abdel fattah al-sisi: we have imprisoned no political activists. everything has been done according to the law within its jurisdiction. confirmnds can come and it themselves. they can meet the general prososecutor to know these judicial procedures. >> and reporters without borders holding a protest rally in central paris. wants toent sisi prevent light from being shed on his country. he wants to mama five journalists, put -- mama five journalists, put bandages over their mouths, their eyes, to stop them from spreading the truth. that say to president sisi because of infringement on press freedom that egypt is ranked 161 out of 180 countries in terms of freedom of the press. this is bad for your country's imimage, to poetic relations, ad even anti-terrorism policies. teterrorism has gotten worse. thee are joined by international affairs editor. as we heard from the egyptian president, he denies there are political prisoners, but president macron is expected to address concerns over human rights abuses. how far will the french president pursue the ma

is live from london also coming up strengthening ties the french president hosts egypt's leader abdel fattah el-sisi in paris human rights groups to brest. sending a message washington and says it's withdrawing military aid from the amar over its treatment of working journalists. and she ching peng's political thought it trying to china's constitution cementing his status as one of the most powerful leaders in the country's history. if ever warm welcome to the program the u.n. secretary general has just touched down in central african republic his first visit there since he took office in january until now you'll get a raise says his visit is to draw attention to violence there she says is often ignored by the world's media in august the un's aid chief warned that violent clashes in the country could soon become genocide. but insert religious violence is not the only problem that thérèse has to address human rights activists say the un isn't doing enough to prosecute french soldiers who've been accused of rape and sexual abuse and for many victims the wait for justice may never end as nichol

we're live from london also coming up strengthening ties the french president holds egypt's leader abdel fattah el-sisi in paris human rights groups though are not impressed. sending a message washington announces its withdrawing military aid for me and maher over its treatment of range of muslims plus. a mentor thomas with tourists in the rural chinese village where to evade changing take spent his formative years old explaining why this place matches two presidents house of his policies congress. his grip on power. if they're warm welcome to the program in the last hour the u.n. secretary general has touched on in central african republic it's his first visit there since he took office in january until no good terrorists this is this it is to draw attention to violence there which he says is often ignored by the world's media in august the un's aid chief or the violence in the country could soon become genocide well let's go live to nicholas sarkozy in the capital bangui hi there nicholas so the u.n. secretary general wants to see more boots on the ground. that's right julie in fact he's aski

abdel fattah al sisi yes that business deals prioritized but bob say human rights. less so that's right a lot of the news websites him france today such as the french edition of the have nipples were really focusing on this it was our number one story for much of the afternoon. mccall does not want to give any lessons on human rights to see seats are you had people on social media who were. doing not foreign if you like saying you want some context because michel de prison michael said that he didn't give lessons without. you know the context of something here welts women's rights i with a whole range of issues are that would be. human rights as a human rights concerns are also. a conceptual rights if you like subpoena. respected there. cartoonists let's take a look at one or two cartoons this is a. and bemoans cartoonist and culture. and here you have human rights been held up on some the kind of very embarrassing a telling cc on of this is just on march two. and you know what the mount sinai whatever which i think is. egypt and i will finish with this one mark thi

have pledged to strengthen their economic and military ties during a visit to paris by president abdel fattah el-sisi that's despite accusations that c.c.s. regime is responsible for torture and repression. u.s. president has again come under attack from a republican senator bob corker of tennessee. a bully who is actually untruthful. the u.s. says it's considering sanctions against top military officials over a crackdown against her hinge on muslims washington also says it's withdrawing military aid from army units and officers involved in the violence and it won't allow a senior security officials to attend u.s. sponsored events the u.n. has accused me on mars army of ethnic cleansing the military denies the claims. bangladesh have agreed to work together to repatriate hundreds of thousands over him who fled violence in northern iraq and states more than six hundred thousand rangel have crossed into bangladesh in the last two months alone but if lois lerner reports from young gong there's very little detail about how the repository ations will take place the end of one journey but the start

strengthening ties the french president holds egypt's leader abdel fattah el-sisi in paris human rights groups are not impressed. and in sport a doping scandal escalates of the world's most famous dog sled race all that and more when we come back. hello there we're seeing some very heavy rain over parts of turkey at the moment you can see why on the satellite picture we've got this huge area of cloud is gradually trying to edge its way eastwards as it works its way eastwards though it is beginning to break up so for turkey then that's where we're seeing the wettest of the weather during the day on wednesday but as it tries to work its way eastwards it is breaking up so for beirut there doesn't look like there's going to be anywhere whether we're told in fact we'll see a couple of showers around the coast of egypt and a few more around the coast of turkey there for thursday but elsewhere does look more or less dry towards the east fine unsettled them for many of us here are marty struggling to get to ten degrees as a maximum but for terror on will be getting to around twenty six a bit fu

freedoms at the heart of the european union but on the eve of a state visit by the egyptian president abdel fattah el-sisi human rights activists in paris urged him to end what they called france's disgraceful policies of indulgence towards his repressive government. we have shown in our latest report that torture is done on a massive scale is systematic mostly by the national security agency and it could be considered a crime against humanity. listening in the audience the daughter of an al jazeera journalist arrested in egypt last december mahmoud a sane has now spent months in solitary confinement made out he was confused he was so depressed he was he was keeping from getting stuff because he spent his spend days and nights without anything anyone being allowed to get out of the very very tiny prison cell people have high hopes when countries actually champion liberal values but then when he decided to ignore them for political expediency it's extremely frustrating egypt is the number one customer for france's military industrial complex spending more than six billion dollars over the last two

emanuel macro has declined to publicly criticize the human rights record of his egyptian counterpart abdel fattah sisi mr present macro set as a joint press conference with president sisi that he does not want to a give lessons without taking context into account human rights groups made an appeal to the french president to address alleged human rights violations by egypt's security forces. now after much anticipation and protest a controversial film about the last the russian tsar is due for release this week the movie tells the true story of son nicholas the second and his affair with a polish ballerina called matilda but it is anger at hardline nationalists and russian orthodox christians who view this art as a saint as a love story it makes its debut in a series of violent incidents targeting the filmmakers as russia on edge. the roman of family secret a story of forbidden passion nicholas the second fell in love with a ballerina a film premiere that's made many russians nervous. good news is the premiere of matilda was held peacefully here at the very famous. petersburg and these despite the

the french president egypt's leader abdel fattah el-sisi in paris human rights groups aren't impressed. and this is silly and beaches that once a paradise but are now reminders of the perils migrant face in the mediterranean. welcome back we'll start in a straight here where during the course of wednesday we're like to see most areas drive out of playa perhaps in southeastern areas but sydney's looking quite well now twenty eight degrees fine in townsville some of the temperatures right across western australia is also looking dry and fine heading into thursday not a great deal of change are expected in sydney still in the upper twenty's far as temperatures are concerned so let's head across into news event and here we're looking at showers so if it's in the western side of both islands i think during the course of wednesday through thursday still some fairly strong winds about states coming in from the west or north west so western facing coast like to see the bulk of the share at seventy but some sunshine in oakland and highs of eighteen degrees now as we head up into northeastern pa

all welsh why our lives were found guilty of attempted murder back in august egyptian president abdel fattah el-sisi arrived in france for a three day visit it's already held talks with the french defense minister when choosing his due to meet france's president manuel mak all human rights groups have condemned the visit and say back home should not support the egyptian government or sell it weapons activists say torture refreshen unfair trials against civil rights advocates and journalists are common on the c.c.s. rule now next stop looking into a hospital in guinea with risking it all any hope seize it. we understand the differences and the similarities of cultures across the world. so no matter where you call home al-jazeera will bring in the news and current affairs that matter to you. al-jazeera.

egyptian president abdel fattah el-sisi has met ministers and intelligence services vowing to fight what he calls terrorism this after policemen were attacked in a desert ambush southwest of cairo on friday the egyptian government says sixteen officers died but other sources say more than fifty five policemen were killed no one's claimed responsibility for the attack alexey o'brien has more. egypt is in mourning. the largest attacks on security forces in years. the egyptian interior ministry says sixteen security forces died in an ambush in the west indies it earlier security sources said more than fifty five were killed at a hot two hours drive south west of cairo to police platoons were reported to be on their way to kill or a race to group of armed men in their days at hideout when there was shot with machine guns from every direction. you were. there was a man who pointed out officers to be killed and soldiers to be fired at their hands or feet the moment the group arrived they ordered us to lie down on the ground and surrender our weapons they took the weapons officers received bull

french president a man who is hosting his egyptian counterpart in paris abdel fattah el-sisi visit has sort of micro under pressure from some human rights groups they've made calls for france to suspend arms exports to egypt over alleged human rights violations by the country's security forces egypt has cracked down on dissent since the ouster of the country's islamist president mohamed morsi in two thousand and thirteen. our correspondent elise a louis is in paris keeping track of the presidential visit he's a human rights was in egypt was on the agenda was that issue raised at the talks between the two presidents. yes it was but it rather like a footnote really the french president my macaw first talked about the strategic cooperation between the two countries that he talked about the fight against terrorism and then he said that obviously the fight against terrorism was only would only be effective if there was a stable human rights situation in the country that will not satisfy and geos that have been asking for the country to make an improvement in the human human rights situation

france's president emmanuel micro has hosted his egyptian counterpart abdel fattah el-sisi for talks in paris rights groups had urged the french president to address alleged human rights violations by egypt's security forces but at a joint press conference mr macro dick's clients to criticize the c.c. say he had no wish to hand out lessons that taking context into account. a gunman has shot and wounded a bodyguard to kenya's deputy chief justice in nairobi the judge for the mena and willow i was not in the car at the time but police are treating the incident as a robbery but an investigation is ongoing the incident comes two days before kenya is due to hold a repeat presidential election. china's ruling communist party has confirmed presentation paying as its most powerful leader for decades by adding his name and ideology to the constitution at the end of the party's five year the congress delegates voted unanimously to include region pink thought as a guiding principle giving president xi the same level of prominence as party found about the dog and perhaps marking the start of a n

abdel fattah el-sisi is vowing to fight what he calls terrorism on friday policemen were attacked in the desert ambushed southwest of cairo egyptian government says that sixteen officers died but other sources say that more than fifty five policemen were killed no one's yet claimed responsibility for the attack but actually o'brien reports. egypt is in mourning following one of the largest attacks on security forces in years. the egyptian interior ministry says sixteen security forces died in an ambush in the west indies it earlier security sources said more than fifty five were killed at a one hot two hours drive south west of cairo two police platoons were reported to be on their way to kill or a race to group of armed men and they did not hide out when there was shot with machine guns from every direction. there was a man who pointed out officers to be killed and soldiers to be fired at their hands or feet the moment the group arrived they ordered us to lie down on the ground and surrender our weapons they took the weapons officers received bullets in their heads the lapse in secu

really has to be how can they go home safely is there a way home for them safely egyptian president abdel fattah el-sisi has arrived in france for a three day visit he's already held talks with the french defense minister and on tuesday to meet france's president a man one macof human rights groups have condemned his visit and say markoff should not support the egyptian government or sell it weapons activists say torture repression and unfair trials against civil rights advocates journalists are common under siege david change it has more now from paris the french president emmanuel macro has championed the value of the democratic freedoms at the heart of the european union but on the eve of a state visit by the egyptian president abdullah fattal sisi human rights activists in paris urged him to end what they called france's disgraceful policies of indulgence towards his repressive government. we have shown in our latest report that torture is done on a massive scale it's systematic mostly by the national security agency and it could be considered a crime against humanity. listening in the audie