And locked and loaded russia says its newest weapon is operational and it can travel 27. 00 times the speed of sound. A huge bomb blast has killed and injured dozens of people in somalias capital mogadishu it what the governments calling a despicable act of terrorism 79 people have been killed but 149 others injured and many more casualties a fear a rebuttal has more from nairobi in neighboring kenya cars. They tack was carried out joining morning rush hour as many people going to work and University Students heading to campus the bombs exploded at a security checkpoint east by many coming into marketing yet again another eyes where they were a truck loaded with explosives was destinated at a busy checkpoint the explosion lead to many days. Yes and injuries most of those died here students who were going to these schools and universities official say many of those killed by the truck bomb. Explosion was very large it was close to where the 2017 bomb happened many people died here especially students i saw many dead bodies lying on the ground in my eyes some of the dead were Police Officers but also students were killed. Officials believe the target was a building next to the checkpoint being used by Government Troops the group was pushed out of mogadishu several years ago but is still targets high profile areas such as checkpoints and hotels. Also carried out attacks in neighboring kenya and uganda. Its trying to stop attacks like this from happening for those caught up in the blast and those who lost family members and loved ones thats a little comfort now. Well this is one of the worst attacks that anyone seen in bogard this year in 2011100 people were killed when al shabaab sent a suicide bomber in a truck which blew up outside the governments ministerial complex the worst was in 2017 when almost 600 people died in a double truck bombing that was blamed on al shabaab but it never claimed responsibility. And is a professor of International Relations at the Norwegian University of life science he says while the Somali Government has stopped alshabaab from taking control of the country the armed group is still very powerful. They are still very wealthy and theyre still able to get a lot of income from illegal taxing and that getting money from from activists that wants to sell an export that imports true there and the areas that are still under their control so they still have a lot of resources still are quite active but its also interesting to note is that the attack that we saw today was on the outskirts of more this year so what we might see is just maybe a case of a shake point trying to stop there are separate from transporting these even further into the sea whats interesting with 100 cattle survive is that it has been deemed to disappear and collapse for many years over and over again but this is still indicates that the organization is rather stable has stabilized sources of income and that is floating on disability but off the African Union and it is some of this Mali National government to actually provide security for its ordinary people you can see an improvement in their Somali Security architecture and you can see an improvement or even the somali and National Army as well as some of their local allies and some of the regional statement is just so theyre receiving an improvement and we shouldnt forget that the army some probably prevent a thorough takeover of the whole central somalia out by by basically the shabab in 2010 so they have that toro impact but they havent brought the security architecture. In due to the dialogue between the regional states under Central Government to any level where its actually providing safety for its ordinary citizens it can provide. Protection for against ship of taking over the country but it can appropriately provide safety for its ordinary citizens as proven by these attacks. Police in india have a rested more than a 1000 people during the last 24 hours of protests against the new citizenship law the arrests of deterring demonstrators from a 15th day of action and citizens nationwide they condemning the legislation is divisive discriminatory and anti muslim Opposition Leader raul gandhi showed his support by visiting the Northeastern State of the somme where the protests began and so for a visit at one of the city inns in new delhi. Home around 1000. 00 people were detained for theres a scene to know that maybe i guess to be a fight one would retain the in the National Capital and yet to start gathered across several sides in an ample testing against. This kind of us we dont have to guess that we are as we go to the epicenter of these protests and these will be really be coming out for over a mo night now there are no tests against some of the what they describe as a discone they say they dont understand. And they will keep pressing will continue their protests until the government does not honor to be a member now most of these protests as you have seen a women and to lose anyone with a sensitive gun 100 notice they braving the cold because they see them down with Police Atrocities against a group of these students this week templates out of this university and that is it is not the remotest people that they have not saved in their own neighborhoods that today the old something is now down to the leading role in the field Position Party the Congress Party fundraiser sab which is where the protests began several other political leaders have phoned. Different stages to brutus against the moment is great distance to navigate a city under the sea anchor there not to speak to how the leadership would i do this stuff and i think the employers then are happy with this. Police a volunteer. Clear to hundreds of people who stole the hong kong Shopping Mall near the border with milan china the area is popular with traders who cross over to buy goods to sell back on demonstrators blame them over crowding and pushing up prices protests have disrupted home call for more than 6 months by li against chinas increasing influence over the territory phones no use in hong kong until says more about the anger behind saturdays events. This protest here is hardly an offshoot of the main protest movement thats gone on for 6 months in hong kong but its also partly to contest against the practice of our now trading unparalleled trading is a practice where traders come and buy goods in hong kong in power and then resell them for profit in Mainland China a majority of these traders are mainland chinese its a practice that locals here you distrust the social and Economic Life its course shortage of goods its driven the prices of goods and hong kong people on happy about this practice so this is what this protest is about now weve seen the shutters in this Shopping Malls shut as soon as protest is moving its really not had her tested the peace that mainline tinys now in these protests that have gone on for the last 6 months the anger against the hong kong and Chinese Government and now is still down into anger at trying these people as well and weve also seen riot police move into the Shopping Mall and arrest shoppers down the whole idea of this protest is to cause economic disruption in a bid to force the government to take notice of this protest movement and to meet the protesters demands now its also aimed at causing disruption to an Economic Activity that protests to see as lamely beneficial to mainland chinese and not people off hong kong. The Un General Assembly has condemned human rights abuses against Rohingya Muslims and other minorities it being the. 134. 00 Member States voted for the resolution calling on government to combat hatred and violence against minorities being mars also facing a charge of genocide at the International Court of justice thousands of rohit there were killed in the government crackdown and work on studies in 2017 a 1000000 fled to bangladesh benjamins a walk he is a Southeast Asia analyst he says this u. N. Resolution is too late and lacks the legal ways to trigger international action. You havent 9 nonbinding non legally binding General Assembly resolution 2 years late that simply expresses condemnation for something thats now 2 years in the past and it urges the myanmar government to take actions that it has repeatedly indicated that it is unwilling to take so no its very difficult to see how this resolution could be of any concrete benefit either the. Refugees who fled into bangladesh or for the some 400000 or so estimated ranges who remain in myanmar in remain at risk of further genocidal attacks the sad part about it is that the Un General Assembly the same body that issued the resolution recently passed the responsibility to protect unanimously in 2005 which makes abundantly clear that when a country is either unable or unwilling to protect its people from genocide crimes against humanity and other Great International crimes that it is the collective responsibility of the International Community of Member States to take appropriate action to ensure that these crimes are not committed again and yet issuing a resolution 2 years after the fact does not constitute the kind of action that the General Assembly should be taking the resolution should be stating that if genocidal attacks continue that you know National Community is prepared to take military forceful military action to stop and punish the genocide in the end but unfortunately the resolution didnt say that and sadly if you Member States of the u. N. Are willing to take that action tries union work is in france and keeping up the pressure on president emanuel back wrong and his pension reform plans for the 24th day protesters joined workers of the garden or station in house striking against the overhaul of the Pension System it pushes the atomic age to 64 but its meetings in paris he says not that the protesters know president emanuel microamp showing any sign of backing down. Were having now merely into the 4th week of next week of these protests against pension reform this one shuttle a just behind me in central paris couple of 1000 people today there have been regular protests in paris and across the country and now in more than 3 weeks that these. Protests against pension reform have been going on there has been still significant disruption particular on the Railway Network there are more trains running now today than that have been over the past few weeks an indication that some of the people who are on strike are beginning to go back to work but there is still considerable public support for the protests theres a big nationwide set of protests planned for january the 9 this really is just a taste of what might be to come yes there is still considerable support despite the very significant inconveniences been for people in frances major cities getting from a to b. People walking a lot more using bikes and scooters to get around because the metros in the trains have. Been working the unions a problem to keep up the pressure of said the last time they tried to do this in 1995 the last time the government tried to reform pensions after 3 weeks the government capitulated and gave up this time emanuel microns says hes not giving up on pension reform it has to be done and so the government insists on pushing on the unions on giving away either. Still ahead on al jazeera survivors describe what happened to the bombs before the plane hit the ground in kazakhstan. The 1000000000. 00 avocado industry in mexico the gangs a battling to control. Hello again welcome back to International Weather forecast well across china particularly down towards the south more rain is in the forecast of the next few days and its going to be quite hard as we go towards sunday as well as into monday so for hong kong thats where the rain will be to the north not really looking too bad for joe its going to be plenty of sun in the forecast with the temps there of 20 but as we go towards monday youll notice that rain really begin to extend not only for joe but towards taipei as well we do expect to see some very heavy rain possibly some localized flooding temptress staying into the low twentys across much of the area down towards the philippines though some good news there much drier conditions for the recovery and the relief efforts that need to be going on as we go into next week well here across india really not looking too bad across much of the area we have seen a break in the rain particular down towards Southern India as well as sri lanka really no clouds around but we could see some rain coming back here towards chennai thats going to happen here on sunday really lingering as we go towards monday as well up towards the north though its going to be chilly in the mornings rebounding into the mid teens for new delhi but over here towards kolkata and i stay few with a temperature of 23. 00 degrees and we are watching some rain here across parts of southern oman thats all due to a lingering tropical system for sala expect to see some more rain in the forecast with a temperature of 29. Legally prescribe for the pain relief of the sick but taken in life threatening doses by millions in search of a fix. Huge illegal shipments of the opioid tramadol are flawed because toxic. People in power goes to nigeria to investigate the devastating addiction epidemic that is even fueling the book and search. West africas Opioid Crisis on and. Youre watching aljazeera heres a reminder of our top stories this hour a huge bomb blast has killed at least 79 people in somalia one of the worst attacks in years nearly 150 others were injured in the explosion which happened near a security checkpoint in mogadishu. More than a 1000 people have been arrested across india over the past 24 hours during protests over a controversy all citizenship. That has to demonstrate some staging more rallies and scenes across the country. Police have violently cleared hundreds of protesters who stormed the hong kong Shopping Mall they were chanting against traders for mine led china accusing them of overcrowding and pushing up prices. For 4 months now protesters in turkey have been calling for the return of the children and relatives from the Kurdistan Workers Party or p k k the group has been forcibly recruiting them to fight hard to reports from. Security is tight outside the pro Kurdish People still kartik pertti or hitch the peace headquarters in Southern Turkey these policemen are getting a peaceful protest by men and women demanding that tarnal their children who they say have been kidnapped or recruited by the kurdish Workers Party p k k holding the pictures of their missing children they call for their quick return because this is their lives they took my daughter away and we havent heard from her for the past 5 years we dont know if she is still alive this protest was taught that in september by 1 mother but now others and metal family members of those they say im now in the arms of the p. K. K. Have joined a common claim among the protesters is that their children one last seen me here at the offices of the heads of the people. And they say thats why theyve continued the sit in outside the 2 offices but youll visuals however deny any links to the p. K. K. And say theyve also never actively recruited for the organization. Some form of pick a fight as of a time to their families since the protests began and that is giving hope to people here who sneer mikki recent little town from iraq where she fought under the p. K. K. She is telling custody awaiting trial for being a member of the group thats outlawed in tikki but some of us say stick god less of the shoes or live to xbox live on or just doesnt my daughter was 14 when she was kidnapped and i thank god that after 5 long years she surrendered 3 days ago im so happy my daughter is out of the hands of those tyrants 2 weeks ago jaffer to jail and also to tom to his family he says it is out that the b. K. Cain companys cydia up to seeing his mother the protests in media reports on in wont kill them to have life is difficult you will constantly fighting and have little time to miss home or family life finally thorough and you get disgusted by all the death and destruction and you start missing your loved one isnt that be k. K. Has been designated a terrorist organization by a techie the e. U. And the United States it too long to separate it is insurgencies south is ticky in 1008 to 4 says that more than full to 1000 people mostly kids have been killed in fighting with Turkish Forces cads account for roughly 20 percent of techies population of about 80000000 people of the decade to marginalise issued by the turkish state have been demanding create a rights and more autonomy but for many here they had d. P. And p. K. K. Have drugs that are litigious into fighting thats more to do with the groups interests that it is with the plight of the kurdish. Mohamed atta. Southern turkey. And the talk of the military base in iraq has people worried about violence in the country already a gulf to political process a u. S. Contractor was killed when rockets were fired into the base nuclear coop on friday that houses both iraqi and u. S. Troops civil americans and iraqis were injured roger said the head of Research Fellow at lower used to shoot for International Policy and he says enemies of the government to take advantage of its broken state well as you point out you know i am a well functioning government with that for withdrawal over. Security thing in the country and it would make these kind of attacks if not impossible then very difficult. To take we say no ratcheting up in the number of. Attacks directed against u. S. Targets or to kill or from iranian backed militia groups in iran until we get some kind of. So lucian to iraqs political problem that hes said bolted the population in general until we get a reduction in that growth crushing name iraqi politics until we get some kind of unity in the country and the reality is that were going to have to expect more fracturing around the edges is the same today. Russia says its deployed a new hypersonic weapon which some defense analysts see as part of a new arms race it apparently flies it 27 times the speed of sound and can carry a Nuclear Warhead the russians say the ave got weapon can also make evasive turns off to being fired into orbit making it a formidable match for many Defense Systems russia says the average god secures his position as a world leader in Hypersonic Weapons the u. S. And china say that theyre developing similar systems defense analysts piple felgenhauer says russia is pushing this announcement for political reasons the term no a mess theyre just going very very strong all the russian t. V. And other propaganda outwards d that this is russias number one in the world that we have no one else. Which to some extent is true and that this sounds good for the russian people. But also. The actual mirror at St Properties how much of this rest we the russians are at the i somewhat questioned by experts but little but what your goes down well and also of course in the United States many experts and it will be also blowing out of proportion the russian achievements because they have their own agenda theyre presenting to congress and to the public that there is a russian threat the russians are and that means they should get more money from the budget to catch up. Flags are at half staff in kazakhstan on a day of mourning for the victims of fridays plane crash the break if flight went down soon after takeoff from almahdi airport 12 people were killed and 54 injured some critically the Airlines Fleet of 4100 aircraft a grounded air accident investigators examined the wreckage. The plane began shaking severely it was a nightmare inside i put my phone in the pocket and tightened up the safety belt tightly and the plane leaned forward it was clear that we would crash into the ground the bang was strong in the lights went off somewhere alive somewhere not. An outbreak of chicken pox in mexico is the latest setback for hundreds of migrants hoping to reach the United States the diseases forced the closure of a migrant shelter in so we dont worry is the mexican city close to the u. S. Border more than 70 margarets most of them children are sick the show to house is near the 800 people awaiting court dates for their asylum applications in the United States. Criminal gangs in mexico notorious for trafficking and now switching their attention to something with a much healthier reputation. They 1000000000. 00 business is being wrecked by kidnapping and extortion the gangs profits are growing along with u. S. Consumers appetite for mexican avocados John Heilemann as will. The western world and in particular the United States is go mad for avocados within the last 20 years the average consumption there has more than tripled but if you are an american eating mix can have a car thats on toast or in your pocket its possible not over the profits or heading to the right hands. Michu it can make the heartland gangs a hijacking the industry extorting and kidnapping produces stealing trucks with their crop. Its widespread in lucrative theres a reason they can this gringo. But most grows it too scared to speak out it took weeks for us to persuade this man before they started by asking me for more money perfect hair they came to the farm and said whos the boss we want you to contribute that was 8 months ago he stories coleman eventually different groups were all asking him for protection money im paying them couldnt keep him safe. Rule some guys grabbed me and kidnapped me in their truck they beat me and broke my head open i told them to stop hitting me that i would get more money together the state Anti Kidnapping unit rescued him but after more than 40 years of growing up those now everything has changed over routes through. My workers my children my family we dont have any protection now i cant go to the orchard because there are many more people that beat me. To a kind has increasingly become the battleground of a collection of criminal groups. As in other parts of the country they branched out from complicated transnational drug. Thinking theres something far easier simply preying on the local economy. Its affected mining blinds local businesses and the truck comes pacifically is a mutation of what was once trucks trafficking m. D. F. Mutated into a model where control territory within the territory you get to squeeze out any type of commodity thats locally available so it still includes drugs but its also about extortion kidnapping its useless it seems for the victims to turn to authorities you cannot be sure if you talk to mexican functionaries if you talk to the mexican state that you doing so will not be leaked to the criminal forces because in many times the criminals are in court with. The state forces. Its a Bleak Outlook for an avocado industry that should be enjoying the current boot. John home and how does it a screw city. Customs agents in europe have seized a 1000000000. 00 worth of cocaine their record haul was found in soil flour containers at the port of motive a day on the 4 and a half tones because distance to togo in west africa the navy and organized describing the seizure as the greatest blow to Drug Trafficking in the history of our country relations between china and taiwan have deteriorated this year but worst may be yet to come in 2020 the result of taiwans president ial election in january could determine whether it continues to resist pressure from china to unify with the bilateral slowly given freely you has this report from beijing. Taiwan born carefully picks his battles ph d. Student by day martial arts instructor by night the 36 year old cherishes taiwans democracy but. In Mainland China where hes lived for 4 years. Economically and in other ways i think the mainland and taiwan we only become closer the question is for him. That question will be answered when taiwanese voters go to the polls on general 11 independence when is running for reelection and expected to win another term for the Democratic Progressive Party or d p p one main competition beijing friendly kuomintang candidate you who was leading opinion polls until protests in hong kong reignited fears over main influence and the one country 2 systems policy taiwan was always the big prize and it was look how are we going to deal with. A new your going to want to come back to the. Pieces the communist party says reunification is inevitable achieved peacefully otherwise. We do not promise to renounce the use of force reserve to use all necessary measures. President xi jinping recently unveiled one of those measures chinas 1st locally built Aircraft Carrier the 2nd in its fleet beijing has continued to ramp up its military presence in the South China Sea and is closing in on taipeis dwindling diplomatic allies xi jinping has fashioned himself as a great leader of china and how such is determined to leave behind a great legacy analysts say securing chinas role as a leader in the asia pacific and bringing taiwan firmly under control essential to that legacy and a disastrous outcome according to the United States washington has agreed to see. Fighter jets tanks and weapons infuriating the communist party but chinas not taking any action now do you want to provoke the us to get involved. Want to take why dont wait why dont wait if you. When you are going to be strong. Which is likely to be weak 2 will be watching taiwans election from beijing waiting to see whether the island moves closer to the mainland welfare their own way. Beijing. This is aljazeera these are the top stories a truck bombs exploded in somalias capital mogadishu in what the governments calling a despicable act of terrorism 79 people were killed and 149 others injured many more casualties of fear the bomb went off near a security checkpoint during morning rush hour. Away. A huge explosion was heard when the lorry exploded at the checkpoint here it killed dozens of people most of them a students from the university. The explosion happened just a few steps away from where i was and it knocked me to the ground with this force i have never seen such an explosion in my entire life more than a 1000 people have been arrested across india for the last 24 hours during protests over a new citizenship law the arrests of deterring demonstrators from a 15th die of action and citizens nationwide condemning the legislation is divisive discriminatory and. Opposition leader raul gandhi showed his support by visiting the Northeastern State of a song with the protest began the police a vile of the hundreds of people who stormed the hong kong shopping at the border with my china the area is popular with traders who cross over to buy goods to sell back on demonstrators bleiberg the crowd and pushing up prices. The Un General Assembly has condemned human rights abuses against Rohingya Muslims and other minorities in may 134 Member States voted for the resolution calling on me a mass government to combat hatred and violence against minorities me and maher is also facing a charge of genocide at the International Court of justice labor unions are marching in protest across france to keep pressure on president a 9 year micron of a plan Pension Reforms the strikes and demonstrations and now into the 24th day unions oppose the of all which would push the age of retirement to 64. 00 and says the Current System is unfair and too expensive that attack on a military base in iraq has people worried about more violence in a country engulfed in political crisis a u. S. Contractor was killed when rockets were fired into the base near kirkuk on friday well those are the headlines the news continues here on aljazeera after people and power. West africa is battling an opioid abuse trust medicine such as tramadol legally prescribed by doctors for pain relief but taken into life threatening texts by millions in search for the fakes already stripped off the trees and left to people in power has been to nigeria to investigate and of the drug smuggling traded fund abused the widespread corruption the follow system this traffic and the appalling Health Consequences for those in its grip