Mogadishu beggar belief the result of a massive truck bomb at a key road junction on saturday which has killed at least 230 people. Hundreds have been injured in the bombing in the shopping district. Its the worst terror attack on civilians since al shaabab began its insurgency more than ten years ago. President Mohamed Abdullahi mohamed has declared three days of National Mourning and called for donations of blood and funds to help the victims. James copnall has the latest. This is a city which has seen a lot of fighting but many mogadishu residents describe this as the biggest explosion they had ever heard. The truck bomb went off either busy junction near a well known hotel. The blast destroyed vehicles, sparked fires and caused colossal damage to buildings all around. And caused colossal damage to buildings allaround. In and caused colossal damage to buildings all around. In this environment its a real challenge to find survivors and confirm how many people died. The Emergency Serv
At the age of 31. After his victory in sundays general election, Sebastian Kurz, is still well short of a majority but hes in a strong position to form a new Coalition Government. Asjenny hill reports from vienna, he may have to rely on the far right freedom party, Whose Campaign was dominated by immigration concerns. The new face of austrian politics. Sebastian kurz has rejuvenated his party and changed his countrys political landscape. Translation voters have handed us a great responsibility. Many people put big hopes in our movement. I promise i will do all in my power to fight for change and i invite you tojoin me. Herr kurz, a word for the bbc . Has austria moved to the right today . Is it a victory for the right . No answer for us but mr kurz is shifting his partys politics. As foreign minister during the refugee crisis, he closed the countrys borders. Now hes leaving the door open to the far right. Even on the campaign trail, his potential new partner, the anti migrant freedom p
Corporate funding is provided by mutual of america designing customized individual and Group Retirement products. Thats why were your retirement company. Additional support has been provided by and by the corporation for public broadcasting, and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. From the tisch wnet studios at Lincoln Center in new york, hari sreenivasan. Sreenivasan good evening and thanks for joining us. California fire officials said today theyve turned a corner on the wildfires that devastated northern parts of the state for the past week. Still, 11,000 firefighters from california and surrounding states are battling 16 large fires in areas north of san francisco. The fires have already burned 218,000 acres, an area larger than new york city. And 75,000 people remain under home evacuation orders, down from 100,000 yesterday. The fires have killed at least 40 people, making this the states most lethal set of wildfires since modern Record Keeping b
By mutual of america designing customized individual and Group Retirement products. Thats why were your retirement company. Additional support has been provided by and by the corporation for public broadcasting, and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. From the tisch wnet studios at Lincoln Center in new york, hari sreenivasan. Sreenivasan good evening, and thank you for joining us. A surge in immigration raids ordered by the Trump Administration has led to the detention and likely deportation of hundreds of immigrants across the United States. The department of Homeland Security tells the newshour during the past five days there were targeted enforcement operations against criminals and undocumented immigrants from a dozen latin american countries. Without releasing total arrest numbers, d. H. S. Says the operations have occurred in california, illinois, new york, north carolina, South Carolina and georgia. Immigration rights advocates say there was a
Important fresh off her huge win in South Carolina, super tuesday could be it will increase her number of delegates i think the prize is going to be virginia, youre going to have texas. President ial candidate im gonna need your help to win the democratic nomination. However, robertson says there is still a chance for Bernie Sanders to shine. If sanders gets a certain threshold in the states and then a certain threshold in the win oklahoma, minnesota, and colorado tomorrow. If he doesnt do that its going to be extremely difficult for him to cut a path to victory. And when it comes to republican front runner donald trump,. Nat pop president ial candidate i hate to say it, im becoming mainstream. Political expert shell suber says tuesday could determine just how strong is lead is. If donald trump starts reaching up to around that 50 percent in a lot of these states then the momentum is definitely turning in his favor if those numbers are below that forty percent, if then he has a real pr