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Radio 4,16 Oct 2017,45 mins

Somalia suffers worst terror attack in its history

The World Tonight

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As more than 270 people are killed in a brutal terrorist attack in the country's capital we a Somali minister whether more could be done to improve security in the country. Baghdad has sent armed forces to take back control of the city of Kirkuk from Kurdish fighters. Iraq's Vice President Ayad Allawi pleads for reconciliation. And Paul Moss finds out what those in the Basque region of Spain make of what's been happening down the road in Catalonia. Picture: Somalis carry a victim of the truck bomb explosion in the centre of Mogadishu. Credit: MOHAMED ABDIWAHAB/AFP/Getty Images.

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