reducing iran's military power through these sanctions you yourselves know that we produce missiles and weapons that are far beyond your imagination forces loyal to maybe an all out highly for have to have carried out another airstrike this time targeting the disused airport on the southern outskirts of tripoli another as strike hit the functioning airport in another part of the capital on monday fighting continues between have ties to observe and the un backed government's forces we want to bring you now some live pictures from washington d.c. where the u.s. president donald trump is meeting egypt's. abdel-fattah sisi the egyptian president on busy it to washington but you're expected to discuss a number of issues those are the headlines on al-jazeera stay with us.

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i'll try to take you back to the white house in washington d.c. where the u.s. president is meeting. in the oval office next take anything to happen to say well it was incredible she thought it was one of the worst to grenoble think she's seen and. we have lots of pictures and that was a great day and a great moment to see the pyramids great pyramids so hopefully a lot of people will be going and looking at them but she's not easily impressed so thank you very much internet. ready to be proud. to be reading out what would you like to see what i never said i'm cleaning house i don't know who came up with that expression we have a lot of great people over there we have bad laws we have a judge just ruled incredibly that he doesn't want people staying in mexico figure that one out. nobody can believe these decisions we're getting from the ninth

circuit it's a disgrace and so we're fighting the bad lawyers the bad the bad things that are coming out of congress you have a democrat congress that's obstructing you talk about obstruction the greatest obstruction anyone has ever seen all they have to do is spend twenty minutes and they can fix this whole problem we have the worst laws of any country anywhere in the world whether it's catch and release or or any one of them i mean i could name i could sit here and name of but if you did if you get rid of catch and release chain migration visa lottery. you have to fix the asylum situation it's ridiculous you have people coming in flaming asylum they're all reading exactly what the lawyer gives them they have a piece of paper and read what that is that all of a sudden you're title to asylum and some of these people are not people you want to our country so we are building a lot of wall that's getting built some of you saw that last week lovely when we had a great presentation of a new stretch but we're building

a lot of wall and we're very big very strong of the border but we're bucking up. court system that never ever rules for us and with bucky in really bad things with congress with the democrats in congress not willing to act they want to have open borders which means they want to have crime they want to have drugs poor into our country they don't want to act we have to close up the borders we're doing it but we're doing it i could do it much faster if they would act this is so it's it's a terrible thing the democrats in congress what they're doing and the obstruction they don't want to fix it and we have to fix it they want open voters they want to have millions of people pouring into our country we don't even want to know who they are these are people coming into our country with criminal records we have murderers coming in we have drug lords coming in we have gangs coming in and we're stopping them and if we don't stop them ice is thrown of the hell out we're getting

them out. but our job could be so much easier i think kevin is going to do a fantastic job exacting but i think he's going to do a fantastic job and we're not doing anything very big as far as what we need all the way and security that's exactly what we want there's no better term there's no better names we want homeland security and that's what we're going to get thank you all very much thank you. thank you. for either gets for me i said i'd like to thank you very much i have. the right price being asked to leave the oval office says president donald trump meets with egypt's president abdel fattah el-sisi. officials in hailing this meeting which came at the invitation of the us administration and. this is ok this is it still happening can we listen in

a problem it's an insert it was built by president obama's administration not like drop off president obama head child separation take a look the press knows it you know it we all know it i did have i'm the one that stopped it president obama had child separation i'll tell you something once you don't have it that's why you see many more people coming coming like it's a picnic because let's go to disneyland president obama separated children they had child separation i was the one that changed it ok thank you very much. now i am out of the question then from reporters focusing on immigration and what's been happening at the u.s. department of homeland security recently as president donald trump policy gyptian president abdel fatah inside the oval office the gyptian president is in washington for talks on the challenges facing the middle east he's been meeting there as you can see president trump expected to discuss the company thing. libya and syria

along with the latest developments in israel and palestine let's bring in. our white house correspondent kimberly as i said lots of questions on immigration and what's been happening at the department of homeland security to president trump there just bring us up to speed with what's been happening during this meeting the gyptian president in the oval office a meeting that's a sponsor a lot of controversy in washington. yeah a little bit of a surprise that president but this is not unusual for president trump that had been a close press event there in the cabinet room it's a working lunch between the egyptian president the u.s. president set to take place now for the next hour apparently opening it up to the reporters so that they were able to ask questions of the the issue of donald trump's sort of harder line immigration policies the shakeup at the department of homeland security was the firing of his homeland security secretary just one day

earlier certainly dominated the questions of the domestic media but i could hear in there the foreign media trying to press to get some answers from the u.s. president on this effort to deepen the relationship between the egyptian leader and the u.s. president or the two nations that they represent this is getting a lot of pushback in the united states not just from human rights activists but also from members of congress on capitol hill particularly senior senators many on the foreign relations committee who are disturbed by what they see is this administration's turning a blind eye to what they say is an aggrieved and very bad human rights record and on the part of egypt in fact there was a bit of a question in the oval office just moments ago by one of the journalists in there about the sort of a ledge power grab that is taking place in egypt by the egyptian leader this vote set to take place in its parliament that could see him with

a change of the constitution potentially extend his rule until twenty thirty four as socially what we have heard from the u.s. president is a condoning of that and a door smith of that making this exactly what members of congress were fearful of in advance of that vote and that is that this is an elaborate photo opportunity to try and press that vote in the egyptian leaders favor of the u.s. president saying in fact that he believes the egyptian leader is doing a great job so he got the endorsement the egyptian leader was look. four and as you said can be rights groups are also continuing to raise. it as an issue that congress men should take into account when when you know they meet this week but realistically what can we expect the u.s. congress to do when there's such what seems to be such a good relationship between these two leaders well you know we always say when it comes to these differences between congress and the white house that ultimately

it's congress that controls the purse strings they can sometimes delay aid we have seen this in the case of one hundred ninety five million that was held up over human rights concerns in the past by members of congress but then we saw the trap administration lift that and this is the battle that goes on back and forth you know there is that angle aid that one point three billion that the united states gives in military aid to egypt every year second only to israel and there are is an increase in pushing congress to try and tie that to only releasing that if the human rights record improves but there has not been a lot of success on that so far but there that doesn't mean that members of congress don't stop trying in fact we have one senior democratic senator patrick leahy who is trying to discourage and stop one billion in sales of have patchy helicopters because there is a concern about an incident in twenty fifteen where a u.s. citizen was severely injured as a result of u.s.

made helicopters used by the egyptian military and also there are concerns about the age of the deepening relationship with russia so all of these are continuing to be raised we hear this being raised not just from members of congress but also concerns from the activist community but again it is this balancing act and as we've seen in front of the cameras today the red carpet rolled out for the egyptian leader even as these concerns are being raised by members of congress thank you very much for that kimberly our white house correspondents live there from washington and the u.s. state department is wrong king sixteen saudi arabian citizens from entering the country over the murder of journalist jamal khashoggi they include qahtani who's accused of masterminding showed his killing on the orders of crown prince mohammed bin simon. and relations with saudi arabia are also in the spotlight in britain where billions of dollars worth of weapons sales have come under discussion lawyers for human rights groups would argue the sale to violate the u.k.'s export policies

has our report from london. was. the war in yemen has unquestionably punished the civilian population beyond belief now a group of campaigning organizations is trying on appeal to prevent the british government from supplying weapons to a key player in the conflict i since the war started four years ago the u.k.'s licensed around six point five billion dollars worth of arms sales to saudi arabia . as well as precision guided bombs and initiatives it's all thai food until nato finds it made in supplied by british firm systems but most importantly it supplies personnel to maintain and train saudi personnel to operate them and just last week the dispatches program into the form of the personnel he said that if if they weren't there in saudi arabia the air force would stop flying british planes within

seven to fourteen days at the most in twenty seventeen the u.k. high court ruled the government could keep licensing arms sales to riyadh but last year after saudi journalist was murdered by saudi agents in the country's culture lesson istanbul germany suspended arm sales to saudi arabia it recently extended that ban and now campaigners say it's time for britain to take similar steps at the heart of the case is the arms trade treaty which says the government cannot license arms sales if there's a clear risk the items involved might be used for a serious violation of international humanitarian law now in a written statement the u.k. government has told al-jazeera we remain confident that the u.k. operates one of the most robust export control regimes in the world and will continue to defend the decisions being challenged for the main group. ringing the appeal the u.k. is simply ignoring the facts on the ground time and again we've heard from the save the regime that it's supposedly taking every precaution to ensure it's not killing

civilians and yet the bombings of funerals continue the bombings of weddings continue the bombing of school buses continue we have seen should have been days of celebration turned into a massacre as we've seen family homes destroyed trouble and yet all the while the arm sales of continues as the deadly air strikes continue in yemen with millions facing desperate poverty largely because of the ongoing fighting a win for the campaigners could create an important precedent. here a london in libya the fighting between government troops and forces loyal to warlord holly for have ties that many trapped in the country others that crossing the border into tunisia to seek safety nicholas hock reports near the border. safe but still terrified. we dare suffered a stroke when the gunfire began and the mortars and airstrikes began falling in tripoli. her sister got her out they traveled three hundred kilometers to the

nearest functioning hospital here in tunisia. i'm in pain i'm heartbroken for my country and seeing my people ripping themselves apart. the u.n. has called for a truce to let others escape tripoli the main route leads to tunisia where security forces are on high alert this behind me is the road that leads to libya now security forces were not allow us to film any further they say as a precautionary measure because just a few days ago general tried to take control of this road from the libyan side but failed this is a strategic importance not just for the libyans but also for tunisia. tunisian security forces tell al jazeera they've counted to five hundred libyan vehicles crossing the border in rest year since warlord khalifa haftar began his offensive.

it's not just civilians leaving members from rival groups have come for medical treatment sometimes sharing the same doctors in the same ward you know to become more and more into their lechmere listen they like health care workers they like blood banks they're in shortage of pretty much everything so they come here for help. the unfolding crisis in libya has brought an unexpected increase in trade for some tunisian businesses many here have opened their doors their country could become a lifeline to many more libyans if the conflict worsens nicholas hong al jazeera and the tunisian libyan border afghan special forces are preparing an offensive in province against both the taliban and i sell the on the groups have been fighting for two weeks in the province displacing more than twenty one thousand people. and has this report. we're in chokey district and province this syria is

a support area for both the taliban and i so the two groups have been fighting for some time up in the mountains around us but about two weeks ago or hit the clashes broke out between the two and since then they have been reinforcing their positions and more of the icing that has maint that about twenty thousand people have been displaced from their homes they have fled the fighting this is a health clinic that we're coming to this is one of the few places that is safe for people to come and wait until the fighting subsides and there is some concern now that there will be another batch of clashes we understand that the taliban or the senior commander here on monday in preparation for further offensive. to india now where nine hundred million people are eligible to vote in the general election which starts on thursday and will last until the twenty third of may promise in the render modi seeking a second term in office but faces strong opposition from raul gandhi of the congress. and has our report from new delhi. for

decades india had only been a coalition government. but in twenty fourteen the populace leader of the party or the b j p so up to victory with an absolute majority his government promised to ease poverty improve the economy and rid india of corruption. but he's been seen by many as favoring the hindu majority population and that's led to political tensions and violence although it is the second largest exporter of be for the world council venerated by hindus vigilantly attacks against people who eat beef have left many dead are the source of conflict is our youth it's a religious site played by both hindus and muslims but has been fought over for decades india's supreme court has intervened at the un human rights chief is war you delhi its actions are big bolted in a sob the b j p is demanding that minorities many muslims prove the indian or face

deportation to bangladesh the government has a strategy one of course was a government development but other was communism no major conflict right but small incidences of rights were on the agenda and that's what they have been doing for years. fear in their managing community of the economy the government was criticized are true took high value five hundred pounds of repeat banknotes out of circulation in twenty sixty it had a devastating effect it grew areas which rely on cash but plastic even in towns and cities there were long queues at banks problem that you. it has created is very clear that it has. it has ruined the. informal sector and it has also ruined the rural business in a big way and the my being laborers were in the cities they had to go back they lost the judge their jobs so there's

a lot of risk there in the economy. beginning in national congress party and its allies that formed the united progressive alliance are trying to claw back power it's led by forty eight year old rahul gandhi who is promising to bring india the prosperity and development it wants regional allies and smaller state based parties can make or break a government the banditry is the leader of the all india trinamool congress in west bengal and mayawati leads bahujan samaj party in her pradesh standing on independent platforms but may well become kingmakers in any coalition government there is a possibility that parties. water and or border sides as the common sense board at the moment that none of them would get. what they would need for making the government in that case you may have made it is not a party that's going make us. in recent weeks national security has been at the forefront of the political debates in february and i tackled paramilitary forces

and it didn't administered kashmir killed forty indian troops the pakistan based rebel group claimed responsibility it dia's military attack to its bases in pakistan administered a response that brought the to clear our neighbors close to another all out conflict all added to political divisions in the run up to india's seventeenth general election so he'll robert al-jazeera new delhi. colombia's congress has voted overwhelmingly against president call for changes to legislation for a peace deal his proposed veto had sponsored protests in a number of cities with critics saying it aimed to alter the peace agreement signed with fogge rebels in two thousand and sixteen and is on the run. with a resounding defeat for a government keen on changing the country's hard fought peace deal with five grabbled president wanted changes to a special tribunal tasked with trying former rebels and military officials for war

crimes the report the opposition it was an attempt to change a deal already approved by congress and sanctioned by the country's constitutional court i must be i don't get that opportunist today we made clear that the changes will not prosper and that the government a plea challenge to constitutional court sentence and parts of the constitution itself approving them would have been a violation of the separation of powers. for the opposition this was a major victory for the but they chanted hurry for peace the other side was left wondering what went wrong. and sent a message to the government that it is time to look ahead and get over the debates of the past instead of dividing us we should devote its refer to unite us around solutions for the problems the tory colombia's. president duke announced

a partial veto of the peace deal a month ago sparking protests in a number of cities. centrist parties that had so far voted with the conservative government turned their back on the president. to give me that this was the opportunity for colombia society to deliberate on something that left us very divided half the country foetid against it still it was imposed against their will former fight rebels and members of colombia's military. we have already gone before the tribunal which offers reduced penalties in sentences other than prison for those who tell the truth and compensate victims critics say the changes would have hampered to the tribune all ability to operate and created uncertainty among the former fighters after losing this cold president even took a seat. in the peace tribunals to supporters in. the last battle they will continue the fight against

a deal it just can't make peace with. just what with the. now the u.k. parliament has approved prime minister teresa mayes plan to seek to delay breck's it to june thirtieth four hundred twenty members of the parliament bats mase plan while one hundred ten oppose it the vote happened a short while ago theresa may is currently in paris holding talks with the french president emmanuel mccall. palace she arrived in the last hour in paris this hour to meeting germany's angela merkel in berlin early may is hoping to convince my court. as well as merkel and other european leaders a further delay is needed for the u.k. to leave the european union will have more on this story in an expletive when we speak to our correspondent in london finally kazakhstan's interim president has called

a snap election for june ninth march tokay of took over last month when long time ruler. biassed stepped down after three decades in power the surprise announcement lee's little time for other candidates organize campaigns kazakhstan's elections have been criticized by international monitors and white schools or accuse a government of cracking down on descendants. russia's president has unveiled a plan to dramatically increase shipping and infrastructure in the arctic region vladimir putin told other arctic nations that russia would expand its ice break a fleet and upgrade its northern ports he said congo passing through the region would be four times higher by twenty twenty five there's growing competition as melting ice caps present new opportunities to exploit resources and expand shipping . we'll have more news for you on al-jazeera after this very short break to stay

with us. for the congolese the journey to work all of our beings unimaginable hardship but i prefer to let it go because they might get the call came to chance again life and limb on a dangerous journey through the jungle and gone on to do a real job and nearly died of their own children to go to school and live because of the trade risking it all the democratic republic of congo on al-jazeera. we live in a time of war and tragedy it's crimes against humanity. activist repression. enforced disappearance arbitrary arrests. extrajudicial executions brutal torture the list goes on.

who investigates who judges the criminals. who compensates the victims the international conference on national regional and international mechanisms to combat in kenya and ensure accountability under international law. organized by the national human rights committee. united nations human rights office of the high commissioner. european parliament. and global alliance of national human rights institutions.

an interim president is named knowledge area by the protesters who brought the previous leader are back on the streets. now i'm fully back to bully a watching al-jazeera live from doha also ahead of the. anti-government protesters swell on the streets of sudan's capital as western nations call for a credible transition. aforetime prime minister takes on a retired military chief in what is expected to be a very close israeli election race and trying to find.