abdel-fattah al-sisi took the oath of office in front of parliament as president of egypt, his thirderm as head of state. we will find out how the inauguration went from our own correspondent in egypt , alexander belibov. on direct connection. alexander, i welcome the president of egypt identified as priorities for the coming years? alexander, good afternoon. well, at the beginning, a few words about how the inauguration itself took place; it took place for the first time in the new administrative capital of the country, which is located several tens of kilometers to the east. and cairo is practically a new metropolis, where offices of various ministries and departments of the arab republic are already located, and a new building is now located there. parliament, before the deputies of which abdel-fattah assisi took an oath today, precisely after this action, and the current president of the country began a new term as head of state. let me remind you that the presidential elections took place at the end of last year, the current head of state abdelfattah assisi won a landslide victo

abdel-fattah al-sisi won the elections at the end of last year.of the arab republic is entering a new presidential term at a difficult time for the country. the palestinian-israeli conflict has an impact on the entire middle east and egypt, of course, is no exception, especially since. it is the only country that has a land border with the gas sector. and the operation in rafahi in the southernmost city of the palestinian enclave, which israel is going to launch in the near future, could become an additional irritant for members of the so-called axis of resistance. however, after what happened the day before, the hamas militants remaining in the gas strip may now become far from the main problem for israel. alexander bilivov, dmitry cherbakov and polina fedorova. news middle east. despite the difficult international situation, moscow and minsk were able to strengthen the institutions of the union state. this is stated in the congratulatory telegram that vladimir putin sent to alexander lukashenko on the occasion of the day of unity of the peoples

and let's stay with inaugurations — egyptian president abdel fattah al—sisi was sworn in for his thirdat have signified his rule while stretching the country's finances. sisi swept to victory in an election last december with 89.6% of the vote and no serious challengers. that inauguration taking place a few hours ago. we have seen ground pictures and ceremonies taking place in egypt too. let's return to the middle east now. iran has vowed to retaliate over an israeli air strike against its consulate in syria. iran's revolutionary guards say seven officers, including two senior commanders, were killed in that strike in damascus. iran and syria's governments condemned the attack, but the israeli military says it does not comment on foreign media reports. however, it has previously acknowledged hundreds of strikes in recent years on targets in syria, that it says are linked to iran and allied armed groups. let's go back to our international correspondent, jeremy bowen, for more analysis. there's been this shadow war going on ever since the war started in gaza between iran, its allies, inc

egypt's president abdel fattah al—sisi begins his third term in office today after an election wheree faced no serious challengers. during his inauguration speech the president emphasised his intention to maximize the economic role of the suez canal. with me is mohamed taha from our bbc arabic service. good to have you. to start, explain why this was canal is so important to the egyptian economy. so important to the egyptian economy-— so important to the egyptian econom . ,, ., ., , economy. the suez canal is the main source — economy. the suez canal is the main source of _ economy. the suez canal is the main source of foreign - economy. the suez canal is the main source of foreign currencyi main source of foreign currency to egypt, producing last main source of foreign currency t° egypt, producing last year to egypt, producing last year $9.4 billion. it t° egypt, producing last year $9.4 billion. it comes out of around $35 billion, the total foreign currency income to egypt. you can imagine that there —— if there is any drop, there —— if there is any drop, the egyptian economy would

egypt's president abdel fattah al—sisi begins his third term in office today after an election whereomic role of the suez canal. an advert posted by katie price on instagram which promoted a low—calorie diet has been banned by the advertising watchdog. the video posted last august detailed her meals adding up to only 755 calories a day. the advertising standards authority said the ad was "irresponsible" and must not appear again. price has since taken down the advert from her instagram account. now i want to show you some pictures out of south korea. hundreds of people braved heavy rain to bid a tearful farwell to bid a tearful farewell to the first giant panda born in the country. fu bao has left the zoo she was born in 2020 in a high—tech truck to return to china. last month thousands for the rest of this week, low pressure is really in charge of our weather. we have got low pressure after low pressure system coming pressure system rattling in from the atlantic into the south—west and pushing north—eastwards, each one bringing some rain, some heavy rain, and as we head into the wee