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security forces in somalia say theyre sweeping a hotel in the capital, mogadishu, for explosives after ending a 30—hour siege by islamist militants but there has no independent confirmation. al—shabab militants stormed the hayat hotel on friday. our reporter, emily brown, gave me the latest on the story. we know that dozens of people were evacuated from the building, which is said to be popular with both journalists and pop — as politicians. the siege lasted for 30 hours with the...

and the secret hidden in chinas rivers, finally exposed after a long drought. we begin with some news which has been breaking out of somalia over the last couple of hours, where security forces say theyve ended a siege that had lasted over 30 hours at the hayat hotel in the capital, mogadishu, where islamist gunmen were reported to be holding hostages. theres been no independent verification, and no official statement from the somali government. the militant group, al—shabaab, claime...

External audiences, outside of somalia, to potential recruits outside of somalia, as well as to the somali population, but the second is frequently a retaliation when a business or an entity refuses to pay extortion fees, which al—shabaab regularly connects al—sha baab regularly connects across al—shabaab regularly connects across mogadishu, as well as elsewhere in somalia, but even in the capital.— in the capital. looking under the bigger— in the capital. looking under the bigger pict...

Is they can train and recruit without any influence of any western powers. . >> reporter: they gather volunteers and weapons, spent years breaking senior leaders out of prison. but how were they able to take mosul, a city of almost 2 million? >> intimidating local security forces through bombs in their homes, by targeting key leaders for assassination, making them a softer target for the assault that would someday come which we can confirm was a very easy assault. >> reporter: then to hold mosul...

Bodies dumped at a ranch in the northern part of the country. police made this find after a deadly shootout with members of a drug cartel. thats 100 miles south of brownsville, texas, and officials say this could be the largest drug cartel dumping ground they have ever found. >> to the dallas newsroom. what do we know of the victims? >>reporter: according to the mexican newspaper, the 58 men and 14 women are believed to be my grants from central america who according to one person who survived, ...