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"france 24." egypt has been rocked by three separate attacks this monday. five egyptian shoulders were shot dead. another two were hurt. in cairo, rocket grenades were fired on a state own site -- state owned satellite dish. it comes a day after clashes between security forces and supporters of ousted president mohamed morsi left 50 civilians dead. this bike those clashes sunday, egypt's commander in chief hailed the bond between the military and the people -- despite those clashes sunday, egypt's commander-in-chief hailed the bond between the military and the people. he did not comment on the violence outside. >> do you think that someone can break the relationship between us the egyptian army and the egyptian people?

don't you know that you, the egyptian people, are the light of our eyes? [applause] it is true. you see this pyramid behind you. the egyptian army is like this pyramid. [applause] because it has the egyptian people on its side. >> joining me on the line from cairo is university professor -- is a university professor. we heard the military chief talking about this intense bond between egypt and people and the army. is that still really the case there in egypt? >> thanks for having me. i think it is true to a great extent actually. the confrontations we are seeing with the authorities -- between

the current authorities and the state security apparatus on the one side and the muslim brotherhood on the other side have only helped increasing this kind of popularity. for the most part, it seems that the muslim brotherhood has been unable to garner support from other structures within the society over the past few weeks. there have been continuous marches and demonstrations from the muslim brotherhood, but it seems that, over the past month or two, since president morsi was ousted, it does not seem that the egyptian street now is in a state that would allow it to endorse such confrontations and escalation on the street. with these increasing escalations, it seems that the popularity of the military apparatus has been increasing.

around 50 to 60 people have been killed in recent clashes. out of them, almost 10 military personnel. it seems that, in addition to the confrontations taking place in cairo and elsewhere, the increasing death toll and -- within the military apparatus means that, whether the brotherhood or its allies are also keen on increasing the confrontation, also targeting such state entities and focal points. grandma it is true that there has -- them>> it is true that there has been an uptick in violence. people are not coming to support the muslim brotherhood. isn't that surprising that the first democratically elected president was ousted from power by the army? won't people think that a strange? -- don't people think that is

strange? >> the year that mohamed morsi was in power, people experienced a lot of hardships. the level of support he had initially, which was quite marginal anyway, in the elections -- over this year and especially towards the end of his rule, it was not -- it was marked with a lot of opposition. what the brotherhood is doing with the escalation of confrontation, with the authorities helping the transitional process, which they perceive as a legitimate -- it seems to be also hurting the economy, preventing it from moving forward. we are talking about 17 countries over the past week or so that lifted a travel ban on egypt. his business goes as usual, it means the current transitional -- if business goes as usual it means the current transition is moving forward and a chance of the brotherhood of being part of

it are being decreased -- and the chance of the brotherhood being part of it are being decreased. going forward and confronting the current regime will only yield more opposition and resentment from the wider population. this is the stalemate that they have to -- they have to look at. if this continues it only means that the popularity of the current authorities will only likely increase. >> thank you for that, mohamed menza, speaking to us on the line from cairo about the political stalemate still going on in egypt. u.s. secretary of state john kerry is brushing off criticism that the recent capture of an al qaeda figure was it legal. that man was captured outside his home in tripoli, apparently without the knowledge of the libyan government. that government is demanding

answers about what it calls a kidnapping. >> reenacting the arrest of their father outside his home in tripoli. according to his sons, security cameras showed four cars pulling up outside early saturday as he was returning home from morning prayers. >> they broke the window and drug him. then they took him out of his car and put him in a white mercedes. >> al libi had been on the fbi's most wanted list since 2001 with a bounty of $5 million for his capture. he is accused in the obama tax in kenya and tanzania, which killed more than 220 people -- in the bomb attacks in kenya and tanzania, which killed more than 220 people. there were questions about how

much the tripoli government new. >> of course, it was an act of piracy by a foreign force to kidnap my brother. they should have submitted a document to the libyan government and got my brother on trial here like any libyan citizen. >> washington has brushed off the criticism with john kerry saying they don't give details of operations like this to foreign governments. >> he is a key al qaeda figure. he is a legal and an appropriate target for the u.s. military under the authorization of the use of military force passed in september of 2001. >> kerry says al libi will now have a chance to defend himself in u.s. court. >> john kerry and his russian counterpart gave the syrian president credit for quickly following up on the u.n.

resolutions to destroy the country's chemical weapons. earlier today, we spoke to inexpert in biological and chemical weapons of mass distraction -- we spoke to an expert in biological and chemical weapons of mass destruction. >> the international community is going to undertake everything necessary to meet that target deadline. the greatest challenge is going to be the security of the international staff. operations have been in and around damascus. the ones that have to go out to sites further afield which are close to combat zones, we are going to see a different type of challenge. there are going to be troops accompanying the inspectors to ensure their safety. secondly, there is going to be a lot of negotiation behind the

scenes to ensure that the insurgent forces are agreeing to stick to cease-fires while the inspectors are undertaking their tasks. >> in france, corruption charges against former president nicolas sarkozy have been dropped. those charges were linked to the financing of his winning 2007 election campaign. sarkozy had been charged in march with accepting funds from france's richest woman, l'oreal heiress liliane bettencourt when she was allegedly too frail to know what she was doing. the decision to drop those charges could clear the way for sarkozy to return to front-line politics in time for the next presidential election in 2017. in other news for you this hour a bomb has gone off in pesce warwick -- in peshawar. two had been killed.

it is the latest in a string of attacks against health workers in the region. 26 people have now been arrested in madagascar are, linked to the lynching last week of two europeans. a raging mob attacked the two man accused of murdering an eight-year-old boy. things on the island are once again can't -- calm. close to 800 police and military have moved in on a slum in rio de janeiro. it is part of a plan to install what is known as a pacifying police unit. authorities plan to install two permanent police stations there. that is to better maintain control. the olympic flame has touched down in moscow. it now begins the world's longest relay that will end up at the winter games in sochi, russia, next year. one of its stocks will be up in space on the international space

station -- one of its stops will be up in space on the international space station. there have been allegations of corruption and human rights abuses. >> russia is, first of all, let's remember the climate. it is one of the most dangerous countries to work in if you are a journalist. over 60 were murdered in the past year. some journalists have left the country. others have seen their papers closed down. the target -- journalists have been, not openly, not explicitly -- there is no law saying "thou shalt not write about the olympics." but if you write about turning sochi into a giant construction site, forcing people to move off of their land, that is very

frowned upon. you are also encouraged not to write about the migrant workers who had been summarily uprooted, sometimes -- who have been summarily uprooted, sometimes forced to work without pay basically treated very poorly. thousands are from central asia. there have been thousands of forced evictions. these are all topics that are very much taboo. if you do a search on google for these articles in the press on russian issues, they are few and far between. they are rife across the western press. >> nobel prize week is underway. it kicked off today with the 2013 prize in medicine.

proteins and other materials -- they discovered how proteins and other materials are delivered to the right parts of ourselves. you are watching ""france 24. -- "france 24." stay with us. >> montpelier trounced. -- montpellier trounced. monaco and psg are tied in points. >> there were some who did not help the teams. it changed the balance of the match. obviously, we are disappointed,

but it is still not over. we have many games left to play. we need to get back on track and win the next one. >> i would like people to knowledge that, even when playing games that -- we did not panic. we felt we could what some pressure on the team. we managed to equalize. in a changing room at halftime, we had the will to win the match. even when we had 10 against 11, we felt we had the players to win the game. >> in the english premier league chelsea picked up their first win after beating norwich. southampton saw off swansea. second-half equalizer had arsenal beating west.

they welcomed our kc -- welcomed ark -- rkc. rkc had lost their last four in a row. just before halftime, they gave themselves hope of grabbing a surprise point. they leveled the game. psv lost their lead. they were desperate not to drop any more points at this stage of the season. the header won it. they move second on goal difference behind the leaders. in the atp beijing final outgoing world number one novak djokovic got a measure of revenge against nadal after beating the spaniard to a fourth

china open title. djokovic made a flying start to open up a 3-0 lead before wrapping up the opening set 6-3. the serb, who had lost his last three matches to nadal again broglie -- broke nadal in the second set. the spaniard lost for just the fourth time this season. joker mitch improved his -- djokovic improved his head-to- head against the spaniard to 16- 22. >> it has been a fantastic week. there are important win for me at this stage of the year. after i lost a few painful matches, long matches to rough afa, i really wanted to win

and needed to win. i have done really great today. i felt really comfortable on the court. fantastic atmosphere. a lot of supporters. it has been an enjoyable week. >> despite nadal's defeat, he will return to number one in the world for the first time in over two years. the united states celebrated a fifth straight presidents cup win as they beat the internationals 18 1/2 to 15 1/2. the international team won six of the first nine singles on sunday, but tiger woods victory over richard sterne ensured tehhe cup[ -- the cup would be staying stateside. the frenchman took the overall lead in his volkswagen.

cycling now. rodriguez has won the tour for the second year in a row. a frenchman long -- launched an attack, breaking away from the peloton. he was eventually reeled in. rodriguez made a decisive climb. it was a repeat of last year's event, nobody able to keep ace with the spaniard. -- keep pace with the spaniard. rodriguez saw his lead whittled down. he powered across the line 17 seconds ahead of his compatriot.

>> the pharmacist who has been -- become a symbol of the protest movement. residents of oakland in the u.s. are crowd funding their own security patrols. and a french blog gathering anonymous accounts from rape victims. there are fresh protests in cartoons in recent days -- in khartoum in recent days. the movement appears to be waning. according to hospitals at least

210 demonstrators have been killed in the sudanese capital since the start of this spontaneous or test movement over hikes in fuel prices -- s pontaneous protetst movement over hikes in fuel prices. a pharmacist who was killed is being held up as a symbol of the process movement and the deadly crackdown by the omar al-bashir government. thousands have joined the facebook page that is a tribute to the young pharmacist who came from a well-off family and was extremely active in helping victims of the severe flooding that hit sudan in august. some have even compared him to a street vendor whose suicide sparked the tunisian revolution. alarmed by rising crime rates

and a growing number of burglaries, and the police's seeming inability to bring the problem under control, residents of oakland have decided to take a problem into their own hands and have been turning to the web for help. one resident launched a campaign for online donations to raise money to hire private security guards to patrol the area. they have raised over $22,000 in less than a week. an interesting project, to say the least, and it is not the only one of its kind. two other online fundraising campaigns have been started over the past few days, also geared towards paying for security patrols across the city. they have raised thousands of dollars so far. residents are looking to gain ground in the coming weeks.

people are determined to make their neighborhood a safer place. over 8300 burglaries have been documented in oakland since -- 3800 burglaries have been documented in oakland since the start of the year. this tumblr blog titled "i know a rapist" was launched over a month ago by a french activist group. the aim is to break the culture of silence. the hundreds of accounts remind people that rapists are often a friend, relation, or colleague someone the victim actually knows. with thousands of followers and counting on its instagram page the adorable chihuahua known as yogurt the pirate only

has one eye. whenever she poses for the camera, she sticks out her tongue. these photos will no doubt warm the hearts of countless web user s. we see a canadian adrenaline junkie tearing down a concrete drainage ditch on a kayak. it was just outside of vancouver. >> whoo! whoo! whoo!

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