the king made that announcement while on a visit to cairo. egypt's president says it will be named after the saudi king. police in el salvador have raided the offices of the panama law firm at the center of a data leak known as the panama papers. british prime minister has said he could have handled the fallout from the leak better after his family was linked to tax avoidance. going back to an earlier story where al-qaeda fighters kidnapped and executed 15 government soldiers in yemen. we've got our correspondent with us on skype. editor in chief of the yemen post. thank you for that. sounds quite significant when you're talking about 15 government soldiers in al-qaeda - sorry, 20 soldiers. tell us about this. >> it's not only those who were killed. there are also those injured in the attacks. this shows a lot of messages to equal. it happens one day before the ceasefire. it is a political message, those in power saying that, yes, [indistinct] al-qaeda today is very influential in yemen and honestly controls more territory than even the houth

his mutilated body was fount on the outskirts of cairo. among italian officials there's skepticism how well the crime is investigated. they were told initially he was killed in a car accident. the murder has been a highly emotional issue here. the rising public anger over his murder is putting pressure on the government to ensure that justice is being done. some italian media have suggested that the egyptian government has been deliberately giving misnfks to italian prosecutors. the case is a real test of relations between egypt and italy, which is the north african country's biggest trading partner in europe. they asked egyptian investigators give them data including details of calls too and from his phone as well as surveillance video from cairo's metro. italy's foreign minister told the senate in rome on tuesday that the egyptian authorities had failed to hand over those two sets of information. >> translator: if there is not a change in tack, the government is ready to react adopting measures that are both immediate and proportionate.

now italy says it's recalling its ambassador from cairo for consultations. the prime minister says italy will not stop until the truth is recovered. egypt's response, they had no idea why the ambassador was being recalled. no statement has been released on the outcome of the meeting. julio regeni's body was discovered in a ditch outside cairo, nine days after he was gone missing. julio's mother said she could only recognize him by the tip of his nose. on top of the killing, an allegation cairo has repeatedly denied. >> the egyptian authorities have been unable to collaborate. they have given noncredible versions of offense. it is offensive to the memory of julio. >> two weeks ago his mother threatened to publish a photo of her dead son's body if there was no progress in the case. the murder of julio has risen ire here in italy. who was behind the killing of this italian student? sonia gallego, al jazeera, rome. >>> days after prime minister stood down antigovernment protesters have protested, after the resignation of sigmundo you gunlaugsson. >> fidel castro

his mutilated body was found on the outskirts of cairo. among italian officials there has been scepticism as to how well the crime was being investigated. they were initially saying that he had been killed in a car accident. it has been a highly emotive issue here. the public anger is putting pressure on the government. some suggest that the egyptian government has been deliberately giving misinformation to italian prosecutors. the taste is a real test of relations between egypt and ultimately lee with the northern african's big partner. there are details of calls to and from his phone as well as surveillance video from cairo's metro. the prime minister told the senate in roam on tuesday that the authorities had failed to hand over those two sets of information. >> translation: if there is not a change in tack, the government is ready to react, adopting measures that are both immediate and proportion eight. >> reporter: egyptian authorities insist their investigation is transparent. the visiting officials are reported to have brought large

his body was discovered in a ditch in the outskirts of cairo on 3 february. nine days after he went missing. his body bore signs of torture. his mother said she was only able to recognise him by the tip of his nose. human rights groups have said that egyptian security forces were behind the killing, an allegation cairo as has repeatedly denied. >> translation: the egyptian authorities have been utterly unable to collaborate in an effective manner. what they have done all this time is to give very often non-credible versions of events. its offensive to the memory of him. >> reporter: for his family, frustration in mounting. two weeks ago his mother threatened to publish a photo of her dead son's body if there was no progress in the case. >> reporter: the murder has aroused high emotions here and certainly look at the media, the message to egypt is that it needs to do more to yeemd answers-- yield answers on who was behind the killing of this italian student >>> pope francis has published must guidelines on family values saying the catholic church should show m

the 28-year-old post-graunt student disappeared in cairo. hills mult lated body was found on the outskirts of cairo. there has been scepticism as to how well the crime has been investigated. he was originally said to be killed in a car accident. it has been a big issue here. the anger over his murder is putting pressure on the government to ensure that justice is being done. some italian media suggested that the egyptian government has been deliberately giving misinformation to italian prosecutors. the case is a real test of relations between egypt and italy which is the northern aftern country's biggest trading partner in europe. ee at all i don't know authorities asked for data, including details of calls to and from his phone, as well as surveillance video from cairo's metro. the foreign minister told the sen eight in roam that the egyptian authorities hrp failed to hand over those two sets of information-- had failed. >> translation: there is not a change in tack. the government is ready to react, adopting immediate measures >> reporter:

nowity lee says it is recalling its ambassador from cairo for consultations. on social media the prime minister said italy will not stop until the truth was uncovered. egypt had no idea why the ambassador was being recalled. no statement has been released on the outcome of the meeting. his body was discovered in a ditch in the outskirts of cairo on february 3, nine days after he went missing. his body bore signs of torture. his mother said that she was only able to recognise him by the tip of his nose. human rights groups have said that egyptian security forces were behind the killing, an allegation cairo has repeatedly denied. >> translation: the egyptian authorities have been unable to collaborate in an effective manner. what they have done all this time is to give very often non-credible versions of events. it is offensive to the memory of him. >> reporter: for the family, frustration is mounting. two weeks ago his mother threatened to publish a photo of her dead son's body if there was no progress in the case. the murder of the student has aroused high emo

now italy said its recalling its ambassador from cairo for consultations. on social media the prime minister said that italy will not stop until the truth is uncovered. egypt's response, they had no idea why the ambassador was being recalled, no statement has been released on the outcome of the meeting. the student's body was discovered in a ditch in the outskirts of cairo on february 3rd. nine days after he went missing. his body bore signs of torture. his mother said that she was only able to recognize him by the tip of his nose. human rights groups have said that egyptian security forces were behind the killing, an allegation that cairo has repeatedly denied. >> the egyptian authorities have been utterly unable to collaborate in an effective manner. what they've done all this time is to give very often non non-credible versions of their offense. >> for the family, frustration is mounting. two weeks ago his mother threatened to publish a photo of her dead son's body if there was no progress in the case. the murder of the student's journey has brought high

his body mutilated, later found in a ditch outside of cairo. -- he was needed assassinated over his workh resistance parties. he was kidnapped and killed by a mysterious criminal gang. italy blames egyptian security officials. this has been reinforced by a series of anonymous e-mails that egyptian authorities, al-sisi wereneral responsible. >> this has spiked tensions between egypt and italy. italy accuses egypt of stonewalling for the last couple of months. they threatened to pull their ambassador out of egypt. the e-mails would fast-track -- italianatic route authorities point the finger at the egyptian chief of police, abi.ral shal he may be sacrificed in order for egypt to restore diplomatic relations with italy. convicted ofs been murder found a new career as a murder expert. >> he was convicted and later acquitted. he was the former boyfriend of sun is knox -- the reporting this. acquitted -- he spent four years behind bars and was widely believed to have played a part in the murder. his experience as a former jailbird has come in handy for his new career as a murder expert on an i

the post graduate student was found mutilated in cairo.among italian officials there have been skepticism of how well the crime has been investigated. they were originally told that he was killed in a car accident. the erupting public anger is putting pressure on the government to insure that justice is being done. some italian media have suggested that the egyptian government has been giving misinformation to italian prosecutors. the tes case is a test between egypt and italy. italian authorities ask egyptian investigators to give them data including data of calls to and from the student's phone as well as surveillance video. italy's foreign minister told the senate in rome on tuesday that the egyptian authorities had failed to hand over those two sets of information. >> there is not a change intact the government is ready to reacts. adopting measures that are both immediate and proportionate. >> egyptian authorities say the investigation is transparent. the visiting officials are reported to have brought large amounts of data with them t

in a vibrant market north of cairo, thousands of people gather twice a week to cash in these quadrupedmodities. tessa: the camel market outside cairo is the largest in egypt, attrtrtrtrtrtractiting awawawawawawawawawawawawawawawa. >> i sell my camels to egyptian this camel costs 5000 egyptian pounds. tessa: that starting price is the equivalent $565. but the steady decline of the egyptian pound is making it difficultoror dealers to make a profit. confusing, but there is a system in place to keep track of all the livestock during the dealmaking. traders deliver us a number of camels here in the market, and every one cacacacacacacacacacacacacacacac. we deliver them to the shops downtown. tessa: the days are long and the work is -- anchor: the days are long and the demand is tiring. but the demand will keep it strong, despite any currency fluctuations. anchor: russia has reportedly changed practically every member of its under-18 ice hockey team due to suspicions of reporting -- doping. but the problem is not confined to russia. what is the compound and why is it causing so much trouble?

that have been told, and also the italian prosecution when they conducted their own investigations in cairoheir own very different sides to the story, but what is happening here is that due to that pressure, the italian government now seems to be now exerting more pressure, and taking a more decisive stance to the egyptian government, saying that there would be repercussions if the there wasn't an attempt to try and find out the truth behind this case. also, the prime minister said that the italian people were owed the truth as to what really happened to the student. >>> belgian authorities are leased new video of one of the main suspects in the brussels attacks. police launched a public appeal for any information on the person known as the man in the hat. the footage reports to show the man who was seen with the two suicide bombers at the airport. >> the third person present on the scene, the so-called man with a hat, as well as the vest he was wearing at the time. we especially appeal to people who might have filmed or taken a photograph of the suspect, or think they can provide informati

security forces in cairo using tear gas to disperse the crowd. ♪ >> thank you for joining us.a new day dawns and japan, rescue workers will be assessing the damage done by a second powerful earthquake that hit the island overnight. the magnitude 7.1 tremor was on the western side of the island, adding to the was of -- woes of residents rattled out of their home on thursday. >> another frightening night in southern japan, violent tremors caught on camera. emergency crews are reported to behead it out again to rescue people trapped under buildings. it is the region's third major earthquake in two days. management of this hotel asked guests to assemble in the lobby. for these businessmen and tourists come on night interrupted with worry. this couple from hong kong does not know how long they will be stranded. we are worried and want to go. we want to leave tomorrow, but if there is no train or bus, we don't know when we will go. the region was already in the middle of a major cleanup effort. the earlier quakes collapsed buildings and put gaping holes in two major traffic routes.

his brutalized body was found in a cairo ditch infirmary. egypt has faced questions internationally over the handling of that case. recess has resumed the deportation of asylum seekers to turkey under the controversial new deal to curb the illegal migration. two boats carrying more than 100 people have arrived at a turkish port after leaving the greek island of less post. germany registered a sharp call the number of new asylum applications last month. berlin says this is due to the closure of the balkan route into europe which had been used by thousands. with integration of refugees and german society topping the agenda, the chancellor spence the morning posting some of those involved. reporter: cooking with the crisis takes citizen dedications. that is why she says thank you to churches, government agencies and private institutions. now a monumental task. even as pressure eases as the number of asylum seekers falls. the cease-fire would have had for weeks now even though it is fragile has situation somewhat. at least there is your longer t

. >>> saudi arabia's king has arrived in cairo for a five-day trip.will be an opportunity to boost ties with the wealthy gulf state. the president and the king are expected to discuss economic and military cooperation. here is mohamed vall. ♪ >> reporter: king's visit to egypt may help improve a relationship that has recently been strained. >> it show there is a normal relation still between saudi arabia and egypt. it is not as bad as people think. >> reporter: saudi arabia and egypt are allies when the egyptian president came to power following a coup, saudi arabia offered help. but differences mermged after king solman came to the thrown in january last year. riyadh focused on its war in yemen, egypt saw a cracking down on armed groups as its main priority. president sisi kept ties with the houthi rebelling in yemen, and strengthened cooperation with russia, both seen by riyadh as a anti-sunni action in the region. it also took a conciliatory stance towards bashar al-assad. egypt's rivalry with saudi arabia overleadership in the arab world goes back

police and prosecutors have arrived in rome to discuss the brutal killing of an italian student in cairo two months ago. the battered body was found on the side of the road. italy has been critical of the egyptian investigation which blamed criminals for the murder. let's go live to sonja following the case for us in rome. the egyptian team has arrived. what are we expecting to happen? >> reporter: what wir expecting to happen at the police academy in rome is questioning. what the processing cushion has done is that they have amaced a dosier of 2,000 pages. in it, it includes witness testimonies from some 200 people. well, this, in fact, has been a case which has been very high lee e motive here and the pressure on the italian government is really quite significant now t after months of saying as little as possible about the intricacies of the case except to show synpathfor the family, now the it al january government seems to be taking a decidedly harder line against the egyptian authorities. for example, yesterday, the prime minister said. >> apologies. we seem to have lost our connect

our correspondent in cairo told us about which groups have been rallying today. >> this is been called for by a broad array of groups. activist groups. this comes 10 days after a protest downtown that was a stencil he called for. we saw a chance that echoed the uprising. it marked the largest protest since he took office. >> heated scenes today as police fired tear gas into crowds of demonstrators. demanding its disband. they are still contesting the results of the last polls and say the commission has not acted. the international war crimes court will investigate deadly violence there. forced to flee their homes. governmentto the according to a military spokesman. buddhist monks and the prime minister have attended memorials today and honor of the 9000 people killed in a major earthquake one year ago. close to 8 million of the 30 million inhabitants have been affected. many of them children. >> these children are the survivors of the deadly earthquake last year. most of them are orphans, other left behind by those in search of jobs. >> her big sister goes to work every day to earn mon

. >> saudi arabia's king salman has received anhonary degree in cairo. from cairo is a non-resident fellow at the institute for middle east policy. is what we are seeing now a tactical coalition almost between these two countries? >> it's an attempt by the two countries to reinforce an appearance of solidarity. there have been a lot in the press about the relationship between egypt and saudi arabia over the past year since coming to power. there are people that were doubting egypt was continuing to be in his good graces. i think this was meant to reinstate behind the photo opportunities, that looks good and productive. one notices on social media there has been a defendant pushback against the idea of egypt giving up part of its sovereign territory to saudi arabia. >> reporter: there has been a lot of concern about that a lot 69 population was shocked to learn egypt planned to hand over these islands that have been undejob description control since 1950 this relationship with riyadh. what happens if e gyp starts taking some decisions that saudi arabia do

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on january 25th, 2011, egyptians gathered in cairo to protest the policies of egyptian president hozny mubarak. the u.s. ally. >> i've always considered egypt to be critical to our ability to provide stability in the middle east. >> when it became apparent mubarak had to go, the military urged caution. but the president pushed for his immediate removal. >> literally, the entire national security team recommended unanimously handling mubarak differently than we did. and the president took the advice of three junior back benchers in terms of how to treat mubarak. one of them saying, mr. president, you got to be on the right side of history. and i would be sitting there at the table and i say, yeah, if we could just figure that out we would be a long way ahead. >> i don't think he believes that generals should be trying to influence policy making. >> on february 11th, mubarak resigned. >> the wheel of history turned at a blinding pace. >> the happiest day in the white house as it relates to the middle east probably the day that mubarak left. >> in june 2012, egypt elected a new presiden

and on june 4th, 2009, president obama gave a speech in cairo promising a new beginning with the muslimorld. >> tension has been fed by colonialism that denied rights and opportunities to many muslims. >> he had a confidence coming in as president 2009 that he could alter fundamentally our relationship with the muslim world. >> joe lieberman was chairman of the senate committee on homeland security from 2007 to 2013. >> unfortunately, i think the message he sent was that the united states was no longer going to exercise its leadership of the world which incidentally through democratic and republican presidential administrations from the end of the war right up until this time had been the great guarantor of security and prosperity and freedom in the world. >> jeffrey goldberg, national correspondent for the atlantic who interviewed barack obama on his foreign policy tried to explain the president's approach. >> he refers to the washington play book, the washington playbook is something happens in country "x" and therefore we have to send 50 cruise missiles to deal with that problem and

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and on june 4th, 2009, president obama gave a speech in cairo promising a new beginning with the muslim>> tension has been fed by colonialism that denied rights and opportunities to many muslims. >> he had a confidence coming in as president 2009 that he could alter fundamentally our relationship with the muslim world. >> joe lieberman was chairman of the senate committee on homeland security from 2007 to 2013. >> unfortunately, i think the message he sent was that the united states was no longer going to exercise its leadership of the world which incidentally through democratic and republican presidential administrations from the end of the war right up until this time had been the great guarantor of security and prosperity and freedom in the world. >> jeffrey goldberg, national correspondent for the atlantic who interviewed barack obama on his foreign policy tried to explain the president's approach. >> he refers to the washington play book, the washington playbook is something happens in country "x" and therefore we have to send 50 cruise missiles to deal with that problem and what h

on january 25th, 2011, egyptians gathered in cairo to protest the policies of egyptian president hozny mubarak. the u.s. ally. >> i've always considered egypt to be critical to our ability to provide stability in the middle east. >> when it became apparent mubarak had to go, the military urged caution. but the president pushed for his immediate removal. >> literally, the entire national security team recommended unanimously handling mubarak differently than we did. and the president took the advice of three junior back benchers in terms of how to treat mubarak. one of them saying, mr. president, you got to be on the right side of history. and i would be sitting there at the table and i say, yeah, if we could just figure that out we would be a long way ahead. >> i don't think he believes that generals should be trying to influence policy making. >> on february 11th, mubarak resigned. >> the wheel of history turned at a blinding pace. >> the happiest day in the white house as it relates to the middle east probably the day that mubarak left. >> in june 2012, egypt elected a new presiden

june 4th, 2009, president obama gave a speech in cairo promising a new beginning with the muslim world. >> attention has been fed by colonialism. >> he had a confidence coming in as president, 2009 that he could altar fundamental -- alter fundamentally the relationship with the muslim world. >> joe lieberman was director of homeland security. >> the message he sent was that the united states was no longer going to exercise the leadership of the world, which incidentally through democratic and republican presidential administrations from the end of the war right up until this time had been the great guarantor of security and prosperity and freedom in the world. >> jeffery gold burg interviewed barack obama on his foreign policy tried to explain the president's approach. >> therefore we have to send 50 cruz missiles to deal with that problem. what he wants to do he says is break washington of the habit that they come with potential military solution. >> it was clear he had a new take but the question remained what would president obama actually do? he was against the war in iraq, but his

ciudadanos protestaron violentamente en un suburbio del cairo despuÉs que un policÍa hiriÓ a balazos,mÉxico en esta sesiÓn especial doy voz a quienes expresaron la necesidad de actualizar el marco normativo para autorizar el uso de la mariguana con fines mÉdicos y cientÍficos. enrique: el departamento de justicia abre una investigaciÓn criminal relacionada a la evasiÓn de impuestos que ha quedado documentada en los llamados papeles de panamÁ. marÍa: muchísimas gracias enrique. quiere ponerle precio a ese indeseable asiento del medio de los aviones. ♪ ♪ marÍa: por primera vez en la historia la fifa convocÓ a mujeres a un seminario para Árbitros al que siempre han asistido hombres, se realizÓ en qatar y es parte de los preparativos del mundial masculino. el presidente de guatemala aclarÓ que fue una ironÍa la oferta de mano de obra barata que hizo en una entrevista para construir un muro en la frontera. morales que trabajÓ como comediante hizo la aclaraciÓn tras recibir crÍticas. >> al seÑor que quiere construir el muro le ofrezco mano de obra barata, tenemos muy buena mano de obra y co

so i moved to cairo. i really looked at the map. i had the map of the middle east in front of me and thought where am i going to go? iraq? not too many options there. syria, not much going on. jerusalem? lots going on but probably oversaturated market to cover the israeli-palestinian conflict. i thought egypt. it is egypt. even if it doesn't work out i am still in egypt which is grit. i packed up a couple suitcases and took a little money/savings. i arrived and i had an apartment there. i had an incredibly rich experience. people were welcoming to me. they wanted me to convert the islam constantly. they would bring me to their homes and feed me things. i was never alone which could be tiresome after a while but it was a great way to become familiar with the culture and learn the language. in a matter of months i was having very incorrect but basic conversations in arabic because i had no choice. when you are living in an apartment where everything is broken and you need to communicate and there is no water and it a million degrees o

on january 25th, 2011, egyptians gathered in cairo to protest the policies of egyptian president hozny mubarak. the u.s. ally. >> i've always considered egypt to be critical to our ability to provide stability in the middle east. >> when it became apparent mubarak had to go, the military urged caution. but the president pushed for his immediate removal. >> literally, the entire national security team recommended unanimously handling mubarak differently than we did. and the president took the advice of three junior back benchers in terms of how to treat mubarak. one of them saying, mr. president, you got to be on the right side of history. and i would be sitting there at the table and i say, yeah, if we could just figure that out we would be a long way ahead. >> i don't think he believes that generals should be trying to influence policy making. >> on february 11th, mubarak resigned. >> the wheel of history turned at a blinding pace. >> the happiest day in the white house as it relates to the middle east probably the day that mubarak left. >> in june 2012, egypt elected a new presiden

the 28-year-old post-graduate student disappeared in cairo.among the italian officials, there has been skepticism as to how well the crime was vected. they were told the student was killed in a car accident. >> it's a rising issue. it's putting pressure on the government to ensure that justice is done. >> some suggest that the egyptian government has been giving misinformation to italian prosecutors. it's a test between regulations, the north african country's biggest training company in europe. they've been asked for data and surveillance video. they told the senate in rome on tuesday that the authorities failed to hand over those two sets of information. >> if there is not a change in fact, the government is ready to react, adopting measures that are immediate and proportionate. authorities insist they are transparent. visiting officials reported large amounts of data, to discussion with their counterparts. all the while the family is agonising over why their second was killed, and who was behind it >>> hundreds of students have taken part i

dw learned that the journalist, volker schwenck, expects to fly into cairo this evening.e reports regularly for dw. he tweeted that officials did not giving us a big reason for detaining him. the consul inestimable has been in contact with authorities. this incident comes as tensions are high with turkey over a comedian that recited a poem that insulted the turkish president, recep tayyip erdogan. when we come back, i will have more news and we will have the latest business headlines. we will be back on the other side of the break. ♪ ♪ anchor: welcome back. our top story, democratic candidate hillary clinton and donald trump cap vote -- cast those in this aid that they call home -- in the state they call home. and insurgents have attacked the afghan capital of kabul. a good man and a car bomb targeted a security compound, at least 28 people have been killed and more than 300 others have been injured. this comes days after the group announced a spring offensive. and a second was an has been heard in the capital. it is not clear what was behind the blast. we have more obvio

. >>> saudi arabia's king has landed in cairo for a five-day trip. hopes it will be an opportunity to boost ties with the wealthy gulf state. the president and the king are expected to discuss economic and military cooperation. sisi went to riyadh in march shortly after king solman came into power. >> reporter: this may help improve a relationship that has been strained. >> we have a normal relationship between saudi arabia, and egypt. it is not as bad as people think. >> reporter: saudi arabia and egypt are allies when sisi came to hower following a coup, saudi arabia offered political support and billions of dollars, and when the kingdom needed help, sisi sent navy vessels and troops, but differences then emerged. egypt saw a cracking down on armed groups as its main priority. president sisi kept ties with the houthi rebels in yes, ma'am mohamed bin nayef, and strengthened cooperation with russia, both seen by riyadh as a problem in the region. egypt's rivalry with saudi arabia over leadership in the arab world goes back to the middle of the previo

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surrounding the murder of at the italian student who was found murdered in a ditch just outside of cairoow in that meeting there has been 2,000 pages presented that contains testimonies from some 200 witnesses. and it is a case which has aroused a lot of emotion here in italy. the case in the italian student, who was just conducting his stubbeddies and found murdered there, and the italian people have been exerting more pressure on the italian government to do something about finding out the truth behind this murder. italians have been extremely angered about how the egyptian authorities have dealt with the investigation when they conducted their own investigations they discovered their own very different sides to the story. but, what is happening here, is that due to that pressure, the italian government now seems to be now exerting -- the egyptian government saying they would be repercussions if there wasn't an attempt to try and find out the truth behind this case. in the prime minister ramsey said that the italian people. >> the public appeal for any information on the person known a

there have been angry protests by people in cairo after a policeman shot the and are over the price of cup of tea. one other person was also wended in the eastern suburb of the begich capital. a senior police officer confirmed that the argument was over how much the t cost. damagedrt that was following earthquakes on japan's kyushu island has partially reopened. flights are bringing much-needed supplies, adding to what is being delivered by the u.s. military. 100,000 people are still sleeping outdoors, many are free to return home because of the aftershocks. the number of people known to have died in the earthquake that hit ecuador on saturday is 480. hundreds are missing and thousands injured. the president said that it was the worst tragedy to hit the country for a decade. the cost of rebuilding could be billions. the epicenter is the coastal they of god is not us -- epicenter is a coastal city. >> the shocking devastation wrought by nature. less than one minute the earthquake lasted. hardly any houses intact. this is the commercial city. they have been trying to clear bodies from th

he made the announcement during his visit to cairo, saying the bridge would boost commerce between thes. we have been following fallout from panama, the leaked documents from a panama law firm revealing how some of the rich and powerful hide their money. iceland has been called to resign because of public pressure. the paper trail has led to increased scrutiny. >> the british virgin islands where the union jack still flies , and symbols of the queen are everywhere. this tropical paradise is an unlikely injured room of global finance. there are around 500,000 active offshore companies in a territory whose population is just 28 thousand. with so many of the firms mentioned in the panama papers registered here, the british virgin islands' reputation is being called into question. at the heart of it -- one law firm. >> hello? i've just run the buzzer. in here, butple the moment they caught sight of our camera, they disappeared through the door. we are still waiting to find out if anyone will speak to us. the doors open, many remain closed to us. in his first interview since the leak, the b

. >> reporter: he made the announcement during the second day of his visit to cairo. a physical link between the two countries would be a powerful symbol of mutual solidarity. >> translation: the unique quality of the relations between egypt and saudi arabia, the extent to which they're strong and deep rooted will allow us to face mutual challenges. our cooperation will certainly allow us to resolve all of our regional crises, such as in palestine, yemen, libya and syria. >> reporter: the visit was about politics and economics. for the king, a warning that saudi arabia and egypt would stand together against outside interference by which they mean iran and its ambition in the region. for egyptians much more. the two nations are signing agreements including a multi billion dollar dear whereby saudi arabia will finance egypt's oil needs for the next five years. estimates for the bridge is suggested to be around 3 to 4 billion dollars. sisi has been provided with important support since he came to power in 2012, but this package dwarfs all agreements >>> people are return

sharyl: graham and bono met with egyptian president abdel el sisi in cairo. senator graham he's taken the : fight to isil. he's been a good ally to israel. i think he's somebody we can work with. i think he's got the right attitude about radical islam. sharyl: but graham admits selling the plan at home will be a challenge. senator graham we are in debt. : our foreign policy's in freefall. we're going to be spending money to defend the nation through our military and through our foreign assistance. i'm trying to come up with a strategy that would spend it wisely and create partners that we can rely upon. can i sell it in the current environment? i don't know. but i do know this. that when the next attack comes, and if something doesn't change, it's going to come. we need to be ready to engage fully and effectively. sharyl: the plight of hundreds of thousands of refugees, and their impact as they flee continues to be one of the biggest stories of our time. the story and coverage of it has -- have produced many dramatic and compelling images. these are some from

the cairo speech in 2009 was well received in the middle east, but people who were suonc enthusiasticecame bitter because there were no strategies, no policies to back it up. so people felt very disappointed. >> with a new administration will be, obviously, a new defense secretary. i wonder from your perspective what you see as the most important characteristics that you would want the person who is sitting in that seat to have. >> well, i think, first of all, they have to care about the troops and making sure that they have what they need to be able to carry out their mission. i think that he has to be independent and honest and give the president his best advice even if the president may not want it. he ought to listen to the military but remember that he's in charge. we have civilian control of the military. so i think having a colleague relationship with the senior military leaders so they'll be candid with him or her, and then making independent decisions, and then you have to have a good working relationship with the congress. >> looking back, people wonder about what it was lik

archaeologists and experts from around the world to examine the new data at a conference next month in cairo. >> sreenivasan: and timely, the hardest u.s. college to get into is california's stanford university. the prestigious silicon valley school accepted only 4.7% of the 44,000 prospective presk men who applied this year. harvard accepted 5.2%, making it the second most selective private university survey by the "washington post." the post finds the odds of getting into an elite school are better if you apply for early decision in the fall. that's all for this edition of pbs newshour weekend. i'm hari sreenivasan. thanks for watching. have a good night. captioning sponsored by wnet captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org >> pbs newshour weekend is made possible by: lewis b. and louise hirschfeld cullman. bernard and irene schwartz. judy and josh weston. the cheryl and philip milstein family. the citi foundation. supporting innovation and enabling urban progress. the john and helen glessner family trust. supporting trustworthy journalism that informs and inspires. sue and