In to look for survivors. The attack was timed to catch the morning rush hour in mogadishu. Many students had been heading to classes. Dozens were killed when the bomb exploded at a busy intersection in the somali capital. Attacks like this are not unusual here, but they are seldom so deadly. This man said the blast caught him as he was getting out of a minibus heading to work, his leg injured. Within minutes, emergency workers were at the scene. Somalia, plagued by violence for decades, is still wrestling with extremism. The countrys president quickly blamed the Islamist Militant Group al shabaab. Mohamed farmajo said their aim was to instil terror and to prevent the country from rebuilding. They will never succeed, he said. Al shabaab, linked to alqaeda, is still a threat in a country plagued by drought, feuding clans, and the aftermath of a terrible civil war. But the group has lost ground in recent years, targeted by American Drones and African Union troops. Todays devastating atta
A final campaigning for whats seen as a pivotal general election. The u. S. Defense secretary says washington will take precautions to ensure the safety of its military bases after the gun attack at a naval base in florida. And in sport bahrain are crowd arabian gulf cup champions for the very 1st time maybe 3 time champion in saudi arabia in the final in. Our very own protest leaders in hong kong say 800000 people have marched through the city in a show of anger and frustration they are demanding from their leaders greater democratic freedoms and human rights this march the culmination of 6 months with widespread protests now police did approve sundays event they warned though they would not tolerate a rip. Piece of recent violence demonstrations in fact just before the march began they displayed this of the handgun and unishe and which they say were recovered during a raid saying the weapons would have been used to create chaos during the march when i joined brown is covering the pro
Says it presumes the Fatal Shooting at a naval base in florida was an act of terrorism and the rising sea levels forcing an entire alaskan village to relocate their homes teeter on the edge of the world. And sport bahrain or crowned arabian gulf champions for the very 1st time maybe 3 time winners saudi arabia in the final. Process leaders in hong kong say 800000. 00 people turned out for a mass march marking 6 months since prodemocracy demonstrations began now they are demanding greater protection for their democratic freedoms and human rights against what they say is increasing influence from Mainland China police approved the event but kept a close eye on them strangers after warning that they wouldnt tolerate any more violence earlier Hong Kong Police displayed a handgun and then mission which it said were recovered in a raid police say that received information that the weapon would be used to create chaos during the rally the vehicle pilot has the latest now from hong kong. I was
A warm welcome to the programme, briefing you on all you need to know in global news, business and sport. Also in the programme are you tempted to have a power nap at work . The Us Government says sleeping on thejob is banned in federal buildings. Tell us what you think . Is a nap at work a part of your routine . Get in touch just use the hashtag bbc the briefing lets bring you the latest on what is happening in hong kong. Its been a tense but calm morning at hong kongs Polytechnic University, after days of some of the most violent and dangerous confrontations yet between police and protestors. Most of the protestors have now left the campus, some led away by fire officers, others by a group of School Teachers who were anxious to get some of the youngest demonstrators out of harms way. But about 100 remain on campus, surrounded by police officers. And the territoritys chief executive, carrie lam, has said she wants a peaceful solution to the stand off, but she cant rule out using force
On social media on twitter is at cspanwj. On facebook, and facebook. Com cspan. A very good friday morning, you can start calling you now. Whoas Lindsey Graham introduced a resolution yesterday looking to condemn the house impeachment inquiry. This is Lindsey Graham talking to reporters. [video clip] what is going on is a runaround of the impeachment process creating a secret proceeding behind closed doors that fundamentally, denies due process, and when you are talking about removing the president of the United States it seems to me that you want to have a process that is consistent with who we are as americans inconsistent and is consistent with what bill clinton, and Richard Nixon was allowed to do. The process i think is the danger to the future of the presidency. If you can drive down a numbers by poll having proceedings where you selectively leak information when the president is pretty much shut out, god help future president s. [end video clip] that resolution was introduced ye