Fight in philippines. Reporter more news from europe, uganda withdraws from the commonwealth. And fifa in zurich where day one of the Committee Meeting has been dominated by 2022 world cup in qatar. More than 100 people were r known to have died and more missing after a boat carrying african my grants sank off the e italian island of lamped usa. They apparently boarded the cressel in libya. Many jumped in the water after the boat caught fire. Lamedusa is a major route for migrants trying to get into europe. Reporter a grim scene on an island where many had hoped to start a new life. A boat carrying hundreds of my grants from africa sank as they tried to reach the italian island of lamped ua. Italy coast guard said that it sent off flares, which likely started the fire. The boat caught fire and because of this everyone started to panic. They pushed forward, and caused the boat to capsize. Reporter rescuers arrived in the scene in the early hours of the morning. More than a hundred peopl
Thomas. Wendy and im wendy griffith. Such a sad story to report. The Church Attack that killed 85 christians in pakistan is the deadliest ever there. George and now pakistans christians are demanding greater security from the government and the arrests of those behind it. Heather cells reports. Reporter angry Pakistani Christians deemed the attention of their government. Hundreds of demonstrators gathered in karachi chanting stop killing christians. Officials say more than 80 people were killed in sundays bombings. Over 140 were wounded. I fell down and my daughter, who was in my lap, died in front of me. Reporter the attack happened as the Church Service was letting out. A pair of suicide bombers blew themselves up as hundreds of worshippers were coming out of an Historic Church in peshawar to get a free meal. A spokesman for a wing of the taliban immediately claimed responsibility. The bombings raise new questions about the pakistani governments push for a peace deal with the terrori
Delhi. Plus another Senior Leader of the Muslim Brotherhood has been arrested in egypt. This picture is said to show esam elarian when he was taken from a house in a cairo suburb wednesday morning. Hed been in hiding since the coup in july, which ousted former leader mohamed morsi. Esam elarian was a deputy leader of the Muslim Brotherhoods political party. We speak to Dominique Kane who joins us from cairo. What do you know of the circumstances of the arrest, and what is the significance . What we understand is in the early hours of the morning the police went to a house in new cairo suburbs of the capital. Esam elarian was found, they arrested him. There were pictures of him collecting bags and being taken away. He was taken to tora prison, where many of his colleagues in the Muslim Brotherhood, the Senior Leadership, is being held. The prosecutor is moving to the prison to start investigations with esam elarian. This comes a day after the three leaders. Mohammed badie and two collea
Way back to france. Also. Im in the ecuadorian amazon where the government has gisent the green light to drill for oil. The u. N. Says the long drawn out battle between Government Troops and rebels in the democratic republic of congo is drawing to a close. Congolese soldiers are launching an assault to retake the last town held by armed fighters known as the m23 rebels. A bit of background. The m23 are a group of tute si fighters who defected from the government. The conflicts forced 800,000 people to flee their homes. The push by the congolese troops has been largely successful because they are backed by a u. N. Prevention brigade sent to crush the rebels. The m23 fighters abandoned their military positions in the east and are confined to a small down close to the ugandan border called rumanagabo. They have been fighting hard for days. They are getting ready to fight again. They are congolese Government Troops and have taken a string of towns back from the m23 rebels. The fighters hol
Oscar. Welcome to the program, a rescue operation is taking place in south sudan after a remote village has been plunged into chaos. Violence broke out at the u. N. Compound days after an alleged coup attempt. India said three of its peacekeeping soldiers have been killed. The town is close to an ethiopian border centered around a market and primary school. A kilometre to the north is a hospital. The u. N. Says they will only release details about the rescue mission once its complete. When people heard a u. N. Base was attacked were shocked. They said if the u. N. Could be targeted no one is safe. There was sporadic gunfire around the u. S. Embassy area. People are concerned about what will happen next. The government tells people to relax, not to panic, they were in control of the situation. Airlines have increased flights coming in to juba, to get people out before the weekend in case something goes wrong. For those that cant leave, they are quietly panicking. Their worst fears that