The president of somalia has blamed al shabaab militants for a deadly bomb attack that killed about 70 people. But Mohamed Abdullahi farmajo said they wouldnt succeed in demoralising the somali people. The explosion took place at a security checkpoint in the south west of the capital mogadishu. Its being reported that at least 16 of those killed were university students. Our africa correspondent Andrew Harding reports. Moments after the blast, an eyewitness films the scene. Smoke still billowing from a vehicle, the remains of what is thought to have been a massive car bomb. Shocked civilians move 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
hello and welcome to the programme. next week will mark the one year anniversary of russia s invasion of ukraine. in the past hour, the uk prime minister rishi sunak has told world leaders meeting in munich that the international response to russia s aggression in ukraine has not been strong enough. mr sunak said that the sovereignty and security of every nation was at stake in the war. we need a military strategy for ukraine to gain a decisive advantage on the battlefield, to win the war, and a particle advantage on the battlefield, to win the war, and a political strategy to win the peace. to win the war, ukraine needs more artillery, armoured vehicles and air defence so now is the moment to double down on our military support. when vladamir putin started this war, he gambled that our resolve would falter. even now, he is betting that we will lose our nerve, but we proved him wrong then and we will prove him wrong again. together, we are delivering as much equipment in the
nearly 16,000 people. there s been an increase in people taking up detectoring in the british countryside but should their discoveries be finders keepers? next week will mark the one year anniversary of russia s invasion of ukraine. in the past hour, the uk prime minister rishi sunak has told world leaders meeting munich that the international response to russia s aggression in ukraine has not been strong enough. mr sunak said that the sovereignty and security of every nation was at stake in the war. we need a military strategy for ukraine to gain a decisive advantage on the battlefield, to win the war, and a particle strategy to win the peace. to win the war, ukraine needs more artillery, armoured vehicles and air defence so now is the moment to double down on our military support. when vladamir putin started this war, he gambled that our resolve would falter. even now, he is betting that we will lose our nerve, but we have proved him wrong then and we will prove him wrong
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hello and welcome to bbc world news. western leaders have put forward a unified front in their support for ukraine, days before the first anniversary of the russian invasion. a meeting in germany of foreign ministers from the g 7 richest countries agreed to tighten sanctions against moscow and quickly provide more weapons to kyiv. the uk prime minister rishi sunak said that the sovereignty and security of every nation was at stake in the war. we need a military strategy for ukraine to gain a decisive advantage on the battlefield to win the war and a political strategy to win the peace. to win the war ukraine needs more artillery, armoured vehicles and air defence. so now is the moment to double down on our military support. when putin started this war he gambled that our resolve would falter. even now, he is betting that we will lose our nerve, but we proved him wrong then and we will prove him wrong again. together we are delivering as much equipment in the next few months a