he chose cairo to make the famous speech. i'll play a bit of it. and we'll talk about it. >> i have come here to cairo to seek a new beginning. between the united states and muslims around the world. one based on mutual interest and mutual respect. and one based upon the truth that america and islam are not exclusive. and need not be in competition. instead they over lap. and share common principle. principles of justice. and progress. tolerance and the dignity of all human beings. >> it was an extraordinary speech at the time. and now all these years later it's perhaps more extraordinary. what did you hi when you heard that? you weren't there yet. did you focus on ha speech? >> well, i was studying arabic at the time. here in washington d.c. and it was an amazing speech. he gives great speeches. one thing in retro spect there was little talk of democracy. he really soft peddled any idea of political reform. he was reaching out to recognize the people of the region but trying not to challenge the other rulers. >> what did you think when you were in

now the yemeni government has reopened the historic cairo castle in time to visitors just days after regaining control of the site from the emmer r.t. bat. brigade for the last four years the council's been used as a barracks our official reports from neighboring djibouti. it's historic it's impressive now it's back in control of the local population. carol castle stands at the foot of the mountain overlooking the city of tire is in the yemen highlands the last four years has been used as a barracks for you back then abu abbas brigades but a government military commission has no taken back control. but that about is that i believe the reopening of the castle after four years of closure sends a clear message that the state will extend its authority over every inch of the country no faction or party will ever have sovereignty or control over time as. this is a site loved by the locals and loved by the children who know little of its history built more than eight hundred years ago cairo castle is the city's top destination for tourists from all over the world that sound. it is always gr

cairo castle has a long and colorful history the events of the last four years especially know that it's back in the hands of local people will be another chapter another story to be handed down from generation to generation alan fischer al jazeera in djibouti now the people of gaza has been locked in for the past eleven years by israel's blockade but recently there's been a window of opportunity to get out egypt is opening the rafa crossing it did so in may and that's allowed for thousands of palestinians to leave the strip many of them indefinitely and that's hurting gaza's already crippled economy then a smith reports. the fabric of gaza society is being torn apart locked in by israel's blockade with few jobs and no prospects those with means now have a way out through egypt. is heading that way ten years ago he says he employed four hundred people here supplying customers in israel and the occupied west bank now most of his sewing machines are rusting one lawyer along with a young woman in turkey i did a feasibility study and realized there were more opportunities if i moved there i

my mother was eight when her family moved from siberia to cairo tau the town by the black mountains in kazakhstan swarm south in one nine hundred ninety with her family she left the town which had a population of forty thousand at the time. today it's home to just twenty thousand people or so apart from a few friends from his school days my mother doesn't know anyone in cairo tao anymore. cutout the green always is in the middle of the steps the clean affluent soviet showpiece town what has become of. the apartment block with the circular staircases people here were once proud of this modern building it was home to many young families what defines the town scape today. where and how do the people here live in. this square in front of the white house it's the town hall and a parade ground where the red flags were once waved with pride all for one and one for all. where's the. right and patriotism today where are the others and where are we. going after the fourth only a close election. that. the germans have been gone for twenty four twenty five years everything's run down now there wer

cairo castle has a long and colorful history the events of the last four years especially know that it's back in the hands of local people will be another chapter another story to be handed down from generation to generation alan fischer al-jazeera in djibouti. hello again these are the top stories and al-jazeera emerson my god why has been sworn back and as zimbabwe's president after a bitterly disputed election he is this inauguration speech to appeal for unity on friday the constitutional court said the main opposition leader nelson chamisa could not prove his claims of vote rigging tributes have been pouring in from around the world for the u.s. republican senator john mccain who died on saturday the eighty one year old had been suffering from brain cancer mccain spent more than five years as a prisoner of war in vietnam and more than three decades as a senator in two thousand and eight he ran for the presidency against barack obama . pope francis has asked for god's forgiveness for the sexual exploitation carried out by members of the catholic clergy he is currently on a two day tri

governess north of cairo in recent years churches have become the target of attacks often claimed by i so the saudi ambassador relations says it will investigation as strike in yemen had a bus full of school children killing at least fifty one people this father was saying the wreckage for signs of his twelve year old son and many of the remains have yet to be identified the coalition insists it struck legitimate targets graves have been dug for many of the children who were victims of the blast at least forty children were among the dead the funerals are set to take place on sunday let's go live now to mohammed and his engine beauty and love and given that many of the remains have yet to be identified could the number of these children killed actually go up. indeed laura and the save the children aid agencies say yemen is the wast place in the world to be a child and you can easily understand why that is when you look at the television footage emerging from the scene of the incident in the moments after the hockey children some of them missing limbs really thing painfully under the

escalation of course we understand that there is a hamas delegation another faction delegations in cairo at the moment trying to flesh out all maintain this calm it's not really a truce because israel has not yet formally recognized it and we understand that the palestinian authority delegation will be arriving in cairo potential thursday because there is a p.l.o. meeting today and they will be focusing on the wider plan for reconciliation between fatah and hamas with the idea of potentially a reconciliation a unity government i'm sorry and of course that is hugely important because it's understood that that will put even more pressure on israel to ease the siege charles thanks very much. more than forty afghan police officers have been killed in an attack on a military base in the northern province of babylon local leaders say nine police officers and thirty five soldiers died it's the latest assault on the security forces in afghanistan the afghan government says is made major gains in the city of gasoline as the army battles the taliban at least four hundred people have been killed in

hello is it bri you're looking for well one archaeologist from cairo university were excavating the tomb of the thirteenth century b.c. egyptian official near cairo they found a collection of jars and one of the stars was a solidified whitish mass that at the time was an identifiable but they took the good a with the bad and the results could be seen in the journal of analytic chemistry where it was revealed that the substance is the oldest archaeological find of solid cheese ever found ever thought to be over thirty or thirty two hundred years old scientists believe it to be made from either sheep or goats milk and would have an acid to taste but don't give their exerted mode for a modest frenzy a wouldn't want to actually taste this cheese that's because why it's also found proof of low spirits in the tree is. this is a highly contagious infectious disease caused by ingesting unpasteurized milk or under meat and it's still around the very day so while these sweet dreams may not be made of cheese at least we know that the culture is of ancient egypt are being preserved so cheesy problem

cairo castle has a long and colorful history the events of the last four years especially know that it's back in the hands of local people will be another chapter another story to be handed down from generation to generation alan fischer al-jazeera in djibouti still ahead on al-jazeera. and i'm sure thomas involved carola this month's devastating floods i'll be looking at whether the state's all important tourism industry compounds back. and back alley badminton we'll tell you how the sport is capturing the attention of young pay is that the asian games. hello welcome such a look at the international forecast looking across the fine and dry settles and sunny across the middle east one or two showers just around the coax is pushing up across the black sea into the caspian sea nothing too much to report here though forty six celsius kuwait city still very hot thirty celsius in beirut over the next couple of days this is sort of temperature we will see across that eastern side of the mediterranean getting up into the low thirty's still for couple of maybe just touching thirty degrees there

another life sentence he was convicted in a retrial on charges of murder and inciting violence near cairo back in twenty thirteen it was one of a number of cases against him human rights groups have raised serious concerns about thousands of political prisoners in egypt often convicted in mass trials while staying with egypt and justice the steel billionaire linked to hosni mubarak has been cleared of all money laundering charges against him argument is was released after agreeing to pay around one hundred million dollars he's now free to travel and access his funds he's was once a senior official under former president mubarak but was arrested after the revolution in two thousand and eleven. it's been six hundred days since the al-jazeera journalist mahmud hussein was arrested and jailed in egypt without charges sainz accused of broadcasting false news and receiving foreign funds to defame state institutions hussein is among at least thirty two journalists currently being detained in egypt according to reporters without borders twenty two are being held without charge their all egyptian

and the entry of ivar which is a uae real estate company to build new cairo as a new capital. there would be this new capital and egypt's sovereign wealth fund represents this new egypt. in terms of the way that egypt could be able to put tray itself as a sovereign country with a where it wealth fund could invest in the future. the problem with egyptian projects is they take a very long time to get off the ground. because of corruption within the of the the likelihood egyptian sovereign wealth fund operating like many of the other wealth funds may get off to a very bad start. another part of the sovereign wealth fund, in theory, is to be able to work with egypt's emerging gas industry. this is all tied together. be bringing in revenues related to the sale of the gas and so on and it will help build a better future for egypt and its citizens but the problem is, it has to get off the ground first. it has to be extremely transparent. these days because of the focus on transparency in many of these other organizations and how they spend their money. next question please. right the

got back to cairo just after thanksgiving. eisenhower would be the supreme allied commander and you can see the message over at national archives. >> our time is up. >> thank you very much, it's been wonderful to talk to you. [applause] washington. this is an hour. [inaudible conversations] >> at afternoon and welcome to the william g mcgowan theater here at the national archives. nick brokhausen will talk about his new book, "we few: u.s. special forces in vietnam." nt material, the archivist of the united states and its a pleasure to welcome you here. what you hear in the theater or joining us on our youtube station and a special welcome to our friends at the

got back to cairo just after thanksgiving.eisenhower would be the supreme allied commander and you can see the message over at national archives. >> our time is up. >> thank you very much, it's been wonderful to talk to you. [applause] >> we have the news of the russians trying to cyberattack among other things and institute , which is important because the hudson institute is running a superb initiative called the autocracy initiative, which tries to protect from the safety of shell corporations and other anonymous vehicles, foreign crooks and the people who foreign countries from finding shelter for what they stole in rule of law countries like the united states. if you are an oligarch, the quick autocracy initiative is a significant threat to your life and business model. >> just last month, a team led by i'm age dr. steven rosenberg announced a modification in a new therapy approach that led to a complete regression, most likely a cure of widely metastatic breast cancer in a woman with previously universally fatal form of

if you will and the entry of er which is a real estate company to build new cairo as a newcapital , much like assad versus, thank you. that there would be this new capital and the egypt sovereign wealth fund represents this to egypt in terms of the way that egypt would be to or trade itself as a sovereign country with a sovereign wealth fund which it could invest for the future. the problem with egyptian projects naturally is they take a very long time to get off the ground and because of corruption withinthe system , the likelihood of the egyptian run well fund operating life any of the other wealth funds get off to a very bad start. and another part of the sovereign wealth fund two is in theory is to be able to work with egypt's emerging industry if you will for the further growth of that industry, particularly with the faith. this is all tied together and in that sense, egyptian sovereign wealth fund would be bringing in revenues related to the sale of the gas fund or help build a better future for egypt and its citizens but the problem is it's got to get off the ground first. it

it known as shah can he's been locked up for five years reporting on the rubber square protests in cairo where hundreds of protesters were killed and thousands injured recently shall can be nominated for unesco is press freedom prize and multi award winning journalist well about had its home raided a may and was arrested and detained. as the egyptian authorities target what they describe as fake news new laws were passed in july to support the arrests of journalists they allow the state to block social media accounts and detain journalists who have more than five thousand followers the existing laws which are already being used to. suppress media freedom the new laws which this. many more people who are mostly one journalist will be arrested because they want to express their opinion supporters of president out of fatah sisi say they will safeguard freedom of expression. but rights groups say it will give legal basis for egypt to crackdown on criticism or dissent nor about manly al-jazeera. aid is arriving on the indian easy and island of lombok where three hundred eighty seven people di

as a young man, i taught in cairo. i spoke some arabic, although it had been a long time.ed in a muslim country and i loved my time in egypt. i had written a movie called "the siege" with denzel washington and bruce willis which is about what would happen if terror came to america. for instance, to new york city. this came out in 1998. and it was in many ways like the events of 9/11. there were a number of different things that were affecting me. mainly just as an american, i knew this was a turning point in our history. and as a reporter i had an obligation to try to go out and understand what was it that led to this and why did we fail to stop it. >> and right now, anybody who didn't read your book is getting to watch the looming tower on television, the screen. it's on amazon prime. it is really fantastic. but what really stands out is in sharp relief is the battle between american agencies, the fbi and cia would seem to prevent them, preventing intelligence using it to prevent 9/11 from happening. it's quite shocking. >> it continues to shock, because, you know, the ci

, and we saw a lot of deals that were being signed for the reconstruction, the new cairo if you look at the entry of a uae real estate company to build new cairo as a capital much like a steiner versus -- thank you, that there would this new capital and egypt sovereign wealth fund represents this new egypt in terms of the way that egypt could be able to portray itself as a sovereign country with a sovereign wealth fund in which it could invest for the future. the problem with egyptian projects, naturally, is they take a very long time to get off the ground and because of corruption within the system, the likelihood of egyptian sovereign wealth fund operating like me of the wealth funds make it off to a very bad start. another part of the sovereign wealth fund, in theory, is to be able to work with egypt's emerging gas industry, if you will, or the further growth of that industry, particularly with the field. i think this is all tied together and in that sense the egyptian sovereign wealth fund which is to be bring in revenues related to sales will help build for a better future for e

he'd lay by my side and if i'd cry, he'd lick my tears. >> now cairo is gone. this home surveillance video shows the routine morning two weeks ago when she let cairo outside just before two coyotes moved in on him. >> i did not see the coyotes actually put him in the mouth, but you hear it. >> it is becoming fairly common in a county where humans and coyotes share the same territory. a few weeks ago, the principal of hidden valley elementary warned parents about coyotes spotted on campus. as to whether that's an issue -- >> we should not be vilifying and persecuting wild animals that are native to marin county. >> but angry residents are doing so anyway. stewart lost his cat named asia. >> she was taken right off the front porch. the coyote came through like a freight train. >> bang, gone. >> hence a movement by some residents who want the county to keep the coyotes away. >> this is wrong. we should not have coyote dense within city limits because what happens? you know, the coyotes learn to hunt and take prey in a man's built environment, and they lose their f

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development we have a senior hamas leadership that are not based here in gaza coming to gaza today from cairothey've been in cairo discussing with egyptian intelligence and others this cease fire deal also potentially discussing palestinian reconciliation it is important why it is important because any of those things need to be done to move forward here and improve the situation for the people it is unclear what is going to be achieved on the table we know certainly when it comes to palestinian reconciliation there is no trust between how mass in fact certainly more urgently the ceasefire needs to hold there been intensive efforts by the u.n. special envoy to the middle east peace process to try and maintain that cease fire even though it is tense will have to wait and see how those talks develop and what the delegation of hamas brings to the leadership here to iran now and the state of the economy has brought protesters out in at least five cities iran's official news agency says the demonstrations were illegal and broken up by police the iranian veil has hit record lows this week it's lost

development we have a senior hamas leadership that are not based here in gaza coming to gaza today from cairothey've been in cairo discussing with egyptian intelligence and others this cease fire deal also potentially discussing palestinian reconciliation it is important why it is important because any of those things need to be done to move forward here and improve the situation for the people it is unclear what is going to be achieved on the table we know certainly when it comes to palestinian reconciliation there is no trust between how mass in fact certainly more urgently the ceasefire needs to hold there been intensive efforts by the u.n. .

cairo castle has a long and colorful history the events of the last four years especially know that it's back in the hands of local people will be another chapter another story to be handed down from generation to generation alan fischer. in djibouti. still to come here on the al-jazeera news. and entertainment involved carola this month's devastating floods i'll be looking at whether the state's pool important tourism industry from bounce back. major league baseball's leading teen this season on the verge of an unwanted record future we'll explain all installed. on the furniture. an instantly shifting news cycle we receive in change in america treat the listening post takes pause and questions the world's media double will be of the details the kind that cannot be conveyed in two hundred eighty characters or fewer exposing how the press operates it is their language of their culture it's their context and why certain stories take precedence while others are ignored we can have a better understanding of how news is created we're going to have a better understanding of what the news of th

seif al—din mostafa was flown back to cairo amid tight security.ake suicide belt to hijack an egyptair plane flying from alexandria to cairo in march 2016. the united states says it's ready to support direct peace talks between the afghan government and the taliban. it comes after the afghan president, ashraf ghani, announced an unconditional ceasefire at a ceremony in kabul to mark afghan independence day. so far the taliban has not responded. the proposed ceasefire follows days of intense fighting in the city of ghazni and comes ahead of the muslim festival of eid—ul—adha. translation: in order for our countrymen to spend the date of eid—ul—adha in a peaceful manner, once again we announce a ceasefire that will start tomorrow, monday, until the anniversary of prophet muhammad's birth, provided that the taliban preserves and respects it and announces it for any period they agree upon. we call on the leadership of the taliban to welcome the wishes of afghans for a long lasting and real peace. and we urge them to get ready for peace talks based on i

seif al—din mostafa was flown back to cairo amid tight security. fake suicide belt to hijack an egyptair plane flying from alexandria to cairo in march 2016. pakistan's new prime minister, the former cricket star, imran khan, has promised to tackle corruption and improve the state of the country's finances. he made the pledge in his first address to the nation. mr khan also said he would refuse to live in the prime minister's mansion and would avoid what he called the extravagent lifestyles associated with pakistan's previous ruling elites. translation: we have to stand on our own feet. we cannot carry on behaving the way we have. the more debt we're under, the more freedom we lose. we lose our respect. how bad would you feel, in fact, think about how bad i would feel, begging other countries for money? i would be ashamed. when a country begs for money from other countries, that country's entire respect goes. the world only respects a nation that respects itself. the british government is preparing to publish advice designed to prepare the uk for t

development we have a senior hamas leadership that are not based here in gaza coming to gaza today from cairo they've been in cairo discussing with egyptian intelligence and others this cease fire deal also potentially discussing palestinian reconciliation it is important why it is important because any of those things need to be done to move forward here and improve the situation for the people it is unclear what is going to be achieved on the table we know certainly when it comes to palestinian reconciliation there is no trust between how mass and certainly more urgently the ceasefire needs to hold there been intensive efforts by the u.n. special envoy to the middle east peace process to try and maintain that cease fire even though it is tense will have to wait and see how those talks develop and what the delegation of hamas brings to the leadership here. turkey is threatening to retaliate against the u.s. for imposing sanctions on two of its senior ministers is the latest efforts by the trumpet ministration to get anchored to release an american pastor. he was detained in twenty sixteen ac

there is a way to do the riddle is egyptian and was a lawyer in cairo before he came to japan in his twenty's. he worked for a travel agency and decided to branch out to form his own agency to take care of japanese muslim pilgrims. oh it was an uphill struggle from the start made all the more difficult when the saudi authorities said they did not believe him a mismanagement the movie a ban on women as men and if we had given him a fortune to muslim in lebanon or the n.r.i. allison there may have been me and i handled in syria veneer well as an obama psyllium and more of a glib and unknown can gossip about me what we should like mostly. anonymous mentions to me. when. you. have to work or there's a mat on foot. sometimes when you are done bro seizure thinks about studios sometimes stick to involved sometimes. like last year. and most of the had to stay on the same seat for sixteen hours. riddle persisted in his quest to help pilgrims from japan to mecca. five years on the travel agency he set up is one of only two registered companies that have been sanctioned by the saudi government

with my life [inaudible] official cairo. yeah we have extra strokes listen. in july a lot easier to do so. and since. and for for digital reference to see five fighter who. she she for for instance was was in the region. great grill known for taxis [inaudible] the increase issues using force was reserved. free just also. and when i when i was in the seventy second kind killed ourselves and i think that says a you see when you. you was he drinking little rule in gaza 66% of selection and the we leave before have one one around out of date selection is in many. sizes extra the gyptian shin was less chris first because i would order guys as a justified. because these -- you could get their told in the international community. to do. no one wants. to an age related legislation called quite. so much as one's religions which was a much to sentencing. bbc sport voice because of the stress that. is different from. for wait wait for a game a few months was one when your campaign for suicide. the same thing to you as a suspect. please say this is. health. costs come co

known as shock and he's been locked up for five years reporting on the robbers square protests in cairo where hundreds of protesters were killed and thousands injured recently shall can be nominated for unesco is press freedom prize and multi award winning journalist well about us had its home raided a may and was arrested and detained. as authorities egyptian. target what they describe as fake news new laws were passed in july to support the arrests of journalists they allow the state to block social media accounts and detain journalists who have more than five thousand followers and existing laws which are already being used to grassroots. susman your freedom new laws and more wishes. many more people who are not even journalists would be honest and because they want to express their opinion supporters of president abdel fattah el-sisi say they will safeguard freedom of expression but rights groups say it will give a legal basis for egypt to crack down on criticism or dissent nor about manly al-jazeera. a confidential report by israeli military investigators say an armed drone deliber

in the rubber square protests in cairo where hundreds of protestors were killed and thousands injured recently shall can be nominated for unesco is press freedom prize and multi award winning journalist had its home raided a may and was arrested and detained. as the egyptian authorities target what they describe as fake news new laws were passed in july to support the arrests of journalists they allow the state to block social media accounts and detain journalists who have more than five thousand followers the existing laws which are already being used to. suppress media freedom new laws. many more who. will be honest and because they want to express their opinion supporters of president out of c.c. say they will safeguard freedom of expression but rights groups say it will give a legal basis for egypt to crack down on criticism or dissent nor about manly al-jazeera. aid is arriving at the indian easy an island of lombok with three hundred eighty seven people died in last week's earthquake the air force's eleventh ninety tons of aid including food medicine tents and blankets almost fo

december two thousand and sixteen after traveling from doha where he was based to visit his family in cairo he's been held in the notorious tour a maximum security prison where he's complained of mistreatment hussein and al jazeera strongly deny the allegations against him that he broke last false news writing letters in the last. african thing to me in a lot of the good offices. democracy in the country by his lot of people which include press freedom and freedom of expression egypt level similar charges against al-jazeera trio bonhomme hama mohamed fahmy i'm peter greste day five years ago and as there are explore editor in chief ibrahim helal was sentenced to death and absentia two years ago. reporters without borders ranks egypt one hundred sixty one out of one hundred eighty countries in this year's watch press freedom index it says at least thirty two journalists are being held in egyptian jails few have been put on trial most of been detained for months or years and over a being held on trumped up charges. those imprisoned included gyptian journalist mahmoud abizaid known as shock an

it known as shah can he's been locked up for five years reporting on the rubber square protests in cairo where hundreds of protesters were killed and thousands injured recently shall can be nominated for unesco is press freedom prize and multi award winning journalist well about us had its home raided a may and was arrested and detained. as each or. of course he's target what they describe as fake news new laws were passed in july to support the arrests of journalists they allow the state to block social media accounts and detain journalists who have more than five thousand followers they exist already being used to. suppress media freedom the new laws. many more who are mostly one journalist but will be honest and because they want to express their opinion supporters of president sisi say they will safeguard freedom of expression. but rights groups say it will give a legal basis for egypt to crack down on criticism or to send more about al-jazeera . now one of nasa's most ambitious space missions has blasted off. three two one zero liftoff. the park a solar probe will fly into the sun's

in violence between hamas and israel and of course that would seriously jeopardize those talks in cairo. nigeria shut down its busiest bridge for vital maintenance. the third mainland bridge lagos island that's a city of nearly twenty million people with the mainland i met address now looks at efforts to repair the aging bridge and the disruption if it costs. for just the thirty forty year history nigeria's busiest bridge is shut to traffic and this is why. cracks and damage in the structure i sense of concern for motorists say they awarded by the recent bridge collapse in italy that killed several people ask rock. what was on the beach and there is a gullible warning. not to be bouncy go vote on which is noise lol. it will remain closed for three days as engineers conduct a variety of tests this is a typical day on this bridge an important road connecting lagos financial and commercial centers. an average of one hundred thousand cars cross the neighborhood third and last three every day eleven thousand eight hundred meter structure is nigeria's longest and business bridge the maintenan

to yemen now where the government has reopened the historic cairo castle and five to visitors just days after regaining control of the site from the and rotting back to. the gates for the last four years the coffee has been used as barracks alan fischer reports from labor in djibouti. it's historic it's impressive now it's back in control of the local population. carol castle stands at the foot of the mountain overlooking the city of tire is in the yemen highlands the last four years has been used as a barracks for you back to abu abbas brigades but a government military commission has no taken back control. but that is that i believe the reopening of the castle after four years of closure sends a clear message that the state will extend its authority over every inch of the country no faction or party will ever have sovereignty or control over time as. this is a site loved by the locals and loved by the children who know little of its history built more than eight hundred years ago cairo castle is the city's top destination for tourists from all over the world that are sound. it is alwa

touch and really really talk to the military both sides that is according to is there a source in cairo furthermore egypt is media. we can confirm trying to mediate a cease fire a temporary truce right now so that the negotiations can be held in a calmer atmosphere now coming back to those rockets fired out we have a total of twelve israeli and israeli report suggests that. the number of of injuries is around fourteen who mildly injured possibly just through shock but two injured and then we have as i say some uncertainty about the numbers here in gaza because you hear the siren there now because we've had some close hits here and quite nearby on the beach and that is known to be because some brigades barracks and also in the east of gaza one factory has been hit as well a bit a lot of the attacks have been on open ground the reason for that normally is to. rock the ground and destroy tunnels but this is intense no doubt about it if it's effectively what some people call the last saurabh before signing a deal then it is surprisingly intense and you that was going to be my next question

mild to terms than usual and that was from the deputy leader of how mass talking head of moving to cairo from here where the seanie a delegation of hamas has been intense talks on how to respond to israel and the u.n. and egypt but as i say israel's then we will find out more haps not necessarily on the ground here but certainly in jerusalem we will be hearing from possibly the security briefing headed by the prime minister. and also lieberman the defense minister there as well and we will also have what was the shed jeweled security cabinet meeting on for. day now is israel going to push hard and continue this it is unclear but there isn't this doesn't seem like it doesn't seem here anyway like the the sort of volleys of fire you often get before a cease fire deal is signed sealed and delivered the atmosphere here would sources warning that this really is incredibly sensitive right now in terms of of the danger of these talks falling apart so the talking is going on in cairo and also certainly amongst the israel it is cairo where everything is focused right now dow right andrew symonds

tears if you like we know that the geisha and delegation of other armed groups in gaza are already in cairo the first tier of these talks being mediated by the egyptians and the usa at least to try and maintain try and get some sort of sustainable ceasefire some sort of sustainable truce between hamas and israel we understand egypt is very key to try and get the palestinian authority involved in those talks because they understand that if a truce agreement is going to be made it's only going to be really sustainable with the palestinian authority involvement then on a second you've got those wider talks those vital talks that are trying to be mediated to try for reconciliation between hamas and fatah and now these talks are being going on for years they have failed time and time again we understand that the delegation will not be arriving in karo until thursday because there is a p.l.o. meeting in ramallah today but as i say there is a lot of pressure on hamas and fatah to come together because the understanding is that if there is reconciliation and an eventual unity government down here i

hello is it bri you're looking for well one archaeologist from cairo university were excavating the tomb of the thirteenth century b.c. egyptian official near cairo they found a collection of jars and one of the stars was a solidified whitish mass that at the time was an identifiable but they took the good with the bad and the results could be seen in the drop analytic chemistry where it was revealed that the substance is the oldest archaeological find of solid cheese ever found ever thought to be over thirty or thirty two hundred years old scientists believe it to be made from either sheep or goats milk and would have an acid the taste but don't give a good motive for a modest frenzy a wouldn't want to actually taste this cheese that's because why it's also found proof of low spirits in the tree is. this is a highly contagious infectious disease caused by ingesting unpasteurized milk or under meat and it's still around the very day so while these sweet dreams may not be made of cheese at least we know that the culture is of ancient egypt are being preserved so cheesy problems are about

development we have a senior hamas leadership that are not based here in gaza coming to gaza today from cairo they've been in cairo discussing with egyptian intelligence and others this cease fire deal also potentially discussing palestinian reconciliation it is important why it is important because any of those things need to be done to move forward here and improve the situation for the people it is unclear what is going to be achieved on the table we know certainly when it comes to palestinian reconciliation there is no trust between hamas and fatah certainly more urgently the cease fire needs to hold there been intensive efforts by the u.n. special envoy to the middle east peace process nic i'm glad of to try and maintain that cease fire even though it is tense will have to wait and see how those talks develop and what the delegation of hamas brings to the leadership here russia's u.n. peacekeepers have returned to the frontier between syria and the israeli occupied golan heights for the first time since twenty twelve syrian government forces regain control of all of the territory along t

known as shall can he's been locked up for five years reporting on the robbers square protests in cairo where hundreds of protesters were killed and thousands injured recently shall can be nominated for unesco is press freedom prize and multi award winning journalist had its home raided a may and was arrested and detained. as the egyptian authorities target what they describe as fake news new laws were passed in july to support the arrests of journalists they allow the state to block social media accounts and detain journalists who have more than five thousand followers existing laws which are already being used to. suppress media freedom new laws wishes. and who are mounting unjust. we're realistic because we want to express that opinion supporters of president c.c. say they will safeguard freedom of expression. but rights groups say it will give legal basis for egypt to crack down on criticism or to send. al-jazeera. rebecca vincent is the u.k. bureau directive for reporters without borders and joins me in the studio now thank you very much for coming to speak to us so as we're hearin

cairo castle has a long and colorful history the events of the last four years especially know that it's back in the hands of local people will be another chapter another story to be handed down from generation to generation alan fischer al-jazeera in djibouti. now again i'm elizabeth rodham and the headlines on. amazon my god was due to be inaugurated as president of the country's top court rejected a legal challenge by the main opposition leader nelson chamisa after mom and dad was declared the winner of last month's presidential vote. u.s. senator john mccain has died at the age of eighty suffering from brain cancer mccain spent more than five years as a prisoner of war in vietnam and more than three decades as a republican senator he unsuccessfully ran for president in two thousand and eight have gone as far as national security adviser mohamed haneef has resigned with the government under increasing pressure after a spike in fighting with the taliban well some reports suggest could be preparing to challenge president musharraf gani and next year's election his resignation has been a

in violence between hamas and israel and of course that would seriously jeopardize those talks in cairo they've been protests in the iraqi city of bastra demonstrators the calling on local authorities to provide access to clean drinking water for cities weeks of protests and for poor public services with health officials warning thousands of. excuse me hospital patients having to drink contaminated water now a story has a new prime minister after the ruling liberal party replaced its leader scott morrison won an internal vote after his predecessor malcolm turnbull lost the support of the party it means we've got the fourth instance since twenty ten where a prime minister of australia has been voted out of the job by their own party kathy novak reports from sydney australia john morris in this way australia is introduced to another new prime minister to power not in a popular vote but rather installed by colleagues in a party ballot facing a tough job to ensure that we not only bring now party back together which has been bruised and battered this week traditional grandson here is jack m

march of return protests talks aimed at easing tension between hamas and israel are continuing in cairo. the turkish president rather tired of one is still defiant after two key ratings agencies warned his country is going to find it even harder to pay its debts he insists the growing economic crisis is part of a plot against turkey president and obama made his comments at a meeting of the ruling ak party the turkish lira has lost forty percent of its value against the dollar this year so near gager reports now from istanbul a brisk business that's expanded along with turkey's middle class. act your cause been selling products made by turkey's largest home appliances company for twenty five years but lately his sales have taken a hit because. we've had to put our prices up because of the current economic situation and that's affected our sales. despite this he is optimistic that he and the country kind of weather the current economic storm which began as a war of words with tuckey's nato ally the us over according to the president donald trump the arrest of evangelical pastor andrew bro

up to five years reporting on the rubber square protests in cairo where hundreds of protesters were killed and thousands injured recently shall can be nominated for unesco is press freedom prize and multi award winning journalist had its home raided a may and was arrested and detained. as the egyptian authorities target what they describe as fake news new laws passed in july to support the arrests of journalists they allow the state to block social media accounts and detain journalists who have more than five thousand followers and existing laws which are already being used to cost you. your freedom new laws. many more who are mostly known journalist but would be arrested because they want to express their opinion supporters of president out of hostile sisi say they will safeguard freedom of expression. but rights groups say it will give a legal basis for egypt to crack down on criticism or to send durables manly al-jazeera. the libyan coast guard has rescued sixty migrants and refugees from a sinking boat in the mediterranean sea they've been taken back to libya where they're receiving hu