the matter is quite urgent for egyptians that their water access not be significantly disrupted or a reduced and the such disruption could be very devastating for the population there so it's understandable the level of concern and the urgency with which the egyptian government looks at this question. that said relations with africa could improve dramatically there's a lot of a lot of work that needs to be done there's a lot of things that need to be reaped a lot of relations that need to be repaired and strengthened the egyptian government seems to have started to to realize this recently and begin to take it more seriously but that i mean it's still very early and there's still a lot more they could do so i don't i don't reject that prop problem at all i acknowledge that that needs to happen. but i much as they should care for other nations every nation ultimately looks for its own interests and the access to water question is is paramount and vital for for egypt and it's never going to cease to be one of his most urgent national concerns and interests mr haven't i noticed you want

egyptian farmers fear they'll have less water to irrigate their fields ethiopian government leaders deny they'll cause water shortages talks have been deadlocked for months and leaders have valid to iron out their differences peacefully egypt's far most us on the issue of korea and head of intelligence met ethiopia's prime minister on monday for the latest talks. his prime minister is warning that the dam and his words may not see the light of day and blames the company run by the ethiopian military for the delay. there's a problem in the management of the project this is the case when it comes to all huge projects being executed here in the local company who are seeking the mission did not have enough experience we had to do reforms because the projects are not being implemented according to discouragement we have formed a committee to look into the problem of the delay in the renaissance thing construction in order to try to solve it didn't well let's take a closer look at the major construction project well it started seven years ago and was expected to be completed last year but only

and the egyptians or there will be an all out war and everyone we speak to will tell you that the war this time will be even worse than the ones we've seen before and that's certainly not going to benefit anyone just briefly stuff you alluded to the fact that negotiations were ongoing because this has been the sort of tentative cease fire the egyptians have been trying to broker this cease fire an ongoing cease fire between hamas and between the israelis where all we with thoughts of the moment. well all sides are keeping rather quiet but if you look at the movement of the debate diplomatic movements you know that there is something that seems to be pretty much on the table the u.n. special envoy to the middle east nick name lad i was in doha on tuesday talking to the cottage cheese you have the palestinian president mahmoud abbas he's in qatar arrived late wednesday will be meeting today you have a senior how master allegation of their political leadership who had been in gaza very rare meeting back in cairo talking to the egyptians you have all this movement going on we know there's

egyptian authorities say a british couple on holiday there diedrfect health. and strong winds and torrential rain in hawaii as hurry can lane approaches. —— hurricane. 0n the eve of a visit by the pope to ireland, the first for nearly a0 years, the irish prime minister leo varadkar says he's glad the church isn't as prominent in the nation's daily life as it once was. the catholic church has been caught in repeated scandals over the abuse of women and children in recent years. from dublin, our religious affairs editor martin bashir reports. bishops and priests are not usually pounding the turf at leinster rugby ground. but as ireland prepares to welcome pope francis, it's also hosting this global gathering of catholics. an altar has been built along the touchline, but that's as nothing compared to the challenge of reconstructing the church after decades of scandal. a lot of the pain and the hurt that we felt we were moving on from has resurfaced, particularly for people who were hurt by clergy in the church. and i think the holy father, it's criti

we just had the creation of the egyptian sovereign wealth fund. where is the egyptian sovereign wealth fund going to get its start up capital from given their poor financial sovereignty. the point being is that egypt has an emerging sovereign wealth fund type state. its first real client is going to be what can they do with russia. so it's within this sovereign wealth fund arena that they're able to do business. now, as part of this short presentation here, there's an impact on -- for the united states clearly. and that impact on the united states has to deal with the fact that our gulf allies are doing business with russian companies that are under sanctions. whether it's under this swift foerment -- format or whether it's under the state company format. so we need to ask ourselves the major question of whether sanctions should be put forward or the notion of sanctions put forward against gulf allies or arab allies who are doing business with russian entities, such as export who have offices in the region itself. should those offices continue to

we had the creation of the egyptian sovereign wealth fund. where is the egyptian sovereign wealth fund going to get it started capital from, given egypt's poor economy? you might want to ask the people from abu dhabi where that will come from. egypt, as an emerging sovereign wealth fund, its first real client will be, what can they do with russia? it is within this sovereign wealth fund arena that they will be able to do business. as part of this short presentation, there is an impact for the u.s., clearly. that impact on the u.s. has to that our goals for are doing business with gulfan companies -- allies are doing business with russian companies that are under sanctions. we need to ask ourselves a major question of whether sanctions should be put forward, or the notion of sanctions put forward arab allies were doing business with russian export withch as offices in the region it self. should those offices continue to function in the region, if we are trying to achieve a particular goal in the middle east, particularly in the gulf with the q

the egyptian mummy is an icon of this ancient civilizion.rected in many a hollywood film. but far from egypt's great in a storage facility in northern england, the ancient egyptians' embalming recipe has come to light, contained in textiles in the collection. >> things like these textiles are not much to look at all, but you do the chemistry and they become hugely significant to our human past, and it really gets to the heart of what they were about at this time through the signs, which you simply cannot tell by lookg. really the science brings this material to life. victoria: the recipe they revealed, and embalming liquid contains e -- mixed in a base of sesame oil. you can still find some of the key ingredients from theem lming recipe. this is one of them, gum arabic. it is on sale in egypt. this is a really key ingredient, pine resin to protect the body f om decaying. the same mixturebstances was found on an intact mummy from 3500 bc, showing that the process is much older than previously thought. >> pushing the timeline back by 1500 year

is that what the egyptians believed?absolutely— — vital for survival in the afterlife. their essence, their soul, their spirit couldn't survive without the body being intact, so bodily preservation was absolutely central to ancient egyptian culture, so pushing it back by over 1000 years is really quite exciting. it is fascinating to talk to you about it. thank you, doctor buckley. they don't look like much, as you say, but it goes to show what secrets you can find if you search through the drawers are some of these warehouses in rather innocuous places. we will keep on looking and see what else we canfind. in a moment we'll have all the business news, but first the headlines on bbc news... the a—level results are out and they show students have been awarded the highest proportion of a's and a—stars since 2012 — with more than a quarter of entries awarded the top grades this year. italy declares a state of emergency following the bridge collapse in genoa in which at least 39 people are known to have died. the england rugb

i'm not the kind of person to return and i will die on egyptian soil. i asked him whether he would step down now he said i would be in public service for 62 years and now i'm fed up and i want to retire. if i resign now, there will be chaos. and i'm afraid the muslim brotherhood will take over. >> in some ways. >> which ways was it not? that's what happened. he didn't stay for an extra six months. the obama administration essentially pulled the rug from underneath their long time ally, right? >> i think there's a lot of nuance to the story. when you look closely at his final days the white house stuck with him until it was clear his body was on the stretcher. the white house didn't begin to break until it was already clear if you were paying attention that the generals in egypt had broken with him. he was a goner by the time obama gave him a nudge. as for his prediction, it's a glass half empty half full. in other ways egypt did okay. egypt managed to hold several free elections successfully during they brief 30 months of freedom. before here was anothe

this year's watch press freedom index it says at least thirty two journalists are being held in egyptian jails few have been put on trial most of been detained for months or years and over a being held on trumped up charges. those imprisoned included gyptian journalist mahmoud i was a it known as shall can he's been locked up for five years reporting on the robbers square protests in cairo where hundreds of protesters were killed and thousands injured recently shall can be nominated for unesco is press freedom prize and multi award winning journalist had its home raided a may and was arrested and detained. as the egyptian authorities target what they describe as fake news new laws were passed in july to support the arrests of journalists they allow the state to block social media accounts and detain journalists who have more than five thousand followers existing laws which are already being used to. suppress media freedom new laws wishes. and who are mounting unjust. we're realistic because we want to express that opinion supporters of president c.c. say they will safeguard freedom of ex

holidaymakers arrive home after being flown back early from an egyptian hotel, following the unexplainedths of a british couple. thousands of rohingya muslim refugees have taken part in a demonstration marking one year since their exodus from myanmar, following a military crackdown. and later, we'll be visiting america's first sustainable solar—powered town, and going down under, to see how technology is being used to protect the world's largest coral collection at the great barrier reef. hello and a warm welcome back to dublin. we continue our coverage of the two—day visit to ireland by pope francis, the first visit by a pope to the country since 1979 back when john paul ii was here. hundreds of thousands of catholics are going to be welcoming the pope over the course of the two days particularly in events at croke park later today, normally the scene of major sporting events and concerts and in phoenix park in the city tomorrow and of course this visit although the main reason for it is attendance at this world meeting of families which is organised by the catholic church every three y

an international team of scientists has revealed the secret recipe of ancient egyptian mummification. more. fabric, fragments of ancient history, the 6000 year old pieces of lin and contain the chemical secret of mummification. the egyptian mummy, the body preserved for the eternal soul, is an icon of the ancient civilisation and has been resurrected in many hollywood films. farfrom resurrected in many hollywood films. far from egypt's great tombs here resurrected in many hollywood films. farfrom egypt's great tombs here in a storage facility in northern england the ancient egyptian embalming the city has come to light, contained in textiles in the collection. with things like these textiles that don't look much to look at all, you do the chemistry, and suddenly they become hugely significant to our human past, and really gets to the heart of what they are about at this time through they are about at this time through the science, which you simply can't tell by looking. so, really, the science brings this material to life. the recipe they revealed, embalming liquid containing plant ex

preliminary findings by the egyptian authorities suggest the couple died of natural causes.ness amongst guests, but that's disputed by the hotel. in hurghada, it's understood the public prosecution office is investigating and officials have told the bbc it's likely to report within the next week or ten days. matt cole, bbc news. there we are in the skies above dublin airport. shepherd on, as the callsign hazard for the pope as he arrives on this first visit in nearly a0 years. our correspondent is watching from dublin. thank you. yes, it keeping an eye on that. the alitalia flight is coming in. the callsign is shepherd on. that is a callsign given to any flight that is a callsign given to any flight giving —— carrying the pope. while he was travelling between dublin and the west of ireland tomorrow, and indeed when he flies home at the end of this weekend, he will be travelling by the irish national carrier, aer lingus. those flights will have flight numbers, including ei1979. also ei 2018. that one will take him back to dublin. the aeroplane isjust 2018. that one will take h

egyptian investigators say no trace of poisonous gas has been found in the couple‘s room.together. and we all departed, and my mum and my daughter went back to their bedroom on their own. as soon as they went into the bedroom by daughter said that they could smell something that was a little bit funny that was not right, and all they did really well sprayed a little bit of perfume to try and limit the smell. they then fell asleep and my father came back to the room an hour later. my bother woke up and said she felt very u nwell woke up and said she felt very unwell with a smile and wanted to come into my room most of my my room my room about 130 and he was fit and healthy and we say good night and see you tomorrow. the following morning they did not come down for brea kfast morning they did not come down for breakfast and there was history down at six o‘clock. at 11 o‘clock and knocked on the door to see if they we re knocked on the door to see if they were just having a lie down and did not want to be bothered. this is a knocked the door i could see my dad was extremely i

egyptian authorities said it was initially thought that the couple died of natural causes.el of illness among scarce. the foreign office told us today we continue to support the family of a couple who died in egypt and remain support the family of a couple who died in egyptand remain in support the family of a couple who died in egypt and remain in contact with thomas cook. anyone staying at the hotel should follow the advice of their tour operator and the local authorities. egypt's tourism minister has told the bbc investigators will report within ten days. the family of a british—iranian woman are waiting to find out if her temporary release from a prison in tehran will be extended. nazanin zagahri radcliffe, a charity workerfrom north london, was granted a three—day release and is due to return to jail tomorrow. well we can go to our edinburgh studio now to speak to nazanin‘s husband — richard ratcliffe. we are grateful for your time. do you have any news on whether there might be an extension? not really is the honest answer, where we are is that tim three lawyers want

egyptian authorities have said initial indications are the couple died of natural causes.claim that there had been reports of raise levels of illness among guests. the foreign office told us today we continue to support the family of a couple who died in hurghada, egypt, and remain in contact with thomas cook. anyone staying at the steigenberger aqua magic hotel should follow the advice of their tour operator and the local authorities. egypt's tourism minister has told the bbc investigators will report within ten days. katy austin, bbc news. hawaii has seen more floods and landslides, as storm lane makes its way past the islands. the former hurricane has been downgraded to a tropical storm. but authorities are warning that lives are still at risk. it's the biggest storm to hit the pacific island group in nearly three decades. earlier, our north america correspondent, james cook, who's on the island of maui, gave us an update. it's still pretty windy, not nearly as windy as it was. the interesting thing here has been the storm surge, the pacific ocean beside me here has bee

preliminary findings by the egyptian authorities suggest the couple died of natural causes.en reports of raise the levels of illness amongst guests, but that's disputed by the hotel. —— raised levels. in hurghada, it's understood the public prosecution office is investigating and officials have told the bbc it's likely to report within the next week or ten days. matt cole, bbc news. the labour leader, jeremy corbyn, has defended comments he made about zionists five years ago when he was a backbencher. a conservative mp has reported his comments to the parliamentary standards watchdog. let's get more detail from our political correspondent, tom barton, who is in our london newsroom. these comments were made five years ago but they're still very much lingering around jeremy corbyn. that's right, not least because four monthsjeremy that's right, not least because four months jeremy corbyn that's right, not least because four monthsjeremy corbyn has been facing criticism over the way the labour party has dealt with complaints of anti—semitism and now he finds himself having to d

the secret of the ancient egyptians modification process has been revealed.£2,000 after pleading guilty to common assault and resisting arrest after an incident in a nightclub onjersey in the early hours of wednesday morning. three other charges, assault on police, larceny and being disorderly on licensed premises were dropped. the 30—year—old fly—half has apologised and say he's "mortified" by his actions. his future in the england team now hangs in the balance. just last week he vowed to "do everything" to remain in the england set—up. robert hall reports from jersey. reporter: danny, will you apologise for your actions? once again, danny cipriani was running the gauntlet of the cameras for an incident off the pitch. another cloud to hang low over a troubled playing career. this episode opened during a night out during a training trip tojersey. at a seafront bar, cipriani, who admitted having too much to drink, was involved in a confrontation with door staff during which he tried to grab the doorman's body mounted camera. after leaving the club, mr cipriani

holidaymakers arrive home after being flown back early from an egyptian hotel, following the unexplainedeaths of a british couple. thousands of rohingya muslim refugees have taken part in a demonstration marking one year since their exodus from myanmar, following a military crackdown. and later, we'll be visiting america's first sustainable solar—powered town,

holiday—makers arrive home after being flown back early from an egyptian hotel, following the unexplainedths of a british couple. thousands of rohingya muslim refugees have taken part in a demonstration marking one year since their exodus from myanmar, following a military crackdown. the family of nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe, a british—iranian woman imprisoned in iran on spying charges, are fighting for her three—day temporary release to be extended. it's always been steps forward and steps back,

as egyptian authorise. target what they describe as fake news new laws were passed in july to support the arrests of journalists they allow the state to block social media accounts and detain journalists who have more than five thousand followers and existing laws which are already being used to cost you. your freedom new laws and more wishes. many more who are not even journalists but will be honest and because they want to express their opinion supporters of president out of c.c. say they will safeguard freedom of expression. but rights groups say it will give a legal basis for egypt to crack down on criticism or dissent nor about manly al-jazeera. thousands of students from saudi arabia studying in canada being ordered by their government to return home the saudi government's angry that criticize the arrest of human rights activists in the kingdom fintan monaghan has more. saudi students in canada or caught up in a diplomatic conflict they've been ordered by their government to leave the country in the m

is that what the egyptians believed?ife. their essence, soul, spirit, could not survive without the body being intact, so bodily preservation was absolutely central to ancient egyptian culture, so central to ancient egyptian culture, so pushing it back by a thousand years is really quite exciting. fantastic. fascinating to talk to you and thank you so much. they don't look like much, as you say, but it just don't look like much, as you say, but itjust goes to show what secrets you can find if you search through the drawers some of these warehouses, rather innocuous places. and we are going to keep on looking and see what else we can find. thanks, julian. around a hundred whales have become repeatedly stuck in a fjord in iceland. police helped them get out of the fjord, in the west of the country. but less than 2a hours later they were back again, and needed help to get out once more. lebo diseko has the story. this is a rescue operation in action, the second in as many days for this pod of around 100 whales. they got stu

holidaymakers arrive home after being flown back early from an egyptian hotel following the unexplainedeaths of a british couple. it's just sad that these two people have died, in whichever circumstances they've died. and no—one can be sure. it's all speculation right now. good morning, and in sport.... manchester united manager jose mourinho insists he has "no problem" with his boss ed woodward — amid reports of a falling out between the pair. no surprise that may bank holiday weekend we have got some on the way. it is tomorrow that is going to be the wet day of the two. it's saturday the 25th of august. our top story... pope francis will arrive in dublin later this morning, the first papal visit to ireland in almost a0 years. his two—day tour comes as the catholic church is facing criticism of its handling of child abuse by priests, dating back decades. hundreds of thousands of people are expected to listen to him speak. emma vardy is in dublin for us this morning. there is a lot of hype around this visit, and such a long time since a pub last visited ireland. what are we expecting to

preliminary findings by the egyptian authorities suggest the couple died of natural causes.e had been reports of raised levels of illness amongst guests, but that's disputed by the hotel. in hurghada, it's understood the public prosecution office is investigating and officials have told the bbc it's likely to report within the next week or ten days. matt cole, bbc news. president trump has cancelled next week's planned trip to north korea by his secretary of state, mike pompeo. mr trump said not enough progress had been made in dismantling pyongyang's nuclear programme. david willis has the details. reporter: mr president, what about the meeting with north korea, sir? capping a tumultuous week at home, donald trump is now facing a major setback involving a key area of foreign policy. following what he described as a historically successful summit with the north korean leader, kim jong—un, in singapore earlier this year, plans were announced for the secretary of state to revisit north korea this weekend only for those plans to be scrapped 2a hours later. finally it's dawned o

egyptian investigators say no trace of poisonous gas has been found in the couple's room.mily holiday at the red sea resort of hurghada when they were both taken seriously ill and died on the same day. their daughter, kelly ormerod, who arrived home in burnley this morning, was with them. at 11 o'clock, i went and knocked on the door, to see whether they were just having a bit of lie in and didn't want to be bothered. as i opened the door, i could see that my dad was extremely ill. he was staggering back to the bed. mum was laid on the bed and i could tell that something was seriously wrong with them. the egyptian authorities say the couple, both in their 60s, died from heart and respiratory failure and that an inspection of their room showed there were no toxic or harmful gas emissions or leaks. tests are now being carried out on food, water and air conditioning at the steigenberger aqua magic hotel, as investigators try to establish how the couple died. their granddaughter noticed something suspicious in the room the night they became ill. mum and my daughter went back t

the great egyptian actor. >> lawrence of arabia. >> not to mention.ing that you show the story of the other. that each side is able somehow to connect with the other side. >> the pull is always there. it's the stuff that gets in the way of it. that stuff is usually -- has to do with money and power. i was just in tel aviv. when you go to egypt or to israel, you know, israel -- you know, the food in israel has become great. mostly because they love the food from all around them. the music, the art, the food, that's a connecting point. that's possibly the most important connecting point. and that's why when we or any administration cuts funding for the arts, they are really cutting just yet another one of those connections. >> regarding your play, the arts are being given short sha riff no matter where you look around the world. the united states, schools in europe, no matter where you look. andrew lloyd webber has his own arts foundation where he tries to encourage people at state schools, kids to have some art and music in their lives. from your persp

camelot and of and egyptian mediators bring gaza back from the brink again council people are in fear tonight that he may not succeed there are more questions than answers right now could this be a tactical pro-u. the violence head of signing any agreement to get more damage done or how mass as far as israel is concerned and hamas to rally its faithful with a show of force possible but everything rests now with the israeli response it seems and the israeli security cabinet is meeting later on thursday we may know more that columbia's new president says hill review a decision by his predecessor to recognize the state of palestine formally the one man while santos made the decision in the final days of his leadership saying palestine is a free sovereign and independent state it's been welcomed by the palestinians as contributing to the search for peace in the region but the new president evander ok says he'll need to examine the implications of the decision. is there more than twelve hours now of a solid debate and senators are in argentina or a jew to vote quite soon on a highly conten

the egyptian mummy, the body preserved for the eternal soul, is an icon of the ancient civilisation.torage facility in northern england, the ancient egyptians' embalming recipe has finally come to light, contained in textiles in the collection. with things like these textiles, that don't look much to look at at all, but you do the chemistry, and suddenly they become hugely significant to our human past, and really gets to the heart of what they were about at this time through the science, which you simply can't tell by looking. so really the science brings this material to life. the recipe they revealed, an embalming liquid containing plant extracts, was probably mixed in a base of sesame oil. you can actually still find some of the key ingredients from that embalming recipe today. so this is one of them, gum arabic, which is a plant—based confectioner‘s gum that is on sale in egypt. and this is really key ingredient, pine resin, antibacterial, to prevent the body from decaying. the same mixture of substances was found on this intact mummy from 3500 bc, showing that the process is mu

egyptian hotel following the deaths of a british couple.d are being allowed to take the second of two early abortion pills in their own homes instead of in a clinic. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing this tomorrow. whitley, the broadcaster and journalist penny smith and rosamond irwin, financial services correspondent at the sunday times. lovely to have you both here. we will have a quick look at those front pages, and start off with the 0bserver, which leads with claims from the former european council president herman van rompuy that a no—deal brexit risks the break—up of the uk. brexit also featured on the front page of the telegraph. the paper says theresa may has ordered government officials to create a space satellite navigation system to rival the eu's galileo project. the paper also has a picture of pope francis, who is in dublin at the moment of the first papal visit to ireland and most 40 years. —— in almost 40 years. the sunday times and so the number of officers on the beat has fallen by a t

the egyptian mummy, the body preserved for the eternal soul, is an icon of the ancient civilisation. film. but far from egypt's great tombs, here in a storage facility in northern england, the ancient egyptians' embalming method has finally come to light, contained in textiles in the collection. with things like these textiles, that don't look much to look at, at all, you do the chemistry, and suddenly they become hugely significant to our human past, and really gets to the heart of what they were about at this time through the science, which you simply can't tell by looking. so really the science brings this material to life. the recipe they revealed, an embalming liquid containing plant extracts, was probably mixed in a base of sesame oil. you can actually still find some of the key ingredients from that embalming recipe today. so this is one of them, gum arabic, which is a plant—based confectioner‘s gum that is on sale in egypt. and this is really key ingredient, pine resin, antibacterial, to prevent the body from decaying. the same mixture of substances was found on this intact m

a british couple die suddenly in an egyptian hotel — their family don't believe the official explanation online sensation. two youtube stars go head to head in the boxing ring, and millions of dollars are at stake. hawaii is bracing itself for floods and landslides, as tropical storm lane makes its way past the islands. although no longer categorised as a hurricane, authorities are warning that lives are still at risk. it's the biggest storm to hit the islands in nearly three decades. james cook is in hawaii. this is what hurricane lane has done to hawaii already, and it's still churning towards the islands. so far, it's not the ferocious winds, but the torrential rain which is the biggest problem. there are reports of catastrophic flooding, of landslides and of water rescues. tourists among those who've been pulled to safety. police loudspeaker: attention, attention, the beaches are closed. please leave the area. the big island in hawaii, hawaii county, has received in some cases, some reports of two feet of rain already. and unfortunately, there's more to come, so the impacts are going

stay with us here on bbc news, still to come: a british couple die suddenly in an egyptian hotel, and family don't believe the official explanation. the former first minister of scotland alex salmond strongly denies two claims of sexual harassment dating back to 2013. the claims, which were made in an internal scottish government investigation, have been passed to the police. mr salmond has launched legal action against the scottish government for the way it's handled the case. here's our scotland correspondent, lorna gordon. i think we won the election. he's one of the best—known figures in scottish politics. 0h, you've got your scotland shirt on! alex salmond, a former first minister, a man who led his party, the snp, twice and became the face of the nationalist movement, securing an historic referendum on independence for scotland, but who is now facing allegations of sexual misconduct in the run—up to that vote. the complaints date back to 2013, when mr salmond lived and worked here at bute house, the official residence of a serving first minister. the allegations from two individ

a british couple die suddenly in an egyptian hotel.heir family doesn't believe the official explanation. and online sensation. two youtube stars go head—to—head in the boxing ring and millions of dollars are at sta ke. hello. a very warm welcome to bbc news. catastrophic flooding and landslides are expected in hawaii over the next 2a hours, as hurricane lane makes its way past the islands. it has been downgraded to a category two storm, but authorities are warning that lives are still at risk. hurricanes are rare in hawaii. this is the biggest storm in nearly three decades. james cook is there. this is what hurricane lane has done to hawaii already. and it's still churning towards the islands. so far, it's not the ferocious winds, but the torrential rain which is the biggest problem. there are reports of catastrophic flooding, of landslides, and of water rescues. tourists among those who've been pulled to safety. police loudspeaker: attention, attention, the beaches are closed, please leave the area. the big island in hawaii, hawaii co

egyptian authorities have said initial indications are the couple died of natural causes.at there had been reports of raise levels of illness among guests. the foreign office told us today we continue to support the family of a couple who died in hurghada, egypt, and remain in contact with thomas cook. anyone staying at the steigenberger aqua magic hotel should follow the advice of their tour operator and the local authorities. egypt's tourism minister has told the bbc investigators will report within ten days. katy austin, bbc news. the headlines on bbc news... at the start of his historic visit to ireland, pope francis has spoken of his shame at the failure of the catholic church to address the abuse of children by priests. women in england are to be allowed to take the second of two early abortion pills in their own homes instead of in a clinic. ajewish man, who believes he was one of the british zionists whojeremy corbyn said didn't "understand english irony", demands an apology from the labour leader. rohingya refugees living in bangladesh have been staging angry prot

as holidaymakers arrive home after being flown back early from an egyptian hotel, questions remain followinghe unexplained deaths of a british couple. women in england are to be allowed to take the second of 2 early abortion pills in their own homes — instead of in a clinic. and catalans dragons become the first side outside england ever to win rugby league's challenge cup as they beat warrington at wembley. and at 11:30 we'll be taking an in—depth look at the papers with our reviewers — the broadcaster and journalist, penny smith and rosamund urwin, financial services correspondent at the sunday times. stay with us for that. good evening. pope francis has spoken of his pain and shame at the failure of the roman catholic church to deal with sexual abuse by the clergy in ireland. he was speaking on the first day of his 2—day trip to the country — the first papal visit in nearly a0 years. thousands of people lined the streets to greet the pontiff, who this evening had a private meeting with abuse survivors. 0ur religion editor, martin bashir, reports. cheering. tonight's concert at croke park

no one from the egyptian security forces has ever been charged with any offenses relating to the massacre. al-jazeera . over a thousand people killed ten thousand injured twenty one thousand arrested massacre in rabat takes you back to that day through the eyes of the survivors the medical staff the journalists who were all there kenneth roth from human rights watch called it in that court a violent crackdown planned at the highest levels of the egyptian government this is an al jazeera world documentary. quite a difficult watch i will say that there are graphic images all the way through so to take care for you find those images distressing it's called massacre in robots in the documentary section at al jazeera dot com now heavy rain and flash floods in the philippines a force will be fifty thousand people from their homes and at least three people have died in the country's northern islands there's an online element to this as well we're going to be talking to regather about that in a moment first this report from amman khan. slowly picking through the rubble to recover what's left of t

also tonight: egyptian authorities say a british couple on holiday there died of natural causes, butatives say they were "in perfect health". strong winds and torrential rain in hawaii as hurricane lane approaches. no booze is good news — a new study says there are no safe drinking limits at all. i can't wait to punch you write in your stupid face... the biggest internet event you've probably never heard of. coming up on bbc news, jose mourinho has no time to lose as he arrives early and stays tight lipped. good evening. the former first minister of scotland, alex salmond, strongly denies two claims of sexual harassment dating back to 2013. the claims, which were made in an internal scottish government investigation, have been passed to the police. mr salmond has launched legal action against the scottish government for the way it's handled the case. his successor as leader of the snp and first minister, nicola sturgeon, said the complaints were made in january and were investigated through a process she had agreed to. here's our scotland correspondent lorna gordon. i think we won th

can not in of and egyptian mediators bring gaza back from the brink again people are in fear tonight that he may not succeed. a former russian double agent and as daughter are the center of a growing tension between the u.s. and russia washington is imposing sanctions on moscow for an attack on cigarettes triple and his daughter in britain the state department accuses rusher of using the nerve agent novacek to poison them in the city of seoul sprit russia has called the allegations far fetch more challenges following events for us in moscow they're saying a lot more at the kremlin are they not rory. yeah you get the impression the kremlin is pretty mad about this the spokesperson dmitri peskov has said this is categorically unacceptable that it's illegal under international law or the kremlin has again stress that it had nothing to do with the script poisoning and says that these sanctions the new ones are inconsistent with the constructive atmosphere that the kremlin felt that it got from donald trump but the helsinki summit some weeks ago now though they're saying that washington i

as authorities egyptian. target what they describe as fake news new laws were passed in july to support the arrests of journalists they allow the state to block social media accounts and detain journalists who have more than five thousand followers and existing laws which are already being used to grassroots. susman your freedom new laws and more wishes. many more people who are not even journalists would be honest and because they want to express their opinion supporters of president abdel fattah el-sisi say they will safeguard freedom of expression but rights groups say it will give a legal basis for egypt to crack down on criticism or dissent nor about manly al-jazeera. a confidential report by israeli military investigators say an armed drone deliberately killed four palestinian boys on a gaza beach in twenty fourteen that's according to the online publication the intercept but report has testimony from officers involved in the attack you say the children were mistaken for hamas fighters in broad daylight

as egyptian authorities. target what they describe as fake news new laws were passed in july to support the arrests of journalists they allow the state to block social media accounts and detain journalists who have more than five thousand followers existing laws which are already being used to cost. us media freedom new laws wishes. many more. will be understood because they want to express their opinion supporters of president sisi say they will safeguard freedom of expression. but rights groups say it will give a legal basis for egypt to crackdown on craigslist and or to send more about manly al jazeera. people in mali are preparing to launch of the presidential runoff on sunday kate is expected to return to power for another five year term he's facing opposition leaders who made a say say trail behind him in the first round the vote will take place amid fears of ethnic violence and accusations of election fraud mama vava poured from the capital bamako. that is also the first round two weeks ago gave forty

also tonight, egyptian authorities say a british couple on holiday there died of natural causes, butelatives say they were in perfect health. strong winds and torrential rain in hawaii as hurricane lane approaches. no booze is good news — a new study says there are no safe drinking limits at all. i can't wait to punch you in your stupid smug face... the biggest internet event you've probably never heard of. and coming up on sportsday on bbc news, never usually short of something to say, jose mourinho wasn't feeling talkative after turning up half an hour early for his 259—second press conference. good evening. the former first minister of scotland alex salmond strongly denies two claims of sexual harassment dating back to 2013. the claims, which were made in an internal scottish government investigation, have been passed to the police. mr salmond has launched legal action against the scottish government for the way it's handled the case. his successor as leader of the snp and first minister, nicola sturgeon, said the complaints were made in january and were investigated through a pro

egyptian investigators say no trace of poisonous gas has been found in the couple‘s room. cooper were both on holiday at the red sea resort of hurghada, when they were both taken seriously ill and died on the same day. their daughter, kelly, who arrived home in burnley this morning, was with them. at 11 o‘clock, i went and knocked on the door, to see whether they were just having a little bit of a lie—in and didn‘t want to be bothered. as i opened the door, i could see that my dad was extremely ill, he was staggering back to the bed. mum was laid on the bed and i could tell that something was seriously wrong with them. the egyptian authorities say the couple, both in their 60s, died from heart and respiratory failure. tests are now being carried out on food, water and air conditioning at the steigenberger aqua magic hotel, as the authorities try to establish how the couple died. their daughter says another member of the family had smelt something in the room that made her feel nauseous the day before the deaths. but the tour company, thomas cook, says there is so far no ev