Which went missing over a week ago. An exclusive look inside the saudi hotel where prominent figures continue to be held as part of a campaign against corruption. As far as detention centres go, this one is beyond compare. Luxury swimming pool, restaurant, a gym. And we talk to the british actor widely tipped for an oscar for his film portrayal of Sir Winston Churchill. And coming up on sportsday on bbc news, well have the latest from the europa league. Arsenal top their Group Despite losing in cologne. Good evening. British workers are facing an unprecedented two decades without any rise in average earnings, according to the leading Economic Research group, the institue for fiscal studies. It says the forecasts published with yesterdays budget made for pretty grim reading, with government borrowing still going up and austerity continuing. Its predicted that average earnings in 2022 could still be less than they were in 2008. But the chancellor has said hes confident he can defy the gl
We hear the thoughts of some keen bargain hunters. Just came for black friday, ended up buying a television, headphones, clothes, jewellery, all sorts of things. And ben has the weekend weather. Good morning. A cold, frosty and in places icy start but the reward will be some crisp autumn sunshine. Some wintry showers as well. All the weekend weather details coming up. See you soon, ben. Good morning. First, our main story. Egypts military says it carried out air strikes on those behind the deadliest islamist terror attack in the countrys recent history. 235 people were killed and more than 100 injured after gunmen detonated a bomb and stormed a packed mosque in north sinai yesterday. Egypts air force says it has destroyed vehicles used by the militants, as well as weapons and ammunition at what it described as terrorist locations. Orla guerins report contains some distressing images. A rush to save those wounded when a place of worship became a place of carnage. The attackers struck du
Everything. Some were wounded but many more were killed. Some of the wounded had been brought to this hospital in caro. Many are in a Critical Condition and cameras are not allowed inside. Many bereaved families buried loved ones overnight. There is a deep sense of anger and shock here and some social media users described the attack as a genocide. This is worth hundreds of lives have been lost, including nearly 30 children. An explosion followed by a massive armed assault on defenceless worshippers who were just going to friday prayers. Military forces responded by air strikes, said to have targeted a number of vehicles with militants in them, but many wonder if the iron fist strategy is good enough. Is affiliates and jihadists have been operating in sinai for a couple of yea rs. Operating in sinai for a couple of years. In 2015 they downed a russian plane in sharm el sheikh, killing more than 200 people on board. Last december they bombed a church in the heart of cairo. Their common
England hold off a tongan fight back in auckland to reach the Rugby League World cup final for the first time in 12 years. And i will be reporting from here after two days of level pegging it is australia have the upper hand. Good evening, thanks forjoining us, lots to get through today on this chilly november evening all the days football, the latest from the Rugby League World cup and, fittingly, some Winter Sports for you too. But were going to start with rugby unions final round of autumn internationals. And scotland finished their series on a high, with a record thumping of australia. 53 24 it finished, with the wallabies down to 14 men. James burford was watching. Despite losing their star man stuart hall to injury there was the feeling that this could be a special day and saw it started, murrayfield is not particularly used to seeing this kind of football. Can he win the race . And mcguigan scorers for scotland the visitors responded, two tries in scotland and on the back foot.
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