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Weekend: Siege ends at hotel in Somalia

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Siege ends at Somali hotel

21/08/2022 GMT

Siege ends at hotel in Somalia

BBC World Service - Weekend, Siege ends at hotel in Somalia

Authorities say that a siege of a hotel in Mogadishu has ended after thirty hours

Authorities say that a siege of a hotel in Mogadishu has ended after thirty hours.

Security forces in Somalia say they've ended a thirty-hour siege of the Hayat hotel in the capital Mogadishu.

Also, the daughter of one of President Putin's closet allies has reportedly been killed in a car bomb attack.  Who is Aleksandr Dugin and what does he believe in?

Plus, why the arrest of the former Mexican attorney-general over what he described as the "historical truth" about the disappearance of forty-three students, is so significant.

Joining Anna Holligan to discuss these and other issues are Yasmeen Serhan, a US-born foreign affairs writer for Time magazine based in London; and Lord Peter Ricketts, former UK government national security advisor and British diplomat.

(Image: Security forces patrol near the Hayat Hotel after an attack by Al-Shabaab fighters in Mogadishu, Somalia. Credit: HASSAN ALI ELMI/AFP via Getty Images)

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