do you think this could be a turning point, then, against al—shabab?dvantage of this opportunity, i think it will be the time that al—shabab will be defeated. that confidence is spreading fast, people in newly liberated areas no longer ruled by fear. can you put your hand up if you are glad that al—shabab has been driven out of your village? that was quite remarkable, to see a village like this with people finally ready to say, "we are glad to see the back "of al—shabab," because they've terrorised villages across this region for so long. people have been too afraid to speak out, until now, it seems. will it last? somalia still faces huge challenges. millions here are living on the brink of famine. but if the war ends, then real progress could follow. andrew harding, bbc news, central somalia. to the uk now, where more than 40,000 rail workers are expected to walk out in december and january in a wave of 48—hour strikes that will hit train services across britain. it's a significant escalation in the strike action that began in june. staff at network r

that al shabab is makinu. , ., ., ~ it's a claim that al shabab is makinu. , ., ., ,, i. making. thank you so much for bringing us up to - making. i understand. thank you so much for bringing us up to date. - making. i understand. thank you so much for bringing us up to date. it i much for bringing us up to date. it does have so many assets when it comes to al shabab and their influence in somalia. to stay with us if you can on outside source. we have lots more to come. we will break bringing you up—to—date with the latest on china, and also talking about a summit that is taking place in london and about survivors of sexual violence. as we head into the early part, things are changing. it's turning drier and colder with frost and fog returning overnight. that coincides with the start of winter. but the fog will become quite extensive across parts of east wales, the midlands, southern and eastern england overnight. frost further north. much colder, foggy night to come. some of that fog will be problematic and linger on to the day. cold start for many. further north, we'll have the

michael the president has pledged an shabab group. it suggest it is still some _ shabab group.t suggest it is still some way to _ shabab group. it suggest it is still some way to go. - in hawaii, the world's largest active volcano — mauna loa — has begun erupting for the first time in nearly a0 years. the authorities in hawaii have warned of falling ash, but say lava is not currently a threat to people living nearby. scientists were watching the volcano closely because of recent earthquakes at the summit. mauna loa is more than a,000 metres above sea level on hawaii's big island. to the world cup now — brazil and portugal have joined defending champions france in qualifying for the knock—out stage of the 2022 world cup in qatar. the five—time champions left it late though, as they secured a 1—0 win over switzerland in group g. the south americans had already seen a second half strike from vinicius junior disallowed by v—a—r, when casemiro struck the winner in the 83rd minute. defeat for switzerland sees them remain in second in the table. two goals from bruno fernandes gave por

do you think this could be a turning point, then, against al—shabab?k it will be the time that al—shabab will be defeated. that confidence is spreading fast, people in newly liberated areas no longer ruled by fear. can you put your hand up if you are glad that al—shabab has been driven out of your village? that was quite remarkable, to see a village like this with people finally ready to say, "we are glad to see the back of al—shabab," because they've terrorised villages across this region for so long. people have been too afraid to speak out, until now, it seems. will it last? somalia still faces huge challenges. millions here are living on the brink of famine. but if the war ends, then real progress could follow. andrew harding, bbc news, central somalia. cristiano ronaldo is to leave manchester united with immediate effect. the decision follows an outspoken interview in which the portuguese star criticised the club, and said he had "no respect" for the manager, erik ten hag. both sides said that ronaldo's departure was "mutually agreed". it brings t

do you think this could be a turning point, then, against al—shabab? the government gets advantage of this opportunity, i think it will be the time that al—shabab will be defeated. that confidence is spreading fast, people in newly liberated areas no longer ruled by fear. can you put your hand up if you are glad that al—shabab has been driven out of your village? that was quite remarkable, to see a village like this with people finally ready to say, "we are glad to see the back of al—shabab," because they've terrorised villages across this region for so long. people have been too afraid to speak out, until now, it seems. will it last? somalia still faces huge challenges. millions here are living on the brink of famine. but if the war ends, then real progress could follow. andrew harding, bbc news, central somalia. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: why superstar footballer, cristiano ronaldo is leaving manchester united — as the club's owners say they are thinking about selling up. president kennedy was shot down and died almost immediately. the

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a recent battle here against a militant group al shabab been driven out.pular uprising is on the way. people telling us some ideas drought has left them with no option but to help defeat the hated militants. in the last month or so these troops have captured vast amounts of territory here in the centre of somalia. liberating dozens of villages. but the question and it�*s always the question here in somalia is how long they can hold on the territory. will the militants of al shabab melt away into the countryside and return. the militants have hit back hard with a string of devastating bomb attacks like this one in the capital. but listen to this politician. who survived five attacks by the militants. so this is you? he now believes the momentum has shifted. do you think this could of turning point? sure this is a turning point. i believe if the government gets advantage of this opportunity. i think it would be a time that the militants will be defeated. that confidence it fretting fast. people in liberated areas no longer ruled by fear. that al shabab has b

in the presence of one of the deadliest islamist extremists groups, al-shabab, only complicating theibution of aid. the united nations is warning that i have doing children under the age of five or at risk of dying by the middle of next your. somalia urgently needs another billion dollars in humanitarian aid. six weeks ago we brought you andrew harding's first report and he has now returned to the very heart of the crisis. and a warning that you may find some of the images in his report distressing. reporter: our guard is driving faster than on our last visit, the threat of ambush is growing here. suddenly we stumble across a funeral for a funeral for six-year-old boy who starved to death yesterday. 11 more children were buried here this week. but it's one particular family that has brought us back to a desolate camp at the edge of town. she is heating breakfast for her children, a cup of tea. they will eat later in thday. we returned to see how the family is coping. this was six weeks ago, morning his younger brother who died of hunger on the journey. today, he is in good spirits. b

a recent battle here saw the formidable militant group al—shabab driven out. we reach here, they fled the town and right before they left, they have burned down everything. they destroyed the shops, the houses, the water wells. like the people right now do not even have clean water to drink. this was your shop, was it? it was. but what's changed here is the mood. no longer of despair, but of determination. a popular uprising is under way. locals telling us somalia's drought has left them with no option but to help defeat the hated militants. in the last month or so, these troops have captured vast amounts of territory here in the centre of somalia, liberating dozens of villages. but the question, and it's always the question here in somalia, is how long can they hold on to the territory or will the militants of al—shabab simply melt away into the countryside and then return? al—shabab have hit back hard with a string of devastating bomb attacks, like this one in the capital, mogadishu. but listen to this politician, who survived five attacks by the militants.

a recent battle here saw the formidable militant group al—shabab driven out.rkable to see a village like this with people finally ready to say, "we�*re glad to see the back of al—shabab," because they�*ve terrorised villages across this region for so long, people have been too afraid to speak out until now, it seems. will it last? somalia still faces huge challenges. millions here are living on the brink of famine. but if the war ends, then real progress could follow. andrew harding, bbc news, central somalia. it's it�*s time for a look at the weather. you will find the ring will dry up with sunshine behind and then this enhancing the showers and the heavy and persistent rain pushing northwards into northern scotland. another feature of serie�*s whether it is the blustery wind with the potential for gusts to gale force to the irish sea and english channel coasts and also across the northern isles. now, inland, the kind of gusts we are looking at are in the low 20s but coastal gusts obviously much higher. and we are blowing in a lot of showers, especially in th

and the presence of one of the deadliest islamist extremist groups, al shabab, complicates the distributionid. the united nations is warning that half a million children under the age of five are at risk of dying by the middle of next year. somalia urgently needs another billion dollars in humanitarian aid. six weeks ago we brought you andrew harding's first report from the town of baidoa — he's now returned there, to the heart of the crisis, and a warning, you may find some of the images in his report distressing. we're tearing through baidoa. our guard is driving faster than on our last visit. the threat of ambushes by islamist militants is growing here. suddenly, we stumble across a funeral, for a six—year—old boy who starved to death yesterday. 11 more children were buried here this week. but it's one particular family that's drawn us back to a desolate camp on the edge of town. fatouma mohamed is heating breakfast for her children — a cup of tea. they will eat late in the day. nice to see you again. we have returned to see how the family is coping. hi, dahir. this was dahir here six we

the islamist militant group al shabab says it targeted the villa rose which is close to the presidentiale environment has posted on social media that he had survived the attack. there are unconfirmed reports that another minister was injured. we will bring you more as we know more about the casualties, those numbers are not yet clear. here, the transport secretary has been talking about the industrial dispute on the railways — which has led to more strikes scheduled for next month. mark harper said there had to be reforms to the rail system to free up money for a pay offer for workers — and warned there wasn't a "bottomless pit" of taxpayers' money to throw at the problem. mark harper spoke earlier today with laura kuenssberg. the negotiations are absolutely between the trade unions and the train operating companies and network rail. and i'm not getting involved in those detailed negotiations. but i do think i have a responsibility to encourage and help the two sides in those negotiations to reach a conclusion so that we can modernise the rail system and we can have reform of the way the

fighters from the al qaeda affiliated group al shabab say they carried out the attack at the villa roseeast one minister is reported to have been injured. the bbc�*s emmanuel igunza has this update. the security forces in somalia are still trying to end the siege, which began on sunday evening, and so far confirmation there that four people have been killed. we do know dozens of others have been injured, including several ministers, one who has told reporters that he survived the deadly siege carried out by the al—shabaab militant fighters, who have claimed responsibility for it. we know this hotel is quite near the presidential villa, villa somalia, as it is called. we do understand from reports that villa somalia, the presidential palace, was also targeted during this attack, which is daring, considering this area is heavily secured, and for the militants who came there, they had explosives and there was heavy fire, exchange of fire during the early hours of the incident. but so far, quite a fluid situation and we expect the death toll, which has now been confirmed to be four, will ri