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hello and welcome to bbc news. 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. at least 12 people were killed in the deadly 30—hour ordeal, although local media reports the death toll could be even higher. emily brown reports. the crackle of gunshots penetrating the mogadishu air. a crumbling hotel in the somali capital under attack after it ...

began on friday evening, when the al—shabaab group detonated two bombs outside the hayat hotel in the capital. dozens of people were evacuated from the building, said to be popular with the journalist and politicians. the siege lasted for 30 hours, with gunmen having held hostages inside. we have seen some footage which we can show you, in it, you can hear the gunshots. gunfire. this was clearly an intense battle for control. it is not yet known how many people died during the siege....

from the january 6th committee. much of the blame placed directly on former president trump. in meticulous detail, the report explains what it calls trumps multipart plan to overturn the 2020 election, this and the suggestion to ban trump from holding office again. jonathan karl standing by. congress passing a massive $1.7 trillion spending bill avoiding a government shutdown. funds for natural disaster relief, additional aid for ukraine and what it also includes to protect future el...

intensifying as much as we thought it. where theres still a ways to go. the storm has roughly three days to get a strong as its going to get, and then will weaken as it approaches florida after that. the hope is that it never gets its act together, but all of our computer, guides that -- are telling us is not going to happen. its saying this is going to intensify for the next three, days maybe rapidly intensify when it gets -- to as of now, still only tropical storms, -- thats not the ...

its 7:00 in the morning in singapore, and 4am —— 5am in pakistan where the government says a third of the country is now under water. millions of homes are now destroyed and much of its richest farmland is now flooded. the disaster has killed over 1,100 people and affected 33 million and the catastrophe isnt over — water is still surging down the indus river and will flood the low—lying sindh province even further over the next few days. latest reports say 45% of the countrys c...

as russias brutal assault from the sky intensifies. on the front lines ukrainian forces claim five cylvillages h been liberated. no response from russia on this but its whats happening in the air that has ukraine on high alert. fighter jets today patrolling kyiv after news of more russian missile strikes. at a market, suburbs near a nuclear plant, both among putins latest targets. also today reports of arrests now being made after putins prize bridge to crimea was severely damaged a ...

we report from one town deserted by russian troops. over here on the wall, one interesting detail — a single word which someone has written in broken english. "sorry." hello and welcome. queen elizabeth ii is lying in state tonight, beneath the ancient timbers of westminster hall. this is the scene live, in the oldest part of the palace of westminster. for the past six hours, thousands of people have been filing past her majestys coffin to pay their final respects to a remarkable mon...

former president donald trumps rally in the keystone state where he lashed out again at the fbi over the search of his mar-a-lago home calling agents vicious monsters and labeling president biden an enemy of the state. one congresswoman, also a member of the january 6th committee, said the former presidents remarks are also potentially incitement. meantime, one of the busiest travel weekends of the year lives up to the billing. hundreds of flight delays, thousands of cancellations as...

june. about that investigators say this, quote, the fbi uncovered multiple sources of evidence indicating that the response to the may 11th grand jury subpoena was incomplete and that classified documents remained at the premises. the government also developed evidence that government records were likely concealed and removed from the storage room and that efforts were likely taken to obstruct the governments investigation. all of this is what led doj to obtain that search warrant for ...

welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. we begin in south asia. a third of pakistan is underwater. thats according to the countrys climate change minister, who called the devastation caused by extensive flooding a crisis of unimaginable proportions. at least 1,000 people have been killed, and 33 million are affected. thats 1 in every 7 pakistanis. provinces like sindh and balochistan in the south are the worst affected but mountainous regions in khyber pakhtunkhw...