and people were really worried about whether or not mohamed morsi was going to be able to honor agreements, peace agreements, trade agreements economic agreement military agreement with the united states. right? so the idea is that people weren't necessarily only assessing the morsi government against its own domestic record of whether or not, you know they adjusted the tax rate or they were expanding employment opportunities. these were issues, but the international dimension of this and the regional dimension of this while looking at the u.s. geo-strategic preference also played into that assessment. so the argument in the book is that where the u.s. is more deeply embedded in the arab world whether it's in jordan, egypt, saudi arabia, palestinian national authority today, the gulf countries, all of these countries where the u.s. is playing an important role citizens are going to look at the united states. and where they might believe that their opposition movements are not going to be pro-american or not going to have close relationships with u.s., it's this those countries where you mi

he was appointed in 2012 under egypt's first elected civilian president, mohammed morsi.porters of morsi accuse the minister of collaborating with the military to orchestrate the coup against the president. ibrahim lead the violent crackdown on the muslim brotherhood and their support base. between 400 to 800 people were killed in cairo when security forces dispersed the protest camps in august 2013. human rights watch urged an investigation into crimes against humanity be carried out against egyptian officials including general ibrahim. they have been accused of carrying out torture and human rights abuse in an attempt to crackdown on decent. ibrahim was featured in a number of audio leaks in which he helped the mill stair hide the where abouts of detained president morsi and obstructing justice. he was given the green light to his officers to use force against protesters. he also came to the spotlight after a stampede in february which lead to the death of at least 19 fans of a football club. there was an outcry to sack him accusing him for inciting violence. there have

he was appointed as interior minister in 2012 under egypt's first elected civilian president, mohamed morsi a leading member of the muslim brotherhood. supporters accuse the minister of collaborating with the military to orchestrate the coup against the president. he led the violent crackdown on the muslim brotherhood and their support base. 400 to 800 people were killed in cairo when security forces dispersed protest camps in august 2013. human rights watch urge an investigation into crimes against humanity be carried out against egyptian officials including the general. under him egyptian security forces have been accused of carrying out torture and human rights abuses in an attempt to crack down on dissent. the minister survived a bomb blast in cairo in september which he described as an assassination attempt on his life. he was featured in a number of audio leaks in which he helped the military hide the whereabouts of detained president morsi and obstruct the course of justice. he was also heard giving the green light to his officers to use automatic weapons against protestors. he becam

it continued in 2013 with thous terwith theout outouswith theouster of mohamed morsi. >> despite years of turmoil we are open for business. in his opening speech, president abdel fattah al-sisi welcomed and thanked those for their support. >> i'd like to thank all our brothers kings and presidents of the arab states that are giving us lot of honor of being here today in egypt. the egyptian society is 25% of the population of the middle east. stability in egypt is a very important role for the civility of the whole region. we need to make sure that these powers will be for the benefit of the stability of the nation and for the region. >> reporter: it started off well with billions of dollars pledged by some of egypt's richest neighbors the aim is to secure billions more. it's a glitzy pr campaign, this is official video the egypt they want to promote. clean, easy flowing traffic businesses and industries ready for investment. but the reality is a little more complicated. on the opening day of the conference an explosion hit barclays bank in alexander another explosion hit another bank i

president mohamed morsi was deposed in 2013. and growing violence in the sinai peninsula plus i.s.i.l. affiliated groups in the sinai peninsula, low foreign investment. this may be an economic plea and egypt's economy could certainly do with a cash injection but this is also about president sisi's political legitimacy. the head of the international monetary fund and the u.s. secretary of state. >> how egypt fares in the coming years and how it restructures its economy will not only affect the country's 90 million citizens but millions throughout the region who aspire to a better future. that is why we are gathered here. we all have a stake in egypt's success. >> the level of international support president sisi and his policies l hold hold. stefanie dekker, al jazeera. >> getting help from a neighbor it doesn't want the world to know about? plus a show of support for the brazilian president dilma rousseff as she deals with a corruption scandal. >> i lived that character. >> go one on one with america's movers and shakers. >> we

he served the government of mohammed morsi that was toppled on july 3rd, yet he carried on serving theecond government and the second regime the other regime. so i guess a lot of reasons that -- that made that man a controversial person and made him look as if he is a man of all seasons. >> what message do you think the current government is trying to send by sacking him? you mentioned that he served under the previous government is it perhaps to get rid of the remnants of the old government? >> let's not for get that the head of this government -- the head of the state itself was the main architect of what happened on july 3rdrd. so it's not -- it's not just getting rid of the remains and hangovers of the government and regime of mohammed morsi. i believe that the main objective of such reshuffle, is to calm down the dissatisfyied sentiments of the society and public who are angry and frustrated of the eroding security internally and angry and aggravated because of the massive and flagrant violations of human rights under that minister. so i guess this is the main reason of such reshu

five months after mohamed morsi was ousted in a military coup. fighters in north sinai who have been attacking egyptian securities forces. >> the court's decision is shocking dangerous and targets the palestinian people. egypt which is trying to ex port its external crisis. this will not have any effect on hamas's roles that has all the respect of the muslim world. >> he says the ruling was expected. >> i think today's ruling is not at all surprising, if you've been following events in egypt. on the one hand you have of course a tremendous -- you have an official exan campaign by the regime, and hamas is of course an offshoot of the muslim brotherhood. and this is an extension of war on the muslim brotherhood. and in a sense as was stated by someone else this is sort of exporting egypt's domestic dysfunction, really, to neighboring palestinian politics. but also we've seen another pattern in egypt which is a very erratic and highly politicized judiciary since the coup in -- a year and a half ago. >> an egyptian court has sentenced the spiritual g

since the removal of president mohamed morsi in 2013. success at the investment conference could move the attention away from these security and political issues. an improved economy would also bring some stability and hope. and it could boost the credibility of the sisi presidency both at home and broad. abroad. nazanine moshiri, al jazeera. >>> ukraine's government, skirmishes continue on a daily basis in eastern ukraine despite the truce between the government and the pro-russian separatists. john hendren reports. >> as daly daily rifle fire breaks the silence of the ceasefire,. >> we are breaking on a razor's edge. >> provoking a new enslawt. >> in this issue ukraine is culpable. lead the situation to explode in an instant. >> reporter: do you have reason to believe that that might happen? >> translator: yes certainly. it hasn't just happened once or twice over six months. we've had many civilian casualties. >> reporter: so all it would take is for one more mortar to land here in the separatist area of donetsk than a launch of assaul

thousands of activists and political opponents have been arrested and prosecuteed since president mohamed morsi was deposed in 2013. there is growing violence in the sigh sinai peninsula. all difficult issues for the government to attackel alongside high unemployment and low foreign investment. this may be an economic plea, and the economy could do with a cash injection but this is also about president sisi's political legitimacy. >> how egypt fares in the coming years, and how it restructures its economy will effect not only the country's nearly 90 million citizens but it will affect millions of others throughout the region who aspire to a better future. that is why we're gathered here. we all--all of us have a stake in egypt's success. >> who is present here, what is said and what is pledged will be an indication of the level of international support president sisi and his policies hold. stephanie dekker, al jazeera. >> nigeria's government has admitted it is getting help from what it calls foreign contractors in its fight against brock. boko haram. we know that troops have been officially de

the case dates back to 2013 when sit-ins in support of the ousted president mohamed morsi were violently dispersed. they were charged with rioting protests and offending the police and army. peace talks between two rival parliaments will continue despite fighting me call on the political factions to remain engaged in the negotiations currently under way in morocco. weeks of talks after it was recognize that the tibruk government launched raids killing a commander. >>> could former president nicolas sarkozy be preparing for a comeback. and how advertising is changing the face of cuba. >> the stream, >> your digital community >> you pick the hot topics and express your thoughts the stream it's your chance to join the conversation only on al jazeera america >> hello again. the top stories here on al jazeera. singapore has declared seven days of national morning after it's foundafter the death of its founding father lee kuan yew. he'll be laid to rest on sunday. >>> the special enjoy to yemen has told the u.n. security council that yemen is on the verge of civil war. activists say that syria

furthermore, the conversation also was expanded to and whether or not mohammed morsi could play egypt's instrumental roll in the region could they maintain the piece treaty with israel could morsesive and the muslim brotherhood continue their regional influence as they did under mobarac and it wasn't lost that this debate was unfolding and people were worried whether morsi could honor agreements peace grandmas, trade agreements, economic agreements, military agreements with the united states. right? so the idea is that people weren't necessarily only assessing assessing the morsi government against its own domestic record all right they adjusted the tax rate or were expanding employment opportunities. these were issues but the international dimension of this and the regional dimension of this, while looking at the u.s. geostrategic preference, also played into that assessment. so the argument in the book is that where the u.s. is more deeply imbedded in the arar polled, whether in jordan, egypt, saudi arabia, the palestinian national authority today, the gulf countries, all of these cou

in elections, the recordings were made when abdul al-sisi was minister under former president mohamed morsi project with the army aimed to build one million homes for families with low income and land provided by the military and sisi is heard saying he will collect a fee for electricity although it's not clear if he is talking about himself personally or the army. more than 200 people have died in northeastern afghanistan and what is being called the worst series of avalanches to hit the country in 30 years, the military started flying supplies to some stranded villages but other areas are still cutoff and nicole johnston is from the panjir areas one of the worst hit areas. >> reporter: the scale of the disaster unfolds, village after village covered in up to three meters of snow and it's still falling. communities are cutoff from each other, roads have disappeared, everything is white except for the houses the ones that have not been lost. the village of abdullah survived but 30 people who lived in it did not. they were buried beyond the trees, in two mass graves. we meet 13-year-old who

visits and political opponents have been arrested and prosecuted since the removal of president mohamed morsi in 2013. success at the investment conference could move the attention away from these security and political issues. an improved economy would bring stability and hope, and it could boost the credibility of the sisi presidency both at home and abroad. al jazeera. >> a professor in modern and contemporary history at qatar university said the egyptian government and foreign investors have different agendas. >> the egyptian government says we have a project we want to suggest to those donors, come and invest in those areas. now those donors which surround, i mean from 90 countries and 2000 companies they plan to join this conference. they have their own agenda, as well so it's not clear that, you know, whether the egyptian government will be able to convince those donors of its own priorities. the priority is now it's employment, to mention that the country is secure, as well, so there are, i would say two different discourse in this issue. the second point in this conflict is that egyp

fighters have been active in the sinai for years but attackers have intensified since mohamed morsi wasusted in 2013. venezuela's president latched out to the united states for imposing sanctions on top officials and declaring venezuela a security threat. nicholas maduro described the move as the most unjust aggressive and poisonous step the u.s. has ever taken against caracas and jordan has more from washington d.c. >> reporter: demonstrations against the worse economy in venezuela and the government of president nicholas maduro and security forces cracked down on them and in light of the arrest of political opponents and death of some protesters, one just 14 years old, u.s. president barack obama ordered sanctions against several government officials on monday, no travel to the u.s. their assets seized. >> there certainly are restrictions against individuals, separately we put out last week some information about what will be required to travel to venezuela in terms of visa's given restrictions put in place so there are a couple of things happening at once. >> reporter: maduro accused

can't be verified were reportedly made when el-sisi was defense minister under former president mohamed morsio his chief of staff sisi apparently discussed taking commission from a residential project. >> translator: i will collect the fee for the electricity. >> he will take it. >> he will take it but we will take 50% that's the reality you see what i mean. >> the tape is part i've series of leaks said to implement the unitedunited arab emirates in deals with egyptian military a senior electronics type you are on the study of muslim at kings college in london. he said political players could have leaked the conversation to embarrass the government. >> what makes the tapes interesting is, of course, the timing, why these need to come to the surface right now. at this point in time it was already known for quite a while that the uae was a very important player in propping up the egyptian economy ever since the take over by the military and subsequent election of jenny see to the presidency. the interesting questions now are, of course, who leaked it and with which objectives. if we look a litt

it is since the overthrow of mohammed morsi. >> it is important for the united states to understand thatthe weapons and for the equipment is dire. especially at the time when the egyptians feel they are fighting terrorism and they would like to feel that the united states is standing by them and fighting with them. >> and el- sisi deflected the question of if it was a coup that overthrough morsi and brought him to power. >> millions of egyptians took to the streets to voice protest against the political leadership and asked for elections in order to sort out the issues. unfortunately the political leadership did not respond positively to the demands of the people. secretary of state john kerry heads to egypt this week to the red sea resort and take part in the conference under which half of the 90 million citizens struggled to get by on $2 a day, jenna. >> thank you. >> and we are waiting a new's conference from hillary clinton. we'll take a look at the unite the nations. the former secretary of state of speak momentarily. i thought we had a picture of her. there she is next to moon and

the president of iran was recently elected, he got a phone call, vladimir putin got a phone call mohamed morsi a former head of the muslim brotherhood once referred to jews as defendants of apes and pigs, he got a phone call from obama t. new leading share in afghanistan got a phone call and the saudi king, the new heir got a phone call, he was yet to receive a phone call from the president. that's a little shocking to me. >> well, i received a phone call from the president. >> all right, joining us now is israeli ambassador, so late israel time the prime minister finally got that phone call in what can you tell us about it? >> i haven't had a chance to speak to the prime minister since then. i'm sure he congratulated the prime minister on the victory and he surely said to the president that he looks forward to working together to meet the enormous challenges that both the united states and israel face. israel believes we have no greater friend than the united states and we believe the united states has no greater friend and allie in the united states and around the world in the state of israe

it took place during the overthrow of president mohamed morsi. last month egypt's high court upheld a sentence. >>> u.s. secretary much state john kerry has met his french counter water. kerry said it must not be rushed. >> we're not feeling a sense of urgency that we have to get any deal. we have to get the right deal. and it is, frankly up to iran that wants this program that wants a peaceful program that asserts that they have a peaceful program to show the world that it is, indeed, exactly what they say. >> the head of russia security agencies say police have detained to suspects in the murder of boris nemtsov. he was shot and killed in front of the kremlin two days before he was to lead a rally. >>> fighting has cut off access to medicines and many patients say they cannot afford treatment. john hedron reports from the rebel stronghold of donetsk. >> as the war in eastern ukraine began, so did this woman's cancer. she was diagnosed a second time along with hepatitis-c. but she no longer gets her ukrainian welfare payments for the cancer drug

thousands have been arrested and prosecuted since president mohammed morsi was deposed in 2013, and there been growing violence in the sinai peninsula. all the difficult issues for the government to tackle alongside high unemployment a struggling tourism industry, and low foreign investment. this is also about president sisi's political legitimacy. among the western officials the head of the international monetary fund and the u.s. secretary of state. >> how egypt fairs in the coming years, and how it restructures its economy will affect not only the country's nearly 90 million citizens but it will also effect millions of others throughout the region who aspire to a better future. that is why we are gathered here. we all, all of us have a stake in egypt's success. >> reporter: who was present here what is said and what is pledge will be an indication of the support president sisi and his policies hold. >> let's bring in senior political analyst. looking at the audience it interesting me. yes, there were the obvious people who wanted to get involved in building egypt once again, but there

egypt has arrested thousands linked to the movement since the army ousted mohamed morsi in july 2013. >>> eight minutes of sheer terror that's what officers described about the shootout with the boston bombing suspects. >> they say dzhokhar and his brother shot at them, tossed bombs and tried to run them over. jurors saw photos of the bullet-riddled cars. they also saw the spot where investigators say tamerlan tsarnaev was run over during his brother's get away. >> the jurors also took a trip to see that boat where police arrested dzhokhar tsarnaev four days after the bombing. they saw the words he scrawled inside the boat which were hard to read because of all the bullet holes. >> three people were killed and more than 260 wounded in the boston marathon attack. a police officer was also killed after the bombings as well. >>> 20 minutes past the hour. time for another break here on "cnn newsroom." when we come back more on the huge backlash between dolce & gabbana and the feud with sir elton john. >>> plus britain's prince harry leaving the armed forces. we'll tell you where he's head

subject to get advantage in elections and recordings were made when sisi was defense minister under mohamed morsiimed to build homes for people with homes by the military and sisi says he will collect a fee for electricity and it's not clear if he is talking about himself personally or the army. 200 people died in northeast afghanistan in what has been called the worse series of avalanches to hit in 30 years and they started flying supplies to some stranded villages but others are still cutoff and we will go to the pinjar province. >> reporter: tell scale of the disaster unfolds, village after village covered up to three meters of snow and it's still falling. communities are cutoff from each other, roads have disappeared. everything is white except for the houses the ones that have not been lost. the village of abdullah survived but 30 people who lived in it did not. they were buried beyond the trees in two mass graves. we meet 13-year-old and shows us around and points to the houses where people have died. >> translator: the avalanche hit at midnight when everyone was sleeping i was so scared i

it took place during protests against the overthrow of the mohamed morsi.t month, egypt's high court upheld the death sentence. >>> authorities in hong kong are preparing for another day of clashes between local protesters and visitors from mainland china. local groups are increasingly angry at cross border traders buying up vast stocks of everything from baby milk powder to detergevent. rob mcbride has more from hong kong. >> reporter: it is becoming a regular weekend occurrence always rowdy and increasingly violent. protests by hong kong groups against mainland chinese traders with the police trying to keep parallel traders. >> hong kong people would reject violence a survey by one of the main political parties has found 70% are in favor of measures to control visitor numbers. >> there is no measures taken, i guess the situation will go even worse. you can see in the last few weeks, there are protests and there are serious conflicts. >> the problem is, bringing in measures that just target the traders and don't put off the growing influx of mainland chine

death, including mohammed badie, leader of the muslim brotherhood movement of ousted president mohammed morsi. badie has been sentenced to death before and had the sentences reduced to life imprisonment. a final decision is due next month, and the defendants can still appeal. the united arab emirates, another close u.s. ally, has barred a new york university professor from the country after he criticized the monarchy's exploitation of migrant laborers. andrew ross said he learned of the van after arriving at the airport in new york where he was set to board a flight to continue his research in the uae. nyu recently opened a campus in the united arab emirates. the construction of which relied on migrant workers laboring under harsh conditions. the american civil liberties union has sued the obama administration over the secrecy of its drone wars overseas. the lawsuit seeks basic details about the administration's so-called targeted killing program, including records on how the government selects targets, determines the risk of potential civilian casualities and assesses who was actually killed

activists and political opponents have been arrested and prosecuted since the removal of president mohamed morsi success at the investment conference could move away from the security and political issues and improved economy would also bring stability and hope and it could boost the credibility of sisi presidency both at home and abroad. i'm with al jazeera. >>> more on the story let's speak to a professor in modern and contemporary history of the middle east and qatar university and what does egypt expect from the conference and how do you think it will help the country? >> this conference accounting to egyptian authority expected to bring $10-$15 billion soon to egypt inject it in the economy so they can face the challenges and the people in the economy is really, is very annoying to anyone who is in power in egypt especially the fact that egypt in the last three or four years received more than $25 billion from the government and there was no real impact on the economy and on the social factors in egyptian society. >> received this over the years and the main donors here so how is it going t

the aid had been on hold since the egyptian military overthrew islamist president mohammed morsi in 2013. it includes 12 f-16 fighter jets, plus missiles and other weaponry. in iraq, government forces fought their way into the center of the city of tikrit, against islamic state militants. military officials said troops attacking from the south and west have recaptured at least 75% of the city. the interior ministry reported street-to-street fighting, with at least 40 islamic state fighters killed. prime minister haidar al-abadi spoke in baghdad. transtransi'd like to present to you the good news we've raised the iraqi flag. they are now purging other parts of the city from the islamic state militants. >> woodruff: the operation to retake tikrit began earlier this month, with iranian support, but it stalled. last week, the iraqis called in u.s. air strikes, and the ground offensive began moving again. the united states committed over half a billion dollars today to help syrian refugees. it was part of nearly $4 billion pledged by nations at a u.n. summit in kuwait. almost 11 million peopl

view, it the obama administration in a perfect world the obama administration would like to see mohammed morsi back in power. i say that without hesitation. a few weeks ago we had a muslim brotherhood contingent at the state department, the muslim brother, the granddaddy of all the islamic terror groups. folks, we would not be having this conversation about isis if it weren't for the muslim brotherhood. isis came out of al-qaeda which came out of the muslim brotherhood. the muslim brotherhood is the granddaddy of them all. it spawned al-qaeda, hamas. it's the original terror movement. yet they are now, along with iran, our friends. and we have been at the state department. and that the state department we have the muslim brotherhood delegation, some of them holding up the muslim brotherhood for finger salute. isis has the one fingered the brotherhood holds up four fingers. at the state department. a terrorist group identified as such i saudi arabia, egypt other middle east countries to the muslim brotherhood are terrorists in suits. suits. saying anything so as isis as i mentioned earlier. tac

if the obama administration -- if a perfect world, the obama administration would like to see mohamed morsi back in power. i say that without hesitation. >> why? >> a few weeks ago we had a muslim brotherhood contingent at the state department. the muslim brother, the granddaddy of all islamic terrorist groups. folks, we would not be having this conversation about isis if it weren't for the muslim brotherhood. isis came out of al-qaeda which came out of the muslim brotherhood. the muslim brotherhood is the brand daddy of them all. it spawned al-qaeda hamas it's the original modern islamic terrorist movement. yet they are now, along with iran our friends and we have them at the state department. and at the state department we have a muslim brotherhood delegation, some of them holding up the muslim brotherhood four-fingered salute. isis has the one finger. at the state department. a terrorist group identified as such by saudi arabia, egypt other middle eastern countries. the muslim brotherhood are terrorists in suits. same end game though as isis, as i mentioned earlier. tactics are different