egypt has always found -- from the arab countries to support egypt.ur meeting today is a result of sincere efforts exerted by the late king abdullah of -- king of saudi arabia. [ applause ] >> may his soul rest in peace. [ applause ] >> translator: through his invitation to have such a conference, the kingdom of saudi arabia is always like this and will be like this under the leadership of the custodian of the two harlem mosques king [ inaudible ]. [ applause ] >> translator: these will be the stands of the kingdom of saudi arabia towards it's arab countries. this is the frame made by king abdullah and this is the frame followed and approved by his sons. i would like also to thank and express my appreciation to the efforts of the state of the united arab emirates. [ applause ] >> translator: under the leadership of his highness. [ applause ] >> translator: represented here today by his heiness. [ applause ] >> translator: vice president, prime minister, and the ruler of [ inaudible ] in order to clear all in the support of egypt, and bring [ inaudible

but egypt's economy is in trouble. even with all shipments and cash grants from gulf states it needs around $60 billion of foreign money, which it is hoping to raise at the economic investment conference at the coastal resort. >> we are welcoming investors. >> reporter: the president has promised to sort out the economy. he has cut energy subsidisies and cut taxes. but comments he made earlier this week will do little to convince people he is sympathic to ordinary egyptians. >> translator: if even we starve ourselves, we rebuild our nation. and yes, we rebuild our nation. >> reporter: many people alreadying don't have enough to eat. around one in four people live on less than $2 a day. slums have grown and so has unemployment. tourism used to account for around a fifth of egypt's economy. there are some signs visitors are returning, but the numbers aring in like before the 2011 revolution. and this won't help attract tourists or investors. there have been a string of bomb attacks. this latest one killed two and injured

we're going back egypt.kerry addressing the economic development conference. >> ladies and gentlemen, mr. president, in so many ways it is clear that your initiatives are already affirming the pivotal role egypt has played in this region for so long. we have heard a number of the speakers refer to it. and i want to thank you for your partnership, and for your obvious readiness to tackle some very tough issues. there are an extraordinary number of very thoughtful very experienced leaders, particularly of the corporate sector, but also of government here. and they come from all over the world. i'm particularly pleased that some of the biggest companies in america are also here and that all of you together represent billions of dollars of investment. so i come here today, mr. president, with a very simple message. the american people are committed to the security and political and economic well-being of the egyptian people, and we will work with you -- [ applause ] >> -- we will work with you to absolutely secu

egypt.ut in those early 18 days in tahrir square, there was very clearly a skeleton to the movement, and it took shape as something that was called the revolutionary youth coalition. this was a group of about 20 young people -- and this being egypt, a lot of the young people were older than me, in their 40s, but that's in a country where you have to be 70 or 80 to be considered someone who had earned their stripes and ready to run something. 40-year-olds are just kids. so these youth leaders, some of them were like a man who grew to become my friend over the years that followed came from backgrounds that did encourage politics. in a society where politics was criminalized and where the idea of advocating for politics would win you the label of being selfish or self-promotional there was a small tiny minority, core group of people who had been raised by families that believed in politics and believed in dissent. most of -- descent. his grandfather was in the movement when it was founded in 19

egypt's novelest egypt [ inaudible ], egypt! [ applause ] >> translator: go and read about the army of egypt, the commanders of egypt. [ applause ] >> translator: you understand that supporting egypt is an injection of vitality to the nation. what we put now in egypt is an investment that is going to be scene in the very near future. ladies and gentlemen the united arab emirates has supported egypt through the last period and we have offered egypt for the last two years more than $14 billion. [ applause ] >> big numbers there, the ruler of dubai speaking at the economic conference in egypt. if you have just joined us this is al jazeera, where breaking our usual schedule to bring you this coverage of the economic conference that is underway in egypt. president abdul fattah al-sisi opened the summit about an hour ago after four years of political instability. egypt is pinning its hopes for economic survival on this conference. heads of state from across the region are attending along with foreign politicians and major global inves

you're not going to get any better in egypt. thomas jefferson is not turning around the corner in cairo. you will not have a jeffersonian democrat in egypt but what you have right now is a guy who approaches -- opposes you has a good relationship with israel and is friendly with america. yet we are isolating him shunning him. in my view, it the obama administration in a perfect world the obama administration would like to see mohammed morsi back in power. i say that without hesitation. a few weeks ago we had a muslim brotherhood contingent at the state department, the muslim brother, the granddaddy of all the islamic terror groups. folks, we would not be having this conversation about isis if it weren't for the muslim brotherhood. isis came out of al-qaeda which came out of the muslim brotherhood. the muslim brotherhood is the granddaddy of them all. it spawned al-qaeda, hamas. it's the original terror movement. yet they are now, along with iran, our friends. and we have been at the state department. and that the state departmen

one slogan being used, egypt is not for sale. the muslim brotherhood now deemed a terrorist organization by the governs won't be to eager to see this conference succeed. accidentdissent has been heavily are suppressed in the past. there's been growing violence in the sinai peninsula plus the threat of i.s.i.l. affiliated groups across the border in libya. all difficult issues for the government to tackle along with sky high unemployment and low foreign investment. this may be an economic me, and egypt's economy could certainly do with a cash injection but this is about president sisi's political legitimacy. the head of the international monetary fund and the u.s. secretary of state. >> how egypt fares in the coming years and how it structures its economy will affect the country's nearly 90 mill million citizens but others who aspire for a better future. that is why we are gathered here. we all all of us have a stake in egypt's success. >> reporter: who is present here what is said and what is pledged will be an indication about t

slogan being used: egypt is not for sale. the muslim brotherhood now deemed a terrorist organization by the government, will not be pleased to see the summit succeed. president mohamed morsi was deposed in 2013. and growing violence in the sinai peninsula plus i.s.i.l. affiliated groups in the sinai peninsula, low foreign investment. this may be an economic plea and egypt's economy could certainly do with a cash injection but this is also about president sisi's political legitimacy. the head of the international monetary fund and the u.s. secretary of state. >> how egypt fares in the coming years and how it restructures its economy will not only affect the country's 90 million citizens but millions throughout the region who aspire to a better future. that is why we are gathered here. we all have a stake in egypt's success. >> the level of international support president sisi and his policies l hold hold. stefanie dekker, al jazeera. >> getting help from a neighbor it doesn't want the world to know about? plus a show of suppor

and your second homeland egypt allow me to comments by addressing you with egypt's message.our royal highnesses or excellenceies, secretaries of the league of arab states. honourable guests ladies and gentlemen. it is with pleasure i welcome you all as brothers and friends on the home style of egypt and fail to you and convey all the appreciation and love of the egyptian people who take pride in being part of the arab nation where the egyptians have and will continue to sacrifice all the pressures to safe guard our dignity. it is also with pleasure as we integrate the 26th summit of the league of arab state on behalf of myself and all of you, to suppress all gratitude and appreciation to the state of kuwait and to saba for the prudent leadership during the presidency of the previous summit which added a new adope for the structure. i wouldn't fail to remember that efforts aseshted by the secretary-general of the league of arab state. through the cycle and the ground work. and i pray to god almighty to be cull linated with success, living up to the aspirations of the arab nat

. >>> hamas says egypt is setting a dangerous precedent. a first time an arab court has condemned the group. denies that its fighters in north sinai have been attacking egyptian security forces. >> translator: it is a shocking and dangerous decision that targets palestinian people goes against the rules that makes israel the friend and hamas the enemy. it will directly directly contaminate the relationship of egypt. >>> thanks very much indeed for joining us. hamas saying this is a shocking and dangerous decision, makes a friend out of israel. what do you make out of this decision from the egyptian court? >> well, i think it has to be seen in the context of the jingoistic and zen exen compensateic xenophoneic relationships. if egypt is now no longer able to mediate either between the rival palestinian movements hamas and feda, and the next time there's a conflict and there's increasing signs there will be another conflict that basically marginalizes egypt regionally. at the same time, i would say this lawsuit was brought by a lawyer in a pr

and this is the whole message now from egypt. without these issues being highlighted or solved i'm not sure this conference will help the egyptian people in particular to be able to move on from where they are now. >> all right. thanks for your time. ♪ >>> now a senior nigerian non-commissioned officer has told al jazeera that foreign mercenaries are doing the bulk of the fighting in towns recaptured from boko haram. hundreds of fighters from south africa and former soviet countries are reportedly fighting alongside government troops. the government says their role is limited to training and logistics. al jazeera's nick schifrin is in the region and sent this update. >> reporter: according to senior western official who works here as well as a senior non-commissioned officer inside the nigerian military who was actually injured by boko haram, both of them say that the 40 or so villages that military or nigeria i should probably say, has recaptured from boko haram was done in part or at least because of the help of foreign mercena

the egypt that they want to promote.easy-flowing traffic businesses and industries ready for investment. but the reality is a little more complicated on the opening day of the conference an explosion hit barclays bank in alex address tree a others struck all greek bank in the same city. the group that claimed responsibility they wanted all companies taking part in summit. there have been a few small pro protests against the government. egypt is not for sale is the slogan being used. the muslim brotherhood now deemed a terrorist organization won't be too eager to see the conference succeed. dissent has been heavily suppressed in the past. opponents have been arrested and prosecuted since 2013. and there has been growing violence. plus the threat of isil-affiliated groups across the border in libya all difficult issues for the government to tackle. alongside high unemployment, a struggling tourism industry and low foreign investment. this may be an economic plea in egypt's economy could certainly do with a cash injection b

plans unveiled at egypt's global financial summit. >> egypt's prime minister sets off in the tamil heart land of >>> the government admits mercenaries are part of the campaign against the rebel group in iraq >>> at least 8 people are confirmed dead after cyclone pam hit vanuatu. u.n. emergency teams are being rushed to the island after 270 k/hr winds caused widespread destruction. gerald tan has the latest. destruction in the wake of cyclone pam. aid workers described the scenes as unbelievable. the category 5 storm uprooted trees, tore down powerlines and ripped off roofs. many buildings stand, but it is feared the damage to villages in remote islands will be extensive. communication is down. assessing the full impact could take time. >> there has been a destructive cyclone, and hitting a country that is using a lot of the chances meaning they are vulnerable to this intensity. we are planning for the force case scenario. the approach of the cyclone was terrifying. seas confirmed as driving rain and strong winds swept into venue art u. >> winds -- vanuatu. >> windare getting stronger by

egypt has made the proposal of certain issues and i hope they will be endorsed. mr. chairman the adoption of new measures workable and practical to address the outcomes of the palestinian cause which remains the focal and central cause of all the arabs, in addition to addressing the number of aggravating crisis in libya syria and yemen have become a compelling need that require not only the public opinion, but also the international community to consider and put into implementation all the resolutions to be handed down by this summit. needless to say that the repercussions of all these crises have exacerbated the dangers of terrorism. there is a coalition interrelation between both of them undermining the national security of the arab states leading to foreign intervention into the territories and affairs of the arab states. before i conclude, as i will be presenting a detailed report of the summit, i would like to reiterate that it is significant to ponder and consider all the proposals late in your hands and mentioned by the chairman together with the practical mea

slogan being used egypt is not for sale. muslim brotherhood won't be too eager to see this cobnference succeed. thousands have been arrested and prosecuted since president mohammed morsi was deposed in 2013, and there has been growing violence in the sinai peninsula. all the difficult issues for the government to tackle alongside high unemployment a struggling tourism industry, and low foreign investment. this is also about president sisi's political legitimacy. among the western officials the head of the international monetary fund and the u.s. secretary of state. >> how egypt fairs in the coming years, and how it restructures its economy will affect not only the country's nearly 90 million citizens but it will also effect millions of others throughout the region who aspire to a better future. that is why we are gathered here. we all, all of us have a stake in egypt's success. >> reporter: who was present here what is said and what is pledge will be an indication of the support president sisi and his policies hold. >> let's

egypt is monitoring the development in lebanon. amid the challenges facing the region, and here not failing to suppress egypt welcomes the dialogue among all the lebanese factions, with an aim to put an end to the division and polaritionation and tension, in order to enable lebanon, as a country, to get through this political moment safeguard and preserve the resources of the country, and we hope that these efforts will bring about an election of a president without further delay, and here i would like to mention the suffering of the somali people of the threat of their daily life for more than two decades, despite the noticeable improvement of the political and security conditions as a result of their exerted efforts of the central government, the arab and african support. yet the repeated terrorist threats still present undermining the security of the region and arab world. and in the face of the n bonds between the terrorist organizations and the ideology within somali and other organisations, i would like to say that egypt supp

there are people in the media in egypt. people among the political departments or let me say among the politicians in egypt, including activists who want to see things like this. i don't think it will happen. today the islamic jihad leadership. other palestinian parties are visiting egypt. i think this is short for mediation between the two parties. i think egypt can - sorry, hamas can transform this crisis to be an opportunity, they can go to the appeal court, maybe, to different places to say that we are not like - we are not terrorists, we are not - accusations are not true and they can use the islamic jihad and other parties to start mediation. hamas needs to do a lot of work they need to issue a kind of what we can call white paper to say that we are palestinian movement. we are not part of the muslim brotherhood, or at least they have to clarify in a good way their relation with the muslim brotherhood. they need to be clear enough. they need to review many things happening in gaza and reach an agreement with egyptians

so in other words, you take a country like egypt, right? and you had an overthrow in egypt which led to the exile of mubarak, right? and what happens there is a debate ensues, right in you have mohamed morsi elected by a democratic majority, you know slightly so. and then a debate ensues about whether or not the muslim brotherhood of egypt is going to be beneficial not only to egyptians, but if you look at a debate that even ensued in the united states, it was a debate about whether the muslim brotherhood can be a actor a movement that the u.s. can trust, that the u.s. can work with, that the u.s. can establish a geo-strategic relationship. furthermore, the conversation also was expanded to ask whether or not mohamed morsi could play egypt's instrumental role in the region could mohamed morsi and the muslim brotherhood maintain the peace tree by can -- treaty with israel, continue their regional influence as they did under mubarak, right? and it wasn't lost on ordinary citizens in egypt that this debate was sort of unfolding. and people wer

the egypt society is 25% of the middle east, stability in egypt is a very important role for the is -stability of the whole region, we need to make sure that this power will be for the benefit of the stability. nation and for the ream un. >> reporter: it started off well with billions of dollars pledged by some of egypt's richest neighbors the aim is to get billions more, it's a glitzy campaign. they want a clean easy flowing traffic, businesses and industries ready for investment. the reality is more complicated. on the opening day of the conference an explosion his barclays bank and a greek bank from the city. they threatened all companies taking part in the summit. there have been a few small protests against the government and against the conference. one slogan being used, egypt is not for same. the muslim brotherhood now deemed a terrorist on objection by the government won't be too eager to see this conference succeeds. did he scentdescents has been heavily approximately held down in the past. there has been growing violence. plus the threat of isil affiliated groups across the

the slogan egypt is not for sale. the muslim brotherhood now deemed a terrorist organization by the government won't be happy to see. thousands of activists and political opponents have been arrested and prosecuteed since president mohamed morsi was deposed in 2013. there is growing violence in the sigh sinai peninsula. all difficult issues for the government to attackel alongside high unemployment and low foreign investment. this may be an economic plea, and the economy could do with a cash injection but this is also about president sisi's political legitimacy. >> how egypt fares in the coming years, and how it restructures its economy will effect not only the country's nearly 90 million citizens but it will affect millions of others throughout the region who aspire to a better future. that is why we're gathered here. we all--all of us have a stake in egypt's success. >> who is present here, what is said and what is pledged will be an indication of the level of international support president sisi and his policies ho

egypt is a pivotal country in this area. if you want to bring stability in this area, you need to bring stability to egypt. that would not happen without a stronger economy. yes, we agree upon these things. but talking about the $12 billion pledged by the gulf states. for instance, the greater part of this $12 billion, which is, of course, very important are going to boost the foreign fund reserves in the central bank, which does not add up to the economy. the other part is going to subsidize certain services in egypt. so the remaining part i'm talking about the investment, is the minimal part of these $12 billion. we need to change the philosophy of direct investment foreign investment in egypt in order to boost, to have a real boost to egypt's economy. >> thank you very much for coming to al jazeera. >>> talks have post boned after one side failed to show up. the meeting in morocco was halted because of the absence of the presence of government from tribruk. >>> here's what's coming up on the al jazeera news hour. help for

egypt's gulf neighborings are to inject they say more than $12 billion to support egypt's economy. years of turmoil, egypt's president is under pressure to turn the economy of his country around. >> translator: the egyptian society is 25% of the population of the middle east. stability in egypt a very important role for the civility of the whole region. >> nigeria's government has admitted that its armies troops are being trained by what it calls quote, foreign contractors. hundreds of mercenaries are believed to be in the country helping in the fight against boko haram. >>> swedish prosecutors now say they will question the wikileaks founder in london potentially unlocked a five year stalemate. prosecutors previously refused to come to the u.k. where he has taken refuge at the ecuadorian embassy. >> reporter: from his almost three year confinement inside he is said to have welcomed a swedish prosecution request to be able to interview him here. it is alleged that he committed sex crimes including rape in sweden. allegations he has always denied saying the sexual encounters are con

has arrived to hopefully make egypt reconsider. five months after mohamed morsi was ousted in a military coup. fighters in north sinai who have been attacking egyptian securities forces. >> the court's decision is shocking dangerous and targets the palestinian people. egypt which is trying to ex port its external crisis. this will not have any effect on hamas's roles that has all the respect of the muslim world. >> he says the ruling was expected. >> i think today's ruling is not at all surprising, if you've been following events in egypt. on the one hand you have of course a tremendous -- you have an official exan campaign by the regime, and hamas is of course an offshoot of the muslim brotherhood. and this is an extension of war on the muslim brotherhood. and in a sense as was stated by someone else this is sort of exporting egypt's domestic dysfunction, really, to neighboring palestinian politics. but also we've seen another pattern in egypt which is a very erratic and highly politicized judiciary since the coup in -- a year and

understand that gaza is not egypt. they should understand that they are squeezed in the corner. since hamas seized control of the grip in 2007. it fought three wars in israel. they played a central role in brokering ceasefires, including a truce reached in august ending a 50 day war that killed 2,000 palestinians, mostly civilians, many are concerned it will not be israel's military that target hamas next >>> a kuwaiti opposition leader has imprisoned for two years. seen here surrounded by supporters, was convicted of insulting the amir of kuwait and the legal system. he's a former member of the kuwaiti parliament. fighting in libya is forcing hundreds of migrant workers from senegal to fly home. they are back to where they started, and struggling to make ends meet after seeking a better life abroad. they have been speaking about who other dangers they face in syria. they return home empty-handed, hungry and shaken. two words come up again and again to describe their treatment, violence and racism. >> they would cover

it undermines egypt's interests in the region first and foremost as others pointed out. if egypt is no longer able to mediate between the rival palestinian movements hamas and fatah or between the israeli, there's a conflict and there's signs that there'll be another conflict, that marginalise egypt. at the same time this will - this lawsuit was brought by a lawyer in a private capacity rather than being a political decision. they'll have to see to what extent the government adopts this court resolution and seeks to operationalize it. the egyptian accusation is that the gaza strip and specifically hamas are largely responsible. for the security problems that the egyptian government is facing in sinai. in reality, if the gaza strip didn't exist. we'd be facing the same problems that is does today in the sinai peninsula, because of dynamics behind the politics >>> foreign workers flee libya as the security situation deteriorates. 114 senegalese have been sent back and another 100 sent back in the coming days. niklas haque has been speaking to some of them. >> they return t

it means that -- that egypt is really going through a critical juncture.ean for the people in charge to make such reshuffle at this very critical moment days before that very important conference, to rehabilitate the economy, which is actually going down the drain, i believe it gives one message, that we are going through a critical juncture. >> right. yeah, because the tourism minister is one of those who has been replaced. >> exactly. >> let's talk about the new man in the interior ministry. what can you tell us about him? he's a part of the national security agency. what does is this agency and what can you tell us about this new man? >> well it's a shadowy apparatus, and i don't know what message al-sisi is trying to send here because most of the interior ministers that come from that shadowy apparatus, it's a negative message. they are known for flagrant human rights violations. they don't have a very good history in sticking too human rights. so i believe this is yet another negative message sent by the decision-maker in egypt. >> all right. very goo

we needed egypt. they were absent from the scene for many years, and that really is around the age and the reason, and the return of egypt and hopefully al jazeera to that alliance would really help in balancing the power - the balance in the region especially with iran. and maybe it's not a coincidence that there is a visit at the salt. let's hope that something will come out of this coincidence, and maybe a meeting with the two leaders in trying to solve issues like the issues and hopefully qatar will join in and there'll be a broader agreement on issues. >> very interesting. thank you. it has been a year sense the chip ooes government relaxed the one-child policy. in some places a handful of couples applied to have children. one of the main reasons, money. adrian brown reports. >> reporter: this woman is testing the waters of mother hood giving birth to her son 10 months ago. she admits she was not prepared for motherhood. mices her old job -- misses her old job and seems not to care that the easin

that's going to be important for the stability of egypt. egypt is one of the key arab countries. if egypt sees any instability, that has a profound effect on the region. christine. >> ian lee in cairo. thank you. >>> republican lawmakers today may request access to hillary clinton's e-mails from the tenure as secretary of state. the house oversight committee is prepared to subpoena the messages and mrs. clinton to answer questions about the private e-mail account for government business. the former secretary of state says it is a matter of convenience. a spokesperson at the time, mrs. clinton did not have a government issued blackberry. >>> 12 states throwing support behind the president's immigration plan to shield them from being deported. attorneys asking an appeals court to lift the order by a texas federal judge that froze the obama plan or limit the effect of the 26 states suing to stop the executive actions on immigration. >>> time for an early start on your money. u.s. stock futures up a bit after a strong rally yesterday. look at that. dow climbed 260 points. 1.5%. bank

egypt egypt counts on foreign countries to inject money. a newly released report accuses egypt of putting foreign investors about the interests of its people. >> egypt is hoping foreign invest juniors will pop money into a struggling economy. the ministry produced a promotional video for an economic conference that begins on friday. >> we are welcoming. >> a new report from the egyptian center for economic and social rites says egypt's guest is violating human rights damaging countries and allowing them to get away with death and tax. new laws give companies an immunity shielding them from prosecution in the courts when allegations arrive. the egyptian center for economic rights says egypt allows foreign companies to crush rights. whether stopping efforts to unionize or failing to adhere to health regulations. the government message is despite turmoil, the country is a safe wet. >> the country is stable. >> bombings are app increasing threat for egyptians. once confined to targetting police station stations, armed groups are attacking comme

should understand that gaza is not part of egypt. they also should understand that -- >>reporter: since hamas seized control of the gaza strip in 2007, it's fought three wars with israel. egypt has played a central role in brokering cease fires including the truce reached between both sides in august that ended a 50-day war that killed over 2,000 palestinians, mostly civilians. but many here are now concerned that it won't be israel's military that targets hamas now. >>> still to come we'll be taking you back to gaza where one of the world's most famous graffiti artist has done a new series of art work he hopes will draw attention to the damage there. >> thousands of supporters of the president of argentina take to the streets to support her state of the nation address. >> tonight, the parents of captured american reporter austin tice. >> austin went missing in syria. >> campaigning for his release and maintaining hope. >> austin tice is alive. >> find him and get him home. >> a special "talk to al jazeera". tonight, 5:30 eastern. on

role that egypt plays vis-a-vis other neighbors. so the debate can morsi uphold agreements in ways that will make the u.s. comfortable. i believe that the u.s. generally tries to give the morsi government the benefit of the doubt, but the fact that when we military coup did happen in the egypt, the u.s. more or less sided on the side of the coup, sort of indicates maybe it wasn't as comfortable with the muslim brotherhood and the morsi government as we thought they were. >> host: amaney jamal, the u.s. policy has been to push democracy in iraq. is it successful? is it -- what's the result? >> guest: the result unfortunately has not been successful. in many ways if you look at the problems right now in iraq in syria, especially we isis, a lot of scholars and academics place it back to what happened with the u.s. invasion of iraq especially with the u.s. privileging a shia majority government while not taking into account sunni grievances in iraq, gave and fueled movements like isis that mobilized on this kind of like sunni consciousn

saudi gets egypt a lot of money. egypt has given them military support.eeing saudis' efforts going into yemen, it's no surprise that egypt is with them. >> you have the fear with iran backing the houthis and saudi arabia with its allies with the air strike that this could be the beginning of a much longer and larger proxy war. ian lee live from cairo this morning with details on gyp's involvement. thank you very much. >> reporter: another story we're watching in the central u.s. one person is dead, and the number of people injured is still unclear at this point after violent weather roared through parts of oklahoma wednesday. a resumed tornado hit sand springs in suburban tulsa, demolishing a mobile home park. >> a possible tornado also caught a -- cut a swath of destruction in moore. this is a suburb of oklahoma city. schools in moore were closed for thursday because of the extensive damage that you see some of there. a truck flipped over even. these were the first tornadoes reported in the u.s. for the month of march. an unusually late start. meteorolog

it suggest that is egypt provided arms. after four years of political instability, egypt is pinning hopes on economic survival on a conference hoping to attract billions of dollars of foreign invest. >> this is the image egypt wants to promote a amongst free country open for business. the economy is in trouble even with cash grants from gulf states it needs $60 billion of foreign money which it hopes to raise at the economic investment conference at coastal resort. >> we are welcoming this source. >> president al sisi has increased taxes. comments that he made earlier this week will do little to convince people he's sympathetic to the struggles of ordinary egyptians. >> even if we don't have to eat even if we starve ourselves we build our nation, and yes we rebuild our nation. >> more than four years on from the revolution, many people already don't have enough to eat. around one in four people live on less than $2 a day. slums have grown and so has unemployment. tourism used to account for around a fifth of egypt's economy

my question is on your researchers egypt. -- on your researchers to egypt. the president of egypt is building the largest dam in africa. i'm curious how he can tell the people of egypt that nuclear power would it be used on the people of egypt to destroy the dam. i just want to hear your conversation with the president and update on the situation. guest: i miss the little bit of that. anytime that we say to our country you have to guarantee that the military equipment that we send you, or sell you, will not be used against her own people, that is a difficult guaranteed to actually secure. i think the promise comes pretty easily. but, look at history. and 16 flying over you, will not be used against her own people, that is a difficult guaranteed to actually secure. i think the promise comes pretty easily. but, look at history. and 16 flying over his own people. comes down to the factors, the historical components, the level of trust, and the voters. you have all kinds of modus to defend egypt from radical islamist. he has known authority to attack registered

but egypt is also beholden to saudi arabia.audi has given the country billions of dollars in aid and support, and this is why we're seeing such a strong egyptian show of support for the saudi initiative, natalie. >> egypt has a history of fighting in yemen. now will that affect the decision to send in ground troops today? >> i think a lot of generals here are looking closely at the option of sending ground troops in. egypt fought a bloody war in the '60s akin to their vietnam. they lost many troops in this battle. and what we saw was really something that we would possibly see today. egyptian troops and other troops going into these mountains yars of yemen where they're fighting a force they've been fighting in that area for hundreds of years. they know it very well. and they're very -- they're very -- they're very well at these guerrilla tactics. so it would be a very bloody engagement even today. so egyptian generals are very aware of what happened in the '60s, and they don't want to see a reoccurrence of that today, natalie.

we heard him talking about egypt and how the importance - the role that egypt is playing. and used it to defend negotiations with iran saying some choices are quote to be made. nothing is decided until we are looking at any deal but the right deal. this is john kerry speaking in egypt. we'll look more at what he has to say as the day goes on >>> moving on in northern iraq 13 kurdish peshmerga fighters have been killed in shelling. the incident took place in kirkuk. they been in that area for several months. i.s.i.l. fighters in the city of tikrit will be defeated in three address. a volunteer unit fighting along side the army and tribal forces have been battling. but the chief says the remaining 60 or 70 rebels will be out in the next 72 hours. >>> john brennan assess the cia has been revamped to combat the islamic state of iraq and levant, as well as other threats to the security. the head of the agency predicted what he termed a long-term struggle. >>> still to come - an porp battle in brazil. >>> will 100 million of new equipment evise the hospitals. only on al jazeera

egypt's foreign minister disagreed with egypt's findings. >> egypt is determined to build its institution institutions based on the rule of law and based on its determination not to repeat of errors of the past. >> yet many human rights activists say it's the presence that has become worse than the past. >> meanwhile, egypt has carried out the first execution linked to riots in 2013. mahmood saramadan was linked to murder of two people thrown over a building. last month egypt's high court upheld the death sentence. >> a palestinian fisherman has been killed by israeli naval forces. it happened when four boats strayed out of the designated six-mile fishing zone. the vessels were fired upon when they didn't respond to calls to stop. for the first time libya's rifle of political factions are meeting face to face at union challands backed peace talks. the european union said it would step up it's role to help with issues. libya's two rifle government do appear to be making some progress. >> libyaen rifle factions are close for clinking a political deal. they agree in principle on implementing

yemen will be high on the agenda's foreign minister's from arab league countries meet egypt.his is apparently happening at the moment. as soon as we get anything from that, we will bring it to you to find their take on what is going on in yemen and who is likely to get involved. that is the kuwaiti foreign minister speaking at the moment, involved in the coalition in yemen. >> delegates from libya's two rival governments are resuming u.n. mediated peace talks. the legally installed government in tripoli and the u.n. recognized government in tobruk are under pressure to pack a u.n. proposal calling for the formation of a national unity government comprised of technocrats. nigerian president and the opposition signed that a peace accord encouraging non-violent voting saturday. ballot paper and results sheets have been checked and are on their way to polling stations across the country. the presidential vote is expected to be the closest race sips the return of democratic rule in 1999. >> let's go back to the foreign ministers meeting of the arab league countries meeting egypt.

egypt has implemented some reforms. foreign companies will now have to pay a 25% tax on profits but the report says that the country must tip the balance in favor of its citizens, so they can begin reaping more of the benefits of foreign investment. natasha gange al jazeera. >> warplanes reportedly attacked the last functioning airport in the capitol. it's controlled by a rival government based in tripoli. fighting has killed hundreds of people this year. >> the family is in morning mourning. they lost two of their sons. abdul wahab was killed in july. and abdul aziz, a doctor was killed in december. he was triting the wounded when it was shelled. >> the shelling and. >> the family blames this man former general haftar the appointed army commander of the government of tibruk. his operation known as "dignity" started in may of last year. [ explosion ] his men have taken large swaths of territory and he said's going after fighters in the region linked to isil. his rivals in tripoli are also accused of bombing installation

egypt is an opportunity. it's a 90 million strong market, with a cheaply relatively speaking, and under must be remember reached a rate of 7.2% at its highest moments. it has the potential. the problems egypt of more a mix of political problems and social problems, because even when you achieve these high levels under must be remember, you end up with an uprising because of a lack of social justice and the wealth distribution, but also, you had a severe political crisis, which is polarizing the country quite significantly with the level of bloodshed that we saw in 2013 and 2014. in terms of these can affect the foreign investments because of stat issue, because of security issue, because of the sustainability of the political regime that makes such a deal, so the problems come mainly from the social and the political dimension as opposed to the economic ones. >> i just want to focus on the economy, because it's also an important aspect of -- it is an aspect of the story and it's important for the people of eg

egypt has implemented some reforms.gn companies will now have to pay a 25% tax on profits. but the report says the country must tip the balance in favor of its citizens so they can begin ring more of the benefits of foreign investment. natasha ghoneim, al jazerra. >>> first there were digital cameras, then digital music players, smart phones and now smart watches. and in the last couple of hours the much-anticipated apple watch has been unveiled. now, it will pay your bus and train fares order you a cup of coffee and pay for it at the till. the company expects to sale between 16,000,040,000,000 watches in the year ahead. let's hear from apple ceo tim cook as he launched the product a short time ago. >> the apple watch is the most personal device we have ever created. it's not just with you it's on you. since what you wear is an expression of who you are, we designed apple watch to appeal it a whole variety of people with different tastes and different preferences. the one thing consistent is we crafted each one of them

but egypt's economy is in trouble.th oil shipments and cash grants from gulf states it needs around $60 billion of foreign money which it is hoping to raise at the economic investment conference at the coastal resort here. >> it's good and welcoming visitors. >> reporter: president abdul al-sisi promised to sort out economy and cut energy subsidies and increased taxes. but comments that al-sisi made earlier this week will do little to convince people he is sympathetic to the struggles of ordinary egyptians. >> translator: even if we don't have to eat, even if we starve ourselves, we build our nation and yes we rebuild our nation. >> reporter: more than four years on from the revolution many people already don't have enough to eat. around one in four people live on less than $2 a day. slums have grown and so has unemployment unemployment. tourism used to account for around a fifth of egypt's economy and there are some signs visitors are returning, but the numbers are nothing like before the 2011 revolution. and this won

so the media stories in egypt continues. it looks like open season. first it was nbc's brian williams, caught in a lie over his war reporting in iraq. now bill o'reilly has been called into question. a report published in a painga zone says that o'reilly's problem dates back to 1982 when he was reporting on the falklands war for cbs news. >> it was a situation in a war zone. >> o'reilly said he was in a combat zone a war zone. no c.b.s. reporters made it to the island. the worse thing that o'reilly witnessed was an anti-government rally. it has been denied. >> some left-wing... >> other journalists in argentina at the time backed the magazine's version of events including a c.b.s. reporter that said what o'reilly called a war zone was an expense account zone. brian williams was the subject of an internal investigation before being suspended for six months, no such probe has been held and it appears o'reilly who has the highest ratings is going nowhere >>> the ratings are in for one of the biggest event on the television camera the academy awards. they

my brother, abdul fatah al-sisi, the president of egypt. and the government and people of egypt for the warm reception and generous hospitality. and outstanding ground work to this summit which... which will contribute to us achieving what we are as spireing to. i extend welcome to the secretaries, generals for efforts during my presidency of the 25th annual summit. which helped us build on what we have achieved. commenting the ground work to the present summit. your royal highnesses excellenceies, ladies and gentlemen. it is with pleasure that i begin by thanking god that he bestowed recovery on my brother, extend extending my congratulations and myself praying to the almighty that he will enjoy help and wellbeing to continue to lead his people. your royal highnesses the period proceeding the 25th summit was very critical and complicated and our joint arab actions during that period was experiencing the most difficult times and in the face of all this will remain adamant, and sound support and solidarity by brother leaders, a catalyst that

. >> foreign investors before the interest of egypt's egypt's people natasha gin gin duinane reports. >> egypt's request for foreign money is violating human rights, damaging the environment and allowing companies to get away with theft and tax evasion. the report says, new laws give multinational companies a kind of immunity. they shield them from prosecution in the courts when allegations of corruption and embezzlements arise. the egyptian center for economic and associate rights says egypt allows foreign countries to crush workers' rights. failing to to adhere to health and safety regulations since the 2011 revolution the country is a safe bet. >> stable and back and ready to receive investments. >> reporter: but bombings have become an increasing threat for egyptians. once confined to bombing railroad stations and military posts egypt has implementsome reforms. all foreign companies will now have to pay a 25% tax on profits. but the report says the country must tip the balance in favor of its citizens so they can begin reaping more of the bts the benefits of foreign investment. >>

they're giving this equipment the chance to upgrade egypt's tanks, the f.-16 fighter jets. they're giving this equipment for what they say are national security reasons. and certainly they're looking at the ongoing instability in the sinai peninsula as well as the intelligently going stability in neighboring libya. this has nothing to do with whether the u.s. believes egypt is doing enough to improve it's human rights record, and improve its treatment of journalists. whether it's doing enough to improve its treatment of political opponents. the obama administration is basically saying that it does not believe that egypt has made improvements in these areas and, in fact, it's going to restrict how egypt can use the aid that the u.s. is going to be requesting for it in future years basically as a way of saying you need to get your house in order. >> roslind jordan with the latest from washington, d.c. thank you. >> the round up now to some of the other main headlines. the head of libya's tripoli-based government has been sacked by his own ministers. he was dismissed after bei

all these investments are supposed to be in egypt. egypt lacks a lot of things. to translate all these promises into realities on the ground. and first and fore most security stability, and the stability in real political lives, politics have been killed in egypt during the last two years. i believe secretary - u.s. secretary of state when he said yesterday that economic policies are political policies and vice versa. is this happening in egypt. i doubt it. >> a quick word a new capital for egypt. >> this is important. a lot of people have been calling to setting up a new capital. but a new capital should be set up - be set up in at least 200km away from the old capital. according to experts. the new capital is just about 50km which will end up by a greater cairo, more problems. i hope they would review this location of the potential new capital. >> thank you very much indeed. >>> now, libya's two rival parliament - talks have been postponed after one side did not turn up. u.n. envoy did meet members from the tripoli based general national congress. >> in yemen,

they sent him back to egypt. egypt has a much stronger relationship with u.s.fficials and reached out. >> isn't that a problem. we've talked about this before about frustrations with turkey in all these people who are flying from turk knee syria. why did turkey not reach out to the u.s.? >> well it could be a couple of different reasons, just the bandwidth bandwidth, the capabilities of the turkish security services on the ground. perhaps connections weren't made between one arm of security versus the other and the easiest thing to do was to send this guy back to egypt, but it's something that the u.s. and turkish officials have been working on. >> okay. let's pivot, you know to this talk about the u.s. military drone that syria says it shot down. now we have pictures and some video from syria reportedly showing pieces of this drone. my first thought was reverse engineering. i mean is it possible that you know classified technology here could be divulged? >> i would be less concerned about the predator air frame itself. it was made in the mid-'90s. it's been ar