in the this is bbc news. the headlines at 8.00pm. as egypt buries victims of friday's mosque attack, investigators say the attackers were carrying the flag of so—called islamic state. emma thompson leads a demonstration in london in support of nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe, the british—iranian womanjailed in iran — who gave her thanks via telephone. yellow of. so grateful. a 20—year—old woman has been bailed by police — after three men were stabbed in north belfast. former television presenter john leslie is charged with sexually assaulting a woman at an edinburgh nightclub in june. in sport — a record—breaking win against the wallabies — scotland beat australia — 53—24 — in the latest round of rugby union internationals. and coming up... donald trump versus time magazine — the publication disputes the presidents claims he was to be named their ‘man of the year‘

for a second year running. good evening and welcome to bbc news. the authorities in egypt say gunmen who attacked a mosque during friday prayers killing more than 300 people, were carrying the flag of the 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. carrying out air strikes on some militant targets. 0ur middle east correspondent 0rla guerin reports from cairo. egyptian warplanes take to the skies to target militants in northern sinai. the army says this is a mission to avenge the martyrs. there has been no claim

of responsibility, but according to officials the attackers brandished flags of the so—called islamic state. and here one of their many victims in the general hospital in ismailia. he is 13. he was shot twice in the hand and in the leg. he is not the only victim in his family. in the same ward, his 17—year—old cousin, also shot twice, once in the back. his mother is looking to god to punish those who brought such torment. i hope their hearts will be burned just like ours, the women have all become widowed. there are no men left, they are all gone. they are all gone. then she leaned in to whisper

she has been bereaved four times over. losing her husband, her oldest son, an uncle, and a cousin. she did not want her son to know the death toll. in another ward, we found doctors consoling another man who was praying with his extended family when the attackers struck. he lost two of his brothers and two of their children. there was shooting and people just started running, he told us, some jumped out the window, god saved some of us, but others lost their lives. among the visitors today, a local leader of the coptic church, christians are regular targets in their places of worship. now muslims have joined them. more than a0 survivors of the attack were brought to this hospital. the death toll is continuing to climb.

five of those who came here have already lost their lives. well—wishers and relatives are coming and going to try and offer support, and across the country egyptians are struggling to come to terms with this attack. there is grief across the country as the dead are laid to rest. the village of bir al—abed, the scene of the attack, has lost a quarter of its men. tonight, hundreds of families are in mourning. the actress, emma thompson, has led a march in north london, to support the british—iranian woman nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe, who's beenjailed in iran, accused of trying to overthrow the state. those taking part have signed a letter urging iran's supreme leader to release her. alice hutton reports. nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe‘s favourite song, imprisoned in iran and unable to sing it with her own young

daughter, 200 members of her community in london came out today to form a protest. they were joined by local mum and oscar—winning actress emma thompson, who braved pneumonia to lend her voice to the protests. this is our community and one of her community has been imprisoned without trial, has been separated from her child more or less for 19 months. the situation is desperate. i'm not supposed to be out at all, but i said to my doctor, "well, i can't not come to speak, because i am free." together, they marched to the nearby islamic centre of england to deliver a letter addressed to the supreme leader of iran, calling for nazanin‘s release. really pleased with that, thank you to our muslim

friends in the islamic centre. one person who did hear the voices was nazanin herself. she rang from prison in iran to thank them for their support, especially her husband, richard. thank you so much. i am so grateful. i don't think i deserve it, to be honest. it is amazing. thank you for all your support. thank you everyone from the bottom and top of my heart, i really feel the love. nazanin can feel loved, that is the most important thing, that's what keeps us going. with fresh charges and the new court date next month, this is a time of great anxiety for the ratcliffe family. today was all about local support and showing that nazanin might have dual british—iranian citizenship, but it is this that she calls home. australia has criticised a proposal for trade after brexit — warning that it could limit their access to the uk markets. it's been suggested that britain and the eu should split existing

quotas on the amount of goods from around the world that can be imported without incurring full tariffs. australia is one of several countries that britain is hoping to make deals with, when it leaves the eu, as our political correspondent, jonathan blake explains. at the moment, there are tariffs, charges in place on anything coming into the eu from any other country. those are charges o stop countries importing too many goods quickly. in some cases, those are lowered or set at a special rate. for example, let's use the example of new zealand lamb. about 230,000 tonnes of that is imported into the eu each year.

that is at a reduced rate. if they are not happy, because the countries importing those goods, say that we can import more. we are not getting the flex ability and the room to do that, so we should not have to have it take it or leave it system. joining me is writer, author and expert in extremism, abdel bari atwan. thank you forjoining us. we have heard about so called islamic state suffering territorial losses in iraq

and syria. this list them changing their approach. definitely. the are moving to plan b. they lost their territories and a caliphate and their state. now, they will go underground and try to adopt terrorism as a way of events. sinai is the best place for them, because it is loose, and they have a lot of supporters there. they decided to start the new year with a massacre, that we noticed yesterday. so, it seems that this could be the style of this terrorist organisation in the coming few weeks and months. now, they don't have expenses, they don't have services to run, and they are bloodthirsty. they are like a wounded tiger. they will hit here and there and everywhere. it could bea and there and everywhere. it could be a very very difficult iraq, and all the forces —— a difficult era.

why particular would they have chosen egypt and the sign i didn't sylla —— and the sinai peninsula? sinai was always the integrator of islamic state and radical islamic in egypt; it used . be 5:2 it is actually sinai, always isolated from egypt, and the security forces are not really strong enough, and the egyptian government will not allow, or send enough troops to protect it. what they want to say, is, they are now

not attacking the egyptian forces, they are attacking the supporters of they are attacking the supporters of the egyptian government. they choose this mask in particular, simply because it is mainly supporters of the government. they want to dig about, and they have succeeded. —— they want to seek revenge. this is a particularly horrific attack with over 300 people killed. how have the egyptian authorities dealt with this, and how have they been dealing with the other attacks that they have suffered over the last couple of yea rs ? have suffered over the last couple of years? unfortunately. u nfortu nately, of years? unfortunately. unfortunately, the dealing of the

egyptian government have not been up to standards. it has been repeated several times before, and i believe that there should be more effort, concentrating on how to counter this, and counter future concentrating on how to counter this, and counterfuture attacks. egypt alone could not actually do this, it needs help of the regional powers and also the international powers, because this is threatening to everybody in that part of the world. so, i believe that there should be more concentrated efforts in order to put an end to these kind of massacres. it is horrific. people are shocked, egypt is starting to recover from its are shocked, egypt is starting to recoverfrom its problems from are shocked, egypt is starting to recover from its problems from the arab spring, and the economy is starting... this is a heavy blow to the egyptian government, and also to the egyptian government, and also to the egyptian government, and also to the egyptian economy. i hope that they managed to deal with it and get ahead of these types of massacres.

we will leave it there. thank you very much. pakistan's government has called on the military to restore order in the capital, islamabad, after running battles between police and islamist protesters. the police reportedly retreated after hundreds more demonstrators turned up unexpectedly. activists have been blocking a major road for weeks, demanding the sacking of a government minister they accuse of blasphemy. detectives in belfast have released on bail a 20—year—old woman, arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after three men were stabbed in the city. 0ur correspondent in belfast, gordon adair is following the story for us. it is not immediately clear what happened in this house last night. it is in north belfast, about quarter to one this morning the police were called to a disturbance at a house and when they got there they found a man in his 20s who had been stabbed in the head. a short time later and a short distance away they found two more men who had also been stabbed, one of them in the stomach, he required abdominal surgery, another one had a head injury and had been

stabbed in the neck. it is not immediately clear what happened. 0ne neighbour has been describing to us how she tried to comfort one of the men who was clearly seriously injured. ijust heard a noise, i looked out the bedroom window and there were a few fellows and a girl and i noticed down the street that there was another four or so climbing out through the window. 0ne looked as if his stomach was hurt and he said, i think i need an ambulance. the woman who was arrested, she was 20, she was questioned on suspicion of attempted murder. she has been released pending further police enquiries. the former television presenter

john leslie has been charged with sexually assaulting a woman in an edinburgh nightclub. the 26—year—old woman was on a hen night when the alleged incident took place in the tollcross area of the city. police scotland say they've charged a 52—year—old man following an incident at the atik nightclub in june. the leader of northern ireland's democratic unionists, arlene foster, has warned sinn fein to "get serious," about restoring power sharing at stormont. during a speech at her party's conference in belfast, she said she's committed to resurrecting devolution, but it must deliver for everyone. she said the dup needs what she called ‘serious partners in government." two men have been interviewed by detectives, after an altercation at oxford circus tube station in central london yesterday, created mass panic. 16 people were hurt in a rush to leave the area, after reports after reports of gunshots. investigators now say there's no evidence weapons had been fired. as egypt buries victims of friday's

mosque attack, it is thought that they were carrying the flag of so—called islamic state. the actress, emma thompson joined a protest in london about nazanin zaghari ratcliffe, the british iranian woman jailed in zaghari ratcliffe, the british iranian womanjailed in iran. a 20—year—old woman is released on bail after three men are stabbed in north belfast. lets get a round—up of all of the sport. thank you very much, good evening. wales were hoping for a first win over new zealand for 64 years. and they fought hard — before the all blacks pulled away as the final whistle drew closer.

18—33 the final score and wales' wait for a win goes on. patrick gearey was watching: at the principality stadium, it was hoped against history. welsh belief is always strong, but the memories of beating new zealand are flickering and fading. that was back in1953, flickering and fading. that was back in 1953, eight different grounds and a different game. the all blacks are the ultimate modern rugby challenge. the bombastic and the gymnastic. just watch what his flexible finish. new zealand were not allowed that farup the new zealand were not allowed that far up the field again for more than 20 minutes, but once again, they returned with the points. so cruel on wales, but they channelled that frustration. herewith the angle they wanted, and there was the try the scott williams! back in 53, wales had been three down in the break, but they were only a point bus behind. brown is lacking. new zealand scored again, and the gap grew to 15 points. papers, not yet. more welsh pressure send the kiwi

captain to the end, and gareth davies to the line. even a man down, and less than ten minutes left, the all blacks went hunting. his second try. this is why they are best in the world, and why wales were left waiting. scotland ended their autumn international series of matches with a record 53—24 win over australia at murrayfield. the wallabies were well in contention but had a man dismissed and the scots took full advantage running in eight tries. including this one from hquones. england made it three wins out of three with a win against samoa. they only pulled away in the second half, and eliot ‘s daily impressed eddie jones with two tries. that was england's seventh try. meanwhile ireland beat argentina in theirfinal test. david stockdale was named man of the match for scoring two tries. cj stander got the other

withjohnny sexton‘s kicking adding to the final score of 28—19 in dublin. on a busy day of football, the match of the day in the premier league was the late kick—off at anfield, where chelsea came from a goal down to take a point. it was a former chelsea player who opened the scoring for liverpool; mohamed salah with his 15th goal for the reds injust 20 games. but the champions didn't let up — willian came off the bench after scoring twice in midweek, and equalised with just over five minutes to go. unbelievable attitudes of both sides, it was so intense. after a week like this, which we both had, after the trips we had to do, and the journey, so, it after the trips we had to do, and thejourney, so, it was after the trips we had to do, and the journey, so, it was one of the better draws i saw in my life. elsewhere there were wins for crystal palace, manchester united and watford

while it was goalless between swansea and bournemouth, and tottenham and west brom drew 1-1. there were just two games in the scottish premiership today. hibernian missed the chance to go second in the table after drawing 1—1 at hamilton academical. hearts have now gone 5 games without a win after they played out a goalless draw with ross county. england's cricketers have an almighty battle on their hands when play resumes in the first ashes test in brisbane in around three and a half hours time. on day three they were frustrated by aussie captain steve smith who completed a battling unbeaten century to help his side into a first innings lead. england then lost two quick second innings wickets with former captain alastair cook failing again — he fell to a bouncer from josh hazlewood for just 7 and hazlewood struck again

to remove james vince for 2.. so england will resume on 33 for 2 — a lead ofjust 7 runs. lewis hamilton's hopes of ending the formula one season with a win suffered a blow after being beaten by his mercedes team mate in qualifying for the abu dhabi grand prix. valtteri bottas smashed the track record at the yas marina circuit to claim the top spot on the grid by more than a tenth of a second from the new world champion. it's the fourth pole of the season for the finn who has a outside chance of finishing second in the championship. to do that he needs to win sunday's race and hope ferrari's sebastian vettel finishes no higher than ninth. that's all the sport for now. we'll have more for you on bbc news throughout the evening. johnny mercer, the mp for plymouth, said that a cohort of mps words of determined to fill their duty to maintain written‘s defence capability. the budget may well be

out the way, butjust capability. the budget may well be out the way, but just another example of pressure for conservative mps on funding. gas, and there was a real frustration, that in their view, defence did not get enough of a mention in the budget. their argument is that they don't want to see any further cuts. you can look at cut in terms of the mod via various examples. take for instance, the number of serving soldiers, that has fallen in the last three and a half years i about 10,000. by about 87,000 to about 70 7000. there is concern about a couple of ships being sold off. so—called amphibious vehicles, where they could be deployed on a beach. there's also concern about delays to of existing equipment. johnny mercer's argument, is that he has got a group of conservative mps who are willing to stand up to the government on this, if any of these things are seen to be in trimdon away at. here is mr

mercer. we are taking it seriously. i hope you have seen some of the work that we have done this week. it is quite is various position for a government mp to gather a cohort of his colleagues, and hold the government's feet to the fire, and make sure they deliver on defence spending and capability. that is how seriously we are taking it. i know what is expected on me, and i would deliver on that. he sounds pretty determined. we know it is an issue that he feels strongly about, what do the mod have to say about because mac it is injured in hearing him speak. the myth is a big difference city, c has got to be seen to be standing upfor city, c has got to be seen to be standing up for local interest. this is in the context of a front page of the times this morning, vicky, which suggested that tobias ellwood, was willing to contemplate resignation if the army figures were to get as

low as 70,000. plenty say it's unlikely that the numbers would fall that slow, but it gives you some sense of the tension within government, as well as without it. as far as the mod is concerned, they say, look, we are one of the few countries in the nato that spends 2% of our national income on defence, as the defence budget is rising, but the challenge that they face, is that they have got plenty of demand, so for example, cyber security are is something that they have to look at whilst maintaining conventional forces. we expect any spring a big review to be published which was commissioned last summer, due out in the new year. that will provide some a nswer to the new year. that will provide some answer to what they are going to look like in the coming years. the instinct thing is, is it the kind of a nswe rs instinct thing is, is it the kind of answers that mr mercer would like to hear. -- the interesting thing. time magazine is disputing us president donald trump's account

of how he rejected a request for an interview and photo shoot ahead of its person of the year issue. on friday, mr trump tweeted that time had called to say he was "probably" going to be named person of the year. but time later said the president was incorrect about how it makes its choice. jeff mason is the white house correspondent for reuters and joins me now from washington. what is going on here, is mr trump not happy with last year's success? i think he likes very much to be having the attention that comes with a designation like time magazine. he is also someone that does not take well to anything he perceives as a slight. as he said on his twitter, if the interpretation is correct, he felt that time had not said that this was going to be aired, and that's not something he was agreeable to. so, what have time

said in response. do you know how they go about this process of naming their person of the year. . i don't, asa their person of the year. . i don't, as a regular reader, you can look back at all of the many important figures that they have had on the cover, for the person of the year, and it is not necessarily a prize. sometimes they pick people for negative reasons as well as positive reasons, but i am sure that if they came out and explained that it was different from the way that the president explained, then there are going to be some... i guess we a lwa ys going to be some... i guess we always know what is on his mind, so if he is feeling aggrieved commie get onto twitter and tells the world all about it. his use on twitter, i know we talk about this a lots, but it is so unusual. do think it works in his favour was getting?|j it is so unusual. do think it works in his favour was getting? i think there are differing answers to that depending on who you are and what you think the president's trump. he

has in many ways made him the most transparent president in modern history, because you always know what he is thinking, for better or worse. whether that is helpful to him is another question. in some ways it is because it allows him to build up support, but in other ways, it is not, because it distracts from some of the policy agenda that he written was to get through, and makes people wonder why he is spending so much time on certain issues. that is what i was doing to save. he spent a lot of time on twitter, and clearly get agitated by some of the things that he reads on it. he likes to respond very directly, to people. are there those in america who think that the president should not be doing this, that he has got better things to worry about? for sure. a lot of people do not care for him in the first place. i think keeping some of his advisers would be very happy if he backed off. but, they do defend it as as he, as a way of communicating directly to the people

that elected him. as well as the rest of the country. if the only usedit rest of the country. if the only used it to talk about policy goals, 01’ used it to talk about policy goals, or his ideas, that would be one thing, but as you say, he uses it to get back at people he doesn't like, he visits to comment on issues that he visits to comment on issues that he is unhappy about, and for many, they see that as a distraction, from perhaps more important issues and ideas. just briefly to go back to time magazine, person of the year, why is it such a big deal? it is important, isn't it, notjust to president trump, but you look to people? it gets a lot of attention. going back to the history, as i was saying before, a lot of important public figures that received that distinction and honour and president trump like that, he likes the pageantry, if there is rarely pageantry, if there is rarely pageantry with this particular word, he likes that attention. so, on the

other hand, some would question, if you didn't get the award, or didn't end up saying yes to it, why are you bringing it up at all? 0k, jeff mason. thank you very much indeed. time for a look at the weather. if you have been out and about the day, you know it will not have been warm. it is going to stay cold overnight, and ice could be a problem as we start the new day on sunday. 0vernight, we will keep some showers going over northern and western parts of british isles. getting down into the northern part of the midlands. that is the temperature profile in the towns and cities, just that it's colder across the countryside areas. a brave enough start for many on with that fresh of showers. still quite windy

across the north—east for a time. 0ver across the north—east for a time. over the day, more towards a west or a south—westerly. perhaps not feeling quite as cold, but it will turn grey across these western areas. the first sign of rain. relatively mild at this stage on monday, until the northerly kicks m, monday, until the northerly kicks in, and that will remain until midweek. good evening this is bbc news. the headlines: as the country mourns, egyptian officials say the islamic state flag was carried by gunmen who attacked a mosque in sinai which left more than 300 dead. the actress emma thompson leads a demonstration in london in