it's what upper egypt lower egypt, things need to change. they need good governance, and it's on its way forward. >> thank you very much, indeed for coming to talk with us. we appreciate it. thank you. >> the referendum will for greece urging voters to vote no. they said that athens would accept their bail out offer if some conditions would change. they asked for 20 billion eur loan. and the political effort to against the stand office. here is barnaby phillips. >> this man has a difficult job telling pensioners they have to wait. they're allowed into the bank one by one to collect some money. they've been here for hours. these scenes are not helpful for alexis tsipras but he's telling greeks their money is safe and he they should vote no. >> now doesn't mean a split division but a return to values. no means strong pressure for an agreement that will give solutions to the debt. >> the greek prime minister has made a new offer with concessions. but it seems that many of europe's most powerful applications application politicians are now givin

egypt declares it it is in a state of war. >> hello i'm barbara serra. you're watching al jazeera live from london. greece's prime minister urgeed it's cash strapped people to vote against the referendum. >> we don't have to be imprisoned by the past. >> forthe u.s. and cuba in full relations for the first time in 50 years. >> and the climate change climate change is wreaking havoc on australia's great barrier reef. can it be stopped? thank you for joining us. there has been a wave of attacks in giant's sinai peninsula. raids were launched by a group calling itself province of sinai. there have been conflicts accounts of the death toll, but military statement said that 17 soldiers and 100 attackers have been killed. in response to the fighting egypt's prime minister said that his country was in a state of war, and in a separate some nine members of the muslim brotherhood has been killed in a police raid in cairo. first, we have reports on a violent day in the sinai peninsula. >> these pictures filmed from the gaza strip shows an air force strike. the joi

egypt is not just any country in the area. it is a pivotal country and if it sinks and hopefully it won't it will drag many others countries behind it. >> all right thank you. >>> now the palestinian group hamas is cracking down on fighters in the islamic state in iraq and the levant. it follows a threat by isil lead necessary serie-alead--leaders in. >> the leader of the group pledgees allegiance to isil and calls for attacks against anyone who works against it. >> we have made the decision to stand by you know that you have thousands of supporters in palestinian lance. we're ready to support you and to fight on your demand. >> they have successfully fired three rockets at israel recently. the israeli military responded with airstrikes against hamas targets. after initially denying the existence of the group they ordered a major crackdown and arrested dozens of suspects. there are a few armed ultra religious, ultra conservative groups operating across gaza. most are small and lack clear policies and leaderships. but according

and egypt depend on each other. egypt gives the u.s. preferred access to the suez canal to equip u.s. bases in the gulf. in recent months the u.s. recommitted sending aid to egypt. lifting suspension and hoping to boost counterterrorism effort. now egypt and the u.s. are facing a new enemy. i.s.i.l. this week the group launched deadly attacks in the sinai peninsula, days after the attack of egypt's top posterior. while the relationship will continue, the ending the military equipment on credit may meet with resistance a move that will further complicate the efforts for further cooperation. >>> now to our incontext segment. we have a professor of political science at lon island university and a member of egyptian rule of law federation programme. good to have you on the programme. you have taken a look at the security laws passed in egypt. and a couple of them here the president can sign off on national security rules without dependents being granted an appeal. first of all, what do you make of this law, and, at this point is abdul fatah

>>> egypt says it's in a state of war of more than 30 soldiers are killed in northern sinai. ♪ >>> i'mauren taylor this is al jazeera, live from london. also coming up . . . >> the progress we marked today is another demonstration that we don't have to be imprisoned by the past. >> the u.s. and cuba resume full diplomatic relations for the first time in more than 50 years. >>> the greek prime minister confirms a bailout will go ahead on sunday as he offers concessions to creditors. >>> i'm andrew thomas diving on australia's great barrier reef. it is at risk. i'll explain what farmers are doing on land that is largely to blame. ♪ >>> hello, we begin in egypt where the prime minister says his country is in a state of war. sinai is now on lockdown, and getting images out of the area has been difficult. here are two very grainy images the egyptian military released early on. there is an armed group calling it's a the sinai province has been attacking military check points and ill ill -- installationings. the muslim brotherhood says nine members have been killed by egyptian security forces

and the real terrorism has been happening in egypt for two years now inside egypt by the general anditary who took over the power ousted the first-ever elected president of egypt. killings thousands of egyptians and imprisoning thousands. today filling 13 members -- killing 13 members political leaders of the freedom and justice party and the muslim brotherhood is the real terror immaterial because it comes from the state. what happens in egypt reflect itself in the rest of the sinai. other places. unless this state at that irrelevant orism stops i am very worried about the future y jim. i am so concerned because i condemn all forms of violence. >>> european finance ministers have rejected talks on a new bailout for greece until after a national referendum on sunday. greeks vote on whether to accept or reject a range of spending cuts and tax hikes when creditors recommended. the referendum should help to resolve the agreement. >> you know, we have received so many latest offers which themselves have been validated invalidated. >> clarksinvalidated, changed argueded over last few days

hamas is under a lot of pressure, not only by egypt, again, egypt has also accused hamas of not beingenough on various armed groups inside the gaza strip, but also as you mentioned you have this threat now from the islamic state of iraq and the levant to take over the gaza strip much like they have taken over the refugee camp. the spokesman said he wanted to end what he described as hah ma's tyranny here in the gaza strip, and he is alluding to the fact that hamas has been cracking down heavily on a number of people who have said that they are at the very least inspired by the islamic state of iraq and the levant. we understand that there have been a number of bombings across the gaza strip by these individuals, these bombings of course have been in empty areas, described as threats more than anything, but the concern is that these groups could grow in influence, so hamas, certainly under a lot of tension right now. >> you are here the site of cent fighting. give us an understanding of what is happening on the ground right now. >> reporter: well, we have been here for fwheter part of

security in sinai is a significant problem for egypt's president.acks there are growing, but this is the biggest we have seen in months. more now from omar. >> reporter: the attacks come a day after egypt buried its public prosecutor who was killed in a car bomb attack on monday. president sisi has ordered his cabinet to change current laws to face what he is calling terrorism. violence in sun sinai has increased. in 2014 the group became known as province of sinai, and swore allegiance to the islamic state of iraq and the levant, and proved to be one of egypt's biggest threat. the military intensified its security campaign carrying out attacks against what it says was terrorist hideouts killing dozens of fighters and arresting others. [ explosion ] >> reporter: the egyptian government has demolished hundreds of houses near the border of the gaza strip and israel it says it is creating a buffer zone to stop smuggling. sinai problems are not new, residents there complain of government negligence under development, unemployment and poverty. >>> well t

this is egypt's most armed actor that egypt ever had. you have the capacity of an organizations to have the heavy artillery, guiding anti-missiles and anti-aircraft guided missiles attacking targets, and retreating to its hyde outside. this can, of course develop into a larger case you know a second scenario with the libyan and syria, what they are facing. >> having said that when the egyptian media reports that the government will amend egypt's laws to speed up to prosecute, imprison and execute terrorist activities in the country, are they rite. >> the problem is that the legal dimension would not matter any more. the egyptian forces would not be lost they are acting outside this court of law. what they are trying to do is legitimate their actions. what needs to be done for egypt to get out of the crisis? >> there needs to be a review of the policies one vis-a-vis the political opposition and the attempt to reconcile to form a committee for reconciliation and attempt media, rather than to escalate and demonize the other. and call for m

egypt's army is under attack in sinai. dozens of soldiers have been killed. it comes one day after president sisi vowed to crack down on terrorists. >> greece offers concession to say creditors in a bid to secure a bailout but it may be too little, too late. >> one small parcel, food for five days. we take you inside a migrant camp in france. plus a i'm andrew follow mass, diving on australia's great barrier reef. what's down there is spectacular, but it's at-risk. i'll be explaining what farmers will be doing on land that is largely to blame. >> we begin with developing news out of egypt and a major battle on going in northern sinai. egyptian helicopters are now carrying out strikes on targets there. this is the situation on the ground. a group calling itself the sinai province is attacking check points and security interestslations in rafah. medical sources have reported 30 soldiers have been killed. the road linking the area is being targeted by armed men. attacks in sinai are growing. this his the biggest we have seen on the military in months. we have mo

it carried out more attacks and proved to be one of egypt's biggest threats. egyptian military intensified its security campaign carrying out attacks against what it says were terrorist hide outside. hundreds of families have been forced out of their homes. i sinai province is not new. they claim of neglect, under development, unemployment and poverty. many hearsay they have been treated as second class citizens by consecutive egyptian governments. >> recent increase in violence in egypt began with the killing of the state prosecutor on monday. that's prompted a government crackdown. the muslim brother said that nine members have been killed by egyptian security forces outside of capital of cairo. one of the dead is a prominent prominent muslim brotherhood lawyer. we smoke to a muslim brotherhood spokesman, and he gave this description of the police raid in cairo. >> there was a meeting on a group of persons of those responsible for supporting the family of victims. they were in an meeting in the area. they were all assassinateed in cold blood. this failed pre

. ♪ >>> the call comes as egypt's president prepares to enact tough new security measures.ello there, i'm barbara sarah, you are watching al jazeera. tortured abused and recruited to fight, the shocking reality of life for syria's youngest war victims. >>> $18.7 billion, bp reaches a record settlement for its gulf of mexico oil spill. >>> and guided by gps, the app that is helping blind people tackle hiking trails on their own. ♪ >>> the muslim brotherhood is calling for an uprising in egypt after 13 of the group's leaders were killed during a raid by security forces. while the banned organization demands action. president sisi is poised to sign toughened anti-terrorism legislation. the new laws give prosecutors the right to wiretap and record private conversations held on the phone or online. anyone who leads, runs or gives money to a designated terrorist organization will face the death penalty or life in prison. all of those found guilty of promoting the use of violence through social media face five years behind bars and finally security forces will be exempt from legal

unauthorized common stations have banded egypt. the government is accused of human rights violations and organizing the killings of several opposition members. we have more. egypt's anti co alliance and party opposition are asking for an investigation of what they say are more massacres and abuses. we think in london several opposition leaders are calling on the world to intervene. >> we call for an investigation by the united nations and home rights organizations and the how many rights council of the united nations massacres took place in 2013. >> a member of the freedom and justice party has this warning. >> cairo is gradually turning into a battleground and egypt facing the same does in newspaper as iraq and syria. >> it's been two years since president sisi led the military coo against the democratically elected president of the muslim brotherhood. sisi has promised to bring stability. hit contribution say he is crocking on on dissent and it is feared silencing is what is to come. on friday, the 14th member of the group was ki

i'm worried about the future of egypt. i am so concerned because i condemn all forms of violence. >> to yemen. where shells fired by houthi rebels killed 18 people locals say it happened in the port of aden. the u.n. raised yemen to its highest level of humanitarian crisis basing it in emergencies in south sudan, iraq and syria. as mane 21 million need aid. >> reporter: this young girl is inconsolable. shocked by what happened to the homes in her neighbourhood, houses that hours ago were still standing. "why do they do this?" she asks through her tears. >> in yemen devastation is the norm. >> the situation in yemen is critical, especially for children who are the most vulnerable groups. >> a collective trauma physical and emotional that grows by the day. >> we don't have protection environment to live in. they feel insecure. >> hundreds died since the start of the fighting. some from wounds treatable if only they had access to better health care. the crisis here says this nurse, is worse because of fuel shortage, because c

what you are looking at there is egypt. i'm in gaza that is egypt.a where you see those low-lying buildings, that is where a number of the tanks, shellings have been taking place. in fact we have seen a number of tank -- tanks rolling by. this is described as a security buffer. but months ago what would have been there was an egyptian neighborhood. the president ordered this neighborhood to be razed to the ground to create this buffer zone arguably to ensure that the kind of violence that we saw just 24 hours ago, or just a bit more than 24 hours ago, just over my shoulder in egypt from happening, but that of course hasn't happened and the situation just over my shoulder in egypt remains extremely tense. >> thank you so much for that update. >>> tunisian police have arrested eight people suspected in the involvement of the attack on tourists last week. 38 people were killed when a gunman opened fire at a beach resort. hundredsover police are now patrolling popular tourist areas. tourism makes up 7% of its gross domestic product, and is a major source

for egypt. they give egypt a valuable capability in the times of instability. they have older model f-16s. they have been waiting for months. three journalist facing charges will have to wait longer to learn their fate. peter greste, mohamed fadel fahmy and mohammed badr expected a verdict. instead the supreme court delayed the decision until sunday. the three were found guilty last year of aiding the banned muslim brotherhood. charges denied. peter greste was deported to australia when the court agreed to hear his appeal. he told us the stakes are higher for his colleagues. >> i spoke to mohammed badr yesterday, the suppress on him and his family, and the tres on him because his family is stressed is playing havoc with their emotions. he's a strong guy. he's been through a lot. he knows what he has to deal with. as difficult as it is, i am sure he'll make it through. >> they spent a year in an egyptian prison. mohamed fadel fahmy and mohammed badr from released on bail this year >>> a cairo-bas

in egypt there are no differences between political opposition parties or militant armed groups.he government is teaing them the same. al jazeera. >> joining me now i guess the head of the egyptian revolutionary council who we just saw in omar's report p.m. thanks for coming into the studio. all those at this quite large gathering at london, are you re90 or do disagreements yourselves? >> i in my opinion across the board, the egyptian political party needs movement. after two years the regime has not delivered to even those who support it. we don't believe that the military regime is legitimate. all option forces out egyptian and those struggling inside in terms of the existence want to return to the democratic process, free assembly, freedom which speech, the most basic i have rights. we want to return to the rule of law, we only saw two days ago the summary excaution of members of the brotherhood gathering as a committee and a meeting in order to give chart to the victims of those killed or families of deeptainees in prison. these were summary killings of people not given be a

>> egypt declares it's in a state of war. the military says 17 oranges who were among 100 people killed in battles in northern sinai. you're watching al jazeera live from london. also coming up from the program. more queues as the prime minister urges voters to reject the international bail out deal. >> the progress we mark today is another demonstration that we don't have to be imprisoned by the past. >> the u.s. and cuba resume full diplomatic relations for the first time in 54 years. >> and the damage they can do, and i've seen it firsthand is quite amazing. >> and wreaking havoc on australia's great barrier reef. can be stopped welcome. >> thank you for joining us. after a day of fierce fighting egypt's prime minister has said his country is in a state of war. 17 soldiers and 100 fighters died in the battles in the northern sinai. earlier reports from medical sources suggest that as many as 30 soldiers have died. meanwhile in cairo the muslim brotherhood said nine of its members have been killed in a crackdown by egyptian

across the border in egypt. we send our condolences to government and people in egypt for the fall in egyptians, ensleyed by i.s.i.s. terror. >> we must stand up to all the forces the militant iran. those led by iran and i.s.i.s. residents are feeling the threat by i.s.i.l. watching the egyptians battle across the border. border. >> reporter: this is the view of egypt's north sinai from the gaza strip. black smoke can be seen rising into the sky after a series of air strikes. hahmed is a resident from rafa on the gazan side of the border. he said the response to the violence was intense. >> reporter: it's been terrifying for us we heart so many explosions our children could not sleep there were many loud blasts at night, we pray for the safety of egypt. >> less than 24 hours, israel's intelligence accuse hamas of being affiliated with fighters operating in the egyptian sinai, an accusation hamas denies. >> i think it's an operation to deceive the war. i understand that there's no comparison between hamas. >> rep

the address is aljazeera.com, and of course details of the attacks in egypt and all of the breaking news, aljazeera.com. >>> a new era for relations between the united states and cuba. president obama makes an historic announce about reopening embassies. plus a new offer from greece as it tries to hammer out a deal to repay its debt. what the greek government is proposing. >>> and the puerto rico government manages to keep the power on but the moves may not be enough to overcome their financial crisis. ♪ >>> today i can announce that the united states has agreed to formally reestablish diplomatic relations with the republic of cuba, and reopium bahsies in our respective countries. >> history 54 years in the making. this this is al jazeera live there new york city. i'm randall pinkston. president obama announced a short time ago that the two governments are beginning a new chapter. that sets the stage for embassies to reopen in washington and havana doors which were shut more than 50 years ago. mike viqueira is live for us at the white house. this is the culmination of negotiations that h

in egypt it appears there are no difference between opposition parties or armed groups the governmenteating them the same. >>> more than 140 people have been killed in a string of attacks in northeastern nigeria. the armed group boko haram hasn't be blamed for the killings in borno state. government official says several mosque were attacked on wednesday night. 97 adults and children were killed there. two other villages were also attacked and own thursday a bomb went off. >> reporter: some more details are coming out about the nature of these attacks in the northeast. we now know that a suicide bomber was behind the attack and apparently the blast happened just a few meters away from a military check point. villain tees tell us on friday morning a contingent of soldiers went to try to investigate what happened. what we're getting is a picture of extreme violence that took place. they stormed a mosque where they killed men and boys who were praying. they went on to burn the corpses of those they killed. they then attacked people in their homes, mainly women and children, in some cases

unauthorized demonstrations are banned in egypt. meanwhile, the opposition party has accused the government of committing union rights violations. >> egypt's anti-coup alliance are calling to investigate in what they say are more massacres and abuses. meeting in london opposition leaders are calling on the world to intervene. >> we call on the investigation by the united nations and human rights organizations and the human rights counsel of the united nations in the extra judicial killings which have recentlily taken place as well as the early massacres that took place in 2013. >> a member of the freedom and justice party has this warning. >> well, it's been two years since el-sisi has led the military coup against the first democratically elected president. sisi has promised to bring stability and security. now many fear more bloodshed execution and are to come. on friday, the 14th member of the group to be killed this week. his family said that he was kidnapped and taken by government forces. el-sisi has demanded to confront what

egypt has always been kind of the core. egypt is a pillar.instability were to come to dominate egypt, it would basically affect the whole area. certainly affects north africa. because egypt is a pillar and it's important to us because they've been a partner on terror egypt is a linchpin in any way many ways. so we need egypt to succeed. the last thing that we or anybody else or the middle east can afford to see is egypt to unravel. i don't believe it will. but i do think we're seeing what is a kind of existential struggle. one other point on this president el sisi has significant popular support within egypt. he is seen as a bulwark against the radical islamics. he has to continue to succeed when it comes to security and he has to deliver the economic goods. that won't be easy. >> the world is hopeful. great to talk to you, thank you. >> my pleasure. >>> somebody is cutting internet cables in northern california and causing blackouts. it's confirmed from the fbi the agents say they're investigating 11 attacks over the past year. this latest o

second on egypt. and i think at a time when everybody is focused on iran and giving the next deadline on talks, and isis, and given we have a program tomorrow with general allen on isis it is the most populous country in the entire region. i think for the last four years it has teetered on the brink of political and economic and social collapse. i think it is still in a very tenuous phase at this point. and when we talk about adopting or adapting the new silk road to place like egypt, there's obvious places where it feats in. with the attempt to build the second suez canal and help egypt become a much more place to link countries together. we may have differences of views. and we can talk about this. how is the best way for egypt to approach the extremism and terrorism problem. as we see in the last few weeks, this problem is not only gotten worse, it has made things much more difficult in places not only in the sinai peninsula but cairo proper. and this is where, again i think not only what type of i

a few people know that the authorities in egypt. they ban journalists from covering the incidents, and from sinai. most of the news coming out from citizen journalists. >> the official spokesperson. or the official spokesperson. we have to be careful dealing with the details coming out from sinai. >> violence seems to have picked up, why. it seems to have increased in the sinai over the past 12 months. >> well although it's another sad day in the egyptian history, and i feel as an egyptian i feel sad for what is going on in sinai and in the delta, but let me put to this way. if you keep on streeting the person i'm talking about the local people if you keep treating them as dogs for 40 years, you cannot blame some of them when they turn around and start biting you. especially during the last two years when you started, when they started the evacuation in forced evacuation on the locals on the allegations of fighting potential. potential terrorism. now, it's become real terrorism. the repetition of such attacks, the same techniques on

egypt approves tougher security laws off a major attack in sinai. the muslim brotherhood calls for a revolt. ♪ ♪ >>> welcome to al jazerra aim sami zeidan in doha. also ahead european leaders rule out any further dealt negotiation with his greece before a referendum plan today sunday. the iaea chief meets top lead nurse teheran as negotiations continue for a deal on try iran's nuke lack program. and a look at the life and times of audrey hepburn. ♪ ♪ >>> egypt's muslim brotherhood is calling for an all-out revolt against the government after the cabinet approved a new set of security laws following days of violence. 13 muslim brotherhood leaders were killed in a cairo apartment by security force on his wednesday, the government says their forces had come under attack, but their families say the muslim brotherhood members were you were armed and taken in to custody earlier in the day. meanwhile the egyptian army says it's now in control the eye nigh peninsula. the military was targeted in a wave of quart nate ahead tacks that left more than 100 peopl

ruling egypt was an implosion of egypt. i brief we are moving fast track towards explosion now and i hate to say that and you know from where i am now i appeal to the leadership in egypt to reconsider. and i appeal to the president himself personally to stop listening to the bad advisors and start thinking seriously about reconciliation. egypt is not just any country in the area. it is a pivotal country and if it sinks and hopefully it won't it will drag many other countries behind it. >> the syrian army has carried out air strikes and launched raids in the northern city of aleppo. major assault by an alliance of rebel groups. activists say the rebels have managed to capture a be base north of the city. the government controls most of the western part of syria's largest city. >>> elsewhere in northern syria kurdish fighters are just five miles from be i.s.i.l. answer defacto capital raqqa. syrian arabs are questioning that cooperation. zeina khodr reports from the turkish border. >> are syrian airbus nor longer arabs are no

tonight egypt's sinai peninsula is under siege after an i.s.i.l. affiliate unleashed a series of attacks today targeting the military and local police. right now egyptian police are tangled near the israeli border. 17 killed and 13 more injured when the rebels attacked more than a dozen military checkpoints. also left more than 100 i.s.i.l. fightersed today, in what's the deadliest fighting in what was believed to be the yom kippur war. it stands ready to assist egypt in addressing the security threat. jerald tan has more. >> june 30th, initially a national holiday in egypt to commemorate the removal of mohammed morsi two years ago. instead it was a day of rg mourning for be hisham barakat who was assassinateed earlier. >> the hands of justice have chained by laws. we will not wait, within days criminal laws that can help face new developments such as terrorism should be presented. >> reporter: those developments could be a direct reference to monday's assassination. the car bomb bore the hallmarks of a group based on the sinai peninsula which have

all of this really just under scores the concern that israel has about the violence in egypt. two countries have had what's been described as a cold peace since 1979 but the relationship between egypt and israel was thoroughly tested in 2012 during israel's campaign in the gaza strip which resulted in the deaths of a number offensive civilians and then egyptian president mohamed morsi pulled its envoy from israel but in the last few weeks the current president abdel-fattah el-sissi sent a new ambassador back to israel and the cooperation with israel and egypt is better than a few years ago and really under scores what we have been saying that israel does have concerns about the situation in the sinai an area which they built a huge fence which stretches for over 200 kilometer, stands around 5 meters high and is covered in razor wire. >> in jerusalem for us they sealed off the home of the palestinian man in a bloody attack and forced to leave the home before israeli forces fitted the doors and windows with iron bars. now last year jamal stormed a synagogue filling four rabbis a

destroyed weapons and egypt's president abdel fatah al-sisi insists the situation in egypt is stable. he made the comment to troops stationed in north sinai. >>> the palestinian faction hamas, around group behind the sinai attacks. the spokesman behind the campaign, said they would never direct their weapons towards egypt. >>> still to come here in the program, elections in ghana empower citizens of african dissent. >>> families who died in pearl harbor 70 years ago a new technique is helping them find closure. dealt a setback. fast bowler ryan harris >> "inside story" takes you beyond the headlines, beyond the quick cuts, beyond the sound bites. we're giving you a deeper dive into the stories that are making our world what it is. >> ray suarez hosts "inside story". only on al jazeera america. appealed. >>> egypt's president abdul fatah al-sisi has been visiting >> welcome back. i'm shiulie ghosh. a reminder of the stop stories. the greek prime minister has cast his vote in a referendum which feflt effectively decides whether greek stays in the euro zone or not. tunisia is under a sta

when i think of egypt, i think of a country that has so many different problems.ne thing it hasn't done yet, a reform of the energy subsidy, a problem that any country has had. the president took one half step in the right direction. without energy reform they are eating up their budget to do infrastructure development and set the frame for long-term stabilization and prosperity in egypt. those sorts of things aren't as ambitious but are very tough to do because of systems in place for decades. if we actually had a meeting of the minds and talks about the details of how to help egypt move through its next phase, i think we would agree on the need for bureaucratic reform, better governance. u.s. and china might disagree on the style of governance about what cc is using right now. i think there is a lot of work to be done. i clothes by i close by saying, the outside powers of the u.s. and china can do a lot to set the table but it requires the region to stay the hand of vengeance and push through on historic and difficult economic reforms like the energy and sub sid

jerald tan has this report. >> egypt's military strikes back. targets in northern sinai gaza in israel. the area is in a lock down after a series of coordinated attacks on egyptian security forces. after hours of combat, the military police announce on state television the situation in sinai peninsula was 100% under control. >> translator: and the armed force he personnel in sinai supported by arab forces, hunted down and destroyed the hideouts of those operatives. >> military overflow of former president mohammed morsi in 2013. numerous attacks on police and the military. last year, the group became known as province of sinai and swore allegiance to the islamic state of iraq and the levant. concern is high its fighters are operating beyond the sinai and in the capital cairo. on monday, egypt's prosecutor general was assassinated in a car bomb bearing the hallmarks of the group. abdel fatah al-sisi announced further be attacks on terrorism. be police raided an apartment killing members of the outlawed muslim brotherhood group. fugitive leaders w

they'd been raised in egypt. but they left egypt for a new life.rked at a convenience store, and that's where he met patricia owens. he was 30, and she was 15. ♪ we had went out to eat, and we come home, and yaser told my mom, i want to marry your daughter. and my mom's, like, you've only known her for a couple week, and he said, yes, i know. i want to marry her. >> he convinced my mom and dad that his family had money, and i think there was a sense of -- my mom and dad thought, well, she'll be taken care of. >> she was very naÏve and very trusting and did not really understand how radically her life was going to change. >> he convinced this family that if you give me your 15-year-old daughter, she'll be in a better place. and this guy preyed upon that naivete. >> it was three or four times a week that he would hit me or kick me or, i knew, like, the things that would set him off. and i'd have to not do those things, like, if he was at home, i wasn't allowed to talk to my family on the phone unless he was up there and it was on speakerphone. and as

the muslim brotherhood called for a uprising in egypt tortured abused and recruited to fight the shocking reality of life for the young victims of syria's war. five years after the oil disaster, b.p. reached a record settlement. >> with the sport including roger's record run continues. as federer reaches round three, i will have all the reaction from today's sport. >> hello there, thank you for joining us. the muslim brotherhood is calling for a uprising after some of the leaders were killed during a raid by security forces. it comes as president ceci prepares to sign tough new legislation. the new laws give prosecutors the right to wiretap and record private conversations held on the phone or online. also, anyone who leaves runs or gives money to a designated terrorist organization, will face the death penalty or life in prison. while those found guilty of promoting the use of violence, through social media, face five years behind bars. and finally security forces will be exempt from legal repercussions for their actions while enforcing the new law. omar reports now on the wider crack do

scrapings revolution peaceful and drag egypt into -- not drag egypt into internal fighting. this is what they want and we should expose it. >>reporter: one of egypt's biggest security threats is in the sinai, a place the prime minister has said is in a state of war. they have sworn allegiance to isil. it carried out an attack on thursday and more than 100 people were reportedly killed. at the scrapings military has an ongoing security operation in sinai. it has demolished hundreds of homes on the border with gaza and israel to create a buffer zone and to end weapons smuggling. this adds to claims from many residents that they're treated as second class citizens. but it appears policy is only getting tighter in sinai and across the country. >>> the arab league has called for the quick establishment of a united arab armed forces to confront what it calls terrorism in the region. this >>> suspected members of boko haram have killed dozens of people in northeast nigeria in borno state. the fighters attacked early wednesday evening but because the region is so remote the news has

attorney general, who had led egypt's effort to crack down on the muslim brotherhood. in response, egypt's president vowed to speed up death sentences for accused militants. president abdul assisi explained his goal. >> we have to stand up and correct the misinformed picture. for humanity and for history and religion itself. >> reporter: for two days, egyptian war planes have conducted air strikes in the sinai killing 23 suspected militants near the gaza border. earlier this week, egyptian's special forces raided a cairo apartment killing nine members of the muslim brotherhood, following the most high profile assassination in egypt since the killing of anwar sadat. >>> isis terrorists say they have destroyed six archeological pieces from the historic syrian town of palmyra. isis released photographs of the antiquities being destroyed and the plunderer being whipped. >>> no grapevine tonight. but when we come back, republican presidential candidates having to answer for controversial comments that donald trump made about mexican immigrants. >>> donald trump's controvers

they'd been raised in egypt. but they left egypt for a new life.ed at a convenience store, and that's where he met patricia owens. he was 30, and she was 15. ♪ we had went out to eat, and we come home, and yaser told my mom, i want to marry your daughter. and my mom's, like, you've only known her for a couple week, and he said, yes, i know. i want to marry her. >> he convinced my mom and dad that his family had money, and so i think there was a sense of my mom and dad feeling, like, well she will be taken care of. >> she was very naÏve and very trusting and did not really understand how radically her life was going to change. >> he convinced this family that if you give me your 15-year-old daughter, she'll be in a better place. and this guy preyed upon that naivete. >> it was three or four times a week that he would hit me or kick me or, i knew, like, the things that would set him off. and i'd have to not do those things, like, if he was at home, i wasn't allowed to talk to my family on the phone unless he was up there and it was on speakerphone. a

towards civil war. >> we must keep it peaceful and meet the desire of the regime to drag egypt into eternal fighting. and this is what they want and we should expose it. >> one of the biggest security threats is in the sinai a place, that the prime minister has said is in a state of war. >>> groups have sworn allegiance to isil. and this, carried out attacks and, 100 people were killed and the military has an ongoing operation in sinai and it has demolished, hundreds of homes to create a buffer zone, and to end weapon smuggling, and this had many complains that they are treated aspecting class citizens. but, it appears the government's policy is only getting tighter. >> they have launched airstrikes against suspected fighters and the military says 23 fighters have been killed on thursday, and, as you heard it's been the scene of intense fighting, and armed groups, on security services. >> quick establishment of the armed forces to confront what it calls terrorism, and it comes after fighting, in egypt's sinai region. >> thanks for being us with, the muslim brotherhood add upraising,

launches coordinated attacks in egypt stoking fears of more unrest to come. >>> police killing. new evidence released in a fatal police shooting in washington state. now the victim's family waits to see if the officers will face charges. and price fixing probe rising air fares fewer seats technical government wants to know if it's part of an illegal plot hatched by airlines. >>> i'm antonio mora, welcome to al jazeera america. president obama announced the u.s. has fully restored diplomatic ties with cuba. as senior white house correspondent mike viqueria reports, it's the final step of restoring diplomatic relation between the two countries. >> good evening, antonio antonio. it's more than just is symbolism, president obama says. ending 54 years of animosity and an historic opening to cuba. >> the progress we marked today is yet another demonstration that we don't have to be imprisoned by the past. when something isn't working we can, and will, change. >> reporter: in havana, a top diplomatic leader delivered a letter to where raul castro. in return, castro wrote back, cuba is

on al jazeera america >> >>> egypt approves tougher security laws after a major attack in sinai. the muslim brotherhood calls for a revolt. >>> hello, this is al jazeera america, live from doha i'm adrian finegan. also on the programme - no further debt negotiations with greece before the planned referendum >>> the i.a.e.a. chief meets top leaders in tehran as negotiations continue on the iran nuclear programme >>> the clinics are open but the doctors are missing. we report on a health problem in rural bangladesh >>> egypt's muslim brotherhood is calling for an all-out revolt against the cabinet after the cabinet approved a new set of security laws following days of violence. 13 muslim brotherhood leaders were killed in a cairo apartment by security forces on wednesday. the forces say they were under attack. victims" families say the members were unarmed and custody earlier in the day. in the egyptian army - they say they are in control of the sinai peninsula. the military was targeted in a wave of coordinated attacks on wednesday, leaving more than 100 dead. the attacks came a d

egypt's long armed act for a long time. it has capabilities that goes all the way to heavy artillery, guded missiles dropping down around eight or 10 military posts, and some of them are hard targets. it's as powerful group compared to the other actors that the authorities and regimes face. >> we don't have that many pictures of the events happening in north sinai at the moment. we are bringing footage as we get it. what we can see is heavy artillery that we are talking about. is this likely it have been supplied by i.s.i.l. what would it suggest for the future of the group. it's a significant threat in egypt. >> it is a significant threat to the military in north-east - mainly north sinai and in the north-east. it's mainly coming from military hardware weapons they take away from the military and the military spokesperson is saying that the leaders were killed but the leaders show up in videos parading the weapons taken from the arms including mortars, armoured vehicles and so on. because of the crack down the significant

that egypt has been under the rule of people who used to wear a uniform. in that sense, that type of oversight is not there. the argument of the government will be that it is you know a matter of national security interest, and retaining a degree of stability that enables it to address what i think is still very much on the minds of the people, and, is indeed an improvement of their living circumstances. i get the impression that the appetite for drastic changes to the political system are really taking a back seat at the moment. >> the muslim brotherhood says it's renounced violence decades ago, and has been part of a political process. if this sort of law is targetting political groups and maybe beyond the muslim brotherhood, will that create stability or will it fuel more instability leading to more extreme groups like we see in the sinai desert. >> i think there is a danger indeed, that on the fringes people will indeed feel always a confirmation that violence is the only way to take on a government that is at present not exactly eager to fulfil the de

and egypt has been battling insurgents. and the white house is condemning the attack. the united states stands resolutely with essentially i want with terror attacks that have inflicted the country and we will continue to it assist egypt in addressing these throats to its security. israel has temporarily shut down a shared border crossing because of that violence, and we have more from jerusalem. >> closing it's two main border crossings with egypt the military is closely monitoring the situation in sinai after this deadly attack. and we also understand that the israeli military is also monitoring the border area that it shares with egypt as well. all of this really just underscores the concern that israel has about the violence in egypt. the two countries have had what has been described as a cold peace since 1979. but the relationship between egypt and israel was test only tested in 2012 with the campaign in the gaza strip which resulted in details of a number of civilians. and the egyptian president mohamed morsi pulled its envoy from israel. but in the last few wee

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. >>> now to egypt where egyptian air strikes targeted isil-linked fighters in the sinai peninsula.ur correspondent reports. >> reporter: this is the view of egypt's north sinai from the gaza strip. black smoke can be seen rise going the sky after a series of egyptian military air strikes. the action followed one of the biggest attacks against its forces in modern history. the islamic state of iraq and the levant egypt affiliate, sinai province claimed responsibility for the coordinated assault, which killed civilians and military personnel. this is a resident of rafa on the gaza side of the border. he says egypt's response to wednesday' violence was intense. >> translator: it has been terrifying for our. our children couldn't sleep because there were so many loud blasts at night. >> reporter: less than 24 hours before the coordinated attack on the egyptian sinai, israel's intelligence minister accused hamas of being affiliated with fighters operating in the egyptian snie an accusation that hamas denies. >> i think this is part of the israel propaganda to deceive the war, but i thin

. >>> the muslim brotherhood in egypt says another of its members has been killed by security forces.sappeared more than two weeks ago. his family says his body had torture marks, and was returned to them by the government. his death follows the funerals of 13 muslim brotherhood leaders killed in a flat outside of cairo on wednesday. one of them was a lawyer and former mp. the government says the men had fired shots, a claim the muslim brotherhood denies. >>> now a group of egyptian activists and opposition politicians in london is calling on the international community to stop supporting sisi's government. they are accusing it of committing human rights violations. >> we call for an investigation by the united nations and human rights organizations and the hue plan rights council of the united nations in to the extra judicial killings that have recently taken place as well as the early massacres that took place in 2013. we repeat in the last few days some extra judicial killings have happened of innocent opponents in egypt. the [ inaudible ] in egypt's call is inciting people to exte