out at least in mogadishu regularly calley our assassination is killing his game in mogadishu or with an ex who she was gobbling up that is this is what we do show it's happening every day and looked at. what does that tell us then about how strong. remain in somalia. we have been pushed out the immigrant issue and we'll be a day at the back is that is to. get out of this that that is a right we thank you for how much for giving us the update from a condition that will. now the iraqi president but says donald trump does not ask permission to have u.s. troops stationed there to watch iran so he's referring to comments the american president made in an interview on sunday we spent a fortune on building this incredible base we might as well keep it and one of the reasons i want to keep it is because i want to be looking a little bit at a wind because a rand is a real problem so that's what trump out to say let's cross over to rob matheson he's joining us from baghdad what are the iraqi president say in response. well president bottom sana said in one of the parts of his statement he said

rescue workers pull a body out of the rubble after a car bomb attack in the somali capital mogadishu the explosives were planted near a shopping center in a busy market the home of a follow up car i saw seven dead bodies in you all of them i mean owner of this shop and as you can see it was badly damaged by the car bombing. some victims were killed directly by the blast others died after a part of the shopping center collapsed al-shabaab has claimed responsibility it's fight is regularly hit targets like this in mogadishu in their fight against somalia's western backed central government that i got out i parked my car here and went into my office soon after i heard a loud explosion which demolished the whole area. also claimed responsibility for another attack on monday in the semi autonomous somali region of puntland gunmen shot and killed a local head of a port operations company that's based in deep analysts say civility to carry out these attacks shows how weak the government is and i think we're on the moment is the only external is our fighting al shabaab in fact somali governm

is a new addition to the skyline of mogadishu on an investment by people who tani in from exile after many years of war in their country oh shut up said in about statement that they had targeted senior government and ten years of fish bowls who were meeting nearby but it is civilians who hold the brunt of the tuc it's all civilians who while the casualties of those who died as well as those who were injured and these are toxic dust coming at a time when these an up tick in violence being waged by al shabaab targeting both government installations and also civilian targets just like the one we saw today a busy intersection in the heart of mogadishu of course al shabaab aims to prove that they're still a force to be reckoned with even after losing most of their albums strongholds but experts say it's also points to the weakness of their opponents the government and the thousands of you doing peacekeepers who have not had an offensive against the group for a while now and i'll shut up us continued cutting out these attacks on saturday they targeted an ethiopian peacekeepers base in the t

is right across the headquarters of the mogadishu city administration and it happened at a time when many people were on the streets passing between these very important is to listens it happened during the morning rush hour of course to cause the maximum damage and this is just part of an uptick in the violence being waged by al shabaab that we've been seeing in the past couple of months one which of fishel say is meant to show that the group who still. has the power to carry out such kind of attack this by losing most of the up and strongholds and this other attack that we're reporting this killing in puntland i wanted to show is how widespread al shabaab three chassis is in that. yes indeed of course this is a place where they are tucked up and in the port of course hostile is almost a thousand kilometers away from mogadishu and just shows you the rich and breadth of the area which al-shabaab operates in it's not new to this place else about fighters have been having a foothold in the portland region for the for many years and it's been quite difficult for the u.s. trained somali

hour at least seven people have been killed by a car bomb that's been set off in somalia's capital mogadishu it happened in the shopping center and it's a street that's full of shops and restaurants. gunmen have shown some killed the head of a poor operations company in the semi autonomous somali region of complement al-shabaab has claimed responsibility for that attack. spain's prime minister has just announced that his country will recognize venezuelan opposition leader. as the interim president seventy eight countries have issued current president this matter out with an ultimatum to call new elections but he refused spain now joins the u.s. canada on lasting american allies who. lost russia and china still support a door. a football player fighting extradition from thailand has thousands of the judges not to send him back to bahrain because he fears he'll be tortured kamala right be appeared in court shackled in chains judges adjourned his case until april . and denied bail despite international appeals for his freedom of all of member of bahrain's national team was arrested whilst on ho

turning now to mogadishu where at least nine people are dead after a large explosion in the somalian capital the blast hit a busy market in a shopping mall and police say it was a car bomb and that more than fifty people were injured the militant group has claimed responsibility. let me draw in. a moment he is based in mogadishu but you this law the last attack is taking place at a shopping center what look at you tell us about it. as you may have heard a pickle built up to explosive is have been good to needed a new show more the biggest tomorrow in the capital the mall is negative to now the instability when it's blooper to be passed only the target a huge crowd a crowd of people were at the facility when the blast the winter of casualties were smaller than expected and listed done both john were to be were comparable there another turn were all the. obviousness of burma or prepare to the million now but she actually bob has claimed responsibility for this attack the group has been ousted from the capital and most urban areas in south and central somalia but this still seem to be m

at least seven people have been killed by a car bomb that's been set off in somalia's capital mogadishu it happened at a shopping center in a district that's full of shops and restaurants meanwhile gunmen have shot and killed the head of a port operations company in the semi autonomous somali region of. responsibility for that attack. joins us now from nairobi first of all the last in. huge cloud of smoke could be seen from very far away what more do we know about it . well yes laura it was a powerful explosion and residents say they heard it from almost all parts of the cup at all it happened at a busy intersection right between the newest and biggest moral in mogadishu an investment by a baton and somalis from exile coming back to invest in their country and also right opposite it is the headquarters of the mogadishu city administration it's not clear which of the two was the target but what we know is it happened in a busy time when people the morning rush hour when people were going about their business and medics are saying that they ease the possibility of the high death toll give

shopping area of mogadishu now this is all about show up saying that despite losing most of the of one strongholds the still a force to be reckoned with and also saying that it killed the manager of a de by government on port operator in portland the semi-autonomous region of the deal to build this port was very controversial wasn't it. very controversial london was done between dubai ports world and the simul total most regional administration of pointless something that really and get the somali government in mogadishu the federal government which would say that was not consulted and even said that it had expelled. dubai ports world from carrying out its activities in somalia but they still continued to stay and they already cutting out republish meant work of the portable sus so paul and tony for most of the multis national who was killed was in charge of the construction that is going on at the port of both somalia he was killed inside the port by two gunmen who disguised themselves as fisherman. tucked him and hit him and shot him in the head while he was passing through the fish

but she my mother in mogadishu thank you very much for that update. let's article look at some other stories making news around the world in el salvador form a man named to kill me has easily won the country's presidential election the anti-corruption campaign a secured a majority are off the first round of voting picking up move oats than his three rivals combined the killing is a victory ends the two party system that has governed el salvador for three decades . a light aircraft has crashed into a house in california killing the pilot and four people inside witnesses said the twin engine plane caught fire and broke up in mid-flight the local sheriff said the occupants who died were two males and two females. millions of pilgrims in india have gathered to bathe in on the most important day of the hindu festival the world's largest religious gathering the pilgrims plunged into the cold waters where three rivers come together considered a particularly holy site hindus believe taking a dip in the rivers cleanses them of their sins and bring salvation. m

rescue workers political the rubble after a complement tack in the somali capital mogadishu. explosives were planted near a shopping center in a busy market. i saw seven dead bodies in you all of them i mean owner of this shop and as you can see it was badly damaged by the car bombing. some victims were killed directly by the blast others died after a part of the shopping center collapsed. has claimed responsibility its fight is regularly hit targets like this in mogadishu in the fight against somalis western backed central government. i parked my car here and went into my office soon after i heard a loud explosion which demolished the whole area. also claimed responsibility for another attack on monday in the semi autonomous somali region of puntland gunman shot and killed a local head of a pool to operations company that's based in deep by analysts say civility to carry out these attacks shows how weak the government is and i think the moment is the only external is fighting in fact somali government is not able to lead its own with the design its own school policy. and not

they are has claimed responsibility for cho separate attacks and somalia and the capital mogadishu a car bomb killed at least twelve people and injured dozens outside a shopping mall try again the reports. rescue workers pull a body out of the rubble after a car bomb attack in the somali capital mogadishu the explosives were planted near a shopping center in a busy market. i saw seven dead bodies in you all of them i mean owner of this shop and as you can see it was badly damaged by the car bombing. some victims were killed directly by the blast others died after a part of the shopping center collapsed al-shabaab has claimed responsibility its fight has regularly hit targets like this in mogadishu in their fight against somalia's western backed central government. i parked my car here and went into my office soon after i heard a loud explosion which demolished the whole area. also claimed responsibility for another attack on monday in the semi autonomous somali region of puntland gunman shot and killed a local head of a port operations company that's based in dubai analysts say civil

claimed responsibility its fighters regularly hit targets like these in mogadishu in their fight against somalia's western backed central government. has also claimed responsibility for another attack in the semi autonomous somali region of puntland gunmen shot and killed the head of a port operations company that's based in dubai with me here in the studios a few arielle me he's a professor of international relations at katz our university thanks for coming in and we'll talk about that a moment but first the attack that took place in mogadishu does this speak to the strength of or the weakness of the security services that this type of attack was able to be carried out this has been going on for a while and in fact it's more to do weakness of the. strength of. only be strong to the extent of the government is weak and this is the. year after year to do the same thing because we're basically depending on the same structures. only or perhaps the schools to provide a different. way or the way to go about building to this extremely slow but has been at the receiving end of u.s. airstrikes a

we somalia today's the success of army some is what has enabled the federal government to stay in mogadishu and we've been calling on the international partners to continue providing this support so that we can help turn around somalia in terms of its capabilities to provide peace and security for itself but also to secure the borders with its neighbors thank you very much money john mccain his cabinet secretary for foreign affairs thank you for your time. thank you thank you let's talk sports now for many young footballers across. africa that. is a huge dream fourteen year old. is such a dream up hoping to be a global football star correspondent in lagos florist who followed him. this is the nigeria scouts the next generation of football in thailand. for a fourteen year old jabril the next few days could be life changing he's one of eighty boys hoping to catch the eye of one of the walt biggest food bowl clubs they're competing for selection in the by any use world cup the ten best play as we travel to germany to take part many of the players are from low income families and get in scouted

al-shabaab has taken responsibility for a car bomb that exploded at a shopping center in mogadishu at least twelve people were killed and fighters regularly hit targets like these in the somali capital as they continue their battle against western backed central government the group has also claimed responsibility for another attack in the semi autonomous somali region of puntland gunmen shot and killed the head of a port operations company that's based in dubai sheer without zero coming up in just a moment turkey's president announces what he calls saudi lies about the murder of jon. and says he can't understand us silence about his killing. braving the cold syrian refugees struggle against the elements especially in makeshift shelters . carlow the weather's looking awfully fun and dry across much of china for the chinese new year some think link out into the central areas that will produce some outbreaks of rain from time to time maybe on the heavy side up towards further east eleven celsius to shanghai twenty four for hong kong similar temperature in hong kong as we go on into wedn

explosion in the somali capital mogadishu at least seven people have been killed because been seen emerging from a shopping center doesn't fall from a government building. from says it believes venezuela's president is the man to organize and carry out new elections seventy you. support behind the current president nicolas maduro refused their ultimatum for a vote. and president accused the u.s. of an action the murder of. four months ago. also said saudi arabia's crown prince and its former foreign minister have told lie about the killing. a footballer has been denied bail by a course in bangkok was fighting extradition to his native. was detained in thailand in november whilst on holiday he lives in australia where he was granted refugee status in two thousand and fourteen is demanding he return to a jail sentence for them but al-arabiya and rights groups say he'll be tortured it's got to hide the story. the extradition hearing at the criminal court here in bangkok on monday morning heard directly from how came the judge asked him specifically directly do you want to be sent back to bahra

somalia in the capital mogadishu a car bomb killed at least twelve people and injured dozens outside a shopping mall and al-shabaab carried out another attack in point semi-autonomous region of somalia gunmen killed the head of a dubai based company operating a port there. is a professor and of international relations at qatar university he says al-shabaab has ability to carry out such attacks demonstrates the government's weakness. this has been going on for a while and in fact it's been more to the weakness of the state than the strength of. only be strong to the extent of the government is weak and this is done in. year after year to do the same thing can be depending on some structures and some still the only or pubs the minstrels to provide everyone with. at least the way or the way to go about building goods extremely slow if you want to uproot you have to combine it on the ground and also nutritionists in whoever is full of supply and i think words are going on the moment is the only external is of fighting in fact somali government is not able to lead it's almost designed its

at least five people have been killed in a suicide car bombing targeting a mogadishu hotel it happened in one of somalia the capital's busiest streets destroying several buildings gunfire was heard off to the attack has claimed responsibility. for the second time in three days in a boat a treatment center has been attacked in the eastern democratic republic of congo armed attackers were driven off after setting fire to the building but for the patients fled and are still missing it comes three days after a similar center just a few few kilometers away was burnt to the ground as the top stories do stay with us now for one one east on the story of pakistan's lost children new war news from doha after that in about half an hour's time say without his air. we understand the differences and the similarities of cultures across the way around. sentiments when you call her. al-jazeera international bringing the news and current of things that matter to you. al-jazeera. in pakistan thousands of children are abandoned. every. day other countries want to. babies born out of wedlock a considered s

five people have been killed in a car bomb attack close to the home of a judge in somalia's capital mogadishu police say it was a plot to assassinate of bashir omar the chief judge of somalia's appeals court security forces fought off gunmen who try to force their way into his house. coming up next battlefield washington looks at alleged russian interference in the two thousand and sixteen presidential election. ah donald trump do solemnly swear donald trump do solemnly swear that i will faithfully execute. faithfully execute the office of president of the united states the authors of president of the united states the day trump this morning and the two thousand and sixteen election that secured his victory is already under investigation did russia help them get the presidency. so help me god read one of. my. as he walks on pennsylvania avenue from where he took the oath of office towards the white house he steps onto a political battlefield. pennsylvania avenue is the heart of washington and it connects major political players congress the f.b.i. the department of justice. the press. the whi

video out of somalia where there was a car bomb that's killed at least 10 people in the capital of mogadishu. dozens of people are injured. and the group al-shabab has claimed responsibility. this is close to a hotel where a lot of international journalists stay. the number of people who have been killed is expected to rise. back to you. >>> president trump wants to keep u.s. troops in iraq to teach an eye on iran. that made headlines in an interview with cbs news. >> reporter: would you shut down the government began? >> we'll see what happens on february 15th. >> reporter: you're not taking it off the table? >> i'm not taking anything off the table. i don't like to take things off the table. >> reporter: the president could declare a national emergency if he doesn't get democrats to agree. he spoke with margaret brennan, addressing a wide range of issues, including the mueller investigation. >> it's up to the attorney general. i have no idea what it's going to say. >> the president made news in talking about u.s. troops in iraq. >> i want to be looking a little bit at iran because iran is

fighters and somalia say they bombed a shopping center in mogadishu the blast killed at least twelve people and wounded dozens of others in the somali capital that francis has called on all religions to unite to end wars in the middle east including the conflict in yemen he was speaking at an interfaith gathering in the united arab emirates the u.s. senate has backed an amendment that opposes president ronald trump's a plan to withdraw troops from syria and afghanistan it's being seen as a rubber puke of trumps foreign policy by the republican controlled senate. troops are being deployed in northeast australia to help deal with severe flooding parts of queensland are under water after days of record breaking rainfall floodgates in the city of townsville had to be open to prevent a river from breaking its banks as you can see thousands of homes and buildings have been submerged as are the headlines keep it here and much more to come on al-jazeera saudi aramco the company and the state is that next. it seemed like a great idea the world's largest oil producing company pumping millions

world news and fighters in somalia have claimed responsibility for the latest bomb explosion in mogadishu the grass outside a shopping center killed at least twelve people in india injured dozens. regularly targets the somali capital in its continuing battle against the west and backs government and also carried out another attack in portland a semi autonomous region of somalia gunmen killed the head of a dubai based company operating the main contain a ports the group says the maltese executive was working illegally. is a professor of international relations at qatar university he says ability to carry out such attacks demonstrates the government's weakness. this has been going on for a while and in fact it's because more to the weakness of the state rather than the strength of shabab a show up can only be strong to the extent that the government is weak and this is i mean. year after year of building the same thing because we're basically depending on the same structures i'm some still the only or perhaps the minstrels to provide it in we do. this for money us national army at least the

to some other news now and a car bomb blast outside a shopping center in the somali capital mogadishuhas killed at least eleven people and injured dozens and gunmen have shot and killed the head of a port operations company in the semi autonomous somali region of puntland and shabab has claimed responsibility for that attack turkey's president has accused the us off in action over the murder of saudi journalist a montage of the four months ago reza tell you berta also said saudi arabia's crown prince and its former minister have told lies about the killing troops are being sent in to help deal with catastrophic flooding in northeast australia thousands of homes are submerged in queensland evacuation centers are open in the city of townsville stabilized but the potential for the right things cane china which last night was rough but everyone pulled together. and a former mayor has claimed victory in el salvador's presidential election now you book kelly campaigned as an anti establishment outsider promising to stamp out corruption and his two major rivals have now conceded defeat in th

a bomb blast outside a busy shopping center in the somali capital mogadishu has killed at least eleven people and injured dozens more it happened until the head of a port operations company in the semi autonomous somali region of puntland. responsible for that attack. takis president is accused of action over the murder of. months ago. and also says saudi arabia's crown prince and its former foreign minister have told lies about the killing troops are being sent in to help deal with catastrophic flooding in northeast australia thousands of submerged and queensland evacuation centers are open in the city of townsville. headlines more news. after story. cattle wins the asian cup victory for the world cup the smallest host nation put it on course for twenty twenty two big win in the united arab emirates or exacerbate tensions in the county this is inside story. hello and welcome to the program dennis cattles football team started the asian cup ranked a lowly ninety third in the world but after an always flawless month long torn amid cattery players brought home their first major trophy al

at least five people have been killed in an attack apparently targeting the home of a judge in mogadishu police say a car bomb was detonated in a plot to assassinate of bashir omar the chief judge of somalia's appeals court after the blast near his house security forces fought off gunmen who tried to force their way inside it's not clear who carried out the attack but al shabaab frequently carries out bombings and shootings in the country. now for the second time in just three days an ebola treatment center has been attacked in the eastern democratic republic of congo the latest attack targeted a center run by the french medical charity doctors without borders in the eastern town of temple armed attackers set fire to the building before being fought off in a gun battle with security forces four people with confirmed cases of the highly contagious virus fled the scene and are still missing well on sunday the brother of a patient was killed when another treatment center was burnt to the ground just a few kilometers away in cap well it's not known who is responsible but several armed groups

at least five people have been killed in a suicide car bombing targeting a mogadishu hotel it happened in one of somalia the capital's busiest streets destroying several buildings and gunfire was heard off to the attack has claimed responsibility. for the second time in three days in a boat a treatment center has been attacked in the eastern democratic republic of congo armed attackers were driven off after setting fire to the building but for the patients fled and are still missing it comes three days after a similar center just a few few kilometers away was burnt to the ground over the top stories do stay with us now for one one east on the story of pakistan's lost children though new war news from doha after that in about half an hour's time say without his era. we understand the differences and the similarities of cultures across the world. so no matter where you call her. al-jazeera international bringing the news and current affairs that matter to you. al-jazeera. in pakistan thousands of children are abandoned. every. day other countries want to. babies born out of wedlock consi

the ambassadors in mogadishu arrived a few months ago, finally after years. there is as complementary and capacity issue that if we don't get right, you can do your job very well and we will not succeed. there are many of the same situations in south america and latin america. >> exactly the same situation, the military needs to be the small in support of the big diplomacy and economic ee. i see that working in its example would be el salvador. is making significant progress in the reduction of violence, and is been by targeting really bad neighborhoods, some 50 locations for u.s. aid comes in with public and private partnerships and partnerships with the government. and we are there in small presents to connect those vetted police force with the military. >> thank you, thank you gentlemen. >> i think we are all aware that we are going to have a closed session after this, so anything that gets into an area that's more appropriate in a closed session, you can pass on. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i'm just curious, in your opening statement, for the record, rega

in somalia, a car bomb killed at least 11 people at a shopping center in the capital mogadishu mondayalso monday, gunmen shot and killed the head of dubai-owned port in the semi-autonomous region of puntland. militant group al-shabab claimed responsibility for both the attacks. a panel including british threree members of parliament concluded the highest levels of saudi authority are responsible for the "cruel, i inhuman and degrading" treatment of women activists, and may be in violation of international law. the panel looked at reports from human n rights groups detaililig the fates of women activists jailed after campaigning for the right to drive and an end to the male guardianship system. the women include loujain al-hathloul, a prominent women's rights advocate who has been arrested several times. amnesty international says that activists were sexually harassed, electrocuted, flogged and subject to death threats. in the west bank, mourners attended the funeral of 19-year-old abdullah tawalba, who was shot and killed by israeli forces near a checkpoint another palestinian was wou

. >> tucker: congresswoman omar of course is a refugee to this country she was born in mogadishu spent time political life attacking this country as immoral.f she also supports a number of policy ideas like the green newne deal that don't make mathematical sense. she is also for abolishing ice. so there are things you could criticize about the congresswoman but you are not allowed to criticize her. a new piece in politico argued that. now why? well not because what he what she says is factually true but because, of course, of her identity. quote: the g.o.p. strategy risks the backlash the party that has problems with women and minors continues to focus its attacks on women of color, end quote. not a woman it disagrees with you about on woman of color. their color is t the most important part to the people of politico. msnbc agreed with this, of course, in a segment yesterday one of its guests said it was quote not a good look for conservatives to attack congresswoman omar because she is a woman her actual views are irrelevant. it's about her identity. michelle malkin is a syndicated co

colonies to some other news now and a bomb blast outside a busy shopping center in the somali capital mogadishu has killed at least eleven people and injured dozens and gunmen have shot and killed the head of a port operations company in the semi autonomous somali region of puntland al shabaab has claimed responsibility for that attack turkey's president has accused the u.s. of inaction over the murder of saudi journalist four months ago. and also said saudi arabia's crown prince and its former foreign minister have told lies about the killing our troops are being sent in to help deal with catastrophic flooding in northeast australia thousands of homes are submerged in queensland's evacuation centers are open in the city of townsville dam levels have stabilized but the potential of. things can change last night was rough but if you want to get not. war. the money from libyan oil allowed gadhafi to underwrite ambitious projects. three hundred million dollars for the first pan-african satellite calm. thirty billion dollars in the largest irrigation system in the world that draws on the fast a fre

we saw that in mogadishu. >> and we know how that turned out. colonel, thanks very much.y hits the fan tomorrow morning when they're going to test this, to try to get the aid. we'll be live at 10:00 a.m. eastern monitoring that throughout the show and how this goes down. could be a crucial test of those generals and whether they still stick by a leader that might to tell them to shoot those that try to get the aid that will be a very tough call. that could be a violent one as well. more after this. our grandparents checked their smartphones zero times a day. times change. eyes haven't. that's why there's ocuvite. screen light... sunlight... longer hours... eyes today are stressed. but ocuvite has vital nutrients... ...to help protect them. ocuvite. eye nutrition for today. you might or joints.hing for your heart... but do you take something for your brain. with an ingredient originally discovered in jellyfish, prevagen has been shown in clinical trials to improve short-term memory. prevagen. healthier brain. better life. we all make excuses for the things we don't want to

and we're just getting some breaking news out of the capital mogadishu we're getting reports of a large explosion near a hotel frequented by government officials or bring in more details as we get them . so i had on the officer news hour one of my docents more allies in a bid to put pressure on venezuela's president nicolas maduro they arrest him for foreign and vaster sense shock waves through russia's business community. and breaking the barrier will tell you how a female player has made college football history that story's coming up a little later but joe. heller's rain falling at the moment in southern iran is just been catching qatar as well this developing system is going to head east woods and affect pakistan and afghanistan beyond it is a bit of a brief break as wall cloud coming into the levant but if anything that's going to move north into the caucasus city improving picture there for syria for iraq for lebanon as temperatures in the teens in the breeze but a fairly strong cigars are going to focus here on the east side of iraq more especially iran really high ground means s

assassinate bashir omar the chief judge of somalia's appeals court after the blast near his house in mogadishu security forces fought off gunman who tried to force their way inside says it was behind me attack. pakistan's prime minister says his country will release a captured indian pilots on friday as a gesture of peace a day earlier india and pakistan said they shot down each other's fighter jets in the disputed kashmir region pakistan says it downed two indian planes and arrested the pilot india said it shot down one pakistani aircraft and lost one of its own. indian pilot is in our custody we will release him and we take him to india tomorrow as a peace gesture. but we spoke to pakistan's foreign minister who says they're willing to cooperate with india. we knew. that helped reelect it by the people of iraq. yes it is a historic package but be on a. fresh mindset where we want peace and stability in the region we have a very clear agenda which is the people centric agenda we want to focus on the government we want to focus on where certain. where we want peace and consideration and a lot

officials used by the extremist group north of mogadishu. al-shabab was behind an assault on a hotel complex in kenya this month that killed 21 people. the u.s. and china wound up two days of trade talks aiming for agreement before march 2n when a new round of u.s. tariffs kicks in. president trump met with china's vi premier, and presented a letter from president xi jinping saying he hopes china and the u.s. can meet halfway. mr. trump said he an hxi will likee to meet before there's any final deal. and, stocks were mixed on wall street today. e dow jones industrial average fell 15 points to close at 24,999. the nasdaq rose 98 points,nd the s&p 500 added 23. still toome on the newshour: european countries try to rescue their business dealings with iran. a conversation with chris christie about his new memoir. state-level democrats making abortion more accessible, and much more. >> woodruff: the u.s. and its european allies work together on many issues, but they diverge dramatically over iran's nuclear program. when the u.s. withdrew from th

first we're getting some breaking news out of somalia where there's been a huge blast in the capital mogadishuwitnesses say there are clouds of smoke coming from a shopping center not far from a local government administration building joins us on the phone from nairobi a few details so far can you tell us anything more about this blast. well detailed field come to lower but what we're hearing is they want to expose from the heart of that issue just right for the city administration had called since it's also the biggest a mall in the comfortable way an investment by returning some money it's been living in exile so far i would just as we spoke to say they hired a huge explosion and then small in there it's not known whether. it's the mall targets or. headquarters but it looks as if this is just a continuation of. to keep the government on its toes they have. been included in the number. in the weeks. with u.s. troops to somalia killing dozens of them the last of which was about seven to one of them. and i don't see any reports of an attack in the sunny uplands waves of puntland in somalia the

least ten people have been killed in a car bomb in a popular shopping area of somalia's capital mogadishuhere government officials often go. bbc afrique. pope francis has delivered a speech in the united arab emirates calling for a halt to wars in the middle east. it marks the start of the first ever visit by a pontiff to the arabian peninsula. bbc arabic. liam neeson has sparked a race row after making comments about once wanting to kill a black person. he says he walked the streets with a weapon, hoping to kill someone as revenge after someone close to him was raped by a black man. that's on our website. this is the mexican druglord joaquin el chapo guzman— the head of the powerful sinaloa cartel. he's waiting for the verdicts in his trial in new york. it's lasted three months — all been detailed on the bbc wesbite — and there's plenty to report. el chapo is accused of having a sound—proof murder room. and of bragged about raping teenage girls. there's a long list of charges — he's pleaded not guilty to all of them. nada tawfik‘s in new york — she's reported on the whole thing. so tell

stories we're following at least five people have been killed in a suicide car bombing targeting a mogadishu hotel it happened in one of the somali capital's busiest streets destroying several buildings gunfire was heard after the attack. responsibility there also reports of a bomb attack near the home of a senior judge and he said the attackers then tried to force their way inside but was stopped by the security forces. for the second time in three days in a boat a treatment center has been attacked in the eastern democratic republic of congo the latest attack targeted a center run by the french medical charity doctors without borders in the eastern town of pretend on to tack is set fire to the building before being forced off in a gun battle with security forces for people with confirmed cases of the highly contagious virus fled the scene and is still missing on sunday the brother of a patient was killed when another treatment center was burned to the ground just a few kilometers away in qatar it's not known who is responsible but several armed groups operate in the volatile border region

in somalia, we work closely with the ambassador, now permanently stationed in mogadishu, alongside the u.s. mission director to help the somalis assume responsibility for their own security in their own prosperity. in libya, our counterterrorism commitment supports the u.s. shar as a who works closely with the international community to prevent civil conflict and facilitate political reconciliation process. additionally, our engagement exercises and act divvies throughout africa are designed to increase u.s. influence to strengthen local security and ensure our status as the preferred security partner. for example, in east africa, our programs continue to modernize partner security forces as in ethiopia, kenya and uganda who also export security and contribute forces to the african union mission in somalia. in north africa, we have seen significant return on investment with tunisia and morocco are demonstrating the capacity to absorb advanced u.s. programs and to lead security-related exercises and operations. in the lake chad region, africom provides training, advice and assistance to