al-jazeera. welcome back a quick reminder of the top stories here on al-jazeera somali security forces have ended a standoff and a gunman killed twenty three people in. it began an exploded and gunmen stormed the hotel where the president was due to hold a meeting officials say all the gunman killed. the deposed leader of the regional government will be allowed to run an election in december calling for democratic and peaceful opposition. government. president won more than ninety seven percent of the vote according to unofficial results from the repeat presidential election voting was suspended in some opposition strongholds and the election has been marred by violence. cuban officials have denied any involvement in the alleged sonic attacks that led to more than twenty u.s. embassy staff recently being recalled from havana the u.s. says the staff were injured at the office and residence is says there's no evidence the attacks have taken place mike hanna has more from washington d.c. . relations between the u.s. and cuba continue to deteriorate in the wake of what u.s. officials described as a c

al-shabaab for the bombing but the armed group is denying it was behind it carol i'm alone al jazeera. somali government spokesman of the rahman yes hero says the security situation has improved in mogadishu recently but it's impossible to prevent all attacks this is the best time for the last four months it's beautiful it's. just really done magnificent job but if you really and. one of the soviet system used and we did everything in the soil a number of times we don't want to but if you're going to someone who wants to blow themselves up as you said earlier the fact is the school would have to have to stop it but it was too late so we are doing everything we can and this is the time we thought that. this good but there is always going to distort the people that this is something that we all are mourning and. what we kind of help those people who are in the hospital and i still appears to be on the verge of being pushed out of itself declared capital in syria u.s. by syrian forces say almost all civilians and about two hundred seventy five eisel faces have left cracka under a deal that was b

al-jazeera. at ten hours sage at a hotel in the somali capital is over but at least twenty three a day. sami is a than this is al-jazeera live from doha also coming up under pressure after a controversial referendum iraq's kurdish leader is reportedly considering standing down. marching for spain's unity thousands. to drop its bid for secession plus. i mean reporting on moves to bring apex predators like wolves back to the scottish highlands after an absence of more than three hundred. says it was behind the siege of the house held in the somali capital that lasted for more than ten hours at least twenty three people died five fighters stormed the building on saturday after twenty in the area and took people hostage security forces killed two attackers and arrested three others catherine so i reports from neighboring kenya hours after the attack on a hotel in mogadishu volunteers and rescue workers still clearing the debris and pulling out mobile this siege is over and once again residents of this city. just two weeks after another attack the wost in somalia's history close to four hundr

al-jazeera. jordan doha with a quick reminder of the top stories al-jazeera says it was behind a coordinated attack on the somali capital mogadishu at least twenty three people were killed it began when two car bombs exploded and five gunmen stormed a hotel where the president was due to hold a meeting security forces shot dead two attackers and arrested three others the leader of iraq kurdish regions reportedly not planning to extend his presidential term past november parliament's due to meet on sunday to redistribute the power was held by massoud barzani he's been facing mounting pressure to quit following september secession referendum. in kenya president a who or kenya has won more than ninety seven percent of the vote that's according to unofficial results from the repeats presidential election but turnouts estimated to be less than thirty five percent voting was suspended in some opposition strongholds and the election has been marred by violence. spain says put him on the deposed leader of the catalan regional government will be allowed to run in regional elections in december of two months calling for d

al jazeera dot com. for the top stories here on al-jazeera a gunman holding hostages in a hotel in the somali capital mogadishu had been shot dead by security forces just hours before the fighters killed at least twenty three people in coordinated attacks the leader of iraq kurdish region is reportedly not planning to extend his presidential term past november allam is due to meet on sunday to redistribute the powers held by massoud barzani he's been facing pressure to quit following september's controversial secession referendum. the bodies of thirty six unidentified people have been found in a village near the eastern libyan city of benghazi and locals made the grim discovery they say the victims were critics of the renegade general family for after some of the bodies were found with signs of torture and gunshot wounds to the head the arizona have to control spain says the deposed leader of the catalan regional government will be allowed to run in regional elections in december. calling for democratic and peaceful opposition to the spanish government's direct rule of catalonia. but. the best way to defend wh

ago by african union and somali troops the ongoing threat is a constant worry for many somalis hope brennen al jazeera. kenya's opposition leaders are accusing the police of you. excessive force against their supporters that's after police shot two protesters dead in syria in the country's south west on friday now the opposition is demanding voting reform so a presidential election rerun this month after the supreme court and now the august vote by sheer numbers. it is clear the police are using a different kind in responding to the most the most the. other areas considered to be. strongholds. in addition to killing the maiming the police also in good in the system of the blood of looting this election or property austrians are voting on sunday in a snap election that could see the far right freedom party enter a coalition government the election is a year early after the government fell apart in may the conservative people's party leading the polls austria could elect the world's youngest leader david chaytor reports from vienna. called austrian politics. at thirty one he may be short on years but he

african union and somali troops the ongoing threat is a constant worry for many somalis paul brennan al jazeera. kenya's opposition leaders are accusing the police of using excessive force against their supporters that's after police shot two protesters dead in c.i. a in the country's southwest the opposition are demanding voting reforms for a presidential election rerun this month after the supreme court and now the oldest vote. in addition to killing the naming. polls open in less than an hour in austria and a snap election that could see the far right freedom party enter a coalition government the vote is a year early after the government fell apart in may with a conservative people's party lead in the polls austria could elect the world's youngest leader david schaper reports from vienna. called the austrian politics. at thirty one he may be short on years but he's long on ambition and his t.v. broadcast which you people party shows his eyes are set firmly on the chance for shipping. the polls put it well ahead but he's done it by poaching some of the policies of the far right wing. illegal

we should all be in doha with the headlines on al-jazeera at least ninety people are now confirmed dead after two bomb attacks in the somali capital mogadishu on saturday the first explosion was a powerful truck bomb that hit an area with many government offices hotels and restaurants a government spokesman has told al jazeera they are expecting the death toll to rise islip has to be on the verge of being pushed out of its self declared capital in syria local officials say some eyesore fighters have been allowed to leave rocka after a deal was brokered by tribal leaders on saturday it's not clear how many ice and members are still inside the city kurdish backed syrian fighters that the battle could take hours or days. syria's demanding turkey withdraw its forces from the northern province immediately more than one hundred turkish soldiers and twenty armored vehicles crossed the border two days ago turkey says they're there to enforce a so-called deescalation zone which was brokered with russia and iran to reduce the fighting. austrians are voting in a snap election that could see the far right freedom party into government

by african union and somali troops the own growing threat is a constant worry for many somalis hope brennan al-jazeera. the myanmar government minister responsible for treating ranjoor refugees from bangladesh has told al-jazeera they may have planned their exodus to give the appearance of ethnic cleansing more than half a million ranger a flood a military crackdown which began at the end of august they are a boon melhem as more from young gone it was meant to be an interview about repatriating the hindu refugees but then the minister responsible for their research women said this guy got a blow up earlier by flirting with the groups they can make the accusation that this is ethnic cleansing maybe they systematically playing for that reason i'm saying it could be that i don't know it could be. they may have been planning for that they may be planning for that to make it come under the definition of ethnic cleansing ethnic cleansing is the description used by the united nations for the military campaign which has seen more than half a million range of refugees escape to bangladesh since late august the

by african union and somali troops the own going threat is a constant worry for many somalis hope brennen al jazeera. am myanmar government minister responsible for trading range refugees from bangladesh has told al-jazeera they may have planned their exodus to give the appearance of ethnic cleansing on half a million ranger fled a military crackdown which began at the end of august yarber malham has more from yangon it was meant to be an interview about repatriating the hindu refugees but then the minister responsible for their research on it said this look i got a blow up earlier by flirting with the groups like you make the accusation that this is ethnic cleansing maybe they systematically playing for that reason i'm saying it could be that i don't know it could be. they may have been planning for that they may be planning for that to make it come under the definition of ethnic cleansing ethnic cleansing is the description used by the united nations for the military campaign which has seen more than half a million range of refugees escape to bangladesh since late august un's latest report details

ago by african union and somali troops the ongoing threat is a constant worry for many somalis hope brennen al jazeera. abdul rahman yet also a spokesman for the somali government he joins us on skype from the capital mogadishu up there on the other so what's the latest information you have for us. if there's a lot of thoughts and prayers. like there is. and what they may be a clear indication that they want to destroy people as many innocent people and the place at the time gets. to the easiest junction of the city where they knew a number of civilians were there so you know all morning. the lady who's a black to the victims and indeed people we are still in the process of counting the number of casualties the primaries are the. ministerial committee including civil societies. already suspended his official to keep and for us to be with the people so we are all morning what happened and this is something that we cannot explain beyond our imagination that terrorism so it's an act. are you expecting the death toll to climb absolutely we know and number of. hundred people are already in the hospital and

al-jazeera. welcome back to other top stories here on al-jazeera at least twenty three people have been killed in coordinated attacks in the somali capital mogadishu it began when two car bombs exploded and gunmen stormed the hotel where the president was due to hold a meeting. still being held by. government would be allowed to run in regional elections in december. calling for democratic and peaceful opposition to the spanish government. and in kenya president who are the ninety seven percent of the vote that's according to unofficial results from the repeat presidential election voting was suspended in some opposition strongholds and has been marred by violence. now the leader of iraq's kurdish region is reportedly not planning to extend his presidential term past november parliament's due to meet on sunday to redistribute the powers held by massoud barzani he's being facing mounting pressure to quit following september's controversial secession referendum stephanie decker has more from ever built. there hasn't been an official announcement but certainly according to sources in kurdish media it seems that president asad by des

al-shabaab for the bombing but the armed group is denying it was behind it carol i'm alone al jazeera earlier we spoke to somali government spokesman on the other soft who says the security situation has improved in mogadishu recently but it's impossible to prevent all attacks. this is the best time for the last four months to the fall of december there's a photo of this really done a magnificent job are you really and making them over this one of the service to see if we did everything we could to give of all it's a number of stuff from multiple absolutes but if you've heard the sound of someone wants to blow themselves as you said earlier as a fact and as a school force with follow the steps to service but it was too late so we are doing everything we can and this is a sign we thought that we'd be all required in this good faith but as a result is always rises to start the people and this is something that we all morning sized to do what we can support of those people who are in the her system. i saw appears to be on the verge of being pushed out of it's self proclaimed capital in syria local officials say th

al-jazeera. al-jazeera. where ever you are. hello i'm daryn jordan in doha with a quick reminder of the top stories here on al-jazeera al shabaab has claimed responsibility for a coordinated attack in the somali capital mogadishu at least twenty.

ago by african union and somali troops the ongoing threat is a constant worry for many somalis paul brennan al-jazeera. has a journalist in mogadishu he's on the line for us right now mo eighty five people at least eighty five people dead in this attack but that number is likely to rise is that right here and. it's going to be. really. should be. no we were hearing in that report just a few moments ago that would seem the most likely group to been behind an attack such as this what is said about it. should be made into. the big. thing today and one of the leading babies in mitigation and to the moment. they mourn him and given to. the ocean of the. state of life. and i'm going. to carry out such an attack. completely to be demoted has claimed responsibility and completely unusual. somalia's president has been to the site of this attack i understand what was he doing that. we've been able to sort of give a statement. to make and then you're trying. to piece together and. be able to visit the site. and be able to because this is the region. that police and their military are sort of like. trying to. tea

ago by african union and somali troops the ongoing threat is a constant worry for many somalis whole brennan al jazeera. eisel appears to be on the verge of being pushed out of its self-proclaimed capital in syria iraq a local official so that some eisler fighters have been allowed to leave the city after a deal was brokered by tribal leaders on saturday and it's not clear how many isaw members are still inside the city on saturday kurdish backed syrian fighters said the battle could take hours or days but i still ended record in twenty fourteen it's control soon spread to areas of iraq in the group seized control of large swathes of both countries three years later but its territory has been reduced to this the iraqi government is launching an offensive to drive the group from the last area it holds there as well as being on the brink of losing rocker in syria i saw has just lost the town of our mayor dean syria and its allies are also trying to drive the armed group from the last pocket it holds in delos or city let's take you live now to what al-jazeera is following developments from an attack here

ago by african union and somali troops the ongoing threat is a constant worry for many somalis whole brennan al jazeera. the film mogul harvey weinstein has been ousted from the organization which hands out the office the academy of motion picture arts and sciences says while the two thirds of its board voted to reject him weinstein is accused of rape and sexual harassment by more than two dozen women including the actresses angelina jolie and gwyneth paltrow matheson reports their girlfriends this could be one of the last times harvey weinstein will be seen in an oscars red carpet the academy as it's known which hands out the film industries highest award says it doesn't want him as a member anymore this is the first time i've seen them do something like this and it does set a precedent and i ask other questions about you know other members that have had scandals or different things in their personal lives and things like roman polanski like mel gibson like bill cosby none of them ever never came up but it did with harvey and there was tremendous pressure i says power in the movie business has grown w

ago by african union and somali troops the ongoing threat is a constant worry for many somalis hope brennen al jazeera. kenya's opposition leaders are accusing the police of using excessive force against their supporters that's after police shot dead two protests is in c.i.i. in the country's southwest the opposition is demanding voting reforms for a presidential election rerun this month after the supreme court and now the august vote but here number. it is clear the police are using the town. in responding to the most there will. be. strongholds. in addition to killing them maiming the police also in the mud the blood of looting. putting people in kyrgyzstan are heading to the polls to elect a new president on sunday voters can choose from eleven candidates they include two former prime minister soden by gen because from the social democratic party and the businessman baba not security has been tightened with more police patrolling the streets austrians are voting on sunday in a snap election that could see the far right freedom party enter a coalition government election is a year early after the g

by african union and somali troops the own going threat is a constant worry for many somalis whole brennan al jazeera. a weather update next here on al-jazeera then we'll tell you why security is tight as kircus town holds its presidential election today i will look at why women at it did administered kashmir being attacked because they have long hair. from the clear blue sky of the doha mooney. to the fresh fruits and breeze in the city of iraq. stormy weather streaming up the western side of europe now the your eminence of failure pulling away from the azores this all links up with this area a cloud that we have just pushing up towards the northwest of the continent they will see increasingly wet and windy weather coming in over the next couple of days but with the storm pushing in from the atlantic with with dragging out very warm southerly winds temperatures getting up to twenty two celsius in london on sunday not a bad day for london but the rain already starting to gather for sunday at least as we go on into monday there we go a fairly a very close to that western side of all of them pushing in

al-jazeera. attend ause age at a hotel in the somali capital is over but at least twenty three a day.

watching al-jazeera live from the also coming up a truck bomb rocks the somali capital mogadishu security and gunman a fighting it out as a major hotel. a government minister in myanmar suggests ranger refugees fleeing to bangladesh are doing so on purpose to make it look like ethnic cleansing. and what goes around comes around why these concrete buildings and just what people want. to begin in syria where u.s. bank forces and the government are reporting advances against syrian state t.v. says government troops and allies have retaken the town of maya deen one of the remaining pockets of i saw territory in. in syria and you can see it here on our map shaded in the black area with dean right in the middle of that mini region the u.s. bank forces say they've begun the final battle to defeat the group in iraq or it's formally self proclaimed capital there pretty much up in the north of the country and the n.t.i. still coalition's victories pushed eisel to the regions well off to the west now a convoy is set to leave on saturday under an arrangement brokered by local officials let's get more

al-jazeera. and all over the problem and the headlines on al-jazeera and at least twenty three people have been killed in a coordinated attacks in the somali capital mogadishu that began when two car bombs exploded and gunmen stormed a hotel where the president was due to hold a meeting fighters are still holding hostages in the hotel expenses callus purge them all they deposed leader of the cutline regional government will be allowed to run and regional elections in december madrid stripped of its autonomy after a declared independence on friday urged him on as calling for democratic and peaceful opposition to the spanish government's direct role off catalonia. but of the from so who gives. the best way to defend what we have conquered so far is to have a democratic opposition to article one five five this is the conclusion of the deliberate attempt against cattle who have for many centuries felt different we have to overcome any threats and to act in a civic and peaceful manner unofficial results from kenya's repeat elections suggest president hu to kenyatta has won more than ninety seven percent of the vote botched turnout is estimated

hello again pizza with your top stories on al-jazeera says it was behind a sea hotel in the somali capital mogadishu that lasted for more than ten hours at the.

al-jazeera. turkey has set up a military academy and somalia about fifteen hundred somali soldiers can be trained there at a time making it the largest foreign run military training center and the country somalia's army has been backed by the african union but they will be withdrawn from next year the main threat to somalia comes from the line who still controls vast swaths of countryside kurdish president says kurdish authorities will pay the price for holding the referendum on suspect secession iraq's kurdish region overwhelmingly back splitting from iraq and monday's vote defying neighboring countries who fear it could fuel kurdish separatism within their borders and lead to conflict. then not forming an independent state in northern iraq on the contrary that opening a wound in the region and twisting the knife ignoring this fact will do no good neither to us nor to our kurdish brothers in iraq or of a party it's the city of kirkuk in northern iraq has some of the biggest oil reserves in the country for decades there has been disagreement about who should control it or kooks inclusion in monda

al-jazeera. a fifteen hour siege of the hotel in the somali capital is over but at least twenty three are dead. hello i'm sam is a than this is a live from doha also coming up under pressure after a controversial referendum iraq's kurdish leader is reportedly considering standing down spain says catalonia is deposed leader can run for his old job in december's election and cuba continues to deny involvement in the bizarre case of sonic attacks on the u.s. embassy in heaven are. now security forces in somalia have ended a fifteen hour siege after shooting gunmen holding hostages in a hotel in the capital mogadishu five fighters stormed the building on saturday after twin bombings in the area at least twenty three people were killed as claimed responsibility it's the second attack to hit the capital in two weeks mohammed atta reports from neighboring kenya. this is the target of the first explosion the two hotel a stone's throw away from the presidential palace a car was driven up to the gates of the hotel before exploding causing a blast that was hard across the city. at least three heavily arme

al-jazeera. quick mind at the top stories here on al-jazeera the death toll from the powerful truck and car bombs that exploded in the somali capital mogadishu on saturday is reported to have jumped to two hundred the government has declared three days of mourning. conservative leader sebastian curse has claimed victory in austria as a general election the latest projections for the thirty one year old politicians people's party in the lead with thirty one point five percent of the vote. u.s. backed syrian forces say almost all civilians and about two hundred seventy five isis fighters have left the northern syrian city of raka under a deal brokered by tribal leaders on saturday. voting is underway in venezuela as all twenty three states elect new governess the regional vote is the first since a new super body was created by president nicolas maduro that has powers to overrule opposition m.p.'s and amend the constitution polls of the opposition of course to win many of the state votes reasonable has the latest now from the city of tire in the east of the capital caracas. for here in a polling station in baghdad if your fell

al jazeera live from london also coming up until rerun may not be free and fair. and our intel this is al jazeera live from london also coming up. police fire in the air to stop angry somalis reaching the scene of saturday's devastating truck bomb attack. spain urges catalonia need to act sensibly as the deadline looms for him to abandon his independence bid or lose autonomy. and changing premisses china should take center stage in the world as he lays out his vision of the future of the communist party congress. or the head of kenya's electoral commission is warning that it can't guarantee that next week's presidential run will be free and fair where he admits there's been political interference this after another top election official resigned and fled to new york saying it would be impossible to hold a credible rerun of august speech and vote by minimal or has more from nairobi. it looks as if things are falling apart at kenya's electoral commission headquarters roslyn a calm there one of seven commissioners has resigned alleging political interference she says threats have been made on the lives of staff members including our own commissioners are serving political int

by african union and somali troops the own going threat is a constant worry for many somalis paul brennan al jazeera. much more to bring you in this news hour east african foreign ministers travel to south sudan to help revive the two thousand and fifteen peace deal. final rallies ahead of an election which could turn also to the right and give it wells youngest leader. and in barcelona heading into the eye of a political and. yet myanmar government minister responsible for repatriating ranjoor refugees from bangladesh has told al-jazeera they may have planned the exodus to give the appearance of ethnic cleansing and mars facing massive international condemnation for its actions in iraq and state more than half a million ranger a flight a military crackdown which began at the end of august. home has more from young gone it was meant to be an interview about repatriating mohinder refugees but then the minister responsible for their resettlement said this look i got a fling with the groups like you make the accusation that. maybe they systematically for that reason i'm saying it could be that i don't

ago by african union and somali troops the ongoing threat is a constant worry for many somalis hope brennen al jazeera. australians are voting on sunday in a snap election that could see the far right freedom party enter a coalition government election that is a year early after the current government fell apart in may with the conservative people's party leading the polls could let the world youngest leader. kurtz is called the austrian politics. at thirty one he may be short on years but he's long gone and vision of this t.v. broadcast with you people's party shows his eyes are set firmly on the chancellor ship. the polls put it well ahead but he's done it by poaching some of the policies of the far right. on the. illegal migration to achieve order and security in austria. it's the freedom party led by heinz christian structure that could be drawn into a new right wing coalition with the chancellor they draw their support from a working class eighty later by the waves of immigration. struck has said his near nazi links and hughes could now be dismissed he described himself then as stupid and naive t

al jazeera and al shabaab spokesman refused to confirm or deny responsibility the president who visited the scene blames would he calls terrorists targeting innocent civilians. the shock has now turned to anger pain and frustration as somalis deal with the deadly aftermath and a rising death toll. now dizzier on the eiffel tower is dimming its lights and solidarity with somalia after that attack the monument in the french capital usually stays lit until late at night but in recent times america paris has increasingly asked for the towers lights to be dimmed to on a victims of attacks around the world. lots more to come here knowledge is there including jailed on tortured for being gay chechnya security forces are accused of brutality. the u.s. football star who began a movement against racism now has a new battle on his hands state. how they were set fire across the middle east a little bit of a possibility around the black sea around the caspian sea still got this little area a cloud in place i think for armenia for georgia a possibility of some showers coming through anywhere between the black sea and the caspian sea you see that little china clapperton some wet weather all the way into the far north of iran once again a

he said i'll be in doha with the top stories from al-jazeera at least eighty five people confirmed after two bomb attacks in the somali capital mogadishu on saturday the first.

hello again pizza with your top stories on al jazeera says it was behind a siege at a hotel in the somali capital market issue that lasted for more than ten hours at least twenty three people died firefighters stormed the building on saturday after twin bombings in the area and two people hostage the security forces killed two attackers and arrested three others catherine sawyer reports now from neighboring kenya. hours after the attack on a hotel in mogadishu volunteers and rescue workers still clearing the debris and pulling out. this siege is over and once again residents of this city. just two weeks after another tack the. close to four hundred people were killed and dozens are still missing out of how low you are two of the attackers were killed and three others were. battle between our security forces and the terrorists we don't yet know the official death toll the rescue is still ongoing but the fight is over. most of those killed were security forces this hotel is popular with government officials and members of parliament it's very close to the presidential palace and the preside

al jazeera and al shabaab spokesman refused to confirm or deny responsibility president who visited the scene blames would he calls terrorists targeting innocent civilians. the shock has now turned to anger pain and frustration as somalis deal with the deadly aftermath and or rising death toll. now dizzier eiffel towers dimming its lights in solidarity with somalia after the mogadishu attack the monument in the french capital usually stays lit until late at night in recent times the mayor of paris has asked for the towers lights to be dimmed to on a victims of attacks around the world a report of the modish attack has triggered a social media outrage with many accusing the western media houses of double standards and under representing somalia's deadliest attack that it is a professor of journalism and public diplomacy at the university of southern california need joins us now from los angeles on skype or people correct here would it have been any different if we'd seen this type of attack in say paris. well i think so the coverage in the united states today was pretty substantial but i think tomorrow it will evaporate whether it's somalia or yemen the fact is that the west particularly the united states is very slow t

al-jazeera hong kong. reminder of the top stories here on al-jazeera two car bombs have exploded in somalia's capital mogadishu killing at least ten people the first targeted a hotel where somalis president was expected to host a meeting three gunmen were killed by security forces after opening fire inside the hotel the second bomb went off near the former parliament house building and appears to have targeted the military. i was driving it took to the front of the hotel i saw a car exploding at the gate of the hotel i don't know where two of my clients have gone i don't know if they're dead or alive but i saw four dead bodies. catalonians deposed leader called for continued democratic opposition to the spanish government takeover of the region colace pushed them all accuse madrid of ignoring the will of catalan people who voted to secede from spain the spanish government sacked him and dissolved his parliament after it declared independence from spain on friday and independence demonstrators have gathered on the streets of madrid in support of the government. u.s. defense secretary james mattis says the threats of a nuclear missile attack by north korea is accelerating speakin

al-jazeera. at least twenty three people were killed in a gun bomb attack in the somali capital with hostages taken in a.

a year called packed with explosives into the heart of the city catherine saw al jazeera nairobi kenya. hundreds of somalis have marched in mogadishu to voice their anger at the bombing some said they lost faith in the state's ability to protect people. so there's bombing targeting somalia's foreign ministry has been seen as an attempt to destabilize the government of president mohammed ali he had recently announced a military campaign against armed groups including al shabaab which has stepped up attacks across somalia in recent months the effort is being supported by the u.s. which has been carrying out drone strikes against the rebels the head of the u.s. africa command met with the moderate just two days before the attack that meeting coincided with the resignation of both the defense minister and army chief without giving any reasons but israel is a somali scholar and a professor at the university of minnesota he says it's almost certain that al shabaab is behind the attack. i don't think the claim by al shabab is true because the truck came from a region of the country west of mogadishu were they con

hello i'm sammy's a than this is al jazeera live from doha so coming up a fifteen hour siege at a hotel in the somali capital is over at least twenty three dead under pressure after a culture of virtual referendum iraq's kurdish leader reportedly considering standing down. spain says castillo the is the pose the they can run for his old job december's election. rally is taking place biggest city in support of the military which is facing criticism over the rangar crisis thousands of supporters of turned out on the streets of. six hundred thousand rangar muslims have fled raw state for bangladesh over the past two months they accuse the. and. the un is called the violence. ethnic cleansing. is. just a couple of minutes ago. right . here of. how independent. we were. young. and the. security forces in somalia have ended a fifteen hour shooting gunman holding hostages in a hotel in mogadishu. the building on twin bombings in the area. three people were killed. in kenya. this is the target of the first explosion the two hole tell a stone's throw away from the presidential palace a car was driven up to th

on top of this is al jazeera live from london also coming up. police fire in the air to stop angry somalis reaching the scene of saturday's devastating truck bomb attack. spain urges catalonians leaders to act sensibly as the deadline looms for him to abandon his independence paid. but his right as opposition refuses to join all the newly elected state governors and being sworn in before president maduro constituent assembly. and president trump and golfed in a new controversy over the mother of a soldier killed a new accuses him of disrespect. you know the head of kenya's electoral commission is warning that he can't guarantee that next week's presidential rerun will be free and fair where he admits there's been political interference this after another top election official resigned and fled to new york saying it would be impossible to hold a credible rerun of august disputed vote from him to miller has more from nairobi. it looks as if things are falling apart at kenya's electoral commission headquarters rosalyn a con they're one of seven commissioners has resigned alleging political in

hello i'm sam he's a than this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up a fifteen hour siege at a hotel in the somali capital is over but at least twenty three are dead. on the pressure after a controversial referendum iraq's kurdish leader is reportedly considering standing down plus. reporting on moves to bring apex predators like wolves back to the scottish highlands after an absence of more than three hundred. rally is taking place in manaus biggest city in support of the military which is facing criticism over the rangar crisis thousands of supporters of turned out on the streets of yangon six hundred thousand rangar muslims of state from bangladesh over the past. right. and also now the united nations is calling the violence ethnic cleansing florence louis. this rally is organized by nationalists and. the message here the criticism leveled by the international community against the myanmar military because of what's taking place in northern rakhine state is ongoing to. the point the tama the myanmar language would for the militate because protecting national sovereignty. we have been trying to

al jazeera live from doha coming up. anger and sorrow as two hundred seventy six people are killed in the deadliest single attack in the somali capital. auster looks set to elect the world's youngest leaders in a vote that marks the country's shift to the right us look at efforts by some fed up venice residents to save this city from the onslaught of tourists. we begin with breaking news of the advance by the iraqi army towards the kurdish held city of kirkuk iraqi state television is saying that they have retaken vast areas in the oil rich region without any opposition from kurdish peshmerga forces the reuters news a. he's quoting iraq you have ten and colonel. saying the objective of the advance is to take control of the k. one air base and oil fields west of the city this comes as tension rises over the disputed region they push mega took control of kirkuk in two thousand and fourteen when the iraqi army was pushed out but i saw forces baghdad now wants it back iraq's kurdish region held a session referendum last month and its leaders are pushing full independence. kurdish leaders met earlier to discuss the crisis they hav

a year called packed with explosives into the heart of the city catherine saw al jazeera nairobi kenya. hundreds of somalis have marched in mogadishu to voice their anger at the bombing some said they lost faith in the state's ability to protect people. so this bombing targeting somalis foreign ministry has been seen as an attempt to destabilize the government of president mohammed ali he had recently announced a military campaign against armed groups including al shabaab which has stepped up attacks across somalia in recent months the effort is being supported by the u.s. which has been carrying out drone strikes against the rebels the head of the u.s. africa command metra for murder just two days before the attack that meeting coincided with the resignation of both the defense minister and army chief without giving any reasons of israel is a somali scholar and a professor at the university of minnesota he says it's almost certain that al shabaab is behind the attack. i don't think the claim by al shabab is true because the truck came from a region of the country west of mogadishu were they control and as

jordan this is al jazeera also coming up spain's government gives a seventy two hour deadline to clarify its position on independence or face the prospect of. leaving no stone unturned somali rescuers look for survivors two days after the worst suicide attack killed about three hundred in the capital. and the beverage is ridiculous horrible. most definitely. the tanks and soldiers to help fight obesity in one of america's largest cities loses its face. we begin with major developments in iraq where government forces have taken control of the contested city of quetta cook from kurdish forces tension has been mounting in the oil rich region ever since the kurds held a referendum on succession last month that has more now from ever built. the kurdish flag no longer flies in the center of kirkuk. the city now officially back in the hands of the iraqi government its forces but made a rapid advance launched in the middle of the night fifteen hours later the industrial area airports military base and critical all fields were under the control of iraqi forces. soon after they marched into the center of the city. iraqi officials were quick to declare victory. the joint military ope

al jazeera and al shabaab spokesman refused to confirm or deny responsibility the president who visited the scene blames what he calls terrorists targeting innocent civilians. the shock has now turned to anger pain and frustration as somalis deal with the deadly aftermath and all rising death toll. now dizzier muhammad the doe has the latest from the somali capital mogadishu. what happened on saturday only one of the busiest streets of mogadishu is never been seen in these country and all blame is pointing out that they are the only group of students being cutting out talks like this one loading trucks with explosives targeting government as well as citizens as their targets so many people here have absolutely no doubt about themselves who carried out these attacks this is a nation still in mourning this is the. final day of a period of mourning declared by president mohamed up the life of module assume. many people. the mockup mission of looking for any survivors as well as the boldness of the people who steal. the rubble of buildings the collapsed buildings within some buildings within to me to the kilometers radius of the collapsed and it is a huge task rescue workers us team looking for the bodies as well as survivors

al-jazeera and al shabaab spokesman refused to confirm or deny responsibility the president who visited the scene blames would he calls terrorists targeting innocent civilians. the shock has now turned to anger pain and frustration as somalis deal with the deadly aftermath and all rising death toll. now dizzier well mohamad the know is joining us now from the somali capital mogadishu look as you heard in the report will have made no claim of responsibility of the finger of blame those squarely pointed at. itself are we any closer to finding out who was behind this. well as far as claiming responsibility no they haven't claimed and it is sponsibility for the talk. but the government has thoughts whatsoever that it's the same group that kind of talk the wost in somalia as history this is a country that has known so much of violence in most of the past three decades but what's happened on saturday only one of the busiest streets of mogadishu is never been seen in these countries and all that blame is pointing out that they are the only group up in spain cutting out the toxin like this one. trucks with explosives and targeting government as well as citizens as their targets so many people here have absolutely no doubt that it

al-jazeera and al shabaab spokesman refused to confirm or deny responsibility the president who visited the scene blames what he calls terrorists targeting innocent civilians. the shock has now turned to anger pain and frustration as somalis deal with the deadly aftermath and all rising death toll. now. philips a professor of journalism at the university of southern california he says western media have often fail to cover attacks in africa. the coverage in the united states today was pretty substantial but i think by tomorrow it will evaporate whether it's somalia or yemen the fact is that the west particularly the united states is very slow to cover things that don't directly affect the on the news audience here just as part of the america first attitude that has been so prominent in u.s. politics well i think there's some racial connotations and i think there's always a feeling among a lot of people in the united states and well it's just africa again and there's always a war there's always an attack there's always a famine and people but i don't think most americans could even find some multiple on a map and that's that's a real problem that the the consciousness about suffering in the rest of the world is not where i

surrounding districts catherine soy al jazeera and later in the program we're going to be bringing in a security guest to talk about these issues because for years now the somali government has been at war with al-shabaab is take a look at this graph it shows just how many attacks the group has carried out in the last decade at least three hundred sixty in somalia alone and that's not even counting the attacks after february this. you're a special counsel robert mota is expected to announce on monday the first charges related to allegation alleged collusion between trump's campaign team and russian as on the stand that this is a big conversation online it is jane and it continues to grow and it can sound like a pretty dry topic really with another probe in to the two thousand and sixteen election but folks are still talking about it online it's one of the largest conversations we're seeing right now especially in the united states and as you can see there in parts of europe about seven hundred thousand tweets just in the last twenty four hours many are recalling this quote though from last week from a republican house member who said that congress will push fo

national police and the somali national army this may not be enough to avert what is likely to be strong protest from the saudi government in coming hours mike hanna al-jazeera united nations so here is my want to share in our senior political analysts to talk through this and other issues now and when children are involved when it becomes about the killing and maiming of children that should make a difference shouldn't it but after how many years of war now that we've seen here in yemen and in other conflicts why doesn't it. there's no doubt that children have been you know the foremost victims of war and yes the list is long in africa out of the congo in into afghanistan and syria and yemen and it is every every child's life is precious i think what is muzi if you will here is the fact that listing of saudi arabia of course along with syria these are members of the united nations so dear a.b.n. the united arab emirates the members of the coalition in yemen are members of the human rights council of the united nations in fact as your report just stated saudi arabia was reported then after it blackmailed the united nations last year in order to be a member e

man is this somali minister of information to noora is a photographer filmmaker de facto her son a blogger a volunteer rescue worker a mohamad addo is a senior correspondent for al jazeera english gentleman welcome it's good to have you here. i want you to give our audience some idea of what it is like to live in more good dish with the fear that maybe when you go down the street when you pick up your groceries something might happen to you what is that like. well thank you very much does. your movie. is full of and it's. one. of whatever you want. your back so. it's. very difficult. but where we come from it's. in the food was there let me just ask the minister of information i'm going to show our audience minister a little graphic out a zero put together the mogadishu attacks in twenty seventeen here is january continue down here into january in february we had a suicide bomb thirty nine killed in march one two incidences here we have april may june i was looking for a month maybe you a month what was quiet that was peace or i couldn't find one would go into july into all this september october the fourteenth this is the biggest attack in markets issues history and th