For a second year running. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. The authorities in egypt say gunmen who attacked a mosque during friday prayers killing more than 300 people, were carrying the flag of the Islamic State group. Up to 30 men surrounded the building, opening fire on worshippers including children, in the town of bir al abed in northern sinai. Carrying out air strikes on some militant targets. 0ur middle east correspondent 0rla guerin reports from cairo. Egyptian warplanes 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. He is 13. He was shot twice in the hand and in the leg. 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 looki
Hello and welcome to world news today. We begin in pakistan where the government has called on the army to restore order, after large protests in islamabad. Its after scenes like this clashes between police and hardline islamist protesters. The protestors want a government minister to be sacked, they accuse him of blasphemy. Well the violence has led to 200 people being injured at this key highway called the faizabad interchange. Security forces tried to break up a sit in there which has been going on for several weeks. The demonstrations have also spread to other cities including lahore and karachi. The violence poses a direct challenge to the governing party the pakistan muslim league. Ive been getting the thoughts of the bbcs south asia regional editor, anbarasan ethirajan. The government allowed nearly three weeks before they sent in hundreds of Police Officers to clear these hundreds of protesters who are blocking a key highway going into the capital. People have been going throug
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Margaret warner gets an update on the surveillance programs from Carol Leonnig of the Washington Post. Brown the kepler space telescope, once used to search for earthlike planets, is crippled, and nasa says it cant be fixed. We explore its legacy and ask if it can still be used for scientific research. Woodruff under a pristine rain forest in ecuador lie more than 800 Million Barrels of oil. The countrys president had asked the world to ante up in exchange for a promise not to drill, but that plan is being scrapped, as Hari Sreenivasan reports. Brown mark shields and david brooks analyze the weeks news. Just wishing i changed my ways. Woodruff and two men from two generations connected by a love of the blues are now collaborators on tour. We profile Charlie Musslewhite and ben harper. This is what the blues are supposed to do. Make you feel good. Its your comforter when youre down and your buddy when youre up. All purpose music. Woodruff thats all ahead on tonights newshour. Major fund
Margaret warner gets an update on the surveillance programs from Carol Leonnig of the Washington Post. Brown the kepler space telescope, once used to search for earthlike planets, is crippled, and nasa says it cant be fixed. We explore its legacy and ask if it can still be used for scientific research. Woodruff under a pristine rain forest in ecuador lie more than 800 Million Barrels of oil. The countrys president had asked the world to ante up in exchange for a promise not to drill, but that plan is being scrapped, as Hari Sreenivasan reports. Brown mark shields and david brooks analyze the weeks news. Just wishing i changed my ways. Woodruff and two men from two generations connected by a love of the blues are now collaborators on tour. We profile Charlie Musslewhite and ben harper. This is what the blues are supposed to do. Make you feel good. Its your comforter when youre down and your buddy when youre up. All purpose music. Woodruff thats all ahead on tonights newshour. Major fund