7:00 a.m. until then, go out and have a great day. we'll see you tomorrow morning. >> hello and welcome to the news hour in doha with the top stories on al jazeera. hostages flee an egyptian airplane and cypress brings a highjacking situation to a peaceful end. pakistan said hundreds of people have been arrested following a security crackdown a the bombing of a park in lahore. the f.b.i. says its retrieved data from the san bernardino gunman's iphone despite apple's releasal that

help. y former cuba leader fidel castro wasn't happy with president obama's visit to cuba. the highjacking having an egypt airplane to cypress in over. the flight was on its way from alexandria to cairo carrying 56 passengers. it was diverted after a man threatened crew onboard. the plane remained at the airport for several hours until all the hostages were released or managed to escape. the highjacker motives remain unclear. gerald tan reports. >> hours after the crisis began, the final few hostages are seen exiting the highjacked plane. one dramatically escaped through the cockpit window. everybody else used the mobile stairs. they were escorted off the tarmac by police. the highjacker he is believed to

be among them. the peaceful resolution was announced. >> all the passengers along with the crew were released. they are now safe and sound. this is what we worked on at any cost from the very beginning. the highjacking cannot be branded as an act of terrorism. all facts are being analyzed by forensic experts. the highjacker is now in police custody. egypt air flight 181 was flying from alexandria to cairo when it was diverted to cypress. the highjacker claimed he was wearing an explosive belt. security teams could not verify this but treated it as a credible threat. >> this is striking at the heart of the whole system of aviation security. faith in the security system has been destroyed. the regime we're in now is that anybody, if there is no faith in security, anybody can make such a claim in the future and the

captain will do what he's told. >> egypt's government says details of the investigation will be released in due course. for in our, it's marking a small victory, the release of everyone onboard, egypt air flight 181. gerald tan, al jazeera. >> zeina hodor has been monitoring the situation from the greek city. zeina, tell us whether we have anymore clarity on what his motivations were. >> well, no, doreen, we do not. hours of negotiations, a seven hour standoff, a peaceful resolution to the crisis, the highjacker surrendering, he is now in custody, undoubtedly being questioned by sip press authorities. cypress authorities saying that he's an unstable man. we understand his name is seif,

eldin, mustafa. earlier he was identified with a name of a person that was a apparently on the flight. there were no explosives on the plane. the man was not carrying any explosives, but they are searching the aircraft as we speak, so really a lot of questions. early are we heard reports that every requested political asylum that he requested to speak to his former wife, a greek woman from cyprus. these are all unconfirmed reports. we are waiting for cypress and egyptian authorities to give more on what happened. >> cypress authorities seem to be quite sure that his motivations were personal, rather than idollical. >> well, yes, the president

himself said that this is not a terrorist act, and this man has personal motives, it is not a political matter. an egyptian foreign ministry official saying that he's not a terrorist, but an idiot but at the end of the day, you know, a lot of questions need to be answered. first of all, if he did have any type of explosives onboard, how did he manage to bring them onboard. that that raises questions about the security at alexandria airport. like i mentioned, cypress officials say he was not carrying explosives and how did he bluff people onboard. was he wearing a jacket and tell them i'm ready to blow up the plane. if he manage to enter the cock pit, did he talk to the pilot himself? we do know there was an air marshal onboard, because according to the egyptian transportation minister, the air marshal was among the seven people who remained on that plane before the whole crisis was over.

what did the air marshal do, so still questions on aviation security even though they are not linking this man to terrorism. >> you watched the whole thing unfold over the past couple of hours. we saw these dramatic pictures of passengers walking off the plane and then there was that one passenger that actually climbed out of the window. i believe we're showing them on our screens right now. just talk us through how it finally all came to an end. >> well, after that plane was diverted to cypress, authorities closed the airport and started to negotiate with the highjacker. not long later, he did allow women and children to leave the plane. the minority of the people were freed, which really was in one way or another a positive sign that maybe this man was ready to negotiate. then, the reports started to emerge from cyprus state

television that he was demanding political asylum, to speak to his wife and his wife went to the airport and participated in negotiations. cypress officials say that this man is unstable. unstable or not, undoubtedly there was a scare when there were reports that a plane has been highjacked, being diverted to cypress. people thought this was yet another terrorist attack just days after brussels airport was targeted by a number of suicide bombers. you see how people are jittery and scared. the lax security, as well, many questions were raised about egypt's security at the airport. a russian plane blew up in midair after taking off from sharm el-sheikh airport in egypt. authorities believe this man had a personal motive, was unstable, but a scare for the passengers onboard, a seven hour standoff ending peacefully, no one was hurt. >> we're going to be talking a lot about security with my guest

coming up in just a few moments. let me finally scum. i understand that the investigation is still going on, so you may not know the answer to this, but do we know what is happening to the hostage taker himself at this point? is he being sent back to egypt? we understand at some point he was asking for asylum. >> well, he was escorted by security forces. he did surrender. what we understand from cypress state television is that he actually left the plane holding his hands up in the air. their commandos did not storm the plane to arrest him. he left the plane out of his own free will, so, yes, they are questioning him now and yes, if he is asking for political asylum, at the end of the day, this man highjacked and aircraft. it is hard to see how he will be granted political asylum and not end up in prison. there was a scare and cypress

officials say he wasn't watering weapons, but we still do not know that for sure. the man is being questioned. we understand there is an extradition treaty. will he be extra dated to cypress? all these questions, we are going to have to wait to see what the officials tell you also about the ongoing investigations. >> thank you very much for giving you guess that update. let's cross over to london and bring in the security analyst at the royal united services. good to have you with us on the news hour. as our reporter was saying, egypt will have to answer a lot of security questions at this point. what are they going to have to answer to? >> well, i think the first question is whether that suicide vest was a real explosive vest. if that's the case, then how did it manage to get past the security checks to get onboard the aircraft. it's particularly an important question given that this individual seems to be of a

slightly disturbed mind and not the sort of intelligent and rational actor that is terrorists are, so if he can get part security collection, then anybody can. of course, we must understand at this stage, there is no evidence to suggest that it was in fact a genuine vest, although the authorities in the aircraft and on the ground were very right to treatise at such until they could prove otherwise. >> are you confident that egypt is going to be able to deal with this issue in the way that you would like to see them deal with it? >> well, i would hope so. it does seem like a relatively uncomplicated investigation and of course the preliminary investigation will be carried out by the cypress government because they have the aircraft, they have the crew, they have the passengers and they have the hostage taker himself, so they will be able to pin down an answer to most of these

questions. the only thing i think the egyptian government will need possibly to do is to ensure the cypress government that the hostage taker, if he is extra dated, will be treated in accordance with international law, norms of law. egypt sadly has a reputation for mistreatment of prisoners, and certainly recently its judicial system has not followed the procedures that one would expect in international law, so for those reasons, it may have a problem in regaining control of the hostage, which understandably it would want to, and take the individual to a court of law and have him street fairly and justly under law. >> how much coordination would there have been between egypt on cypress as this whole situation unfolded? >> it seems to me that a great

deal of coordination has taken place. you mustn't forget while we're talking about possible problems that this in many ways is a textbook outcome. we have an aircraft that is undamaged. we have people that are unharmed, both passengers and their crew and even the hostage taker has given himself up peacefully, so this is the ultimate outcome that any highjacking situation aims to achieve, and all of this appears to have happened as a result of very effective coordination between the egyptian and cypress government as far as we can tell, and evidence suggests to me that even when the aircraft was in the air on its way to cypress, the negotiation probably had begun, certainly it seems that the highjacker was identified. his friends and family were identified, and a lot of things were put in place so that when the aircraft landed, the process could continue, and so not

unsurprisingly, only a matter of hours after the aircraft landed did we get the news that the -- most of the passengers had been allowed off. this whole process of negotiation coordination does appear that have worked really well in this case. >> thank you for speaking to us on the news hour. much more to come, including a rare court case in israel where a soldier is being investigated for the killing of a palestinian man. thailand's military government said its new draft constitution will return the country to democracy. france prepares to return to their national stadium for the first time since the paris attacks. we'll have all the details coming up in sport. first, police in pakistan arrested hundreds of suspects over sunday's suicide bombing in

lahore. the arrests come a tape after the army launched a military crackdown with the prime promising to stamp out such attacks. more than 70 people were killed, nearly half of them were children. >> security in the capitol islamabad remains tight with thousands of protestors camped outside parliament. they are angry about last month's execution of the security guard. he was hanged for killing the govern which punjab who criticized the countries blasphemy laws. we are joined by imran kahn from islamabad. let me ask you about the arrests we understand have been made, hundreds of suggestion expects over that suicide bombing that we saw ham in lahore. how much power is now being given to the military? >> they are very separate question.

first, a crackdown on militant groups within the last 24 hours, authorities say they arrested at least 5,000 people. the vast majority were let go, but authorities are hanging on to about 250 people for further investigation. they say that this wasn't a direct result of the lahore bombings, that this was an intelligence led operation that had been ongoing for months but did speed up after that attack took place in a park in lahore. now as fart military, the military has been given sweeping powers for a voluntary electric time now in terms of gathering people up, in terms of intelligence gathering and in terms of arrests, as well. also what we're seeing here in islamabad is the gearing up, the army's gearing up to go into parliament, which is just behind me, where the protestors are. it is a twofold plan by the government. one is to just contain the protestors and hope they leave of their own free will. they are not allowing water or food to go into that area and are hoping to literally starve them out under protest.

if they remain, then there is a plan for the army to go into that, but that is something they want to avoid, they want to avoid scenes of clashes outside parliament. give us an idea of who these protestors are and the numbers. we understand at one point, there were a couple of thousand, but that seemed to swindle down. what does it look like now? >> well, let's just take this chronologically. when this protest started, there were at least 20,000 people that turned up and marched towards parliament and sat in. in the last days, that number has significantly dwindled. it's very difficult to get an accurate number, but taking a look at the protestors, probably around 1500 hard core protestors are left. what are they pro testing? they have several demands. the leaders say that they want a change in the blasphemy laws. they want the killer to become a martyr, to be officially

recognized as a martyr. they want his prison cell turned into a national monument. they want anybody accused of blasphemy to be executed. it's unlikely that the government will accept any of these demands, but this is what they want. really, the people that we're seeing here come from the poorest sectors of pakistani society. they're the guys that really don't have jobs and they are all men. if they do have jobs, they are among some of the lowest paying in the country and spend time between the religious schools and their homes and have been manipulated by religious leaders into believing that their religious leaders have a way for them. it's much more about politics. the leaders of these hard line religious groups are using the number of people they can get into action, get on the streets to get their voice heard and now their voices being heard all across pakistan. the syrian army is continuing its offensive against isil after recapturing palmyra

sunday. fighting is reportedly taking place around isil held towns to the city's northeast and the twist with that the army with him use palmyra's launch pad to expand operations against isil and cut supply routes. it retook the city after days of fighting backed by russian airstrikes. >> an israel soldier is appearing in court. that's where he's being investigated for murder. the case involves two palestinian men who stabbed and injured an israeli soldier. stephanie decker joining us from jerusalem. this court case very much on going, what's the latest? there's been two hours. the video shows severe violations of military rules engagement and conduct and also saying that the testimony from officers who were interviewed as a process of this investigation contradiction what the soldier says happened.

the defense of the soldier, we heard from hayes lawyer is that he say the palestinian move. he was concerned that he was holding wearing explosive that he was trying to detonate. again, we've heard from the army saying after an investigation they looked at that video, saying that it didn't seem that he followed procedure for something like that, because you see soldiers milling around. it's caused huge controversy here in israel. parliament saying this is a soldier gone wrong, he is not a hero. we have protestors around court, hundreds of people demanding that the soldier be released, controversial video taken by a resident, a hebron palestinian man, this is what he had to say to us in hebron. >> he takes us through the sequence of events that he captured on camera. it starts moments after two palestinians had been shot after

stabbing an israeli soldier. one is killed instantly, be the 21-year-old is injured and laying on the ground. fast forward and a second soldier appears to be talking to a settler here in the back of the frame. he then makes his way to a colleague. they appear to have a conversation. the soldier cocks his weapon and five minutes later shoots him in the head, instantly killing him. >> i'm still taken by surprise by the shooting. i've taken hundreds of videos, documenting incidents, and this one is the most violent. >> he lives in hebron surrounds by settlers. his home has been fire bombed, now being fixed and his front door has been shot at. he said every member of his family has been hurt or harassed in an attempt to get them to leave their home. now a new threat after the publication of his video. he says documenting life under israeli occupation in hebron is what his struggle is about.

>> i hope this video will reduce the scope of violence between the israelis and the palestinians. i hope the peace will prevail. she wants her younger brothers to get out of the living room. the soldier is asking about our car parked outside. he does not want us to be here. >> it's a closed military zone. he tells us if we don't leave, we will be arrested. it seems since the video was published, the army doesn't want anyone here. the israeli soldier who shot sharif is being investigated for murder, which is rare. it has led to an outcry among israeli society who hold the army in high regard. the u.n. special coordinator for the middle east peace process that condemned what he called an extra judicial execution, call it immoral and unjust.

pictures a recent poll of social media say ate% of postings concerning this supports the soldier. people very angry, a lot of people serve in the army as sons, people, daughters of people, it's mandatory, of course very different message you'll get from the palestinians who tell you that the men and woman who carry out these attacks are desperate as a result of decades of occupation. this man stabbed a soldier. he was slightly injured. he was at a checkpoint in an occupied city, a very different narrative, different language investigated for murder and we should know in the next hour or two whether he will be released or extended as this investigation goes on. >> stephanie decker reporting from jerusalem, thank you. the f.b.i. says it has managed to crack the security protocols on the iphone that belonged to one of the san bernardino shooters. apple and the f.b.i. had gone to court because apple said it couldn't crack the phone without

writing new software. we have this report. >> the apple brand is bruised. its star product, the i-phone has long been promoted as impregnable until now. the fib said it succeeded in unlocking a device and apple responded with a statement saying we will continue to help law enforcement with their investigations, as we have done all along, and we will continue to cells the security of our product as the threats and attacks on our data become more frequent and sophisticated. for months, the u.s. justice department has demanded that apple unlock data encrypted by the iphone of the gunman. the case is being dropped and the f.b.i. issued a statement saying the f.b.i. cannot comment on the technical steps taken to obtain the contents of the

county issued iphone, but i'm satisfied that we have access to more answers than we did before and that the investigation process is moving forward. the case has gripped the technology industry and civil liberties watch dogs concerned about what kind of precedent is being set. >> a lot of other country that is have similar desires to access information with broad sweep, we're looking at outcome of this case to say if the united states had set a standard at which they intend to gain access to information, maybe we'll do the same thing, so there's a large reverb reaction possible from not only this case but similar cases going forward. >> the dispute over one i-phone may have been be involved but the conversation about privacy and digital security is far from it. the overall question is how much right law enforcement has to personal information. al jazeera. cuba's former leader fidel castro has written a letter critical of the u.s. president barack obama following his visit

to havana last week, rejecting obama's offers of help for his country, castro wrote we don't need the empire to give us any presents. he led 1959-2006 when he handed over the reins to his brother, raul. >> fidel castro's letter entitled brother obama shouldn't really come as that much of a surprise. it is a true reflection of the divisions, the contributions within the communist party between the old guard and those hoop want change. who believe the country needs to open up more, particularly economically. fidel castro went over and over to say we don't need anything from the so-called empire, the word evil is sort of presumed. we don't need presents from the empire. his brother thanked president

obama for having eased the u.s. economic embargo as much as he can to allow for more trade, more commerce, more exchange between the united states and cuba. there is a contradiction there, and what really this means, i think is that he believes like others on the island that this new, kinder, gentler version of u.s. policy toward cuba is really an attempt to undermine the country's one party political state and its communist system. another reason of course, with this letter might be the fact that fidel castro didn't meet with obama when the president was there. he is the only president who visited the island and hasn't paid his respects to the so-called leader of revolution, so that certainly must have bothered him. the arctic sea levels are at a record low. the national snow and ice data center say average sea ice coffer was the lowest since

records began in 1979. we will have news of snow and ice for north america. >> we've got the snow and ice which has come back across the mountain space of the u.s. restruggling for spring to break in here, take a look at the satellite. you can see this massive cloud right over the mountain states where we are still seeing a wintery mix of weather. we'd like to see spring sunshine, of course. this area of low pressure has been producing fair amounts of snow. reno, nevada has seen around about, we'll get around to snow, 15 centimeters of snow over the last 24 hours or so. it has noticeably caused chaos on the roads, causing whiteout conditions for some. the snow is continuing and is going to become more expansive going through the next few hours or so.

it gradually makes it way further eastward through the pair recent. expect to see a more wintery weather coming here. notice behind me, this massive rain pushing to eastern parts of the accident into louisiana, affected parts, of course. that is a problem. two separate areas, at least at the moment. if you go on into thursday, they do join together somewhat. very heavy snowfall, rain right up the appalachian chain. that could lead to severe storms as we head toward the latter part of this week with violent winds and possibly tornadoes. still to come on the news hour, japan allows new soldiers to fight overseas for the first time since world war ii. donald trump reveals more details about his foreign policy. a shock at the miami open involving the world's best tennis player. we have the details later in

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the top stories on the al jazeera news hour, the highjacking of an egypt airplane taken to cypress is over. all remaining hostages escaped or were released unharmed. the highjacker has been arrested. the president of cypress say it was not a terrorist act. pakistan arrested hundreds of suspects following sunday's suicide blast in lahore. seventy people died, nearly half children. an jail soldier is appearing

in court where he's being investigated for the murder of an injured palestinian man. the incident happened in hebron in the occupied west bank last week. holland's new constitution is an unusual job for military reservists. a roadmap may return the country to democracy. 2014 was the 13th successful coup in thailand and if voted in will be the nation's 20t 20th constitution. some feel this version is

designed to further entrench the existing power brokers. >> they try to strengthen that one power more compared to the last constitution, and then that's why they try to enhance on some letters. >> he added those in control want to get further away from elections. the draft constitution calls for the entire 200 member upper house to be appointed by a committee. previously, they were voted into office through general elections. >> for centuries, agriculture has been a large part of tie culture, and it plays a big role in politics. here in the pine apple hard land, some admit they really don't understand what's in this draft constitution, nor what they'll be voting on in a few months time. >> he has been working in this field for 40 years. he'd like a return to a civilian

government. >> i am concerned, as i don't know anything about this draft charter. honestly, i don't like the military. i wish you could be freer like other countries. >> some thighs who need stability to make a living are happy with the military government's draft constitution. >> we can see that the old charter couldn't solve problems we have in our country but cause more cob applicants. >> the government roadmap puts a general election on the cool in mid 2017. there's been no indication that would happen if there's a bump in that road and the public turns down the draft constitution. scott heidler, al jazeera. the senior researcher on thailand at human rights watch said the new constitution gives the military even more power. >> it is clear that the draft

constitution is not giving any convincing promise that the junta is going to return democratic rule to the country but rather a prolonged military control. the constitution guarantee that that will be blanket for the generals what they did, what they're doing and what they will do. the senate which is going to provide guidance to the elected parliament amounted elected government is going to be hand-picked by the junta with the generals themselves sitting on top of the senate. that will make electoral promises by each political party meaningless and when they are sitting in the parliament, sitting in the government, they still have to listen to those selected by the junta, what is the point of having an election anyway. the climate leading up to the constitution referendum is it truly controlled by the military junta. there is no political debate

about the pro and con of the constitution. it is clear that what the generals want is a one sided referendum, only voices in favor of the constitution is going to be allowed to expression why those opposed, the constitution will be sent to military lockup, where we chart with serious offenses. this is the climate that is clearly against any democratic exercise, any attempt to make the referendum credible free and fair. >> new laws allowing japanese soldiers to fight overseas for the first time since world war ii have come into force. there's been widespread opposition to the changes. rob mcbride has the latest from tokyo. >> they have been protesting outside the japanese parliament every month since the new laws were passed last september. protestors were back again to witness the laws coming into force.

japan, they say, is turning its back on the pacifism it has followed for 70 years since the world of world war ii. >> japan took pride in not waging war. now we have last our cause and have become a nation that will fight wars. >> i cannot predict this. this has been forced through by unjust means and there is no way i can accept it. >> these new laws are seen as a victory for the ruling conservative coalition and it's prime minister. he wants to see japan soldiers have a more assertive role enoverseas peacekeeping missions and to be allowed to fight alongside their american allies in joint operations. he may have won this political battle, but these opponents are promising to fight back. >> new challenges are planned in the japanese parliament, and in the courts. his critics say abey's reinterpretation of japan's constitution which renounces

militarism is illegal. they believe he now intends to change the constitution itself. >> he got the order wrong. he undermined the constitution and is now trying to change it to make new laws constitutional. that's not what a politician of a law abiding nation would do. that's the behavior of an autocrat. >> with the new laws come the problem of just when and how japanese troops should now be used overseas and what the reaction will be from japan's neighbors given the increased tensions that already exist with north korea's weapons testing and china's own military expansion. for many in japan, the real problem will come if the lives of japanese soldiers are lost on foreign soil as a result of this change. a national trauma only previous generations endured. rob mcbride, al jazeera, tokyo. >> the world health organization is urging china to strengthen

its vaccine security. it comes after $48 million worth of illegal vaccines were sold on to hospitals and medical centers. we have the latest from beijing. >> when news of a scandal involving the illegal sales of vaccines in china broke, people were worried and angry. the case involved concerns over food and drug safety, something long an issue in china. police said the vaccines were all made by license the producers. because they were not stored properly, their effectiveness could have been compromised. to reassure paris, health officials in china and even the world health organization i should statements saying the vaccines are unlikely to cause adverse toxic effect. the world health organization said the greater danger is in losing confidence by parents and

not getting their children vaccinated. >> the vaccines that are in the private sector need to be managed, stored, handled, distributed and used in accordance with recognized standards. >> it says vaccines in china are inherently safe, but the regulations ons sales of vaccines in the private market need to be tightened. >> colombia's president santos has demanded farc rebels set a deadline to disarm. the two sides are negotiating in cuba to end 50 years of armed conflict. they missed a march 23 deadline to reach a deal. santos insists the rebels must give up arms before transitioning into a political party. >> the government demands a clear date in the disarmament pros, under no circumstances can that date remain open. >> donald trump has begun to

flesh out his foreign policy. he said he'd cut oil purchases from saudi arabia and may scrap a long standing security pact with japan. allen fisher reports. >> from the first moments of his campaign. >> i will build a great great wall on our southern be border and i will have mexico pay for that wall, mark my words. >> donald trump has talked about how he will change u.s. relations with the rest of the world. he started to give a little more detail how foreign policy would look under president trump. in an interview with the new york tiles, he revealed he would renegotiate a long standing security pact with japan, sake the u.s. needs better terms. he would cult oil from saudi arabia forcing it to deal with isil and would be open to allowing japan and south korea to develop nuclear weapons and

would withdraw troops from both if they didn't pay more. >> he very much seems to have not even a cost benefit nationals towards federal policies. he seems to have a win-lose approach to foreign policy, that is if to say, if america wins, somebody else has to lose and if somebody else wins, america is losing. that's concerning when we talk about international cooperation on any issue. >> trump sees unpredictability as a strength and his stance challenges recent republican party thinking. >> the united nations is not a friend of democracy. it's not a friend to freedom. it's not a friend even to the united states of america where as you know, it has its home. >> he has tapped into the raw emotions of the american public. >> he has been skillful in

tapping into certain emotions and sentiments when it comes to the american public and foreign policies. how many average american voters really going to know the nuances of the islamic state, not necessarily but they're very concerned about terrorism, they're very afraid. we've seen anxiety spiked levels highest since 9/11. when it comes to tapping into that emotion, he's very smart. >> when asked who his top advisor is, he has replied several times, well, it's me. alan fisher, al jazeera, washington. >> investigators are trying to work out how millions of dollars stolen from the u.s. federal reserve ended up in the philippines. hackers took the money from the bangladeshi government accounts earlier this month opinion hearings are being held in the philippines to find out what happened. we have a report from manila.

>> philippine senators believe this man has all the answers. >> i've been accused of many things recently and i'm here to tell the truth. >> kim wong is a chinese national raised in the philippines. he's been bringing gamblers into the country since 2005. he sat in front of politicians to explain himself. investigators believe kim knows how millions of dollars were stolen from the bangladeshi government accounts in new york. he admits handling the money after it was transferred to the philippines. he has named two others he alleges are the real culprits. >> chinese nationals are big players. they are the ones behind the scam. >> it began last month when hackers tried to steal nearly $1 billion. they managed to penetrate the security protocols of the bangladesh government account at the federal reserve bank in new york. they managed to steal nearly ate $1 million and investigators say $21 million of that can be traced to kim.

the stolen money was wired to the commercial banking corps or the rcbc in the philippines. it was then transferred to various local casinos. a weak financial system in the philippines may have left the banking system own to money laundering. the director of one of the countries largest remittance companies said banks and wire transfer companies are not at liberty to disclose details without a court order. >> the state bank of bangladesh has launched an inquiry into how its security failed. the rcbc bank changed internal procedures and fired two senior taff. this is a complicate financial scandal that covers three continents. they don't have all the answers

yet. >> the philippines is not the biggest economy in asia pacific but has seen steady growth and increased foreign in v in recent years. the authorities would like that to continue. countries accused of money laundering can be blacklisted on the international money market. a case like this could damage the reputation of the philippines and give cause to potential investors to reconsider future plans. al jazeera, manila. >> still to come on the program: we'll tell you how islamic mysticism is making a comeback in somalia. we have a report from mogadishu. in sport, a busy day of qualifiers in asia as teams bid to reach the 2018 cup in russia. come the action, coming up in just a moment.

to somalia, where as al shabab fighters come back. with security improving in parts of the country, they are again free to practice their faith. we have this report from mogadishu. >> they are raising their voices once again and want to be heard in mogadishu. they had been driven underground, their leaders killed or driven out of the country, their shrines destroyed. even the dead were not spared,

graves were did he say created in southern sow male i can't in the last decade. there's been a series of bomb attacks recently, but in general, there is agreement the security situation is improving. the mystics are increasingly being seen in public. >> the war in somalia affected us. there are men who everybody knows who they are, they kill the people and did he also created the graves of the dead once. thanks to god's mercy, they are not here today. we have existed before any group in somalia and will remain here. >> al shabab fighting to throw over the government deems them a legitimate target for attacks. while al shabab control large parts of mogadishu, their areas remained empty. >> the youth must follow the

correct path. they should return to their mosques and support their religion. >> it might take more than a call to fill this mosque. >> religious schools are slowing filling up. this has more than 130 students. the teacher can't accept anymore children because it's so popular. all they want now is to be left in peace and return to their own ways of practicing islam.

al jazeera, somalia. now time for sport. here's raul. >> football first. the france national team will play its first game sings the paris attacks last night. they play russia later on tuesday. the stadium was the target of three saturday bombers who blew themselves up outside the grounds during the attacks across the city, which killed 130 people. extra security measures have been put in place for the team's return, but the country keen to show it can protect fans as it hosts in june. fans are eager to return to put last month's events behind them. >> yes, it's important, because it's our stadium, but i will not forget, nobody will forget. before i have only the memories. today, it's not just happiness, but one has to remember the positive things hoping that what

happened will never happen again. >> meanwhile, french president francois hollande has said that going ahead with later this year is his country's way to respond to the terrorists. >> it is a great event, because this is a sports challenge. we want to make ate cultural, socioeconomic and in certain manner a political challenge in the best sense of the word. it is a challenge of gathering of unity, respect, tolerance and also find in the context we live in, an answer to hate and horror. >> jonathan, let me take you back to that night in november,le friendly between france and germany. can you give us an idea in the stadium when it became clear what was going on outside? >> as i remember. it took in my the second blast for people to realizes that something outside the stadium

was perhaps awry. it went until half time that news filled in that something more sinister was happening on the other side of the city and as the second half got underway, more and more journalists started to find out more details about what was happening. it became clear that quite a few people in the stadium didn't know what was happening in the city, and also that the players on the pitch didn't know, either, so the second half was played in a very eerie atmosphere. by the end of the game, people weren't even focused on the football, it was more on what was happening elsewhere. >> you're bog to the match tonight. it's going to be a very emotional night for those involved, especially the french players. >> yeah, absolutely. you know, i think people are expecting it to be, you know, quite a somber afar in many ways, but also very emotional, as well. as you said, it's going to be

the first game since the paris attacks. obviously these events that happened in november can't be forgotten, but the team has to move forward and the captain echoed those sentiments. it's going to be interesting to see how the team deals with it when they step back out on to the pitch for the first time since that game against germany back in november. >> just quickly, we are also probably going to get an idea of the level of security that we can expect at euro 26. with the extra security in place for the game tonight. >> absolutely. i also think that we should remember that on the day of the game against germany in november, there was a bombing on the germany team hotel, because the security was already raised, i think we will see a similar level to what we saw on novembe.

>> ok, jonathan, thanks for your thoughts. we'll have to leave it there nor now,. another country dealing with the fallout from a terror attack, belgium, of course, play portugal. they've had to move the friendly from brussels to the portuguese city following the bombings last week in the belgian capital. now the egyptian interior ministry will loup 40,000 fans to attend the national team's crucial africa cup of nations qualifier against nigeria and alexandria on tuesday. the matches in the country are usually played behind closed doors because of the crowd trouble that's plagued egyptian football over the last four years. an official ban was posed back in february, 2012 because of this, the port saeed massacre that resulted in the deaths of 74 fans. as a result, the egyptian league was suspended but did resume a year later.

matches were still largely played in empty stadiums. then the league was suspended once again in february of that year. this is when 22 supporters were killed. the season did resume just over a month later. >> asian champions australia have topped their world cup qualifying group as they continue their bid to reach the 2018 finals in russia. taking on jordan on tuesday in sydney, jordan flashed bangladesh 8-0 in their last qualifier. this game proved to be a bit of a reality check. two goals from want captain helping them win 5-1. jordan can console themselves with the goal of the night. australia now progresses to the third and final phase of asian qualifying. to contradict now. pakistan's head coach has begged

forgiveness from his country's fans after their group exit from the world 2020. the 2009 champions won one game and crucially lost to india, new zealand and australia. in the others, the former fast baller has offered to resign. >> i apologize to the whole nation and to those who were at the airport at the time of our arrival. literally, i clasp move hands and ask for forgiveness, the way we performed, it should not be like this. i apologize to the nation's mothers and to my own mother for the results. it's been seven months since serena williams won a tournamented. that title drought won't be ending this week. she lost in three sets two

svetlana. this will be the third time she hasn't reached a quarter final here since 2000. and di murray was derailed on monday. the two time champion was knocked out in the third round, falling in three sets. the los angeles clippers won their third game in a row, beating the boston celtics 114 oh 90, deandre jordan supreme court 15 points and got three rebounds. there was a worrying moment when paul pierce fell, hurting his ankle and knee. he didn't return to the game. chris paul got a double-double with 13 points and 14 assists. ending a four game-winning streak for the celtics, the clippers have already qualified for the playoffs. i'll have more later. thank you very much. thanks for watching. we'll be back in a moment. we'll have more news coming your way. just stay with us.

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