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security forces in somalia say they're 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 gunman holding hostages. we have seen some footage which we can show you an inner ear can the guns...

hello and welcome to bbc news. security forces in somalia say they're 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 was stormed by an islamist military group on friday night. al—shabab attackers detonated al—sha...

is looking for a new home. hello and welcome if you're watching in the uk or around the world. watching in the uk the daughter of one of president putin's close allies, aleksandr dugina, has been killed in a bomb attack. russian media says darya dugina died after her car exploded near moscow. there's been no comment from the authorities. it's thought that her father — who's often called "putin's brain" — could have been the intended target of the attack. the pair were reportedly set to travel back from an event in the same car. aleksandr dugina is a prominent ultra—nationalist ...

as she was driving home. the exam board pearson has apologised after some btec students did not receive their results as expected last thursday, throwing university places into doubt. and if you havejustjoined us, a warm welcome to bbc news. we begin at this hour with the strike at felixstowe port. dockers at britain's largest container port, felixstowe, have gone on strike for the first time in three decades. almost 2,000 workers are taking part in the eight—day action, after rejecting a 7% pay offer. there are warnings that the strike will cause disruption to supply chains for sh...

ukrainian forces are reported to have carried out more attacks on russian hardware in the crimean peninsula. smoke was seen rising from the headquarters of russia's black sea fleet in sevastapol, with moscow claiming it shot down a ukrainian drone. russia has occupied crimea since 2014 — and there have been a series of recent attacks on russian military infrastructure there. earlier, i spoke to our correspondent in the ukrainian capital kyiv, james waterhouse, and i asked him how destabilising these latest attacks might be for russia. (sot attacks might be for russia. i think it se...