capital islamabad following violent clashes between police and islamist demonstrators. at least 31 migrants have drowned off the coast of libya after their boat capsized on saturday morning. airlines have issued a warning over fears that mt agung on the indonesian island of bali might erupt. thousands of women take to the streets around the world in support of efforts to end violence against women. hello. pakistan's government has called on the army to restore order in the capital islamabad after violence broke out during protests by islamists. the demonstrators want a government minister, who they accuse of blasphemy, to be sacked. the violence in islamabad has reportedly led to several deaths and around 200 people being injured at faiza bad interchange, a key highway in the city. several deaths have been reported. security forces tried to break up a sit—in there which has been going on for weeks. the demonstrations are now spread to other cities, in the provincial capitals of lahore at karachi. islamabad, pakistan's capital city, turned into a battle zone. police fired tear gas

islamabad following violent clashes between police and islamist demonstrators. egypt struggles to come to terms with the scale of the carnage wrought by friday's mosque attack. pakistan's government has called on the army to restore order in the capital islamabad after violence broke out during protests by islamists. the demonstrators want a government minister, who they accuse of blasphemy, to be sacked. the violence in islamabad has reportedly led to several deaths and around 200 people being injured at faiza bad interchange, a key highway in the city. the demonstrations have also spread to other cities, including the provincial capitals of lahore and karachi. the bbc‘s south asia regional editor anbarasan ethirajan is following the story. islamabad, pakistan's capital city, turned into a battle zone. police fired tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse the islamists but they came prepared and responded with stones and bricks. several police vans were on fire. —— several police vans were set on fire. many injured were taken to hospital. at one point the police had to retreat as

ireland. protesters have returned to the streets on the outskirts of pakistan's capital islamabad an even larger numbers despite a police crackdown on saturday at least six people were killed and one hundred fifty injured when officers moved into dispersed a protest camp with tear gas and water cannon thousands of others have rallied inside iraq in roads in several cities mariana honda has the details. they have answered a call to shut down pakistan issued by a cleric and political party leader who stands in opposition to the government for three months protesters have choked the streets of islamabad when there was violence on saturday as police tried to disperse them they sprayed along highways to other major cities including lahore and karachi a lot of. this movement is not political it is the duty of the. every muslim to protect the owner of islam the protesters maintain this is not political but this is an issue that could undermine pakistan's government. it began when pakistan's norman is desired hammered introduced a bill before parliament that made no reference to the prophet

hundreds. protesters near the capital islamabad offices have fired tear gas and water cannon to clear the protest camp injuring more than one hundred fifty people the demonstrators have been blocking a major highway for two weeks and are refusing to leave until the law minister steps down because the minister emitted a reference to the prophet mohammed in a parliamentary bill you are hired to has more from near the eastern city of the whole. the civilian government has asked the military to come in aid of that civilian administration their primary objective would be to save dogs key installations the diplomatic ball they were in islamabad and that at a time when there is trouble spreading across the country we had added trouble in karachi protests have continued many people injured there and us and we are toward at least one person was killed near the airport now all the airports all the highways and fluting the grand trunk road that connects the north to the south as well as the motorway that connect this lombard to the provincial capital of the punjab all people are stuck on the highway

the capital islamabad the government calls in the army after police failed to break up the protests we'll get the latest also coming up. a powerful blast in one of china's biggest ports killed at least two people and in just dozens more now police are trying to figure out what to write. in germany is going to seek out all eyes but on the world body derby the clash between document and shaka it was an eight go thriller with some people calling it the moment the mother of all comebacks school have the highlights for you. welcome to the program i'm edith kimani in pakistan fresh clashes have broken out between islamist protesters and security forces a similar violence yesterday left six people dead and almost two hundred injured while the demonstrators have been rallying on the outstretched the capital islamabad demanding the resignation of a government minister they accused of blasphemy they blocked main routes into the city for almost three weeks now on saturday pakistani police and paramilitary forces failed to disperse a protest says despite a violent crackdown. and on the line now

the program. in pakistan violence erupts in islamabad as police move in on hundreds of islamist protests as they've been blocking access to the nation's capital for the last week. and we report on the russian nuclear fuel reprocessing plant that may be spreading radioactive pollution across europe. egypt money it's good to have you with us egyptian warplanes have hit back at militants suspected of carrying out friday's attack in north of sinai now the jets struck vehicles and militants believed to have been involved in the attack as well as a mountainous area with the thought to be hiding out the death toll from friday's attack has gone up to three hundred and five so far no one has claimed responsibility but prosecutors say the militants were carrying flags of the so-called islamic state. house of prayer turned into a place of carnage. these images from egyptian t.v. showed the horror of what went on inside the mosque. the attackers came in off road vehicles surrounded the mosque and bombed it was fired upon as they try to escape. hundreds were injured many were quickly rushed

government has called on the army to restore order in the capital, islamabad, after violence broke out during protests by islamists. the demonstrators want a government minister, who they accuse of blasphemy, to be sacked. the violence in islamabad has reportedly led to several deaths and around 200 people being injured at faizabad interchange — a key highway in the city. anbarasan ettirajan reports. islamabad, the capital city of pakistan, turned into a battle zone. police fired tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse the islamists. but they came prepared and responded with stones and bricks. several police vans were set on fire. many injured were taken to hospital. at one point the police had to retreat as hundreds more demonstrators turned up. after failing to disperse the islamists, the government has asked the military to restore order in islamabad. the islamists have been blocking a key highway for weeks, demanding the sacking of a government minister whom they accuse of blasphemy. the protesters are defiant. translation: we're protesting against the operation, the cruel action

spread to other cities up to clashes with police killed six in the capital islamabad hotline us want to force the resignation of a minister of they accused of blasphemy. aid agencies say they're concerned about the state of revenge a muslim set to be chanting myanmar under an agreement reached and yet to speak many of the refugees don't want to go back. i'm egypt money it's good to have you with us there's been a powerful explosion in eastern china with at least two people killed and thirty injured now this is the scene of the devastation at the site. the blast occurred at a factory in the port city of mumbai oh about a hundred kilometers south of shanghai the force of the explosion was so strong that it flattened nearby buildings and damaged vehicles emergency crew are on site but police say the cause of the blast has yet to be determined let's get some more background on all this from d.w. mathias falling a who is in the chinese capital of beijing mathias it's good to see you so no official confirmation yet on the cause of this blast but do we have any indication what could have ca

violence erupts in islamabad us police moving on hundreds of dishonest protesters they'd been blocking access to the nation's capital for the last week. and it gemma so cut its debbie day in the robot leave with crisis hit to produce a document facing inform shaka dot most coach needs a victory to survive. edith q money it's good to have you with us egyptian warplanes have hit back at militants suspected of carrying out friday's attack on a mosque in. also sinai now the jet struck vehicles on hideout said to be used by the militants in mountainous in mountains nearby rather the death toll from yesterday's attack has gone up to three hundred five so far no one has claimed responsibility but prosecutors say the militants were carrying flags of the so-called islamic state. their images which are intended to reassure a shake a nation the military says it shows egyptian fighter planes bombing those responsible for yesterday's attack officials say they also struck a number of the militants vehicles and properties but the details of the strikes are almost impossible to verify that the militar

far. also on the program in pakistan violence erupts in islamabad as police moved in on hundreds of islamist protesters they've been blocking access to the nation's capital for the last two quit. and in german soccer its job a day in the rule of our late with crisis hit there was a dog one facing an in-form shall cut coach probably needs a victory to survive from. war. hello and welcome my name is christopher spring a good to have you with us egyptian warplanes have hit back at militants suspected of carrying out friday's attack in the. sinai the jets striking vehicles and militants believed to have been involved in the attack as well as a mountainous area where they are thought to be hiding out the death toll from yesterday's attack has gone up to three hundred five with one hundred twenty eight people injured so far no one's claimed responsibility prosecutors say the militants were carrying flags belonging to so-called islamic state. house of prayer turned into a place of carnage. these images from egyptian t.v. showed the horror of what went on inside the mosque. the attackers ca

poles on the program. in pakistan far less corrupt in islamabad as police movement one hundred of these dogs protest as they've been blocking access to the nation's capital for the last two weeks. and here in germany momentum is growing like grant clinician of health conservatives and the center left social democrats something medical could actually benefit from the country's what it's called to. edith you money it's good to have you with us egyptian warplanes have hit back. militants suspected of carrying out friday's attack on a mosque in north of sinai now the jets struck vehicles and hideouts said to be used by militants in mountains nearby the death toll from yesterday's attack has gone up to three hundred five so far no one has claimed responsibility but prosecutors say the militants were carrying flags of the so-called islamic state. their images which are intended to reassure a shake a nation the military says it shows egyptian fighter planes bombing those responsible for yesterday's attack officials say they also struck a number of the militants vehicles and property but

capital islamabad now the government has called in the army after police failed to break up the protests we'll talk to a correspondent in pakistan also coming up. a powerful blast in one of china's biggest ports kills at least two people and in just dozens more now police are trying to figure out what the. aid agencies say they are concerned about the safety of rohingya muslims set to return to myanmar and an agreement reached pantea bisbee many of the refugees don't want to go back. i'm edith to money welcome to the program in pakistan fresh clashes have broken out between islamist protest as and security forces a symbol of violence yesterday left six people dead and almost two hundred injured the demonstrators have been rallying on the outskirts of the capital islamabad demanding the resignation of a government minister of the day accused of blasphemy the blocked main routes into the city for almost three weeks now on saturday pakistani police and paramilitary forces failed to disperse the protesters despite a violence crackdown. and on the line now from islamabad is journalis

protesters in the capital islamabad the demonstrations have increased dramatically since saturday that's when six people were killed and one hundred fifty were injured as police tried to break up the crowds well earlier the government asked the military to help restore order the violence from thousands of people on to the streets in solidarity that blocking roads in several cities and their paralyzing major highways the protests as a supporters of a religious political group that angry over the wording of a parliamentary bill and want the cabinet to resign private television channels are now back on air after a blackout on saturday about social media sites still being restricted by the ana home dr who. had answered a call to show. shutdown pakistan issued by cleric and political party leader who stands in opposition to the government for three weeks protesters have choked the streets of islamabad when there was violence on saturday as police tried to disperse them they spread along highways to other major cities including a whore and. this movement is not political it is the duty of ever

order in islamabad after the police struggle to disperse hundreds of demonstrators more than one hundred fifty people were injured when officers fired tear gas and water cannon to clear their camp these dems. as of blocked on the way for two weeks as they call for a little minister to step down they are angry because he omitted a reference to the prophet mohammed in a parliamentary bill kamau honda is in security near the city of the whole with. the civilian government held off the military to come in aid of that civilly and administration their primary objective would be to save dogs key installations the diplomatic all claim in islamabad and that at a time when there is trouble. spreading across the country we had added trouble in karachi protests have continued a many people injured there and us and we are toward only one person was killed near the airport now all the airports all the highways and fluting the grand trunk road that connects the north to the south as well as the motorway that connects its lombard to the provincial capital of the punjab the hall all are jammed pe

them as bad. —— islamabad. it struggles to deal with the carnage wrought by eight friday's mosque attack. —— egypt struggles to deal with the carnage wrought by friday's. at least 31 migrants have drowned off the coast of libya after their boat capsized on saturday morning. and was time magazine going to name president trump "person of the year"? we find out more. hello and welcome to bbc news. we begin in pakistan, where the government is calling on the army to restore order, after large protests in cities across the country. it's after scenes like this — clashes between police and hardline islamist protesters. the protestors want a government minister to be sacked, they accuse him of blasphemy. the violence in islamabad has already led to 200 people being injured at an interchange at a key highway in the city. security forces tried to break up a sit—in there, which has been going on for several weeks. the demonstrations have also spread to other cities including lahore and karachi. the violence poses a direct challenge to the governing party, the pakistan muslim league.

protesters from the capital islamabad police fired tear gas and water cannon to disperse the demonstrators by setting fire to police vehicles and throwing stones the religious hardliners have blocked the main routes into the city for more than two weeks they're demanding the resignation of a government minister that they accuse of blast. joining us now from islamabad is journalist. good to have you with us so two weeks of protests why is it that just now violence has broken out. yes wasn't mentioned the standoff has been going on for a while the government is actually sent several negotiating teams to meet with the protest leaders over the time period at one point they even assembled a team of religious clerics to go share it with them but all of that was dissolved now earlier this week the sabar high court ordered the city couldn't station they don't have to clear the protest saying that it would cause a huge amount if it could be used to sit in the building i think a brinkman city of rawalpindi now the government also that attempted yet another round of negotiations and whe

their sittin in the as a capital islamabad after the law minister gave into their demands and resign they've been demanding that he'd need step over the wording of a parliamentary bill which they describe as blasphemous. reports now from islamabad . after more than three weeks this sit in has turned into a celebration. of supporters of pakistan's blasphemy laws were able to force the government into giving in to their demands not only has the federal law minister step down but the government of pakistan muslim noon has also agreed to investigate itself. a crowd of just thousands cities of millions to a standstill here by choking a main artery in and out of the capital city and this really is becoming a common way and all too common a way of achieving any kind of power here in pakistan by being a disruptive force on the streets and effectively laying siege to islamabad and then making political demands but the threat of force leaders of this fringe group have been bolstered by their newfound influence on the country's political affairs pakistan was great on the basis of the belief tha

capital islamabad a species moving on hundreds of islam is protest as they've been grokking access to the nation's capital for the last two weeks. and up to field question talks seem to shut of it chances of being in chancellor merkel's new government the greens are meeting to decide what comes next correspondent brings you an exclusive interview with the party's co-leader. i'm edith to money it's good to have you with us egyptian warplanes have hit back at militants suspected of carrying out friday's attack on a mosque in north and sinai the jets struck. vehicles and hideouts said to be used by the militants in mountains nearby now the death toll from yesterday's a talk has gone up to three hundred five so far no one has claimed responsibility but prosecute to save the militants while carrying flags of the so-called islamic state. their images which are intended to reassure i shaken nation the military says it shows egyptian fighter planes bombing those responsible for yesterday's attack officials say they also struck a number of the militants vehicles and property but the details of

the capital islamabad they have been demanding stepped down over the wording of a parliamentary oath they describe as blasphemous the protests have spread throughout pakistan closing down major highways that speak to al-jazeera. arrived in islamabad come on these protests have cause huge destruction not of this minister has resigned what happens next. indeed they have called hughes disruption but warners have going to head our disobedience in section as perhaps we now see it now is seen as a major risk when you can still see behind me that people are still at the same place where their world for the last twenty two days is brought from here that the protests started but spread across the country now the only people you see here are other battered military forces the police have been withdrawn that police force failed to dislodge these people rejected the reaction across the country and it appears that it's not only the law minister who will pay the price also we are toward the interior minister of the country has come under scathing criticism for total failure ministration of the r.b

intersection linking the capital islamabad to the nearby city of brown v the protests turned violent on saturday when police tried unsuccessfully to clear them out six people were killed and one hundred fifty others wounded or protesters are demanding a minister resign for a meeting a reference to the prophet mohammed in a parliamentary bill the minister says it was a clerical error that's already been fixed but they're accusing him of blasphemy a highly contentious issue in pakistan they say the changes were intended to benefit the mahdi minority whom they regard as the heretics protestors have been rallying in cities all over pakistan including islamabad lahore karachi the shower and hyderabad let's speak to al-jazeera come on hyder who joins us from color kahar on the road between lahore and islamabad come on these protests have caused huge disruptions affecting millions of people. i've. yet to give you an idea they're travelling distance from lord on the motorway about four do for an hour. however it has taken literally. from one intersection to another interchange and that of cours

has been called in to restore order to the pakistani capital islamabad after more than one hundred fifty people were injured in violence between place a religious protesters earlier riot police fired tear gas. under water cannon at the demonstrators while clearing their city in camp which has been blocking main routes into the city for over two weeks the protesters are calling for the resignation of a minister who admitted to reference to a prophet muhammad in a parliamentary bill the violence has sparked solidarity protests in several other pakistani cities or come all high that has more from sue keiki nearly a whole. by reeling out of control the civilian government has asked the military to come in aid of the civilian administration their primary objective would be to save dogs key installations the diplomatic will say that it's normal bog and that at a time when there is trouble spreading across the country we had added trouble in karachi protests have continued many people injured there and us and we are toward at least one person was killed near the airport now all the airpor

called off the three week sit in by thousands of people in the capital islamabad had been demanding zahid hamid step down over the wording of a pot of mentoring they have described as blasphemous the protests have spread throughout pakistan closing down major highways then he has more from islamabad. a crowd of thousands has been able to bring cities of millions to a standstill here by choking a main artery in and out of the capital and it is something that the people here have learned did were they got what they wanted the law minister at the center of the controversy that brought all these people out into the street mission of the name of the prophet in an oath taking ceremony for elected officials. those people that came out to protest him were able to see him resign and the leader of the organization called. the percent risk he has been speaking in a sea says that while the group has enjoyed some success their demands entirely haven't been met and the men who were arrested during this three week sit in turned demonstration. the leaders of the organization are demanding the relea

hundreds of people at a mosque. >>> pakistan, police breakup a two-week long clash in islamabad. >>> and plus, there is some confusion who is in charge of the consumer protection agency after al gore and the president picked different successors. >>> welcome to our viewers around the united states, all around the world, we're live in atlanta. i'm natalie allen. >> and i'm george howell, 5:00 a.m. in the u.s. "cnn newsroom" starts right now. >>> and we begin in egypt, the egyptian air force says it found and destroyed vehicles involved in from's terror attack in northern sinai, killing at least some of the terrorists thought to be responsible. >> they carried out the brutal well-planned attack at a sufi morph detonating explosives to draw people out and then opening fire as they all ran out. even ambushing ambulances that showed up to help. by the end, at least 235 people were killed, making this the deadliest terror attack in recent history. cnn's ian lee followed the story and is joining us live. ian, the air force said it struck several vehicle carrying mitt tants. what more c

capital islamabad an even larger numbers and this is despite a police crackdown on saturday at least six people were killed one hundred fifty people were injured when officers moved in to disperse a protest camp using tear gas and water cannon now thousands of others have been rallying in solidarity they've blocked roads in several cities and paralyzed major highways the government has asked the military to step in to restore order but at least for now the army seems rather reluctant to get involved now the protesters are supporters of a religious political group that angry over the wording of a parliamentary bill and they want the whole cabinet to resign maryanna honed as more. dancers are called to shut down pakistan issued by cleric and political party leader who stands in opposition to the government for three weeks protesters have choked the streets of islamabad and when there was violence on saturday as police tried to disperse them they spread along highways to other major cities including the whore and karachi. this movement is not political it is the duty of every muslim to

restore order in the pakistani capital islamabad after more than one hundred fifty people were injured in violence between police and religious protesters earlier riot police fired tear gas and water cannon the demonstrators while clearing their city and camp which has been blocking main routes into the city for over two weeks the possesses are calling for the resignation of a minister who admitted a reference to the prophet mohammed in a parliament she will come out high is in sukiyaki near the eastern city of lahore kemal now we're hearing the army is being called in really this situation seems to be spiraling. absolutely spiraling out of control the civilian government has asked the military to come in aid of the to villian administration the primary objective would be to guard key installations the diplomatic corps klavan it. and dad at a time when there is trouble. spreading across the country we had added trouble in karachi protests have continued many people injured. and we are told that at least one person was killed near the airport now all the airports all the highways including

islamabad after the target of their fury a government minister resigned many though a sitting around for celebrations. they've been demanding zahid hommage step down over the side of the wording of the column entry bill which they describe as blasphemous the demonstrations gradually spread to towns and cities across to his son has more from islamabad. this is the epicenter of a protest start began praying to tour de gaulle where did the board start and by the government security forces deployed to protest that intersection called fred. that changed everything the writing then spread across the country forcing the lawmen are starved or dying but if you know tens of thousands of supporters are now gathering at this point which will be remembered for a long time to come and ignored the law minister already paid the price but did it no kidding predicted against the country doing a minister who had failed to deliver and called the problem it shows that there dysfunctional government in islamabad that cannot control anything and it all. gets on muslim league now why it's going to take every at

be a destructive force on the streets lay siege to islamabad effectively by choking off a main artery and then making political demands and it's something that the supporters of this organization as well as rivals in the upcoming elections next year will be watching closely and to tell us more about this but. the saying what more do we know about it and its leader. well the man at the center of a card in the center is he was a cleric in lahore he was particularly conservative and very hardline and for a lot of his very divisive views the religious body that governs the clerics and the whore did actually kick him out and that happened after he made very public statements in support of montana's qadri the man who. shot and killed the police officer who shot and killed his the man he was supposed to be guarding the governor of punjab at the time some on last year in two thousand and eleven and so that was also having to do with with the issue of blasphemy in the country something that is is is is a very very touchy subject for many people here who see any questioning of the prophet or or

highway connecting the capital islamabad with the city of an hour pending. come aha that is among the people stranded on the roads and he reports from khaled care hot on the highway between lahore and islamic law. after a botched dam by the security forces there disperse the crowds that are holding a major intersection in rawalpindi fairly late on saturday the pakistani military chief. to come back to islamabad for a crisis meeting with the country's prime minister kaukauna bochy here guys the prime minister that force was not an option that the people love the military and therefore the military could not be used against the people that it could only be the last option earlier the government had. the military to come in aid of the civilian administration something that allowed by the pakistani constitution or the pakistani military chief saying that the military was not very good deploy across the country that this was a crisis that had to be written daughters politically into dialogue the prime minister the interior minister and the chief minister of the pun job all eg reading with

agreed not to use force to disperse protesters in the capital islamabad the demonstrations of angry about the wording of a parliamentary bill on saturday six people were killed as police try to break up the crowds thousands of people have blocked roads in other cities in a show of solidarity for an hunt reports. that a call to shut down pakistani issued by clerics and political party leader who stands in opposition to the government for three weeks protesters have choked the streets of islamabad when there was violence on saturday as police tried to disperse them they sprayed along highways to other major cities including a whore and catchy. this movement is not political it is the duty of every muslim to protect the owner of this land the protesters maintain this is not political but this is an issue that could undermine pakistan's government. it began when pakistan's norman is desired hammered introduced a bill before parliament that made no reference to the prophet muhammad protest is linked it to the highly contentious issue of blasphemy and while the amendment was withdrawn bla

capital islamabad riot police moved in and threw tear gas canisters at the demonstrators who were supporters of a religious political party favorite occupying an intersection for three weeks ignoring the mounds to leave the area calling for the resignation of a minister who admitted a reference to the prophet muhammad in a bill private television channels were ordered off the air during the crackdown. is near the eastern city of lahore and tomorrow you're on the highway between lahore and islamabad tell us how are things now under control by the security forces. on the contrary that situation is spiraling out of control across the country there are huge traffic jams because the protesters blocking point the motorway that leaned forward to islamabad it's completely standstill people are stuck on the roadside not knowing what to do there are entire families the airports. are suffering because people are not able to get to the airport or leave the airport there i head and pakistan that situation is indeed critical many people are saying that the government had mishandled the issue th

in blocking a major road in the capital islamabad ended earlier this week after the resignation of the law minister who was accused of blasphemy government leader is also agreed to a list of other demands by demonstrators now the ruling party is facing another challenge this time in lahore. ports. and another city another sit in by a new religious political party named after the prophet muhammad but. the law is different to the group of protestors who sat on a main road in islamabad for three weeks. this group has its own list of demands including the resignation of the provincial law minister who was also a senior member of the ruling party and who was accused of blasphemy to run a sonoma fun denies the accusation the protesters say they won't leave this main square in lahore until like fellow protesters in islamabad their demands are also met including justice for lives lost in violent demonstrations earlier this month. ourselves about the murder of muslims cannot be forgiven and the murder of muslims is a debt on all our necks the blood of muslims that has been spilled we want j

hundreds of protesters in the capital islamabad the demonstrators want the law minister to step down they are angry because he admitted a reference to the prophet muhammad and a parliamentary bill has more now from near the city of lahore. the civilian government has asked the military to come in aid of that clearly an administration their primary objective would be to save dogs key installations the diplomatic all claim in islamabad and that at a time when there is trouble spreading across the country we had added trouble in karachi protests have continued a many people injured there and us and we are toward only one person was killed near the airport now all the airports all the highways and fluting the grand trunk road that connects the north to the south as well as the motorway that connect this lombard to the provincial capital of the punjab long haul all are jammed people are stuck on the highways de canard move because all the intersection have been taken over by the protester and then we have also been door that the protesters are now back in strength at the same place where