who lost their lives when they were first deployed in the battle of cambrai. good afternoon. welcome to bbc news. more than 300 people are now known to have been killed byjihadists at a mosque in egypt. air strikes have been carried out against suspected supporters of the group that calls itself islamic state. the authorities say up to 30 armed men were involved in yesterday s attack. from cairo, sally nabil reports. confusion, chaos and dispair, here in the city of ismailia, the closest to sinai, people gathered outside of the hospital where many of the victims lie, hoping for some good news. residents rushed to donate blood to save as many lives as possible. some of the wounded made it but others are gone. inside the hospital, eyewitnesses have harrowing stories to tell. translation mac they destroyed everything. some are winded but there were many more are killed. some of the wounded have been brought here to this hospital in cairo, many of them are in a critical condition
england hold off a tongan fight back in auckland to reach the rugby league world cup final for the first time in 12 years. and i will be reporting from here after two days of level pegging it is australia have the upper hand. good evening, thanks forjoining us, lots to get through today on this chilly november evening all the day s football, the latest from the rugby league world cup and, fittingly, some winter sports for you too. but we re going to start with rugby union s final round of autumn internationals. and scotland finished their series on a high, with a record thumping of australia. 53 24 it finished, with the wallabies down to 14 men. james burford was watching. despite losing their star man stuart hall to injury there was the feeling that this could be a special day and saw it started, murrayfield is not particularly used to seeing this kind of football. can he win the race? and mcguigan scorers for scotland! the visitors responded, two tries in scotland and
finalfor 22 years. 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 so called 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. in response, egyptian forces have been carrying out air strikes on some militant targets. 0ur middle east correspondent 0rla guerin‘s report contains some distressing images. warplanes take to the skies to target militants bound for northern sinai. the president says this is a mission to avenge the martyrs. it still stands, but is now a monument to sorrow. inside, a trail of destruction, most of it too graphic to show. but this exclusive footage, obtained by the bbc, is testa m e nt to footage, obtained by the bbc, is testament to the horror that unfolded here. in the general hospital, one of the young survivors. solomon
car crashed into a tree in leeds. ireland s european commissioner says dublin will play tough to the end over its threat to veto brexit talks moving on to discuss trade. the eu has said sufficient progress has to be made on the irish border before negotiations on the future relationship can begin. a warning to airlines after ash clouds spew from a volcano on the indonesian island of bali. the red warning means a forecast of an eruption being imminent. royal navy sailors will perform the intricate routines of the changing of the guard ceremony for the first time at buckingham palace this morning. coming up in a few minutes our sunday morning edition of the papers this morning s reviewers are the journalist and broadcaster rachel shabi and peter conradi of the sunday times. before the papers, sport, and for a full round up, let s cross to the bbc sport centre. australia are crusing to victory in the first ashes test. after england were bowled out for 195 in their second i
and london, you re watching bbc world news. it s newsday. good morning. it s 8am in singapore, 1am in london, and 2am in geneva, where a un fact finding mission is due to release its first oral report looking into alleged crimes by myanmar security forces against rohingya muslims. the un has warned de facto leader aung san suu kyi she has one last chance to end the military offensive that s forced 400,000 rohingyas to flee to neighbouring bangladesh. 0ur correspondent, jonathan head, reports from the border. 0n the muddy shore of bangladesh s southernmost point, the stream of muslims seeking safety never stops. this is one of the places where the boats bring them in. and on the other side of the naf river, still the fires burn. it is astonishing that more than three weeks after the violence broke out in rakhine state, we re still seeing these incredible numbers of people coming across the naf river looking for shelter here in bangladesh. with so much of the rohingya populat