this is deja vu 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 30 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.

i'm nick spicer 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 abdulahi mohamad is blaming the jihadist al-shabaab group for the attack but no one has officially claimed responsibility. 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. i think that the media has not made to the ground with its force i've never seen such an explosion in my entire life william but i hope that even more mention of that was once a blast took place as i was getting off a minibus. i was on my way to work shut my eyes like got injured

so i'll show you. the tangled wreckage on saturday morning the people of mogadishu were gearing up for the new working week when the bombers struck. by their truck loaded with explosives was detonated at a busy control checkpoint the explosion led to many deaths and injuries. that was never said i was most of those who died here were students who were going to school or university. here job. in the middle of it a bus ferrying students to classes and is. 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 visa below what has the somali government's response to this attack been. well the federal government at issue is in partnership with the international populous a walking. thing of the impact of that explosion one of it is. to the international community to assist to evacuate some of the seriously wounded victims from 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 on doha bill specialized treatment and now on the ground as a situation. you have asked for locals to go to the local hospitals to

glasses because most of the victims are in dire need of blood and the country doesn't show anything at the moment so authorities are saying that the finale of heightened security in and around every topical 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 picked up because the militant group is no interest to the deadly attacks. and to prove that he's trimming the formidable 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. 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 this case. it's so tragic because most of the victims who died in these attacks are as students and they were 20 students in one box and they all perished in a single minute from the truck bomb so the chilling effect on the vast majority of young people especially for somalia where the population is very high of young people mourning all for the wrong. doctors and potential lawyers who all lost their lives in both a strike that has not yet been claimed responsibility for but overall on social media is growing busy a sympathy or. 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 of the energy that comes in just briefly if you would what needs to happen and 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 that are no entity strong yeah so the government in mogadishu says that it's limited in that the past 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 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 this militant group is 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 took. them public and they're asking the international community to keep to the expectation to empower the tentacle to call does at a time when general elections are due to take place next year an african union troops have been in the country for almost more than one decade now as opposed to

the country so the government wants to support it security sector reform to be able to contain this insurgency and secure the country again thanks 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 lebanon hundreds of protesters rallied outside the home of the country's new prime minister demonstrators fired flares and demanded the resignation of. who is backed by hezbollah and lebanon is facing its worst political crisis in decades protests against corruption and mismanagement have gripped the country since october. algeria president abdul majeed to boot has named an educator and diplomatic as the new prime minister abdul aziz gera just said his top challenge would be to regain the confidence of algerian society protest against algeria is the political

establishment have persisted since to boone was elected earlier this month algeria spoke pro-democracy movement boycotted the election. india's main opposition party has been holding rallies against a disputed new citizenship law congress party leader raul gandy said the government was ignoring the will of the people by pushing the laws through it fast track citizenship for non muslim migrants from afghanistan bangladesh and pakistan. over $6000.00 families in western kenya are affected by flooding from heavy rains that began on christmas eve the residents of kisumu fear the flooding could become worse while they wait for aid to arrive east africa is experiencing abnormally heavy rains due to 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. make children food went with the water the school shoes and the books for the kids to my belongings and i don't know where i will go to. there's no place to sleep and we don't even have tents no water to drink and i have children in college as well as in secondary and primary schools. adult court it started on christmas night has left home some businesses supp merged this week's floods are the latest to hit kenya earlier heavy rains have already forced thousands of people to evacuate many have started to return to clean up their homes but this week's poor has those hopes residents look at the tide of brown water with anxiety and gloom. australia is bracing for its bushfire crisis to worsen as the heat wave sends temperatures into the forty's the widespread fires are also devastating

australian wildlife including koalas cyclists near the city of adelaide happened across this part koala on the road in 40 degree heat cyclists said the koala approached them and climbed onto a bicycle appearing to be seeking help they gave a koala all 7 bottles of their water. and for morris trailers 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 were quite so lucky as a stray these environment minister says up through 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 koalas that may perished since this fire . began in september you got to remember that from a very small population to begin with there's less than 100000 koalas in the wild

or this thought to be now this video we're seeing here is actually not the only video of thirsty koalas to emerge in recent months we've seen others and straightens 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 fire hit regions now it's not guaranteed that that money will actually use for that cause all that the stations could be built in time to help koalas in this particular fire season has 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 has been stretching on for some time they've had to give up time and consequently income what's being done to help them well as straight as 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 have to take time off work and pay

bills now the prime minister has announced this is scott morrison you might remember he's the man who 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 be broadened out across all of the nations to make sure that all of those volunteers have 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 straight is one of the straightest most famous and iconic events is actually being targeted the sydney new year's eve celebration the fireworks that type place around the high. 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 canceled

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. all right thanks for that. toledo angle is one of the fastest swimmers his age in germany and he's 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. times last 17 he's one of the fastest swimmers in germany. is physically impaired and has a clear goal in stride and as a result for another part of the face of us is i would be really excited to participate in the paralympics i would also be happy if i want to medal but i don't pressure myself too much because i don't handle pressure to 12 and so forth until

brothers or the children sort of come. and keeping a cool head pays off in september or won the gold medal in 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 only ingenious. 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 t.v. you can also. tell easels 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 i 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 like

this. now to continue training hard so that in june he can officially qualify for tokyo 2020 and you're of course watching t.v. news live from berlin stay tuned for more news at the top of the hour and thanks for watching. where i come from we have to fight for a free press and was born and raised in a military dictatorship with just one t.v. shadow and a few newspapers with official information as a journalist i have worked at all of the streets like many cantors and they have problems.