The demonstrators want a government minister, who they accuse of blasphemy, to be sacked. The violence in islamabad has reportedly led to several deaths and around 200 people being injured at faiza bad interchange, a key highway in the city. The demonstrations have also spread to other cities, including the provincial capitals of lahore and karachi. The bbcs south asia regional editor Anbarasan Ethirajan is following the story. Islamabad, pakistans capital city, turned into a battle zone. Police fired tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse the islamists, but they came prepared, and responded with stones and bricks. Several police vans were set on fire. Many injured were taken to hospital. Translation there is nobody critically injured amongst those at one point, the police had to retreat as hundreds more demonstrators turned up unexpectedly. After failing to disperse the islamists, the government has asked the military to restore order in islamabad. The islamists have been blocking a key highway for weeks, demanding the sacking of a government minister who they accuse of blasphemy. The protesters are defiant. Translation were protesting against the operation, the cruel action that the government is carrying out against the lawful demand being made about our holy prophet being made by our religious scholars and our leaders in islamabad. We curse the government and our demand is that the operation should be stopped with immediate effect. As the protests spread, they present a direct challenge to the governing pakistan muslim league. They also illustrate the governments difficulty with the in dealing with the popularity of religious extremists in some sections of the society. Anbarasan ethirajan, bbc news. Authorities in egypt say the gunmen who attacked a mosque during friday prayers, killing more than 300 people, were carrying the flag of the so called islamic state. Up to 30 men surrounded the building and opened fire on worshippers, including children. It happened in the town of bir al abed in northern sinai. In response, Egyptian Forces have been carrying out air strikes on some targets. Its the worst attack in the country in recent memory. 0ur middle east correspondent 0rla guerin reports. Egyptian war planes take to the skies to target militants in northern sinai. The army says this is a mission to avenge the martyrs. There has been no claim of responsibility, but according to officials the attackers brandished flags of the so called islamic state. And here, one of their many victims in the General Hospital in ismailia. Suleiman is 13. He was shot twice, in the hand and in the leg. And he is not the only victim in his family. In the same ward, his 17 year old cousin, also shot twice, once in the back. His mother is looking to god to punish those who brought such torment. Translation i hope their hearts will be burned, just like ours, the women have all become widowed. There are no men left, they are all gone. They are all gone. Then she leaned in to whisper that she has been bereaved four times over. Losing her husband, her oldest son, an uncle, and a cousin. She didnt want her son to know the death toll. In another ward, we found doctors consoling another man who was praying with his extended family when the attackers struck. He lost two of his brothers and two of their children. There was shooting and people just started running, he told us, some jumped out the window. God saved some of us, but others lost their lives. Among the visitors today, a local leader of the coptic church, christians are regular targets in their places of worship. Now, muslims havejoined them. More than a0 survivors of the attack were brought to this hospital, but the death toll is continuing to climb. Five of those who came here have already lost their lives. Well wishers and relatives are coming and going, trying to offer support, and across the country, egyptians are struggling to come to terms with this attack. There is a grief across the country as the dead are laid to rest. The village of bir al abed, the scene of the attack, has lost a quarter of its men. Tonight, hundreds of families are in mourning. 0rla guerin, bbc news. Lets take a look at some of the other stories making the news. Reports from North East Nigeria say suspected islamist militants belonging to boko haram have taken control of an isolated town north west of the regional capital, maiduguri. The Reuters News Agency say that people from the town of magumeri told them by telephone they had fled into a nearby forest. People in nepal are voting in a general election which many hope will bring stability to the country. Its still recovering from a ten year civil war with maoist insurgents, and a huge earthquake in 2015. Theyre the first elections under a new post war constitution in nepal which has paved the way for sweeping changes to the political system. Police in belgium have made around 50 arrests in the capital brussels after a street protest turned violent. Some demonstrators in masks attacked Police Officers and damaged shops near the city centre. Reports say those arrested were between 15 and 18 years old, and had broken away from a protest against slavery in libya. At least 31 migrants drowned off the coast of libya when their boat capsized on saturday morning. They were part of a group of over 200 people trying to make the illegal and perilous journey to southern europe. The vessel sank off the shores of garabulli, a coastal town east of the libyan capital. The bbcs north africa correspondent rana jawad reports. For these survivors of the latest boat capsize off the libyan coast, the bodies they walked past could have been them. Despite this, economic migrants, refugees, and Asylum Seekers continue to risk their lives in the mediterranean in the hope of a better one in europe. There were two rubber dinghies packed with over 200 migrants that set off from libyas shores on saturday, and one of them sank. The dead included several children. Translation the coastguard went out to sea after hearing distress signals. And when they got there, they found a group of people hanging on the remainder of the dinghy. But the rest had died. They had spread out while the dinghy was sinking. About 60 people were rescued from this dinghy that had sunk, and the bodies of 31 others were picked up. These survivors are back in a lawless state with grim prospects. Some could be involuntarily repatriated to countries they dont see a future in. But most end up being locked up in libyas overcrowded detention centres, overseen by unruly militias, and exposed to a range of abuse. Others could even be passed on to human traffickers to attempt thejourney again. Rana jawad, bbc news. Airlines have been issued a warning about the danger of volcanic ash in the skies close to the indonesian island of bali after a volcano emitted a thick black plume of smoke over 1500m high. More than 100,000 people have now left their homes for temporary shelter after a 12km exclusion zone was placed around mount agung over fears an eruption could be imminent. Andrew plant reports. Please of black smoke as people on the indonesian island of bali look on from a distance. The fear is that this volcano could be about to erupt. Thousands have now been told to move away from the area. Airlines have been warned about volcanic ash in the airfrom the have been warned about volcanic ash in the air from the billowing smoke. More than 1500 metres high. Many flights here have now been cancelled. It is really kind of inconvenient but there isnt much you can do, it is a natural disaster, so yeah, yeah, it is one of those things, it is kind of difficult, they lost my bag as well so difficult, they lost my bag as well soi difficult, they lost my bag as well so i have been waiting for my bag is 110w so i have been waiting for my bag is now i will just so i have been waiting for my bag is now i willjust go back to the hotel and come back tomorrow, i guess. The volcano has been showing signs of u nrest volcano has been showing signs of unrest since the timber with many leaving their homes for temporary shelters. Now, people within eight miles have been told to evacuate and more than 120,000 displaced, scattered in camps across the island. The mountain is sacred to people here. A red warning, though, means experts believe an eruption could happen at any time and no one is taking any chances. It would be the volcanos first full scale eruption since 1963 when more than 1000 people lost their lives. Andrew plant, bbc news. Hondurans will cast their votes on sunday to decide who will be elected as the countrys president for the next four years. Current president juan 0rlando hernandez is the first candidate in hondurass recent history to run for re election after a law prohibiting a president serving more than one term was controversially changed two years ago. Its led to fears of unrest on voting day, and 30,000 security personnel at polling stations across the country, as Kathryn Armstrong reports. Heavy security across honduras as the ballot boxes begin to arrive. With people heading to the polling stations to pick their next president , soldiers overseeing an election date where one candidate has proved divisive. President juan 0rlando hernandez has held the post since 2014 and is now the favourite for re election, but his selection has been controversial. Until recently, president s could only serve one term then, a year after he took office, the Honduran Supreme Court changed the rules. His main rival is tv anchorman turned politician salvador nasralla. He campaigned hard against overturning the one term rule. Nevertheless, opinion polls suggest mr hernandez could be elected for a second term. His stance on Violent Crime has been widely popular. Last year, he sent gang leaders to newly built prisons part of a wider plan to take back control of honduras jails in a country with one of the highest murder rates in the world. More than 6 Million People are eligible to vote in a system which sees the winner decided afterjust a single round. Kathryn armstong, bbc news. Stay with us on bbc world news. Still to come a march in support of Nazanin Zaghari ratcliffe, the british iranian woman jailed in iran. President kennedy was shot down, and died almost immediately. The murder ofjohn kennedy is a disaster for the whole free world. He caught the imagination of the world, the first of a new generation of leaders. Margaret thatcher is resigning as leader of the conservative party and prime minister. Before leaving number 10 to see the queen, she told her cabinet, its a funny old world. Angela merkel is germanys first woman chancellor, easily securing the majority she needed. Attempts to fly a hot air balloon had to be abandoned after a few minutes, but nobody seemed to mind very much. As one local comic put it, its not hot air we need, its hard cash. When bob geldof of the Boomtown Rats saw the tv pictures from ethiopia, he decided he had to do something. And he found his rock music friends felt the same. Our top story pakistans government calls on the army to step in following violent clashes between islamist protesters and police. Well, lets get more on this now. Michael kugelman is the Asia ProgrammeDeputy Director and senior associate for south asia at the Woodrow Wilson centre. The capital of the country was occupied for so many days and the government was scared because of them and their blackmail tactics. They decided it was time to go for it and push them back. Has the government made a tactical error . It should have taken it more seriously . Definitely. They should have nipped it in the bud. They allowed it to become big. This political and religious group, i say political because it is politics, but the governments failure and delayed has allowed us to become a crisis. Delay. You say political but this is an islamist protest. Why do you say political . A few reasons. This is about this mixing up of religion and politics which has been going on in pakistani for a while. Pakistan. Those who claim to speak in the name of religion, they have seldom been able to do well on the ballot box. They are blackmailing and are good at manipulation and emotionalism. They have converted this to an art. They have converted this to an art. They are good at it. They cannot win elections by the influence policy by scaring people and using religion. That is why it is an issue that should have been dealt with through a legal and Law Enforcement process. The government delayed. They would not do so in any other case. In this case, the government was scared this would become an emotional issue and they would lose support of the people. You make it sounds like the group have a big influence even though they are not elected. Absolutely. They have limited influence. But this so called movement was developed around a murder, a person who had murdered a few years ago, and the murderer was hanged due to death sentence. This movement gained strength around his legacy. They framed it as an issue of blasphemy. That is an issue which, for ordinary people, for whatever reason, is very close to their heart. That is why politics and security and religion have mixed. Bangladesh is warning Rohingya Muslim refugees returning to myanmar that theyll have to live initially in temporary camps. Its because most of their villages have been burnt down. It is likely to cause concern in the un, which is already warning about the dangers of returning rohingyas to confinement and ghettos. Nicola carroll reports. Hundreds of thousands of people have fled their homes in rakhine state. They accuse the Myanmar Military of carrying out mass killings, rape, and setting fire to homes. But the myanmar government denies the accusations. Today, there are more than 600,000 refugees living in camps like this one. The governments of bangladesh and myanmar now have an agreement for their return. Translation the returnees will be taken to their original lands or wherever they want to live. In primary stages, they will stay in temporary camps. The two sides have agreed to complete the repatriation process in a reasonable time. After a verification process, the displaced rohingya will be taken back. 0ur priority is to ensure their safe return to their homeland with honour. We are aiming for that. The arrangement will cause concern at the un, which has warned of the danger of returning rohingya facing confinement and ghettos. Many of the issues that forced the region to flee the first place remain are addressed and some refugees say they do not want to return unless they get citizenship in myanmar. Translation i cant trust the myanmar government. If the International Community supports us, and if there are people to protect us, we will go. If they send us back without this guarantee, we will be persecuted again. Rights groups say the idea that myanmar would allow them to return with open arms is wishful thinking. It is also not clear whether the Myanmar Military will agree to the latest deal. For now, these Rohingya Muslims continue to face an uncertain future. Nicola carroll, bbc news. The actress, emma thompson, has led a march in north london to support the british iranian woman Nazanin Zaghari ratcliffe, whos beenjailed in iran, accused of trying to overthrow the state. Those taking part have signed a letter urging irans Supreme Leader to release her. Alice hutton reports. If youre happy and you know it clap your hands Nazanin Zaghari ratcliffes favourite song, imprisoned in iran and unable to sing it with her own young daughter, 200 members of her community in West Hampstead in london came out today to form a mums protest. They were joined by local mum and 0scar winning actor emma thompson, who braved pneumonia to lend her voice to the protests. This is our community and one of her community has been imprisoned without trial, has been separated from her child more or less for 19 months. The situation is desperate. Im not supposed to be out at all, but i said to my doctor, well, i cant not come to speak, because i am free. Together, they marched to the nearby Islamic Centre of england to deliver a letter addressed to the Supreme Leader of iran, calling for nazanins release. They have kindly taken the letters for us. Really pleased with that, thank you to our muslim friends in the Islamic Centre of england. One person who did hear the voices was nazanin herself. She rang from prison in iran to thank them for their support, especially her husband, richard. I am so grateful for everyone. Thank you so much. I am so grateful. I dont think i deserve him, to be honest. He has been amazing. Thank you for all your support. Thank you everyone from the bottom and top of my heart, i really feel the love. Nazanin can feel the love, that is the most important thing, thats what keeps us going. With fresh charges and a new court date next month, this is a time of great anxiety for the ratcliffe family. Today was all about local support and showing that nazanin might have dual british iranian citizenship, but it is this community that she calls home. Breaking news. There has been an explosion in the chinese port city of ningbo. There are as yet no confirmed numbers. Photos on social media have shown people lying on the ground with damaged buildings. We will give you more information as we get it. Leave no one behind is the theme for this years un campaign to end violence against women. Thousands have been taking to the streets around the world to mark the International Day. France have vowed to introduce new measures protecting women, while in italy hundreds took over the lower house of parliament to speak out. Virginia langeberg has more. United and an silenced. Unsilenced. More than two dozen women on the streets of istanbul in a show of solidarity. This demonstration was initially barred by turkish police. The women are openly denouncing the nations gender policies, saying they will remain on the streets for as long as they can. Around the world, antiviolence campaigners were making their voices heard. With marches on the streets of paris. In lisbon, to remember the a70 women who have died in portugal from Domestic Violence since 2003. And in italian parliament, a historical first. 1300 female victims given the floor to speak uncensored. Among them, serafina strano, a doctor attacked and raped by a patient. I managed to present myself here today because im alive. I want to state that i am not and did not feel ashamed by what happened to me. While i was being attacked, i thought about all women who suffer violence in italy and the world. Her courage and that of many others welcomed by the speaker of the house. Translation it is no longer the time to stay quiet about it. Silence kills. That is why today i want to give the floor to you. A sentiment echoed in france with president Emmanuel Macron announcing a raft of new measures to try to combat the problem, including a minimum age of 15 to consent for sex. Currently, the country has no such law. Translation there is no room for complacency or excuses because it is our responsibility as a republic, and france should no longer be one of those countries with women living in fear. It was officially the International Day for the elimination of violence against women. It was officially the International Day for the elimination of violence against women. Today was their day, but the hope is that tomorrow and thereafter, the message carries through. Virginia langeberg, bbc news. Lets take a look at some sport. Cricket now. And australia are in control at the gabba in brisbane. At the lunch break, england have taken their second innings score to 119 forfive, a lead ofjust 93 over australia. Aussie spinner, nathan lyons, struck twice, getting the wickets of Mark Stoneman and dawid malan. Skipper, jo root, was outjust before lunch for 51. Hello once again. Saturday was pretty much a cold day right across the British Isles and before that, you have to thank a supply of cold north westerly wind coming between an area of low pressure up towards the north east, High Pressure down towards the south west. And on that run of north westerlies, there were quite a few showers across northern and western parts. If you have some overnight, then ice could be a problem first thing on sunday, especially on untreated surfaces. Here we are first thing on sunday morning. Still that wind across the north east of scotland, showers there. Showers too coming through the North Channel down across the irish sea into the north and West Midlands thomas through the north west of england. We will come back to those in a second. But further east or south, dry, fine, sunny, chilly to start off the new day, and perhaps a little more in the way of cloud already at this stage across parts of the south west and the far west of wales. Cloudy right from the word go across Northern Ireland. This is all coming ahead of a set of weather fronts which make themselves known in Northern Ireland late on in the afternoon. The wind ahead of those fronts just beginning to come a bit more westerly and maybe not as cold as the north westerly wind of saturday. But that the supply of showers i was talking about coming out of the irish sea could be a bother at burnley and at huddersfield. Not such an issue down at southampton gloriously clear here. Kilmarnock, just the first signs of the cloud spilling in from Northern Ireland to temper the sunshine then rob you of it altogether as you get on through the afternoon. Certainly by evening, wet and windy fair piling its way down and across the British Isles. Notice the number of isobars there, a0 mile gusts perhaps inland and on some of the western facing hills, 30 a0 millimetres of rain, but at least this is mild air. We have a spell of relatively mild conditions for the new week. But then it turns much colder and there will be a noticeable biting wind coming in from the north. Monday, a day of transition. It will take a while before we see the last of the overnight rain getting away from the south of england and wales. Double figure temperatures here. But slowly but surely, once all of the fronts have moved on through, that allows those isobars to bend back into a much more northerly direction and a long that, that is the highway for the cold air to percolate its way down from nearly the arctic across all parts of the British Isles. I am showing you here the middle part of the week, cold air absolutely dominant. And that extends probably towards next weekend. This is bbc news, the headlines the government in pakistan has called on the army to send troops to the capital, islamabad, after battles between police and islamist demonstrators. Several deaths have been reported and nearly 200 people injured. Protesters are demanding the sacking of the law minister, whom they accuse of blasphemy. Egyptian officials investigating the killing of more than 300 worshippers at a mosque in sinai say the attackers were carrying the flag of so called islamic state. Its the countrys worst attack in recent memory. Egypts president has vowed to respond with the utmost force. Bangladesh says Rohingya Refugees who return to myanmar following an agreement between the two governments will have to live initially in temporary camps because most of their villages have been destroyed. Now on bbc news, our world. 0ver recent months, hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslims