Pakistani soldiers storm mosque
Smoke rose above the Red Mosque after troops began their operation
Troops in the Pakistani capital, Islamabad, have stormed a controversial mosque after talks with hardline Islamists inside broke down.
The army says about 50 militants and eight soldiers have been killed.

"It is a final push to clear the place of armed militants," said military spokesman Maj Gen Waheed Arshad.

Students at the mosque and its attached religious schools have been defying the authorities for months in their campaign for Sharia law in the capital.