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once prisoners who were tortured and raped. many of their children weren't spared either. >> argentina's female ballers are tackling sexual stereotypes to prove they are also on the ball. >> egypt's new president has promised to fix the mistakes of the past. sworn in to office just a few hours ago. he has vowed to lead the nation through what he describes as important changes. his inauguration comes less than a year after former president mohamed morsi was ousted by the military. hashar malbara reports. >> egypt's former army chief at the pinnacle on of power in the most populous country in the arab world. this is the moment his supporters have been waiting

for. the swearing in ceremony at the constitutional court was followed by the handover at the powless. he spelled out his plan for the future. >> egypt will witness all levels. we will solve the problems of the past and build the egypt of the future, a powerful, just, stable, peaceful and prosperous country. >> it's the firsthandover ceremony in egypt's history. the first time that an out going president and his successor shake hans during an inauguration. arab and african leaders were there to show support for egypt's new leader. one of the leading judges of the constitutional court described sisi as the man who saved the nation from what he called the tierney of the muslim brotherhood. >> the army and the people united against tierney on the 30th of june. it is an event celebrate today. it was not a military coup.

it was a revolution of the people. >> now that he has assumed power, the new president faces a string of delicate issues. poverty, rising unemployment, and an economy in at that timers. his inauguration was held under tight security. the country has been beset by violence and instability since the july, 2013 coup that deposed mohammad morsi. morsi was egypt's first democratically elected president. he is now in jail facing charges of treason. sisi has ruled out any compromise with the banned muslim brotherhood and insists restoring security will be his top priority. >> had led many people to worry the current clamp down against his opponents like these muslim brotherhood protesters may not end any time soon. hashi malbara, al jazeera. >> let's take a look now at just

how abdel fatah el sisi came to power. in july last year, the military deposed mohamed morsi. t security forces launched a crackdown on the media. in august, hundreds of people were killed as security forces stormed protest camps in cairo. the muslim brotherhood said the number killed was in the thousands. then in september, the interim government banned the muslim brotherhood. in december, it was declared a terrorist group with anyone reporting on them becoming illegal. three al jazeera english journalists were arrested. their trial goes on. in march, the man who led the coup quit as army chief to run for president. then in may, he won the election with 97% of the vote. angus blair is with the think

tank specializing in analysis of the middle east and north africa economies. he joins us via skype from the united kingdom. thanks very much for being with us. now, we have been calling quite frequently as many media has his ascension to power a coup but it was noted in the ceremony this morning that this was not the case and that he was simplysponding to the will of the people. it appears to be sort of rewriting of history. what do you think of it? >> i said a few weeks ago that what happened last summer came after a year of incompetent people making incompetent decisions. they were driving the economy in egypt into the ground. and i have to say there was enormous support for what happened last summer. and i think you have to try and gauge and recalibrate some of the points you make. clearly there are reasons why you make some of these points. but you have to recalibrate, i think, the discussion and debate

of what really happened in egypt in the summer and what's happening now. i think you have to give egypt a chance now with a new president to try to insert, re -- reset and calibrate and reset relations with other countries and try to get the company back to work to boost the economy and try to have open -- as open as possible parliament elections in about september of this year. >> one wonders how long egyptians are going to give the new president he will mvp sisi. they only gave morsi a year before they called for his ouster. >> english has been on a longer term revelation. any form of uncertainty induces economic problems. economic growth, it's around 1% growth, 2.6 per annum. economic growth now needs to go from around hist torque to about 6 or 7%. need to get it up now to about 8%. inflation is high, which is

acting like a tax on the poor. so there are very many structural issues on egypt that need to be addressed. there are some strengths. strong informal sector and the support it's receiving from the gulf. all of that liquidity is helping the economy keep going. but it's not enough. >> interesting naw mentioned the gulf. looking at where egypt is now reaching out to and, you know, we see saudi. we see the uae attending the ceremony. we don't see >> katrina hancock: doctor qa >> i didn't see the western ambassadors. i was under the impression they were going to go there. yes see any. trying to find out who that was. clearly, this is a new egypt. it will change relations. it's altering some relations. i look forward to the a quite natural partner in change. i think that will happen in time. i think there is enormous

sensitivity in egypt. it's a country where even select criticism is taken very seriously. i would like to see a more relaxed egypt on the diplomatic term and in terms of criticism. >> hopefully will happen before long under at presidential change and we will move on. i think clearly, the united arab emirates have been strong partners. the amount of capital they have provided to vary the economy is significant. i think there will be further investment flows of capital into egypt. there might be some preferential treatment for gce companies in some of the bidding for the larger infrastructure projects which will be announced, i would imagine. >> you did mentioned forms of dissent. we are dealing with a muslim crackdown against the muslim brotherhood and seeing our journalists in jail. do you think this crackdown will

continue i would like to see the president give amnesty to journalists in jail, peter greste saying bear with us. at that move, he wanted, i think, the release of the journalists. i think that i would like to see a softer egypt. it's a very heavy-handed state as you know. i would like to see a new egypt that had lighter touch with its citizens in dealing with criticism in at the started with am nesty of the journalists in jail. >> let's hope we see that. thank you for joining us from the u.k. al jazeera does continue to demand the release of its journalists detained in egypt.

three staff are accused and have been held for 162 days. on thursday, egyptian prosecute ordered demanded the maximum penalty for them, sense of years in jail for greste and seven years fo. >> another lawyer, an dull a el shamy has demanded an immediate release. he has been held without charges and has been on hunger strike for more than four months. he insists he won't break his fast until he is released. >> at least 12 people have been killed in two attacks in central iraq. five people have been killed in rocket fire in a busy marketplace in ramadi. hours later, seven soldiers died in a separate assault on a military convoy. ramadi and west only anbar province has been a focal point of rising sectarian violence in iraq. north of the capitol, dozens

have been killed in a series of suicide bombing targeting a kurdish party headquarters. a senior police officer and four bodyguards are amongst the dead. imran khan joins us from baghdad. this is the latest in a string of attacks around the country we have been seeing in the past few days. who is responsible? >> reporter: well, predominantly blamed on the islamic state of iraq. they vicinity claimed responsibility for any of these attacks, but the types of attacks we are seeing are typical of this group that is fighting both in iraq and in syria. there seems to have been a shift into iraq in recent days. >> could be to do with the leader of isl who has said he wants to take the fight to where it's needed the most. >> that's one of his more recent public pronouncements and what he means by that is the

sectarian nature of this conflict and putting it square lee into derack means he is trying to destabilize iraq. he said the shiia country here is a heretic state. it shouldn't economist. it is supported by iran that supports syria. >> that's where his thinking has come from. it is a very sectarian nature. the real problem is that we have seen this in iraq before. we are seeing the same kind of levels of violence that we saw in 2 o006. and that turned into a very bloody sectarian conflict that tore the country apart and killed hundreds of thousands of people. >> and imran, we are not hearing anything from the government. why is that? >>? >> there isn't an actual government of iraq. the elections took place on the april the 30th. they still are negotiating who is going to form the government. so there is no real government here in iraq. but the people that are in charge, the interim government,

the key political players, are more importantly prime minister nouri al malaki. he ran his election cam paper on security. his big message was, i am the only person that can bring security to iraq. the fact that he hasn't said anything in recent days has got very many iraqis worried who are like, well, look. we just don't know what's going on. also, if you watch state t.v. here, you might as well be watching state television in a different country. you just don't see the kind of news that's going on in the streets of iraq. >> that's really got people worried. they are just not sure what their government is doing. >> absolutely. imr imran thank for joining us. the very latest on from baghdad. libya's newly elected prime minister has promised to fight what he describes as a terrorism phenomenon. the country has been played with instability. there have been frequent could be frontations between riffle groups and stefanie dekker reports there are fears that libya is sliding into civil war.

>> tarik metri faces a challenge: out to get all sides to:come together and compromise. he has a plan. he is heading to the u.n. security counsel to ask for international backing? >> i want the endorsement of the international community because everybody i have talked to says if we are able to agree on a document, say, can the international community provide the guarantee that all parties will respect what they have agreed to will the international community be able to name, shame, and blame and put pressure and sanction? but he insists they must dialogue and without any foreign intervention? >> there is no force that can

impose its impose force. this is a problem that has to be dealt with politically no matter what they say. >> half a measure of influence over these armed groups. at least some of them. >> dimitri says he believes in all sides whether they are tribal leaders, to reach an agreement but he is realistic. >> i have no high expectations as thisr to what they may be capable. but there seems to be a minimal agreement that gives a signal that nothing is irreversible, that you can go out to a

protracted conflict. >> that is something that must be done soon. many will tell you libya is close to sliding into chaos and not far from becoming a failed state. stefanie dekker, tripoli. coming up here on the newshour, sand bags are the last defense for many in bangladesh where rising rivers are wabbing away people's lives plus terror. >> we are taking them into our hands, think outside the box and trying to do something to find this plane. >> frustrated relatives and passengers from the missing malaysia are launching a $5 million reward campaign. >> gabe real sando in sao paolo where a strike could mean chaos for ball fans trying to watch world cup matches here.

>> human rights groups say women held in government-run principleses in syria are being raped and tortured. many are too afraid to talk but zana hoda met some of the women who now live in turkey. >> it has been two years but hala says she can't forget watching government soldiers rape and kill four of her daughters. as she calls out the names of her children, the women here remember their own pain. merriam says she can't cope without taking sedatives. these syrian women were once prer principlesers, locked up, tortured and repeatly raped. >> yes, raped. they bring you to the commander's. they get drunk. they invite each other to take turns. what is it you want me to say?

tell me. there is no, sir worst and there are many women like me, just like my friends here. >> it is rare for women from conservative societies to speak openly about rape. shame is one reason. fear of being shunned by their own families is another. mariam's family disowned her. her husband left. she said she has been punished for a crime committed against her. these women now live in southern turkey and have decided to break silence since they have nothing more to loose. >> they took everything. they did it in front of my son. and now, he suffers psychological problems. >> noor was locked up in prison with his more. since the release, he barely speaks. he did watch his mother being raped. >> the prison guard came in the room. my son was on my lap. he pushed him away. my son was two years old.

a two-year-old local know how to look away and face the wall. >> iya is just as angry. part of that anger is because of how people have reacted. >> i was a virgin and i was in prison. i was 18 years old. a university student. my father left my mother because he was ashamed of me, and people were looking at me with disgust. >> these women want more victims to break their silence and come forward so that the extent of rape in the syrian war can be documented. and while they wait for justice, they hope for some compassion from an unfor giving society. southern turkey. >> at least 33 people have been killed in an attack in the democratic republic of congo. it happened late on friday in the miles per hour recall rich region of south kivo. mostly women. they were shot and burned. it was part of a dispute over cattle. from the eastern city of goma. >> what we are here something

that most who were killed were women praying in a church. their attackers surrounded the church and firing indiscriminately. some of the people were killed in their homes. now, the cause of this attack is not quite clear, but i have been talking to human rights groups there who are saying that this is a conflict, an ethnic con forklift between those who live there and farmers. this has been an ongoing conflict over land there. this is not the first time. about 14 people were killed. they are saying that this is politically motivated, that some politicians have been stoking ethnic tensions in that part of south kivu. but the police have told us that they are still investigating this incident. they do not know the cause and they have not made any arrests. united states government says nigeria must take the lead in the fight against boka haram. nigerian army says they are on the run. hundreds of nigerians have been

murdered northeast during the past two months. 270 school girls remain missing after being kidnapped in april. an american politician says support is being given to the nigerian government. >> nigeria, as a sovereign nation, must take the lead in combatting this violence. the united states government and others are all trying to play a very robust supportive role, especially through intelligence, i.e. ks when menaced us so terribly in iraq are also now being used with impunity by boka haram as or other means of killing and maiming. there have been reports of shelling in slovyansk in eastern ukraine. these pictures are said to be of the affected neighborhoods. human rights watch has called on the government to review its military operation in the east. it says mortars are being fired into populated areas. it's the first day at office

for ukraine's newly elected president. petro poroshenko is promising an end to the rebeb yon and offering immunity form some leaders. voting is underway in the kosovo. the prime minister is hoping his democratic party secures a third term in. the voters are angry at widespread poverty and corruption. war crimes investigation threatens the former comrades from the war with serbia in the late 1990s. a local leader from india's ruling bjp party has been killed in the state of budaparesh. two men were shot dead near the outskirts of new del lee on saturday. hundreds of demonstrators are demanding justice for his murder. >> gunmen in pakistan have am burden apply truck head today afghanistan. local media says the vehicle was

in southwestern bulutstan professor. no one has claimed responsibility. >> flash floods in northern afghanistan have killed at least 74 people with that number of dead expected to rise. and a report of thousands have been forced to leave their homes in the row mote district of badland province. >> reporter: trying to salvage what's left, these people's homes were badly damaged in flash floods after days of heavy rains. this is the worst affected area. governments as well as international aid agencies have struggled to get to the remote region. most of the surrounding roads and bridges have been washed away. >> so far, the reports we have show 74 people have been killed and their bodies have been handed over to their families. the search operation is continuing. hundreds of thousands have been completely destroyed. >> reporter: residents who have lost loved ones have begun

burying their bodies where they can find dry drown. all too often it's the most vulnerable who suffered the worst. >> themes were given first aid after their house collapsed. a government minister has promised to air lift them to a nearby hospital. many say they don't just want aid. they want their houses to be rebui rebuilt. >> i want president karzai to know that we don't just want food from his government. we want a house to live in. as citizens, we deserve us. don't just feed us for a few days and forget about us. give us homes. >> given the scale of the disaster, which has already badly affected at least four villages, it's unlikely that will happen any time soon. floods and landslides this time of year in afghanistan. but 2014 will be remembered as being particularly bad. over the past several months, thousands of people have been displaced and hundreds have lost their lives in natural disasters raising pointed questions about

the government ability to take care of those most at risk. al jazeera, kabul form, we are going to be staying with the wet weather. geming richard now on that. >> thanks, yes. pa parguay seeing wet wet. these pictures, this is along the paraguay river. it is at its highest 11 in something like 14 years. >> that's why we have had something like 70,000 people displaced across the area. the situation is often pretty bad at this time of year. if we have a look at the rainfall statistics, you can see how we have the peak that occurs during the course of april. but going a little bit further back in february, on just one day, they experienced 220 millimeters of rain. >> takes you to the top of that is that right. as you look at the satellite sequence, this weather front looking pretty active.

in brazil 140 millimeters in the space of 24 hours. it does look as though that weather front is beginning to weaken and slowly as it moves away, we should see some improvement. so there it is, you see, during the course. there is still some heavy rain affecting parts of paraguay into the brazl and the weather conditions in santiago, six degrees. it should be at least 14 degrees. you move from sunday through to monday, you can see the warmer air is returning back up to 17 in the sunshine. meanwhile, that weather front is just beginning to fragment. now, better weathers conditions and as we continue to move from monday towards tuesday. we are left with a few showers circulation indicating the high pressure now, still a front across rio de januaride janiero. theu showers towards venzuela,

ecuador and parts of colombia. >> thank you very much. the israeli and palestinian presidents are expected to meet at the vatican on sunday. pope francis has extended an invitation to them last month while he was in the middle east. it's a gesture he hopes will create a desire to restart the peace process. nick spicer joins us live from thet there. a big day ahead. what's the order of service? >> reporter: well, the president will arrive sxralt. they will be greeted by the pope. there will be religious figures from the three big religions represented here judaism, islam. pardon me. and christian it. there will be prayer. there will be music, the planting of an olive tree and a shaking of hands but nothing substantial as it were as regards the peace process. no talking about settlements, the right of return, the status

of jerusalem. nothing like that as the pope, himself, tweeted, prayer is powerful and the hope here is that bringing together the leaders of is real and pal decide where people will hope in peace again. it's key to point out the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu has not come. he is the actual decision maker when it comes otisisi side to pursuing peace. he is not here. a largely symbolic gesture here at the initiative of the pope. >> key that you mentioned, this is not a political move on the part of the pope. it is clear, isn't it, that he is willing to take some risks? >> i think it's part of his personality. he summarize many since his election last march with his statements on homosexuals, saying who am i to judge?

about the possibility of priests marrying saying it's not part of the catholic church's dogma and then this initiative that he came up with while on a tour of the holly land after visiting bethelehem, touching the separation barrier, he threw out the idea of the presidents coming to the vatican to pray for peace, and it should be said that his steps in the holy land were well received by the palestinians, the fact he we want into the west bank without going through israel first. we spoke with some palestinians here behind with me are waiting for the pope to come out and speak and they certainly saw a lot of reason to hope in his initiative even though they realized that it wasn't about to kick start the peace process, itself. >> okay, nick. many thanks for looking ahead at that big event that happens later in the vatican city. thanks very much. still to come here on this news hour, farc fighters accept for the first time columbians have died because of their

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