News Wrap: Dozens missing after deadly Mogadishu truck bombing

In our news packaging on Monday, more than 300 people are confirmed by the dead and almost 400 were injured after the Saturday mass explosion of trucks in the capital of Somalia Mogadisho. The government accused the group related to al-Qaeda al-Shabab. In addition, the 31-year-old conservative Sebastian Kurtz is going to become the next leader of Austria in another shift to the right in European politics.

Judy Wudraff:

And on other news of the day: more than 300 people are now confirmed by the dead after the explosion on Saturday in Somalia, one of the worst attacks in the world in recent years.

Almost 400 were injured. The government accused the al-Shabaab group related to al-Qaeda. Today, rescue teams were looking for bombing surviving on the site, a crowded street in the capital of Mogadish. Officials say that dozens that are still missing, they expect that the number of deaths to death.

Osman Libakh Ibrahim, Deputy Minister of Natural Resources, Somalia (through a translator): more bodies are gradually found and removed from fragments. There are other people who are under the wreckage. We heard them when they shouted for help. I am most worried about the fact that even the wounded are inferior to injuries.

Judy Wudraff:

The attack occurred two days after the Minister of Defense Somali and the army leader resigned for unsolved reasons.

In European politics, there was another shift to the right; 31-year-old conservative Sebastian Kurtz, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Austria, is going to become the next leader of this country. But he lacks the majority in parliament, and he will probably form a coalition with the extreme right batch of freedom. It was founded by the former Nazis in the 1950s.

Kurtz called on the European Union more to focus on domestic trade and providing borders. He celebrated in Vienna.

Sebastian Kurtz, Austrian People's Party (through translator):

I have a big request for you. Use today to celebrate. You all earned it at hard work and devotion to the cause. At the same time, I need to tell you that work begins tomorrow. We did not just run to win the elections. We did this to return Austria to the top. We ran in these elections to achieve real changes.

Judy Wudraff:

The final result in the elections will probably be determined on Thursday.

Fires that erupted on the weekend in Portugal killed at least 35 people, including a baby baby. Today, more than 5300 firefighters with about 1,600 cars fought with fires, some of which, according to officials, were started by arsonists. Forest fires also left at least four people in neighboring Spain.

The sergeant of the army Bow Beregal found himself guilty today in desertion and poor behavior before the enemy. He was captured by the Taliban in 2009, after he left his post in Afghanistan. This caused an intensive search and exchange of prisoners. Today, Berdal appeared before the military judge in Fort -Bregge, North Carolina. The 31-year-old could be sentenced to life imprisonment. He said that his actions were very unforgivable, adding that he did not do it – “Think, there are any reason to fulfill an important mission to look for one guy.”

The truck driver at Deadly Immigrant Crunling Run found himself guilty in court. San Antonio police discovered at least 39 immigrants, 10 of which were killed, packed in a stuffy semi-trailer last year and died. The driver, James Matthew Bradley, was pleasing to the plot and transportation of immigrants, which led to death. Now he is faced with life in prison.

A man from New Jersey was convicted of landing two bombs on the streets of New York on the streets of New York. Ahmed Khan Rakhimi threatens the maximum sentence in prison for accusations, including the use of weapons of mass destruction. One of the bombs exploded in the Manhattan area in Chelsea, injuring 30. The second did not explode. The officials said that ISIS and al-Qaeda were inspired by Rakhimi.

John Miller, deputy commissar, intellectual and the fight against New York terrorism: Ahmed Khan Rakhimi learned a lesson that we continue to remind people. This is a wrong place to try to spend terrorism. Witnesses will come forward, evidence will be developed, arrests will be held, court persecution will be put forward, and they will be successful.

Judy Wudraff:

The prosecutors said that Rakhimi also planted a pipe bomb in the Primorsky Hights, New Jersey, but no one was injured.

Colin Capernicus filed a complaint against the National Football League. The former quota -terbece San Francisco 49ers says that he is left without a signature from the conspiracy of the team owners about his protests of the national anthem. Capernicus called the debate when he knelt during the anthem last year, protesting against poor handling of the African American police.

On Wall -Strithon Today, the industry of Dow -Jones scored 85 points to close by 22957. Nesdak grew 18 and four added four.

It was a milestone in the world of astronomy. For the first time, researchers say that they discovered gravitational waves with a flash of light from the same cosmic event. Double observation confirms the general theory of relativity of Albert Einstein. Scatures in space and the explosion of light were caused by a clash of two neutron stars. They were first discovered in August.

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