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mordaunt in the running. cementing his place at the top china s president xi will have a third term in power the first to do so since chairman mao. at least nine people have been killed and 47 others injured in an attack on a hotel in southern somalia. heavy gunfire was heard in the southern port city of kismayo. the attack started when a suicide bomber rammed his car, loaded with explosives, through the gate of the tawakal hotel, blowing up the vehicle. several attackers rushed through into the building, opening fire. somali police say security forces ended the siege and killed the attackers. al shabaab claimed responsibility for the attack. bbc africa s emmanuel igunza has been following the story. it has taken them several hours, the better part of sunday afternoon, but security forces in the port city of kismayo now say

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