And why americas growing appetite for avocados as made its growers a target for mexicos criminal gangs. Hello thank you for joining us a massive truck bomb has exploded in a busy area of mogadishu killing at least 79 people in somalia as that latest attack in 2 years the Somali Information Ministry says 149 others were injured and the death toll is expected to rise had him with us has more now from nairobi in neighboring kenya. The attack 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 used by many coming into mogadishu yet again that eyes were the ones who got a truck loaded with explosives was needed 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. That the this explosion is like the one in the zombie junction back in 2007 and just a few steps away from where i am. Officials believe the target was a building next to the checkpoint by Government Troops the Group Alshabaab 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. Saturdays tragedy has become a Lesson Learned since the country is in a state of war we need to be vigilant against terror attacks since the primary goal of the terrorists is to cause maximum damage to everybody. Not only targeting those who work for the government but the entire population for those caught up in the blast and those who lost family members and loved ones thats a little comfort now. Algis their. Protesters in hong kong have clashed with police at a Shopping Mall in shame shereen year the citys boundary with china officers fired pepper spray after more than 100. 00 protesters chanted go back to china in reference to traders from the mainland by duty free goods in hong kong and then resell them back home they blame them for overcrowding the city as well as driving up inflation and red saturdays demonstration was an offshoot of the main prodemocracy protests which of Rop Hong Kong for almost 7 months florence louies in hong kong and says the demonstrators hope to disrupt the Economic Activity to force the government to meet their demands. This protest here is partly an offshoot of the main protest movement thats gone on for 6 months in hong kong but its also partly to protest against the practice of our now trading pownall 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 if you destroy their social and Economic Life its called shortage of goods its driven the prices of goods and hong kong people im 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 protesters hold of the main one tiny now in these protests that have gone on for the past 6 months the anger against the hong kong and Chinese Government and now its still down into the anger at me and my needs as well and weve also seen by these move into the Shopping Mall and a rest stop and now the whole idea of this protest is to cause economic disruption in a bid to force the government to take. No it is of this protest movement and to meet the protesters demands now its also aimed at causing disruption to an Economic Activity that protested the lamely beneficial to mainland chinese and not people on call. Iraqs Human Rights Commission says that at least 490. 00 protesters have now been killed in antigovernment protests across the country since the start of october an official says the dead include 33. 00 activists targeted in deliberate killings on saturday demonstrators broke into the nasiriyah oilfield in the south of the country and forced them to stop production protesters are demanding the appointment of a new Prime Minister with no Party Affiliation but theyre still deadlocked after the president refused a suggestion from politicians. Hundreds of protesters have gathered outside the home of lebanons Prime Minister designate has stunned the web demanding that he doesnt take Office Protesters said they would continue to them the demonstrations and to confirm that he will not become Prime Minister the previous leader assad her t. V. Was forced from office in october following antigovernment protests but remains at the helm of government in a caretaker capacity this is the country faces a mounting economic crisis. Hundreds of people have been out in istanbul protesting against russia and its escalated bombing of syrias province the demonstrators were mostly syrians living in turkey they waved their National Flag and chanted slogans in arabic the United Nations is warning of devastating consequences for it the only remaining rebel controlled province in syria ends of thousands of people have been forced to flee their homes bought the border to Turkey Closed they have nowhere to go nicola gage reports. Tents go up in the syrian town of dunn are now a temporary harm for families with nowhere else to go they fled Martel Newmont in the south of italy province as Syrian Government forces advance many leaving most of their belongings behind. We fled from the bombardment and came here its a small camp that doesnt really fit a lot of people and the people just keep coming the situation is not that. Bad since the start of december nearly 250000 people have been displaced from youd leave the last rebel held area of syria most women and children many have fled by road for others fuel shortages have stopped them from getting a why some are trying to seek shelter in turkey but theyre not being allowed to cross the border and this comes on top of the displaced and figures that we had from the end of april to the end of august where more than 400000 people have been displaced so what we have is a displacement crisis on top of another displacement crisis. President Bashar Al Assad has vowed to recapture rebel held areas. Shelling in airstrikes backed by russia have intensified forcing aid agencies to suspend operations in the area unless the fighting ends there are fears that the supply of humanitarian aid will stop as soon as next month in my mind its neither the russians nor the turks that are the key to the solution the key to the solution is the International Community getting involved in this and putting pressure both on the Syrian Regime and russia and turkey for a resolution that doesnt cause massive human loss of life or a humanitarian catastrophe. A lot. The violence goes against an organist ceasefire deal and International Calls for deescalation but the Syrian Government says recapturing the province is just a matter of time because again aljazeera. Thousands of continued to protest around india against the new law which fast track citizenship for religious minorities in neighboring countries but excludes muslims among the protesters are a group of muslim women in new delhi who has been staging a sit in for 14 days they are refusing to move until the government concedes to their demands and have blocked the highway connecting the capital to the suburb where theyve congregated and for her reports now from new delhi the 16 days into the nationwide protest against the contentious citizenship law and the women of new delhi are undeterred by the 26 dead arrests of a 1000 and the biting cold. The police see they are only maintaining law and order and deny trying to quell the protests. Some of them violent. These women say they feel threatened by the police and accuse some officers of committing what they call atrocities. Sahim courser is leading the female protesters have been is now if thickly the women are protesting for their safety and to protect their children fear has taken hold of them since the clashes so they want the government to come here and assuage their concerns. But no one from the government has gone these women are braving the cold with their infants. To protest against the controversial citizenship they say the violence used by the police to suppress the protests including beating up students in a nearby university let them and sense to read and see the. Child in course or vividly remembers the events of 13th december the day she says policeman 1st trash the students of Johnny Amelia slummy university with stakes for the children of many of the women protesters study there. She says shes never seen them so angry and scared as they rushed to help. Sigh the homie is a womens rights activists who has long experience of working with muslim women she says the Police Brutality and the unjust citizenship law have forced women even from relatively conservative backgrounds to step out and protest never never have i seen this kind of spontaneous outpouring of education and protest d by muslim women they are afraid for the next generation for their children they had afraid that they may become either a few jews in their own lands or they may be torn out the mother of 6 says have pressured her husband to stop protesting she is equally concerned by divisions within the protest movement and says the lack of leadership may be just the win for indias government is looking for. The leader of the Congress Party support the protests along with other parties opposed to the ruling hindu nationalist b j p on saturday the whole gandhi visited the northeast 8 of us where the protests 1st began over 2 weeks ago. Back in the capital the female protesters say theyre not against one Political Party in favor of another they just want the basic right to be able to move safely and with dignity in their homeland. Aljazeera. Watching aljazeera still to come to europe why seizes a record a 1000000000. 00 worth of cocaine it in our fear is thousands of koalas have died after wildfires destroyed up to 30 percent of their habitat. You know welcome back well here across australia watch your temperatures begin to rise as we. Through the weekend and into the beginning of next week were talking temperatures into the high thirtys and low fortys in some locations not a bad day on sunday melbourne at 30 down towards hobart at about 25 but its as we go towards monday we really see that spike in temperatures for melbourne you can be seen about 39. 00 degrees hobart at 37. 00 well above average for this time of year now for tasmania though youll be seeing those temperatures drop back down to normal on tuesday but unfortunately with wales as well as queensland the he will remain through mid week well the cycle pushing through fiji is about to make its way more towards the southeast still heavy rain is expected over the new and exclude days here on sunday as well as into monday down across parts of new zealand though still quite chilly for christchurch or u. T. To about 18 degrees as we go towards monday and then here across japan well were going to be seeing a mix of snow and rain across much of the area and sunday were going to sing about 10 degrees here for tokyo but by the time we get towards monday into tuesday well be seeing more rain down here towards the south out towards the west though it is going to be quite cold for mongolia for temperatures about minus 23. 00 and for beijing we do expect to see some heres a conditions with a temperature of about minus 2 degrees. Documenting groundbreaking. Preparing some of indias poorest children for entry into its toughest universities d. We return to see how the students and. Helping change the face of india. Welcome back a reminder now the top stories on aljazeera a truck bomb has exploded in somalias capital mogadishu killing at least 79 people and injuring around 150 more on the attack happened during the Early Morning rush hour in a busy area near a security checkpoint protesters in hong kong have clashed with police at a Shopping Mall and shank shri near the citys border with china around 15 people were arrested during the demonstration against mainland tourists and shop and hundreds of syrians have been out in istanbul protesting against russias escalated bombing of eda profits the United Nations as one group warned of a humanitarian crisis on turkeys border as thousands flee the fighting. For for months now protesters in turkey have been calling for the return of their children and relatives from the Kurdistan Workers Party or the p. K. K. They claimed a group which is the 2nd age of the terrorist organization by ankara the u. S. And the e. U. Has been forcibly recruiting them to fight for the home of the reports. Security is tight outside the pro cuddys Peoples Democratic party or which the peace headquarters in Southern Turkey these policemen are getting a peaceful protest by men and women demanding that it tunneled 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 head to b. P. 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 dissent live in 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 leave to xbox live on or just another 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 jaffa to jail and also to tom to his family he says it is out that the b. K. Cain companys syria after seeing his model of the protests in media reports on the indian wont kill them to have them life is difficult you will constantly fighting and have little time to miss home or family life finally throw 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 4 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 so much in by the turkish state have been demanding create a rights and more autonomy but for many here they had to d. P. N. P k k have drugs that are litigious into fighting thats more to do with the groups interests and it is with the plight of the kurdish. Mohamed atta. Southern turkey. Libyas state oil firm says it may shut down some operations after several attacks and o. C. Says the port of 0 we know will be close than the refinery evacuated after it was hit by airstrikes multiple times in the past few days its also considering shutting and nearby oil field the latest air strike targeted an Engineering Institute in the Residential District of the city the attack by a warlord highly for have tars forces in is the 4th in zawiya in as many days elsewhere libyas internationally recognized government says military vehicles were destroyed as its troops repelled after us forces at the main airport entrance. Within 6000 families have been affected by major flooding in western kenya heavy rains that began on tuesday have left hundreds of families homeless many local residents say that they have no dry place to sleep and are in desperate need of the Government Agencies of set up a rescue center at a local secondary school but many residents have struggled to reach it so how will i feed my children to. School shoes and the books for the kids to bear all my belongings out fight here and i dont know where ill go. Theres no place to sleep we dont even have tents and i want to drink and i have children in college as well are secondary and primary schools sudans Transitional Government has announced it will postpone lifting fuel subsidies until march it follows a meeting between the government and the former opposition which helped to bring down president Omar Al Bashir in april the removal of subsidies had been part of the 2020 budget but it now wont be implemented until a conference in march the cost of fuel is a sensitive issue for the sudanese people who have been suffering from years of economic turmoil and high inflation. Striking workers have been joined by yellow vests for testers at them straight paris which led the clashes with police who fired tear gas the strikers are angry about president plans to Public Sector pensions their nationwide walkout is now in its 24 state Train Services have been crippled with the National Rail operator losing more than 400000000 ticket revenue. Protested on the streets of the french capital every weekend for more than a year against a number of macross policies smith was at the protest and he said the demonstrators arent showing any sign of giving up there are a few more trains running at the start of the strike on december the 5th but still Public Transportation across remains severely disrupted the strikers the protesters maintaining that the government rejects shows. To reform complex in some cases generous Pension System particularly the Railway Workers benefit from the time they want to keep those benefits. And there is still public support for the protests despite the major disruption many people particular here in paris having to use scooters or use bikes instead of the metro Public Transportation there is another major protest. At the same time when the government and the unions will meet again to try and come to some sort of resolution. 2020 would be a year of relative political calm for germany given the countrys partys time to take stock with chancellor Angela Merkel out of politics at the next election she needs to work out how to transfer her popularity to the next party leader while all the main parties have an eye on surges and support for the far right and the far left Dominic Casey reports from berlin. Political berlin at the turn of the year is a ponderous place the present parliamentary term is more than half way through the Current Coalition of christian and social democrats continues but its clear this is a loveless marriage unloved by the voters Angela Merkel is still chancellor more than a year since stepping down from leading her party she remains by far the most popular politician in germany far more popular with the electorate than her party and as the end of her mandate approaches increasingly shes concentrated on Foreign Policy goals such as they were the conflict in ukraine is that guns often does because they have a lot of work to do but my feeling is there is goodwill to result difficult questions and this goodwill is always needed if you want to solve political problems. But theres little sign of that goodwill on the domestic front preferred successor and a Great Company has struggled in the spotlight recently calling on colleagues to back her or sack her as party leader in the end she got the endorsement she wanted but faced renewed questions over where she stands politically it was a compromise not entirely clear where she wants to steer the party but its clear that many have question marks whether she has what it takes to be chancellor thank the christian democrats fear a twin challenge from right and left. How to claw back voters who deserted them for the far right alternative for germany in recent years one similar taney asli steering a course which can keep them in the Political Center for in 2019 a green wave swept across the country propelling that party to around 25 percent in the polls and allowing it to make life increasingly difficult for the present government there are 2 did i cannot surrender our what i dont know you got it didnt the merkel era is clearly coming to an end and a new era begins and. The question is who is setting the course for this new era we want to help set the course we are campaigning to be the ones to shape the new era. And so germany finds itself in a peculiar position right now 2020 is a year in which the politicians can draw breath far enough away from the general election for the main parties to prefer to stay in government but close enough for them both to worry about who will lead them into that election and im going to merkel remains the unlikely glue that binds them together for now dominant came out there a burl in. Europe where youre a wise navy has described the seizure of a record 1000000000. 00 worth of cocaine at montevideo support as the biggest blow to Drug Trafficking in the countrys history for sawyer flour containers were found packed with 4. 4 tons of cocaine destined for the west african nation of togo europe why is increasingly being used as a transit point drugs from south america to africa and europe or criminal gangs in mexico are notorious for cocaine trafficking but now theyre switching their attention to something with a much healthier reputation avocado farmers say that their 1000000000. 00 business is being wrecked by kidnapping and extortion and as americans appetite for mexican avocados grows so does the gangs profits john holeman reports from mexico city. 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 80 minutes can have a car thats on toast or in your pocket its possible not over the profits a 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 green go. 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 the political moral 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 with that i would get more money together from the state Anti Kidnapping unit rescued him but after more than 40 years of growing avocados now everything has changed over routes through world war 2. 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. Simply preying on the local economy. Its affected mining lines local businesses i mean talk comes pacifically is going to taste now what was once trucks trafficking im deaf mutated into a model where they control territory within the territory and you get to school. Hes 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 confession or if you talk to the mexican state that you doing so will not be leaked to the criminal forces because the many times the criminals are in court with. State forces. Its a Bleak Outlook for an avocado industry that should be enjoying the current boot. Dont hold out is it a scarcity. Its feared thousands of koalas have been killed after bushfires ravaged areas north of australias largest city sydney thousands that survived with burns are now being treated by threats and volunteers have to a 3rd of the marsupials habitat has been the stored along the New South Wales coast which was home to about 28000 koalas a heatwave gripping several states has also left many of the hydrated including this thirsty koala who approached cyclists in the state of South Australia firefighters battling weeks of catastrophic fires across the country have also been helping desperate koalas. Barbara starr in london these are the top stories on aljazeera a truck bomb has exploded in somalias capital mogadishu killing at least 79 people injuring around 150 others the attack happened during the Early Morning rush hour in targeted a busy area near a security checkpoint witnesses say that many of the dead were students that are going to hockey so 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. A Police Officer but also students were killed. Protesters in hong kong have clashed with police at a Shopping Mall in Chiang Shereen year the citys border with china more than 100. 00 demonstrators chanted go back to china in reference to traders from the mainland who buy duty free goods in hong kong and then resell them back home saturdays demonstration was an offshoot of the main prodemocracy protests which of rocked hong kong for almost 7 months. Iraqs Human Rights Commission says that at least 490. 00 protesters have now been killed in antigovernment protests across the country since the start of a toga an official says the dead include 33. 00 activists targeted in the liberal humans on saturday demonstrators broke into the Necessary Oil field in the south of the country and forced employees to stop production. Hundreds of people have been out in istanbul protesting against russia and its escalated bombing of syrias in the province demonstrators are mostly syrians living in turkey the United Nations is warning of devastating consequences for it the only remaining rebel controlled province in syria. And striking workers have been joined by yellow vests protesters at them stray sions in paris which led to clashes with police who fired tear gas the strikers are angry about president mccalls plans to reform Public Sector pensions the nationwide walkout is now in its 24th day those are the headlines coming up next superstar 30 looking at how students on a fast track scheme to success in india called all. The dreams talking. Really look ahead to major stories of 2020 from around the world. Youre a series of Intense Special reports. Joining us as we ascend the Global Impact of what is to come next. The 2 men behind super 30 could hardly have more different backgrounds their Partnership Might seem unlikely but it works for me understand each other
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