, they have all used to nile against egypt. so turkey of course is using ethiopia against egypt. the israelis -- the qataris are also reported to. when egypt and saudi arabia had tensions you saw someone from the accord going, just visiting the renaissance town. every single person who wanted to put pressure on egypt has used ethiopia and the nile question against it. >> yeah. michael? >> very quickly on the question of iran, i don't think an iranian comeback in the horn of africa is likely any time soon. i think one of the most successful aspects -- again you alluded to this -- of somalia policy has been their able to diminish iran. outside of sudan, iran really didn't have a much strategic influence in the region. the critical juncture was in 2016 after the saudi in addition in tehran was torched after that point most countries in the region broke points with iran. i don't think they have been rehabilitated. i think countries recognize relations with iran as kind of a red line that they should not cross. i think that's a cons

the palace here a journalist must call into the hussein is sent back to jail in egypt after another investigation is launched to him it into him after just days after a pause at all of this release. european leaders are meeting in brussels to discuss who they want to fill the e use top jobs backroom negotiations have already begun to appoint the commission's president of the other heads of the e.u. institutions elections or center right and center left parties lose support and populists liberals and greens taking advantage of voter anger with the current direction of the you let's go live out of brussels also serious david chase is there so david the search is on to fill the e.u.'s top jobs. yes the job we're talking about of course is the president of the european commission presently held by john quoting now there are several names that have been mentioned and the one that the the chance of germany angela merkel is backing is of course a 46 year old the varian who's the leader of the european people spot is the the bloc that got the biggest number of votes although they lost some compared to 20

the horn of africa has emerged as a new locus of competition egypt and turkey and other actors. this panel will discuss what this competition might mean for regional stability. moore have exacerbated those tensions between saudi arabia and iran that rivalry has spilled over into the horn of africa the uae is aggressively expanding its reach in the red sea using the long-standing relationship with djibouti as a steppingstone now those are challenged with encroachment from china. turkey's foreign policy has adopted a more comprehensive program with packages of diplomacy especially in somalia which is an arena of rivalry between turkey and qatar on the one hand and saudi arabia on the other. with the transition in sudan and their approach meant and increased investment from the e.u. china and india what can we expect from the historically insular region opening to trade and diplomacy? i will moderate this esteemed panel. [inaudible] on golf and energy policy specializing in nuclear weapons counterterrorism particularly yemen and saudi arabia spending several years in the middle eas

egypt player between hamas and israel is egypt egypt is player between hamas and israel is egypt. reality is the space for negotiations has become limited as a result of multiple factors. the other regional powers are a factor exceptin other regional powers are a factor except in escalation form. at this moment what you have is no adults in the room. the americans have isolated themselves and they no longer paying lip service to being an honest broker. the european union is interested in putting its own house in order. the regional powers are waging a strategic struggle and you have iran and saudi arabia. hamas is an affiliate of the muslim brotherhood. as always, fascinating, but rather league prospect. thank you very much. a 17—year—old girl who was murdered in wiltshire on friday has been named. ellie gould was pronounced dead after emergency services were called to an address in calne near chippenham. wiltshire police are continuing to question a 17—year—old boy who has been arrested on suspicion of her murder. a thirteen—year—old boy has died after getting into difficulties i

a cup itself is coming home to egypt the pharos are the record. champions with 7 cups to their name. hosted 4 previous cups and the pharaohs won 3 that's a 75 percent winning percentage their last victory was in 2006 egypt wasn't even supposed to host this year cameroon was but they couldn't get things going fast enough so egypt with hosting rights in egypt at home means the chance to see home field advantage and the advantage will be huge. reason to in turds painting you like goals right. the african cup of nations as the best goal celebrations ever. more goals were scored in the last africa in the last gold cup other tournaments might have scored more but there's a big difference here at the africa every goal gives you moments like these. you have got historial football fanatics for over 16 years always dressed in fire and colors to different cultures will surely be something to see and listen to. now before i get to the number one reason you better not miss the africa cup of nations here are some that didn't quite make the list recent after the

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at least 17 people including tourists injured in an explosion in egypt's wells famous giza pyramids. hello i'm the star and this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up india's marathon election ends the vote is seen as a referendum of prime minister narendra modi's rule. on acceptable and unjustified iraq's oil minister hits out of a u.s. oil company for withdrawing workers from a major oil field by the safety. saddam's military leaders are expected to resume transition talks with the opposition days after they were called off the use of violence. we begin with breaking news from egypt where there's been an attack on a tourist bus near the grand gyptian newseum that's close to the giza pyramids nick cairo egyptian officials say a roadside bomb hit the boss at least 17 people have been injured 7 of them believed to be tourists from south africa. timothy kaldis is a nonresident fellow at the therea institute for middle east policy and he joins us now from cairo tim a few details and no claim of responsibility which groups are likely to have carried out this attack. i think there r

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is not going to let go of to say that exactly i think we need a lot more pressure from egypt's allies in the 1st place we need countries that are western powers that are allied that see a friendly face in the current gyptian government to stand up for the bell use that they claim to protect if you look at the u.k. for example which has an hours to major campaign for media freedom globally you know egypt is the kind of country that these sorts of campaigns need to be targeting it's absolutely acceptable that allied countries are killing journalists like they said in the case of mark was saying to me that i do think there has been some impact we finally had a court ruling that ordered his release but your forty's have decided to step in and start that i mean we had some success really to this year or to unesco awarded its journal the surprise to the photographer shot out he was released under conditions and we were as i said we're hopeful that that was what would happen in march wood's case so we are calling for more pressure from just allies in britain and the foreign minister yesterda

security sources in egypt say at least 17 people have been injured, in a blast appearing to target a tourist bus. the new national rail summer timetable has come into effect today — train companies say they've learned lessons from weeks of chaos on the network last summer. # all i know # loving you is a losing game... eurovision went dutch last night with a victory for the netherlands. the uk finished last. kompany parts company with his club — the manchester city captain is off to anderlecht as player—manager and wyre davies is in cardiff, following the lives of those living on the streets of the welsh capital. that's in half an hour here on bbc news. good afternoon. the prime minister is urging mps to look at what she calls her "new and improved" brexit offer "with fresh pairs of eyes" and to give it their support. writing in the sunday times, theresa may says the brexit withdrawal bill, the legislation needed to take britain out of the eu with a deal, will be a "bold offer". but the labour leader, jeremy corbyn, says his party does not cur

would have disastrous consequences for american businesses especially on the profit lines thank you in egypt a roadside bombs exploded as a boss carrying tourists drove past injuring at least 17 people most of them south africans for egyptians and many of by car were also hurt it's not yet known who is responsible but the attack will be another blow to the country's tourism industry after years of turmoil and violence as a torah gave me. this is what remains of a tourist bus hit by a roadside bomb in a cairo legal economically this witness was driving behind the bus when it was attacked we're going to hold up a moment for you all the foreigners in the front are injured he says i saw the whole thing from my car. 25 south african tourists were all moot when the bomb exploded in a district place to the giza pyramids tourists in egypt have been increasingly targeted as the government tries to suppress groups in the sinai peninsula. last december 3 vietnamese tourists and their egyptian guide to be killed in a similar attack in the same area. tourism is key to egypt struggling economy visit in nu

my question is about egypt. egypt is a very important part ner when it comes to the gcc. stability matters when it comes to the gcc. so with regard to russia in there, emergency security cooperation, what is your view about that and also having egypt -- and also how does egypt pretty much feel about russia's role in libya and especially with the recent offensive? >> obviously, our egypt relationship is a pillar of our security cooperation in the region. it is one of the significant contributions over the years to with theurity perspective on russia, we share concerns, around the eastern mediterranean and northern africa. with respect to, you know, the situation in libya, we continue to impress upon all of our partners in the region that the solution to the libya challenge is not a military one, that it's one that needs to be brought together with all sides with a political resolution. we recognize that qatar is likely to have a role to play in the solution but it's not one conflictwant further and that is our position with respect to all of our partners and with respect t

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and the thing that basically draws most tourists to egypt which is its government. so it's definitely a concern to the country a deadly concern about the ability of syria to secure an area that really is the top priority for the government. in its efforts to comfort for visitors to see called us nonresident fellow at the to reinstitute the middle east policy speaking to us now on the phone from cairo in the wake of that seeming attack and he's a thank you for being with us 10 well the united nations is warning of a major humanitarian crisis in somalia which is again in the grip of drought 2000000 somalis are at risk of starvation unless they get emergency aid into a geisha and be reformed. hungry somalis arrive daily at this makeshift camp on the outskirts of the capital mogadishu the farms have failed and the animals have died sheltering here is now their best chance of surviving the drought the house the house subcommittee i was a roof i left our home and farms because of drug related conditions and conflict off farms were hit badly by the drought thankfully now w

the roadside bombs exploded as a tourist bus drove past it in egypt injuring at least 17 people most of them south africans for egyptians in a car nearby what also is not yet known who is responsible but the attack will be another hit to the tourism industry after years of turmoil and violence is victoria gave me. this is what remains of a tourist bus hit by a roadside bomb today kyra a little economic this witness was driving behind the bus when it was attacked we're going to look at the moment when all the foreigners in the front are injured he says i saw the whole thing from my car. 25 south african tourists were on board when the bomb exploded in a district place to the giza pyramids tourists in egypt had been increased. targeted as the government tries to suppress armed groups in the sinai peninsula. last december 3 vietnamese tourists and their egyptian guide were killed in a similar attack in the same area. tourism is key to egypt struggling economy visit in numbers dropped by more than 60 percent after the 2011 uprising that ousted former president hosni mubarak the egyptian

amidst the has still ities egypt continues to mediate talks between israel and the militant palestinian organizations have mass and islamic jihad. joining me now from. what is the latest on the situation. well there's certainly no indication yet that this round of fighting. coming to an end. according to the israeli army over four hundred thirty rockets have been fired since saturday morning and the israeli army has said that they have struck over two hundred targets throughout the gaza strip both sides to have been casualties as we heard in the report now hamas and islamic jihad the joint command center they have threatened to. expand the range of rockets if israel continues its strikes and also they are prepared for any scenario and have also reinforced brigade that is stationed outside the gaza strip that they had in hostilities what sparked this latest violence. well that's why there has been a period of calm of relative calm in the past couple of weeks after understandings that have been brokered by egypt and the un had been reached between hamas and israel sort of agreement to eas

egypt and cancer of both working on a cease fire agreement after days of rocket fire from both gaza and israel threaten to push the two sides into an all out war israel's prime minister early early ordered the army to continue quote massive strikes on gaza. i. this footage shows a building collapse in gaza or after an israeli airstrike at least twenty four palestinians have been killed in the violence including two pregnant women and two babies four people killed in israel as well we're going to put it all on the map for. you know how to explain how this has played out six hundred rockets fired from gaza into israel including the border towns of start ashkelon and ashdod israeli warplanes struck some three hundred twenty targets in gaza which is one of the most densely populated areas in the world two million people squeezed into an area that is only forty one kilometers long and twelve kilometers wide ok natasha going to live for us now in ashkelon in israel bring us up to date first of all international with the efforts to mediate some sort of ceasefire. well first an update on the gr

it's not the experience tourists come to egypt for. there are two of us come to egypt for.— tour bus. just a few hundred metres from the new grand egyptian museum due to open next year. security sources saying the road bond containing malls and pieces of metal exploded next to the bars, winding 17 people mostly from south africa. it caused injuries to egyptians in a nearby car. officials say most of the injuries were minor while three people were treated in hospital. it is not known who is behind the bombing, but is the mists have attacked tourists in egypt in the past —— islamist. —— tour islamists. the sector has slowly been recovering in the wake of a 2011 rising on the 2015 bombing of a russian us a judge at —— uprising. tourism peak with a record of russian us a judge at —— uprising. tourism peak with a record 01:14 million visitors, but last year only half that amount entered the country. timing is critical. with less tha n country. timing is critical. with less than a month before the nation hosts the african cup of nations. family and friends of the argentinian foot

a roadside bomb exploded as a tourist bastar postured in egypt near the gaze a paramedic enjoying at least 17 people most of them south africans as not one who's responsible but the attack will be another hit tourism after years of turmoil and violence the choice gate and be reports. this is what remains of a tourist bus hit by a roadside bomb in a cairo leading economic this witness was driving behind the bus when it was attacked by a little bit of it all the foreigners in the front are injured he says i saw the whole thing from my car. 25 south african tourists were on board when the bomb exploded in a district place to the giza pyramids tourists in egypt have been increasingly targeted as the government tries to suppress armed groups in the sinai peninsula. last december 3 vietnamese tourists and their egyptian guide were killed in a similar attack in the same area. tourism is key to egypt struggling economy visitor numbers dropped by more than 60 percent after the 2011 uprising that ousted former president hosni mubarak the egyptian government has been working hard to lure touris

in egypt, an explosion targeting a tourist bus has injured at least 17 people.ed are believed to be foreign nationals. the blast occured in giza, outside the capital cairo. the bus was near to the new grand egyptian museum, close to the pyramids, when the explosion happened. ranyah sabry from bbc arabic is in cairo with the latest. 17 people were injured this morning in egypt when a bus exploded close to the wall of the grand egyptian museum at the giza plateau. among the 17, seven are tourists from south africa and the other ten are egyptians. no one has claimed responsibilty for the attack so far but it is expected that tourism in egypt will suffer heavily after the attack. although it had been picking up for the past few months this year, there was a 53% increase in tourism compared to last year, after the government launched an international campaign calling on tourists to return to egypt and advertising and broadcasting it on international media. according to the head of the egyptian museum, the museum itself was not harmed and no artefacts were wrecked as

a roadside bomb has exploded close to a bus carrying tourists in egypt — injuring at least 17 people.he new national rail summer timetable has come into effect today, train companies say they've learned lessons from weeks of chaos on the network last summer. president trump has intervened in the debate on abortion, as states across the country prepare new restrictions on the procedure. kompany parts company with his club — the manchester city captain is off to anderlecht as player—manager. triumph for the netherlands in this year's eurovision song contest — but the uk finished last. the prime minister is to launch a last—ditch attempt to gain approval for her brexit deal, with what she calls a "bold offer" to labour and conservative critics. writing in the sunday times, theresa may says mps should look at her withdrawal bill, the legislation needed to take britain out of the eu, "with fresh pairs of eyes". but the opposition leader jeremy corbyn says he does not think the bill will be "fundamentally any different" and therefore labour won't be supporting it. here's our political corre

which is operated as of recently by egypt. the u.a.e. also has a history of supplying leung's to halftimes forces and also is one of the most professional forces in the gulf which is probably one of the only ones capable of mounting a sustained day and night strike campaign with close coordination of these ground forces at range so while egypt is one possible. actor in this the u.a.e. remains the overwhelming likely suspect. our fighting over tripoli has fractured an already divided political system in the east fifty two parliament members opposed a move on the capital by forces loyal to war. and they're setting up another parliament headquarters. reports. for two weeks of fighting is taking its toll on the libyan capital. but the you enter could now is the prime minister face as there will be no cease fire deal with forces fighting for or have to unless they retreat to where they came from in eastern libya or. only after the enemy forces stop its aggression and go back to its bases then we may be able to have a discussion on the format

pop tarts offensive on tripoli last month the planes regularly circulate between jordan israel and egypt the investigation also revealed the aircraft appear to have switched off their tracking devices to conceal their movements to and from eastern libya. controls much of libya south and east and leads the self described libyan national army he's supported by saudi arabia egypt and the united arab emirates last week the un special representative for libya the us on salami called for immediate action to cut off the flow of warms saying many countries were sending weapons to libya's warring parties perhaps our websites have posted photos and video footage of jordanian build armored cars they said were supplied to have terrorist forces and in a confidential report to the security council earlier this month you an expert said missiles fired approach to police forces in april could point to the involvement of a 3rd party possibly the u.a.e. libya as you would recognize the government has also accused france of backing off tar the warlord has attended talks in paris hosted by president mandela

for example which this announced a major campaign for media freedom globally egypt this is the kind of country that these sorts of campaigns need to be targeting it's absolutely unacceptable that allied countries are killing journalists like this and and the case that mark was saying i mean it i do think there has been some impact we finally had a court ruling that ordered his release but the authorities have decided to step in and start that i mean we had some success really to this year or to unesco awarded its journal the surprise to the photographer shot he was police under conditions and we were as i said we're hopeful that that was what would happen in my case so we are calling for more pressure from egypt's allies to be written to the foreign minister yesterday urging the governments to of finally said 3. and all to syria investigation in libya has revealed foreign military aircraft including spy planes are supporting the warlord khalifa haftar and his forces as they battle to capture the capital they're being resisted by troops and fighters loyal to the un recognized government

in ruling the next the transitional phase of 2 or 4 years because we just look to the neighbors to egypt and we know what's happened in egypt today you have a president who was part of the military and that's why in khartoum a tradition the military is part of the ruling structure and you never know to know if they are just being nice or really they have their own strategy but they taking it step by step but i think. till now when you see how persistent and how determined the protesters are it won't be easy for the military to take this next step and say we want to stay because the 1st the protests as we see it in pictures i felt it there i saw this i saw it in the eyes of the people there really determined after 30 years they saying it's enough and they don't want the scenario that happened in egypt to happen again they learned you know people learned the arab spring among each other they learned when you look to geria sudan are saying we want twitter now we want things happen again there are clear data because politics kareen thank you thank you. and we'll take a look at some of the ot

egypt's heavily secured capital victoria gates and be. there plenty more had a clue during a painful anniversary 10 years officer lanka civil war ended we'll take a look at how the. voting ends of india's 2nd phase election the polls predicting a victory for palm. beach. and. clay rains in broughton but when the italian authenticator have more and. the 1st stage of donald trump's long awaited blueprint for peace in the middle east will be unveiled in june and by trump and white house and why the jad kushner the plan is supposed to boost investment in the west bank and gaza strip it will be revealed during a conference in the high a name to highlight in the financial benefits of ending the israeli palestinian conflict palestine's prime minister has already called the plan financial blackmail and says it will likely favor israel or the white house as the peace plan long to address issues such as a palestinian state and the status of jerusalem and adviser to the palestinian president says that means it's likely that very little will be achie

this is g w news a line from a tourist bus hits of roadside bomb in egypt at least 17 people are injured in an explosion near the famed does appear we'll get the latest from our correspondent there. indian voters reach the finish line polls close on the final day of the country's marathon general election prime minister narendra modi is seeking a 2nd term also coming up. austria's president calls a snap election this comes after the country's vice chancellor quits following the release of hidden camera video that appears to show him offering government contracts to a fake russian support. a michael okuda we begin with breaking news in egypt where a blast has hit a bus near cairo reports say the explosion took place close to the geese at pyramids near the capital city at least 17 people were injured including foreigners most of the passengers were from south africa so far there are no reports of deaths . let's go to journalist ruth michelson in cairo what more can you tell us. well it's understood that the attack took place near the coast near the sites very grand. expected. next year tha

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this after the muslim brotherhood won egypt's first democratic election in two thousand and twelve. before being ousted in a military takeover the following year. the white house choosing to support the autocrat rather than the democratically elected whistlin brotherhood he deposed the president has consulted with his national security team and leaders in the region who share his concern says the press secretary in an e-mail and this designation is working its way through the internal process among those in the region clearly not consulted president earlier one in turkey who's a strong backer of the muslim brotherhood. all countries like to near zero and morocco where the organization is an integral part of the democratic process in both tunisia and in morocco. muslim brotherhood affiliated parties are represented in the parliaments and their major players and. to the extent that they fall under this designation it would be common possible for the us government to have diplomatic relations with them it would be hard for them to have contact with them allies that are likely to have b

the softer the muslim brotherhood won egypt's first democratic election in two thousand and twelve. before being ousted in a military takeover the following year. the white house choosing to support the autocrat rather than the democratically elected muslim brotherhood he deposed the president has consulted with his national security team and leaders in the region who share his concern says the press secretary in an e-mail and this designation is working its way through the internal process among those in the region clearly not consulted president earlier one in turkey who's a strong backer of the muslim brotherhood. all countries like to near zero and morocco where the organization is an integral part of the democratic process. in both tunisia and in morocco. the muslim brotherhood affiliated parties are represented in the parliaments and their major players and. to the extent that they fall under this designation it would be common possible for the us government to have diplomatic relations with them it would be hard for them to have contact with them allies that are likely to hav

where egypt has for quite some time been playing a mediator between israel and hamas we have yet to hear of any word of a cease fire but you can be rest assured that one is hoping to be hammered out in the coming days if egypt has anything to say about it all right to national name and ask them sasha thank you now ratcheting up the trade war with china the u.s. says it will increase tariffs on chinese exports president trump has announced the time some two hundred billion dollars worth of chinese goods will rise to twenty five percent on friday while john hendren is live for us from washington d.c. john said trump seems to be goading the chinese hand what's behind all this john. that's exactly what he's doing there and this is two hundred billion dollars worth of goods that will will have tariffs increased on them he was initially going to raise those terrorists from ten to twenty five percent back in march but as a goodwill gesture during negotiations with china he postponed doing that but in his tweet the president says that china is now trying to renegotiate it so he's clearly tr

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timing is critical, with little more than a month before egypt hosts the african cup of nations.y. sophia tran—thomson, bbc news. the family at of emilio sulla said they thought he was abounded. he was transferring, french foot club to play for cardiff city. those close to him say he was already a cardiff player. the most clubs insist the tra nsfer player. the most clubs insist the transfer was never completed. the death of emiliano sala in a light plane crash at the end of january shocked the footballing world. among those at his funeral in argentina were officials from sala's new club, cardiff city. the 28—year—old was the player who cardiff had hoped could save their season. but no sooner had his body been found, recriminations began. cardiff refused a demand from nantes for the first instalment on sala's £15 million fee. in the provincial town of progreso where sala grew up dreaming of becoming a footballer, feelings are running high. almost everyone here believes that at the time of his death, emiliano sala was a cardiff city player. they saw pictures of him signing his cont

war crimes against civilians in egypt's turbulent north sinai region egypt has been fighting an islamist insurgency in north sinai since the army overthrew the democratically elected islamist president mohammed morsi in 2013 over 2 years of investigations human rights watch says it documented crimes including torture and extrajudicial killings its new report offers a rare glimpse into the region where journalists are effectively banned. these. days a researcher for the middle east and north africa for human rights watch and coauthored this report and he joins us in our studio are thank you for being with us let's 1st talk about the fact that this is a closed region so essentially journalists are not allowed in how were you able to gather the material that you did i mean what evidence is there really. a lot of evidence has gone into this report a lot of work and effort over 2 years we managed to. talk with 54 victims of 5th 14 of these interviews told just on abuses by the isis militants we met these people either we talked to them either remotely met some of them in person inside and out

egypt just 2 days ago minutes with him had been the leader of the crown prince story of abu dhabi and these meetings are being seen as gathering support for the transitional mr council to get their perspective given to those regional players however this is angering a lot of the protesters now there would divisions within the protest movement but they seem to be coming together because the protestors are very clear they say that the t.m.c. the transitional military council is almost acting as the defacto head the facto government of sudan by taking these high level meetings rob them negotiating with the protesters and putting into place a transitional sovereign government and that's really what the protest is for what's happening in these meetings we're not absolutely sure the statements are come that come out so very kind of an a dyna have to say they say very much we support the sudanese people we support the transition from military to civilian rule yet it's not the civilians of these people are meeting with this actually the military. thanks very much. well european leaders are me