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
Hello and welcome to world news today. We begin in pakistan where the government has called on the army to restore order, after large protests in islamabad. Its after scenes like this clashes between police and hardline islamist protesters. The protestors want a government minister to be sacked, they accuse him of blasphemy. Well the violence has led to 200 people being injured at this key highway called the faizabad interchange. Security forces tried to break up a sit in there which has been going on for several weeks. The demonstrations have also spread to other cities including lahore and karachi. The violence poses a direct challenge to the governing party the pakistan muslim league. Ive been getting the thoughts of the bbcs south asia regional editor, anbarasan ethirajan. The government allowed nearly three weeks before they sent in hundreds of Police Officers to clear these hundreds of protesters who are blocking a key highway going into the capital. People have been going throug
The first president in more than three decades to skip the annual gathering. Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome jeff mason. [applause] i hope you enjoyed your dinner. We are going to kick start the program now with a video. So you better sit down if you want to catch it. There is a lot to celebrate, because journalism is such an important part of the freedoms we continue to enjoy in this country, and many other countries wish they had the benefits we had because our Founding Fathers were so brilliant with the First Amendment. Thomas jefferson famously said he would have a press without a government than a government without the press. When the press conference the government, that means the system is working. When you dont acknowledge at fundamental role that the press plays and protect it that is the role of the press secretary, to protect the role against those that are fuming at whatever has been reported. If you dont protect that relationship, we are losing something fundamental
There going to Kickstart Program now with a video. You better sit down if you want to catch it. There is a lot to celebrate, because journalism is such an important part of the freedoms we continue to enjoy in this country, and many other countries wish they had the benefits we had because our Founding Fathers were so brilliant with the First Amendment. Thomas jefferson famously said he would have a press without a government than a government without the press. When the press conference the confronts the government, that means the system is working. When you dont acknowledge at fundamental role that the press plays and protect it that is the role of the press secretary, to protect the role against those that are fuming at whatever has been reported. If you do not treasure and protect that relationship, we are losing something fundamental to our democracy. I think one of the things this past election has taught us journalists, if they follow the stories and facts, and dont worry about
There going to Kickstart Program now with a video. You better sit down if you want to catch it. There is a lot to celebrate, because journalism is such an important part of the freedoms we continue to enjoy in this country, and many other countries wish they had the benefits we had because our Founding Fathers were so brilliant with the First Amendment. Thomas jefferson famously said he would have a press without a government than a government without the press. When the press conference the confronts the government, that means the system is working. When you dont acknowledge at fundamental role that the press plays and protect it that is the role of the press secretary, to protect the role against those that are fuming at whatever has been reported. If you do not treasure and protect that relationship, we are losing something fundamental to our democracy. I think one of the things this past election has taught us journalists, if they follow the stories and facts, and dont worry about