this is bbc world news today. our top stories: violent clashes between police and islamist demonstrators in pakistan's capital, islamabad. the government calls on the army to step in. as egypt buries victims of friday's mosque attack, investigators say the attackers were carrying the flag of so called islamic state. well—wishers and relatives are coming and going, trying to offer support and across the country, egyptians are struggling to come to terms with this attack. the row between time magazine and president trump — was it going to name him "person of the year" 7 and hollywood star emma thompson leads a march in support of nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe, the british—iranian woman jailed in iran. we can all as human beings imagine what it is like to be separated from every loved one for no reason. for no reason!

hello and welcome to world news today. we begin in pakistan — where the government has called on the army to restore order, after large protests in islamabad. 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. well the violence has led to 200 people being injured at this key highway — called the faizabad interchange. 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. i've been getting the thoughts of the bbc‘s south asia regional editor, anbarasan ethirajan. the government allowed nearly three weeks before they sent in hundreds of police officers to clear these hundreds of protesters who are blocking a key highway going into the capital. people have been going through huge traffic jams. the capital. people have been going through huge trafficjams. they are suffering a lot, and there is a lot of criticism of the government in the last three weeks. when they finally decided to act, the court was acting them to act immediately, to re m ove was acting them to act immediately, to remove these protesters, it was a little bit too late. the police had to retreat, and now they are asking for the military to help. also, this is now spreading to other cities.

hundreds of people are protesting in karachi and in lahore. tell us about these protesters? what do they want? the party was formed a you mugs ago. it was a hardline islamists party. they started blocking this highway a three weeks ago, saying that they wa nted three weeks ago, saying that they wanted the minister to be removed, because he was responsible for changes to the electoral vote, which gave prominence, which said that the last prophet was prophet muhammad in islam, because they thought they we re islam, because they thought they were trying to appease to the minority. so, they are asking for the sacking of the law minister, and the sacking of the law minister, and the government waited for nearly three weeks. what is important here is that pakistan is going into election mode next year, and the

pakistani muslim league is already lost its leader. it was disqualified injuly forfailing lost its leader. it was disqualified in july for failing to. .. lost its leader. it was disqualified injuly for failing to... so, lost its leader. it was disqualified injuly forfailing to... so, the party is going through a crisis, and now you have this hardline islamist spreading to other parts of karachi, and that is what they didn't want, but that is happening now. 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. it happened in the town of beer al—abud in northern sinai. bir al abud.in response,

egyptian forces have been 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 whispered 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 a 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. earlier political analyst, magdi abdelhadi joined me in the studio. he told me the egyptian security forces have a lot of work to do to improve. it unprecedented, as wasjust said

in that report, judges have been attacked before, and there are police guards outside most churches in the urban centres in egypt, but masks have never been the target of attack. whether this is the beginning of a trend, that would be extremely worrying, because the countries through a stomach full of mosques. no state can itself against this type of terrorism. some would say that this is a failure of intelligence, why couldn't they register that this was somehow going to happen? however, because it is such a break from the pattern of militancy in egypt before, one could argue that it was very difficult for them to predict that this would happen. some suggest, that locals in this particular village have felt that there was something coming, and they aborted it to police —— reported it to believe, but they we re reported it to believe, but they were ignored. it is the question is

whether the authorities have the right approach, because it is happening at regular intervals. immediately after, they launched air raids, and theiruse immediately after, they launched air raids, and their use heavy weaponry, as many are asking, is this the right approach? is this the way to fight this kind of militancy. you really need insert. that debate is happening in egypt and outside. what is missing in this debate, not so much in egypt, but on the international scene, is the role of the narrative, the ideology that justify this kind of behaviour, which is the right across the muslim world and in western capitals. what tells young muslims that it is morally justifiable to kill tells young muslims that it is morallyjustifiable to kill innocent people in egypt, in london, in iraq, in the united states, it is that

narrative, a narrative of religious supremacy, that if you do so, you will somehow be rewarded by going to heaven, to paradise. that's narrative is challenged... you've talked about that narrative, what do you make of egypt's response to the militancy in the country. do you think it needs the help of the international committee? egypt of course need any help it could get, but egypt's has a strong central state relatively speaking, if you compare it to syria, or iraq or libya. the leader has experience, he has dealt with islamic militancy, before. but, because it is an ongoing issue in egypt, and across the muslim world, unless you act league challenge and debunk and deconstruct the religious narrative that draws upon the text of islam to justify violence by killing innocent

people, muslims or unbelievers, and think you will be rewarding for that, unless you challenge that's narrative, i think we are going to live with that problem. time. -- for some time. 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. let's take a look at some of the other stories making the news: the libyan coast guard says more than 30 migrants died when their boat sank near garabulli, east of the capital, tripoli. they say they rescued about 60 people who were clinging to the remains of the vessel. bangladesh says rohingya muslim refugees who go back to myanmar will initially have to live in temporary camps, because most of their villages have been burnt down. the arrangement will cause concern

in the un, which has already warned of the dangers of returning the rohingya to "confinement and ghettos". bangladesh's foreign minister says aid agencies will be involved in the repatriation process. stay with us on bbc world news, still to come: all the sport news — including, lionel messi ends months of speculation — he extends his contract with barcelona. he caught the imagination of the world. the first of a new generation of leaders. the prime there is

resigning before leaving number ten. he told her cabinets, if they find the old world. violent clashes in the pakistan capital. as egypt buries victims of friday's mosque attack, investigators say that the attackers we re investigators say that the attackers were carrying the flag of the so—called islamic state. 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. he said ‘probably was no good‘ and that he ‘took a pass.‘ but time later said the president was incorrect about how it makes its choice. the magazine tweeted: ‘time does not comment on our choice until publication, which is december 6.‘ jeff mason is the white house

correspondent for reuters and joins me now from washington. thanks for being with us. what do you make of this row, who do you think is telling the truth? well, it‘s hard to weigh in on who is telling the truth, particularly because time has not given any of the details. adding we can look at the details. adding we can look at the way that trump has treated, and in this particular case, it seemed that he was upset. they had not said that he was upset. they had not said that he was definitely person of the year. this is a president who very publicly does not like dealing with light, and whether that be a slight from a magazine, or a slight from a world leader, if he feels it is negative, he fights back. that is what he has done here. timer will

name their personal year on the 6th of december, what does it mean... there have been previous presidents who have won it, what does it mean to win its? i think it is a high honour, and is an important designation, and there have been world leaders, and important public figures, who have got that over the yea rs. figures, who have got that over the years. that said, it isjust figures, who have got that over the years. that said, it is just a magazine. we not talking about the nobel peace prize. it‘s important, but perhaps, the president is giving a little bit more weight to it than some others would. that said, he does give a lot of weight to it. he does give a lot of weight to it. he does like having the attention that comes with something like a designation of person of the year. if you feel that there is a question about that, you will make those feelings known. indeed, he did win it last year. he was on the cover last year. what did you make of it then? i think he was very pleased.

he made a big deal of it then, i do think he probably would have made a big deal of it again, this year, if it had happened again. i think it is important to note that getting the person of the year it‘s not necessarily a high honour. there are people in that list to have become pa rt people in that list to have become part of that liz —— not necessarily for good reasons. that said, perhaps being the most influence a person, and there is no doubt that he has been influential, both in the united states and globally. president trump does like to paint himself as an antiestablishment figure. does this have anything to do with a rejection of that? i don't know. that's a good question. i think it is a piece of two years and how he acts. i think he uses twitter to go after

organisations, to go after people, to go after leaders. he had become, because of his twitter use, really because of his twitter use, really be most transparent resident of the united states in modern history. we a lwa ys united states in modern history. we always know what you‘re thinking, so whether that is strategic, or whether that is strategic, or whether it is a venting process for him. sometimes i think it is a bit of both, it is integral to his ears. asa of both, it is integral to his ears. as a person and that a leader. jeff mason, white house corresponded for writers. thank you. katherine downes has all the sport. on a busy day of football in the english premier league, chelsea came from a goal down to take a point in the late kick—off at anfield. 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. incredible scenes.

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 was one of the better draws i saw in my life. we must be pleased, because we went to the next round, in the champions league, and then, this was the third game to play away, and we won against west brom, in the midweek, and a good draw against liverpool. we have to continue in this way. manchester united are within five points of neighbours city — who didn‘t play on saturday but still lead the table. jose mourinho‘s side have won every home game this season. it was a routine 1—0 victory today — an unfortunate deflection off lewis dunk that gave his goalkeeper — matthew ryan — no chance...

ashley young happy to take credit after drilling the shot at the defender. city have a sunday fixture at huddersfield. elsewhere tottenham were held to a one all draw by managerless west bromwich albion at wembley. newcastle were beaten 3—0 at home by watford.. there was a stoppage—time winner for crystal palace against stoke. no goals between swansea and bournemouth. go to bbc.com/football for details. and out the ashes. england will resume injust and out the ashes. england will resume in just over two and a half hours from now, with a lead ofjust seven runs. here is oui’ hours from now, with a lead ofjust seven runs. here is our sports correspondent. the first two days of these test match were pretty much level pegging, you have to say that australia now have the edge at the end of day three. england are 33—2, at the close, a lead ofjust seven runs. they lost two wickets in a torrid vinyl session. alistair cooke and james vince both out. captain joe root were stuck on the helmets,

frankly he is ok, but it was a difficult closing hour. they had started early on in the day well, they took three early wickets. they looked to be heading for a lead, but then a brilliant innings from steve smith, 141, not out, he guided australia with a little help from pat cummins, who‘s scored an important 42. australia edging ahead, thanks to a stunning performance from steve smith. they will now feel that they have the advantage going into day for. if they can getjoe root‘s wicket early, they have got a strong chance of winning this test match. finally lewis hamilton‘s hopes — of ending the formula one season with a win have taken a blow. he‘s been 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 one tenth of a second. it's

it‘s just felt really good in the car, and the lap was really good, so that was enough, so i‘m really happy. i was iwas upa i was up a tent and a half, and i'll lost that in turn five or six. by the way it as been an incredible year. '5 great to see so many british flag. i appreciate it. and that‘s all the sport for now. 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. how things are at the moment is there are tariffs on imports coming in from countries like the us, india, canada, china, which are outside the eu. the charge in effect is to stop countries importing goods too cheaply and harming manufacturing and other industries for countries within the eu.

some goods, such as lamb from new zealand, gets a slightly reduced rate, tariff rate quotas which allows a certain amount of particular goods to be imported at a reduced rate. the plan is for when we leave the eu for that to continue, but the quotas will be divided. with the example of lamb, 60% will go to other eu countries, 40% will come to the uk as it does just now, we will carry on as normal and everyone will be happy, except they‘re not. the countries importing those goods say this is a chance for us to import more to the uk. should the market in the rest of europe fall away, it will be affected for any reason, we are not getting the flexibility and the room to do that, we shouldn‘t have to have this. and plenty more brexit. don‘t forget you can get in touch with me and some of the team on twitter — i‘m @alpapatel.

despite the presence of quite a bit of sunshine, i expect he would have felt overly warm. 0r of sunshine, i expect he would have felt overly warm. or that you have to thank an area of low pressure. that generates is rather noticeable north—westerly wind. a really noticeable wind continues through the night across the north eastern quarter of scotland. a glial force wind here, and copious supply of showers. if you are fully exposed to that, the showers working their way into the north midlands, on what is going to be quite a cold night. and, asa going to be quite a cold night. and, as a consequence, if you put together those clearing skies, or where you have had showers, the cabbages falling away and then i is maybe a bit of an issue. —— temperatures falling away. a bright

start for many, right through the heart of scotland coming through the eastern side of england, across the south. and across many western part as well. though that ribbon of showers just as well. though that ribbon of showersjust running as well. though that ribbon of showers just running out of the irish sea, down through the northwest of england into the love midlands, and later on in the day, having had a bright enough start in northern ireland, the card willjust fill in all the while, quite wildly across these western areas, you may begin to lose the sunshine. the wins will come back out of the north—west to more of a west or south—westerly, that‘ll make it feel, that‘s not just as called for many of you on saturday. it is all happening ahead ofa saturday. it is all happening ahead of a set of weather fronts which will supply quite a bit of rain for a time across the northern part of britain and into the wee small hours of monday, that will slip its way down to the south. notice that this is heralding the arrival of relatively milder air. next week, start smile that at least at first. and then you will notice it will turn decidedly colder, simply

because we end up with quite a noticeable north or north—easterly wind. the rain will take its time to get away from the southern counties of england, if it goes at all. 0nce those features are away, notice how those features are away, notice how those isobars begin to bend around into a straight northerly, so that‘s why things are going to come to turn much colder as we get through to the middle part of the forthcoming week. this is bbc news. the headlines: the government in pakistan has called for the army to send troops to the capital islamabad after running battles between police and islamist p rotesto rs. battles between police and islamist protestors. they a re battles between police and islamist protestors. they are demanding a government minister is sacked and accuse him of blasphemy. egyptian officials investigating the killing officials investigating the killing of more than 300 worshippers at a mosque in sinai say the attackers we re mosque in sinai say the attackers were carrying the flag of the

so—called islamic state. it‘s the worst attack in the country in recent memory. president trump and time magazine are involved in a row over whether it‘s planning to name him person of the year. mr trump says the magazine told him he would probably be nominated. time says thatis probably be nominated. time says that is incorrect. lionel