abdel fattah al-sisi. >> egypt buries its dead. dozens of soldiers who died in a coordinated attack in the sinai on thursday. government announced a new offensive plans for unified command. the president, abdel fattah al-sisi addressed the inflation. >> translator: this is a battle. i don't want to say that the countries that faced battles in afghanistan and israel, sinai belongs to egyptians or we die. >> the group said it was to blame for thursday's attack. attacking egyptian forces in sinai since 2013. but one of several threats to egyptian security. it considers hamas to be another. designated the al kasam brigades to be a terrorist group. >> word issued by the egyptian authorities in a very hasty manner and in confusion. the mass already condemned the attack in sinai. >> the border of the gaza strip is part of egyptian strategy. displacing thousands of families. hamas has close ties to the muslim brotherhood and both are accused collaborating on egyptian soil. a charge they both denied but the government message is consistent.

. >> a new boost for abdel fattah al-sisi answer his government. french prime minister was in egypt signinging a jet deal. >> egypt is the country to purchase the rafafaell air crafl. >> there is a political element. it means this type of deal put closer to french and egyptian political authorities and at a time when we all have to fight jihadis. it is good to have a close connection between french and the egyptians. >> before the signing french president francois hollande talked with his court participant abdel fattah al-sisi, and expressed his sympathy over killing of egyptian citizens by i.s.i.l. also marks a new step in egypt's quest to find alternatives ou.s. military assistance. last week russia's president vladimir putin was in cairo for talks presenting his egyptian counterpart with an advanceed rifle. nadim baba, al jazeera paris. >>> houthi fighters have control of the area since september. houthis dissolved parliament and took over the exat capital of yemen sanaa. fighters were already inside iraq to fight i.s.i.l. he also said his force

egypt's president abdel fattah al-sisi is vowing to avenge the killings of 21 coptic christians. they're identities are confirmed by the coptic church in egypt. for weeks their families have been pleading with president al-sisi for their return. instead he is talking for talks and a week of mourning. sonia gallego reports. >> this took place outside the coptic church. now they and the entire country are in mourning. >> terrific to see what's happened. and the effect that it's going to have on so many families. these were fathers brothers everyone in the community. >> islamic state of iraq and the levant is massing in numbers in libya. here it's claiming in in cert. but i.s.i.l. says they have completely overrun the city of de arena. now egypt is considering its next move. >> this incident could provide egypt the logic to interfere in libya. >> libyan government in tobruk the community had already compressed its willingness to help. the italian government has expressed its concern. the island of lampedusa is only 300 kilometers away. the death of the egyptian workers will only add

abdel fattah al-sisi and the military coup gang fully responsible. calluslycalcallously disregarding the goodwill of the crowd. 21 people were sentenced to death in their part of the violence. after sunday's deaths, an investigation was ordered. the egyptian football federation has postponed all football in the immediate future. >>> russian president vladimir putin is traveling to cairo. he will have two days of talks with egyptian president abdel fattah al-sisi. >>> while united nations human rights experts are criticizing an egyptian court decision to uphold death sentences against 183 people, they're accused of attacking a police station in the village of kadasa outside cairo in august 2013. the u.n. statement says that by imposing mass death sentences over the past two years the egyptian court has shown their absolute indifference to right to life. that by imposing mass death sentences, the egyptian court is casting shadow over the impartiality of the country's justice system. >> a senior lecturer, arab and islamic studies he says president sisi

abdel fattah al-sisi offered his apologizes. egypt has been running a campaign against what it calls terrorist groups in the sinai peninsula since august of 12th. since then one of its latest videos, i.s.i.l. made a direct threat against italy now evacuated its embassy there. and along with egypt and france is calling for action by the united nations. caroline malone, al jazeera. >> in the wake of those air strikes in libya army units have been sent to help police secure roads and public buildings. national defense council decided on sunday that the police should be supported by the military across the country. egypt's air strikes in libya coincide with its signing a major deal to upgrade its military hardware. it's agreed to buy 24 jets and naval frigate in a deal noted to be worth almost $6 billion. nadim baba reports. >> french defense minister was in cairo on monday signing an arms deal worth almost $6 billion. >> translator: egypt was the first country to buy the mirage 2000 jet fighters and today was the first to choose th

. >> the air strikes came just hours after egypt's president abdel fattah al-sisi warned it would retaliate against the killing of the 21 young men. wiping out terrorist groups in the sinai peninsula in the east of the country. it's not only egypt that has been threatened by the rapidly deteriorating security situation in libya. i.s.i.l. has made a direct threat against italy. the italian embassy in tripoli has been evacuated and along with egypt and france, calling for u.n. action. >> peter becktold, u.s. department of state joins us from portland in oregon. peter, what are we to make of egypt's air strikes in libya call for international military intervention in libya? >> well, i'm afraid that he felt he had to do it, similar to king abdullah of jordan and similar to president obama. because as leaders they need to appear to be protecting their people and to punish those who do harm to the citizens. the problem as your setup piece really well pointed out they are welcomed to some in libya and not by others. >> what is the significance of today's deal between egypt and france to buy milita

. >> in a television address president abdel fattah al-sisi said egypt would use any meanings necessary -- means necessary to avenge the killings. >> pope francis sphod to the deaths calling them par barbaric. the military strikes were carried on in the libyan city of derna. >> military says it was aiming at i.s.i.l. targets. but the attack also killed civilians including a number of children as well as damaging buildings in a residential area. fighters aligned with general hafta said they have also bombed parts of the eastern city of benghazi and sirte. >> if there were any terrorist groups on the egyptian side and we were able to hit them we wouldn't hesitate to fight them and it's the same thing that applies for egypt. for groups that commit such crimes, borders aren't going to be an issue. >> reporter: the rival libyan government has denounced the attacks. >> this horrible assault represents the violation of sovereignty in libya and is a clear breach of international law and the u.n. charter. >> reporter: the first air campaign happened just hours after egypt warned it would respond

. >> images of the russian president, scheduled to meet with the egyptian president abdel fattah al-sisi about relations with the middle east. >>> let's talk to omar ashor joins us now from exeter. omar what's the significance of putin's visit to egypt? why dogs does putin and sisi need each other? >> putin's model is quite an feiveaffective one. at the same time boosts a significant economic performance. this is of course before the oil and the prices drop down. and on the other hand, putin is showing that he's not that isolated despite what's happening in ukraine and its consequences and he's moving around in china india and egypt, and giving this signal that he's cooperating internationally as well. the -- when it goes a bit deeper though, it's very hard to see what they can benefit. because i don't think the relationship with egypt is among the -- you know, 200 300 priorities of russia at the moment and i don't think in terms of arms trade it is very unlikely that the weapon systems that egypt or since 1979 which is more or less u.s.-made will be changed. i don't think so they have t

abdel fattah al-sisi one of the leaders of the 2011 revolution for organizing an unauthorized demonstration. >> it shows there's no room for protest in egypt no room for protesters and no room for challenge. >> it appears that fridays in egypt will bring more protesters and more death. rebecca singh, al jazeera. >>> amnesty international says there's mounting evidence that egypt committed war crimes in libya. claimed the responsibility for murder of 21 coptic christians. the strikes killed seven people in the residential neighborhood of derna. the egyptian military failed to take necessary precautions during its operations. >>> bangladesh has called offer the search for survivors after a ferry capsized on the padima river. >> the ferry stands upright again but the search for survivors is over. the boat sank on saturday after colliding with a cargo ship. for some this was a daily trip. most people on deck made it to safety. but those in the cabin were trapped. a fortunate few escaped. >> translator: there was a small window in the lower deck where i could see the sun so i pulled myself throu

. >>> an elite conversation recorded involving egyptian president abdel fattah al-sisi. at one place saying, gust states have excessive amounts of money. >> ten, what did i say? >> ten in the army's account. >> when i win the election we will invest this money in the state. we will also need another ten from uae yah and another ten from kuwait. >> samir shat rarvetionhata says the take will create. >> that alleged some conclusion between the ministry of defense and the interior ministry, some misconduct trying to direct local television stations to cover then general sisi's bid to be president favorably and so on. so that in civility is surprising. i think it will probably make some personal relations a little tense. now there's been some speculation already that with the new king of saudi arabia, the relations between egypt and saudi arabia may change a bit. that being said, what presidential sisi said about some of the gulf states, saudi arabia, united arab emirates and so on have an interest of egypt not being democratic and the interest of the muslim brotherhood not

abdel fattah al-sisi said it was carefully to avoid such situations. >>> following sentence by so-called courts in i.s.i.l. controlled areas. the report says certain ethnic and religious communities as well as those associated with the government are being targeted. >>> new zealand says it will send troops to help forces in their battle against i.s.i.l. 100 military personnel will be deployed. the troops will be based this the north of bagged and baghdad and will be involved in combat. likely to start in may. >>> france has seized the passports of six of its citizens bound for syria. it is believed that they would join the forces much i.s.i.l. 40 other people will also be be banned from travel. >>> european union foreign ministers are scheduled to meet on tuesday and talk about the crisis in ukraine. the issue also dominated the agenda of the meeting of the united nations security council. james bays reports. >> this was supposed to be a meeting ever increased security. with the 70s anniversary of the u.n. in a short time. russian foreign minister sergey lavrov spoke. >> russian is train

after abdel fattah al-sisi' address on sunday. he said that over the next few days, some in detention will be released. some analysts believed ah allah would be among them for playing part in anti-morsi demonstrations. praise abroad but enemyity with securityenenmityenmity tothose at home. gls to commit a massacre in front of the world's eyes that's been recorded on camera all sorts of witnesses and then they try and you know turn it around and accuse us of instigating a trial. >> allah was given a 15 year sentence freed after spending four months in jail and ordered to be retried. one more attempt to seek justice. his lawyer says that he continues to believe people have the right to peaceful protest. osama ben javi, al jazeera. >>> meanwhile, the trial of the al jazeera journalists have been knowledgeadjourned until next month. colleague peter greste was freed and deported a few weeks ago. >>> yemen's capital sanaa has been hit by an explosion happened in a neighborhood that is a strong hold of the shia houthi rebels. they threat

the egyptian state-run news agency said president abdel fattah al sisi decided to release the al jazeera journalist. >> we begin with breaking news out of egypt. one of our journalists, peter greste, has been freed from prison have 400 days behind bars, and he is in good health. >> greste and two others of the network's journalists were sentenced to between 7 to 10 years. authorities had charged them with supporting terrorist organization. al jazeera had been critical of a de facto coup staged two years ago by egypt's military. greste's imprisonment triggered an international outcry including a critical statement from the united nations. authorities have not said anything about the two journalists who remain behind bars. the egyptian government reported greste -- deported greste after his release. members of his family say they're ecstatic he's coming home. >> i think he's genuinely passionate, and he's a committed journalist who believes in the principles of what you guys do, and the importance of you know good journalism to a free, functioning democracy. >> members also say they will n

. >> the statement says the freedom and justice party holds abdel fattah al-sisi fully responsible forhis blood and authorities callously disregard he the whole issue. this isth isn't the first time football has taken the lives of people this egypt. 21 people were sentenced to death for their part in the violence. after sunday's deaths the public prosecutors are ahead of the group. football activities have been postponed at all leagues indefinitely. osama ben javi, al jazeera. >>> yemen's political parties get around the table to try oresolve the process but not everybody's happy the meet. >>> and bombing the air strips honduran force he are drafted in to try to stop drug smuggling. he i >> welcome back. a reminder of the top stories. president obama says he is undecided about whether to provide defensive weapons to kiev in their fight against pro-russian separatists. >>> multinational forces will try to destroy boko haram camps within six weeks. three countries are fighting the group. >>> and egypt has launched an investigation into a stampede outside a football stadium in which 40 pe

vote will complete the transfer of power from the military to the government of president abdel fattah al sisi jtsds jtsds. >>> french authorities are investigating several mysterious drone flights. they say there have been sightings of the unmanned aircraft over key landmarks in paris. they're looking into the reports of five overnight flights on tuesday and wednesday. the drones were seen over the eiffel tower the u.s. embassy and several main roads. there was a similar string of sightings in october involving flights over nuclear power plants and military installations. french law bans the operation of private sector drones over power stations and other sensitive areas. no one has claimed responsibility for the flights. the country has been on high security alert since last month's terrorist attacks that left 20 people dead. >>> people who watch japan are looking at a mixed bag of economic data. ai uchida joins us now from the business desk with the headline figure. a lot of numbers out this morning. what jumped out at you? >> factory activity that was a lot better than people were expectin

abdel fattah al sisi launched air strikes there after militants announced they killed 21 christian egyptian captives. nhk world's craig dale is tracking developments for us. >>> president sisi promised retaliation. now egypt has waded into the chaotic situation in libya, where there are two rival governments, and a tangled web of militia groups including islamist extremists. egyptian fighter jets carried out the airstrikes on monday. military officials say they destroyed training camps and arms depots for the islamic state group. dozens of militants reportedly died. the strikes happened near the city of dparna militants affiliated with the group have a presence there. they also have a present in sirte close to where the egyptians were kidnapped. and they have a foothold in tripoli, too. now keep in mind here egypt has also been trying to stop an islamic insurgency at home on the sinai peninsula. president sisi has called the militants to carried out the killings murderers and criminals and he said he'd do what he can to bring the thousands of egyptians who work in libya home safely. egyptia

he job description president abdel abdel fattah al sisi has defended his position, target. the attack targeted those linked to the it'slamic state in the lee vant. in the keynote address broadcast, he said the operation was planned meticulously to avoid civilian casualties. he also thanked gulf neighbors, saudi arabia the united airrab emirates and bay ran and kuwait and he accepted innocent young people may be locked in egypt's prisons, a matter that he urged the interior ministry to look in to. let's hear a little more of what president sisi had to say about the egyptian strikes in libya. >> we launched an offensive against 13 targets. these targets were subjected to strict and accurate surveillance in . intelligence information was gathered in absolute secrecy and. >> joining us here on al jazeera you were following the speech there by sisi. what did you make especially starting with the point he was making about the egyptian attacks in libya? >> reporter: >> obviously we are hearing a defense of those attacks, particularly in the light of some reports that came out that

egypt's president abdel fattah al sisi visited cairo's main cathedral to offer his condolences and condemned what he called a heinous act of terrorism. the slain were kidnapped by militants in libya. they were among the hundreds of thousands of egyptians that traveled there looking for work in the oil fields. if the video is confirmed, this will be the first time that isis has killed foreigners outside syria and iraq and it raises concerns they are forging new links to militias in libya. the kidnapping also means that egypt is now fighting groups linked with isis on two fronts to the west in libya, and to the east in the sinai peninsula. egypt has dispatched a foreign minister to new york where they're hoping to rally as much international support as they can for this militaryth intervention in libya. in the meantime, scott, extra security has been deployed inside egypt for fear ofr reprisal attacks. >> pelley: alex ortiz, thank you. friends and family will remember correspondent bob simon tomorrow in new york. he was killed in a car crash last week. bob had just finished a "60 minutes" repo

. >>> russian president vladimir putin has arrived in cairo to meet his counterpart abdel fattah al-sisi. aimed at strengthening ties between the two countries. aimed at military confrontation and conflict in the middle east. >>> it's estimated up to 300,000 tons of cocaine pass through honduras in a year. security forces hope that won't be the case for much longer. >> as mary anna sanchez reports. >> every week honduran police destroy clandestine air strips. the honduran military showed us dozens of clandestine air strips used for transporting cocaine from honduras and venezuela. but it is a seemingly unending task. >> the fourth time trying to destroy this landing strip. but in less than 24 hours they repair them. mangroves lakes and rivers intertwine with patches of land, loading drugs on trucks to take inland or speedboats to head north to mexico or northwest. many of the local community is involved in the trade. >> speedboats or light trains also drop bundles and the tide brings them to shore. many people wait on the beach for them to try out their luck. but local fishermen say they

ah la's supporters were expecting leniency, april president abdel fattah al-sisi's speech on sunday. there might be wrongfully arrested people in prison. he said over the next few days some in detention will be released. some analysts believed allah would be with them, for playing a part in anti-morsi demonstrations. but his role during the 2011 uprising is what got him praise from broad but enmity from those within his own country. >> to have committed a massacre in the world's eyes, on camera, all sorts of witnesses and then they try to turn it around and accuse us of instigating a crime. >> allah was given a 15 year jail term in 2013. he was freed after spending nearly four months in jail. he will appeal the verdict and one more attempt to seek justice. his lawyer says that he continues to believe people have the right to peaceful protest. osama ben javi, al jazeera. >> the retrial for two of al jazeera's journalists jailed in egypt has been postponed for a month. the ruling was made after two witnesses failed to turn up in court. they were previously convicted of aiding the musli

egypt's president wants to create a pan arabian force abdel fattah al-sisi says, to count tercounter i.s.i.l. and other groups. >> translator: because of the challenges the region is facing and our nations is huge. we will be able to overcome such challenges when we unite together. >> what he says is the threat of terrorists limiting certain freedoms in the country. this comes as the government there released a report about the hostage standoff in sydney last december, the man took 17 people hostage in a sydney cafe. the new measures could be stripping citizens of their passports. andrew thomas has more from sid in. >> in his speech tony abbott said the terrorist attack threat had never been greater. double the number of potential threats that there were just a year ago. he said there were 90 australians traveled to the middle east to fight along with the islamic. they could pose a threat if they were to come back. two terrorist attacks on australian soil since september of last year, one on attack on policemen in melbourne and then the cafe in sydney. too often in the past the benef

the egyptian president, abdul fattah al sisi threatened retaliation after a video was released showing the coptic christians being beheaded. he described the militant group i.s. as inhuman killers. the egyptian military have not given any further description on the air strikes. the coptic christians were kidnapped in the city of sirott which happened in january. the bishop says those coptic men were working to support their families. >> it's one of extreme sorrow at many levels. of course for the families these men weren't there because they were choosing to be there for their own comfort. they were there from have modest families to work in the construction industry and send money to their families back in very poor rural villages. so it's going to impact their families, the whole village, and the area. the second, of course is seeing life treated this way. and the brutality of this and them parading it in such an undignified way. it must really be -- i mean we say that it's crimes against humanity, but this really must be a crime against humanity in its basic form. >> archbishop ange

he script president abdel fattah al-sisi defended his position to attack isil targets in libya.said it was planned meticulously to avoid civilian casualty. >> syria has described a turkish irwin military operation as a flagrant aggression. hundreds were sent to move an ottoman tomb given to turkey in 1921. kiev has marked the anniversary of last yearts oifting of victor yankee yankee. thousand took to the streets to remember the deaths of more than 100 people a year ago. >> government airstrikes inside misia have killed and wounded dozens in the cities of aleppo and dhouma. reynolds and government forces have been fighting for control of silver villages near aleppo as dominic kane reports. >> reporter: is a separate search in the rubble of douma. children wounded in a government airstrike airstrike. others have light injuries. others are far more badly hurt. more than bun:00 people lived in this city but four years of conflict have killed thousands and driven many away. scenes like these have become commonplace. this is the aftermath of a barrel bomb attack in aleppo. bur irked

egyptian president abdel fattah al-sisi meanwhile called for a u.n. resolution to launch a global coalition to intervene in libya. >> what is going on in libya could change this country to a breeding ground that will threaten the whole region, not only egypt. egypt, the mediterranean basin in europe has to do with this problem of the mission and a cobbler's was unfinished by our european friends. we abandoned the libyan people as prisoners to extremist militias. >> the u.s.-led coalition meanwhile, launched 15 air strikes against isis in iraq and syria on sunday and monday. in pakistan, at least seven people have been killed in the suicide bombing of a police headquarters in the eastern city of lahore. a taliban splinter group claimed responsibility, calling the attack revenge for pakistan's execution of its colleagues. in breaking news from eastern ukraine, russian backed separatist claim to have seized control of the key city of -- fierce fighting has raged in the area despite a cease-fire agreement. talks between greece and its european creditors h

but we will have to wait and see what's going to happen next because abdel fattah al sisi also hintedtivist youth. >> there have been a lot of al jazeera who are jailed. >> absolutely. al jazeera was more focused, because they are journalists, they are well know to the rest of the world. but also people in cairo and particularly activists took to the streets in 2011 were also demanding some focus on them. because basically, the charges are breaking the law protest, and there is a feel of -- a rising sentiment against this law and how constitutional it is. >> hanan, many thanks. >> thank you. >>> the re-trial of the journalist who is face terrorism charges have been postponed for another two weeks. the journalists, mohamed fahmy and baher mohamed were released on bail earlier this month after they spent more than 400 days in prison. their colleague, arrested with them, the australian journalist peter greste who spoke to the bbc also he has been deported and released effectively, to australia earlier this month. >>> let's get some other news. one of the leading academic figures among su

al jazerra. syria rebels say they have killed 300 soldiers in the past identity weeks they captured aleppo but within a day they were over run by the rebels. >>> egypt as president abdel fattah sising for a joint arab military force to fight groups lie isil and has also defended air strikes in neighboring libya and acknowledged that sin sent people may be in egyptian jails. >>> houthi rebels in yemen have rejected a call to move u.n.-brokenned talks to aden. president hadi made the request in a tv appearance, and stressed that he is the country's legitimate leader. >>> iran and the u.s. have held their highest level meeting in more than 30 years to discuss teheran's nuclear program. iran's foreign minister and the u.s. secretary of state john kerry med on the sidelines of a geneva summit. john kerry said significant gaps still remain ahead of the march deadline for ideal. iran's president rouhani says he's determined to reach an agreement. >> translator: it is not possible for a country to develop in isolation. no one can isolate us, but with that insight, we are likely to isolate ourselves. if we are united and move ahead wisely, no power in the world can isolate us. we have our