Died after militants bombed this mosque in the Sinai Peninsula the president of egypt is now calling for unity in the face of terror. Military that i send my condolences to the families of the martyrs and my wishes for a speedy recovery for all the wounded. Once again i tell all egyptians that what happened will only increase our determination to face terrorism with all our strength. Im sarah harmer welcome to the day its good to have you with us now the Sinai Peninsula is no stranger to deadly attacks and gyptian police have been battling an insurgency there backed by the socalled Islamic State for years but fridays mosque bombing is egypts deadliest attack in modern history at least two hundred thirty five people died it occurred in egypt Sinai Peninsula near the provincial capital l. Irish witnesses say a bomb exploded outside the mosque that was packed with worshippers for friday prayers gunman then opened fire on people as they tried to flee the building so far theres been no clai
Im sarah harmer welcome to the day its good to have you with us now the Sinai Peninsula is no stranger to deadly attacks and gyptian police have been battling an insurgency there backed by the socalled Islamic State for years but fires mosque bombing is egypts deadliest attack in modern history at least two hundred thirty five people died it occurred in egypts Sinai Peninsula near the provincial capital l. Irish witnesses say a bomb exploded outside the mosque that was packed with worshippers for friday prayers gunman then opened fire on people as they tried to flee the building so far theres been no claim of responsibility or earlier i spoke to correspondent karim alcohol re and i asked him why this particular mosque have been targeted. Well thats several serious behind it of course we dont know any bill but the case response. We dont know of the real motives of the attackers but there theres speculation of all the why this mosque and series the first series that it is. A look that is
regions and communities at the same time and towards the same goal the united nations is committed to addressing violence against women in all its forms violence against women is fundamentally about power if you ll only end when gender equality and full empowerment of women will be a reality. well for more i m joined now in the studio by iran john mica on issues from arabic service and originally from syria i want to look with you for a second at a scene from a program that a colleague of ours jaafari joel karim was filming recently and this took place in jordan and we can pull the clip up now we ve got a woman who s trying to speak out there a lot about sexual harassment that she is exposed to every day and watch what happens it s in arabic but she s being mentally attacked by a politician in jaafari kanal who calls her a liar and says she s giving