takeoff from jakarta into the java sea on january 9th that's not for today thanks for your company mohamad james along with inside story next. who is in charge in somalia the president's term has expired opposition groups won't recognize his authority and no one knows when elections will take place so what happens if this political deadlock drags on this is inside story. hello and welcome to the program. so malia is facing a power vacuum elections were supposed to take place before the president's 4 year term expired on monday but mohamad abdalla far maggio is in 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 f

winger gabin villiere and prop mohamad haouas are the latest players to test positive.oine dupont had returned a positive test. earlier in the week, head coach fabien galthie and assistant william servat began isolating following the news they both had coronavirus. let's take a quick look at some other stories making the news today. ben ainslie�*s ineos team uk face a real struggle if they're to reach the pinnacle of sailing — the america's cup final. in the latest qualifiers in auckland, they won one and lost one against the luna rossa team from italy, which means they trail 5—1. the first to seven wins the eliminator. northern ireland'sjordan brown is through to his first ever ranking final after beating stephen maguire 6—1 at the welsh open. he'll face ronnie o'sullivan or mark williams, who havejust started their march. started their match. you can watch that on the red button and bbc sport website now. international rugby union's all—time leading points—scorer dan carter, has announced his retirement at the age of 38. he won back—to—back world cups with new zealand

winger gabin villiere and prop mohamad haouas are the latest players to test positive.ositive test. earlier in the week, head coach fabien galthie and assistant william servat began isolating following the news they both had coronavirus. naomi osaka said she was gratefulfor the energy of the crowd, after winning the australian open. that is her fourth grand slam title, and it maintains her 100 per cent record in majorfinals. she beatjennifer brady in straight sets, as adam wild reports at a time where little in tennis has felt certain, the threat of naomi osaka is perhaps one of the few constants. but for a tournament that has taken place against the odds, it felt fitting that here also was a finalist few expected. jennifer brady spent her first two weeks in australia in isolation, forced to practise in a hotel room, yet here she was holding her nerve in her first grand slam final. from lockdown, she was a set down. a momentary misjudgment against an opponent like osaka, that really goes unpunished. that rarely goes unpunished. osaka took the first set with the next poi

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 of gunfire between government forces and propositioned forces there was 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 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 to this all happened at the start of this protest march that was being led by sev

vacuum elections were supposed to take place before the president's 4 year term expired on monday but mohamad abdalla a far module is in 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 them 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 l

mohamad. foreign minister of somalia thank you for talking to a time that appears to be a crisis for somalia it's a time when there was supposed to be presidential elections they haven't happened can you tell me whether the government you represent is now illegitimate thank you for having me. the government we have. our constitution stipulates that the somali government is essentially and practically a parliamentary system. mix but the parliament has system and the parliament has a mandate of 4 years. after the parliament to selected it elects a president who then appoints a prime minister who had been appoints a captain and in that system it is starts with the parliament so the parliament is sort of the mother of our governance system the parliaments mandate it was supposed to run out on december 27th of last year but. over the course of the last 3 and a half years the federal government of somalia has tried to have an election. design and the election that was supposed to be a one person one

winger gabin villiere and prop mohamad haouas are the latest players to test positive.h fabien galthie, his assistant william servat were already isolating following the news that they both had the virus. france, top the table with two wins out of two, are due to face scotland next sunday. and that is all your sport for now. a 21—year—old british woman has become the youngest female to row solo across the atlantic ocean. jasmine harrison, from north yorkshire in the north of england, slept and rowed in two—hour rotations to complete the crossing in 70 days. sophia tran—thomson has this report. welcome to antigua! horn sounds. this was the moment jasmine harrison broke records. applause. the 21—year—old is the youngest female to row solo across the atlantic ocean. and for that matter, the youngest female to row solo across any ocean. welcome to antigua, jasmine! applause. when she stepped off the boat, she wasn't going to let her sea legs get in the way of celebrating. you did it in a time of 70 days, three hours and 48 minutes! cheering. after taking up rowing just two

people in asia are all voting to choose the next president in a runoff election outgoing president mohamad or so food was voted in the 2nd round of polling after the 1st attempt failed to find a successor it paves the way phoenicia as 1st peaceful handover of power in decades . it's decision day this year from a list of 30 candidates the choice for 7 and a half 1000000 voters is now not only too familiar faces or the country's political landscape how much does i'm a former minister if the ruling party candidate he pulled the most votes in the 1st round of presidential election last year with 39.3 percent of the vote. he's opponent moment as mine came a distant 2nd with less than half the votes of the front runner the former prime minister and president is looking to come back to a job he left 25 years ago. the president was the man in the last 10 years my mind it was mine is the only opposition candidate who was not collaborated with the ruling p n.d.s. the others did it several times all big names in the jail politics gave it one time or another gone into some form of alliance with the li

hold an indirect presidential election broke down over disagreements on how to proceed with the vote mohamad though is in neighboring is in nairobi in neighboring kenya he says the situation in somalia is unprecedented. no one is brave enough to predict what the future holds for somalia and the country has now entered uncharted territory it's been it's a fast never has a sitting presidents monday to expire either without the elections being housed or a political agreement being. agreed between the political actors in the country and a country that is now recovering from almost 3 decades of conflict so right now the ease a lot of shuttle diplomacy that is happening been carried out by the international community the leadership of the african union peacekeeping mission in somalia to try and but even the leaders of somalia's federal regions once again face to face with the president of somalia and if that doesn't. i'm in succeed it is going to be really a difficult period for somalia this crisis has been a year in the making and according to a statement released earlier today by the american em

winger gabin villiere and prop mohamad haouas are the latest players to test positive.d returned a positive test. earlier in the week, head coach fabien galthie and assistant william servat began isolating following the news they both had coronavirus. harlequins have leapfrogged sale into third place in rugby union's premiership after beating them 24—12. quins ran in 3 tries with joe marchant stunning sale when he crossed the line twice in three first half minutes. two games kicked off at 3 o clock. second placed exeter host northampton saints. currently level at 7—all, leicester up against wasps 19—3 the score there. both teams have had a player sent off. naomi 0saka said she was gratefulfor the energy of the crowd, after winning the australian open. that is her fourth grand slam title, and it maintains her 100 per cent record in majorfinals. ata time at a time were little and tennis has felt certain, the threat of naomi 0saka is one of the few constants. it felt fitting that here also was a fine list a few expected people. jennifer brady spent her first two weeks in i

around the world people in there are going to the polls in a presidential runoff election pitches mohamad a former foreign minister and member of the ruling party against former president nominate was manning it's set to be the west african countries 1st peaceful transition of power since independence 60 years ago. the head of the international atomic energy agency raphael grossi has arrived in tehran to try to resume international inspections of nuclear facilities which iran has been blocking the visit comes as u.s. president joe biden says america aims to rejoin the international nuclear deal with iran. and back at home biden's dealing with another crisis he's declared a state of major disaster in texas following crippling winter weather at least 2 dozen people died in the unusual cold which disrupted electricity and water supplies they don't use charolais no chinoy reports from houston. texas is not out of the woods yet thousands of families have been arriving in their cars to the mass distribution center in the city of houston the shortage of water is now the biggest challenge. we don

agreement on how upcoming elections will proceed fail talks come days before the end of president mohamad hima hundreds term somalia has a february 8th deadline to choose a new president's police and shot have fired tear gas as hundreds of people protested against president idrees debby's nomination for a 6th term in office has been officially named his governing party's candidate for april's election debbie has been in power for more than 30 years opposition parties accuse him of trying to introduce a monarchy they say it's time for him to step aside and are putting forward a unity candidates farmers in india are ramping up their protests against cultural reforms by blocking roads across the country they say the government is using repressive measures to clamp down on their protests over 100 killed by eisel fighters and 24000 have been laid to rest in a funeral service in northwest iraq their remains were found in mass graves last year and identified through d.n.a. testing the religious minority was targeted by eisel because of their faith the u.n. estimates at least $5000.00 were murder

mohammad buzz whom a former foreign minister and member of the ruling party against former president mohamad it was monday is said to be the country's 1st peaceful transition of power since independence 60 years ago. a united airlines boeing 777 jet with over 200 passengers on board was forced to make an emergency landing after one of its engines disintegrated sending debris on to the suburb below the incident occurred shortly after takeoff from denver airport aviation safety authorities have opened an investigation. also in the us a gunman killed 2 people before being shot himself at a gun store in a suburb of new orleans the man shot 2 people inside the store several other people opened fire in response killing him police say they have not yet established a motive for his act. the head of the international atomic energy agency has arrived in tehran to try to resume international inspections of nuclear facilities which iran has been blocking the visit comes as the new u.s. president joe biden is promising to reverse many of the trump administration's foreign policy decisions one of the most

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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 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

it's very important and this is very likely 1st because the incumbent president mohamad who is awful. here is stepping down democratically peacefully as stated after 2 terms paving the way to an orderly succession and also because of the crucial security concern housing the especially the this country and the political parties are not likely willing to to stage additional unrest and also there is an implicit pressure of foreign military presence in a new jet which is a strategic hub for the war against jedis an organised crime in sales we know there you have the french were there with can and the american support troops the u.s. african africa command with the logistics to quarter of drawn to get it all of them are not. putting pressure for a peaceful transition and because they have so much to do and. not only security although when crippleware being asked during the campaign there where as people where ask what is the most important challenge and it was like 80 and 90 percent stating security 1st but the hours to food security the education the old the net you name it you know. is l

now opposition leader mohamad it was money claims he's narrowly won as presidential elections a day after official results said he lost by more than 11 percentage points his money says voter fraud has been widespread across news as regions on tuesday officials declared mohamed presume the winner which led to losing in the capital the provisional vote count must still be convened by the constitutional corps. and there are few ready to assume this function that the people decided to give to me i would take it on with patriotism loyalty and integrity i would be a president for all musicians without any exception i would like to salute the leaders of the parties that gave me the precious support who facilitated me to keep well our correspondent on that address is and mina in neighboring nigeria he explains what's led to this post-election violence. the post-election violence in his year was expected going by the body language of the main challenger to brother mohamed that's moment its money immediately after casting his ballot on sunday he said that this time around the would accept any manip