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 claim of responsibility. Earlier i spoke to correspondent kareen alcohol ray and i asked him why this particular mosque has been targeted. Whether its several serious is behind it of course we dont know any bill but he claimed responsibility so we dont know of the real motives of the attackers but there theres speculation about it why this mosque and to sy
another right of the others to to her rest and you can be tough to speak ramaj are lacking from. from need of years arabic service thank you for being with us thank you and we want to be clear this is an issue that goes far beyond the arab world it s not an issue of arab countries or is western countries or rich or versus poor by once against women as a problem all over the world and so in honor. the un s international day for the elimination of violence against women we want to devote some time today talking about the broader causes and some solutions i m joined now via skype by louisa carballo she is the u.n. women s regional director for the americas and the caribbean there is a thanks for being with us on news we re just seeing a new u.n. report that shows violence against women is particularly serious in latin america why is that. thank you very much for having us as it is everything is on the cruise but also we have to consider other things that are goes on in the region where we