under the control of

militants since last year.

The first ever launch of a privately built space capsule on a mission to supply the International Space Station has been

aborted

. The rocket's engines were shut down just as it was about to take off from Cape Canaveral in Florida. The unmanned craft made by the Californian company SpaceX was due to carry half a tonne of food and equipment to the space station. The president of SpaceX, Gwynne Shotwell, denied that the mission had failed and said another launch would be attempted next week.

"We had a nominal countdown right until about T-minus point-five-seconds. [The] engine controller noted high chamber pressure in engine five; software did what it was supposed to do - aborted engine five, and then we went through the remaining engine shutdown. This is not a failure. We aborted with purpose. It would be a failure if we were to have

lifted off

with an engine turning in this direction."

Several people have been killed in two attacks in the Somali capital Mogadishu. One, a roadside bomb, is reported to have killed about four government soldiers. In the other attack, two hand grenades were thrown at police as they cleared illegal settlements at a market. A trader at the market told the BBC that one person was killed and four others were injured.

And finally football, and Bayern Munich are facing Chelsea in the European Champions League final. The four-times winner of the competition Bayern Munich are playing at home against Chelsea, who've never won the title. One goal for each side in the last few minutes of normal time means that extra time is now being played.