in elections scheduled in march sami anon has been seen as a main challenger to president abdel fattah el-sisi but has not called off his campaign mohammed jam june has the details. just days after you nouns to his candidacy in his country's upcoming presidential elections egypt's military has arrested former egyptian armed forces chief of staff sami on on words. in a televised statement the military said imam committed violations when he announced his presidential bid without obtaining permits from the armed forces he's also accused of committing forgery to be included in the voter database there are two explanations for this one is that he actually miscalculated the level of support that he has within the military institution and within the security interests so within his two sions the second one is he actually had not mistaken a decision he expected to step and this is not the end of the story you told d.c. something account of reaction on his part on the part of his loyalists so it's still too early to tell i'm an announced his intention to run hours after current president of the fatah h

egypt's president abdel fattah el-sisi is running for a second term in the march elections but he faces no serious challenger he swept to power after leading the military coup to oust his predecessor in twenty thirty years later he won the election with ninety seven percent of the vote. today as they are members of the moment we have gone through and think about the serious challenges that face our home country and the huge expectations and the hopes we have for our homeland i find myself standing confused before my national consciousness as i speak to you with the honesty and transparency we have been used to in our dialogue and hope that you will accept me for the presidency of the republic. and former army chief sami annan says he will also run and call for state institutions to be neutral towards all candidates. or october story if i am elected to this historic position to save egypt that belongs to the people i call on all citizens to do their part in their responsibility to the nation. home orthostatic i can the country's institutions both private and military to remain neutral to

the last challenge seen as a potential threat to the re-election of egypt's president abdel fattah el-sisi has been detained by the military sami and has also called off his campaign the phone with the chief of staff is the latest in a string of candidates who've been forced to withdraw from the upcoming presidential elections. yours. just days after he announced his candidacy in his country's upcoming presidential elections egypt's military has arrested former egyptian armed forces chief of staff sami ana. in a televised statement the military said i'm committed violations when he announced his presidential bid without obtaining permits from the armed forces he's also accused of committing forgery to be included in the voter database there are two explanations for. this one is that he actually miscalculated the level of support that he has within the military institution and within the security interest so within the pollen institutions the second one is not mistaken a decision he expected to step and this is not the end of the story you probably see something akin to the action on his pa

egypt's president abdel fattah el-sisi is running us running a second time in the march elections and former army chief sami amount has added his name to the list calling for state institutions to be neutral towards all candidates. the pope francis called for the protection of indigenous people visiting the heart of peru's amazon rainforest the head of the catholic church condemned the exploitation of timber gas and gold in the area which he said is endangering native peruvians. following the pope's visit in peru. the first stop on a three day tour in. pope francis a champion of clean environment that members of amazonian indigenous communities the pope says they are the most vulnerable people and now they're living in danger going to the native amazonian peoples have a problem even being so threatened on the lens as they are at present there is new extract of islam and. by great business interests that want to lay hands on its petroleum charisse lumber and gold. more than anywhere else than here in the mother the region the government says the gold rush has destroyed more than thirty

over the last challenge is seen as a potential threat to the reelection of egyptian president abdel fattah el-sisi has been detained by the military and has called off his campaign for the military chief of staff sami anon for me declared his intention to run as a presidential candidate in the march elections on saturday in a televised statement the military said that anon had announced his bid without obtaining the correct permits he's also accused of committing forgery to be included in the database to other presidential hopefuls were forced to quit the race earlier this month one of them said the nephew of former leader anwar sadat said last week he wanted to protect his campaign workers from intimidation or arrest. the main concern is are we going to really be able to continue in the race under such a climate the answer that we will reached is that we don't think we can continue in such an environment and we have decided not to run and for the prime minister an air force jet. shafique had also announced his interest in running but he was placed under house arrest and then to ported from the un

egypt's president abdel fattah el-sisi has announced he is running for a second term in march elections he swept to power after leading the military coup to oust his predecessor and twenty thirteen a year later he won the election with ninety seven percent of the vote former army chief some annan says he also run. lots more so it's coming on al-jazeera including . palestinians face going hungry after the u.s. with holds more money for a crucial the u.n. agency. and we visit an elephant sanctuary kenya that's being more than just improving the animals' lives more in that state. well it's been rubbish rather than levant in the last day or so clouds swept through there bringing cold there for a bit of grain the snow certainly cold running running through the bekaa valley into syria and iraq that's gone through was army see daylight and saturday so the skies should be largely blue and the temperature is not high will be feeling a bit better i think with the southern sky the snow has gone into iran that extends down towards the gulf with some rain already formed in kuwait probably be a littl

the presidential election this march sami amman was seen as the main challenger to president abdel fattah el-sisi the united nations security council has held a meeting on continued chemical attacks in syria russia call for a new inquiry into who is to blame a move the u.s. has branded a distraction the u.s. justice department has confirmed attorney general jeff sessions was questioned last week over alleged collusion between donald trump's presidential campaign and russia it's believed to be the first time a member of tom's cabinet has been questioned in the inquiry which is led by former f.b.i. director robert mueller police in pakistan have arrested a man suspected of raping and killing a seventy year old girl zainab and saris body was found in a rubbish dump earlier this month in the city of course sort of murderous sparked outrage on social media and led to protests across pakistan. and those are the headlines on al-jazeera the news continues right after rebel architecture to status. news has never been more available but the message is a simplistic and misinformation is rife the listening p

pence has arrived in jordan as part of a regional tool he was in egypt where he met president abdel fattah el-sisi to discuss security and the israeli palestinian peace process pence who will be visiting israel as well so the u.s. is still committed to a two state solution. tens of thousands of romanians have protested against changes to the judicial system. i am strange to say the amended laws will make it harder to prosecute officials for corruption it still needs the approval of the president. and pope francis has condemned the killing of women which he says this time last america into the world's most violent place for females he also spoke out against drug violence during mass in the northern peruvian city of true. headlines are back with more news on al-jazeera that's super thirty stay with us. al-jazeera sounds swear every. the two men behind super thirty could hardly have more different backgrounds their partnership might seem unlikely but it was six and we understand each other. there's certain things which we have in common best makes us work together. something for me people people have

the last challenge seen as a potential threat to the reelection of egypt's president abdel fattah el-sisi has been detained by the military. has also called off his campaign the following minutes the chief of staff is the latest in a string of candidates who've been forced to withdraw from the upcoming presidential elections mohammed in how small. just days after he announced his candidacy in his country's upcoming presidential elections egypt's military has arrested former egyptian armed forces chief of staff sami ana. in a televised statement the military said i'm committed violations when he announced his presidential bid without obtaining permits from the armed forces he's also accused of committing forgery to be included in the voter database there are two explanations for this one is that he actually. he miscalculated the level of support that he has within the military institution and within the security interests so within the hard pollen institutions the second one is he actually did not miscalculate this and he expected this step and this is not the end of the story you'll proba

to seize their neighbor's wealth egypt's president abdel fattah el-sisi is running for a second term in the march elections and former army chief sami on and has added his name to the list calling for state institutions to be neutral towards all candidates. turkey is mobilizing thousands of free syrian army rebels on its border with syria it's part of a military operation threatened against syrian kurdish fighters known as the y.p. ji are based in the town about fleeing the army has intensified shelling unafraid in recent days and says a ground assault could happen soon. the lebanese army has found the bodies of nine syrian refugees who froze to death trying to cross the border into lebanon they died during a snowstorm soldiers are looking for others caught in the storm and arrested two syrians on smuggling charges. pope francis has met peru's president pedre public as he wraps up his south america tour earlier he called for the protection of indigenous people while visiting the heart of peru's amazon forest the pope condemned the exploitation of timber gas and gold in the area he sa

under the rule of abdel fattah el-sisi talk shows are used to digital mys his presidency and to vilify his critics television audiences may be dwindling in many countries but given the high rate of illiteracy in egypt t.v. remains the medium of the masses and few institutions are more influential than the evening talk shows not everyone in egypt is buying what the talking heads are selling though given that they frequently venture into the realm of the absurd listening posts not fun now on the highly politicized world of t.v. talk shows in egypt. say that talk shows are the most important phenomenon in the way that government communicates with the public will be an undersea. feed and. many it's consistent it's entertaining. you get the feeling as though you're sitting at a cafe with them. and don't mistake it for a moment this is not about bringing information to the people this is about bringing government this course into your home. but. the. point in egyptian intelligence officer on the phone to a number of t.v. personality directing them on how to report the u.s. decision to recogn

death the last presidential election was in two thousand and fourteen former army general abdel fattah el-sisi won ninety seven percent of the vote well let's bring in our guests now and joining us from egypt's capital cairo is timothy called us he's a nonresident fellow at the institute for middle east policy in berlin we have a senior research over the center for middle eastern and north african politics with free university of berlin is also the author of the book the political economy of egypt under sisi and finally dr. political analyst and author who specializes in egypt domestic policy a very warm welcome to all of you a topic if i could start with you why was sami and an arrest. i believe it is clear that he broke the rules and regulations of the egyptian military and as many knows in military systems all over the wall of the rules and regulations are usually and typically very strict so anyone who will break it will have the same consequence like mr ahmed saw for example who was it he was in the military and he did the same and he was in trouble saw its i think the blame him comes to

arrived in jordan as part of a regional tour earlier he was in egypt where he met president abdel fattah el-sisi to discuss security and the israeli palestinian peace process pens who's expected to visit israel as well said the u.s. is still committed to a two state solution. pope francis has condemned the killing of women which he says has turned latin america into the most violent place and for females the leader of the catholic church also spoke out against drug violence during mass and the northern city of tokyo and he visited areas devastated by floods and landslides last year those are the headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera after inside story by now. the u.s. government shuts down over the failed budget deal of the day if president trump celebrates his first year in office workers are told to stay home democrats and republicans trade insults but who's willing to blame and what does it mean for trump's administration this is inside story. hello and welcome to the program husham obama donald trump's first year anniversary as u.s. president was certainly go down in history it was

the presidential election in march sami anon was seen as the main challenger to president abdel fattah el-sisi the un security council has held a meeting on continued chemical attacks in syria russia call for a new inquiry into who is to blame a move the u.s. has branded a distraction at least thirty one people have been killed by a car bomb in libya the blast in the eastern city of benghazi struck worshipers who were leaving a mosque after evening prayers now we're getting the latest pictures coming from afghanistan in the eastern city of jalalabad where there's been an explosion as we reported earlier near the offices of the aid group save the children these are some of the pictures that are coming in to us a spokesman from the government there the prevention government in general about says the attack is still ongoing no reports said on any casualties or injuries of course we'll update you on this breaking news story here on al-jazeera as in when we have more information to stay with us up next here is the listening post. the benefit of saddam people so bad they see. witness documentaries t

the muslim brotherhoods mohammed morsi was overthrown in a military coup led by abdel fattah el-sisi. she's now president and standing for reelection for a second term in march just like mubarak he's crackdown on dissent and silenced rivals and on the anniversary of that revolution tahrir square has been sealed off just in case bernard smith al-jazeera palestinians in the occupied west bank and finally gained access to three g. cell phone services after israel lifted a ban on the technology but the infrastructure upgrade wasn't allowed in gaza where users are stuck with slow and that works andrew symonds has more now from ramallah in the occupied west bank it speedo long haul for everyone in the cell phone business here but now the big switch on has happened intense competition between two palestinian companies and what to give their customers or three g. service old technology maybe but it's a first here it's a good for the in the economy finally our customers have a choice to get data services to get connectivity. they've rolled out the promotions the marketing campaigns and t.v. ad

he intended to run later this year he was widely seen as a serious challenger to president abdel fattah el-sisi a new york times report says if he could have been influenced by the government to withdraw from the race tomorrow child reports. despite being arguably the most powerful institution in the country egypt's military intelligence appears to have its weaknesses on sunday the new york times said it had received older recordings of phone calls made by a military intelligence officer the leaks suggest how the army tightly controls and directs media outlets in egypt. in the recordings an officer named a chauffeur who really makes a number of calls to talk show hosts and other famous president ologies instructing them on what they must say in the wake of president donald trump's controversial decision to recognize drusilla's the capital of israel by beloved dog and i'm letting you know the position of egypt's national security regarding the issue of declaring jerusalem the capital of israel there have to be compromises if you reach a point where jerusalem becomes the capital of israel and ram

the muslim brotherhoods mohammed morsi was overthrown in a military coup led by abdel fattah el-sisi. cc's now president and standing for reelection for a second term in march just like mubarak he's crackdown on dissent and silenced rivals and on the anniversary of that revolution tahrir square has been sealed off just in case bernard smith al-jazeera the u.n. says that it's alarmed by reports of summary executions in libya it's demanding the arrest of a senior military commander allied to the renegade general khalifa haftar who's also wanted by the international criminal court it's in response to a recent picture on social media showing mahmoud darwish folly executing nine men outside a mosque in benghazi the u.n. says that it has documented at least five cases of our folly carrying out ordering executions in twenty seventeen. the only qualified cattery air force pilots say they're ready to take to the skies without the support of neighboring nations three of those nations the united arab emirates saudi arabia bahrain imposed a blockade on doha in june recent days or tense moments be

has called off his campaign he was seen as the only potential threat to the reelection of abdel fattah el-sisi thousands of people are fleeing fighting in the northern syrian region of africa and on the fourth day of turkish shelling and the ground offensive and it's been revealed that u.s. attorney general jeff sessions was questioned last week over alleged collusion between donald trump's presidential campaign and russia. u.s. vice president might pence has visited the western wall in occupied east jerusalem on the second and final day of his visit to israel the wall in the old city is one of the holiest sites in judaism pedants was shown around the site by a rabbi earlier in the day he met israeli presidential ruben rivlin and toured the holocaust memorial. and palestinians have held a general strike over the vice president's visit and the u.s. decision to recognize jerusalem as the capital of israel shops transport and public services were closed across the occupied west bank and east jerusalem in protest the ruling party fatah calls for the strike saying it was the beginning of a peaceful

pence has arrived in jordan as part of a regional tool he was in egypt where he met president abdel fattah el-sisi to discuss security and the israeli palestinian peace process pence who will be visiting israel as well so the u.s. is still committed to a two state solution. tens of thousands of romanians have protested against changes to their judicial system. i am a stranger savy amended laws will make it harder to prosecute officials for corruption it still needs the approval of the president. and per process has condemned the killing of women which he says this time last america into the world's most violent place for females he also spoke out against drug violence during mass in the northern peruvian city of true. headlines and back with more news on al-jazeera that's super thirty stay with us. al jazeera. swear every since.

the presidential election this march sami anon was seen as the main challenger to president abdel fattah el-sisi the united nations security council has held a meeting on continued chemical attacks in syria russia call for a new inquiry into who is to blame a move the u.s. has branded a distraction the u.s. justice department has confirmed attorney general jeff sessions was questioned last week over alleged collusion between donald trump's presidential campaign and russia it's believed to be the first time a member of tom's cabinet has been questioned in the inquiry which is led by former f.b.i. director robert mueller police in pakistan have arrested a man suspected of raping and killing a seventy year old girl zainab and saris body was found in a rubbish dump earlier this month in the city of sort of murderous sparked outrage on social media and led to protests across pakistan. and those are the headlines on al-jazeera the news continues right after rebel at architecture to status. news has never been more available but the message is a simplistic and misinformation is rife the listening post

and egypt's president abdel fattah el-sisi is running for a second term in the march elections. has out of his name to the list calling for state institutions to be neutral towards candidates. now range of refugees or skype to bangladesh are due to start returning to me and from next week more than six hundred fifty thousand are living in camps up to fing violence and persecution over the past five months but the u.n. and rights groups are raising grave concerns about the repatriation process that has more. these religious men women and children just some of the new arrivals they fled myanmar into bangladesh in recent days and now being provided shelter in the refugee camp close to the border. says she paid a boatload around seventy dollars to ferry her family across the river into bangladesh but she and her three sons then got separated from her husband sixteen year old daughter and the boy's grandmother. she doesn't know where they are my son is a man and young woman was the me and my soldiers were demanding girls they said give us girls and save yourselves they have been givi

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the authoritarian egyptian president abdel fattah el-sisi is almost certain to win the march elections after nearly all of his challengers were arrested or disqualified. in japan, a woman has filed a landmark lawsuit suing the japanese government for sterilizing her without her consent because of a mental disability when she was 15 years old. she's one of an estimated 16,000 people in japan who were forcibly sterilized under japan's eugenics law, which was in force from 1948 until 1996. in france, o oxford professor ad renowned islamic scholar tariq ramadan has been detained in paris after he w was accused by two women of rape and sexual assault last year. ramadan has denied the accusations. and gene sharp, a lifelolong advocate of nonviolent resistance, has died at the age of 90. gene sharp was most famous for his book on non-violent struggle, including the influential book "from dictatorship to democracy: a conceptual framework for liberation." he was also the founder of the albert einstein institution, which is dedicated to advancing the study of nonviolent action. this is gene shar

arrived in jordan as part of a regional tour earlier he was in egypt where he met president abdel fattah el-sisi to discuss security and the israeli palestinian peace process pens who's expected to visit israel as well said the u.s. is still committed to a two state solution. tens of thousands of romanians have protested against changes to their judicial system. demonstrators say the amended laws will make it harder to prosecute officials for corruption the legislation was passed last month and it needs the approval of president close your highness. pope francis has condemned the killing of women which he says has turned latin america into the world's most violent place for females the leader of the catholic church has also spoken out against drug violence during mass in the northern proving the city of tokyo and those are the headlines now in al-jazeera it's isilon the taliban. we're on route to the frontline base with the local government. this is the front line beyond the afghan army firebase i still fighters are dug into the mountainsides. district governor decides personally to attack the i

his candidacy six weeks earlier shafiq was widely seen as a serious challenger to president abdel fattah el-sisi new york times report says the government may have encouraged him to withdraw it came from the latest of a series of leaks as jamal al sheil reports. despite being arguably the most powerful institution in the country egypt's military intelligence appears to have its weaknesses on sunday the new york times said it had received older recordings of phone calls made by a military intelligence officer the leaks are just how the army tightly controls and directs media outlets in egypt. in the recordings an officer named a chauffeur who really makes a number of calls to talk show hosts and other famous president instructing them on what they must say in the wake of president donald trump's controversial decision to recognize drucilla as the capital of israel by beloved dog and i'm letting you know the position of egypt's national security regarding the issue of declaring jerusalem the capital of israel there have to be compromises if you reach a point where jerusalem becomes the capital of

former army chief of staff sami a man and leftist lawyer khaled are also running for president abdel fattah el-sisi his first term ends in june so for so far not declared whether he'll run. dozens of female who this opposes have demonstrated in an armed protest in yemen's capital sanaa who say leaders called on the women to hold a rally as a show defiles against the saudi led coalition the protests and say they are committed to finding a solution to the crisis but are willing to fight for their cause and you know i mean as. we came out today to prove to the saudi led coalition that our men and women a capable of facing them for a thousand years not only a thousand days. we want to show the arab world to clear up to the task and the women will stand by the men. iran has lifted restrictions on messaging app telegram there were imposed during recent antigovernment protests several social media services were blocked to prevent activists from using them to organize at least twenty two people died in a thousand people were arrested before the demonstrations wound down earlier this month instagram was res

in the lead up to the march voters reason for its decision not to participate or president abdel fattah el-sisi is leading challenger former military chief of staff sami and now it was arrested last week and has since withdrawn his candidacy a number of other candidates have also dropped out of the race. as the u.k. prepares to leave the link to government documents show that its economy is forecast to suffer no matter what kind of trade deal that ends up negotiation with the rest of europe or promise to trade in may is on her way to china along with fifty business leaders hoping to set up new deals and fresh markets china is already an important part of assam u.k. companies as a hobby philips reports from yorkshire they've been making woollen cloth since seventeen eighty three and the expertise built up over centuries by this very british company in its yorkshire factory is now highly valued by the chinese today much of the focus is on markets in the far east and it exports more textiles and fabrics to china than to any other country. really nowhere else mike tyner in the early days easing san

election this march sanny on and has blood being seen as the main challenger to president abdel fattah el-sisi but he's now called off his campaign hama jump jim has the latest. just days after he announced his candidacy in his country's upcoming presidential elections egypt's military has arrested former egyptian armed forces chief of staff sami annan. in a televised statement the military said imam committed violations when he announced his presidential bid without obtaining permits from the armed forces he's also accused of committing forgery to be included in the voter database there are two explanations for this one is that he actually miscalculated the level of support that he has within the minute any institution and within the security interests so within the pollen institutions the second one is he actually did not mistaken a decision he expected to step and this is not the end of the story you probably see something a count of the action on his part or the part of his loyalists so it's still too early to tell i'm not announced his intention to run hours after current president of the

after being detained by the army has be seen as the only potential threat to the reelection of abdel fattah el-sisi. the u.s. and russia clash at the u.n. security council over the alleged use of chemical weapons in syria's rebel enclave of duma. venezuela's president nicolas maduro says he will seek reelection in april if he's selected as a candidate by the ruling socialist. and fantasy drama the shape of water leaves the oscar race with thirteen nominations. egyptian military has detained its former chief of staff just days after he said he would run for president in an election this march sami on has been seen as a significant rival to president. but he's now called off his campaign homage on june has the latest. just days after he announced his candidacy in his country's upcoming presidential elections egypt's military has arrested former egyptian armed forces chief of staff sami annan. in a televised statement the military said imam committed violations when he announced his presidential bid without obtaining permits from the armed forces he's also accused of committing forgery to be included

egypt's president abdel fattah el-sisi has announced he will run for a second that actions are scheduled to take place in march says he rose to power in twenty fourteen after leading the military and i was doing his predecessor. reports . the announcement was widely expected now egyptian president obama has put down his sisi has made it official and us that it got a lot of out info to collect you might have been today as a to members of the sausage moments we have gone through and think about the serious challenges that face our home country and the huge expectations and the hopes we have for our homeland i find myself standing confused before my national conscious as i speak to you with the honesty and transparency we have been used to in our dialogue and hope that you will accept me for it is a presidency of that a puppy. analysts are hardly surprised by his staying in power to swear that way i think of the elections as one source solve it is just a missile or a facade of this committee that would say that he won the elections fed and square and he has significant popular support. sisi

the muslim brotherhoods mohammed morsi was overthrown in a military coup led by abdel fattah el-sisi. cc's now president and standing for reelection for a second term in march just like mubarak he's crackdown on dissent and silenced rivals and on the anniversary of that revolution tahrir square has been sealed off just in case bernard smith al-jazeera. even try hat is an associate professor at the institute and joins us now here in the studio good to have you with us so with how is alley pulling out c.c. is now the only person running in this election if that's the case he needs five percent to win the city exactly well it's not on the kind of valley but the four hundred alley we had. he was kept in a hotel for almost three weeks until he withdrew his candidacy and the clear that he's not running and also we saw. who was a serious contender for president sisi also be interested we still don't know where where he is now how that is so this. this withdrawal of value from the elections it's expected actually there's nothing surprising about it giving the. environment of the elections the

and is called off his campaign he was seen as the only remaining threat to the reelection of abdel fattah el-sisi. thousands of people are fleeing the fighting in the kurdish held enclave of graphene in syria on the fourth the turkey's offensive i've just been revealed that the u.s. attorney general jeff sessions was questioned last weekend for alleged collusion between donald trump's presidential campaign and russia. saudi arabia has begun airlifting aid to the yemeni city of marriott east of the capital sana it's part of a pledge to donate one and a half billion dollars to alleviate famine and disease in the water own country or the hum it as more. it's been a tough start in life nine months old mariam has only known hunger so far her parents too poor to pay for food and humanitarian aid unable to reach the area because of the conflict now she suffers from severe and acute malnutrition and just four kilograms mariam weighs less than half the average for a child of her age and as i am not a maha we couldn't get to the clinic before because we didn't have money for the journey says her grandfathe

egyptian president abdel fattah el-sisi has announced he is running for a second term remember he swept to power after leading the military coup to oust his predecessor mohamed morsy back in two thousand and thirteen and then won the election a year later with ninety seven percent of the votes. about infertility a lot of been today as a remember the sysop moment we have gone through and think about the serious challenges that face our home country and the huge expectations and the hopes we have for our homeland i find myself standing confused before my national conscious as i speak to you with the honesty and transparency we have been used to in our dialogue and hope that you will accept me for the presidency of the republic. well a number of parliamentary blocs have already pledged their support to mr sisi but what about his potential rivals well first of all you've got the human rights lawyer. he has been charged for making a rude hand gesture in public and if convicted in march will be jailed and therefore disqualified you've also got the army colonel med consoler who was arrested af