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
We start in hong kong, with activists still under siege inside the Polytechnic University. But around 100 protesters, including 50 under 18s, have been led from the buildings as part of a deal negotiated by a group of headteachers. Theres been more violence as police try to keep the activists trapped inside. Some have tried to escape by abseiling onto the highway. Outside the University Protesters have tried to break police lines. Police responded with rubber bullets and teargas. Our correspondent Rupert Wingfield hayes has the latest. For a few minutes today it looked like the siege of Hong Kong Polytechnic University might end peacefully. The young protesters began streaming down the stairway that on sunday was set aflame to block the police storming the campus. But seconds later, riot police began firing tear gas grenades, sending the young protesters scattering in confusion. Some did not escape. The clear message from the police today if you surrender, you will be arrested. Hundred
But a big price. One of the first works by Charlotte Bronte is sold for half a million dollars. Hello to you. We start in hong kong, with activists still under siege inside the Polytechnic University. But around 100 protesters including 50 under 18s have been led from the buildings as part of a deal negotiated by a group of head teachers. Theres been more violence as police try to keep the activists trapped inside. Some have tried to escape by abseiling onto the highway. Outside the University Protesters have tried to break police lines. Police responded with rubber bullets and tear gas. 0ur correspondent, Rupert Wingfield hayes has the latest. For a few minutes today, it looked like the siege of Hong Kong Polytechnic University might end peacefully. The young protesters began streaming down the stairway, that on sunday was set aflame to block the police from storming the campus. But seconds later, riot police began firing tear gas grenades, sending the young protesters scattering in c
The greens will become the first party to launch its manifesto later, with a pledge to reach net zero Carbon Emissions in the uk by 2030. Ahead of the general election bbc news is in southampton today, looking at the issues concerning voters there, with a focus on education. Renowned broadcaster Sir David Attenborough tells the bbc the world is beginning to tackle the threat of Plastic Waste. Its a bit of a litmus test to see whether, in fact, the population care about this sort of thing, and people do. And so i think its very encouraging. Coming up in sport, a big day for wales. If they beat hungary tonighttheyll qualify for the european championships for only the second time. Good morning and welcome to the bbc news at nine. An alleged victim ofjeffrey epstein has appealed directly to Prince Andrew to come forward and give a statement to us investigators. The duke is facing renewed calls to tell the authorities about his friendship with epstein, a convicted sex offender. Heres our lo
We had the coldest night of the season so we had the coldest night of the season so far and, you may be glad to here, the coldest night of the week. 10 in parts of aberdeenshire, the milder able try to push in over the milder able try to push in over the next three days. Symbols stay below freezing in parts of scotland. Many in lower single figures into the afternoon. Ten to 12 degrees in wales, South West Wales and Northern Ireland, but cloudy skies and indices around penzance, the wind is whipping them up. Quite a breeze blowing, touching gale force around the coast, and we will see cloud and outbreaks of rain stop the far north will brighten up later. Into tonight, while many staff and i dry, we will see some further rain pushing on to other western areas, particularly western scotland, other parts of wales in the south west. Nothing too substantial. With the cloud in place and the breeze picking up, not as cold tonight. There will be thrust and ice across parts of scotland, norther