In just a few days from now, pope francis will fly to egypt to offer his personal support to egypts Coptic Christians. Hell find a community filled with apprehension, targeted byjihadist extremists, and subject to persistent discrimination and sectarian violence. Elsewhere in the middle east, in syria and iraq, the plight of christians is even worse. My guest today is the general bishop of the Coptic Church in the uk, bishop angaelos. Do christians have any future at all in the middle east . Bishop angaelos, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you. Do you think there is something substantively different about the nature of the threat faced by Coptic Christians in egypt today . Because they have faced threats for many, many years. Yes. We have faced threats for centuries, and particularly over the past decades, but to have Suicide Bombers in churches is is a shift, and it looks like the mirroring of attacks in other parts of the world. And think that is why it has shocked the Egyptian Community
In just a few days from now, pope francis will fly to egypt to offer his personal support to egypts Coptic Christians. Hell find a community filled with apprehension, targeted byjihadist extremists, and subject to persistent discrimination and sectarian violence. Elsewhere in the middle east, in syria and iraq, the plight of christians is even worse. My guest today is the general bishop of the Coptic Church in the uk, bishop angaelos. Do christians have any future at all in the middle east . Bishop angaelos, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you. Do you think there is something substantively different about the nature of the threat faced by Coptic Christians in egypt today . Because they have faced threats for many, many years. Yes. We have faced threats for centuries, and particularly over the past decades, but to have Suicide Bombers in churches is is a shift, and it looks like the mirroring of attacks in other parts of the world. And think that is why it has shocked the Egyptian Community
Im stephen sackur. In just a few days from now, pope francis will fly to egypt to offer his personal support to egypts Coptic Christians. Hell find a community filled with apprehension, targeted byjihadist extremists, and subject to persistent discrimination and sectarian violence. Elsewhere in the middle east, in syria and iraq, the plight of christians is even worse. My guest today is the general bishop of the Coptic Church in the uk, bishop angaelos. Do christians have any future at all in the middle east . Bishop angaelos, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you. Do you think there is something substantively different about the nature of the threat faced by Coptic Christians in egypt today . Because they have faced threats for many, many years. Yes. We have faced threats for centuries, and particularly over the past decades, but to have Suicide Bombers in churches is is a shift, and it looks like the mirroring of attacks in other parts of the world. And think that is why it has shocked the
New zealand against australia kicks off in three hours time. All the build up coming later this news hour. Lets start with the russian plane carrying 224 people which crashed in egypt relatives have been gathering in the airport looking for news of that flight. President Vladimir Putin has expressed his deepest condolences and declared a day of morning. There are no survivors. The airbus belonging to metro jet airlines took off shortly before 6 00 a. M. Local time. The aircraft carrying 224 people including seven credit members was headed to st. Petersburg in russia. 23 minutes into the flight, though, the plane disappeared off radar screen. Russian News Agency Says that the pilot reported technical problems and asked to change his root. The plane is believed to have crashed 35 kilometers in the coastal area of el arish in the sinai peninsula. Weve not yet started an investigation. A Specialized Team will start one very soon. The airline was carrying 217 on board. The Prime Minister wi
A russian plane carrying 224 people on board has crashed in egypt. Relatives have been gathering at st. Petersburg International Airport looking for news of the flight. President Vladimir Putin has expressed his deepest condolences and declared a day of mourning. Egypt says there are no survivors for the airbus belonging to metrojet. It took off shortly before 6 00 a. M. Local time. The aircraft was headed to st. Petersburg in russia. 23 minutes into the flight the plane disappeared. The pilot had reported technical problems and asked to change his route. The plane is believed to have crashed in an area 35 kilometers from the coastal city of el arish in the sinai peninsula. The Prime Minister gave this update. We have not yet started our investigation and Specialized Team will start one very son. The airline was carrying 217 on board in addition to a crew of seven people. The Prime Minister will go to the crash sight. Rory challands joins us now. Some of the lines im getting are confir