A huge bomb blast has killed and injured dozens of people in somalias capital mogadishu it what the government is calling a despicable act of terrorism 17 people have been killed but 149 others were injured and many more casualties a fee it has bore from nairobi in neighboring kenya. So. 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 mamy coming into mogadishu yet again about his with the. A truck loaded with explosives was decimated at a busy checkpoint the explosion lead to many deaths and injuries most of those died here students who were going to the schools and universities official say many of those killed by the truck bomb were University Students i think that out the window the 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 he 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. Attacks like these are often claimed by the armed group it raises concerns about the readiness of the troops to take over from an African Union force in the coming months somalia has been wracked by conflict since 900 91. 00 and warlords overthrew former leaders and then other the armed group was formed around a decade ago its tried to topple the government wants to create a studies under its own version of strict islamic law it controls parts of somalias southern and central regions. Pushed out of mogadishu several years ago but continues to target high profile areas such as checkpoints and hotels it was blamed for a double truck bombing in mogadishu in october 27th in which killed more than 500 people it didnt claim responsibility the group has also been blamed for at least 200. 00 deaths this year alone including that of the mayor of mogadishu. In august steve hansen is a professor of International Relations at the Norwegian University of life science and he says while the Somali Government 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 and export that import true there and the areas that are still under their control so they still have a lot of resources and 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 c. E. O. 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 here 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 only in the somali and National Army as well as some of their local allies and some of the regional statement is just so theyre receiving on the 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 thorough 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 yet that safety for its ordinary citizens as proven by these attacks. Police in india have arrested more than a 1000 people during the past 24 hours a protest against the new citizenship law the arrests deterring demonstrators from a 15th day of action and citizens nationwide they condemning the legislation is divisive discriminatory and the Opposition Leader rather showed his support by visiting the northeast instead of a song where the protests began and so for hours at one of the city and sites in new delhi. Homeowner out of those people who were detained or they just seem to know that maybe i am going to be met by one who would be named the in the National Capital delhi and yet still gathered across several sides in a number of 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 tree dont you know they say they dont want us in our. Name to and they will keep testing will continue the protests until the government does not give me a member now most of these protests as you have seen a women add to realism. With their intervention to the 100 argosy braving the cold because they see them down with Police Atrocities against everybody assumes you know this we dump woodson on the scene of us and that was this is not the remotest people that they are not safe in their own neighborhoods that today the old something is the old donkey the leading role in the field Position Party the Congress Party fundraiser sab which is where the protests began several of the political leaders have phoned me out on different stages routers against me on the do is great distance dont have a good city under the sea anchor theyre not protesting to house the man leadership what do i do this stuff and make them for you then im happy with this. Police a vial of the cleared hundreds of paid. Who stormed 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 demonstrators blame them for overcrowding and pushing a process protests have disrupted home call for more than 6 months by the against chinas increasing influence over the territory Louisiana Home home and tells us more about the anger of those 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 home turf against the practice of our loud trading compound all trading is a practice where shoppers traders come and buy goods in hong kong in bali and then resell them for profit in Mainland China a majority of these traders are mainland chinese its a practice that locals here used to strap the social and Economic Life its course shortage of goods its driven the prices of goods up and hong kong people are on happy about this practice so this is what this protest is about now weve seen the shutters in the Shopping Malls shut as soon as protest is moving its really not had protesters 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 now and 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 mainly beneficial to mainland chinese and not people on call. The Un General Assembly has condemned rights abuses against Rohingya Muslims and other minorities in may and 134 Member States voted. Good for the resolution calling on me about government to call but hatred and violence against minorities be in bars also facing a charge of genocide at the International Court of justice thousands of rohingya were killed in the government crackdown in Rakhine State in 2017 new thing a 1000000 fled to bangladesh benjamins or joaquin is the Southeast Asia analyst he says this u. N. Resolution is to life like the legal way to treat 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 to either the. Refugees who fled into bangladesh or for the some 400000 or so estimated ranges who remain in myanmar and 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 the resolution didnt say that and sadly few Member States of the u. N. Are willing to take that action. Trade Union Workers in france are keeping up the pressure on president about your background there his pension reform plans for the 24. 00 protesters joined row workers at the nord station in paris strike new against the overhaul of the complex Pension System it pushes the retirement age up to 64 burners smith is in paris he says neither the protesters or president showing any sign of backing down were having now merely into the 4th week of next week of the protests against pension reform this warm. Just behind me and central paris a couple of 1000 people today there have been regular protests in paris and across the country and now 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 and beginning to go back to work but there is still considerable public support for the protest was 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 for 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 after 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 mccrone 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. Algerias president has named abdul aziz jarrett as the countrys new Prime Minister it is a former diplomat and president ial advisor who teaches Political Science at the university about his appointment comes a week after budget to boon was to quit the winner of a controversy of election that was boycotted by many. On friday thousands of protesters continued calling for the overthrow of the entire political system. Still ahead on aljazeera. Carry on with their protests even though the president signs off on one of the pads on a new constitution plus. The be. Caught on Camera Police offices in the u. S. Find themselves running for their lives. Hello again its good to have you back well still very wet weather here across parts of the Eastern Mediterranean and that is going to continue unfortunately as we begin the week as well of course we have been talking about the flooding situation that has been going on in turkey syria as well as into lebanon unfortunate for beirut expect to see more rain as we go from sunday as well as into monday temperatures lingering into the mid teens there for turkey though you have snow is still going to be an issue and the rain across that Southern Coast is going to be a problem so for donna do expect to see some more rain possibly more flooding as we go towards monday and into tuesday well here across the gulf things looking quite nice for us here in doha attempt of 25 a little bit warmer than what we have seen over the last few days but we are watching the coast of oman we did have a tropical disturbance pushing through that is going to bring some rain in terms of they have 29. 00 the rain continuing as we go towards monday as well but from a scott youre going to stay out of the rain a nice day for you with a temper of 24 and very heavy rain across parts of Southern Africa over the next few days were talking anywhere from johannesburg all the way down here towards durban even over here towards cape town tempter though for cape town it is going to be quite warm but we do expect by the time we get towards monday a break in the rain more sun in the forecast in durban a 28. 00. Youre watching aljazeera his reminder of the top stories a huge bomb blast has killed at least 79 people in somalia and one of the worst attacks he is giving 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 controversial citizenship goal but that hasnt deterred demonstrate just all rallies and cities across the country. Police a vial of the feed hundreds of protesters who stormed the hong kong Shopping Mall they were chanting against tried to stop by china accusing them of other crowding and pushing up prices for months now protesters in turkey have been calling for the return of the children and relatives from the Kurdistan Workers Party or p. T. A. They claim the group has been forcibly recruiting them to fight reports from. Security is tight outside the pro Kurdish People still cutting capacity 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 a metal family members of those they say im now in that 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 united nations. Some form of p. K. K. Fighters of the time to their families since the protests began and that is giving hope to people here who sneer mickie recent livid time 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 leave to xbox live on or just another my daughter was 14 when she was kidnapped by thank god that after 5 long years she surrendered 3 days ago i am so happy my daughter is out of the hands of those tyrants 2 weeks ago jaffa 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 on the protests in media reports on in dont kill the enemy that life is difficult you will constantly fighting and have little time to miss home or family life finally thorough 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 turkey the e. U. And the United States it too long to separate it is insurgencies salt is ticky in 1008 to 4 says that more than 4 to 1000 people mostly cats have been killed in fighting with Turkish Forces cads account for roughly 20 percent of techies population of about 80000000 people of the decades of marginalization by the turkish state have been demanding create a rights and more autonomy but for many here the hedge d. P. And p k k have drugs that are litigious into fighting thats more to do with the groups interests and it is with the flight of the kurdish. Mohamed atta. Southern turkey. Flags are at half staff in kazakhstan on the day of mourning for the victims of fridays plane crash the big flight went down soon after takeoff from the airport 12 people were killed and 54 injured some critically the Airlines Fleet of 100. 00 aircraft are grounded while 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 and the lights went off some were alive some were not it is striking libya has targeted an Engineering Institute in the Residential District of zawiya the attack on the city ordered by warlords. Is the 4th there in his many days elsewhere libyas internationally recognized government says military vehicles were destroyed as forces repelled have to us forces at the main airport in tripoli libya correspondent mark head has more from the capital. There is fear among residents in there especially in the neighborhood. Were there a random Rocket Launcher but have to as forces landed that last night killed one civilian and injured other 6 civilians including one child that is less than 6 years old according to medical sources in the capital tripoli as the clashes are becoming near the residential areas it is fear among civilians of potential human casualties and a huge influx of displaced people as you know that over the past few days have to as forces have been advancing taken control of the locations in and around the. Their headquarters of the migration of 30 in southern tripoli needs aladdin neighborhood meanwhile the Government Military sources have posted a video showing what they call a number of have to the fighters taken captives by the Government Forces also the Government Military sources say that theyve managed to repel an attack by have to his forces to take control of the airport road in tripoli the president has decreed to hold a referendum on the new constitution in april its one of the by the birds of protesters whove been out on the streets for months but people took to the streets again on friday in the capital city argo police tried to break up crowds with tear gas and Water Cannons the constitution dates back to 1980 of the dictatorship of general pinochet. Once again with a pencil and paper we citizens will be able to express their opinion and they find the part of our country will take. An outbreak of chicken pox in mexico is the latest setback for hundreds of migrants hoping to reach the United States the disease is forced the closure of a migrant shelter in some way dad where is the mexican city close to the u. S. Border more than 700 or 70 margarets most of them children sick the show to house is near the ice 100 people white in court dates for their asylum applications in the United States who doesnt believe. In the north we have suspended the entry of new migrants who are returned by the United States due to the chicken pox outbreak we have a shelter once controlled more will be able to enter right now we are being helped by religious organizations and others to see those being sent back criminal gangs in mexico the tourist for cocaine trafficking a switching their attention to something with a much healthier reputation avocado farmers say their 1000000000 dollar business is being wrecked by kidnapping and extortion the gangs profits are growing along with u. S. Consumers appetite for mexican avatar us your home has more. 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 cut those on toast or in your guacamole dip its possible not over the profits or heading to the right hands. Michu a 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 call this green gold. 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 and paying them couldnt keep him safe with cuomo rules 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 off the more than 40 years of growing up those now everything has changed over routes through a lot of. 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 Trafficking to something is simply preying on the local economy. Its affected mining lines local businesses i mean truck comes pacifically is a mutation of what was once trucks trafficking im def mutated into a model where they control territory within the territory and 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. Dont homan now does it or mexico city. Customs agents in europe why have seized a 1000000000. 00 worth of cocaine they recorded whole was found in soil flour containers at the port of montevideo the forward a half tons was distant the togo in west africa the navy and organized describing the seizure as the greatest blow to Drug Trafficking in the history of our country its feared thousands of koalas have been killed in bushfire ravaged areas north of australias largest city sydney up to a 3rd of the marsupials habitat has been destroyed along the New South Wales north coast which was home to about 28000. 00 koalas a heat wave gripping several states has left many animals dehydrated including this thirsty koala who approached the cyclists in South Australia russia says its deployed a new hypersonic weapon which some defense analysts see as part of a new arms race it reportedly flies at up to 27. 00 times the speed of sound and can carry a Nuclear Warhead the russians say the evan god weapon can also make evasive turns after being fired into orbit by need a formidable match for many Defense Systems russia says the other guard secures its position as a world leader in Hypersonic Weapons the u. S. And china says theyre developing similar weapons. An extremely rare visitor literally from out of this world is about to get as close as it gets to aus covered borisov used used to be around 290 kilometers from earth any time now its only the 2nd object from another sol the system ever seen in this one its only one of the half kilometers long but its toll stretches 4160000 or solves already sped past the sun at all now has a lot asked mars on its lonely journey back into deep spice a us t. V. News crew is captured the moment a truck crashed into an early a pileup on the side of a highway in. The a. It happened in heavy fog in the state of texas you can see a Police Officer at a person in the truck were injured both have been treated in hospital. This is al jazeera and these are the top stories a huge bomb blast has killed and injured dozens of people in somalia in one of the worst attacks in years 79 people have been killed and 149 others were injured many more casualties of fear the truck bomb went off near a security checkpoint in mogadishu during morning rush hour the Somali Government has condemned the attack as a despicable act of terrorism. 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. I have never seen an explosion in my entire life. More than a 1000 people have been arrested across india over the last 24 hours during protests citizenship but that hasnt deterred demonstrators from staging more rallies and theyve now been 15 days of protests over the legislation which is being criticized as being. Opposition leader visited the northeast. Saturday with a protest Movement Began police of hundreds of people who stormed the home. Of the border with. The area is popular with trying to buy goods to sell back home demonstrations blame them for crowding and pushing up prices the Un General Assembly has condemned human rights abuses against Rohingya Muslims and other minorities youd be about 134 Member States voted for the rest bryza lucian calling on me about his government to combat hatred and violence against minorities. My being is about singing protests across france to keep pressure on president of. The strikes and demonstrations are going to be a 24. 00 day algerias president is now. Is the countrys of the countrys new Prime Minister jarrett is a former diplomat and president ial advisor who teaches Political Science at the university of our genius and a strike in libya has targeted an Engineering Institute in a Residential District of zawiya the attack on the city ordered by world order before after is the 4th fear in his many dies those are the headlines and news continues here on aljazeera right after inside story. It can fly a 27. 00 times the speed of sound russia says its deployed evan garden is the world leader and Hypersonic Weapons so how will it affect the global arms race this is inside story. Hello and welcome to the program im dating russia says its new hypersonic weapon is a technological breakthrough on the scale of sputnik the 1st satellite launched by the soviet union in 1957 president Vladimir Putin can easily bypass missile defenses