Of survival from a terror attack in Afghanistan I was scared if this they think they will know that I'm alive so I took my head scarf and put in my mouth to slow down my breath I was in that part of it for 6 hours and we find out what's been causing excitement in the Egyptian city of Luxor. This tomb in the city of Luxor was silent for centuries as you can hear no more that's all after the news I'm Stuart Mackintosh with the b.b.c. News Hello opposition parties in Honduras have formally demanded the announcement of last month's presidential election a poll which triggered deadly street violence amid allegations of widespread vote rigging the Honduran electoral authorities are accused of tampering with the results in favor of the incumbent one Orlando and Manders he was initially declared the winner by a narrow margin the main opposition contender Salvador Nasrallah said the world was watching us and that again is your sense he was at the end that we are not making a simple to much the whole world knows what has happened and I do not believe the world will. Be robbed of the people's will thousands of people have taken to the streets in rival demonstrations the rights group Amnesty International says 14 people died in clashes. The foreign minister of Lebanon Gebran Bassil has said Arab nations should consider economic sanctions against the United States to prevent it moving its embassy in Israel to Jerusalem he was speaking at a meeting of the Arab League about President Trump's decision to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel Arianna shippers reports the announcement by President Trump has infuriated the Arab world prompting the Arab League to convene for an emergency meeting in Cairo the Lebanese foreign minister on Brasil said diplomatic and political measures should be taken against the United States followed up by economic and financial sanctions he did not give further details the Palestinians had already threatened not to talk to you Americans anymore Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said he would refuse to meet the u.s. Vice president Mike Pence when he's due to visit the Middle East later this month the head of Egypt's Coptic Church Pope about a 2nd made a similar announcement Donald Trump has faced fresh criticism from African-American politicians for going ahead with a controversial visit to a new Civil Rights Museum in Mississippi to Democratic congressman describes his presence at the museum's opening day as an insult Mr Trump paid tribute to what he called the true American heroes portrayed there he revealed that he'd studied and admired the civil rights campaigner Martin Luther King all his life. California's governor Jerry Brown has seen for himself the damage caused by wildfires in Ventura County north of Los Angeles Mr Brown who's a prominent climate change campaigners said such devastating blazes could become annual occurrences fueled by global warming he said California was about to have a fire fighting Christmas this is the new normal refacing a new reality in the state where fires threaten people's lives their property their neighborhoods and of course we have to pull together in the largest sense possible in take the heroic action that we need to meet communities livable 6 fires this week of destroyed hundreds of buildings and forced 200000 people from their homes world news from the b.b.c. Thousands of people have protested in the Israeli city of Tel Aviv against alleged government corruption for the 2nd week running they demanded the resignation of the Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu who is himself under police investigation for abuse of office he denies wrongdoing the prime minister of Iraq he has declared that the war against the Islamic state group is over he declared Sunday a public holiday in Iraq and said there would be a victory parade the B.B.C.'s Arab affairs analyst says banishing the ideology of ideas will be far harder task the UN's political affairs chief Jeffrey Feltham has told North Korean government officials that there's been an urgent need to prevent miscalculations and open channels to reduce the risks of conflict in a statement issued after his 5 day visit to Pyongyang Mr Feldman said the current situation was the most dangerous peace and security issue today North Korea's official news agency said Mr Feltman visit had helped to deepen understanding. Archaeologists in Egypt have put on display a mummy that was discovered in a previously unexplored tomb the linen wrapped body is thought to be that of a senior official who lived more than 3000 years ago the chamber in the ancient Nile city of Luxor was found by German archaeologists 2 decades ago artifacts including hundreds of carved statues and painted wooden masks were also unearthed the British singer songwriter Chris Rhea has collapsed while performing at a concert in Oxford rear who's 66 is thought to be in a stable condition he fell backwards during a show on his live Road Songs for lovers tour this fan was in the audience he landed on the stories quite heavily recurrence to come down straight away there was quite a few people on there looking at him and then the curtains came down as we come out to flee there was an ambulance outside b.b.c. News. Hello I mean you're some pleasure and this is the newsroom from the b.b.c. World Service We begin in on do the Us were nearly 2 weeks after the presidential election there is still no agreement on who won since the vote there's been widespread violence in the politically polarized country and now the leading opposition parties have formally requested that the poll be an old clearing the way for another vote to be held they say the election was rigged in favor of the conservative incumbent one Orlando and numbers here's what the main opposition candidate. Had to say let's win out again what's your sense here like I was at the end we are not making a simple The whole world knows what has happened and I do not believe the world will only lead us to be robbed of the people's will Earlier I spoke to America's editor you're not of Russia about one of the opposition are not waiting until the results of a partial recount have been confirmed Mr Nasrallah has said several times that he believes the fraud is much more widespread than that this is only a partial recount of votes that were not tallied for for a period of 2436 hours and he says he doesn't trust the electoral court because electoral court is appointed by Congress which is controlled by the government he says there's no reason to trust them and he said The result should be an old in the to do another election with the with the eyes withing specs and from international observers and what international backing does Mr Nasrallah and the rest of the opposition have so far he's had sympathetic comments and statements from the Organization of American States which is the regional body and also from the European Union. The OAS said there is evidence of a possible you regularities and even it actually asked. The government to to carry out that partial recount and said that if after the recount comes to an end on the if it feels the situation is not clear the OAS will call for new elections so that the next step waiting to see what happens on Monday that's crucial No because once the results come out if the if the OAS and the European Union say they are happy with that then the opposition will be really in a weak position if if the the OAS ask for another election that that election will take place but the big fear here is a return to violence and the possibility that the opposition simply doesn't accept and take to the streets to protest against the government offer present in on this they're not of Russia Venezuelans go to the polls on Sunday a nationwide me oral polls that are being boycotted by major opposition parties the refusal to stand is likely to help President Nicolas Maduro consolidate his grip on power ahead of a probable 2018 reelection bid well or Latin America correspondent Katie wants and is in Venezuela and she is in the city of Bucky c. Meadow where she joins us live now Katie what is the mood there ahead of this vote in Berkeley Samantha Well people have very much going about their day be dives that mean hyperinflation prices going up every week the shortage of course with that comes to ing we've seen lots of those throughout the city whether that's queuing for bread or rice just staples even came across one cooking gas people not having had gas for a couple of wants and getting increasingly frustrated so that's really what people are doing here and by some of them how important are these elections given how polarized the political climate is in Venezuela. Well they are important and they are that the mayoral that a president shows So in terms of influence perhaps not seen as important but then is being prosecuted in recent months especially after the protests so early this year they are course the close is politicians to the people can mean of course influential as well because you know there are both us step in politics that many people take so if the popular they rise in power they could be good or bad for the government and have the opposition shot themselves in the foot by refusing to stand in these elections or do they simply feel there's no point given what happened to the National Assembly I think if anything here is the opposition is a bit hopeless people I say can do say no the government or the opposition good to vote for that's what the people I've spoken to have said the government has the upper hand they've managed to divide and conquer and mother is now in a relatively strong position but I don't think anyone is winning he said me the people and that is what they do on to I think that's the biggest thing people hate the lies get more difficult every day Katie thank you Katie Watson in buckets the metro in Venezuela Arab nations have been urged to consider imposing economic sanctions against the United States in retaliation for president Trump's decision to move its embassy in Israel to the disputed holy city of Jerusalem the foreign minister of Lebanon get on but still made the call at an emergency meeting of the Arab League in Cairo to discuss the American move Meanwhile Palestinian protesters have again clashed with Israeli forces or Jerusalem correspondent Tom Bateman reports. Israeli troops fired tear gas as Palestinian protesters burned tires and threw stones that marks the 3rd day of clashes in the occupied West Bank . While in Jerusalem Mounted Police broke up demonstrations before they could gain momentum the Israel said its Air Force bombed 4 sites in the Gaza Strip run by the militant group Hamas of the rockets were fired towards Israel on Friday night one landed in the southern Israeli town of still causing minor damage in Gaza the bodies of 2 people were found in the rubble of one of the airstrikes there were angry scenes today as their funerals were held it brings to 4 the number of dead in the violence that has followed President Trump statement the clashes in Jerusalem in the occupied West Bank have so far not matched at the scale of those seen earlier this year during a separate crisis but tension remains high while many Israelis continue to praise Mr Trump's decision diplomatic relations between the Palestinian leadership and the White House they're under severe strain Riyadh al Maliki the Palestinian foreign minister said that a meeting plans later this month between the American vice president Mike Pence and the Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas would not go ahead he called for a new international mediator to replace the u.s. And its historic role as peace broker between Israelis and Palestinians Tom Bateman in Jerusalem listening to the b.b.c. World Service Still to come on The Newsroom we hear from the French island of Corsica were nationalists or boys to seize an absolute majority in regional elections for the very 1st time 1st Stewart has the headlines in the wake of the disputed presidential election which sparked unrest in Honduras left wing opposition parties of formally called for a rerun vote Arab nations have been urged to consider sanctions against the United States in response to Mr Trump's recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capital. The governor of California says fighting wildfires at Christmas could become a new reality for residents thanks to it British officials say the country's foreign secretary Boris Johnson has had with they called a frank exchange of views with his a rainy and opposite number over the fate of a British Raney and woman who's been imprisoned on charges of trying to overthrow the government in Tehran now as an integral Ratcliffe was arrested in Iran in April of 2016 while visiting relatives with her young daughter she strongly denies the charges against her Mr Johnson flew to Tehran to meet his a rainy and counterpart Mohammed serif I asked the B.B.C.'s diplomatic correspondent James Robins about how the meeting went the meeting went on a long time and that's often a positive it went on for 2 hours certainly the Foreign Office interprets that the British Foreign Office as a positive It ranged over a huge number of issues some which Iran sees as positive in developing a better relationship with Britain for instance Iran credits Britain for sticking by the nuclear agreement which of course President Trump has disowned and so hates although the Iranian side is critical of British banks and businesses for not reengaging inside the Iranian economy in the way for instance the French and Germans have but that's partly because British banks are particularly risk averse and they're closer to American banks and fearful of possible American sanctions against them that's a positive and other positive I think is the fact that Britain is on the side of the majority opposing President Trump's recognition of Jerusalem his unilateral recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of the state of Israel so Britain has marked up some positive points on the for the Iranians but on the other hand there are still deep disagreements for instance about Iran's activities in Yemen and in Syria and the climate in which Britain is pressing the case for the release of several. Dual British Iranian nationals most of whom don't want their names known but of whom the most prominent is of course and as I mean they are Iraq places that came up in the talks and we know that the foreign secretary was pressing the case for their release on humanitarian grounds we don't of course know how the rain is going to respond but the British are pleased that they are going to be given a meeting for Boris Johnson on Sunday with Iran's president Rouhani they see that as a positive and for Mr Johnson it's become almost a very personal matter the issue of now the need for Gary Radcliffe given that comment that he made could have made her situation worse that's right I mean for Boris Johnson this is been a really really difficult issue and it's become highly sensitive for him and for the whole of the British government and for the Foreign Office after loose talk frankly from him to a parliamentary committee in Britain last month which was seen as potentially damaging to her case Barra's Johnson apologized in the British Parliament for what he'd said but to many is the damage was done so there's been a repair job going on the British side hope that it's going to have no influence on whatever Iran decides they're hoping that Iran will exercise some form of clemency and release prisoners including of course Mrs Hardy wreck of James Robinson now when there's a gun attack in America survivors are often quickly located to tell their story but when there's a gun attack in Iraq or Yemen Syria or Afghanistan survivors can be just a statistic without even a name and the news moves on so here's someone with a name and an account of survival under fire. I was a law student at the American University in Kabul in 2016 when it was the target of a sustained 10 hour gun attack by terrorists 16 people were killed brashness survived she's been talking to you Sykes I was. The mosque but I finished my prayer I heard gunshots then explosion happened and I heard more gunshots and then I heard another explosion and the windows were broken even the ceiling fell down on us so I could not run because I have told you on my right leg since childhood I walked slowly I was barefoot my feet are bleeding in my where there was a broken piece of glass I remember but I saw the person the man he was holding his gun on me and when he fired his bullet hit my leg I fell down on the ground I cannot believe that I'm shot and I thought that I cannot run so it's better to pretend so I didn't move and when I started pretending dead fish shot me again and the 2nd bullet hit my toes the pain was unbearable but because I was so scared I didn't want the terrorists would know that I'm alive so I didn't move. I was still pretending dead then after a few seconds I heard girls screaming up stairs one of the guys yelled at the girls don't scream then I heard gunshots then I heard no more scream of girls I thought all of them are dead. Someone's phone was ringing then I remember my phone my phone was close to my face I was laying down on my right side I saw the light of my phone I saw that someone is calling me I put my hand on my phone so that they don't see the light of the phone and then they started firing and they were throwing grenades my body was shaking and I was breathing very fast so I was scared if they see me anything they will know that I am alive so I. Took my head scarf and put in my mouth to slow down my breath. I was then that whole of it for 6 hours I could hear a side enough ambulance coming from outside I could hear strange sounds like someone is walking in the hallway on the broken glass I heard people whispering. They were the policeman. He put me on his back my leg was hanging and it was hitting the ground and he pulled me out of the building I remember I saw a light then I realize that I'm safe now. These people who killed 60 people here and really seriously injured you can think of. They kill Syrians they kill people who are not even armed I don't see them even like humans it's an inhuman act. Afghans to the impression of speaking there to you Sykes couldn't nationalist political alliance on the French Mediterranean island of Corsica be about to win an absolute majority for the 1st time that's what all the polls are predicting ahead of Sunday's final round of voting in regional elections the result is being watched closely after attempts to gain independence in Scotland and the Spanish region of Catalonia genitally all is in the port city of Boston. And even its Now that was a 1000 times the forces way last unlike some since like the final election the weekend the nationalist they ride looking the 1st round that they're expecting to do even better in the decisive 2nd round and election victory 2 years ago made them Corsica's main political force now they're hoping to win an outright majority for the thirst time this is nothing short of demanding independence that they want right at 2030 day is used to me any hopes the election result will force President Michel to listen for a moment of progress for refused to have talks with Khosa come people we've course a gun institutions so we hope so vote we gave more force back to the beginning to a border we've Paris and what do you think the Nationalists have done so well just in the last couple of years what's changed I think the world of Europe and Kosik and chanche also City a deeply challenge for a few us soul we have been fighting for all our for century for our cause a complete bore be recognized by French Tate for our language our couture our rights because now our people are convinced of her finish Timoteo she struggled you think it's because of examples like a