even though i can't see. >> tech know. >> we're here in the vortex. only on al jazeera america. >> al jazeera's abdullah al-shami is to be released after 130 days on hunger strike. >> egypt's public prosecutor has ordered his reason medical grounds but three al jazeera journalists remain in jail accused of supporting the muslim brotherhood. i'm felicity barr. also coming up, striking i.s.i.l. strong holds.

as they take another up to. al shabaab attacks in kenya again. russia cuts gas supplies to ukraine. and out of a coma but heading for rehab. former f.-1 driver michael sheu schumacher is released from hospital. abdullah al shami is being released on medical grounds. al shami has been on hunger strike for more than 130 days in protest against his detention. he along with three other al jazeera journalists are accused of supporting the muslim brotherhood. >> for 130 days he maind h maine

had done nothing wrong. imprisoned without any charges or court appearance. five months into his detention he wept on hung -- went on hunger strike. within four months he had lost almost a third of his body weight. >> despite authorities knowing this, i have been detained for 266 days without any charge and without committing any crime. >> just days after the leaked video was broadcast, al shami said he had been in solitary confinement. vomited and force-fed. he said, my hunger strike is their dao deep pain. when the court extended his detention last week his family

warned against his declining health. but he said woe not stop his hunger strike until he was freed. there are still three al jazeera journalists behind bars in egypt. correspondent peter greste, producerproducersproduce mohamer mohamed. the egyptian prosecution is asking for the maximum terms, seven years for peter greste and three years for baher mohamed and mohamed fahmy. al jazeera'al jazeera is continuing to call for their immediate release. al jazeera. >> north of the country as they continue to push towards the

capitol, baghdad. fighters for i.s.i.l, government insists it's still in the control of the area. i.s.i.l. want to create an independent islamic state that straddles iraq and syria. i.s.i.l. reported gains in tal afar iraq's second largest show despite staging a celebratary rally. government jets starting locations where i.s.i.l. are the thought to be active or making advances. they include strong hoats in hoe mosul. pictures from the capitol

baghdad. imran khan sent this report. >> reporter: iraq's second biggest city, some residents stay it's safer than before. -- say it's safer than before. >> translator: if i say the situation in mosul are more stable than our will, you won't believe me. now we don't hear explosions, now that the mu ya muj muja had. >> both the deposit and the rebels can make claims that cannot be verified. and without any verification the battle for information control. cockpit video shows them hitterring a variety of targets across northern iraq.

>> iraqi security forces were able to kill 56 terrorists and maim 21 others in the past 24 hours. >> members of islamic state of iraq and the levant released these pictures that they say show, government confirm their authenticity. are iraq finds itself not only in a shooting war but a media war as well and that's got some in baghdad concerned. >> the security situation is deteriorating and people in baghdad are bewildered and are monitoring every single development. people are ready to volunteer. we're ready to go and fight in mosul andit and tikrit.

>> there is a massive security presence in the city. despite that in the last 24 hours there has been a number of attacks and many people fear more to come. imran khan, baghdad. >> emma, bring us up to date with as you understand it, the latest on the ground particularly in the disputed area of tal afar. >> yes, well, the rebels say they control more than 95% of tal afar. source he there say they found at least 24 bodies killed in a prison in tal afar, when the rebels allegedly broke into a prison they found those bodies, people basically were killed.

now, the government will dispute all of this, and they say that the entire town of tal afar is under the government's control and that more army reenforcements are arriving. now the spokesperson for commander in chief here in baghdad did say that there's a media war, some media outlets are spreading rumors to harm -- to damage the morale rather of the iraqi army. he now said that the number of fighters killed in fighting in differently areas of iraq stands at 150 people and he did give the names of the areas. but looking at the names of the areas, the geography of all of this really shows you how widespread is it. he says in the north of the country and the east of the country, in the west of the

country and in the south of what is called with the so-called baghdad belt, surrounding baghdad, also medical sources in the city of samara say that at least 20 bodies from the iraqi security forces have arrived in the hospital in samara, so violent day in iraq, felicity. >> thank you, omar. that is in northern iraq. >> the fall of tal afar is a strategic gain for the sunni rebels and ohuge loss for the central government. but it translates to more people on the move in the country. most of these have arrived from tal afar, they tell you how they crossed the desert walking.

maybe to move further on. but the pressure is too much for kurdish authorities here and they have to make choices at this point. a lot of people are waiting and wondering. but this at the moment is the only safe area for them. the kurdish region has been spared of the sectarianism that has been raging throughout the country for a decade now, and has been intensified at unprecedented levels. here can you go in whether you are sunni or shia but the wait at the moment is long and all over the borders of the kurdish region people arriving from tikrit, or wherever there is a fight, it is a huge crisis. >> the united nations mission to the country, it says will relocate 58 of its baghdad staff. announcement was made a little bit earlier. >> i can say over the coming days u.n. staff in baghdad are

being located temporarily to other areas as a precautionary measure. 58 have been moved from baghdad to aman k jordan. some other relocation may take place in other places, in the next few days. >> willing to talk about the u unstable situation. u.s. secretary of state john kerry says any conversation with iran ask on a, quote, step by step basis. >> if iran is prepared to do something that is going to respect the integrity and sovereignty of iraq and the ability of the government to reform. >> can you see cooperating with iran militarily? >> at this moment i think we need to go step by step and see what in fact might be a reality.

but i wouldn't rule out anything that would be constructive to providing real stability, a respect for the constitution, a respect for election process and a respect for the ability of the rake people to form a government that represents all of the interests of iraq. >> s lego more on this, al jazeera live in washington, d.c. shihab, given what john kerry has to say does this mean that the u.s. is any closer to taking any sort of action over the situation in iraq? >> no. it is very much a restatement of what we've been hearing over the last few days from the administration, yes, obama -- looking at a rage of options but there needs to be political stability within baghdad. this week negotiations are beginning with iran in vienna, and whether there will be some sort of consultation between

u.n. officials to talk about the nuclear programs but on the sidelines u.s. officials saying there could be some sort of meeting. the other statement he made about military cooperation, not ruling out military cooperation, that's been walked out a bit. pentagon came out with a statement, there is absolutely no intention, to plans to coordinate between the u.s. and iran. and u.s. spok spokesman said, nt military cooperation. political cooperation. that's been walked back since john kerry made it to the yahoo internet site. >> i guess it shows the pressure the u.s. government as a whole is under, about the situation in iraq, pressure on all sides. >> there is a tradition john kerry giving interviews and

walked back statements by the pentagon. in the administration, i mean we get these leaks every now and then but there seems toob concerted effort, as any kind of price for u.s. military action. there is also the case that ufs military action is not necessarily an answer. it could make any chance of political reconciliation even more difficult as the u.s. is killing sunni civilians at the behest of al-maliki. >> still to come. southern italians demand action over the boat loads of arriving immigrants from north africa. >> thailand's unrest.

>> and the world cup. but first at least 49 people have been killed in a coastal town in kenya. after gunmen opened fire on hotels and government buildings. the somalia based group al shabaab has claimed responsibility. a washing you might -- a warnings you might find some of the pictures disturbing. >> reporter: shot indiscriminately, including at soccer fans who gathered to watch a world cup match. targeted a bank and police station. >> 50 of them, they were insurgents, i heard that they were batted down the events. they might have escaped into the forest. >> it happened close to the

border of somalia. government blaming somalia al shabaab for the attacks. still seen smoldering. also a very clear sense of confusion and bewilderment among people. how is it that the gun battles raged for hours, uninterrupted, no one being arrested. >> i would like to bring to the attention of the country that security has been beefed across the country. taking cognizance of the high temp political temperatures. >> this is the worst attack since the siege on nairobi's west gait mall i -- weathering l

in september. >> government helicopters have been accused of dropping barrel bombs. activists say at least 31 people have been killed including several children. more palestinians continue to be arrested by israeli soldiers who are servin serve -- searching fr teenagers. since they disappeared on thursday. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu has asked to help find them. israeli soldiers are expanding door to door searches in hebron.

>> reporter: the palestinian family that live in this house said, the israeli soldiers came at 9:30, and they came and the entire family were here which included a lot of children. the eldest son of the family was arrested and then they searched the entire house. there's hardly a room in this house that hasn't been turned update dine -- upside down like this children's bedroom. soldiers ended up taking home mobile phones as well as laptops. every ever since the israeli teenagers were taken thursday evening they've doing such arrests across the west bank. families have had their homes raided like this and it is unlikely that those arrests will abate any time soon, until the israelis take some sort of answer who took the teenagers and what they want.

>> russia is turning up the heat in ukraine by turning off the gas. fuel supply talks brokered by the european union has broken down. russia is suing kyiv for what it says is billions of dollars of unpaid gas bills. kim vanel says it is being condemned as a political move. >> reporter: russia's gazprom and ukraine's navta haven't come to agreement and it's time too stabilize the country. >> it is absolutely clear yesterday's behavior of gazprom is part of a plan that start ed with the annexation of crimea. now it's gas congregation and

economic pressure on our country. kyiv crield cried foul, calling it political pay back after street protest in february out offed viktor yanukovych. but ukraine owes $4.5 billion in unpaid bills. said now in future, has to be paid with cash. >> from 10:00 in the morning moscow town, gas ukraine receives gas according to the paid volume. as of now, the prepayments for june were not paid. on all of the graphs we see zeros. so today nafta gas receives gas according to the paid volumes. >> kyiv says it has enough gas in storage to last until december, but there could be shocialgs in the coldest winter

months. appliance like this could be seen, russian gas to europe, in fact around othird of the eu a.m.'s gas supplies come from russia and from that, around shafhalf is pumped from ukraines pipes. 2009 after a similar spat and should be quickly solved. >> i think they will manage to negotiate and find some compromise. maybe trillion not satisfy everyone but at least there will be some common agreement. they are obliged to find some but you can't do without gas about. >> translator: gas is good but they use it as a political tool. it's not acceptable. >> reporter: moscow says it is

reald ready to return to the negotiating table but only when ukraine pays its debt in full. the debt toll continues to rise. finding a compromise could be difficult. kim vanel, al jazeera, donetske. tenfold increase in the first half of 2013. as claudio levanga reports. >> reporter: for the people of catania, this is the normal source of anxiety, monday morning saw mt. etna spewing out ash and lava, but now another source of worry and this one comes from the sea. this far right party marched through the city asking for an end to immigration after more

than 50,000 people from africa and the middle east reached the coast of sicily since the beginning of the year. a small group, perhaps, but their sentiment shared by many >> translator: there are too many migrants on the streets. they get drunk right on the street. it's absurd. >> translator: i feel for them but i can't take the bread out of my children's mouth. my children come first then them. >> translator: the government abandoned us. they pocketed the money and left them in the streets. >> reporter: the people in catanya, with thousands mors expected to come, they say they're tired to wait for the government to do something about it and some of them have taken the law into their own hands.

>> laur peter lives in the city center. residency committee to push authorities to clear up the area. >> translator: many of these migrants live and sleep right under my house. they bring prostitution and get into fights. catania is a beautiful city but we're losing our sense of safety. >> reporter: not everyone is weary of migrants at this bar. africans and sicilians play together right here. claudio lavanga, al jazeera, catania. >> follows a crack down on undocumented migrants by the military which seized power last month. veronica pedrosa reports.

>> more than 100,000 getting out of thailand with whatever they can carry. cambodian workers say they are afraid they will be harassed or acting for the military. relations between thailand and cambodia has always been complicated, that's the reason why so many people are trying to leave so quickly here. migrants are taking here to be registered. thailand's economy relies on are casual workers, millions from myanmar and fewer from laos. against that background, mao didn't want take any changes. even though he's worked in thailand for seven years and his

employer asked him to stay. the thai military and foreign affairs ministry, friends and family. remember, speaking against the military rurals is expressly -- rulers is expressly forebidden. >> translator: i will get back to ca cambodia, i'm scared i wot be able to get back home. >> reporter: coping with the unprecedented numbers returning home here. >> many, many people coming here and we don't have the protect, we don't have the people for organize for issue of them. >> reporter: the next leg of mao's journey home is being provided by an international sal agency. it is a free ride, and mao is ambitious for his son. >> i want that he won't have a

difficult life like i do. >> reporter: for migrants it's their hope for a better deal for next generation. veronica pedrosa, on the thai-cambodian border. >> still to come on the program. why coal is on the center of the chinese visit to the u.k. plus. >> in the flourishing valley, be removed from these pristine forests. >> and in fort meyer, nba governance comes to an end as the san antonio spurs are crowned champions.

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should juvenile killers serve life without parole? >> the didn't even ask for the money they just shot him. >> horrendous crimes committed by kids. >> i think that at sixteen it's a little too early to write him off for life. >> should they be locked away for good? >> he had a tough upbringing but he still had to have known right from wrong. >> hello again, felicity barr with a reminder of the headlines. abdullah al shami has been on a

hunger strike for nearly five months in protest, egypt has releareleased him on medical gr. u.s. secretary of state has said washington is considering launching air strikes and may cooperate with iran. 42 have been killed in a coastal town in kenya, somalia group al shabaab has claimed responsibility. let's return to our top story, the release of algerian journalist abdullah al shami. his three colleagues have been retained. al jazeera rejects charges against them and demanding their immediate release. erica wood is more.

>> peter greste, baher mohamed and mohamed fahmy stand in the courtroom in a cage. the egyptian prosecution has asked for the maximum sentences. that means greste could get seven years in prison while fahmi and model could get 15 years. >> a rapist or murderer has a television and four hours of outdoor time. we are locked up all day, this is unbelievable. >> they are accused of supporting the outlawed muslim brotherhood. al jazeera rejects all charges and since arrested in december the 29th has repeatedly demand he their release. >> we feel the court is fond believe that our defendants are innocent on all the charges they are accused of.

they have not done anything they should be facing trial for. i believe the court will acquit them. >> we have to be optimistic because we have to maintain hope if we lose hope there's nothing to hold onto. >> on the trial on sunday the defense lawyers issued a final plea, saying this is not a trial for these defendants alone but a trial of all journalists. since the overthrow of mohamed morsi last year, many which are detained without expharnlg. without charge. the former military chief abdel fatah al-sisi has been elected president. >> joining me in the studio is

an analyst, at the center for arab and israeli. >> the idea of u.s. and iran cooperating on anything seems very strange to journalists around the world, who have talked about the problems between these two countries before. what sort of cooperation between the two could there be, do you think? >> take note of the fact that since mr. maliki have been in power, they have been in support of him. one area of agreement, support of mr. maliki. now that mr. maliki's government is in trouble and his authority is being challenged of course it is not unusual to expect both iran and the united states to want to look for ways of trying to support that, and to proch thapropthat situation up. >> are their goals entirely in common about what they want for

iraq, do you think? >> i think that, there are obvious differences in the since that you know the iranian government is of course very much interested in the dominance of the shias and the shia party in iraq. the ruths wants the maliki government to essentially open up to remove some of the restrictions it has placed over the years on other minorities. the sunnies in particular and to make life a little bit more tolerable for others. and in fact if you look at secretary of state's kerry's statement last night, you know because you have to notice that as much as this may seem like an emergency no one is witnessing a great rush ton part of the united states to jump in. so they are making their support or want to make their support contingent to the maliki government observing certain criterias which the americans feel they have not observed over

the years. >> how does this all play with the iranian public who are used of course to see the united states as an enemy? the idea that ar rouhani and the u.s. might act in cooperation? how would that go down? >> the majority of the iranian people wand the government to normalize their position with the outside world and particularly in the united states. happy about the fact that the negotiations over the nuclear file is proceeding. at the same time, you know, there is this possibility that if, for example, these negotiations which are supposed to reach their fruition on the 20th of july, if they do not, by some chance, you know, reach there final agreement, and these negotiations will need to become extended, then there is this hope that the fact that there is cooperation between iran and the

united states over iraq, that this may impel radical forces in the united states not to pressure president obama for new sanction he on iran which would allow this process of normalization to continue. so there is more than just the iraq issue involved, in terms ever overall iran-u.s. relations and how that path needs to be sort of taken in the coming months. >> yes, otherwise a very complex, complicated situation, thank you for your time and analysis. >> thank you. >> now chinese premier has begun a three day visit to the u.k. trip expected to see almost $30 billion in deals being signed between the two countries. as china's involvement in the u.k.'s energy and nuclear power industry deepens. lee power takes a look.

>> reporter: it is clear the u.k. has begun to understand how better to operate. the ground for this visit was laid last december when david cameron visited president li. what beijing wanted was the british politicians to acknowledge their place in the world. >> translator: both china and the u.k. should have mutual respect and treat each other as equal and respect the core of each other. make sure the bilateral relations develop towards the right direction. >> reporter: which is easy to read as please can you please stop visiting the dalai lama if your economy is so desperate for our help. as recently as 2008 when the beijing olympics took place, reminding their obligation under human rights obligations.

2008, was the year the financial crisis began and it turned out the chinese economy was far better protected than that of the u.k. this visit just six years later provides some pretty quick evidence of exactly how quickly the balance of power has shifted. the consequence is that beijing can insert itself in a debate why heathrow should have another runway. partially owned by chinas wealth fund. financial services industry which will be where china will launch its currency onto international trading floors. >> it needs that expertise. it doesn't understand how currency is traded, its currency is largely restricted from open competition or open markets. so it needs our expertise which clearly is a good thing for

britain. >> reporter: the coming days is proof that britain is open for business yet china now seems to regard the u.k. as less significant than france or germany whose exports are prized by china's middle classes. the big challenge is russia's $400 billion gas deal with china makes this visit look pretty small in comparison. lawrence lee, al jazeera, london. >> the court has sentenced three people to death after an attack in tienanmen square last year. five other men have been given jail sentences. adrian brown has more from beijing. >> what alarmed people at the time was this. it was the first time that really, beijing had ever experienced urban terrorism,

then there was an attack outside a railway station where 29 people were stabbed to death, a an attacking blamed on wegers, car bombing where 39 people were killed. that attack happened at a market at the center of the city. now ever since then there has been an intensive crack downed, their worry is that the war is spreading into other parts of china. >> to australia now where 600 year trees are being at risk of cut down. andrew thomas reports on the island on what's being dubbed the forest wars. >> reporter: they reach for sky. growing straight up. some are as much as 80 meters

tall and 4 to 600 years old. right now, the trees of tasman tasmania's florentine valley cannot be logged. >> added these tall trees to the world heritage. >> that listing by unesco. jobs are at risk. this guitar made of wood from tasmanian native trees sells for $5,000. a cabinet like this can sell for $30,000. >> being able to say, this is made of bird april eye human pine with black wood in it. you can only get that in taz tasmania, has the corner stone of our industry. >> reporter: late last year, australia's government changed to one that environmentalists say are holding back the economy. say these forests aren't of

world heritage value. that's outraged some environmentalists. they thought they had won the latest battle in tasmania's forest wars which date back decades, including some protesters living in trees for months. >> this has been protected for all of humanity and added to our protection area and has undo that listing so it can be logged. >> some people in specialized timber industries though think the original process to extend the heritage area was flawed but so-called independent experts had uncovered links to forest groups and no attention was paid to the cultural value of what they do. >> these products grow in these forests, we can't harvest them where they don't grow. >> the quality of what's listed, world heritage is normally pris the teen. this is -- pristine.

it's pretty unprecedented for a country to ask for a delisting of one of its world heritage excites. unesco will have to decide whether to delist and allow for the log of some of these giant trees. andrew thomas, al jazeera in the forest areas of tasmania. >> the ape whose borrowed blood is behind the biologist of the captive gorillas plus: >> how far the sport of football has come in the u.s.

>> hello again. a zoo in chicago has developed groundbreaking preventative medicine for captive gorillas by creating a blood bank that can now perform transfusions to save lives. john hendren reports on this medical advancement for the great ape. >> reporter: meetd meet quan, a pioneer in medical science. in 2005, another gorilla was dying, and needed transfusion. it almost worked, mombali almost died. the blood was a match. , advanced science throughout the age. why not? >> i would like dr. katherine

williams, we went into this. did we know quan's blood type? she was like no. we could have sedated him and he could not have been a match. has this not happened before? she says i've been through many transfusion he. we're like we should do this. she says you want to do this? i'm like yeah, let's do this. >> reporter: so they contacted zoos all over the world. glbl i think lives are definitely being assisted and in some case ves been saved because the intervention is common, a much more timely event, has allowed people to not just think of transfusion well, if we get to that in the end, now it can be looked at as a preventative measure. >> the trick was to get hundreds of great apes to submit to blood-typing. it turns out it's no trick at

all. gorillas are willing to help. >> the trick of presenting a treat, that trick could in one time help the life of another ape. >> when one ape passes, it's very tragic, they do become part of your family. you see them you know, more -- sometimes more than you see your regular family. >> reporter: for the closest relative to man, a little preventive medicine seems the least we could do. john hendren, al jazeera, are chicago. >> time to duet the very latest world cup news. >> comfortable win over portugal

in group g. being held down in the penalty area, forward thomas step up to make it 1-nil to the three time world champions. center max hamils made it 1-2. ppepe lost his head, just before the break and the striker completed his hat-trick. give germany the 4-nil win and the firm grip on the group. lee, it was quite a surprise, wasn't expected to be a one-sided match. what happened to portugal? >> what an absolute terrible opening game for the world cup for portugal, a team that relied so much on ren a renaldo.

to actually be at the sharpest. they took full advantage of portugal just not being there, and not being anywhere neer near their best. hat-trick, and just so frustrating for them and now they're in a really vulnerable position in the group, not knowing where reynaldo will get back. >> the african champions should win this shouldn't they? >> really interesting to see what we get from nigeria in this match. i saw them play really well against germany in a friendly match. analyzing how they play, they've

got the ability to score goals with flair and creativity. you wonder how their defense can score sometimes. this is the perfect opening game for them, putting pressure in bosnia in the group. you can't write off what iran has to offer. so experienced and technically in top of his game. the nigeriaian coach, this has been such an unpredictable world cup. yu they are are nigerian champions. >> lee, thank you very much for that. it's been 20 years since the united states hosted the world cup but the sport of soccer is still raging its battle to compete with the nation's biggest sports. being ratings are at the record levels, not all fans are supporting the u.s. team. andy gallagher has more from

miami. >> reporter: who else but an avid lifelong football fan would go through this much effort for world cup? determined it seems to make up for lost time. >> i just live for it now. this is you know a whole month of a lot of ups and sometimes some downs. but it's all good in between. and bring on world cup. we're ready. >> all right! >> reporter: it's been 20 years since the u.s. hosted the world cup. the sport still needs more supporters like jillene and her husband john. the presence of david beckham and his plans for u.s. soccer have lend. >> all the colors, people representing the places they're from and one unifying event.

>> everyone ask cheering for their country and kind of yeunts them. . >> despite passion for the world cup, doesn't get kind of attention that basketball or baseball does. but the beautiful game is nowhere near challenging the status quo. former player turned commentator ray hudson has been involved in football for over three decades. he's seen this sport mature. but it's years before it will hit the big time. >> certainly not done with one sweep of market or one world cup even in victory. i would suspect that that wouldn't even shift the needle to being a soccer nation, a football nation.

>> reporter: many here refer to football as the sleeping giant. it has grown in plair popularith some but has remained on the fringes. football could have a chance in the u.s. >> the u.s. team are taking on ghana, in team match later on. andy gallagher joins me. are people in the u.s. watching the world cup, and also curious, is president obama watching the world cup? >> well, i believe so. and if you'd joined us about an hour ago you would have seen just how packed this bar when the germany portugal game was on. let's get into perspective here. during the american football finals known as the super bowl, the televised audience was over 100 million. and four years ago, the bormd

was about 20 -- the world cup was about 20 million. certainly nothing to shine away from. but david beckham is starting a team in miami. younger audiences as the demographic changes, there is a growing popularity, of football, known here as as soccer. many think of the game as something slow where the teams can be zero, zero at the end and not very exciting. but certainly given the time difference, the games are playing perfect times for american audiences the big networks will be watching just how many people will be tuning in. certainly they've made it very accessible and pouring in plenty of time into the world cup this year. >> reporter: andy gallagher. thank you.

each year at 15:40 gmt. spokesman for michael schumacher says he is no longer in a coma from a skiing accident in france. he has 37th grenoble hospital into a specialized clinic. schumacher is being treated for severe brain injuries. san antonio spurs are the new nba champions, after gaining the victory over the miami heat. it was the visitors of texas that took the first quarter lead but san antonio returned to their dominant best. eventually ran out 104 to 87 winners to take the series, fifth overall championship.

martin kaymer has won the u.s. open championship. finish at the u.s. open, final round one-under 69, ensuring his second major victory on u.s. soil after claiming the pga championship in 2010. that's all, handing back to felicity. >> thanks very much. you can check out all the sporting news as well as the news over on our website, usual address for you is aljazeera.com. the imminent release of the al jazeera correspondent abdullah alshami from an jeentia egyptia.

i'll be back with more news. bye-bye. bye-bye.

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