And locked and loaded russia says its newest weapon is operational a missile that can travel 27. 00 times the speed of sound. And im lee harvey with all of your sports as the miami heat rediscover their championship form but can they keep the fire burning into the 2nd half of the season. So were starting with a developing story out of somalia where huge bomb blast has killed and injured dozens of people an ambulance official has said 76 people have been killed but many more casualties are feared the car bomb blast in the capital mogadishu was near a security checkpoint it happened during morning rush hour some reports say as many as 90 people may have died and that includes engineers from turkey how to meet also following developments from neighbor. Kenya not know. What more you have at this point. We told the number of people dead for now ranges between 30 and 90 but Officials Say course that number could rise because it was such a big explosion some of the people who have been killed include Somali Police officers and civilians it happened at a security checkpoint used by many people coming into mogadishu so at that time of the day people were going to work and maybe University Students were going to campus and were told a lot of the people whove been killed so far have been University Students officials are now trying to help the injured get them to hospital and then of course the gun try and count the number they did give an official death toll they say sometime later today if that is possible the last biggest attack happened in 2017 when about 300 people were killed so a lot of people on the ground are not asking wired to be the tax keep taking place in mug addition no claim of responsibility yes i believe harder but it wouldnt be unreasonable to start looking towards alshabaab. Exactly has been no claim of responsibility but in the past al shabaab the Group Alshabaab has claimed responsibility for several attacks within mother edition of the parts of the country now officials are a lot more precise to try and stop these attacks from happening whoever was responsible for todays attack the under pressure to explain why it happened why they cant contain the situation the fact that this attack happened at a security checkpoint where you would think it was a lot of security at that place and they still managed to come that close and the officials couldnt do anything about it is worrying some people on the ground some people say the target could have been a building next to that checkpoint that was being used by some Government Troops the question now of course is is what happens next alshabaab for the most. It was pushed out of mogadishu but theyve been managing to come back here and there to attack security checkpoints and hotels the question now is beefing up security explaining what happened and of course the tending to the engines just to be clear about something how do when you say security checkpoint this is one run by Government Military or is it in conjunction with the African Union or the African Union still has a presence there. Yes yes going to have a prison stay and they do do regular patrols and try to i suppose contain the security situation in mogadishu in other parts of the country it seems the checkpoint was manned by Police Officers but there was a building next to a government keeps would be they use it for their own official business so there was a lot of security in the area but again like i say they have managed to come in. Today and attack not just the security troops but also civilians and they bear the brunt of all of this imagine they were coming into work going to university go to campus to learn and you dont make it because of this explosion so a lot of people now are concerned about what is going to happen next can the government actually protect civilians and what theyre going to do about security in mogadishu awful isnt it i thank you for those updates heart of my chances in nairobi for us just to expand on what we were talking about with regards to claiming responsibility attacks like this are often claimed by the on the Group Al Shabaab and it does raise concerns about the readiness of somali troops to take over from the African Union force in the coming months somalis been rocked by conflict since 1901 that was when clan warlords overthrew the former leader. And then turned on each other. Was formed in the late 1990 s. Its trying to topple the government it wants to create a state under its own version of strict islamic law it already controls parts of somalias southern and Central Regions balls pushed out of mogadishu several years ago but continues to target hope high profile areas such as in this case checkpoints and hotels as well it was blamed for and how to mention this the double truck bombing in mogadishu in october 27th team which killed more than 500. 00 people blamed for that but didnt claim responsibility we should say we have got. A on the line now research at the Heritage Institute for policy studies in mortgage issue up to thank you for your time would you suspect anyone else but al shabaab in an attack of the scale. I mean thank you for having me usually this kind of attack on the scales is an act of terrorism and. They have not been any official claim on the part of al shabaab but i think. A clear indication of the brutal attack over the last 8 years in somalia. Has acquired a major. Significance for somalia in terms of the loss and the death toll so so far we have not yet come from to but i think really quite a deadly day for somalia this would be the biggest attack in in a long time but. These types of attacks continue im thinking you know only 6 months ago when the mayor of mogadishu was targeted and he died in an attack because well. It just doesnt get any better and youve got African Union troops potentially leaving at some point. I mean i think we need to d 5 need to know that you know shabaab is really taking a kind of an extra metrical what i think is not a conventional war well by the 2 major. Fighting on the street but its very as symmetrical kind of agree a lot of where the terrorists turn 18 you know major attacks and inflicting a huge concert. By this calling. 4 laden exposed so it is it is actually a very if the metric war a war that has very difficult to be in the coming. Years and also we have to also remember that over the last 6 months i mean. The level of the pace of attacks has actually. Dropped down quite dramatically thanks largely to. 3 the organized themselves but again. 8 you dont expect it to happen especially in the christmas day. You know saddam has been known for the attack. Doing the christmas and any kind of a major effect of all this was actually was coming one way that the wave but not discount the i came on to thank you for that just an update as well we are hearing medical sources now putting that death toll at 76 and 70 injured severely quickly that death toll rising the latest from medical schools and 76 killed 70 injured in this car bomb attack in mogadishu the United Nations is warning of devastating consequences for the only remaining rebel controlled province in syria after years of attacks and now 8 months of syrian and russian it strikes a ground offensive intensified 2 weeks ago troops of seize towns and villages will sunni a quarter of a 1000000 mostly women and children to seek safety anywhere they can make a gauge as our report. Tents go up in the syrian town of town are now a temporary hiring for families with nowhere else to go if they fled martel newmont in the south of italy province as Syrian Government forces advance many leaving most of their belongings behind. We fled from the bombardment and came here its a small camp that doesnt really fit a lot of people and the people just keep coming the situation is that. Since the start of december nearly 250000 people have been displaced from youd leave the last rebel held area of syria most women and children many have fled by road for others fuel shortages have stopped them from getting a why some are trying to seek shelter in turkey but theyre not being allowed to cross the border and this comes on top of the displacement figures that we had from the end of april to the end of august where more than 400000 people have been displaced so what we have is a displacement crisis on top of another displacement crisis. President Bashar Al Assad has vowed to recapture rebel held areas. Shelling in airstrikes backed by russia have intensified forcing aid agencies to suspend operations in the area unless the fighting ends there are fears that the supply of humanitarian aid will stop as soon as next month in my mind its neither the russians nor the turks that are the key to the solution the key to the solution is the International Community getting involved in this and putting pressure both on the Syrian Regime in russia and turkey for a resolution that doesnt cause massive human loss of life or a humanitarian catastrophe. Paula. The violence goes against an orchestra ceasefire deal and International Calls for a deescalation but the Syrian Government says recapturing the province is just a matter of time become a gauge al jazeera many of the displaced families are trying to seek shelter in turkey but they dont mean a lot to cross the border mohamad to report on that from here most of those people have. Fled their homes heading to cities such as a kid been in the cup with all of the province others have gone to government held areas of aleppo province but the vast majority of them one from the areas where the Syrian Armed Forces have been. Putting most of their hogs. Around. And the strategic city that sits on the m 5 which assads forces are really keen to take from the rebels they have most of them come to woods the Turkish Border and the voters are not allowing any of the city and for years to hold all the on the comps are also sule so they are mostly in the open setting up makeshift calms you know depending on Turkish Charities giving them warm food but they do not have proper sanitation or water or any other amenities wherever they have set up but come. Heres whats coming up for you on this news on the plane crash survivors in kazakhstan describing what happened just before impact also more on the miles 2020 rows that are sent to pave the way for manned missions to space and the 11 year old skateboarder trying to make it to the index has that and the rest of the sport at about 10 to the hour. Now u. S. Contractor has been killed in an attack on an Iraqi Military base several rockets were fired into the base near cook that houses both iraqi and u. S. Troops several Service Personnel were also injured Simona Fulton has more from baghdad on that attack. Lets attack occurred last night it was several rockets inside the k. One military base which houses both u. S. Forces as well as iraqi forces and this base is used to launch important operations against against i saw who have staged an insurgency in the surrounding mountains now this is just the latest in a spate of similar rocket attacks but its the 1st time that were actually seeing u. S. Casualties there has not been any responsibility attributed to this but officially one member of the u. S. Coalition told me that it bears similar whore marks to previous attacks which were attribute it to the iranian backed armed Group Hezbollah now the secretary of state max pale said on this 113 any such attacks would be met with decisive force so it remains to be seen whether following these u. S. Casualties there will actually be such a response of course this raises great concerns here in iraq because its supposed to be the Iraqi Government to actually protect u. S. Forces based here and the government did promise an investigation but on the part of u. S. Forces they simply feel that with the increase of such attacks they may need to protect themselves and of course there is a real risk that should the u. S. Respond there could be an escalation here on the ground between u. S. Forces and iranian backed armed groups. Shanahans with us now on skype from sydney he is a Research Fellow at the Lowly Institute institute for International Policy roger just to build on what someone was saying without stating the obvious the stars escalate things and rocket attacks sustained rocket attacks are one thing but when a u. S. Contractor loses their life it ups the stakes. Certainly and i think theyll be a lot riding on the investigation or the inquiry that u. S. Forces will be doing inside iraq because that allows the determine the next steps that the u. S. Authorities are going to have to take where they flow of foreign secretary of state on those threats or where there are books to attribute this to Islamic State or whether its indeterminate but the investigation is really the next step in this matter regardless of who is behind it is it vague capitalizing on a moment of weakness because the protests have really taken over iraq for the last few months the political situation is no better arrived at the Country Office so many years of being vulnerable seems even more vulnerable well again were going to turn and who you know who launched this rocket attack its obviously. Showing the interests of Islamic States also tension a sunni interested iranian backed militia forces in iraq as well so the motives behind a potential attack a common to both threat groups for the americans so. Really these are large u. S. Target to attack and so really going to have to weigh into is going to be more if meissen from the u. S. Authorities step aside but still just to build on this point about and i guess this is more widely talking about iraq the weakness in the country at the moment can you see any obvious way out or something which will which will strengthen the government which will strengthen the peoples belief in their leaders. Well as you pointed out you know a well functioning government that can full control over. Security within the country would make these kind of attacks. If not impossible then very difficult to and to take or say no ratcheting up in the number of. Attacks directed against u. S. Targets in particular from iranian backed militia groups in iraq. Until we get some kind of. Solution to iraqs political problem that is well to the population in general until we get a reduction in that growth crushing iraqi politics until we get some kind of unity in the country and the reality is that youre going to have to expect more fracturing around the edges and same today. Roger shannon joining us from sydney talking about the latest situation in iraq thank you roger do appreciate that my pleasure. The libyan warlord before have to carry out an air strike on the city of zawiya 45 kilometers from the capital tripoli and an Engineering Institute in a Residential District was targeted the 4th strike on the city in just 4 days earlier libyas internationally recognized government said it had pushed half to its forces away from an area near tripoli airport destroying some of their military mahmud are the one who has more on the latest fighting now from tripoli so. There is fear among residents in especially in the neighborhood. Were the random rocket launch and they have to as forces landed that last night killed one civilian and injured other 6 civilians including one child that is less than 6 years old according to medical sources in the capital tripoli as the clashes are becoming near the residential areas it is fear among civilians of potential human casualties and a huge influx of displaced people as you know that over the past few days have to as forces have been advancing taken control of the locations in and around the. Quarter of the migration of 30 in southern tripoli needs aladdin neighborhood meanwhile the Government Military sources have posted a video showing what they call a number of have to the fighters taken captives by the Government Forces also the Government Military sources say that theyve managed to repel an attack by have to his forces to take control of the airport road in tripoli. The United NationsGeneral Assembly has condemned human rights abuses against rangar muslims and other minorities in may and 934 Member States voted for the resolution calling on me and myles government to combat the hatred and violence against minorities. Is also facing a charge of genocide to get at the International Court of justice thousands of rango were killed in a government crackdown in the kind state back in 27. 00 saying and nearly a 1000000 more fled to bangladesh meanwhile as ambassador to the United Nations told the General Assembly the resolution will only worsen a complex situation the drop feel to recognize the real situation on the ground and refused to appreciate the efforts of the government and the people of myanmar in search of a comprehensive and lasting solution to the multiple challenges inherited from previous restrictions since independence the driver solution as it stands. Trust and will create a father polarization of different communities in the region it would only be due to mental to the process of liberal tradition as well as the peace and harmony in rakh