Migrants, the un says more than 33,000 migrants have died trying to cioss 33,000 migrants have died trying to cross the mediterranean this century. For migrants. Hello and welcome to bbc news. Im gavin grey. The Egyptian Armed forces say theyve launched air strikes against the militants they believe were responsible for fridays attack on a mosque in the sinai peninsula. At least 235 worshippers were killed. The countrys president has vowed to respond with an iron fist. A warning orla guerins report contains some distressing images. A rush to save those wounded when a place of worship became a place of carnage. The attackers struck during friday prayers. For egypt, this was a grim new first a massacre in a mosque. Inside, worshippers lay dead where minutes earlier they had prayed. The mosque was popular with sufi muslims, who revere saints and shrines and are viewed as heretics by islamic extremists. Within hours, a televised address to a nation in shock. President Abdel Fattah Al sisi
The Egyptian Armed forces say theyve launched air strikes against the militants they believe were responsible for fridays attack on a mosque. At least 235 worshippers were killed. The countrys president has vowed to respond with an iron fist to the attack in the sinai peninsula. A warning, 0rla guerins report contains some distressing images. A rush to save those wounded when a place of worship became a place of carnage. The attackers struck during friday prayers. For egypt, this was a grim new first, a massacre in a mosque. Inside, worshippers lay dead where minutes earlier they had prayed. The mosque was popular with sufi muslims, who revere saints and shrines and are viewed as heretics by islamic extremists. Within hours, a televised address to a nation in shock. President Abdel Fattah Al sisi telling egyptians their anguish would not be in vain and there would be decisive punishment. The sophisticated assault on the mosque was the latest attack by militants based in sinai. The stat
Hes since been in Police Custody accused of corrupt land deals at least three hundred Seventy Eight migrants have been rescued in libya after three boats were damaged in the Mediterranean Sea the Mission Carried out by the libyan coast guard took about seventy two hours the u. N. Says more than thirty three thousand migrants have died at sea since two thousand as are the headlines listening post is a. Witness documentaries that open your eyes at this time and. Military has carried out a crime against president coming. All. Right. Thats. Right. Thank. You. Hello im richard just reading your at the listening post here are som of the media stories weve been tracking this week zimbabwe thirty seven years in power ends in a week of confusion we examine the coverage of Robert Mugabes downfall ugandas president has been in office for a mere thirty one years i know journalists there are more and more fearful of the police in india a yet to be released bollywood epic has sparked protests and le
And stranding thousands of tourists. Get in touch with us using the hashtag. Hello and welcome im katty kay in washington and Christian Fraser is in london. She looked nervous, he was rather awkward it was a typical engagement announcement. Except that hes a british prince and shes an american actress. All of which excites americans who cant get enough today of Meghan Markle and prince harry announcing theyre getting married. They made their First Official engagement appearance this afternoon she wore a ring he had designed. The diamond by the way comes from botswana. And its surrounded by two diamonds from his late mothers personal collection. The statement from harrys father, prince charles, said his Royal Highness the prince of wales is delighted to announce the engagement of prince harry to ms Meghan Markle. The wedding will take place in spring 2018. The queen and Prince Phillip said they were delighted for the couple and wished them every happiness. The new royal couple have just
A Shiite Cultural Center will go to kabul for more. Also on the program a major prisoner swap after months of negotiations ukraine and its progress in separatists exchanged captives in the biggest such swap since hostilities broke out in the countrys east. Hello and welcome. Good to have you with us. We begin in afghanistan where officials now say at least thirty six people were killed and dozens more wounded in a series of blasts in the capital kabul a suicide bomber reported to have detonated a device at a gathering in a Shiite Cultural Center witnesses say many of the victims were students in an online statement socalled Islamic State planes its supporters were behind the attacks. And joining us now from competent journalist friends marty france Islamic State claiming responsibility for this attack the group of course has been behind similar attacks in the region how big a threat is is. Now posing in afghanistan. Yes indeed the group has in the past month claimed most of the attacks