now some other news, and a libyan air force jet has been shot down. the libyan air force chief says the plane came under fire from anti aircraft guns on the ground. the pilot ejected safely but his whereabouts remain unclear. this is the third jet to be downed over libya since the beginning of the year. egypt's president has announced that he is handing legislative authority back to parliament. sisi made the announcement whilst addressing politicians in cairo on saturday. he had been holding the power despite a new parliament which was elected last year. with me in the studio is our middle east analyst. he appears to be anxious to prove his democratic credentials. >> indeed. well, let me just say some observations, some notes about the speech. the speech actually was well written, but it seemed to me that in most parts of that speech he was not speaking about egypt. it fit another egypt as if there's two different egypt's. the second, it was too general. he touched base on many issues, excluding some fatal issues, some life threatening issues for the s

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>>> now to libya where an air force jet has been shot down over the eastern city of benghazi. according to the libyan air force chief, the pilot ejected and landed safely, but his whereabouts remain unclear. this is the third libyan shet to be downed in 40 days. -- jet >>> here is something we have been monitoring here this hour or so. egypt's president sisi is about to address the country's new parliament for the first time since taking office in june 2014. these pictures come from a short while ago. you see him arriving at the parliament, attending this speech are a number of foreign ambassadors as well as religious dig dnatories. he will be speaking with various issues and we are monitoring that speech to the egyptian parliament and we will bring it too you as soon as he starts. now there have been protests in haiti. the parliament is due to vote for an interim president, but in the coming hours. the former president left office on sunday with no successor following a botched election. protesters have been out on the streets trying to have their voices heard. >> reporter: a ritual is the start of

. >>> a libyan air force jet has been shot down over the city of bengahzi. it was carrying out airstrikes against armed groups in the area. the pilot ejected safely, and it is the third libyan jet to be downed since the beginning of the year. >>> the armed group al-shabab has claimed responsibility for an explosion on a plane in somalia. they said the target was senior intelligence officials who were on board the flight. one person was killed after being sucked through the hole of the fuselage this month. the plane was forced to make an emergency landing in mogadishu airport. >>> candidates who promise to end years of ethnic violence which has rach advantage the one of the poorest countries in the world. >> waiting for change in the central african republic and hoping for a new leader to take the country into a peaceful phase after multiple delays. there was no clear winner to select a president. the parliamentary election in january was annulled due to irregularities. one president a businessman who secured almost 24% of the votes in the first round. >> the

according to the libyan air force chief the pilot ejected safely. this is the third libyan jet to be downed since the beginning of the year. >>> more coming up, we'll tell you how the refugees in europe are making a bee line for italy. >> i'm catherine soi in nairobi. this looks like money, but it's not. i'll be telling you how people in this community are using it. >> and in sport, more disappointment for manchester united as they lose to sunderland. ♪ >> egypt's president el-sisi said he's handing legislative authority back to parliament. he made the comments during an address to m.p.s as victorian gathenby reports. >> president el-siselsie delivers his first-ever speech to parliament he announced he was handing the power back. >> the great people of egypt, i represent the peoplement the transfer of authority to the elected parliament. this is after it was held by the head of executive authority as an extraordinary measure forced upon us by circumstances. >> in theory this seems like a significant shift of power away from the president, but some q

. >>> a libyan air force jet has been shot down over the city of bengahzi. the plane was hit as it carried out airstrikes against islamic fighters who reportedly took responsibility for the downing. the pilot dejected and landed safely. his whereabouts are not known. >>> special forces for more that 30 countries are taking part in a military exercise in senegal. it's being led by the u.s. and dutch. forces are on high alert after attacks targeting foreigners. in northern senegal, we have this report. >> barely visible in the distance elite commandos making a slow approach. among them is a military jargon high value target that they have to bring back alive. this is a drill conducted by u.s. forces green beret and dutch commandos. we were told not to film the foreign trainers up close as they watched the drill. >> we gave the full description of the individual. they're carrying photographs of his face, they can identify him. and we also put in the video some data, laptops, whatever they might find in his direct surrounding. if you want to get somebody for the

another chance on sunday and people are hoping this time it will bring about hopeful change >>> a libyan air force jet has been shot down over benghazi. the pilot ejected safely. it is the third libyan jet to be drowned since the beginning of the year. the armed group al-shabab has claimed responsibility for an explosion on a plane in somalia. the target was senior western intelligence officials who were on board the flight. one person was killed after being sucked in the whole of a fuselage. egyptian president sisi has announced he is handing legislative authority back to parliament. he made the comments during an address to mps. our correspondent reports. >> reporter: president sisi delivers his first ever speech to parliament. the country's last democratically elected lower house, which was dominated by brorhood noom niece was dissolved in 2012. sisi announced he was handing the power back. >> translation: the great people of egypt, i announce before you that a representative of the people that the transfer of the legislative authority to the elected parliament. this is after what was held by t

forced out of the city. the attack came days after the u.s. air strike on a city outside sobrata, killing dozens of fighters. helping libyan troops fight in benghazi, against i.s.i.l. and other groups in benghazi. they have also been training libyan forces and working with u.s. and other teams, the french ministry declined to comment on the report. >>> transferring detainees from guantanamo to the united states, a u.s. official testified that that would be illegal. loretta lynch was asked about closing the prison. >> certainly that is state of the law most recent passed in the ndaa and certainly as it respects the department's appropriations we also do not participate in any efforts to do so. i would note that the administration is committed to working with congress to make that happen and unit certainly in light of this can current statutory framework we anticipate that is what will occur. >> lynch repeated the white house stance that closing guantanamo would eliminate it as a source of terrorist propaganda. one of the things that distinguish, the obama administration is trying to change that and it's looking to hoimed fo

. >>> libyan security forces have confirmed the arrival of french special forces, 180 soldiers have landed in the benina international airport just east of bengahzi. the air base has been under control b of the forces loyal to general haftar. let's get more on this story with a security analyst. thank you for coming in to the studio. why are there special forces there. and what are they going to be doing? >> they have been with the he emergence of the islamic state as a major threat the french think they have to support the general haftar because he is the only player and the only one who could really root out islamic state while we wait for western military intervention over the next few months. the french are taking the lead sending their special forces to help them as much as they can. >> of course, the french do have previous military activity in libya? >> yes, very much so. the two leaders pushed for the demise of gaddafi. but at the same time the french understand that libya is a much more bigger threat to them than. syria and iraq. that's why i've seen france taking the lead and saying look, we cannot allow the islamic state to take over in libya.

forces, libyan fighters they are looking at potential targets. they are really looking into the nitty-gritty of how it would go launching about an air campaign similar to the one that was with the ousting of moammar gaddafi. this time the ejected would be to -- this time the objective would be to rule out the islamic state group. ready to obama is continue to do that against the islamic state group. a potential military strike would look at, it would be pretty common, a common division of labor with the western powers carrying out air raids in support of local ground troops. for that to happen, you need the local militias, which has been in fighting for a number of years, to turn their weapons against a common enemy, and that would have to be the jihadists. syria, which there will be a real test as to whether the different sides of the conflict there are capable of dropping their weapons to let in humanitarian supplies per u.n. convoys are said to finally bring in much-needed aid after getting a green light from the syrian regime. this after a broker between the u.s., russia, and other world be set thisady to week. the u.s. and taiwan have both conf

forces, air power and drones, essentially. and the problem is that you need to partner with somebody on the ground, and as your other guests explained, there is no unified libyantary force to partner with. so if we partner with militia a, then militia b is going to view us as the enemy and they're going to actually ally with the islamic state and strengthen the islamic state. so most people think that, if you really want to crush the islamic state, first you need a unified government, then you need a unified libyan military, and only then can the western military intervention help that local military force actually destroy the islamic state. in the absence of that, if we intervene, we're basically just going to be hitting a hornet's nest. we'll scatter the islamic state but not destroy the islamic state. >> rose: so how do we get the unity government, then? >> it's really hard because the only reason that the opposing factions in libya are even thinking about a unity foft is because of the threat of i.s.i.s. if we go in and damage i.s.i.s., the competing factions in libya will have less incentive to unify. so it's a little bit of a game of chicken and it's not

with air strikes and air campaign led by the united states, maybe britain, maybe france and then to have military trainers on the ground who can train and mentor some form of libyan force territory along the coast and eventually take cert. >> is everyone on the same page here when it comes to heading towards this idea of a unity government because you seem to be saying on the one hand they want to calm the country down and on the other hand they want to take on i.s.i.l. full on. >> i mean you are right, the issue here is that it's not entirely clear what the focus of the international community is. it is to get unity government in place but what for? at the moment it appears that this government is supposed to be there so it can on day one issue some form of request, invitation to the international community to intervene against the islamic state and the second question is that actually libya requires a lot of help in order to get over its civil war and take islamic state to the side and get over the war and rebuild a country that has been destroyed over the last few years. >> can it be fair to say in the middle east particularly as far as the west is concerned or the