champion. ♪ >>> the taliban says that it has attacked a shia mosque killing at least 20 people in northwestern pakistan happened during friday prayers. it's the second attack on a shia mosque in pakistan within two weeks. >> reporter: they chose the busiest time of the week friday prayers. a small group of men, wearing suicide vests entered the building and shot at worshippers. even throwing grenades. one blew himself up killing the most number of people. another attacker was held down by some of the worshippers, until he was shot by officers. according to a local police chief, this was a courageous decision that prevented many more deaths. the people were caught in the middle of a long-running violent campaign by the pakistani taliban. it wants to impose a strict version of islamic law, and wants more control, and says this is revenge for the killing of one of its men in december. like other attacks, the taliban has chosen to target shia muslims, a minority community in pakistan. this is also where 150 people mostly children were killed in a school in december. the government has been fighting the tal

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. ♪ >>> shia muslims attacked while praying at a mosque in northwestern pakistan. ♪ >>> hello this isa live from doha i'm adrian finighan also on the program, boko haram fighters carry out a first deadly attack in chad. >>> a car bomb kills ten in damascus, as the u.n. says that president assad must be part of any solution to end syria's war. >>> and we meet the rescue divers of bangladesh who risk their live tosser

and on the website you can find out the very latest about that attack on the shia mosque in northwestern pakistan on al jazeera.com. ♪ >>> hello, i'm ray suarez. jordan was deeply involved in the war against the islamic state of iraq and the levant. in the past week the country rallied to the cause. after i.s.i.l. posted video of a captured jordanian fighter pilot burned alive in a cage. >> it's one more indication of the viciousness and barbarity of this organization. >> when that news broke king abdullah was here in washington. the king vowed revenge and left with stronger support. jordanian fighter jets are pounding targets in syria and iraq. we'll talk to a retired 3-star jordanian air force general about the mission, the risks and the state of the u.s.-led coalition. does the latest i.s.i.l. horror and jordan's reaction both military and political change the fight against i.s.i.l.? it's "inside story". . >> aircraft from the royal jordanian air force are making regular sortees with the help of u.s. coalition. the king rallied, executed prisoners i.s.i.l. wanted released and pledged his count

in other news, taliban gunmen have stormed a shiite mosque in northwestern pakistan, killing at least 20 people and wounding many more. >> officials say as many as five heavily armed militants wearing suicide vest stormed the mosques during friday prayers. at least three suicide bombers blew themselves up. the pakistani taliban released a video claiming responsibility, saying it was in revenge for a militant hanged by the government teat of months ago. -- two months ago. >> dozens of people have been killed in clashes in myanmar. >> heavily armed fighters try to capital -- cap to the region's capital near the chinese border. 47 soldiers died in that violence. the clashes are the latest in that series of incidents involving government troops and rebels. >> coming up, we'll be going to egypt and news about the al jazeera journalists jailed there. >> and we will not let you go without taking you to the berlinale as well. stay tuned. >> welcome back to the show. the last of three journalists held for more than a year in a cairo prison is now home with his family. the trio were handed link

>> running for their lives shia muslims attacked while operating at a mosque in northwestern pakistan. >> hello again this is the world news on al jazeera. also to come: >> the u.n. acknowledges for the first time that any resolution to the fighting in syria must involve president bashar al assad. >> boko haram baling inside nigeria, the armed group attacked chad. >> i'm very proud of every single moment i spent in prison for the sake of freedom of expression. >> out on bail, al jazeera journalist baher mohammed and mohamed fahmy are now with their families. >> a shia mosque has been attacked in the pakistani city, at least 19 people have been killed. this is the second serious attack on a mosque in two weeks. >> they clothes the busiest time of the week, friday prayers. a small group of men wearing suicide vests entered the building and shot at worshipers, even throwing grenades. one blew himself up, killing the most number of people. another attacker was held down by some of the worshipers until he was shot by officers. according to a local police chief, this was a courageous decisi

and on the website you can find out the very latest about that attack on the shia mosque in northwestern pakistaneera.com. ♪ >>> hello, i'm ray suarez. jordan was deeply involved in the war against the islamic state of iraq and the levant. in the past week the country rallied to the cause. after i.s.i.l. posted video of a captured jordanian fighter pilot burned alive in a cage. >> it's one more indication of the viciousness and barbarity of this organization. >> when that news broke king abdullah was here in washington. the king vowed reven

the taliban said it has attacked a shia mosque killing 20 people in northwestern pakistan. it happened during friday prayers in. >> friday prayers and what should have been a day of rest ended up like this. according to the people at the time all men wore suicide vests and brought in grenades. >> three terrorists entered the mosque. two of them exploded themselves, and a third one god killed due to police violence. >> the people are caught in the middle of a long running campaign. it wants to impose a strict version of islamic law and wants more control. like other attacks it targeted shia muslims a minority community. >> during the prayer there were two explosions, one after the his or her. then armed men came in, and later he blew himself up. >> back in december in an attack in the same city that shocked many people both in pakistan and abroad. 150 people were killed150 children were killed in school. since then government has set up a special combat team to make the area safer but schools and mosques are soft targets. keeping them completely secure is never easy. >> in y

jazeera america >> running for their lives shia muslims attacked while operating at a mosque in northwestern pakistan. >> hello again this is the world news on al jazeera. also to come: >> the u.n. acknowledges for the first time that any resolution to the fighting in syria must involve president bashar al assad. >> boko haram baling inside nigeria, the armed group attacked chad. >> i'm very proud of every single moment i spent i

have been killed, dozens more injured in a suicide attack at a shia mosque in peshawar in northwestern pakistan. police say four militants stormed the mosque, they opened fire before blowing themselves up, while hundreds of worship worshippers were gathered inside for friday prayers. the pakistan taliban has claimed responsibility for this attack. it's the second in two weeks on a shia mosque. >>> in myanmar 47 soldiers have been killed and 73 injured in three days of fighting against a small rebel army. reports say the soldiers were killed in clashes with rebels from the cocong ethnic group and air strikes had been used in response. >> reporter: the ethnic group and their armed wing is a remnant of the burr musemese communist party which disintegrated in 1989. for a long time, they have administered or had a large degree of autonomy over a stretch of land on the northeastern burmese border with china. now, what appears to have triggered this latest bout of fighting is the return of one of the leaders from five years of exile in china. he was forced out in 2009 by the burmese and he's now retur

pakistan happening close to the city police headquarters. the blast comes just days after 22 people were killed in a gun and suicide attack on a shiite mosque in the northwestern>> people in the libyan city are assessing the damage a day after egypt launched a series of air strikes. cairo says the strikes killed several fighters linked to isil. but civilians were affected as well. a warn that go some viewers may find immaterial ideas in gerald tan's report disturbing. >> reporter: victims of the egyptian air strikes jets bombard the libyan city killing a number of civilians. the casualties included children. but egypt's military says it had struck training camps and weapons storage facilities belonging to groups linked to isil. the military campaign came off the apparent beheading of 21 egyptian christians captured in libya. the strikes were carried out through the support of the u.n. recognized government in at that tabrok. >> if there were any terrorist groups on the egyptian side and we were time hit them we wouldn't hess tight to fight them. it's the same thing applies toy jim. groups that commit such crimes, borders aren't going to be an issue. >> reporte

in pakistan, taliban militants stormed a shiite mosque during friday prayers, and by the time it was over, 20 people were dead. another 45 were wounded in the 8attack in peshawar, in the northwestern the country. one of the militants blew himself up to create a diversion for the others. the pro-russian rebels in ukraine made a new push for territory today, before a truce takes hold. alex thomson of independent television news is in the rebel- held city of donetsk, and filed this report. >> because the agreement said no cease fire till midnight, heavy fightings continued across eastern yiewcialg today. the country's president petro poroshenko visited troops near kiev and told them there is a long road ahead. >> ( translated ): i don't want anyone to have any illusions and so i am not seen as naive person. we are still a very long way from peace. nobody has a strong belief that the peace conditions which were signed in minsk will be implemented strictly. >> reporter: the european union has cautioned russia, if they ignore the deal they could face further sanctions. >> in rebel held sticks almost all the shops are shot, the power supply intermittent and the sound of shelling every da