and the title of the book is cairo: my city, our revolution.t some of my scripts but i sort of remember it, and i remembera line. i sort of said looking at the crowd in tahrir square and it was actually, it must have been a friday, and a group christians had sort of... encircled. ..encircled the muslims as they prayed and i came up with this line of muslims and christians, young and old, rich and poor, come together in this uprising, in this revolution. i thought about that, i thought "my god, how naive you were!" i mean, but you celebrated it at the time as well. goodness! yeah. yeah, my god! ok, i think that... i think that you were not naive. i think that you were absolutely spot on and correct and perceptive, and i think that everything that happened and we thought happened was true. and there was a moment, it lasted several months, when people rediscovered their best selves and actually said so explicitly, and where everybody wanted to be the best that they could be and all this altruism came out and all this talent and all this energy and

cairo last year. i told him that i wanted to study the history of sino-american relations in the 1970s and that i was going to visit china to do some research. the plan that i had that ben was really hazy. i knew that i was going to visit shanghai and visit beijing, check out a couple of resources at different universities but that was about it. what really struck me was mr. cairo's reaction produced incredibly encouraging and he encouraged me to pursue whatever topic i was interested in. afterward, mr. cairo inspired me to actually contact and interviewed different american and chinese diplomats and professors. i can honestly say my perspective on the topic has been fundamentally changed by all the distractions i've had it with those diplomats. i also remember mr. cairo saying one of the reasons he studies political power is that political power from 40, 50 or 60 years ago impacts all of our lives today. i will always remember that because i think that is one of the reasons why people study history a

the foreign ministers of bahrain, egypt, saudi arabia and the uae will meet in cairo wednesday to discuss the next step in the ongoing disputes. >> bret: john huddy in the middle eastern newsroom. in other foreign headlines, u.s. backed forces in syria have breached the wall around raqqa's old city.ia senior pentagon officialsnd tell us that r the major advance in the weeks old battle to drive isis militants from their i self-declared capital. in iraq, that countries forces with u.s. backing are continuing their steady advance against the last isis stronghold in mosul. the prime minister says the civilians have rejected terrorists. the remaining militants trapped in the old city are now in a fight to the death. in caracas, venezuela, the supreme court has taken another step in undermining the country's chief prosecutor.

for allegedly supporting terrorism will meet in cairo to discuss doha's response to their 13 demands. that's according to the gulf news. the arab news, meanwhile, covers the final leg of a march in turkey, from ankara to istanbul. it began with a few hundred people and it's swelled to more than 20,000. started by the leader of the country's main opposition party, demonstrators are protesting the perceived lack ofjustice in turkey's judicial system. the daily telegraph reports a lack of eligible men has left an "oversupply" of educated women taking desperate steps to preserve their fertility, according to a global study on egg freezing. and roger federer has urged wimbledon officials to reconsider its rules to stop injured players from turning up for an easy pay cheque only to drop out. it reports two retirements on centre court on tuesday left the crowd feeling short—changed. so, a full review. with us is jane foley, a senior strategist at rabobank.

from cairo we have seen allegations.en a holding position, no new steps but warning of new sanctions, warning about these measures and accusing qatar of a callous approach to mediation. the foreign minister said today that he is open for dialogue so today that he is open for dialogue so they are talking past each other while many watch on. what is happening with the american view of what is going on? we thought this may be had been encouraged by donald trump but where is he now with it? his first three on the matter, and this is how we measure him these days, he almost seemed to take credit —— his first tweet. he said that they are taking action against a sponsor that they are taking action against a sponsor of terrorism. his tweet today was more conciliatory, asking both sides to solve things peacefully. that is the view of the secretary of state and the secretary of defence, who both have experience across the gulf. america has big arms deals on both sides. if this continues what are the risks? the foreign minister of

earlier on in the day five were killed in an ambush on a checkpoint on the edge the capital cairo . good evening we begin on the french riviera what. tomorrow and michael has been leading the commemorations. niece. in the year that has passed since still they try. in which he six people lost their lives. well hundreds of people gathered at the poem not his only during the course of today to take part. in those various armies which included the laying of some twelve thousand plates. which together form a one hundred sixty meter long message. let's listen in to what president michael had to say. shekau. well each of us felt in our court house vehemence violence that was committed against us that night children. it doesn't stop click on this shortly after ten thirty. and debris to get them in a little over four minutes. good to talk to me is more than thirty thousand people were in the streets. the online and in an instan. eighty six died. and more than four hundred sixty which injured to the sea. president michael speaking that in the sophomore who crossed not from thirty fours chris

from cairo the bbc‘s sally nabil reports.e are reportedly members of the uighur community in egypt,a members of the uighur community in egypt, a chinese muslim minority who have been arrested. the bbc cannot independently verify this footage. in this neighbourhood in east in cairo, most of the arrest ‘s are said have taken place. eyewitnesses say police raided restaurants, supermarkets and private homes. this restau ra nt supermarkets and private homes. this restaurant was supermarkets and private homes. this restau ra nt was ru n supermarkets and private homes. this restaurant was run by the uighurs and served many customers. there are many other restaurants like this one all over the area. now, all of them have been closed until further notice. residence here tell me that hundreds of uighurs used to live here. over the past few days, all of them have disappeared. more stuff came to turkey from egypt, his home for the last 15 years, saying he had to flee after police raided his house. he is terrified of the thought of him or

cairo andoday in accuse the country of not taking the crisis seriously.ur correspondent explained more about the arab country's position. >> there were no concrete developments that emerged from today's meeting between today's boycotting countries. the egyptian foreign minister says the response on monday was very negative, that qatar was not taking the situation seriously, so the boycott will continue until they change their policies. saysaudi foreign minister they will take future steps at the right time. a foreign ministers will take -- will meet in man at an unspecified date. the dispute will be a topic of conversation at the g 20 meetings in hamburg where saudi arabia is a member of the g 20. president trump called the egyptian president and called on him for constructive negotiations to resolve the dispute. , having has strong ties signed a $100 billion arms deal with saudi arabia and of course qatar is home to a large military base which is the staging ground for u.s. in syrias against isis and iraq and the war in afghanistan. so we will have to se

cairo.here was no immediate claim of responsibility however insurgents have been carrying out attacks in the country since the 2013 military ouster of an elected president. in other news china has lodge protest with germany, france, and the u.n. human right commission following criticism over its handling of the nobel laureate death. they say the case is not strictly an internal affair. the activist who had been serving an elected -- an 11 year prison service -- 11 year prison sentence, he was 61 years old. blasphemy. that is the view of a government chinese spokesman. it is the latest sign that beijing is growing tired of the wave of criticism it has received over its treatment of the late mock receipt activist. democracylate activist. >> we are lodge protest for certain countries to show our strong dissatisfaction. mentionalso got a rare and the state-run chinese press in an editorial. he was called a victim led astray by the west. his last days were politicized and used to demonize china.

sarah: ruth michaelson in cairo, thank you.e also have our political correspondent rupert wiederwald joining us from our parliamentary studios. rupert, do we have reaction right now from germany on the deaths of these two women? rupert: the german foreign office, which is in charge here, has not yet confirmed that the two victims are german citizens or have not confirmed yet that they are not german citizens. all we have is a statement in which they say we cannot surely say if they are german or not. we are working on it. and what we can also say is this is going to take some time. normally the german foreign office would not issue any statement before they have -- have made sure for themselves if they are german victims. and they have to acknowledge the first, families. they have to get in contact with the families and only after that would they confirm whether germans are concerned. sarah: ok rupert, thank you. commemorations have been held in nice to remember those that died in a truck attack there a year ago today. the fren

it was the founder and cairo. i want to read something for you, okay, anti-skeptic because of the time but i am going to read it. i'm going to be brief [inaudible] i wanted the transition so bad. i was fascinated so i came and i begged my dad. the transistor in the beginning the kids with. and i would go up and down with the volume up very proud. my radio was no more than a ploy that increased my popularity in the neighborhood. we would spend hours listening to soap operas. [inaudible] and people listened to them day and night and we were able to listen to them as well when we were in a neighbor's backyard and at no time became the most popular kid in the neighborhood. a few months later i even heard them talking about possibly vote the war. it belongs to the egyptian people. it had been dominated in that conversation and suddenly we were not kids anymore. we started to listen to the commentators. i bet they could defeat england and france. as i grew older there was the function to separate the good kids were the

in this neighbourhood in eastern cairo, most of the arrests are said to have taken place. supermarkets and private homes. this restaurant was run by the uighurs and served many uighur customers, but there are many other restaurants like this one all over the area, but now all of them have been closed until further notice. residents here tell me that hundreds of uighurs used to live here, but over the past few days all of them have disappeared. mustafa came to turkey from egypt, his home for the last 15 years, saying he had to flee after police raided his house. he is afraid of being sent back to china. translation: if they remain in jail in egypt for years that is far better than being deported. they can still be treated as human beings in egyptian prisons. the freedom of faith will be respected. muslims in egypt can pray and read the koran, but in china they will be treated like animals. the government did not respond to our interview requests, but the state news agency quoted the security source as saying: in china, the uighurs say they face severe restrictions on practi

when i was in cairo, they were very animated about aljazeera, and cairo, they were very animated aboutazeera, and this is one of the 13 months that they get rid of al jazeera. but the always felt that they were in cahoots with the muslim brotherhood, so it is not an honest broker in this negotiation, egypt. brotherhood, so it is not an honest broker in this negotiation, egyptlj was broker in this negotiation, egypt.” was interested to hear national security people in washington over the last few days. they felt that in this spat, the saudis might have overplayed their hand with the turks getting involved on the qatar res site. what do you think? who has the upper hand in this one? for the saudis side, the driving force is the new crown prince,, a man who people think might be king before the end of the year if his father abdicates. he is backed by the crown prince of abu dhabi, and certainly i think, they expected qatar to come into line. now, qatar said these demands were so unrealistic as to be an actionable, and they were designed to be rejected, making it a manufactured crisis. i a

our middle east correspondent orla guerin is in cairo for us tonight.t, british embassy officials here in cairo are telling me there are still no indications that any british people were caught up in the attack, but what we saw today, once again, was foreign tourists being targeted on a middle eastern beach, and for some in britain, there will be painful echoes of the horrors inch in his ear in 2015, when 30 british people were killed. a lone attacker swam ashore today, stabbed two women repeatedly, and let them to die on the sand. local officials say he managed to swim to the adjoining beach and continued his attack, wounding several more tourists, and only then was he arrested. there has been no claim of responsibility, but suspicion will fall on the so—called islamic state. they are carrying out an insurgency from neighbouring northern sinai. you will remember they claimed responsibility for the downing of a russian aircraft that had just taken off from the red sea resort of sharm el sheikh. it devastated the tourism industry here. it had begun to re

all eyes right now are on cairo.oreign ministers of that quartet are meeting today and we'll have to see what comes out of that meeting and what the next steps are. qatar reiterating they're open for dialog and negotiations they say is the only way out of this crisis. >> all right. thank you so much for that. it's just a little bit after noon there and 100 degrees. >> 111 degrees so not just speaking eloquently but about complex issues where it is burning. >> thank you. >>> the legend grows. joey chestnut. >> can't even watch. it's so gross. >> 5:20. throwing down dogs. chestnut, a record setting chowdown at nathan's hot dog eating contest. the roles you play in life are parlet's dance grandma! you. and you're not going to let anything keep you sidelined. come on! that's why you drink ensure. with nutritious calories 9 grams of protein, and 26 vitamins and minerals. that was the best one ever! giving you the strength and energy, to get back to doing what you love. and finish! from the number one doctor recommended br

but unfortunately they dismissed those in cairo. so with those mediators and to discuss our grievances. >> what is the next up?. >> again clearly said with that factual dialogue. and to discuss the differences. >> so the russian foreign minister said he would be willing to come to do dorati is that is something qatar would welcome?. >> this is counterproductive in this is a necessary provoked aggression -- a necessary of but of germany and france are trying to help and to support that. >> in the most recent state department report that qatar does have a partnership in the fight against terrorism but the of the unsticking point is the support of the brotherhood that is part of the policy for many years. how easy the muslim brotherhood in to give the background information from the we phthaleins it said arabia but qatar works with governments to support those institutions such to get that experience with to asia moved into a qatar continues to work with to asia space is so for this country's what about be algeciras of mission? what ab

the foreign ministers from the four arab countries met in cairo today and complained that qatar has failed situation. the four states accuse qatar of supporting terrorism and cut all diplomatic ties last month. dohar says the accusations are baseless. the list of 13 demands included closing a turkish military base, scaling down relations with iran and shutting down the aljazeera network. let's have a quick look at some of the newspapers from tomorrow. the lead in here on the i is the discussions of the reaction of the un security council. the guardian leads on news that 13 hundred nursing homes in england are failing safety standards laid down by the care quality commission. the telegraph has the same story, reporting that one in four elderly care homes in england is unsafe. the front page picture is of a swarm of flying ants descending on courts at wimbledon. the metro leads on what the paper calls the first "jihadi jail" of a uk prison — it's aim is to try and to stop dangerous extremists radicalising other inmates. volvo's decision to switch to electric for all models by 2019 is the lea

there is a foreign ministers meeting slated for cairo later in the day.ll be able to discuss what they are going to do next. experts saying economic sanctions are on the table, possibly gcc expulsion, further capital controls, or even asking trade partners to take a firmer stance. so choose either between qatar or the saudi-led block. francine: the longer the crisis drags on, the heavier the toll on qatar's economy. what are you seeing across asset classes? yousef: the first risk is the credit risk. we've seen a note from moody's. they've changed their outlook to negative. if you look at the 12-month, they are relatively stable. resilience over the last two trading days slightly lower. let me show you qatar bonds. i put this on the bloomberg. #btv 1060. this is qatar. i've highlighted where we were. this is treasuries at the start of the blockade. , theyou can't see here bond spreads are still lower than they were despite the political tensions. that is what analysts and experts are worried about, that you are going to see a more aggressive repricing as t

xfinity mobile. >>> one month after severing ties with qatar, allies are meeting in cairo to plan theire. qatar has just responded to a list of demands presented to them by those gulf nations. deadline to respond had already been extended. good morning to you. any idea what's in this response? >> reporter: well, dave, the government here, the foreign minister would not disclose the content of that letter in which they responded to that list of 13 demands. they handed over that letter to kuwait and now we've had confirmation from the saudi led saying they have received that letter and they're reviewing qatar's response and they will respond in time. basically, we've heard from the government here saying it is -- they will not be releasing the contents saying it is up to kuwait, the mediator here to do so. but the foreign minister hinted at what their response really entailed and he said that basically it was within the lines of international laws and in the context of preserving qatar's sovereignty, yet another hint from him that they will not be agreeing to that list of sweeping demands

cairo was the capital of african unity or african leader group and i want to read something for you. and i skipped it because of the time that i'm going to read it. >> okay. >> now, when i was a child, my aunt this, wanted a transistor so i have a transistor and i wanted this transistor so bad. you know what a transistor is, many many younger generations. is this more towards portable radios and i was fascinated by the script so i came in my dad years to give me a transistor and he kept saying you don't need a transistor. finally i did very good in school and he gave it to me as a gift. and the transistor, you know, in the beginning the transistor was a toy. i go out in the streets , the kids would carry. i would go up and down the streets . very proud. i'm popular, kids coming here. then you know, after my radio was no more, that was popularity in the neighborhood. >> we would send our passionate egyptian self operas and romantic songs for preludes, and is, we start singing a famous popular singer. although talking about mother love around us, love songs played at home. as a sword a

. >> egyptian artist wael shawky is a frequent traveller between cairo, venice, sharjah, and new york. he's just arrived in hamburg, and the first thing he needs is a coffee. then he's off to the theater of the world festival to premiere his latest work. >> the acoustic is fantastic here. >> "the song of roland" is his reworking of the bloodthirsty epic poem, one of the oldest surviving major works of french literature. >> a collection between fact, myth, and also a celebration of being a european white man. >> with his earlier work "cabaret crusades," wael shawky gained an international reputation. it's an account of the medieval crusades from the islamic perspective. the slaughter and pillage of the crusad lasted nearly 200 years, a history many in the west would prefer to forget. shawky traces the history using marionets, startg with pope urban ii, who in the year 1095 initiated the first of seven crusades. in the course of these religious wars, jerusalem, damascus, and aleppo went up in flames, as did constantinoplewhere the crusaders became synonymous with warscruelty d brutality

qatar will meet with saudi arabia and its neighbors tomorrow in cairo, but a deal is far from certainqataris are learning to live with the daily realities of being cut off. supermarket shelves are full in doha, despite the embargo, but customers are having to adjust to new products. items from saudi arabia have been replaced with imports from turkey. have fruit juice, and eggs all been flown in by qatar's ally. prices have gone up, but these shoppers on complaining -- aren't complaining. >> all products are available. thanks be to god. there's even more than before. >> we are not afraid, because our government makes everything, year, maybek one two years. you're not afraid from anything -- we are not afraid from anything. reporter: as the blockade continues, stock is dwindling. if for the crisis, most food was imported by road -- before the crisis, most food was imported by road. qatar's neighbor has closed its borders. but that is not the message that the authorities want to show. in this press clip, the director of the report is keen to say it's business as usual. >> the message we

the foreign ministers of or arab states have cut ties with qatar met in cairo, accusing qatar of sponsoring terrorism and already cut commercial tieie delhi denies that, saying qatar champions freedom, not terrorism, in the middle east. we have no cave-in from qatar. we have no new sanctions from saudi arabia and its allies.. wherere are we? whwhat does this mean? >>>> good evening. good queststion. i thihink we are exactly where e were three weeks ago.. we have seen t the same unsubsbstantiated clalaims witit any real evidence being provided. at thehe same time, , they havet really com upp with any new demands or any further sanctions, which is what was expected initially, so they will reconvene in a couple of days and probably come up with further sanctions or some sort of reaction. they said they were not happy with qatar's reply. we have to see what actually will come out of it. >> it sounds like empty threats. they have extended the deadline. now the deadline has passed and nothing is happening. as youou said, we're bacack whee were four weeks ago. >> rightht. i think k what we see her

what is the main highlight of the cairo gathering? well, definitely the first thing was the alliance announcing that qatar's response was negative. one day before the meeting there was speculation that there was some compromise in the works that could bridge the gap, and we could see some conciliatory gestures, for the beginning of a solution, but that was not the case. the next thing investors and analysts were watching for was whether the alliance would impose sanctions. when there was nothing in the statement, and the question and answers section was dragging on, there were no sanctions. in fact, one analyst we spoke to pointed out the fact that the alliance did not even set a date for its next meeting, which points to a lack of consensus on what the next measures that they are planning to take. yes, that was the main takeaway. manus: just on that note, good morning to you, what are the next steps? if there is no next date, it does not seem hopeful. qatar is upping their production of liquefied natural gas. what happens next, alaa?

will be the main focus of the meeting of the foreign ministers of the four countries on wednesday in cairople perceive it as a way of opening up for negotiations and the beginning ofa for negotiations and the beginning of a solution. have these countries indicated that they are willing to negotiate? the thing is that those countries insist on the 13 demands, which intel things like scaling down ties with iran, cutting ties with some groups countries considered terrorists, like the muslim brotherhood, and shutting down qatari funded media like aljazeera network. they say that they are not negotiable. on the other hand, you have the qatari foreign minister saying that those demands are meant to be rejected. we see that both sides at existing —— are insisting on their position. this may be the start of a negotiation process. no qatar will submit to the whole 13 demands of some of them, that remains to be seen. we already have diplomatic and economic sanctions in place against qatar. does that have an influence right now? it does have an influence right now? it does have an influence right now

will be turkey iran and russia at the moment this particular deal has been trashed out growth but in cairo by egypt those are the three countries that were the initial peace talks and they're looking to work together to ensure that this is guaranteed this time around and also looks like it's going to be a long road ahead and see how they manage it. political and militant group hezbollah has officially confirmed that it's fighting against terrorists alongside the syrian army at the syrian lebanese border. the operations taking place in last stronghold along the border with lebanon the terrorists groups at a military base there in a mountainous area inside syria islamic state have been moving closer to the aso refugee camp just across the border in lebanon there is also been a place of operation for the nursery fronts. now into the history of as belongs presence in syria. lebanon's hezbollah has long been fighting alongside assad government forces throughout the six year syrian civil war but for the first time the armed group is making it official. hezbollah claims it's driving and isis terr

i think the obama years really underscored that point because again, i mean, the cairo speech was quite well received but then people didn't actually see significant changes in policy. also if you look at turkey, it was in one of the years under bush, there was 12% approval of the u.s. it dropped down under obama to 10% in 2011. and jumps up and now it's at 18%. so depending on what years you look at, again, under trump, in 2017, is higher than some of the years obama's tenure. so it's porn to keep in mind that the middle east is sort of an outlier if you look at the rest of the results. but i think it sort of gets to a question that applies to a lot of the results in this survey is how much does any of this really mat her what does it mean to say that favorability ratings drop tremendously or increase tremendously under a certain president? does it actually matter as much as we might think it does? and clearly when you have a new president it can shoot up 60% or go down 60% as we've seen from the bush-obama transition, but transition.ma-trump the world doesn't end with these changes, i

crisis is deepening with the saudi led blow riff and it will continue to blockade katha at a meeting in cairo saudi arabia bahrain egypt and the lady said that cuts house response to the list isn't like any substance for its thought kathman tell us the saudi bloc is simply trying to label a political rival as a terrorist state. but the catalyst response was negative on the whole it did not lay the foundations for cata as abandonment of the policies of zeus sis most of the where already off it was so out of fear but. was acutely designed to generate. the worst what other countries feared the grass is living. well here are some of the demands which the four countries are insisting on they want qatar to cut its ties with iran and militant groups who are considered by the saudis and their allies as terrorists qatar is also being told to shut down a turkish military base on its territory the thirteen point list also calls on qatar to close its international news outlets including al-jazeera and the saudi led bloc wants door to cease contacts with political opposition groups in their respective cou

sally nabil is in cairo. what we know so far is that two ladies were killed.vernor of the red sea, they were living in hurghada. i mean, they were not coming for a short visit, but they were living there. we also know that four others have been wounded and they have already been admitted to a nearby hospital, where they are receiving treatment for their wounds. according to the ministry of interior, the attacker managed to sneak into the holiday resort through swimming from a nearby public beach. he stabbed six ladies before he got arrested, and he is currently being interrogated by police authorities. this is the second incident to happen in hurghada. last year, in january 2016, a couple of attackers managed to stab three tourists. at that time, these attackers were said to have islamic sympathies. up till now, we did not know what the motivations behind these attacks are, but they will definitely raise questions about how tight the security measures put in place at such an important tourist destination. and the big question will be about the impact that this

there, will be the basis of a meeting of the foreign ministers of the four countries on wednesday in cairont, some people perceive it as a way of opening up for negotiations and the beginning ofa for negotiations and the beginning of a solution, maybe. also making news: china's president xijinping is in moscow for a meeting with vladimir putin. beijing's silk road trade project is expected to be at the top of the agenda. trade between the two countries is up 26% since the beginning of the year. later this week they'll both head to germany for the 6—20 summit of world leaders. a senior doctor at a hospital in bahawalpur, in pakistan, says the number of fatalities from an oil tankerfire has risen sharply, to more than two—hundred and six. eight days ago, oil from an overturned tanker caught fire on a highway near the city some 400 kilometres from lahore. president trump has offered to help the parents of a british terminally ill baby who have lost a legal fight to take him to the united states for treatment. mr trump said he would be delighted to help charlie 6ard, whose parents wanted him t