al shabaab controls large parts of southern and central somalia. they regularly attacked government controlled areas, and some 20,000 african union troops and regular us air strikes have been unable to contain the insurgency which has spread to neighbouring kenya. islamist militancy is just one of some of somalia s many problems. there are other forms of violence involving clans and rival politicians. plus locusts, droughts and floods. critics say somali politicians are so preoccupied with the rowing about a much delayed election process that they have taken their eyes off the countries urgent security and humanitarian challenges. you are watching bbc news. a reminder of our main headlines. back home, huawei executive returns to a heroes welcome in china after spending more than two and a half years under
we don t know what will happen. there are fears too for the islands banana crop, which is crucial to its financial economy. this is the first eruption in 15 years and its impact will be felt for many years to come. -50 50 years. a reminder of our top story before we leave you. china has rolled out the red carpet to welcome home the top huawei executive released by canada after nearly three years of house arrest on us fraud charges. minutes earlier, two canadians held by china as bargaining chips were also arriving home. the row of it attention hasn t fully subsided between the two countries. much more on that on the bbc news website. you can reach me on twitter. drop me a note, i
china has welcomed healthy huawei executive who spent three years under house arrest in canada while fighting extradition to the us. before meng wanzhou touched down, tear canadian men who have been held by beijing were greeted by prime ministerjustin trudeau on arrival home in canada. generations will be held on sunday. the frontrunner to succeed angela merkel took part in a town hall meeting near berlin. and the volcanic eruption on la palma has led to the closure of the airport on the closure of the airport on the spanish island. the authorities said the accumulation of ash made it impossible to operate. clean up work is under way. it mainly handles tourist flights and connections to other islands in the canaries.