i think the people in mogadishu are going around about their business.the political elite are very involved in moving around this issue, but the average citizen in the city is going about their way. in terms of actual tensions, yes, there was some gunfire at midnight on the seventh, technically the eighth, but it is not at a level where people are fearing that it is going to lead to violence. ultimately, i think what we need to sort of understand is this will also pass. i don't think somalia is going to retract into violence. but what we really need to stay clear of is the rhetoric that is heating up and making the country more unstable than it actually is. yes, we need to come up with solutions and pass an electoral model that everyone is satisfied with, but not to the detriment or the backtracking of the state of affairs for this country. mohammed: we've run out of time. we will have to leave the conversation there. thank you so much to all of our guests, matt bryden, hodan ali, and afyare elmi. and thank you, too, for watching. you can see the program

and what was happening in mogadishu also was a reflection. that. the presidential aspirants who are. not mobilized the people of mogadishu all yesterday so that's not the case i have a confidence in the in that and the other things and the big the big and obvious to me the points that this election has is the case which has been mentioned and the somaliland case and the case of again the region in particular the gather. and was in power for 9 years and he has never controlled get the region particularly and got a bihari they never recognized him and he has never been president i've been listening and he repeated 3 times calling some former president. state presidents. what the reality on the ground is i am a mother has never been the president or. one region is controlled by shabab and i'm in the region it was free for all men years and here confidence few call it what is willing to smile ok so pointing the finger to talk for far is this is not good all right so now instead of us about how to move forward because of others to cover here if you don'

today security forces opened fire against peace rally in mogadishu this happened as the event was being widely watched in the media and the world as a result of this some have died and others were wounded but prime minister mohammad says opposition fighters fired the 1st shots every citizen has the right to demonstrate peacefully and for the security services to be the ones to guard the demonstrators and ensure their safety but we will not accept demonstrations guarded by forces outside the state apparatus this is unacceptable the constitution does not accept and we won't accept any shape or form. several people were injured in buildings around the airport destroyed by rocket propelled grenade launched by an identified man. 3 other presidential candidates were also caught up in an exchange of gunfire between security forces and a known gunman at a hotel in the city on friday q the president of ordering the attack saying it was an attempt to assassinate them mogadishu is now calm but tense many people say they want an end to the security and sat in but they also know the longer their pol

let's bring in our guests in mogadishu hossain shaikh founder and chairman of the think tank here is that you that in birmingham the. political analyst and doctoral student of the university of birmingham in minneapolis minnesota muhammad ali has and founder and president of the so mali american peace council war welcome to you all her saying why haven't elections been held on time as per the per the law. well is the question that everybody is asking why is is not the 1st time actually that the. election is delayed from its. date but this time what is. happening is this. is coming at a time that there is no agreement on a mobile the. and it would have to call agreement where all actors are happy with that kind of model that people have. a shot. on this elections so. 2012 it was delayed almost a year 201678 it was delayed and at 5 months but that was what was tabled and this because this time it's more contentious and the current president not be forthcoming and giving the big stick almost a confidence that the when ted from the cabinet and it's ok muhammad who should we blame for thi

dispute with regional leaders over how to hold the vote talks between the central government in mogadishu and somalia's 5 federal states collapsed on friday for macho says the leaders of jubilant and point lead are scuttling a deal to hold indirect parliamentary elections but they accuse far motto of trying to remove power from the opposition parties say a council of politicians and civil society groups should govern for now our diplomatic editor james bays has more. it was supposed to be presidential election day in somalia but following a dispute over the way the poll was to be organized it hasn't happened instead a coalition of opposition candidates have now declared the government of president from a show illegitimate in an interview to be broadcast on talk to al-jazeera the foreign minister mohammed abdul razak told me that's wrong the government will stay in office until an election can be held well after that time after that 4 years he is no longer legitimately the president no it cannot be a fact the federal parliament in both chambers have signed voted for by a majority of 215 in

well i've just spoken to some of our colleagues in mogadishu who are saying that it's now quiet around the airport where this gunfire was hard but in the last hour or so we've hired all you know intense gunfight between government and proposition security forces out of a huge explosion around the airport and this is where this protest had started the protests were being led by several presidential opposition candidates including former prime minister has some higher in the protestors were trying to get all the parliament buildings where they expected to be a huge rally later today if it happens but access is quite difficult because police and the military how flocke foules is a huge security presence across mogadishu as you mentioned about last night at this hotel where shooting was hard or on need tonight so this 3 presidential candidates at that hotel called might it's very close to the vicinity where the rally the protest rallies supposed to be held and the 3 presidential candidates still stuck in that would tell which is surrounded by military past and now we have had from former p

opposition candidates all still telling the public in mogadishu to come out in large numbers for friday protest but i think it's very difficult to do that because a lot of people are very afraid saying that they want to wait out the situation there is also a lot of checkpoints a lot of police blocks military blocks especially towards that area huge security presence presence across mogadishu and then there is this other incident that happened last night at a hotel very near this venue where there was supposed to be the protest 3 presidential candidates are still holed up there one of them of former president sharif shaikh ahmed saying that he believes that president for marjoe ordered an attack on them to stifle the freedom of expression so the situation in mogadishu still very very tense indeed. ok you say people angry with what's going on in the country just explain to our viewers what is going on in the country elections that were meant to be held weren't held now a president whose term has technically ended just explain the background to this for us it's a very complex security and

monitoring group on somalia and eritrea in the somali capital mogadishu with an alley development and humanitarian expert and co-founder of leave now a somali women's political pressure group and in doha a few other enemy professor of international relations at qatar university a warm welcome to you all who didn't let me start with you today what sparked this this election impasse and political crisis i mean what are the issues at play here . and that is i mean on the show that's when you have to find ice. floes quite some time now we've been back and forth finding little. ironic action the pentagon actions unfortunately so today we don't have a consensus on a political election that all state will are. as you know we've had multiple. meetings between the federal and state presidents and presidents from my guilt that have. end it with out any political agreement a september 17th there was however an agreement that was signed by f.m.'s and. the president parliament that charted a way forward in an election model and when agreed on that but the implementation of that has been quite cont

mogadishu is now calm, but tends. they know how long the political leaders fail to agree on how an election will be run and who will be in charge of the country in the meantime, the worse the situation can get. anchor: one of former president donald trump's immigration policies has been dismantled. thousands of asylum-seekers had to wait in mexico for their cases to be heard in the u.s.. now under the biden administration, 225 people a day will be allowed to enter the u.s. while immigration courts consider their future. our reporter is live in mexico city with the reaction to this. one wonders what the reaction is from the mexican government about this u.s. announcement because it takes the pressure off of them for a little while, at least. correspondent: that's right. the reversal of the so-called migrant protection protocols has been most welcome by mexican immigration authorities. after all, mexico has carried the brunt of the burden of these policies, the so-called remain in mexico program which at its height had

to do security forces opened fire against peace rally in mogadishu this happened as the event was being widely watched in the media and the world as a result of this some have died and others were wounded but prime minister mohammed says opposition fighters fired the 1st shot every citizen has the right to demonstrate peacefully and for the security services to be the ones to guard the demonstrators and ensure their safety but we will not accept demonstrations guarded by forces outside the state authorities this is unacceptable the constitution does not accept and we won't accept any shape or form. several people were injured in buildings around the airport destroyed by rocket propelled grenade launched by an identified man. 3 other presidential candidates were also caught up in an exchange of gunfire between security forces and unknown gunmen at a hotel in the city on friday the president of ordering the attack saying it was an attempt to assassinate them mogadishu is now calm but tense many people say they want an end to the insecurity and sat in but they also know the longer their po

and the siege of a hotel in the somali capital mogadishu ended after an hour strong gun fassel does this latest attack by al shabaab have anything to do with the presidential election she told a week from today. hello i'm christine wonder it's good to have your company the u.n. says the covert 19 pandemic is putting more children at risk of under-age work and 3 decades of progress made at ending the practice of child labor now the un has goal to end child labor by 2025 that's in 4 years' time but that target has received blowback for being too ambitious and out of such a group of professors and researchers with expertise on the subject say removing children from burke is off no help if it will drive them deeper into poverty and i'll be having a conversation with an expert from the international labor organization offered this report from cameroon where many children can be seen working on gold mines is a always brings us 1st report from an eastern camera. so to call it used to come together as younger brother he was. a week the boys of never been to school. damage on the team i come from

is a tense atmosphere in the country people in the capital mogadishu told us they off if fall off what could happen. most of the other people are concerned because of the tension between presidential candidates and the government. and because the election was not held on time. we hope our leaders will resolve this tension and hold the election and we hope the government and the opposition will come together and agree on the election process like a new audio. we need peace and stability in this country. and if. i go out of my life the probable border that we don't want destruction to happen in the country and we want a fair election to be harrell's of. the law we want both the opposition and the current government to work together for the good of the country. and if nothing. else about the road few were ever going to say if the politicians don't come to an understanding. it could lead to war discussion. and the rising crying for public and i am now joined by abdulaziz below he's a journalist in somalia's capital mogadishu good to have you on the program abdul aziz why of the it is in so

and the siege of a hotel in the somalia capital mogadishu ended after an i was wrong the gun battle does this latest attack by al-shabaab have anything to do with the presidential election should build a week from today. hello i'm christine one to it's good to have your company the u.n. says the covert 19 pandemic is putting more children at risk of under-age work and 3 decades of progress made at ending the practice of child labor now the un has goal to end child labor by 2025 bets in 4 years' time but that target has received blowback for being too ambitious and out of such a group of professors and researches with expertise on the subject say removing children from book is off no help if it will drive them deeper into poverty i'll be having a conversation with an expert from the international labor organization offered this report from cameroon way many children can be seen working on gold mines. and always brings us 1st report from in eastern cameroon. most eyes diggin in search of gold and used. together with his younger brother he walks 7 days a week. the boys are never been to sch

security forces opened fire on hundreds of protesters on the streets of the somali capital mogadishu the violence broke out during a protest against delayed elections there al-jazeera is catherine sawyer reports now on a power struggle that's threatening to split the country even further. the. barely heard a protest march started near the airport when this happened. an intense firefight between government forces and part opposition fighters the demonstration had been called by opposition presidential candidates and was being led by some of them they included somalia's former prime minister of hiding and opposition leader abdul rahman. there are delays in holding a presidential election and the continued stay of muhammad up to life are mind you in the top post after he stomachs by age 2 weeks ago the opposition government forces for provoking the fight. to do security forces opened fire against us as we lead up peace rally in mogadishu this happened as the event was been widely watched in the media and the world as a result of this some have died and others were wounded but prime mini

today security forces opened fire against us as we led the peace rally in mogadishu this happened as event was being watched around the world some have died and others wounded i'm standing well wishes to those who would somalia's federal government and the 5 federal states are deadlocked over how to carry out election reforms and agreement was reached in september to hold the 1st in direct elections since the 1960 s. but it unraveled and the parties missed december's deadline to hold parliamentary elections the mandate for president mohamed 100 also known as for marjoe expired nearly 2 weeks ago his opponents no longer recognize him as president and are demanding a and power to a transitional government catherine saw is following developments from neighboring kenya. about this incident at the airport we have spoken to people in or around the airport who have told us that operations in the airport have been suspended and it follows this dramatic since we've been seeing that played out this morning we saw an exchange of gunfire intense an exchange of gunfire between government forces a

there is a tense atmosphere in the country people in the capital mogadishu told us they all 5th all of what could happen. the theater people are concerned because of the tension between presidential candidates and the government. and because the election was not held on time. we hope our leaders will resolve this tension and hold the election and we hope the government and the opposition will come together and agree on the election process. we need peace and stability in this country. and if. i go out of my will but. we don't want to destruction to happen in the country we want a fair election to be heralds of. the mommy want both the opposition and the current government to work together for the good of the country we are looking at it again just like the. garden road few were ever going to say if the politicians don't come to an understanding. it could lead to rule the destruction of europe and the rising crime. and i am now joined by abdulaziz below he's a journalist in somalia's capital mogadishu good to have you on the program. why all of the it is in somalia failing to agree on h

we begin in somalia where there's been heavy gunfire on the streets of the capital mogadishu it happened during a rally calling for the president to step down of the delayed elections to go ahead . the shots were fired as a presidential candidate was holding a march against the current leader it's unclear who opened fire roads have been sealed off and there's a heavy security presence the u.n. has called for calm but just urging both sides to come together to reduce tensions . let's speak now to catherine sawyer who's following those developments from kenya's capital nairobi and catherine despite those calls obviously things are very very tense in the capital. well things are extremely tense in the capital. much of it is now calm following the incident that incident and those dramatic scenes that we witnessed this morning security forces saying that they have contained the situation people have been going to the mosque for friday prayers but there is a lot of free and it's difficult to see how this process that had been called by opposition presidential candidates are going to go on. as

and the siege of a hotel in the somali capital mogadishu ended up during our strong gun battle does this latest attack by al shabaab have anything to do with the presidential election cher built a week from today. hello i'm christine one to it's good to have your company the un ses the co the 19 and they make is putting more children at risk of under-age work and 3 thing decades of progress made at ending the practice of child labor now the un has goal to end child labor by 2025 bets in 4 years time but that target has received blowback for being too ambitious and out of such a group of professors and researches with expertise on the subject say removing children from book is off no help if it will drive them deeper into poverty i'll be having a conversation with an expert from the international labor organization offered this report from cameroon where many children can be seen working on gold mines. and always brings us a 1st report from an eastern cameroon. most science diggin in search of gold and used. together with his younger brother he walks yes 7 days a week. the boys are never

here's the latest from mogadishu. the evening prayer in the somalia capital last night, interrupted by gunshots,s militant islamists -- in a heavily guarded area of the airport. plumes of smoke, the result of a car bomb which donated in the hotel's entrance. they then stormed the building. the resulting siege lasted nine hours, as soldiers exchanged fire with attackers, killing at least four of them. but not before they left several people dead. among them, a now retired militaryeral. and a young somali couple who were on their honeymoon. >> i could not find my daughter from those who were still alive so i realized she must be dead. those short hours while i tried to find her body, they were telling me to wait. those short hours felt like years to me. >> among the dead are five civilians and the gunmen. three of them shot, and another who detonated himself. the death toll could be higher, and some of the wounded people may succumb. reporter: in the morning light, the label is plain to see. the attack is too familiar t

fired in somalia's capital as anger grows of a day national elections this was the scene in central mogadishu. as a presidential candidate was campaigning against the current leader it's unclear who opened fire at someone has been monitoring developments from kenya's capital nairobi and we're being told that the military and police have now cordoned off that all area around the airport where we've seen these dramatic since about 2 hours ago what happened is that the protesters what the other ring around that area they were being led by several presidential candidates including former prime minister. when security forces tried to disperse them and then there was this intense gunfight between the government forces and proposition security forces as well we also witnessed a huge explosion several buildings around that area have been destroyed. a 20 year old woman has become the 1st protester to die in 1000000 miles and coup protests she was shot in the head last week when police were trying to disperse a crowd in the capital not. gerry and officials say negotiations are under way with an armed g

mogadishu's now calm but tense many people say they want an end to the insecurity and uncertainty but they also know the longer the political leaders feel to agree on how an election will be run and who will be in charge of the country in the meantime there was the situation can get catherine soy al-jazeera. a 20 year old woman has become the 1st protest to to die after being injured in may and was anti coup protests she was shot in the head last week when police were trying to disperse a crowd in the capital naperville thousands of people have joined demonstrations for a 14th straight day calling for the release of deposed leader unsung 6 scott idea of ports. a site the antic who protest movement never wanted to see the death of a protester. me kind had just turned 20 when she was shot in the head as police dispersed a crowd of protesters in the capital naples or doctors say it was a live bullet she had been on life support since she was taken to hospital on february 9th. i want to encourage all the citizens to join the protests until we can get rid of the system. in central yangon s

today security forces opened fire against us as we lead the peace rally mogadishu this happened to see a vent was being watched around the world some have died and others wounded i'm standing well wishes to those wounded our service catherine soy is following developments from neighboring kenya. about this incident at the airport we have spoken to people in or around the airport who have told us that operations in the airport have been suspended and it follows this dramatic since we've been seeing that played out this morning we saw an exchange of gunfire intense an exchange of gunfire between government forces and propositioned forces those also a huge explosion i have a little more detail on that we have spoken to some opposition leaders who are saying that it was a rocket propelled grenade that was launched and inside the airport and the building was destroyed we've also spoken to the government spokesman who has confirmed there was an incident but wouldn't give us more details so this all happened at the start of this protest march that was being led by several opposition president

today security forces opened fire against us as we led the peace rally in mogadishu this happened as the event was being watched around the world some have died and others wounded i'm sending well wishes to those who did so what's this all about somalia's federal government in the 5 federal states and deadlocked over how to carry out election reforms an agreement was reached in september to hold the 1st in direct election since the 1960 s. but that unraveled and the policies missed december's deadline to hold parliamentary elections the mandate for president mohamed the lucky mohamad also known as joe expired nearly 2 weeks ago his opponents no longer recognize him as president at a demanding that he hand power to a transitional government catherine sawyer is following developments from neighboring kenya. about this incident at the airport we have spoken to people in around the airport who have told us that operations in the airport have been suspended and it follows this dramatic since we've been seeing that played out this morning we saw an exchange of gunfire intense an exchange o

the un has called for dialogue among somalia do this the us embassy in mogadishu also issued a statement this week saying the political deadlock is a setback in the fight against the armed group al-shabaab support of oprah the mom of the bely for my daughter and this is really going to an office because the federal parliament last september and goes to a motion which declared a president should only need office once a new one has been elected and sworn him about motion did not give in a time from which means it's unclear how long can stay in office without holding elections. does iran. this is al jazeera these are the top stories protesters have returned to the streets of me in mar a day after rallies were violently broken up by the security forces there demonstrating against last week's military coup.

to do security forces opened fire against the lead up peace rally in mogadishu this happened as the event was being widely watched in the media and the world as a result of this some have died and others were wounded but prime minister mohammed says opposition fighters fired the 1st shot every citizen has the right to demonstrate peacefully and for the security services to be the ones to guard the demonstrators and ensure their safety but we will not accept demonstrations guarded by forces outside the state apparatus this is unacceptable the constitution does not accept and we won't accept any shape or form. several people were injured in buildings around the airport destroyed by a rocket propelled grenade launched by an identified man. 3 other presidential candidates were also caught up in an exchange of gunfire between security forces and unknown gunmen at a hotel in the city on friday q the president of ordering the attack saying it was an attempt to assassinate them mogadishu's now calm but tense many people say they want an end to the insecurity and uncertainty but they also know the

there are reports of more gunfire as molly is capital mogadishu. on thursday government forces and armed men exchanged fire in an area where the opposition plans to hold a rally on friday they were the president to step down government forces have sealed off the streets to stop those protests. still ahead on al-jazeera sheltering from a once in a generation winter storm hundreds of thousands of people in texas about without water rather have many are still without electricity. facing renewed antigovernment protests gerri as president calls for early elections. now there's been a sudden warming in most of europe going from frosty day on by night to above freezing both but the edge and we're going into turkey here is still getting the snow it's more or less stopped now and it's certainly gone from greece but that was the picture in turkey is this area here is the bit that's got warm now unfortunately is a bit of blocking code from the baltic states dancer ukraine down towards the black sea which is not being pushed either way very much but for most i

there is a tense atmosphere in the country people in the capital mogadishu told us they all fearful of what could happen. just a little fear that people are concerned because of the tension between presidential candidates and the government. and because the election was not held on time. we hope our leaders will resolve this tension and hold the election and we hope the government and the opposition will come together and agree on the election process . we need peace and stability in this country. and if. i got out of my own but the probability we don't want to destruction to happen in a country we want a fair election to be harold's of. the mob we want both the opposition and the current government to work together for the good of the country we are looking at it just like the. guardian wrote few were going to say if the politicians don't come to an understanding. it could lead to rule the destruction of europe and the rising crime. and i am now joined by abdulaziz below he's a journalist in somalia's capital mogadishu good to have you on the program abdulaziz why of the it is in soma

power begin this news hour in somalia where there's been heavy gunfire on the streets of the capital mogadishu it happened during a rally calling for the president to step down and for the lady lengthens to go ahead. the shots were fired as a presidential candidate was holding a march against the current leader it's unclear who opened fire roads have been sealed off and there's a heavy security presence the u.n. is called for calm and this urging both sides to come together to reduce tensions. well there's a deadlock with tween somalia's federal government and the 5 federal states on how to carry out election reforms and agreement was reached in september to hold the 1st in direct elections since the $960.00 s. but it unraveled and the parties dismissed december's deadline to hold parliamentary elections in a mandate for president mohamed dubbed the law in 100 also known as for marjoe expired nearly 2 weeks ago his opponents no longer recognize him as president and the demanding that he hand power to a transitional government. let's talk now to catherine sawers following all these developments

and i am now joined by abdulaziz below he's a journalist in somalia's capital mogadishu good to have you on the program. why all of the it is in somalia failing to agree on how to conduct the election. there's number of said that there's a 1000000 readers are in now facing one of which is the election because each country's 5 regional states 2 election venues are been designated for elections to take place and that does not apply in the original state of jubilant that is the one that shows the border with neighboring kenya and their federal authorities out of the view that jubilant elections will only take place in there and they're going to have it but are going to have it is not under the control of that original state of the jungle and it's under the control of the somali federal government and the regional leader in that area. argues that unless a federal troops are pulled out of the entire give the region then elections cannot take place there so this is one of the biggest that has caused their election a delay and it's the one that made the talks that are taking place over and

we begin this news out in somalia where there's been heavy gunfire on the streets of the capital mogadishu it happened during a rally calling for the president to step down and for the lady elections to go ahead. the shots were fired as a presidential candidate was holding a march against the current leader it's unclear who opened fire road have been sealed off and there's a heavy security presence the u.n. has called for carmona surgeon both sides to come together to reduce tensions. and it's go live now to catherine sawyer she's following those developments from kenya's capital nairobi so these clashes died down or they still ongoing catherine . well these clashes have died down it's calm right now around the airport and in other parts of madrid issue but it's still very tense indeed. and about this incident at the airport we have spoken to people in or around the airport who have told us that operations in the airport have been suspended and this follows this dramatic since we've been seeing that played out this morning. an exchange of gunfire. exchange of gunfire between government for

in somalia a suicide car bomb has detonated near the presidential palace in mogadishu the car was speeding toward the palace but was intercepted by police who opened fire on the vehicle the driver was killed and at least 7 others were injured and this is the 2nd major explosion in the somali capital in recent weeks. well the u.n. says top human rights body is demanding the release of aung sang suu chee and other civilian government leaders detained after a military coup earlier this month bought the joint to has same to harden its stance suspending privacy laws that govern detention and surveillance and yet pressure is growing on the military across the country where large crowds have taken to the streets to demand the restoration of civilian rule. the hours of darkness are dangerous time in myanmar. stories of the military kidnapping people at night are circulating on social media. and yet the will to keep up the fight appears unbroken. for the 8th day in a row demonstrators took to the streets to call for democracy to be reinstated. and now they have been given backing by the un's top hu

been killed and 7 others injured and an attack in his somalia's presidential palace in the capital mogadishu police say a vehicle rigged with explosives managed to get away from the checkpoint at high speed now despite security forces opening fire the driver managed to reach a police post and detonate their explosives. roadwork is an industry. around the clock to try to reach a number of villages which are now cut off months to a valley was flooded when it collapsed into a river on sunday. italy has a new prime minister for me european central bank chief mario draghi was sworn in allium is taking over as italy faces a double health and economic crisis the previous government collapsed in a dispute over the handling of the corona virus pandemic cabinet as a mix of technocrats and politicians from a broad coalition the university of oxford will be assessing the safety of the astra zeneca vaccine and children for the 1st time the trials will determine whether it's effective on people aged $6.00 to $17.00 around $300.00 volunteers will be enrolled and the faster not kill asians are expected this

in somalia is through a side car bomb has detonated near the presidential palace in mogadishu the car was speeding towards the palace but was intercepted by police who opened fire on the vehicle the driver was killed and at least 7 others were injured this is the 2nd major explosion in the somali capital in recent weeks. protests in thailand have gathered at bangkok's democracy monument and draping it in red cloth to signal their opposition to laws on defamation of the monarchy a scuffle ensued between protesters and riot police and several people were injured police appeared to make at least one arrest. the un stop human rights body has passed a resolution urging me on mas military to release. and other government leaders detained after a coup earlier this month but the joint a has seen too hot in its stance to spending privacy laws that govern detention and surveillance yet pressure on the military is growing across the country where large crowds have got have taken to the streets to demand the restoration of civilian rule. the hours of darkness are dangerous time and me and maher.

security forces opened fire on hundreds of protesters in the somali capital mogadishu the violence broke out as a presidential candidate let a march to denounce or delayed 2 elections. politicians have successfully rushed through a nighttime coronavirus curfew the new laws were quickly drawn up after a court last week sided with anti curfew campaigners and a court in moscow will consider an appeal by a russian opposition figure alexina valmy who is asking to be released from prison early this month he was sentenced to nearly 3 years for violating his racial while he was in germany recovering from poisoning. but those were the headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera after the big picture station that's watching by foot . ready. it's. far. back you want health of property. was no black wall street were immoral and gangs of whites rampage through greenwood killing and burning planes dropped incendiary bombs in 2020 toll so when they ain't segregated in the history of racially discriminatory policing why then the whole the rally in a state hill almost certainly kerry again it's volat

produce all foods and manage our water land and the oceans there's been fighting in somalia's capital mogadishu between government forces an armed groups it's been happening in an area where the opposition plans to hold a rally late on friday in defiance of code 19 restrictions they want the president to step down. and the u.s. has imposed visa restrictions on another $43.00 but are russian officials washington says it's alarmed by president alexander lukashenko is ongoing violent crackdown on peaceful protesters it's highlighted jail terms handed to to t.v. journalists as particularly concerning judges and prosecutors involved in the case among those barred from entering the united states so those are the headlines the news continues here not just era of the witness station that's watching. a place on our world. where intellectuals artists and activists me where i could use a spark and history has made. america throughout. my right to have brought al-jazeera world tells the story of 4 iconic cafes and their role arab society as part of creativity debate the 2nd secret soviet era country on a j

security forces in somalia have ended a deadly terrorist siege in the capital mogadishu gunmen from. scroope stormed the popular hotel afrique. police say at least 9 people were killed in the attack one of them was a retired general from the army and the general and about 100 civilians were evacuated government troops for the militants throughout the night. we have the 4 militants one who detonated a car and 3 others who broke into the hotel fought their way here. but we killed them. ok and at the table with me told me. to pull who's covered security on the continent quite extensively told me to have us always so what more do we know about what happened. on sunday the gunmen carried out typical kind of attack where they go for a place high profile place like a hotel in this case afaik hotel using a car bomb using rocket propelled grenades and guns and and stormed the building pretty much where they tried to take over the building for a bit more security forces came on the floor for hours what do we know about who the target of this attack was well like many of the hotels that have be

somalia's capital as aggros of it and they have national elections this was the same in central mogadishu if don't want to call my shots were heard as a presidential candidate was rallying against the current data don kresch who opened fire position is holding a day of protest calling on the president to step down catherine's always been monitoring developments from kenya's capital nairobi. we are being told that the military and police have now cordoned off that all area around the airport where we've seen these dramatic since 2 hours ago what happened is that the protesters were gathering around that area they were being led by several presidential candidates including former prime minister has the higher security forces tried to disperse them and then there was this intense gunfight between the government forces and proposition security forces as well we also witnessed a huge explosion several buildings around that area have been destroyed a 20 year old woman has become the 1st protester to die in 1000000 miles and she could protests she was shot in the head last week when police were

embassy in mogadishu are both trying to broker some sort of a deal between the president and regional presidents who. last weekend failed to agree on a timetable for elections because the president and the regional president in jubilant failed to agree on whether the federal government under president mohammed apply for mother should manage the elections of about 17 members of parliament in the town of behavior in ghetto which is the home province of the president the president is that he should be the one minute you get right now days a good luck political gridlock where many people. fearing could lead to some sort of a political power vacuum because the president's monday to finish already a presidential candidates on the opposition side have been approaching the speaker of parliament asking him to become president in an interim government which is going to rule for a period of 3 years of course he has declined that and in the past few hours the american embassy has issued a statement in which is say the political good look of the past year has resulted in what it calls. luck of pro

as for heavy gunfire on the streets of somalia's capital mogadishu it happened during a rally calling for the president to step down and delayed elections to go ahead. the shots were fired as a presidential candidate was holding a march against the current leader it's unclear who opened fire roads have been sealed off and there's a heavy security presence the u.n. has called for calm and is urging both sides to come together to reduce tension a presidential candidate and former prime minister her son ali addressed the media and accused security forces of killing protesters and. today security forces opened fire against us as we led the peace rally in mogadishu this happened as the event was being watched around the world some have died and others wounded i'm sending well wishes to those wounded so what's this all about well some obvious federal government of the 5 federal states a deadlocked over how to carry out election reforms an agreement was reached in september to hold the 1st in direct elections since the 1960 s. but that unraveled and the party's missed december's deadline to

security forces opened fire on hundreds of protesters on the streets of the saval the capital mogadishu the violence broke out as a presidential candidate led a march to denounce the delay to elections one of former us president doll drops most restrictive immigration policies has been started to be dispatched friday thousands of asylum seekers that awaited mexico for their cases to be heard in the u.s. now or did they buy the biggest ration of the 25 people a day will be allowed to enter the u.s. while immigration courts consider the future of the u.s. special envoy for climate has urged governments to do wall the bear they developed on global warming speaking at the munich security conference john kerry ward that the world is now in the decisive decade to limit the effects of climate change 2 people were killed it gave all during a 2nd night of protests against create a virus restrictions activists in the central african nation are accusing security forces of the killings people angry of the economic impacts of curfews and travel restrictions so you can follow those stories on our web

there's been fighting in the somali capital mogadishu between government forces and armed groups there no it took place at a site where the opposition plans to hold a rally later on friday they want the president to step down the authorities in somalia suspended all public gatherings to cope with 19 those are your headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera after the fans who make football daryn has more news from 3 g. i'll see you from 23 g. until then. told to own their own. tell us already a case was what is happening compensated civilians will we listen to the only music you hear if you own the most beautiful music in the world the silence we meet with global news makers and talk about the stories that are on the edges era. i. this is some power. despite being in germany's 2nd tier of football and without a single major trophy to its name it has become one of the world's most iconic teams. and it's all down to their fans. these are no ordinary supporters they love football of course but for them some power transcends sport. for them football is about politics protests and music

today security forces opened fire against us as we led the peace rally in mogadishu this happened as the event was being watched around the world some have died and others wounded i'm sending well wishes to those who did so what's this all about war somalia's federal government in the 5 federal states that deadlocked over how to carry out election reforms an agreement was reached in september to hold the 1st in direct elections since the 1960 s. but that deal on ravelled and the party's missed december's deadline to hold parliamentary elections the mandate for president mohamad abdalla him homage also known as expired nearly a week nearly 2 weeks ago his opponents no longer recognize him as president under demanding that he hand power to a transitional government how does he risk catherine soyuz following developments for us from neighboring kenya. about this incident at the airport we have spoken to people in or around the airport who have told us that operations in the airport have been suspended and it follows this dramatic since we've been seeing that played out this morning we s

it's created a political crisis some tension in the capital mogadishu. from 3. rama hossam someone runs a cruel thing on cosmetics shop in the city she says business is but clinton gave her a magic costume is no longer come to buy goods and only call our most loyal customers they ask whether they should be thinking of buying clothes or save their money in case the current political crisis takes a turn for the worse and she has this advice for somalia's political didas. we urge them to come to an agreement for the sake of the nation they feel to give us jobs another to have establish our own businesses we don't want our lack of compromise to affect our lives the country had told him that life to hold parliamentary elections in december 2021 talks between the federal government and regional states on how to proceed with them collapsed on february 5th the opposition says it won't recognise for a modulus president given his commas and. to abide by the construction in a normal in order not to lose his. being president which is conditioned by peaceful transformation.