on the suez canal front things were no better for the egyptians. these release had the entire egyptian third army besieged on the eastern side of the canal. thirty five thousand soldiers cut off from their supply lines. that may affect them and the side at least every day we had with us what was called common russian three packs of small biscuits and two bottles of pressed. these things could provide you the necessary calories for one day but now it was all the food that was available for the soldier for five days and when that had a gun there was nothing but other. but the israelis were also facing a major problem for the first time in the history of arab israeli conflict egypt was holding a large number of prisoners of war. two hundred thirty in total. i want to hold for an award this year to get almost a country off from under the arrival of the first prisoners lifted the morale of all our forces straight away egyptian military intelligence resorted to photographing them and putting those photos in the media to try and boost the morale not only

on the suez canal front things were no better for the egyptians. these release had the entire egyptian third army besieged on the eastern side of the canal. thirty five thousand soldiers cut off from their supply lines. that may affect them and beside at least every day we had with us what was called combat russian three packs of small biscuits and two bottles of pressed. these things could provide you the necessary calories for one day but now it was all the food that was available for the soldier for five days and one that had a gun that was nothing but the other. but the israelis were also facing a major problem for the first time in the history of arab israeli conflict egypt was holding a large number of prisoners of war. two hundred thirty in total. i want to hold for an award this year to get almost a country off from under the arrival of the first prisoners lifted the morale of all our forces straight away egyptian military intelligence resorted to photographing them and putting those photos in the media to try and boost the morale not only

to an egyptian army equipped with the latest soviet weaponry can tell the anti-tank rockets. and sophisticated sufis to add missiles. right on the political system way from the soviets were trying to impose their will on the middle east to regain a position data supplied mashable forms to the arab world. united states had to respond and it had to make sure that weapons were not perceived as being inferior in the soviet union. by the fourteenth of october a massive american alef had begun to carry weapons to israel. the operation was code named nickel grass. electronic equipment sand which would help to neutralize the sand sides toll antitank missiles or sand the strange thing is that the really important material it was sent was the most basic one hundred five millimeter ammunition they sent that by the thousands of tons and it was fired off almost immediately. throughout the whole war we were receiving ammunition crates of ammunition which came straight off the planes and ships. and no one even tries to make it look like it's israeli there was u.s. army on it so it was clear

on the suez canal front things were no better for the egyptians. these release had the entire egyptian third army besieged on the eastern side of the canal. thirty five thousand soldiers cut off from their supply lines. that may affect them and the side at least every day we had with us what was called combat russian three packs of small biscuits and two bottles of pressed. these things could provide you the necessary calories for one day but now it was all the food that was available for the soldier for five days and one that had a gun that was nothing but the other. but the israelis were also facing a major problem for the first time in the history of arab israeli conflict egypt was holding a large number of prisoners of war. two hundred thirty in total. i want to hold for a while is here to get almost a country off from under it the arrival of the first prisoners lifted the morale of all our forces straight away egyptian military intelligence resorted to photographing them and putting those photos in the media to try and boost the morale not onl

to an egyptian army equipped with the latest soviet weaponry can tell the anti-tank rockets. and sophisticated sufis to add missiles. to. right on the political system away from the soviets were trying to impose their will on the middle east to regain a position data supplied mashable forms to the arab world. united states had to respond and it had to make sure those weapons were not perceived as being inferior in the soviet union. by the fourteenth of october a massive american alef had begun to carry weapons to israel. the operation was code named nickel grass. electronic equipment sand which would help to neutralize the sand sites toll antitank missiles or sand the strange thing is that the really important material it was sent was the most basic one hundred five millimeter ammunition they sent that by the thousands of tons and it was fired off almost immediately. throughout the whole mall we were receiving ammunition crates of ammunition which came straight off the planes and ships. and no one even tries to make it look like it's israeli there was u.s. army on it so it wa

priorities such as the war against isis but right now the government has run out of excuses and egyptian brokered cease fire between israel and have mass appears to be holding after the latest flare up of violence in gaza two palestinian teenagers were killed in what israel says was the most powerful daylight attack on hamas since two thousand and fourteen the u.n. says an all out war was only narrowly avoided burnet smith has more now from gaza. america why weren't fighters or even protesters the teenage friends were just playing outside in a park in central gaza when an israeli missile smashed into a deserted building next to them. the boys were killed another dozen people injured israel says the building was a hamas urban training facility now it's become another reminder of israel's air power over gaza. israel says the target was hamas in response to rocket attacks and israel has warned repeatedly of a harsh military response if hamas which runs gaza did not stop protestors from sending burning kites and balloons into israel and setting fire to crops all they can do just send balloon

shift says walk like an egyptian. and now it's time for our shift ranking of the most googled names in twenty seventeen in fifth place is american actor kevin spacey google trends search analysis tracks the terms most often entered if many people google or give a name in a short time it flags a trend and twenty seventeen the allegations of sexual harassment against kevin spacey titillated a lot of users. in fourth place was american film producer harvey weinstein accused of sexual abuse and rape by dozens of women among them stars like selma i.x. take a stand on health ignite the need to discussions over the extent of sexual coercion in the entertainment industry. claiming third place was. when the italian presenter broadcast a report about nuclear experiments in italy in november twenty seventh seen users wanted to know who she was the report was false but her name was on monitors everywhere. taking her place in the second spot was megan markel the only one to attract netizens attention without cutting a bad figure t

repeated egyptian efforts to broker reconciliation deal between hamas and fatah have failed. the refusal by hand to hand control of gaza's internal security to the fatah dominated palestinian authority is a main sticking point another involves paying the salaries of twenty thousand homeless employees hamas has reportedly accepted the latest egyptian proposal and he's waiting for fatah to respond we need to talk about cease fire but it's to nicholas emission election within the society making political fundament that would go to for intelligent how else to be a part of the legitimate palestinian political system this is how we fight with deeds a finalist status a settlement and if. some israeli politicians have called for a full blown military offensive against hamas to stop the kites and balloons. houses young palestinians have every right to protest against the blockade using what it calls peaceful means a committee representing all political factions in gaza has called on palestinians to protest again on friday the seventeenth week in a row strafford al-jazeera gaza sultan

for now the egyptian brokered ceasefire between hamas and israel appears to be largely holding but it is fragile israel would not tolerate a scenario by which its citizens will be constantly held hostage by the hamas so hopefully there will be. but the problem is sometimes. in this city by which a can the god that is here till something can spark a huge explosion. on the streets of occupied east jerusalem we also palestinians how they feel about the kites and israel's attacks on their person they don't have any other tools it's true that these cuts come home full it's our land the burning of the land is occupied and they don't have any other way to resist. gazans a real name that we hear of very weak if we had the right mindset we would all close our shops in solidarity with gaza the march of return rallies are now into their fourth month with protesters demanding the right for palestinian refugees to return to their homes they were evicted from one thousand nine hundred forty eight scores have been killed by israeli snipers it's a political problem for israel the refuses to go away w

so for most egyptians become a very challenging time and they haven't really experienced any benefit so far from the reforms it and it's important that there be more effort on the part of the government to redistribute the gains that have been made currently means tested cast transfers reach approximately ten million egyptians but there's nearly thirty million who are below the poverty line so there's still a lot of work that needs to be done so what are the what can be done to think what should the government be doing more of. well for one the the programs to counsel uncommon that offer means tested cast transfer so cash transfers the people who are about you waited to be in a state of poverty those need to be expanded so they've already exceeded their an initial goal of seven million people and reached but there's there's roughly twenty eight million egyptians below the poverty line kerman so they need to be covered the the trouble right now is that while reforms are happening in terms of assistance to the for the the austerity measures and the pain that they've inflicted on much o

brothers andi suggested by our egyptian brothers and i understand some perhaps new developments willed perhaps in the next few days or the next few weeks. in the meantime, as you talk of new developments, there is another developments, there is another development which may come to fruition and that is at the grand plan, the deal of the century that donald trump and his team say they are going to put on the table to solve the israel — palestine conflict, jared kushner, his son—in—law, no visit to the middle east, he did not see any palestinians, he said this, the palestinians, he said this, the palestinian leadership is scared that we will release our peace plan and the palestinian people will actually like it. are you scared? no, we're not. he said this from one side of his mouth and on the other side of his mouth and on the other side of his mouth, he would say to arab leaders to please deliver the palestinians to us, let them in gauge with whatever they have —— engage. he is on one hand talking tough and on the other hand he is begging the asked to engage with him. for us, ifjerus

my name is muhamed, an egyptian traveller. i am 2a years old. icame egyptian traveller. old. i came here to russia by bicycle to support my national team. it was like a dream for all of us, all egyptians, to watch our team in the world cup. the journey was around 3000 colour matters. i started from taree square in cairo on april seven. from egypt tojordan, in cairo on april seven. from egypt to jordan, from a in cairo on april seven. from egypt tojordan, from a man injordan i took a plane to cross syria, to sofia in bulgaria, then romania, and from romania across belarus. then i entered the russian border, and moscow was my final destination. the journey was completely new experience for me. it was the first time to be in europe. i met new people, new cultures. it was my chance to know more about myself and discover many places in the world we don't know it in our world and the middle east. so it is like a bigger chance for me to show these areas to my country. of course, the world cup is the biggest event in the world. it is not just about football, it is biggest event

an international rights group has accused the egyptian government of using counter-terrorism and state of emergency laws to crackdown on opposition human rights watch report says the laws were especially abused in the run up to and after the march presidential election it accuses egyptian police and security forces of arresting critics of the fatah has sisi as he ran for another term in office human rights watch says egyptian police exploited security threats to arrest peaceful government critics around the time of the presidential election in march and journalists and activists have also been targeted according to the rights group it is also it also accuses the west of quote looking the other way as egypt quote combines a bad law with unjust courts of flooding and heavy rains are affecting many parts of nigeria dozens of people have been killed and as amended writs reports now crops have been lost raising fears of a food shortage. mordred she's a community in mourning sixteen people from this village recently died in a boat accident that was caused by two racial rains or moto worker s

despite the fact ththat they represent 10% of the overall egyptian population.porting officials, however, reject the idea that coptic christians are systematically excluded from football. >> all of the african players in the league, which religion do they have? the national coach is a christian. the most famous coach is a christian. the muslims versus christians thing in sport is not exist in egypt. reporter: this was founded three years ago and playeyers pay no more than a token number -- membership fee.. there are plans to found a club under the same name, and soon afterwards they hope to start playing in the fourth division. the formation is set. all that is missing is the paperwork. brent: france has passed a law banning smartphones at schools. students between the ages of three to 15 will not be able to use any mobile devices during class or on the playground. parents we understand are satisfied, teachers are concerned, and the kids, as you might imagine, are outraged. reporter: gaming, texting, and streaming music. this is a sight you will not be seeing in

friday since like much the gaza strip is then rocked by wakely protests against a decade long israeli egyptian blockade in the ensuring months israeli forces have killed over one hundred forty palestinians sniper fire and strikes friday sniper attack was the first death of an israeli soldier in the same period. as tensions escalate talk of all out war hangs in the air. but mr bloom we are trying to be balanced and responsible but hamas as late as a whole scene is into a situation in which we have no choice but to embark on a broad and painful military operation. so. for now gaza is calm the tensions linger even as the smoke subsides. for now that's cross over to our correspondent tanya kramer in jerusalem time yes and their agreement was reached a week ago but it didn't last so how is this one going to be any different. what i mean it's a return to calm and this was announced last night by hamas spokesperson it seems that this calm and quiet was brokered again by the egyptians and also by the u.s. and we have not heard anything official yet from the israeli side but in the past always the so t

since light much the gaza strip has been rocked by weekly protests against a decade long israeli egyptian blockade in the ensuing months israeli forces have killed over one hundred forty palestinians with gunfire and strikes friday sniper attack was the first death of an israeli soldier in the same period. as tensions escalate talk of all out war hangs in the air. that would stone toward any time. they want to none so it will come without warning that. for now gaza is calm the tensions linger even as the smoke subsides. forward at its crossover to our correspondent tanya kramer in jerusalem time yes in their agreement was reached a week ago but it didn't so how is this one going to be any different. well i mean it's a return to calm and this was announced last night by hamas spokesperson it seems that this calm and quiet was brokered again by the egyptians and also by the u.s. and we have not heard anything official yet from the israeli side but in the past i was a so this very army has given the all clear for residents of the southern communities around the gaza strip to go back to their

it was like a dream for all of us, all egyptians.am is famous for its picturesque canals built in the 17th century to help the city trade in goods from all over the world. these days they're often clogged with boats catering to tourists, ferrying groups from one famous sight to another. but there are one or two boats that stand apart from the rest. this is a hedeer, a former people smuggling vessel that was used to transport refugees across the mediterranean. up to 76 people would be crammed in there. now it is being used to give tourists a very different perspective on amsterdam. i will be your guide for the day. we have sami, he is our captain. this is part of an initiative called lampedusa cruises, named after the italian island where many asylum seekers from africa come ashore. and the staff are all refugees. i remember, my mother told me, what do you want to study? i said, i want to study cinema. she said, come on, what do you want to study? tommy was an artist and a rebel politician in egypt who to prominence during the arab sp

you have someone like general sami and then who is the former head of the chief of staff of the egyptian army getting arrested for running in the presidential elections even within that there that infections there is a heavy crackdown so you have that approach where is this approach going to take egypt i think there's a big question mark on that because that was basically could defeat in bashar lessen our coach and we will have to look at that question with a bull in another interview m.r. sean hannity's we have to kind of that thanks very much for joining us. ninety percent of the wild special dogs are being fish to. limit its growing demand an industrial fishing techniques are pushing some populations of cod and china to the brink of collapse while millions of tons of other less marketable species are being used as a fish food simply discard it i'm so very rightly in london u.k. where marine scientists are working together with local fisherman to get consumers hooked on sustainable seafood. based in east london a tiny startup by the name of sol shah is hoping to change london his relat

they've staked out, my question to you is, why aren't the saudis, the gulf state leadership, the egyptiansppy to talk to the americans and appear to be involved in trying to figure out how a peace plan might work out? it seems you are dangerously isolated. we are not isolated. they are engaging them for their own reasons, including things related to the role of iran in the region. but let me just tell you that we have made an initiative in the security council in february which was...the essence of it endorsed by our palestine national council, in which we are saying we want a collective process to open a meaningful door for the political process by convening an international conference to include all relevant parties, including the americans, including the europeans, the russians, the chinese, the japanese and others. we are interested in opening doors for peace and we believe, since the americans do not qualify any more — they disqualified themselves from being honest brokers — we want a collective process and we are working actively in order to convince as many countries as possible to

in the long history of the egyptian football only very few coptic christians have ever played for the national team despite the fact that they represent ten percent of the overall egyptian population sporting officials however rejects the idea that christians are systematically excluded from football. all of the african players in the league which religion do they have foreign coaches like the national coach is a christian man will jose on the most famous and popular coach among the fans and lastly he's a christian the muslims versus christians thing just doesn't exist in school in egypt. just three was founded three years ago and players pay no more than a token monthly membership free. now there are plans to found a club under the same name and soon afterwards they hope to start playing in the fourth division the starting lineup is pending the formation is set all that's missing is the paperwork. three months has passed a law banning smartphones and school students from the ages of three and fifteen will not be able to use any mobile devices during class or on the playground parents

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it's five years since egyptian security forces commanded by then general abdel fattah el-sisi brutally dispersed a protest in cairo at least eight hundred supporters of ousted president mohamed morsy were killed the four thousand injured of what's called the rather massacre the international federation for human rights says french made armored vehicles were used in the crackdown in a new report the organization says that french companies are increasingly selling weapons surveillance technology and drones to egypt arms they say help president sisi crush dissent after the coup in twenty thirteen by sisi the european union council decided to suspend the sale of all military and surveillance equipment to egypt to condemn the dictatorships abuses but france has profited in the name of counter-terrorism to increase its arms exports to egypt the report says between twenty ten and twenty sixteen french arms sales to egypt increased from forty six million to one point five billion dollars exports included conventional weapons such as warships and fighter jets but also surveillance systems that

repeated egyptian efforts to broker a reconciliation deal between hamas and fatah a failed. refusal by hand to hand control of gaza's internal security to the factor dominated palestinian authority is a main sticking point another involves paying the salaries of twenty thousand from a simple yes how much is reportedly accepted the latest egyptian proposal and he's waiting for fatah to respond we need to talk about cease fire but it still requires simulation election within the military society making political fundament that what it's going to form intelligent how else to be a part of the legitimate palestinian political system this is how we fight with each a finalist status. and. so he's ready politicians have called through food bloated military offensive against hamas to stop the points and balloons hamas says young promise to millions have every right to protest against the blockade using what it cools peaceful means the committee representing political factions in gaza has called on palestinians to protest the game on friday the seventeenth week in a row. and coming up

sisi dissolved the two thousand and twelve egyptian constitution set up an interim government and calledor new elections. human rights groups say the coup represented the end of democracy in the important middle east ally for the u.s. and other countries. the subsequent crackdown on morsi party the muslim brotherhood and its supporters was widespread and brutal. security forces raided camps set up by morsy supporters in the capital on the fourteenth two thousand and thirteen. at least eight hundred people were killed in cairo and around four thousand injured cc's opponents. thousands of muslim brotherhood members and supporters were arrested the government offensive on opposition groups and the media has widened in the years since that day our model. says he was first elected president in two thousand and fourteen democracy international one of the main international observer groups monitoring voting said egypt's repressive political environment had made a genuine democratic presidential election possible sisi inherited a troubled economy apparently needing aggressive reforms i list say

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and egyptian brokered cease fire between israel and hamas appears to be holding after the latest flare up of violence in gaza two palestinian teenagers were killed in what israel says was the most powerful daylight attack on hamas since two thousand and fourteen the u.n. says an all out war was only narrowly avoided burnitz has more from gaza. america why weren't fighters or even protesters the teenage friends were just playing outside in a park in central gaza when an israeli missile smashed into a deserted building next to them. the boys were killed another dozen people in israel says the building was a hamas urban training facility now it's become another reminder of israel's power over gaza. israel says the target was hamas in. response to rocket attacks and israel has warned repeatedly of a hotshot military response if hamas which runs gaza did not stop protestors from sending burning kites and balloons into israel and setting fire to crops all they can do just send balloons send flying kites and we've seen that no israelis were killed no one was into a wall in the palestinian sid

military and us state department officials says the egyptian government will not have access to the funds because of steps taken to address such concerns however rights groups accuse egyptian security forces of continuing to use torture and detention to silence political dissent south sudan's rival leaders have come to a new power sharing agreement three years after their previous deal collapsed. and react much as i said to sign off on the final are called on august the fifth sudan's official news agency is reporting killed will lead the transitional government on macho will return as vice president the two men are attempting to bring a political end to four year civil war that has killed tens of thousands of people and displaced millions of others well how model has more from the khartoum the sudanese capital with the talks have been taking place. after nineteen days of deliberations parties insults and downs conflict gathered here in sign a preliminary agreement on power sharing it's unlikely to stop the war in south sudan soon though because it is complete and they say that while

shorter friends out of fact traveled to cairo to meet egyptian president hosni mubarak it was a bold and dramatic act out of fact became the first arab leader to meet an egyptian president since former president and were said that had signed a peace treaty with israel in one thousand nine hundred eighty nine the arab world was thunderstruck. he felt long and hard but do not imagine that it was an easy decision for him or he knew that he would antagonize the fact leadership now because he didn't consult them and he knew that syria will grant him a traitor and not in the end as he always did made the decision because he was convinced that it served a higher interest of the palestinian people. but he was fully aware of the disks it entailed and that the people who loved and supported him find it incomprehensible i felt a visit was a diplomatic coup for mubarak and in subsequent years egypt would increasingly become the p.l.o. his main patron out of touch opponents within the p.l.o. accused him of betraying the palestinian cause syria castigated him as a traitor under attack out of that