Bursting into a Dutch Television station demanding air time. Beginning with breaking news in egypt where 29 men members of the Security Forces have died and dozens are injured after a series of explosions in the volatile north sinai region. The attacks are still on going, with more reporting in just the past few minutes. Seven civilians have also been hurt in the on going attacks on a police office, military camp and a hotel that have been used by the military. For more on this, lets to omar thank you very much for being with us. Sense august 2015 with a third round of attacks by the army trying to control the armed millnt thats but there was a wide Scale Campaign of repression. Into more of one with the group, that was one of the main groups groups that were operating declares itself as the province and giving ahe jens to the Islamic State. So how significant is it what teems sob more of a spread of Islamic State influence in say egypt or possibly also north africa, we had those attac
Greener pastures. We begin in jordan where negotiations are under way to free a jordanian pilot held hostage by the Islamic State of iraq and levant. This is a woman on death row in jordan at the moment. Accused of being a wouldbe suicide bomber. This the pilot shot down over raqqa. A few moments ago. Lets go to the correspondent andrew simmonds. Youll put into context the relationship between all three. Bring us up to date with what you know rather than what is speculated. We do know an audio tape of kenji goto jogo has been clarified. The japanese are convinced it was him. Jordanian officials examined the recording where he points out that by sundown on this day, the pilot, will be killed unless sajida alrishawi, the suicide bomber on death row is handed over to the turkish boarder. The climbs has changed, in that theres less said now, more activity going on. But the question is this is there really a deal on the table for the release of the pilot. There has been no indication from i
Its first set of sanctions against russia. Hello we begin in mexico, with a gas tanker has exploded outside of a Maternity Hospital killing at least two people, one woman and a child. Authorities fear more babies and adults are trapped in the the rubble. Allen fisher has our report. The skill of the damage is breathtaking. This is a Maternity Hospital, much of the building has collapsed which was heard over large distance, a number of people have been killed more than 50 injuries many by flying glass. Rescue teams are now looking for patients and staff who may be trapped in the rubble. Dogs have been brought in, the biggest concern is the maternity part of the hospital where dozens of newborns were located. Sitting in the west, it is believe the tanker carried liquid gas to the hospital exploded. Why, is the center of the police investigation. Doctors and nurses have done what they can to help. Ambulance which is normally bring injured people here have been carrying those caught up in
Martin place siege. In france, a call for calm from president hollande after a car is deliberately driven into packed pedestrians, the third violent attack in as many days. And the fat one delivers for thousands of spaniards, winners in the worlds biggest christmas lottery. Hello. We start with north korea, where websites are back online after a complete shut dodown that exper say was probably caused by a cyber attack. Its not known whos responsible, but the timing of the incident is interesting. It comes just weeks after a cyber attack on Sony Pictures, which made this comedy about the north Korean Leader kim jong un. After threats, sony announced it was cancelling the release of the movie. Washington said it would launch a proportional response. North koreas internet was completely out for around nine and a half hours. Websites began to come back online a little bit later. Well, one of the first stories to run back on the staterun news service was this one about kim jong un visiting
Seats and out of the building. Another Taliban Attack in afghanistan as Militants Attack a bank and kill at least six is. Soldiers are said to have are mistreated iraqi detainees in 2004. Why the new York Premiere of this film poking fun at north korea has been cancelled due to threats from a hacking group. Hello. Pakistans Prime Minister is meeting all main Political Parties to discuss how to respond to the Taliban Attack on a school in peshawar. More than 140 were killed, nearly all children. The Prime Minister lifted a moratorium on the Death Penalty on cases of terrorism. The first journalist to see the devastation in the school, there are disturbing details in her report. Reporter they were shooting from the stage . Yeah. They were shooting from the stage and then also came to the seat rows. You will see the students were trying to get out of the rows and come on the main aisle. Thats where you see most of the blood from. Reporter okay. So were walking toward an area now thats cle