the muslim brotherhood calls for an uprising after 13 of its members were killed by egyptian security forces. ♪ the call comes as egypt's president prepares to enact tough new security measures. hello there, i'm barbara sarah, you are watching al jazeera. tortured abused and recruited to fight, the shocking reality of life for syria's youngest war victims. $18.7 billion, bp reaches a record settlement for its gulf of mexico oil spill.

and guided by gps, the app that is helping blind people tackle hiking trails on their own. ♪ the muslim brotherhood is calling for an uprising in egypt after 13 of the group's leaders were killed during a raid by security forces. while the banned organization demands action. president sisi is poised to sign toughened anti-terrorism legislation. the new laws give prosecutors the right to wiretap and record private conversations held on the phone or online. anyone who leads, runs or gives money to a designated terrorist organization will face the death penalty or life in prison. all of those found guilty of promoting the use of violence through social media face five years behind bars and finally security forces will be exempt from legal repercussions for

their actions while enforcing the new law. our correspondent reports on the latest attack. >> reporter: as the dead were taken from this foring in cairo their families say their loved ones were killed in cold blood. they say they had been taken in to custody earlier in the day. >> translator: they fingerprinted them when they were alive. they were killed later. they were hit in the head chest, and side with multiple bullet bullets. >> reporter: the egyptian government say the were killed because they were fugitives plotting terror attacks. the muslim brotherhood denies the account, and says the leaders were members of a family support group. >> translator: i blame the killing on sisi and everyone who authorized and supported limb. i hope they taste the same by losing their loved ones. >> reporter: since the military cue -- queue, which toppled the

government two years ago, the muslim brotherhood was designated a terrorist organization. thousands of leaders, members, and supporters have been arrested jailed killed and sentenced to death. the government's intolerance is getting even harder. after the killing of egypt's top public prosecutor on monday the egyptian cabinet approved new laws to face what president sisi calls terrorism. various parties are blaming president sisi for the escalating violence meeting in istanbul, some opposition figures warned against pushing egypt towards civil war. >> translator: we must keep the revolution peaceful. this is what the regime wants, and we should expose it. >> reporter: one of egypt's

biggest security threats is in the sinai, a place the prime minister has said is in a state of war. groups such province of sinai, which has sworn allegiance to isil carried out a devastating attack on security forces on wednesday where more than 100 people were killed. the egyptian government has an ongoing operation in sinai. it has demolished hundreds of homes to create a buffer zone and to end weapons smuggling. this had added to claims from many residents that they are marge -- marginalized. meanwhile the egyptian army has launched air strikes against suspected fighters in the sinai peninsula. the military says at least 23 fighters have been killed on thursday. the sinai peninsula has been the

scene of intense fighting over the past couple of days after armed groups launched a coordinated attack on security services. ♪ the syrian observatory for human rights says more than 5,000 people were killed last month in syria. it's the second highest monthly toll since the war began. 1500 civilians are said to have been killed and around one in three were killed by air strikes. fighting has also intensified in dara where activists say dozens have been killed. and the united nations has revealed more evidence that children in syria are being sexually abused tortured, and forced to fight. and it says groups on both sides of the war are guilty. aern waing some viewers may find these images disturbing. [ sobbing ] >> reporter: this girl just lost

herb parents when a barrel bomb hit her house in aleppo. the united nations says many more like her are not only facing death, but also abuse and exploitation. it has verified that out of the 38 children detained by syrian authorities, nearly half of them were subjected to torture. and says the number could be much higher. it's also documented allegations of sexual violence against children by syrian government forces and pro-government groups, and some deliver children are targeted on purpose. >> most of the times they are targeted, on one hand of course because they are very vulnerable but on the other hand it is to fragment and destroy the society that has been the focus of the conflict. >> reporter: children are frequently arrested at check points and at schools, like this boy who was picked up for a profreedom song on his mobile. he is questioned and beaten

repeatedly. activists say this is a common practice in contested areas. the u.n. accuses progroment groups of recruiting children and using them as human shields. ♪ >> reporter: isil is believed to have child soldiers some as young as eight years old. it's abducted or imprisoned nearly 50 and uses them as suicide bombers and informants. it has established three child training camps and hundreds of boys are indoctrinated. rights groups say it is in violation of international humanitarian law. syrian children have also been forcefully taken to neighboring countrying. many are calling for ur ur -- urgent steps to stop the action. >> if they grow up in this

violence, the danger is this violence will spread out in many different contexts. if we don't act very quickly, those children cannot have a healthy life and they cannot become healthy adults both psychologically and physically. >> reporter: but there is nothing urgent about the syrian conflict, now in its fifth year where thousands of vulnerable children continue to bury their parents and lose their homes and schools. and children of course also affected in another conflict in the region. in yemen, the whoerld food program is warning that essential aid is not reaching southern yemen because of the deteriorating security situation in aden. the u.n. has raised the level of emergency to the highest level. our correspondent reports. >> reporter: as adults run for their lives, scattering from the fighting in an effort to survive, a child lying in the street is carried away.

this is aden now. one part junk yard one part graveyard, one of yemen's most beautiful cities is ravaged by war. it's people in desperate need of help. but the aid isn't getting in. >> in addition to the insecurities and the constant fighting that is happening on the ground we have attempted more than two or three times to send big ships carrying fuel and food to the port of aden but they -- the security situation in the port area itself have forced these ships to back off and return to international waters. >> reporter: while houthi fighters and supporters of president hadi exchange bullets and blame, medicine and neurorichment are in very sort supply. >> we don't know exactly what is happening when it comes to who

is attacking who. we know there are sounds of bullets and, you know, fire shots, and, you know, it is in the end the decision of the captain of the ship whether it is safe enough for the ship to dock. >> reporter: unicef the world food program, doctors would borders, the world health organization, and many more all are calling for a ceasefire, and demanding the creation of a humanitarian corridor. >> we appeal to all parties on the ground to allow this aid to pass to the people of yemen. many of them are severally food insecurity that means they are hungry. >> reporter: more than hungry yemen has one of the highest rates of malnutrition in the world. nearly 1 million children are severely mall nourished. in a country that depends on food imports, and where water was running out even before the war, the situation is beyond dire. last week the u.n. warned of a

possible famine in yemen, this week they declared a level 3 humanitarian emergency, the highest possible level. despite the pleas, more and more lifelines dry up every day, and things seem to change only for the worst. u.s. states on the shores of the gulf of mexico have reached an $18.7 billion settlement with bp over the 2010 deep water horizon oil spill. it's the largest settlement by a single company in u.s. history. al jazeera's andy gallagher is in miami for us. so what does this settlement mean for the states affected so badly by the oil spill, andy? >> reporter: remember this was an environmental disaster that president obama called the worst in this country's history.

not only did it decimate the fishing industry, it deeply affected the communities within those five it states businesses restaurants, tour ifrm, which many of these places depend on highly were all badly affected. this $18.7 billion settlement will spear head projects in various states like louisiana which was the worst affected for basically a cleanup operation. it was also compensate those businesses that were so badly affected. but remember the payments will be over the next 18 years. louisiana for instance will get about a half a billion dollars a year over the next 18 years, and remember they have serious problems with coastal erosion which in part has been blamed on oil exploration. the attorney general for louisiana said this is a defining moment for the families and communities in a place like louisiana. the question is how this money will be divided up and also this may not be then of bp's legal woes.

many opted out of that federal case and are pursuing individually their own cases. bp say this is the end of a chapter for them and they will defend those other cases vehemently. but i think for those communities along those coastlines, and i spent much of the summer of 2010 in those communities talking to the people affected it will help immensely, they were decimated by this oil spill. remember over 3 million barrels poured into the gulf of mexico while the president could only stand on the sidelines and wait for engineers to solve the problem. so it is the end of a long-protected battle for the federal states and for the u.s. justice department, and i think it will help those communities incredibly. >> andy gallagher from florida, one of the states affected by the oil spill, thank you.

still ahead greece's creditors say they won't continue talks until after the country's referendum. plus the attack that hit the heart of tunisia's biggest industry how the country is set to lose millions in tour ifrm.

♪ remininger of the top stories here on al jazeera. egypt's muslim brotherhood is calling for an uprising against the government after security forces killed 13 of the group's leaders in cairo. the u.n. has -- revealed new evidence that children in syria

are being abused tortured and forced to fight. and the british oil giant bp has agreed to pay $18.7 billion in damages for the gulf of mexico oil spill in 2010. let's get more now on the developments in egypt. joining us now in the studio is david hurst. let's start with happened in sinai yesterday, that violence which i have seen reports in some newspapers was the worst in 40 years. how much of a game changer will that level of violence be? >> it was a very very big attack. it was a concerted attack on a whole town which was seized. we got report from inside one of the police stations from an officer who said he could see the militants outside in a four by four. and this is obviously an incredibly coordinated attack on

15 check points highly armored. they had tanks, and they suppressed the tank fire and they held it for a number of hours. the egyptian authorities originally said 70 soldiers were killed and 38 militants. they now say 17 soldiers and four officers were killed. unfortunately i don't think one can really believe what they are saying. what is significant is the u.n. secretary general referred in his letter of condolences to 70 casualties so i think that's the figure one should go with. >> it has been interesting watching the response of this government, bearing in many mind this was kicked off by the killing of the chief prosecutor a few days ago. what impact will these new laws have on the pretty tense situation. >> we don't exactly know what the anti-terror laws are at the moment.

there are hints that it is summary justice. one wants to know why they need these laws in the first place, because they are dispensing summary judgment as it is as we saw with the killing of the muslim brotherhood leaders yesterday. they arrested them. processed them in a police cell because their fingers were -- they were fingerprinted, and then shot them dead. why would they need more laws if this is what they are doing anyway? however, what we are hearing is that they are going to dispense with the right of appeal and they are going to make egyptian justice more swift than it already is. >> president sisi took power on the promise of stability. and we certainly haven't gotten there yet. we are seeing violence in the sinai, a crackdown on the muslim brotherhood. they are saying they will fight back. is there a possibility now that egypt could implode and we would

see the same kind of violence perhaps that we see in syria? >> unfortunately, this is a very, very real possibility, and if sisi goes down this path and goes further and further into this cycle of violence, we could certainly see a serious scenario, and that would have a major impact on the whole region, because egypt is a country 90 million strong and half of it below the poverty line. it would have a huge impact on the region and the number of people taking boats to europe for instance. one cannot exaggerate how dangerous the situation is. >> david hurst, editor of the middle east [ inaudible ]. thank you so much. the european group says it will not hold further talks with the greek government until after the referendum on sunday. greek people will decide whether

or not to accept the taxes and cuts proposed by creditors. jonah hull reports. >> reporter: gasping for air, greece is being strangled by a standoff with international lenders that has forced the banks to close. in this economy no one is giving credit. cash is king and it's never been so scarce. there are lots of people here but few are buying. they can't afford to. >> translator: what do they want? why have they closed the banks? the banks should haven't closed because we're in europe. europe is one, and without greece there is no europe. >> reporter: day by day the news isn't good. the headline here they are talking about the possibility of depositor haircuts losing between 25 and 50% of the money

you hold in a bank. there is an apology on the editorial page that they are running out of paper to print on. could this be the answer to greece's problems. the country's first bitcoin machine. the vertical currency is being seen by some as a safe haven for their money out of the banks and beyond the reach of the country's creditors. >> translator: it's something very new in greece but i believe that because it exists and transactions are made all around the world, that is it something stable and it may catch on here. >> reporter: there may be less paper for newspapers, but there's paper enough for posters ahead of this weekend's referendum. no to more austerity, yes to a future free of bank queues inside the european union. at a bus stop there are angry words, the politicians are all

corrupt says this man, fascist shouts another. >> i have had enough. they are all dirty, all of them. >> reporter: particular anger is aimed at any politicians of the your row zone. he has drunk your blood for five years says this poster. the message on sunday for germany's finance minister could well be no more. and john sir rop louse is live for us in athens. lots at stake for greece but what is at stake for the prime minister himself? >> reporter: well i think mr. tsipras has a very difficult course either way. if there is the no vote that he wants, then presumably he will remain in power and resume his efforts to find some sort of solution with creditors. but those creditors have signalled that a no vote for them suggests that the greek

people do not want to remain within the euro zone and they have made it clear that a deal with this government simply may not be in the offing. if there is a yes vote then things are even more difficult for mr. tsipras, because he may in fact be forced to leave office. he may either be forced to resign from his position as prime minister and ask the opposition parties to join in a sort of national unity government that would then assume the negotiation, or he may have to call an election for an all together new government. >> john psaropoulos with the latest there from athens. thank you. eight suspects are in custody following the attack in tunisia that killed 38 people. as the u.k. repatriated more than 30 victims, tunisia

announced it detained seven men and one woman suspected to have direct links to the massacre on the beach last friday. isil has claimed responsibility for the attack carried out by the gunman who was shot dead by police. the investigation is allowing them to discover the network behind the operation, the government says. tunisia says it is increasing security at tourist destinations. the country now standings to lose millions because of the attack. >> reporter: more policemen and soldiers are expected to patrol tunisia's beaches. their task is to prevent attacks on tourists, like the one that killed 38 people in the coastal city of suse. but hotel owners and travel agents are already seeing what could be the long-term impact of

the attack. tourists have canceled their holiday plans, and those already in the country are cutting their stay short. >> translator: tourism will face a crisis following the attack on the hotel. tourist creates 20,000 job opportunities in suse alone. now they will suffer. >> reporter: the prime minister visited the island one of tow of -- tunisia's top tourist destinations. his top priority is to win trust. he has ordered the army to join the police in securing hotels and beaches. tourism generates almost $2 billion a year. >> the immediate impact will be strong. already after the bardo attacks, we saw a decline in tourism entries, tourists coming in tourism receipts by about 20%. we would reckon that another 30%

decline is likely. all together for the whole year in terms of revenues you could see minus 50% vis-a-vis 2014. >> reporter: that's about $1 billion in losses. tunisia is a poor country, but it's rich in culture rat sites and natural beauty. it relies heavily on its tourists. tunisians have been campaigning to reassure tourists that their country is a safe place to visit, but after the recent attack and here in tunis, that's becoming a difficult task. hashem ahelbarra al jazeera, tunis. new technology is opening up the countryside to visually impaired people. a phone app is using gps to act as the eyes for blind hikers. as caroline malone reports successful tests have already taken place.

>> reporter: a phone app is helping the visually impaired hikers navigate mountain trails on their own. audio from the app gives them specific directions so they can walk up and downhills, a new and exciting experience. >> translator: i have never done anything like this. it's a completely different experience. it's really -- the sensations are amazing. >> reporter: five people tested out the app. it's one of a number of phone apps on the market to help hikers follow trails or record routes. they use gps which bounces signals off of satellites in space to navigate on earth. it's the same technology many drivers use in their cars to work out where they are going. but it also use a system used on aircraft, it uses motion senators to calculate position by considering such things as air pressure which dictated

altitude, and takes gravity in to account, all while the phone is moving with the hiker. volunteers from the french hiking federation mapped obstacles on this route beforehand. some of the blind walkers needed help from those who have partial sight. the technology is going some way to giving them autonomy. >> translator: the goal is for them to decipher their environment with a cane and follow the hiking trail. the app helps guide them. >> reporter: it has already help runners such as this. last month he achieved a 26-kilometer trail run alongside athletes who can see normally. the next step is to work out the app without using gps.

>> amazing use of technology there. you can find out much more on that and everything else we have been covering on the program on our website. the address, you can see the website on your screen right now, aljazeera.com. it could be the largest settlement in american history, more than $18 billion for the bp oil spill. thousands evacuated in eastern tennessee after a train derails. it was carrying highly toxic materials. and an early morning false alarm at a naval yard in the nation's capitol. reports of shooter at any same base where there was a massacre two years ago. ♪