Quite cold enough for snow in other parts of the uk but this was a very pretty seen, dalwhinnie in the highlands. And another one here from the highlands. And anotherfrom highlands. And another one here from the highlands. And another from the highlands, you can get the message, a lot of wintry scenes up in the mountainous regions but for most of us more mountainous regions but for most of us more than anything it will be a couple of showers and maybe some sleet in parts of wales and the moors but for many others it is a crisp afternoon, the best epicentre in eastern and southern areas. You can see the showers in scotland and the temperatures will be dipping like last night. This is what it looks like around 6pm, temperatures already not far from freezing in the lowla nds already not far from freezing in the lowlands of scotland, in belfast and evenin lowlands of scotland, in belfast and even in the midlands only four or five so very nippy friday evening. On the south coast, about 6 de
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
Egypts president has vowed to respond with brutal force after one of the deadliest attacks in modern egyptian history. At least 235 people have been killed and more than 100 injured many critically after gunmen detonated a bomb and then stormed a packed mosque at the end of friday prayers. It happened in a remote town in egypts north sinai region. The mosque was popular with sufi worshippers. They follow a mystical form of islam which extremists regard as heresy. Just to warn you there are some distressing images in orla guerins report. Sirens a rush to save those wounded when a place of worship became a place of carnage. The attackers struck during friday prayers. For egypt, this was a grim new first a massacre in a mosque. Inside, worshippers lay dead where minutes earlier they had prayed. The mosque was popular with sufi muslims, who revere saints and shrines and are viewed as heretics by islamic extremists. Within hours, a televised address to a nation in shock. President Abdel Fat
Into the third day of the first ashes test in brisbane. Coming up on sportsday on bbc news, englands women make it two from two in world cup qualifying with a 4 0 victory over bosnia herzegovina. Good evening. Egypts president has vowed to respond with brutal force after one of the deadliest attacks in modern egyptian history. At least 235 people have been killed and more than 100 injured, many critically, after gunmen detonated a bomb and then stormed a packed mosque at the end of friday prayers. It happened in a remote town in egypts north sinai region. The mosque was popular with sufi worshippers. They follow a mystical form of islam which extremists regard as heresy. Just to warn you, there are some distressing images in 0rla guerins report. Sirens. A rush to save the wounded when a place of worship became a place of carnage. The attackers struck during friday prayers. For egypt, this was a grim new first a massacre in a mosque. Inside, worshippers lay dead where minutes earlier th
Telling egyptians their anguish would not be in vain and there would be decisive punishment. The sophisticated assault on the mosque was the latest attack by militants based in sinai. The state has been battling them for years. As egypt counted its new dead, analysts here warned that president sisi has already tried a hardline military response to no avail. The scorched earth approach that we have seen has failed to prevent this from happening, it has failed to prevent isis from continuing to operate in egypt and in sinai specifically. And its a reasonable question to ask, to what extent does this scorched earth approach actually help isis perhaps recruit further followers . The most deadly previous attack by is here was the downing of this russian aircraft in sinai in 2015, with a loss of 224 lives. In the past year, is have killed scores of christians in three attacks on churches, saying followers of the cross were their favourite prey. This time, militants in sinai have targeted the