is there any middle ground between these two narratives well to discuss that i'm now joined by mohammed sultan a participant in the january twenty fifth revolution and human rights advocate mohammed it's great to talk to you thank you for coming on the show thank you for having me now you have every reason to hate the current egyptian authorities as they threw into jail where you were tortured to and from what i understand you were only released after the intervention of the obama administration but as horrible as i suppose you are deal was were and he still bill lockyer. is a strong word but. i would say that i definitely opposed the current policies of the regime that we are seeing now. on president levels of oppression. nothing like we've seen even in the mubarak era and has so yes i was opposed from a very principled and value based what's called this is not a difference of narratives or differing narratives this is. a region that has cracked down on ever has it has suffocated the political space in egypt has over sixty thousand political prisoners has killed has killed thousands of people

is there any middle ground between these two narratives well to discuss that i'm now joined by mohammed sultan a participant in the january twenty fifth revolution and human rights advocate mohammed's it's great to talk to you thank you for coming on the show thank you for having me now you have every reason to hate the current egyptian authorities as they threw him into jail where you were tortured to and from what ended.

saudi crown prince was responsible for jamal khashoggi is murder lindsey graham added that mohamed bin sultan must be dealt with threatened new sanctions lindsey graham a republican who is close to donald trump is on a two day visit to turkey where he's met with president rest of the graham said that he hopes president trump will slow the withdrawal of american troops from syria until i saw it's destroyed now that's in contrast to trump who said american troops are going because i saw has been defeat it. well donald trump will have another summit with kim. tries to get the north korean leader to give up his nuclear program critics say little has really changed since that last meeting which some but dismissed as a photo opportunity particle hain from washington d.c. . this mild for the cameras quickly and then got back to the top u.s. secretary of state mike pompei oh and north korean negotiator kim young chill then went off to the white house behind closed doors a ninety minute meeting with president donald trump at the white house claimed progress the united states is going to continue to ke

tour now on his way to riyadh where he's expected to hold talks with the saudi crown prince mohammed bin sultan the story today from. mike bomb paling qatar with a message to the gulf countries and their dispute the west political crisis in decades for the gulf cooperation council president and i both believe the ongoing dispute in the region has dragged on too long and the dispute benefits adversaries and harms our mutual interests the emir of qatar shaped i mean been hammered out fanny greeted on peo after discussions with qatar's foreign minister said mohamed but i'll get a fanny both countries say they are keen to consolidate trade and military cooperation that includes expanding the largest u.s. military base in the middle east dade near the capital doha is home to the forward operating base of u.s. central command. and then we've discussed all the issues of interest for our countries regional issues starting with the gulf cooperation council and the peace process in the middle east as well as the reconsideration in afghanistan as well as other issues such as syria and counterterrorism. la

senate has blamed crown prince mohammed bin sultan for the crime, which the saudis deny. rebels in yemen attacked saudi coalition troops today with a bomb attached to a drone. least six soldiers were killed. the drone detonated at an air a base outden.ta ttry leaders of the saudi- led coalition wereding a parade there. the rebels in yemen are aligd with iran, but the iranians have denied giving them drone technology. in afghanistan, a series of taliban attacks killed at least 30 police and pro-government militia members. officials sathe militants struck at security checkpoints across four northern and western provinces. the attacks have come on almost a dasis, but this week, the taliban called off the latest round of peace talks with s. officials. new developments today on the u.s./north korea front. chinese reports say north korea's kim jong un told president xi jinping this week that he wants to achieve results nd denuclearization, in a seco summit with president trump. meanwhile, in seoul, south korean president moon jae-in said both north korea and the u.s. should do

and is expected to meet the saudi crown prince mohammed bin sultan in riyadh in the coming hours. the syrian army is preparing for an offensive by turkish forces on the kurdish rebel stronghold of. syria's government has deployed soldiers artillery and tanks to the suburbs of the city as he was forces get ready to leave her considers the kurdish y.p. which is backed by the u.s. to be a terrorist group. called the growing for a recount of votes in democratic republic of congo's disputed presidential election opposition leader martin for you to victory has been stolen from them is accusing the declared winner and his rival felix she scared of making a deal with the outgoing president joseph kabila also the influential regional body known as sonic is adding to calls by catholic church leaders for an invest. occasion in two elections. we have states are phrases on shake because the people have decided and the wishes of the people will come true i am a man of face. covering events from. what people think of christians here in the catholic and the catholic church is a huge influence yes

and malaysia has a new king sultan abdullah who was elected following the surprise application of these precepts of assault mohammed the fifth the first came to abdicate in the country's history malaysia has a unique monarchy where the role of rotates between his registry rulers every five years five years with a. couple iran's retrenched in venezuela might overshadow the pope's visit to nearby panama one of the countries that has recognized venezuela's new interim leader pope francis is in panama to celebrate world youth day in front of an expected audience of about two hundred thousand and eleven message of compassion and human rights and speaking to fans of migrants. anything for a glimpse of the first latin american pope. on the boulevards of panama capital as the excitement was palpable. sublimation it's my first time seeing the pope's a place it's such a great experience i feel blessed. and i feel great happiness it's really great that everyone is on the streets and people from abroad are here all the cultural. common space so it's really good food as hacienda but i can see it them waving yeah yeah pope franc

relation has a new king sultan abdullah of pa was elected following the surprise abdication of his predecessor so to mohammed the fifth the first came to advocate in the country's history malaysia has a unique mana kate where the role rotates between hereditary rulers every five years why shouldn't people be with them on a turkey is currently holding about seven hundred children in prison according to human rights groups after their mothers were convicted on what activists say are mostly political grounds one of these children is two year old may ross is mother is a kurdish activist he was jailed in the city of gab say on charges of spreading terrorist propaganda there as lives with his mom in a single cell alongside twelve other women they don't lose your good looks at the children living behind bars you only experience freedom at the weekend. saturdays the day the fathers pick up their children at the gates of the gives a prison the little ones can spend a day or two in freedom. as acrobat takes his two year old son mira's home every weekend the total is already gotten used to leaving his mother behind. th

malaysia has a new king the sultan abdullah of perhaps was elected following the surprise abdication of his predecessor soul to mohamed the fifth the first came to abdicate in the country's history malaysia has a unique monarchy where the role rotates between his reddit you do list every five minute people yes with them. now the democratic republic of congo has a new president to cater for a sport into office a short time ago in front of thousands of supporters as he used his inaugural speech to call for reconciliation promised to police all political prisoners present cicada succeeds joseph kabila who was in power for eighteen years of the election was marred by allegations of fraud it is the first peaceful transition of power in congo since the country gained independence in one thousand nine hundred sixty. let's get more on this from journalist live your acland who joins us on the line from kinshasa a welcome to the w the president followed up his call for reconciliation with action in announcing this release of political prisoners. yes indeed if you can sense you can release all political prisoners. he's he's an e

the country's leader sultan qaboos he was last in saudi arabia where yemen's civil war and the murder of saudi journalists. were top of the agenda the pair says crown prince mohammed bin sandman agreed to deescalate the fighting in yemen further and that agreements between the government and who he rebels must be upheld. at least four people have died after a vehicle laden with explosives was detonated in the afghan capital kabul ninety others were injured in the blast which took place outside a high security compound in the east of the city interior ministry spokesman says most of the victims are civilians has been no claim of responsibility for the attack but the forming of us made up all of my family they received injuries to the head hands legs make they were hurt by the blast. and he's in zimbabwe have fired tear gas at protesters angry about the about high fuel prices the cost of petrol and diesel more than doubled on sunday as president was government battles crippling shortages that have seen motorists sleep in fuel queues frustrated demonstrators have barricaded roads and set tires on fire. joining us on the phone from harare is the national government he