounts and a lot of the firefighters i think the great majority are in fact volunteers this is been stretching on for some time they've had to give up time and consequently income what's being done to help them while the strays prime minister has just

announced a new compensation scheme for volunteer firefighters he says that they can apply to have up to around 20 days of their time paid if they've been volunteering over this season that's to help them in case they you know had to take time off work and pay . bill's now the prime minister has announced this is scott morrison you might remember he's the man who famously went on holidays over the christmas period to hawaii in the middle of this terrible crisis he caught a lot of criticism for that and now he's attempting to play a bit of political catch up the scheme that he's announced is actually only going to be for volunteer firefighters in one particular state and there are calls for this scheme to broaden out across all of the nations to make sure that all of those volunteers who've been putting in time can be compensated for this service and just briefly i understand there's some other ideas coming from society about helping compensate for the cost of all this right strain is $1.00 of the straightest most famous and iconic events is actually being targeted the sydney new use eve

celebration the fireworks that take place around sydney harbor every year this is a spectacular event that's due to around the world and city spends around $5000000.00 on these fireworks well now one petition is calling for this event to be cancelled and for all that money to be used to try and fund a release across the country now city's mayor says that's not going to happen the money has already been spent on preparations and the event will go ahead ok. thanks for that. time for sports now toledo angle is one of the fastest swimmers his age in germany and is nearly blind now he's beaten the time needed to qualify for the paralympics 6 months before the final decision on who gets to go to tokyo in 2020. 7 team he's one of the fastest swimmers in germany and it is physically impaired and has

a clear goal is written as. 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 in the. weather's certain. and keeping a cool head pays off in september when the gold medal and the para 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. 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. tallies us 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. and you're of course watching d.w. news from birth then you know up to date thanks for watch. clips of it becoming. more linked to news from africa and the moral story link to exceptional stories and discussions from all uses easy and while it's 90 deputed come smart click out join us on facebook at g.w. africa.