egyptians treated him very nicely.did not let him into egypt but the victim feel his tank is gather lin and sent him back. in a tense flight had revealed the weakness of egypt and defenses. but israel still had a major concern. to make twenty one. a high performance supersonic soviet fighter. it formed the backbone of the arab air forces. but it too would soon give up its secrets. in august one nine hundred sixty six an iraqi pilot landed in israel with his make . he had been offered a million u.s. dollars to defect. but it would turn out to be worth every cent. that he shapiro our chief test pilot of the air force checked the airplane and when you all it's this event the gist of the make it one the one which was the airplane of the war in the enemy hands. it was not known before what the israelis had learned about the meet was put to the test and actual combat. in april nine hundred sixty seven the border skirmishes with syria escalated into a full scale aerial battle. which shut down seven aircraft. it was such a vic

the previous day egyptian president. had ordered his forces to take up positions along the borders but israel. look at last came in on a mobile or. doggerel by youth so i give them and with the levy. three weeks later on the fifth of june one thousand nine hundred sixty seven. israel launched an all out war against its arab neighbors. after only six days of fighting. to chief total victory. defeating the armies of egypt jordan and syria. the cost mealtime a gesture. shave a laser. bait some right on the summer. yacht me the dust the extra yacht or give away off the looking at. noon to israel. nice as the six day war. israel's territorial gains would change the map of the middle east. to this day israeli occupation of these lands is the main but to peace in this turbulent region. is huge scotto its fifth season early on we had conquered it completely intoxicated everybody was intoxicated no one could even thinks they. but the story of this school is much longer than the six days of fighting. its roots lay years earlier. t

the upstream countries rejected egyptian arguments. ethiopia was one of the countries which after years of being caught up in internal strife and tragedy was now pushing more forcefully for a greater share of the nile. well of all is a not to be here to be negotiated because this is. the nature and it is a given what are going in or that is not negotiated in any international argument and that's why it is a demanding the ny what are the when or whatever the reason it instead of telling is it is a matter of resources and enough not a lot of the sort of sense that. the resource of every. people. things reached a head in may two thousand and ten at a meeting in entebbe uganda when four upstream nations signed a new agreement nullifying older ones and setting out policies for a more equitable share of the nile. to this date six countries are signatories ethiopia uganda rwanda tanzania. having refused to even attend the meeting. there was a mood of celebration among those who signed the. so-called mild corporate or framework agreement and w

cowered the egyptians into submission. the river nile egypt's lifeline was an effective political weapon and the british had in mind a perfect place to use this weapon. the get zero region in sudan between the blue nile and the white nile was an area with the potential to become the largest cotton growing region in the world. they had two plans to motives or two main strategic and is that they can see us again or wrong to increase the cup. production in sudan for the benefit of the british taste of history secondly this huge it is not really in control of the now it's running through saddam and his who has a power and. the business has a power in saddam. british attempts to intimidate the egyptians only further inflamed nationalist sentiment. a crisis point was reached when in november one thousand nine hundred twenty four salinas stack commander in chief of the egyptian army and governor of sudan was assassinated while driving through the streets of cairo. the assassins were arrested and sentenced to death. but the murder

british reliance on egyptian cotton began to increase. to boost the harvest the british set out to revolutionize egypt's irrigation system a system dating back thousands of years. they gave a oddity to the vote countries deny countries their old engineers what the plan is remain down from the colonials so this and teed. experienced guys give them a lot of songs not a political freedom so that they really can take the nile in hand. the british came up with the idea for a dam in southern egypt to hold back the nile flood and use its waters for irrigation. construction on the ass when low dam began in eighteen one thousand nine. it was officially opened three years later at the time it was the largest stone dam of its kind ever built. britain wanted to ensure the full flow of the nile reached egypt to maximize cotton production. no one else upstream was allowed to siphon off any of the river. for have some strict orders were laid down regarding the use of the nile water because the british were concerned about egypt money all island for exam

a common feeling shared by most egyptians. egypt would die what would we drink about it of course we would fight we would fight anyone who attempts to stop i would force a water. throughout its history egypt has been at the mercy of the nile. along the river columns such as this known as my limit as have been built to measure the height of the waters. controlling the river was of paramount importance. with the well being of the state dependent on the level of the annual flood waters. the key was in finding a way to reserve these waters for use during the drives some of periods. the ancient egyptians first attempted this. but it was the founder of modern egypt mohamed ali pasha who built the first ever down on the nile in the mid nineteenth century. to this day the old brick dam known as the delta still stands. in a new land as long as i live in the nile was on muhammad ali's agenda it was extremely important because egypt was threatened by drought that if. you wanted more cotton and grain plantations since in those days egypt

it's a far cry from the egyptian revolution seven years ago then the streets of cairo are filled with hopes for change and democracy millions protested against poverty unemployment and corruption president hosni mubarak was overthrown after nearly thirty years in power his replacement in june two thousand and twelve was egypt's first democratically elected president mohamed morsi but he was deposed just past his first year in the job as the army again demonstrated its power or protests followed and morsi is muslim brotherhood supporters were banned a crackdown which followed saw hundreds killed thousands arrested and morsy sentenced to death the last presidential election was in two thousand and fourteen former army general abdel fattah el-sisi won ninety seven percent of the vote well let's bring in our guests now and joining us from egypt's capsule cairo is timothy called us he is a nonresident fellow at the institute for middle east policy in berlin we have senior research over the center for middle eastern and north african politics with free university of berlin is also the autho

dollar and that has certainly been felt by a lot of egyptians particularly middle class egyptians in their pocketbooks in addition c.c. has pared back subsidies and done all kinds of other things that i think were actually necessary for the egyptian economy but did not do him any favors in terms of his popularity so there are definitely chinks in his armor this is not the president that people were baking cakes and chocolates with this picture on them in two thousand and fourteen this is a very different person who's you might even say a bit embattled to really interesting to get your view on this thank you very much from the. the u.n. says an estimated five thousand people have been displaced by turkey's military offensive against kurdish fighters in the african region of syria. and the operation which involves shelling and air strikes is set to enter its fifth day it's believed around eight hundred thousand civilians are living there activists say at least twenty three civilians have been killed after it is surrounded by turkish and free syrian army forces to the north east and wes

dollar and that has certainly been felt by a lot of egyptians particularly middle class egyptians in their pocketbooks in addition sisi has pared back subsidies and done all kinds of other things that i think were actually necessary for the egyptian economy but did not do him any favors in terms of his popularity and the u.s. state department has reacted spokeswoman had a new act says the u.s. as a way of his detention. we are following these reports we know he's spent considerable time in the united states so where we're certainly familiar with him we support a timely and credible electoral process and believe it needs to include the opportunity for citizens to participate freely in egyptian elections we believe that that should include addressing restrictions on freedom of association peaceful assembly and also expression. the united nations says an estimated five thousand people have been displaced by turkey's military offensive against kurdish fighters in the african region of syria. the operation which involves shelling and strikes is set to enter its fifth day it's believed aro

to remember the egyptian revolution. today and the people in. a democracy the reality and. president. in. three countries and three controversial films of. people sentiments on life. listen and a.j. it's great. you're with the news great in mind on air in streaming online through you tube facebook by amanda down to zero dot com and with all the criticism over how she's handled the ranger crisis me and sang suchi could ill afford to lose another ally but it seems that is what's happened this time it's the former u.s. governor from new mexico bill richardson richardson was part of an international advisory panel on the range of crisis but no more than he had some pretty scathing criticism for the panel and she herself will start with this report from me on a hand. he's one of america's most experienced diplomats a former u.s. politician and reportedly a friend ivanka suchi but bill richardson sudden departure from an advisory panel on the range of crisis shows just how much that relationship may have soured i don't want to be part of a whitewash. and i felt as best that i res

dollar and that has certainly been felt by a lot of egyptians particularly middle class egyptians in their pocketbooks in addition c.c. has pared back subsidies and done all kinds of other things that i think were actually necessary for the egyptian economy but did not do him any favors in terms of his popularity. of these twenty seven people have been killed after a car bomb exploded in libya last in the eastern city of benghazi killed worshippers who were leaving the mosque to evening prayers a second car bomb exploded just half an hour later injuring security personnel. the u.n. says an estimated five thousand people have been displaced by turkey. literally offensive against kurdish fighters in the flame region of syria. the operation which involves shelling and air strikes is set to enter its fifth day it's believed around eight hundred thousand civilians are living there some are said to be too vulnerable to flee activists say at least twenty three civilians have been killed are freeness surrounded by turkish and free syrian army forces to the north east and west and syrian gove

according to egyptian mythology the sun god raised him so. elf made a ladder for the pharaoh to enter the inner temple using the rays of the rising sun . here were in the world beyond ruled by the god who was serious judge of the dead and ruler of the underworld when ramsay's enters the temple he enters the world of the dead and every day as the sun rises it's a serious who brings the pharaoh back to life rejuvenating it again. like a guard of honor eight metre tall supporting pillars lead to the inner recesses of the temple each is a figure of the god oh serious but with the face of ramses the second. in the innermost sanctuary for statues are carved into the rock they are the creator gods ray who rocked a tar and an on ray. and with them the god king himself ramsay's the second. king rams is the second lived thirteen centuries before christ during his long reign he altered already existing temples founded a new capital city and covered the whole of egypt with huge stone figures and obvious and vast temple complexes. here in the king's mortu

captured an egyptian town. he resigned in shame as israel he forces occupied golan heights and the west bank. he had built his political career that focused on the removal of israel from the middle east. his campaign against western economic and imperial domination, zionism had failed miserably. this was after a defeat in six days. shortly thereafter, amidst protests about his resignation, he returned to power and began a war of attrition against israel , a stalemate that would result in another war in 1973 under sadat. sadat accepted resolution 242 , which i will talk about in a minute, which recognized the state of israel under the terms of land for peace. the arabs would return the land. israel would return the sinai to egypt, but not the west bank or the goal line or the palestinian territories. his defeat was not only a military defeat, but also ideological. it was a particular kind of leftism that no longer seemed to be a viable solution to stave off western encroachment and did not successfully combat is

forces ny a new york times report revealing that an egyptian intelligence officer asked the media to play down opposition to trump's their sit in on jerusalem al-jazeera has not heard the content off those recordings but here's the upshot off that new york times reports in leaked phone recordings a senior intelligence officer reportedly told leading t.v. talk show hosts to influence their viewers to back trump's move despite widespread public condemnation the newspaper quoted the intelligence officer a cup captain a chef in holy suggesting palestinians should be satisfied with their capital instead of jerusalem the city in the occupied west bank is currently the base of the palestinian authority captain and who he was quoted telling the talk show hosts and intifada would not serve egypt's national security interests and could revive hamas while egypt says there is no proof that the intelligence officer mentioned actually exists and referred to its public position on jerusalem when it submitted a un security council resolution demanding their reversal off that u.s. decision so then se

egypt and film. -- egyptian film. music. and the siding -- and the sighting of the virgin mary in 1968 which is an interesting art of the story. in egypt, relations with israel and britain were sour in the 1950's after the suez crisis. the u.n. troops were placed between the two nations after israel, france attacked egypt. i just want to give us some context. 1960'sout the 1950's and nasser, his tone and stance towards israel became increasingly hostile as he mounted allies in syria who for a short time were part of the united arab republic and jordan. in 1967, he received intelligence from the soviets that israel was planning to attack syria. with mounting pressure from the palestinians, the saudi's and the jordanians ordered that the straits be closed and the red sea. israel's only way to get out into the red sea. , the only access access israel had to the red sea . basically, he was taunting them into war. , on theounting tension sixth of june, israel attacked and within a day they had attacked and egyptian town. by 10 ju

case in point and egyptian intelligence officer on the phone to a number of t.v. personality directing them on how to report the u.s. decision to recognize jerusalem if the cops or. ally double it all then is a look as if. instead of condemning the decision they should persuade the us to simply accept that if it looks similar along. the tapes of tamed by the new york times show just how involved the state can be and what goes out on the country that waves. egyptian talk shows are an accidental byproduct of state's censorship when former president hosni mubarak allowed more private channels on the air he made it clear that news bulletins would remain in the hands of state and broadcasters private stations got around that by creating discussion programs focusing on the news the hosts of these shows were everything that monochrome counterparts on state t.v. were not so i didn't get any and they said they don't have a job that you must have thought was way of looking at how yeah i know yet how many hail it is they. can yet they have a bill that they're engaging emotio

the hieroglyphics found in the tombs of the pharaohs show the lives of the ancient egyptians.gs are what the rich and powerful wanted the people to know — they are the propaganda of their time. but now, there's a wealth of information about ordinary people being discovered, using a new scientific technique. with a specially—modified camera, researcher cerys jones takes photos of a mummy‘s case at chiddingstone castle in kent. you can't see anything with the naked eye, but using infrared, a name is revealed — irethoreru. a common name in ancient egypt, it's a stephen or david of its time. it is amazing. everyone in the room gasped, and people jumped up and ran for the computer, because in that one image you could read it. these scraps of papyrus are more than 2,000 years old. they were recycled to make the breastplate that covered a mummified body. the writing is obscured by the plaster and paste that hold them together, but researchers can see what lies beneath by scanning them with different kinds of light, which makes the inks glow. these now constitute one of the best libra

and then there is egyptian army colonel ahmed consul in december he was sentenced by a military court to six years in prison after he announced his plans to run for president leaving many to wonder just how serious a threat the military men may have posed to sisi a former military chief of staff. and is somebody with he's a serious contender he was the former chief of staff the deputy head of the supreme council of the armed forces did winning body after mubarak and he is much senior in terms of the military command in so he's somebody who is very well connected with the americans very well connected regionally so he's not someone who was a lightweight anyway during cc's rule which has been marked by a crackdown on freedom of expression human rights groups have been placed under severe restrictions and many critics in the media have been silenced the question now how many more presidential candidates will be added to a seemingly growing list of those being suppressed. the u.n. says an estimated five thousand people have been displaced by turkey's military offensive against kurdish fig

let's get a reminder of the top stories here on al-jazeera egyptian presidential candidate. has been detained by the military and has called off his campaign he was seen as the only potential threat to the reelection of abdel fattah el-sisi thousands of people are fleeing fighting in the northern syrian region of africa and on the fourth day of turkish shelling and the ground offensive and it's been revealed that u.s. attorney general jeff sessions was questioned last week over alleged collusion between donald trump's presidential campaign and russia. u.s. vice president might pence has visited the western wall in occupied east jerusalem on the second and final day of his visit to israel the wall in the old city is one of the holiest sites in judaism pedants was shown around the site by a rabbi earlier in the day he met israeli presidential ruben rivlin and toured the holocaust memorial. and palestinians have held a general strike over the vice president's visit and the u.s. decision to recognize jerusalem as the capital of israel shops transport and public services were clo

egyptian citizens. as the coptic pope told men my visit to cairo, all egyptians, muslim and christian, take their water from the nile. egypt is an essential partner in the efforts toward a lasting peace between israel and her neighbors and in the fight against terrorism and violent exdreamism. president el-sisi told me directly on two occasions how important counterterrorism is to the egyptian government. it's their number one concern without any doubt. and i commend the president for his partnership with the united states and especially with israel in that field of counterterrorism. with isis carrying out two terrorist attacks last year the jipt within a month of each other in november and december that killed muslims and christians, the egyptian government's concerns about terrorism are legitimate and real. however, in my view, i do not believe egypt's march toward modernization and progress and focusing on counterterrorism should come at the cost of sacrificing advances in human rights, education, an

egypt and film. -- egyptian film. music. and the siding -- and the sighting of the virgin mary in 1968 which is an interesting art of the story. in egypt, relations with israel and britain were sour in the 1950's after the suez crisis. the u.n. troops were placed between the two nations after israel, france attacked egypt. i just want to give us some context. 1960'sout the 1950's and nasser, his tone and stance towards israel became increasingly hostile as he mounted allies in syria who for a short time were part of the united arab republic and jordan. in 1967, he received intelligence from the soviets that israel was planning to attack syria. with mounting pressure from the palestinians, the saudi's and the jordanians ordered that the straits be closed and the red sea. israel's only way to get out into the red sea. , the only access access israel had to the red sea . basically, he was taunting them into war. , on theounting tension sixth of june, israel attacked and within a day they had attacked and egyptian town. by 10 ju

called further into question by an article in the new york times the newspaper reported that some egyptian t.v. personalities have been pressured to play down opposition to president trump's decision on jerusalem. adding that in leaked phone recordings egyptian intelligence officer captain ollie reportedly told leading t.v. talk show hosts to influence their viewers to support the decision despite condemnation from the government and egyptians nationwide egypt's state information service denied the report stating that it was inappropriate for the new york times to publish such an allegation and adding that the times report claims that captain of holy is an officer with the egyptian general intelligence without presenting its readers with the slightest evidence as to the truth of this piece of information or that a person by this name exists in the first place palestinian officials say they believe egypt is continuing to support them but that the u.s. has perhaps intentionally muddied the waters they think that the. united states working. intentionally actually. to try to create an atmosphe

and adding that the times report claims that captain ussher for the holy is an officer with the egyptian general intelligence without presenting its readers with the slightest evidence as to the truth of this piece of information or that a person by this name exists in the first place palestinian officials say they believe egypt is continue to support them but that the u.s. has perhaps intentionally muddied the waters that i think that the. united states working. and tension only actually. to try to create an atmosphere which says that their move has been. committed all taken with the tests at the approval of certain out of governments. these developments have not yet had much of an impact on the ground here the major concern for promise to me and concrete measures to alleviate their suffering. from the occupied west bank now the seventy fifth annual golden globe awards are coming to a close and beverly hills the ceremony which usually focus on the glitz and glamour of hollywood has some baton the many actors filmmakers and producers were accused of sexual misconduct in two thousand and

called further into question by an article in the new york times the newspaper reported that some egyptian t.v. personalities have been pressured to play down opposition to president trump's decision on jerusalem adding that in leaked phone recordings egyptian intelligence officer captain ussher for the holy reportedly told leading t.v. talk show hosts to influence their viewers to support the decision despite condemnation from the government and egyptians nationwide bob beloved. i'm letting you know the position of egypt's national security regarding the issue of declaring the capital of israel there have to be compromises if we reach a point where drew slim becomes the capital of israel and ramallah becomes the capital of palestine in order to end the war and avoid more death and we could probably do that but in return the borders have to be secured egypt's state information service denied the report stating that it was inappropriate for the new york times to publish such an allegation and adding that the times report claims that captain ussher from foley is an officer with the egyptian

egyptian president sisi else is he will run for a second term in office. is the gulf crisis a pretext to seize castles well that's the claim of a country royal who is seen as a saudi ally. in the poconos native in peru but he conscious control of a sea on his south american told. turkey has fired artillery into a kurdish controlled on clay the northwest syria across the border bombardment of a free and comes off the days of threats by president want to get syrian kodesh fighters known as the y.p. g. and the establishment of a kodesh corridor along its border and has been deploying troops and tanks there in preparation for a ground assault stephanie deca has more from un taqiyya insolvent turkey. the situation around the fifteen is heating up there is been an increase in shelling from turkey into africa and also hearing reports that around fifteen thousand free syrian army fighters these are the rebels inside syria supported by turkey are mobilizing towards the east of affluence and this is all in line with the political rhetoric that's been coming out of a

and even egyptians don't accept us as part of them. mohamed says he has looked in permits from egyptian authorities to cross into hell i as do many people who live in or safe but have families in the triangle the dispute over a region rich in oil and minerals started when sudan gained independence in one thousand nine hundred fifty six and borders were drawn up over the past few years the dispute has escalated with sudan accusing egypt of harassing its citizens when they crossed into the region and executing dozens of them in the past twelve months alone that fence marks the beginning of the disputed area of the library and go egypt has station forces there for more than two decades despite protests from the sudanese government recently has been at the forefront of increased tensions between the two countries tensions exacerbated by sudan support for if you peace plans to build a hydroelectric dam which will reduce the amount of water reaching egypt today and has repeatedly complained to the un security council over and once a dispute

and then there is egyptian army colonel ahmed consul in december he was sentenced by a military court to six years in prison after he announced his plans to run for president leaving many to wonder just how serious a threat the military men may have posed to sisi a former military chief of staff. and is somebody with he's a serious contender he was the former chief of staff the deputy head of the supreme council of the armed forces did with body after mubarak and he is much senior in terms of the military command and. so he's somebody who is very well connected with the americans very well connected region in the so he's not someone who was a lightweight of any way during cc's rule which has been marked by a crackdown on freedom of expression human rights groups have been placed under severe restrictions and many critics in the media have been silenced the question now how many more presidential candidates will be added to a seemingly growing list of those being suppressed. so what is some man's background while he was made military chief of staff in egypt in two thousand and five und

and adding that the times report claims that captain ussher for the holy is an officer with the egyptian general intelligence without presenting its readers with the slightest evidence as to the truth of this piece of information or that a person by this name exists in the first place palestinian officials say they believe egypt is continuing to support them but that the u.s. has perhaps intentionally muddied the waters they think that the. united states working. intentionally. to try to create that was fear which says that there has been. taken with the approval of certain of governments these developments have not yet had much of an impact on the ground here the major concern for palestinians is seeking concrete measures to alleviate their suffering. the occupied west bank now israel has published a list of activist groups banned from entering the country twenty organizations have been blocked over their calls to boycott divestment sanction the jewish state for its policies towards palestinians european u.s. and south african groups on the blacklist and interesting palestine solidarity

the bush ids are now parts of egypt but in our hearts we are not a tradition none of us say we are egyptians and even a gyptian stone accept us as part of their. mohamed says he has stopped in permits

i thihink a lot of egyptians that havave not given u uon anand i still. yoyou know working foror it and hopopig for it and thinking about i. both in egyptpt and all over the arab world all public opinion polls. at one finds that most arabs including egyptians have believe that and accountable elected political system is the best one. . i would say that most egyptians realize that at this point this government headed by president sees sh. is priororitizing certainly securirity and some econonoc issusues and does not c conr as. liberalizing asian or democratatic transition uppo put it lightly a priority and is really not implementing it so i t thina lot off people. still would like it to happen but cucuently have no high hopes that it's gonna happen. anytime soon all seven thank you very much for your analysis on program from washington. thank you next afghanistan has been hit by violence yet again the latest attack on the capital comes just days after the taliban said of an ambulance cop on the city center. and attack the intercontinental hotel this monday

level and his teammates at liverpool mohamed salah was also nominated and he could be the first egyptian to win since the awards were taken over by the confederation of african football in one thousand nine hundred four so who's the favorite to weigh well i would put my money on mohamed salah the last player i mentioned he's recently joined liverpool in the summer he joined forty two million euros and at the time the english press many liverpool fans and me too actually thought it was a bit of an overspend not a player that they needed not a player that would really improve the squad but he's proved us all wrong he plays on the wing but he scored impressive twenty three goals and also has eight assist the season already really really strong numbers and he's out showing pretty much everyone on the premier league stage including his teammates sadie oh man who i think will go empty handed again this year i think most will be the african footballer of the rebate not openly on i mean what are his chances well yeah i mean he has good chances on paper i mean last season he was the top understoo

but obama young faces stiff competition for the prize egyptian forward mohamed salah has taken the premier league by storm since joining liverpool in the summer he was also part of the egypt squad that finished runners up at the africa cup of nations in february and his liverpool team mate satya monday is also in the running he scored twice for senegal at the cup of nations and he was also listed among the top candidates last year finishing in third place. for obama young and co the wait is almost over soon they'll know who is walking away with the prize. ok three top candidates max who's your favorite well i've got to say mohamed salah he's often been nicknamed the egyptian messi which i always used to think was an absolute overstatement but this season he switched teams to liverpool forty two million he cost them and to be honest with you the english press and many liverpool fans doubted that he was the right choice i did as well but he's completely blown everyone away twenty three goals and eight assists already this season he's out showing pretty much everyone in the premier league sta

egyptians call them emperors and every night millions tune in to watch them lecture entertain rant and even cry their way through hours of television output their talk show hosts and as a group they form a key filter through which a gyptian is have come to view their politics under the rule of abdel fattah el-sisi talk shows are used to digital mys his presidency and to vilify his critics television audiences may be dwindling in many countries but given the high rate of illiteracy in egypt t.v. remains the medium of the masses and few institutions are more influential than the evening talk shows not everyone in egypt is buying what the talking heads are selling though given that they frequently venture into the realm of the absurd listening posts not fun now on the highly politicized world of t.v. talk shows in egypt. say that talk shows are the most important phenomenon in the way that government communicates with the public will be an undersea one under my baby. it's consistent it's entertaining. you get the feeling as though you're sitting at a cafe with them. and don't mistake it f

actually the now we have more journalists in prisons in egyptian prisons more than during the mubarak. and now it's actually the president sees here against himself so unfortunately the outcome was not as people expected and it's now going back to the old there's an even worse i mean sisi has come to turn twenty says that he will revive the economy and help bring security to egypt he says he just needs more time that people must be patient with him tara the measures are necessary that the crackdown is necessary. gyptian willing still to give him that time well there is no problem with the logic of suggesting that i need more time but we you have to have some in the kid that is that you are making progress again if you compare the city security situation in the sinai peninsula to de compared to the barak there is no comparison that the the security situation has deteriorated much much worse than theirs of mubarak and they cannot make situations all or almost all the projects that have been announced like the swiss expansion project they failed miserably on the economic level. comic lev

recognizing jerusalem as israel's capital to the egyptian public this for a lot of people in the middle east confirms a lot of supercell lot of suspicions that they already have about this tricky game that's always seeming to be played when it comes to the palestinian cause there is a belief by a lot of ordinary citizens in the arab world that arab leaders aren't doing enough to really protect palestinian rights and all of this happening at a time when there was this meeting in jordan by the arab league several foreign ministers that have met trying to raise awareness that the international community should come together that the idea of a palestinian state should be paramount once more again just shows you how tricky it all is now this meeting has already adjourned the arab league has called for a subsequent meeting next month in which the issue will be taken up yet again we've heard a little bit from some palestinian officials saying that arab countries and the international community needs to be doing more to support the palestinian cause let's take a listen to what we've heard from

the egyptian president sisi announces he will run for a second term in office. time is running out in the u.s. as the government hospitals towards a shutdown over a key funding. in australian open organizers defend the decision not to just. why is our phones to the limits of the use first grand slam tournament. a low welcome to the news our top story turkey has fired artillery into a kodesh controlled northwest syria across border bombardment of freedom comes after days of threats by president. against the syrian kurdish fighters known as the white peachy and griffey is the establishment of a kurdish corridor along its border and has been deploying troops and tanks there in preparation for a ground assault stephanie deca has more from antakya. the situation around the fifteen is heating up there is been an increase in shelling from turkey into africa and also hearing reports that around fifteen thousand free syrian army fighters these are the rebels inside syria supported by turkey are mobilizing towards the east of africa and then this is all in line with the p

but almost four years into his presidency many egyptians are disillusioned with his rule concern has grown that it has brought with it a return to the authoritarian security state that prevailed under former president hosni mubarak rendering the tahir square revolution only a brief experiment in democracy. real opposition to sisi in the march election is likely to be thin on the ground potential candidates have either already withdrawn or seen their candidacy blocked some have blamed an atmosphere of fear observers say cc's tactic is a recognizable one in the region of the mubarak and his message and saddam's of the agent has used it before they would tell the international indonesian community that they won with ninety percent or ninety nine percent of whatever the percentage but the same time there are no consequences for that so on one end it bolster that he means that intimacy of the genes on one end and the other and you know there are no consequences for that actions. cc's rule has been marked by a brutal crackdown on freedom of expression and civil liberties economic turbulenc