We know this happened well within french waters. We know it actually happened on a canal some 30 kilometres or so from the coastline itself. We have seen footage of the canal in question, the water level is very high. It is a wide waterway, flanked on one side by forests and on the other by some homes. We have also seen footage of Emergency Services appearing to be by the bow of a small white boat which is jutting up from the water line and alongside that belongings strewn all over the towpath. The authorities in france say the boat was just too small for the number of people, 16, they say, who were trying to board it. Then it capsized as people were getting on board. They say that a seven year old died at the scene. They also say a person walking by raise the alarm and there were other children on the boat as well. 0ther children on the boat as well. Other siblings of the girl as well as other adults and other children and they are all being cared for any hospital in dunkirk. We have
Will have more later. And tomasz has got the winter weather. That is a big car certainly not mine. It is in the north where it is really cold, even some icy stretches overnight tonight. Thank you very much. Also coming up. It never left me, i cannot stay away from it. Look whos back. Tom baker, the longest serving doctor, films new footage to complete an episode abandoned because of a strike at the bbc. Good afternoon. More than 180 people have been killed in a militant attack on a crowded mosque in egypt. The countrys president is holding an Emergency Security meeting. It happened in the northern sinai region when armed men stormed the building and detonated a bomb during friday prayers. One report says the target of the attack appeared to be supporters of the Security Forces who were attending prayers. Its the deadliest attack yet in the three year insurgency in sinai. We will be live at our correspondent in cairo very shortly. Zimbabwe has a new president. Emmerson mnangagwa was swo