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 guerins report contains some distressing images. Warplanes take to the skies bound for sinai. The president has promised egypt will avenge its martyrs. The army says air strikes destroyed weapons stockpiles and vehicles used by the militants who attacked the mosque. Its still stands but is now a monument to sorrow. 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 testament to the horrors that unfolded here. In the General Hospital one of the young suivivois. In the
It might have been her intention to try and attach it to the bridle of the kings horse, rather than to actually bring the horse down. The scarf is owned today by a collector, who let me see a telegram she has never shown publicly before sent from Queen Alexandra to the injured jockey. It says Queen Alexandra was very sorry indeed to hear of your sad accident caused by the abominable conduct of a brutal, lunatic woman. This is really Strong Language a brutal, lunatic woman . Well, people had mixed feelings about the militant suffragettes. Half of them thought they were crazy, and half often thought that was the only way, by destroying property, that they would actually achieve the vote. As mps, women continued campaigning for equal rights. Edith summerskill, on the left, was first elected in 1938. And her daughter, shirley, followed her into the commons in 1964. Women who got to anywhere in their career are very conscious, and should be, of the women who went before and paved the way an
Also this hour tackling the underground trade in superpower painkillers. A 25 year old drug dealer has been sentenced to eight years in prison for exporting and selling the extremely strong painkiller fentanyl on the dark web. And the little horse with a big dream. Well find out why digby is saddling up to become the uks first guide horse. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. The Prime Minister has been warned that her decision to leave the Eus Customs Union which allows goods to move between eu countries without tariffs will cause unavoidable barriers to trade. And the European Unions chief brexit negotiator, Michel Barnier, who was in downing street for talks today, said the time had come for britain to make a choice on what it wants for its future. But the brexit secretary david davis said being outside the Customs Union would allow the United Kingdom to strike new trade deals with the rest of the world. Heres our Political Editor laura kuenssberg. In a hurry. Notjust to catch the
From cardiff, were caught when rocks tumbled down the face of el capitan. New evidence is unveiled which suggests the drawing on the right could be a sketch for da vincis famous enigmatic masterpiece. Good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. The governor of the bank of england, mark carney, has given another strong hint that Interest Rates will rise this autumn for the first time in a decade. The base rate was cut to the Current Record low of a quarter of i after the eu referendum. The bank has since been under mounting pressure to raise rates to help curb inflation. Mr carney told the bbc that they are likely to rise in the relatively near term. Our correspondent Simon Gompertz reports. It looks like the cost of money, the Interest Rate on the cash we borrow, is about to go up, because this man, the canadian mark carney who runs the bank of england, has wasted no opportunity to ram home, like he did again this moring, that the banks base Interest Rate is on the rise. What we have said
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