Weather over christmas temperatures are set to soar above 40 degrees celsius. On exposure thanks for joining us authorities in the somali capital mogadishu say at least 78 people have been killed by a truck bomb somalias president Mohammed Abdul hakim mohamad is blaming the jihadist alshabaab group for the attack but no one has officially claimed responsibility. It was. Survivors of a massive truck bomb explosion being ferried to hospital out of all the attacks the capital suffered in 2019. This is the worst. Ive been here all the beauty of it knocked me to the ground with its force ive never seen such an explosion in my entire life william but i hope that even with the mention of that was once a blast took place as i was getting off a minibus. Also on the road i was on my way to work the short of it my leg got injured some of. The tangled wreckage on saturday morning the people of mogadishu were gearing up for the new working week when the bomber struck. By a truck loaded with explosi
Im mary in evanston its good to have you with us australia is bracing for another week of bushfires as temperatures are expected to soar firefighters have been trying to contain the fires since september 8th people have died 2 of them firefighters many of those on the frontline are volunteers and now the Australian Government says it will pay them for their efforts. Its one of australias worst bushfire seasons over. With so many blazes to battle its often volunteers who answer the call for help. Giving their time and paying the costs just like. 1516 hour shifts in a row youre exhausted at the end of that you might have one day break and then they want you to go again. It just takes a toll physically. Emotionally on the family they dont see you and me it means i use my annual leave a main said i you know i use my time in leech time. Now theres help for the helpers some volunteers to be compensated for about 20 days worth of income lost while fighting the recent fires. As this is a very
Going to welcome to the program Ukrainian Government forces and russian backed safer says have begun a Prisoner Exchange the swap has been taking place at a checkpoint in the stronghold often yet skits part of an agreement reached earlier this month between ukraine and russia and it was brokered by germany and france steve crania forces and separatists have been fighting in east of ukraine since 2014 on states has claimed more than 13000 lives. Now Russia Ukraine sought prison as last september that raised hopes of a wide a settlement but fighting continues despite a cease fire agreement because. Its been 2 years since not a year for some of us saw her husband roam on. He joined the Ukrainian Army and 2016 a year later he was sent to the conflict zone. Romana was captured near the frontline separatists accused him of being a savage and posted videos of him in captivity. There was a flood of emotions tears. I felt hysterical its horrible to think about it across the front line on the wa
Im kristie want to welcome to the program. Ukrainian Government Forces and russian backed separatists have begun a prison a swap in in Eastern Ukraine now the swap has been taking place at a checkpoint near the rebel held city all or lives kept in the don yes region its part of an agreement that russia and ukraine reached the spot where. The carefully coordinated rendezvous in ukraines rebel controlled region the freed prisoners include ukrainian riot police accused of firing on protesters in 2014 the controversial swap has angered some activists there but others see it as a crucial step to improving ties with moscow. Its the 2nd major Prisoner Exchange this year september saw another swap that brought inmates home and foster hope that the war in Eastern Ukraine could soon be over an early victory for ukraines new president volodymyr zelinsky. We have agreed the 1st step to one block but. We have not it is returning our soldiers prisoners. For more than 5 years the Ukrainian Army has b
Now hundreds of people have again marched towards a u. N. Peacekeeping base in eastern democratic republic of congo gunfire was heard as congolese government soldiers blocked the crowds from getting too close to the compound near the airport in the town of its one of 2 u. N. Bases their demonstrations have been targeting u. N. Peacekeepers accusing them of failing to protect them from attacks by rebel groups in the region now our producer new conny is in beni and joins us now on the phone and talk us through what youve been hearing i believe youve been hearing these gunshots. We are we are really very very tense situation here there was a heavy gun sorts around even my you. Know one can move outside we dont know at this moment what is going to be exactly outside along the road because you cannot see protest of the game but some. Things the on the is facing some 5. Protesters probably from the militia groups because this is no longer gunshots for discussing the population if you like it