part of the. egypt says it's killed forty people in raids after that the attack on a tourist bus. this is. also coming out turkey's dozens of tanks to the border as competing forces that look to take control of the syrian city of miami beach. hoping her brother

died in vain the people pushing for change in the democratic republic of congo's election. and. the kids go to school. we meet a man who calls himself robin hood making a living from kenya illegal gun trade. so egypt's interior ministry says forty people it's calling terrorists have been killed in a gunfight following the attack on a tourist bus the roadside bomb attack happened on friday forces carried out raids on what's egypt's ministry of interior calls it terrorist hideouts they also found weapons and ammunition and has more. a burned out shell all the trimmings of a tour bus hit by a roadside bomb near cairo. we saw people carry the dead bodies some people brought the wounded inside an ambulance to take them to hospital and

residents of the area helped carry the injured all of them would tolerate fourteen vietnamese tourists were on board when the bomb exploded in a district close to the keys apparently it's here in new york about that sometimes attacks such as this one can of course it may even happen again in the future and it isn't a country in the world where we can say is one hundred percent safe tourists in egypt have been increasingly targeted as the government tries to suppress armed groups in the sinai peninsula tourism is key to egypt's struggling economy what you're doing is signaling to the egyptian regime that they're moving out of their own territory and now attacking the very primary source of income for many egyptians about thirty percent of the economy goes to tourism the remaining victims of the blast are being treated in hospital meanwhile investigators are trying to work out how a tourist bus could be bombed in egypt's heavily secured capital rob matheson al jazeera well as we've just been hearing egypt's economy relies heavily on tourism

it's worth billions of dollars each year the number of tourists fell from almost fifteen million in two thousand and ten to fewer than five and a half million in two thousand and sixteen the two thousand and eleven uprising led to political uncertainty which kept some visitors away the stabbing of two german women in two thousand and seventeen also had a direct effect on visitor numbers so if a comet is a senior fellow at the polls we can stoop for policy studies and he says the targets of this attack and the timing of it send a new message. they have done some things but i don't believe they are enough to really control the whole phenomenon of that article is very action usually from the egyptian government is against the order of is focused on the security dimension of the problem and also on the political dimension like political islam but they have some limitations in advising the ideological component even though president the

sisi himself at present several times but the alicia scholars are very reluctant. are very reluctant to take activist tapes to the weekend and defied this ideology correctly and without fighting the ideology all of the efforts you do will be in vain or will be not effective because their ideology can bring another case is for ever as long as you treat it is very significant because number one it occurred before the new year eve and this is very significant the obvious these are the kills of the terrorists wants to hit the economy hardly and this is the beginning of a change also for the target remember in the last a few couple of years there was not a single at back against the tourists for two years and the main mainly the attacks were again is the security forces and the military now they are shifting the target

so this is frightening by itself it's carrying a new message the u.n. says the fight is being redeployed inside the port city of her data as part of the u.n. sponsored deal between the two seats in the government signed in sweden all parties have agreed to begin opening up routes to allow aid through starting with the who to use on a road the u.n. special envoy for yemen has welcomed president decision to pay salaries for all civil servants in this. turkey has sent small than fifty times to its border with syria this comes as its foreign and defense ministers a judge to make their russian counterparts clarify the situation a member of the times were transported to a staging area in the senate province on the turkish side of the border with syria this shipment was accompanied by a police escort on friday the syrian army claimed it had entered an invitation from syrian kurds you fit a turkish. well it's one of the today who joins us from the turkish syrian border

and robert tell us more about the deployment of tanks and its potential implications. friend late on a friday turkey military sounding columns of tons across the border to judge up on those and saying that they were reading themselves on offensive on the city of mumbai which is currently under the control of the fights us all the upside that they were willing to go out as soon as city and government forces in the vicinity to protect them from the turkish offensive also reading themselves rebel groups who are allied to turkey the free syrian army saying that they were moving. and getting close all the input of question of these attacks of course the invitation to

by the y.p. deed to the city and government forces coming up at a time when they're feeling that they have been let down by the united states which is a nonstarter it will withdraw its two thousand or so forces who have been stationed in syria and all of that it's hot into of sorts all out offensive by the techie minutes three against the kurdish fighters who they view us terrorists and what about these talks it is taking place in moscow what to expect from them. well but a crucial loose talks are really key to what happens from here on in syria turkish diplomats and also defense officials in more schools with speak they are having talks with their russian counterparts been led by. the move the foreign minister of turkey also on the other side said the russian

foreign minister they will be discussing the nitty gritty of not only what happened in mumbai in the past twenty four hours by according to an official of the. the diplomats and cynthia defense officials will ensure absolute clarity on the talks between them he said will sink or nice expectations in what will happen from now all moods in the pot off city of course russia has always wanted president bashar assad to take over and tie attended to that is syria and for them they see the invitation by the cuts are some sort of i'll put it to give him up for told in the kurdish held part of syria which accounts for up to want to pass off syria so that might be some change of heart on the part of russia asking the turkish government to hold off on the beach offensive but turkey would need

assurances that the deal will be out of the question from now onwards or mohammed thanks very much indeed that's a picture from goes into from the to explore thanks a lot. it's been more unrest in eastern democratic republic of congo over the exclusion of three areas from sunday's election two people were killed during a workers' strike in the city of beni on friday and police fired tear gas to disperse positions supporters in goma one presidential kind of this is file the case at the supreme court seeking to reverse election commission's decision to delay voting until march to speak to a correspondent joins us from the congolese capital kinshasa and tell us more catherine about this decision to challenge the respondents of elections. nick i've just spoken to this presidential candidate that you mentioned in your

door calling to say that he is now waiting for the judges of the constitutional court to call him and the electoral commission to hear his case and to make a ruling. seven and seven bench the thing that he's expecting and he says that basically he is asking the constitutional court to compel the electoral commission to reach the end this decision is unconstitutional and the right. vote in those areas and we're talking about one point two million votes in a country where the wind picks it all in one round so he says that. they're going to be disenfranchised and. that those areas in a car you know opposition strongholds by a lot of people in this country really do not trust the legal system they say the judges are in cahoots the judge is basically saying to the tune of the government it's going to be interesting to see how this plays out to eat this if this thing is

going to happen if the ruling is going to be made and how and how that is going to affect the election on sunday and we've seen plenty of protests. what's the situation today. still very tense let's start with benny where we saw this running battles between police and protesters all day yesterday the roads we're told are still dead shops are closed and one of the people who was killed one of the two people who was killed when. the attack. the home of a police command up early to tell you did using tear gas and live collections while several other people were injured they have gunshot wounds we are also being told that. a red cross. was also and this is important

because the red cross is very instrumental in dealing with. in the in that area of helping out and things like that the health ministry is going to have a press conference later today just talking about the effects of what is happening in beni and how this affects. less situation in the country and how like it there who are working to deal with this situation in goma the capital city of north kivu it's quiet this morning we are told that all that was also running battles between police and protesters. opposition politicians there saying that if the electoral commission does not to send its decision then they will not go to the polls as well on sunday so here in kinshasa i remember on the day a coalition that is backing martin for you know one of the country's prominent presidential candidates called for a general strike but here in kinshasa it's business as usual many people that we

talk to nick saying that they cannot afford to have a day off they cannot afford not to come to work because they have to feed their families by their resolve a lot of anger not just by this decision by the electoral commission but then all the electoral process and many people i've talked. they really don't trust the. right what's the latest picture from. sawyer thanks very much indeed. catherine just mentioned the congolese government is accused of suppressing the political opposition reports now from can just. told us how her brother rossi was killed it was earlier this year he was at a protest calling for the already read you elections please stop the march that's normal here on the streets of kinshasa the capital of the democratic republic of congo and rossi was shot he died in hospital.

but marie says his ideas live on. we will not shut up because it's our country they have guns and they can kill but he said they can kill all eighty million of us they can even kill me but can they kill all congolese. reraise neighborhood clean most people up for this is similar story throughout most of hungary meanwhile. people make millions of dollars every year from the country's vast mineral wealth people say they want change rights groups say people really free to demand it when they are bar. cap jamba spent nearly forty years trying to challenge that he's a human rights lawyer. i assure you it can not be a free election because the regime is already used to courts to block some of its opponents and the electoral commission is clearly trying to give advantage to the

ruling party was has been violent on the campaign trail. this camera phone video please please pricking up a rally of opposition candidate martin for you lou activists say two people were killed more than. the ruling coalition's presidential candidate amazon a shadowy is on a european union sanctions list following filing crackdowns on protests the government denies orchestrating rights abuses and they suspended the use ambassador in respond if president joseph kabila told us the electoral process is sensitive so during an electoral process you have tensions the most important thing is to have the necessary police force that's well equipped in order to give that a given point in time we did not have that capacity but we've been building that capacity and there are

a hopes the election will change not just the leader but the whole system that's for her brother rossi for for but even if change comes he'll never see it. malcolm webb al-jazeera kinshasa in the democratic republic of congo. so i had hair and al-jazeera security stepped up ahead of bangladesh's general election campaign mobbed by violence. and israel's prime minister travels to south america to find a new ally. i once again while our tropical depression has made an impact zone in the philippines huge massive cloud now pushing across those central areas likely known as a man this but title that for a rightful title twenty four hours six hundred and twenty millimeters of freight

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going to. remind you of our top stories of egypt's interior ministry says forty five been killed in response to an attack on a tourist bus at least four people were killed. in the. border with syria the head of a high level meeting with russian officials to clarify the situation. on friday the syrian army said to the city near the border with forces on the ground with a speech in the claim. the united nations says. being redeployed in the first stage of a deal signed in sweden earlier this month humanitarian. and. bangladeshi security forces are on high alert today ahead of the general election campaign ended with more arrests and violence the main opposition bangladesh nationalist party says thousands of its activists have been detained since november the ruling

awami league change the vote will be free and fair. as the latest from dhaka. the city the capital city is very calm today many of the people actually went to their district town despotic places to cast their vote tomorrow it's a big day but there is a sense of fear and apprehension among the people we spoke in the straits many don't want to go to respective villages and places saying that things are not as we are alive there's been lot of violence if everybody goes and among the hundred in four million people who are eligible to vote things going to be different the ruling party for its blaming all the violence on the opposition the opposition we know from media reports as well as from rights bodies and civil society has come under attack repeatedly within the last two weeks making it difficult for them to campaign or publicize their candidates many at least eighteen candidates are

contesting from the prison many of them being confined to their home because they're scared to come out and campaign for their particular seats considering all day it's very critical for the population to actually go out and vote despite the fact there's about six hundred plows and security force and be deployed across the country many people are very apprehensive still if there's going to be a fair election tomorrow we'll see how people attendances tomorrow how they cast their vote and if they actually are fair and legitimate and that it's constitutions we'll see what the result comes out to be israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu who is in brazil and is proposing stronger ties in the far right president elect. in rio janeiro is the first visit by an israeli leader to the country there was no mention of brazil's anticipated leave of its embassy in israel from tel aviv to jerusalem. incoming brazilian president are

you bill so not a has been looking to strengthen ties with israel for some time and the visit on thursday by israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu in some ways to calm a nation of now this is not a small deal for israel the support of brazil remember that this is the biggest economy in south america the incoming brazilian president himself why has he done this it's certainly a break with previous administrations in the last few years in brazil now perhaps among the chief reasons is that of president trump and his administration in the united states table so not only has one seen him as a sort of kindred spirit that both right wing populists they both like to use social media rather than the press to get their message out and they both to cry what they would probably see as political correctness now obviously the united states has moved their embassy to jerusalem but something that in the past incoming

president also not of his own so to do and that sort of support will be very welcome to the israeli prime minister as you hear now. it's the first visit by an israeli prime minister to brazil ever he is. and it's hard to believe that the context for. you because. the brother. you mention is really. competitive the great question is what is the problem with. this is the problem this is a bit of a change to brazil the leftist of ministrations that have governed it for most of the twenty first century so far favored the two state solution and showed some support for palestine the country was formally recognized as a sovereign state in brazil in two thousand and ten and in many ways this is something that you will so now do as well would like to break with that past he'd

like to leave his own legacy and support for israel is part of that how is it going to affect him and certainly not all positively in the arab nations this isn't going to be a message it's going to be very well welcomed and brazil actually sells a lot of allow me and also check in to many of those countries so this is going to be something that's not going to be all positive for brazil we have to see how it plays out and how once he's president of the country that's going to happen on the first of january. looks to handle that relationship with israel and also with palestine. to the united states have been hit by a string whether canceling hundreds of flights and contributing to the deaths of at least three people the temperature has plummeted in the midwest states of minnesota and nebraska with snow up to thirty centimeters deep heavy rain is flooding streets homes and businesses in some southern states including north carolina and alabama

the severe conditions are expected to continue into the new year. a new ceasefire between russian backed separatists and government forces in eastern ukraine is due to begin on saturday this follows the construction of a border fence by russia sealing off crimea. reports. this border fence is meant to divide more than land the barrier built by russia separates an excuse me a from ukraine barbed wire and hundreds of sensors are now part of heightened security in the shadows of an ongoing conflict dollars u.s. on the phone with us this alarm system is a very reliable technical tool it's going to fix to really detect and stop attempts to violate the border of the state the sixty kilometer fence is built to deter would russia describes as sabotage groups along with illegal trafficking of weapons and drugs but critics say its main objective is not security it's more likely a propaganda move by russia to demonstrate strengthening security separating from

ukraine and to make sure that as they say infiltrated groups won't be able to cross the border in future i underline once again it's mere propaganda. a cease fire between russian backed separatist forces and ukraine a set to begin on saturday it's one of several cease fire says russia annexed crimea from ukraine in two thousand and fourteen against international law the un estimates more than ten thousand people have been killed in the conflict. french president a mineral mccrone and german chancellor angela merkel have welcomed the ceasefire they pledged to keep up pressure for the implementation of a two thousand and fifteen peace deal in eastern ukraine the french and german leaders also want russia to allow free passage of ships following recent tensions and both are calling for the release of ukrainian sailors hill for over a month after unable clashes with the russian coast guard vessel de before the upcoming holidays around new year and the orthodox christmas should be an occasion

for the parties to concentrate on the needs of the civil. population they have been suffering from the conflict and its consequences for far too long with the fence now complete many wonder if it will also be a barrier and ending russia's conflict with ukraine. look this with a yawn al-jazeera. the biggest national security threat facing one of africa's largest economies might just be its aim people the latest figures from the geneva based small arms survey showed three quarters of a million illegal small arms are in private kenyan hands while this month the government began a ninety day moratorium against prosecuting illegal gun owners to encourage them to surrender unlicensed weapons symbols ravi reports now from nairobi. kenya who live in this nairobi slum call it chocolate city named for the color of the rusted metal sheets used to build the homes. life here is hard it's where we met

a man who makes a living using a gun kind of afraid but he goes to bars hotels night clubs looking for easy prey and fast cash robbing the rich police would say he's a common criminal he calls himself robin hood and it for them a place the kids need to go to school and that. he says he's willing to surrender his guns but friends who did ended up dead a few days later for men like him it seems survival means having a gun i'm doing this for my kids not for me kids to do what i'm doing i'm doing this for me is for them to get a purpose because. to get jobs a little support so they can could be. in another house we need a mother who knows the consequences of gun violence all too well she says police shot her son richard in the back nearly a decade later she's still not sure what happened that day was saying that. you can never admit that your child does any wrong i remember him as a good hearted person he would come and hug me and he would see his dad and always

hug him and he would always give me my. and that's how the story ended. a victim of armed robbery herself she says the government program to surrender illegal firearms is a good idea but police should not shoot to kill. there are an estimated seven hundred fifty thousand rifles and pistols in private kenyan hands more than the police and army have combined mostly smuggled from somalia they're untraceable apart from gun crime the sheer number of guns is also a national security concern experts say it's like a public arsenal and anyone willing and able can secure arms relatively easily. away from towns and cities people need to keep their livestock safe from theft and their communities safe from tribal conflict. kenya's rural gun culture is more need based what you see. it is for the. government systems

a security forces. to protect themselves. most kenyans don't necessarily welcome firearms those who faced injustice political and economic exclusion or have been marginalized in some way say they need weapons to defend themselves because no one else will critics of the government plan say disarming kenyans means first addressing their security concerns and winning hearts and minds. all right let's have an update of the headlines here and egypt's interior ministry says forty fighters have been killed in response to an attack on a tourist bus. at least four people were killed near the gaze of parents on friday the government says raids but then carried out in the northern sinai it says the fighters were killed after a gun battle at three sites egyptian prime minister indicated the attack could not

have been prevented. sometimes attacks such as this one can of course it may even happen again in the future and it isn't a country in the world where we can say is one hundred percent safe that. turkey is sending tanks to its border off to the syrian government claimed it had taken control of management by the syrian army says it entered the city to request the cut is quite p.g. but forces on the ground are disputing the claim a high level meeting between the turkish and russian government is set to begin in moscow soon to clarify the situation how to date has more now from. well this is going to be decisive for anything happens from here on in turkey would be looking to see whether russia will give. the go ahead of course right now there has been fortunate. to get. in the kurdish controlled part of syria. territory of the

entire country the u.n. says it is it being redeployed inside the port city of her data as part of the u.n. sponsored deal between the in the government signed in sweden all parties have agreed to begin opening up routes to allow aid through starting with the. road security forces in bangladesh are on high alert head of the general election campaign ended with more arrests and violence the main opposition the bangladesh nationalist party says thousands of its activists have been detained since november israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu is in brazil and is promising stronger ties between the far right president elect. rio janeiro there was no mention of brazil's anticipated move of its embassy in israel to jerusalem. today with headlines got more news here on syria right after counting the cost.

the democratic republic of congo is finally heading to the polls to vote yes to the winner of the already controversial presidential election join us for special coverage of these elections. hello i'm sam is a than the welcome to counting the cost an al-jazeera your weekly look at the world of business and economics this week things to watch in two thousand and nineteen financial storms could be forming in the global economy find out why and where what's in store for economies and people living here in the old dependent middle east. plus a look at what economic collapse means for venezuelans in the new year.