and the reuters news agency as saying he also had several telephone conversations with sergei kisylakstigated by the fbi is part of their inquiry. but this is not necessarily mean he is suspected of a crime. david willis, bbc news, washington. egypt's airforce has carried out airstrikes in libya, targeting jihadists in the east of the country. egypt's president, abdel fattah al—sisi, said the strikes were in retaliation for a militant attack on a bus carrying coptic christians. at least 28 people were killed in the attack south of cairo, while travelling to a monastery in beni suef province. from cairo, 0rla guerin reports. the bus in which so many were robbed of life, on their way to an ancient monastery, the broken windows and scattered belongings testament to an attack that was merciless and highly coordinated. there were multiple gunmen, who escaped across the sands in three off—road vehicles. relatives of the dead told the bbc the authorities should be doing more to protect christians, who are obviously at risk. this was the scene just last month, after church bombings in norther