vladimir putin met with egyptian presidentialcicy president al sisi. the leaders talked about expanding military operation and president obama will send more advisers to iraq. american fighter jets and drones that carry out the islamic state group as fighters threaten to overrun kurdish forces. american advisers are on the ground to help the kurds turn the tide. what can you tell us about this? >> reporter: well, tony, when people start telling us about more advisers being sent by president obama into iraq, which is a hot war zone. the alarm and elsewhere really grows, something that president obama has warned that the u.s. military will not be involved in no combat troops on the ground. even having said that, as many as 70. more advisers, remember the numbers, there are 700 american personnel in iraq protecting the u.s. embassy among other things. 250 of them are advisers. they're taking stock of military capabilities. the capabilities of the islamic state group as well as the kurdish fighters, they carry this fight against those islamic state group f

he's a strong supporter of abdel fatah al-sisi. >>> they also discussed the systematic dismantling of egypt, including the journalists in egypt. now in prison for 227 days. baher mohamed, peter greste and mohamed fahmy, in june mohamed fahmy and peter greste given seven year sentences and baher mohamed was given an extra three years because he had a spent round in his position which he had picked up at a protest. >>> venezuela, border with columbia, goods leaving the country. >> good morning vietnam. >> and good-bye to a well-known comic, robin williams dice at the age of 63. >>> football silver ware up for grabs. at about 10 it will the hour. till the hour. we're into the second day of a 72-hour humanitarian ceasefire between hamas and israel and it's holding. >>> temperatures also led the united nations food program to distribute food to 150,000 people, including rice and wheat flour. >>> israel egyptian blockades make deliver of goods difficult. many items barred from entering the gaza strip. >>> ceasefire talks are carrying on in cairo. both sides have big demands. palestine wants

secretary-general says they raised the issue of detained journalist with abdul fatah al-sisi in egypt. bangui moon ensured freedom of -- ban ki-moon ensured freedom of speech. peter greste, mohamed fadel fahmy and baher mohamed spent 24 of days in an egyptian system. they received long sentences after a trial seep as politic -- seen as politically motivated. >> this is a subject discussed with president abdul fatah al-sisi after he was elected. i have been emphasising the freedom of speech and ensuring a safety and security of journalists. whichever newsagencies they may work for, i have emphasised, and i urge them to take necessary action. i regret that we have not yet teen and reporters still - i hope that they will be released soon. >> their convictions are being repealed, and al jazeera demands their release. >>> still ahead - it's an industry where the workers are women, and the managers men. one country is working to change that. >>> i'm allen schauffler, in idaho, it was a some time of relief and celebrations, relief and smiles. the 5-year vij im was over in bowe bergdahl's tow

secretary-general says they have raised the issue of al jazeera journalists with abdul fatah al-sisi. peter greste, mohamed fadel fahmy and baher mohamed have now spent 246 days in an san francisco prison. they received long sentences after a trial many saw as politically motivated. convictions are being appealed, and al jazeera continues to demand their release. >> this is a subject which i have discussed with the president abdul fatah al-sisi immediate after he was elected, and i have been emphasising the sponsor of freedom of teach and particularly ensuring the safety and security of journalist for the situation whichever agencies that it is working for, i emphasise that i urge him to take the necessary action. we regret we have not seen, and reporters are on the reputation. i hope they'll be released soon. >> indian prime minister narendra modi is in turkey to meet japanese counterpart shinzo abe. they went to a village where the two counties are already working together. >> reporter: native japanese food after a hard day's work. at a small diner japanese workers are trading stori

group reporters without borders has an online competition, directed to the precedent, abdul fatah al-sisiso far the egyptian government has shown little sign of budging. abdul fatah al-sisi cannot consider a plea of clemency or pardon until all legal proceedings are complete. including any appeals, a process that is expected to once again show the world how egypt plies the rule of law. gerald tan al jazeera. >>> the priest infected with ebola arrived in his home country of spain. he has or was working as a missionary in liberia, one of the countries worst hit by the virus. he's 75 years old. the world health organisation is holding a 2-day emergency meeting in switzerland, and hope to curb the spread of a virus taking over 900 lives. >> still to come in sport - we find out if tiger woods will be fit enough to play at the final major of the golfing year. >> now available, the new al jazeea america mobile news app. get our exclusive in depth, reporting when you want it. a global perspective wherever you are. the major headlines in context. mashable says... you'll never miss the latest news

president abdul fatah al-sisi was speaking beside him the italian prime minister on a visit to cairo, and said at times it's decisive, we have to take advantage to douse the fire in the gaza strip. i believe from palestinian source, it's possible that the palestinian delegation could be persuaded to go to cairo. the problem, i think, is the israeli side, where it's clear after the security cabinet meeting that took place for five hours until the early hours of the morning, they are pursuing a military option, not a diplomatic one, no formal statement coming out of the side, it's a day of worship. we won't get any form at statement until after sunday. >> we are hearing from our correspondent in gaza, a massive offensive in gaza. the death toll rising. this is partly in response to an israeli solder going missing -- soldier going missing. tell us more on that front. >> well, that is something that obviously israelis are watching very closely on the media. everyone is aware of it. it is becoming the story in the israeli press and public. the official position of the israeli military, and

abdel fatah al-sisi says these peace are meetings do stand a real success. >> the crisis in gaza and end the bloodshed. >> one of the reasons the 72 hour ceasefire broke down was the capture of israeli soldier second lieutenant hadar golden and the prime minister who joined president al-sisi at that news conference said the resolution of that issue around second lieutenant golden is important for going forward. >> i call for the immediate release of the israeli soldier who was kidnapped yesterday. >> and just a reminder that the two key players, hamas and the israelis will not be present as these peace negotiations get underway in cairo nor will the united states. i think the u.s. has probably done all it can for the time being. we've seen secretary kerry shuttling around the region trying to come to some conclusion or resolution to this crisis and yesterday president obama in his impromptu news conference hinted that this has been going on for a very long time, which hints he's aware that any resolution could be a long way off. he hinted that the two sides of have to want it meaning

vladimir putin met with abdul fatah al-sisi. egypt agreed to increase agricultural shipments to russia. russia is seeking now food supplies after banning imports from united states, canada, australia and europe. iraq's new prime minister has 30 address to get a government off the ground. he has support from international leaders, including the kurds. nouri al-maliki refuses to give up power and wants the military to stay out of the political fray and focus on fighting the islamic state group. u.s. air strikes are pushing back fighters who are a threat to the kurdish territory. jane has the latest from erbil, in northern iraq. >> reporter: it was a clear message from nouri al-maliki. he's still commander in chief and direct security forces. >> translation: i'm scared al qaeda and the islamic state group might try to make use of the current tension on the pretext of defending me or others. therefore you must carefully check whether all convoys and armed men are law enforcement or not, there are those that will take advantage, sayi

most came from the tunnels, since the takeover of abdul fatah al-sisi, by abdul fatah al-sisi in egyptthat is not happening. >> these are the tunnels from gaza into egypt. trade. >> importing all sorts of things, yes. >> this is real. if this is true, the alleviation could be the beginning of a basis for more discussion between gaza and israel. >> right, absolutely. from what i saw, the daily life of palestinians was reduced to bare survival. they were struggling for food. most limits were implemented through the use of live ammunition. many have been killed and injured by defying the limits, and that is because the household economy is strangled. >> you said it happiness on the further. >> that's right. sometimes they pass the three nautical miles by accident because the boyce are not visible. other times they are desperate for fish and getting obvious allows them to have more fish and to sell and have income. now, the other point that is important to remember is that palestinians in gaza, despite the daily - the dire conditions that they faced. for example, they don't have access to

at present, i think al-sisi's objective and priority must be to get a sense of confidence back among the egyptians that the country is back on track. he will need that kind of atmosphere also to draw his own plans for future. what remains to be seen, of course, is how independent the judiciary will be maybe i should say allow to be in the next month and come to a ruling against mubarak. >> al jazeera demands the release of its journalists who have been in prison for 227 days. in june moasme mohamed fahmy anr greste were given seven years. baher mohamed was given an additional three years because he had aa spent but in his possession. >>> seven separate bombings, the worst was near a mosque in the carada neighborhood, nine people were killed at least 43 injured. another explosion happened at a fruit and vegetable market in baghdad. the prime minister nominee haider al-abadi, and speaking of that, nouri al-maliki has described his nomination as a constitutional violation. said it's up to the court to decide whether he should keep his job. now to zena hoder. >>> rakes have been taking t

that's been the vindication for abdul fatah al-sisi to step in, interrupting a democratic process. in their view the stability and integrity of egypt was at stake. >> thank you for joining us. kersten life from london. >> now, iraq's prime minister, nouri al-maliki still refusing to hand over power to his appointed successor. nouri al-maliki described the nomination as a constitution violation, saying it was up to the federal court to decide whether to keep his job. >> the counter government continued, and it won't be changed until the federal government delivered a decision. it's a constitutional violation, hatched outside the country. we can not have a constitutional breach. >> there has been four separate bombings in and around the iraqi capital in and around the capital. the latest in baghdad killing at least 10. one was at a checkpoint at a home owned bit the prime ministerial nominee haider al-abadi. >>> and we'll speak to zeina khodr live from erbil. nouri al-maliki says he will not leave fought a federal court ruling. can he still hang on to power? >> hundreds of iraqis too

putin hosted the egyptian president, fattah al-sisi, in the olympic resort town of sochi. they struck a deal that will see egypt export about 30% more food to russia. putin reportedly agreed to sell egypt more wheat as well as fighter jets and missiles. last week russian leaders imposed a one-year ban on import of many food items from the eu, u.s., and other western countries. they were retaliating over sanctions of russia over the situation in ukraine. >>> international public health officials are going into the unknown to stop the spread of ebola. they have seen more than 1,000 people in west africa die after being affected by the virus. nhk world reports. >> reporter: people across west africa have grown afraid of their neighbors. no one approached this man lying on the street. they thought he might be infected with ebola. officials at the world health organization have made a decision they hope will contain the outbreak. they have authorized the use of experimental drugs. >> there was unanimous agreement among the experts that the special circumstances of this ebola ou

huhuman rights watch said, now president abdel fatah al-sisi should be investigated. the movement to reinstate egypt's first ever democratically elected president started using a symbol of a hand showing four fingers. they say they will never forget rabah which also means the 4th in arabic. monica villa razar, al jazeera. >>> negotiatenegotiators have rd from cairo. agreeing to extend the truce as long as their are concerns are heard. >>> killed while trying to do his work. jane ferguson reports. >> hasam abu morad had one of the most dangerous jobs in gaza. trying to defuse explosives which landed but did not detonate. with little but no professional equipment. just last week, hasam spoke to al jazeera. >> translator: to handle these missiles is very dangerous but the one who acceptance this job must -- accepts this job is doing his duty. >> on wednesday hasam was killed while performing that duty. he had been trying to disarm a large bomb when it exploded, killing him, three of his colleagues and two journalists. this is the spot where the bomb disposal unit were wh

on saturday mahmoud abbas met with egyptian president abdul fatah al-sisi. >> what concerns us at the moment is to put an end to the blood shed or any act of sacrifice. once that happens the humanitarian relief aid and rebuilding must start. >> after weeks of blood shed and mass instruction, many want to see an end to the violence, but only if israel agrees to lift a blockade, which strangled the economy. >> in the background of renewed violence and calls for a ceasefire, are signs palestinian officials may be inclined to join the criminal court. that allows them to call for an investigation in relation to war crimes. joining the i.c.c. means they, too, could face the same scrutiny. >>> a rocket fired from lebanon struck a house in northern israel. this shows security forces searching the damaged building. no one has yet claimed responsibility. israel says five rockets fired from syria landed in the disputed golan heights. since the concept began in july '68, israelis killed, a thai national was killed. 2,105 palestinians have been killed in the violence, and more than 10,600 people h

mahmoud abbas and abdul fatah al-sisi have come to an agreement to get the peace talks on track. what is it likely to be, and will it make a difference in the scenario. what you have going on is four or five developments. you have the president of the palestinian authority, mahmoud abbas. he went to qatar, where he spoke to the head of hamas. he's in egypt. you have activity at the u.n. security council to work on what the europeans were trying to come up with. the have the qataris and the turks doing mediation, and the most dramatic thing is the move today by hamas to say that it has supported the palestinian bid to join the - to take the emotion to the international criminal court. and to perhaps have the i.c.c. look into the war crimes allegations against israel. all these things were happening at the same time. the americans and the israelis have peace negotiations going on, because they try to figure out what they can do without consulting anyone else. that has not worked well this time. this is what is different to before. >> excuse me jumping in, it's not a picture of what

and really, reza, this is a major test for the newly elected president abdel fattah al sisi. he of course took out mohammed morsy after he was democratically elected, of the muslim brotherhood. take us behind the scenes, bring us up to speed on how this deal was able to come forward. >> reporter: yeah, errol. and it's important to point out that this is the second shot for the egyptian government led by president abdel fattah al sisi to get a cease-fire plan right. their first attempt back on july 14th, it failed, in large part because according to hamas, hamas wasn't consulted. hamas also accused the egyptian government of putting in that previous cease-fire plan many of israel's demands and none of hamas's demands. but in the second go-around obviously the egyptian government was much more active, speaking directly with hamas representatives, other representatives of palestinian factions. in what was indirect talks. remember, the israeli representatives as part of friday's cease-fire plan were supposed to be here. obviously, that cease-fire plan fell apart. it was the pales

on saturday, palestinian leader mac mood abbas met with fatta al-sisi.his puts an end to the blood shed and any act that costs us more sacrifice. once that happens, the heurmanitarian relief aid and e rebuilding efforts must have start. >> after weeks of blood shed and mass destruction, many residents wants to see an evenldz to the violence but only if they agree to lift their blockade which has strangled the economy. in the background of the renewed violence and calls for a cease-fire, palestinian officials may apply to join the international criminal court. >> would enable them to call for an investigation into whether israel may have committed war crimes, but joining the icc would also mean they, too, could face the same scrutiny. al jazeera, gaza. . >> meanwhile, israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu is making no apologies on the attack on that apartment building. he said bombs could fall anywhere the militarity believes hamas may be hiding. jane ferguson has more. >> people are aware now that these airstrikes are continuing across the gaza strip

the egyptian president al sisi in cairo talked about ways to re-establish talks between hamas and gaza. >> we'll reach out to the palestinian delegation. this delegation includes all palestinian factions including hamas to the negotiation table to discuss a long-term cease-fire and negotiations afterwards. >> at the same time hamas signed a pledge backing any bed to th bid to international court. >>> meanwhile, israeli airstrikes hit several neighborhoods across the gaza strip today. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu said that strikes would intensify following the death of a four-year-old boy in israel just yesterday. we have the latest from gaza. >> reporter: this is the area where homes were flattened in the latest barrage of israeli airstrikes. witnesses say the intense attacks destroyed everything here. >> two missiles hit a house. within a few minutes there was another strike. all thwithin 500 meters everything was destroyed. there is nothing still standing people didn't have time to escape. everyone was injured. no one was left. >> it was not just the area. dozens of stri

meanwhile, the egyptian leader, abdel fattah al-sisi, is hosting a meeting in cairo with palestinian officials to try to broker a new, more lasting cease fire between israel and hamas. an earlier cease fire arranged by egypt broke down after only hours yesterday. earlier today, we spoke via skype from jerusalem with jodi rudoren of the "new york times." what do we know about the planned negotiations in egypt? >> well two, things. i mean, first of all, these negotiations are part of a plan that secretary of state john kerry and head of the united nations arranged, a cease-fire during which, the more substantive agreement to stop the fighting. that fell apart as you mentioned yesterday when israel renewed the attack after being confronted by militants who came out of a tunnel, they killed two soldiers and seemed to have captured an officer, so several things, that whole thing fell apart, the palestinians going to cairo but the israelis says they are not, they have not definitively said they are not going but it appears they are not. but longer term, if there is going to be any resoluti

a human rights watch report says leaders and president abdel fatah al-sisi and, should be reinstated. democratically elected, they said they will never forget rabah, which also means the fourth in arabic. monica villa mazar, al jazeera. >>> journalists who tried to document the events that day were also attacked. simon mcgregor wood has the story. >> this was something the egyptian deposit did not want the world to see. -- egyptian government did not want the world the see. our position was the first to come under fire. >> we cannot move from the location we are at the moment. we are pinned down. >> their intention was to stop us flixing. cell phone -- filming. cell phone networks were jammed. foreign journalists were all targetargeted. tear gas, heat and hysteria. but the as the police and military started to close in journalists began to die. mick dean, abdel gawad, of the paper el akbar, all shot. >> we have to look one year after those events no investigations have been launched to try to know what happened exactly, and who killed the journalists. >> six more were seriously injure

the defense minister at the time general abdel fatah al-sisi is now president. >> egypt up until now has not carried any investigation or held accountable any of its security officers who ordered who planned and ordered the mass killing of these protesters. in august 2013. >> the government says it followed international standards when it forcibly evacuated the raba and al nada squares and protests continue around the country. some of the protesters don't believe they will ever receive justice. monica villa al jazeera. egypt. >> in june mohamed fahmy and peter greste were given seven sentences, baher mohamed was given an extra three years to his sentence because he picked up a spent shell from a protest. >>> as many as 97 people thought to be missing, killed six men's on the last week's raid on borno state. >>> the outbreak of ebola, says world health organization, has been extremely underestimated. more than any of the previous outbreaks since the virus was initially discovered in the 1970s. al jazeera's malcolm webb reports. >> reporter: it's the world's worst ever outbreak of the

now al sisi said he still wants those talks to continue. >> i want to say that the egyptian initiative could solve the conflict in gaza. it's introduction of aid and then to discuss all issues, there is no alternative. >> we understand from palestinian source there is still a palestinian delegation and it's possible that they may be persuaded to travel to cairo. it is not clear whether israel will be prepared to take part of any talks. it's clear from pictures of what we're seeing in gaza there is a massive bombardment under way. and it seems for now the israelis are taking the military rather than diplomatic option, and righ right now it's the jewish sabbath. >> with that cease-fire over almost as soon as it gun. we see the mosque and university destroyed. >> reporter: that's right. we've seen airstrikes in the distance and we've been hearing an air burst. this is something very different than we've heard the last few hours. an air burst is a shell with a timer and it goes off before it hits its target. the point of that is it is meant to send out as. shrapnel as far of a distance tha

>> originally, i would have thought that it would have been wise on the part of the al sisi regime to embrace hamas as the victim of occupation in order to show that their problem is not with muslim brotherhoods in general, that they are problem was with the particular phase of muslim brotherhood in egypt itself. however, leaks from the talks tell us more and how how there is a certain benign position toward the palestinians and perhaps they are siding with israeli. having said that, for the time being, there is no escape from having egypt mediate these talks, because egypt is the more important neighbor. it is there and or the livelihood of gaza and the long term, they need egypt. anyway you take it, egypt is going to be an important player. will it stop be impartial that what is israel and embase it as an honest broker remains to be seen. >> do you sense international pressure is lessening somewhat for are a ceasefire than where it was perhaps a few weeks ago because of other challenges reemerging in the reason? >> certainly isis and iraq has taken the air from the tires of this pro

when the muslim brother hood was overthrown and morsi deposed as president, the new government of al-sisi sees hamas as a terrorist organization because they're of the muslim brother hood. that's why there's little optimism to be achieved here in cairo. >> testing the mood on the streets in cairo. >>> we have breaking news from jerusalem we're receiving on the associated press news agency that a construction vehicle has slammed into a bus in jerusalem. it overturned it. police are describing this as a possible terrorist attack. there was no one on the bus at the time it was hit. two were injured in the incident. we're getting this from the ambulance service on the roiters news agency. it happened in an ultra orthodox jewish community. police shot at the driver of the construction vehicle. we haven't got more details at the time. police describe this as a possible terror attack. more on that as soon as we get it. >>> a rescue operation is underway in china after the massive earthquake that struck the remote area in the southwest of the country. we are hearing at least 400 people have been

on setthe president met with abdul fatah al-sisi. >> what concerns us is to put an end to the bloodshed and more sacrifices. once that happens, rebuilding efforts must start. >> reporter: after weeks of blood shed and destruction, many want to see an end to the violence, but only if israel lifts the blockade, which strangled the economy. >> in the background to violence and calls for a ceasefire are signs that palestinian officials may playto join the criminal, that would enable them to call for an investigation into whether israel may have committed war crimes. joining the i.s.i.s. mean they, too, could face the same scrutiny. >> an israeli prime minister binyamin netanyahu is making no apologies for civilians caught in the crossfire. he said bombs could fall anywhere the military believes hamas may be hiding. >> hamas will pay, and pay heavily for its crimes. i call on the residents of gaza to vacate every site. every place is a target for us. we have proven in the past days that there is not and will not be any immunity for those who are shooting at israeli citizens. this is true for

. >> reporter: what did you tell the government of egypt that president al sisi was much closer.s invited a palestinian delegation consisting of the palestinian authority, hamas, islamic jihad. they're in cairo. he would like a delegation to come. what have you told him? >> i'm not going to go into our diplomatic contacts. i will say the following. our goal is the defensive. it's to end the rocket fire. more than 3,000 rockets since this crisis began. to end the tunnelling under israel of these terrorists trying to come into our border sending death squads into israel to kill israeli civilians. there are goals. they're defensive. we tried to do that through an arrangement brokered by the united nations and united states. i think the qataris let us down. hamas showed that it's not a serious partner in any sort of arrangement. i think what's happening is how do we do this by ourselves, maximize security and minimize the threat? >> one of the major points we just heard khalad meshaal. he said israel kills civilians, hamas kills soldiers. 64 israeli soldiers, 3 civilians. 1700 palest

. >> when mohamed mursi was overthrown by abdul fatah al-sisi in 2013, the other uns of hamas ke clipped. egypt tightened the border crossing. they cracked down on tunnelling. egypt claims to have destroyed tunnels this year alone. hamas created a new set of tunnels aimed at israel. unlike the egyptian tunnels used for comers. the new tunnels are designed as military weapons. the israeli army says hamas had seen the tunnels, killing five soldiers. some of those funnels burrowed 90 feet or more. they extended a mile or more into israeli territory. many with reinforced concrete, 6 fight height, with power and communication lines. the israeli military claims the concrete used was intended to civilian structures. hamas as not responded to they say accusations. estimates from the military is that each tunnel can cost anywhere from 75,000 to $3 million and was potentially as many as 50 tunnels built. some assessments put the total cost on hamas. between 30 or $90 million. some of that money may have come from foreign donors. >> hamas raises taxes, charges custom duties on goods through the tun

the defense minister at the time, general al sisi, is now president. >> egypt has not, up to now, carriedny investigation or held accountable any officers who ordered and planned the mass killing of these protesters in august of 2013. >> the government said it followed international standards when it forcebly evacuated the squares, and protests continue across the country. some of the victims of last year's crackdown don't believe they'll ever see justice. >> al jazeera is demanding the release of its three journalist who is have been imprisoned in egypt for 231 days. mohamed fahmy, bader mohammed, and peter greste were accused of helping the outlawed muslim brotherhood. in june they were given seven-year sentences. bader mohammed was given an extra three years because he had a spent bullet in his possession, which he had picked up at a protest. >> hundreds of thousands of people have turned out to see the leader of the rome catholic church where he held beatification ceremony. >> moving steadily through the hundreds of thousands of people who have come for this moment, this was the cente

. >> this is a subject which i have discussed with the president abdul fatah al-sisi immediate after he was elected. and i have been emphasising the importance of freedom of speech, and particularly ensuring the safety and security of journalists for the covering. newsagencies, when they are working, i emphasised and i strongly urged him to take necessary access. we have not yet seen, and reporters scale. i sincerely hope they'll be released soon, yes. >> there are protests in venezuela over a government plan to combat food hering and smuggling -- food lording and should goling. it would require -- food harding and shopping. it has been called a liberating tool. supplies have been reduced of staple foods that are imported. >>> rescuers in nicaragua are trying to free five workers trapped in a goldmine. 20 miners were rescued on saturday, after crews dug through the rocks and mud. >> protesters are angry at plans to bring nuclear power plants online. they have been demanding. since the disaster. safety concerns outweighed the need for nuclear installations. >>> india's prime minister

they claimed all up to abdul fatah al-sisi knew about the violent attacks. >>> to los angeles, where steve balmer is the official owner the the l.a. clippers. the sale announced by the nb axe. it end months of manoeuvring donald sterling to keep control of the team after his estranged wife took the reins. the deal between shelley and balmer was signed within minutes of the ruling. >>> in new york city actress lauren bacall has died. she won two tonys, a golden globe and an honorary oscar. she was married to humphrey bogart, and to jason robarts after his death. that is some of what is happening around the world. coming up. we take you to the st louis area dealing with the fallout of an unarmed teen killed by a policeman. robin williams death raises questions about the links between comedians and depression. we are joined with a personal story. and harmeli aregawi has been tracking the online rehabilitation to robin williams death. it's been trendz. >> looking at social media, it's incredible to see the scope of the impact. he touched people from multiple generations and backgrounds.

rights watch report says senior leaders, including then defence minister and president abdul fatah al-sisi, and interior minister mohammed ibrahim should be investigated. the movement to reinstate egypt's first democratically-elected president started to use a symbol of a hand showing four fingers. they say they will never forget mraba, the force in arabic. >> pakistan's capital is in full lockdown ahead of an anti-government march to islamabad. thousands gathered in lahore for independence day protest, calling for the ouster of the prime minister's government. the leader, imran khan. and the opposition cleric. tahir-ul-qadri accuses the prime minister of election fraud. >> how is it going down there? >> well, indeed, they are on their way, even though there was gens speculation that quadri was not allowed to go. there was behind the scenes manoeuvring by senior politicians, including one in exile in london, the leader who had assurances from quadri, that he would not be allowed to go to the red zone. the red zone is where parliament is, where all the diplomatic enclave is and important go

when mohamed mursi was overthrown by abdul fatah al-sisi in 2013, the fortunes of hamas declined. egypt tightened the border crossing with hamas controlled gaza, and cracked down on illegal tunnelling. egypt claims to have destroyed 1600 tunnels this year alone. hamas created a new set of tunnels aimed at israel. unlike the egyptian tunnels used for commerce, these are designed as military weapons for cross-border attacks. the israeli army said hamas used the tunnels four times to ipp fill trait into israel, killing for soldiers. some extend a mile or more into israeli territory. many used reinforced concrete, are six feet high and have power and communication lines. the israeli military claims that the concrete used for the tonne else was intended for the structures. hamas has not responded. estimates from the israeli military is that each tunnel co cost anywhere from 75,000 to $3 million to build. with potentially as many as 50 tunnels built in the sandy soil beneath the gazan border, some assessments put the cost to hamas between 30 and $90 million. some may have come from fore

. >>> egyptian president abdul fattah al sisi but his government is trying to make peace between israel and hamas. >> reporter: palestinians digging through the rubble that is now gaza look to egypt to help open the territory they have come to see as a prison. >> we need the human passage that clings us to the world. we need to give our people in gaza some hope. >> reporter: egypt has been traditionally the center of zbraf viti in moments of crisis. hosni mubarak served as a bridge between israelis and palestinians. he brokered a deal to release soldiers. hamas had a friend in mohammed morsi who opened the border between egypt and gaza and along then with secretary of state hillary clinton brokered a cease fire between israel and hamas in 2012. but things have changed since then, like israel, egypt's current president views hamas as a terrorist group and a regional threat isolating the group politically, sealing off the border and sealing off tunnels. >> the reason they have put restrictions on the borders is because we don't want hamas to do that. as long as hamas doesn't want to inves

remembers the exact circumstances when the assassin of anwar sadat was asked to sit next to general al-sisi at a public event. that was probably not a very smart thing to do. so first of all from the perspective of having a successful pursuit of your own program and for the larger perspective the egyptian or or arab interests interest those kinds of things matter a lot and turn out one way or the other. how things turn out one way or the other can actually be trivialized they are or as small as they are the actually fairly decisive. >> thank you hillel. thank all three of you for your marketable panel discussion. let me close with these observations before i thank my colleagues. first of all an answer to your question, it wasn't answered and i think it would be a very lengthy discussion to try to answer it. i would just say one thing. whatever the obama administration does i hope it will not commit the ultimate and unsustainable hypocrisy of declaring that egypt is now making sufficient progress with morsi. you have to begin with the first-order principles and the first-order principles are

nobody knows but the italian prime minister who joined president al sisi says that is crucial to peaceoing forward. >> in this respect, i also join the appeal of my colleagues in the last few hours and call for the immediate release of the israeli soldier who was kidnapped yesterday. >> meanwhile, richelle, just to reiterate, neither hamas nor the israeli government will be present. the two key players. richelle? >> house about the u.s.? how key of a player is the u.s.? >> very key. as you know, but they won't be there either. i think at the moment, the united states has appropriately done all it can. we saws john kerry spending the last two weeks traveling the world in shuttle diplomacy around the middle east to europe and to other places trying to resolve this eissue. president obama yesterday in his impromptu news conference says the middle east crisis has been going on for a long time. that was a hint that he understands that a resolution to this issue may not be coming down the pike any time soon. pom yesterday said memorable, i thought, that they need to want it, meaning that bot

bashar al-assad, president al-sisi. those things, like human rights, democracy, those will have to be in the longer-term. we will get back to all of that stuff. what i want to say is i don't think there is any long term. i think things are happening very quickly in this region. who would have expected isis to, as far as it has, as quickly as it has been really only a few years? the threat that u.s. partners in the region, that some of our allies with whom we need to work , may actually, by the actions they are taking in their countries, but before they are may beeach other, fueling radicalization and terrorism at a much faster rate than they are fighting it. that is a problem that the united states needs to take on right away. it's a problem for this year and next year i'm not or the long-term. not for the long-term. thanks. [ala

the relationship between president al sisi, involves this shift in politics and the region away from the islamists. that's very difficult. now everybody is looking to qatar, who does have influence on hamas. and right now egyptian and other officials are saying, listen, qatar needs to step up here, put pressure on hamas, even if they don't have the soldier, clearly have contact with one of the palestinian groups that does. and if that soldier can be released, then perhaps they can salvage this, put a cease-fire in effect and get back to talks. but clearly we're a long way away from that, anderso. >> we're going to take a short break. when we come back, more on president obama's comments saying, quote, we tortured some folks, talking about post 9/11 years. we'll be right back. >>> and welcome back. wide-ranging news conference president obama just held, wrapped up about 15 minutes or so ago, made some comments that no doubt will be getting a lot of attention in the hours ahead. i want to play you what he said. >> even before i came into office, i was very clear that in the immediate a

palestinian leader mahmoud abbas met with egyptian president abdul fatah al-sisi. >> translation: what concerns us more at the moment is to put an end to the blood shed and any act that costs more sacrifice. once that happens, the humanitarian relief aid and rebuilding efforts must start. >> after weeks of bloodshed and mass destruction many wanted to see the end to the violence, but only if israel can lift the blockade. >> in the background of the renewed violence, calls to a ceasefire, signs that palestinian officials may join the international criminal court, enabling them to call for an investigation into whether israel may have committed war crimes, but joining the i.c.c. would mean they, too, could face the same scrutiny. >>> al jazeera's jane ferguson reports from where the bombed apartment building stood in downtown gaza. >> people are aware that the air strikes are continuing across the gaza strip. just to update. eight people were killed overnight and up until is now we know of eight deaths. two believed to have been children. remarkably none were recurring from the air strik

rights watch says senior leaders including then defense minister and now president abdul fatah al ceas sisibe investigated. the movement to reinstate egypt's first democratically elected principle started using the symbol a hand showing four fingers. they say they will never forget, which also means the fourth in arabic. monica, al jazerra. >>> human rights watch says 817 people were killed in that crack down last year as the report pointed out. but security forces didn't just target protesters. journalists who were trying to document events that day were also attacked. simon mcgregor wood has more on that story. >> reporter: the sheer scale of the violence took everyone by surprise, including journalists. this was something the egyptian government did not want the world to see. our own live position was one of the first to come under fire from government forces. >> we are pinned down, we are being shot at, we cannot move from the location that we are at the time. we are pins down. get down now! get down now! >> reporter: the clear intention was to stop us filming. networks were jammed. cam

remembers the exact circumstances when the assassin of anwar sadat was asked to sit next to general al-sisi at a public event. that was probably not a very smart thing to do. so first of all from the perspective of having a successful pursuit of your own program and for the larger perspective the egyptian or or arab interests interest those kinds of things matter a lot and turn out one way or the other. how things turn out one way or the other can actually be trivialized they are or as small as they are the actually fairly decisive. >> thank you hillel. thank all three of you for your marketable panel discussion. let me close with these observations before i thank my colleagues. first of all an answer to your question, it wasn't answered and i think it would be a very lengthy discussion to try to answer it. i would just say one thing. whatever the obama administration does i hope it will not commit the ultimate and unsustainable hypocrisy of declaring that egypt is now making sufficient progress with morsi. you have to begin with the first-order principles and the first-order principles are

bashar al-assad, president al-sisi. those things, like human rights, democracy, those will have to be in the longer-term. we will get back to all of that stuff. what i want to say is i don't think there is any long term. i think things are happening very quickly in this region. who would have expected isis to, as far as it has, as quickly as it has been really only a few years? the threat that u.s. partners in the region, that some of our allies with whom we need to work, may actually, by the actions they are taking in their countries, but before they are giving each other, may be fueling radicalization and terrorism at a much faster rate than they are fighting it. that is a problem that the united states needs to take on right away. it's a problem for this year and next year and not for the long-term. thanks. [applause] >> i am going to stay right here because i know we are pressed for time and i only have a brief set of comments to make. i would do this more in the spirit of ginning up the discussion rather than makin

remembers the exact circumstances when the assassin of anwar sadat was asked to sit next to general al-sisi at a public event. that was probably not a very smart thing to do. so first of all from the perspective of having a successful pursuit of your own program and for the larger perspective the egyptian or or arab interests interest those kinds of things matter a lot and turn out one way or the other. how things turn out one way or the other can actually be trivialized they are or as small as they are the actually fairly decisive. >> thank you hillel. thank all three of you for your marketable panel discussion. let me close with these observations before i thank my colleagues. first of all an answer to your question, it wasn't answered and i think it would be a very lengthy discussion to try to answer it. i would just say one thing. whatever the obama administration does i hope it will not commit the ultimate and unsustainable hypocrisy of declaring that egypt is now making sufficient progress with morsi. you have to begin with the first-order principles and the first-order principles are

the egyptians in this case, al sisi who is no friend of hamas certainly or the muslim brotherhood wasut this enterprise from the beginning. the u.n. has its own organizational imperative to try to save lives and stop the violence, but the reality is we are misreading the fundamental marriage of desperation on one hand on the part of the hamas military wing and its determination and resiliency to continue the fight. they have already killed almost five times the number of idf soldiers than they killed in the two previous operations. they effectively forced the faa to shut down ben gurion airport and suspended for a large period of time. they have a large repository of high trajectory weapons and now i don't think this event was planned months in month. hamas took advantage of they now the tunnel systems, they know them and you put a suicide bomber up front to create havoc, kill a few more israelis and then grab a soldier seems to me was a well-timed, well-organized operation designed to achieve this victory image or this trophy. i just think -- >> but also, let -- let's follow the conv

sisis did something horri to an american journalist. does isis represent a threat to national security? >> yes, it does. isis is al qaeda 3.0. countries. this is something that is a huge threat to us. we need to confront this threat where it is so we don't have to confront it here on our homeland. >> is isis in the category of al qaeda -- >> yes. >> -- as compared to the taliban. >> yes. >> there's a mindset i think in the country. for a living i like to say i answer telephones, i speak to people on my radio program and i would say there is a mindset of the middle east is aflame and frankly we should get out of the way. to those folks you would say what? >> i think if you read what isis writes, if you read the intelligence reports, even the declassified ones, you will find this is a very different issue. this is a very different group that seeks to export terrorism not simply to have a caliphate to live within themselves. they are seeking to export it. look at what they just did to one of our journalists. i think we have to see this threat for what it is. we have to be honest with ourselves about it and we have to confront i