To me personally, he remains the father, mentor, comrade in arms and my leader. We must to say thank you to them and trust that our history will grant him his proper place and a chord him his deserved distinction as one of the Founding Fathers and leaders of our nation. Let me also recognise in a very, very special way, the present in our midst of senior statesman of our region and the continent. Led by the president ial candidate of zambia, he remains the only living member of the foundational front line stage party which is anonymous with the decolonisation process in our region. Synonymous. We honour him as indeed we remember all his collea g u es as indeed we remember all his colleagues now departed. The statesman who are with us today show a story of success. May i repeat that. Show a story of succession which speaks well of our continent. It isa which speaks well of our continent. It is a narrative that must to get bolder and bolder. As generations hand over to succeed than once.
Welcome to bbc news. It is one of the deadliest attacks in modern egyptian history. At least 235 people have been killed and more than 100 injured, many critically, after gunmen detonated a bomb and then stormed a packed mosque at the end of friday prayers. It happened in a remote town in egypts north sinai region. Egypts president has vowed to respond with brutal force. There are some distressing images injames landales report. These were some of the chaotic scenes after the attack, as hundreds of wounded people were rushed to nearby hospitals. Survivors of one of the most deadly attacks on civilians in egypt. Witnesses said the militants stormed the mosque in northern sinai and exploded a bomb inside. They said around a0 gunmen then fired on worshippers as they tried to flee. They came here to kneel in prayer. Instead, they lay down in death. President sisi sent his condolences to the families of those who had died and said the attack would only increase egypts determination to face
Border. Two political crises, one in germany, one in ireland, from a british perspective is unseen. They are complicating factors. There is a national interest, and to some extent there is a united front on behalf of irish politicians who say it is britains problem to sort out. You are saying they can have an innovative border where you can track everything and nothing passes beneath the radar. If you say that is possible, you sorted out, they are saying to theresa may. It may well keep that government going, but the chance of collapse would be stored in recent talks. Not something that people had necessarily foreseen as you said. And maybe fianna fail will ease off the pressure on finer gales. Finer. Something that might become unstable, toxic, unprofitable come the day we do leave the eu. And protecting themselves against a potential no deal. This is been the week where we have perhaps in the first major and tangible impact that brexit could have on the economy. We have got the Europ
Will have more later. And tomasz has got the winter weather. That is a big car certainly not mine. It is in the north where it is really cold, even some icy stretches overnight tonight. Thank you very much. Also coming up. It never left me, i cannot stay away from it. Look whos back. Tom baker, the longest serving doctor, films new footage to complete an episode abandoned because of a strike at the bbc. Good afternoon. More than 180 people have been killed in a militant attack on a crowded mosque in egypt. The countrys president is holding an Emergency Security meeting. It happened in the northern sinai region when armed men stormed the building and detonated a bomb during friday prayers. One report says the target of the attack appeared to be supporters of the Security Forces who were attending prayers. Its the deadliest attack yet in the three year insurgency in sinai. We will be live at our correspondent in cairo very shortly. Zimbabwe has a new president. Emmerson mnangagwa was swo
Final decision on irish border arrangements after brexit until the uk and the eu have reached an agreement on future trade. The comments come as the eu demands enough progress on issues including the border within the next few weeks, in orderfor talks to move on to the next phase. Irish officials have suggested that they might veto that unless they have guarantees on how the border will work in future. Our Political Correspondent chris mason reports. Could this be the 310 mile Sticking Point that stops the brexit talks moving on . The border between Northern Ireland and the republic, what will soon be the frontier between the uk and the eu. Ireland insists it must remain open, and almost invisible after brexit, or it could block the negotiations progressing to discuss trade. But the government says until there is a discussion about the future, the border issue cant be resolved. We cant get a final answer to the irish question until we get an idea of the end state, and until we get into