mohammed ali is not a political leader but his message has resonated with menu gyptian is the majority of whom live on just 2 dollars a day or less that it was the people are starving my life savings have evaporated why why the c.c. starve us while he lives in the curious palaces why is he trying to humiliate us he is supposed to be a public servant working for us this season who is in new york for the united nations general assembly denies corruption allegations describing them as lies. banned all unauthorized protests after he led the military coup which deposed egypt's 1st democratically elected president mohamed morsi 6 years ago tens of thousands of egyptians were arrested and jailed in the government crackdown which followed now human rights watch has poured in a new direction government not to repeat past mistakes urging leaders to protect the right to peaceful protest in upholding egypt's obligations under international human rights law authorities should immediately release all days arrested for soli exercising their rights whilst there are parallels that can be drawn with the

so what are the allegations against president sisi egyptian business and mohamed ali worked as a military contractor for 15 years now living in spain he began posting videos this month alleging says he spent millions of dollars of public money building palaces villas and hotels also q.c. she's wife into sort of squandering public funds on vanity projects and he accuses egypt's transport minister major general kemal always in and several military leaders of stealing money from construction companies working with the army including his own and hourly accuse the military's engineering or thoresby of failing to invite tenders and directly awarding projects to companies. let's bring in. the middle east and north africa research a human rights watch in washington d.c. calling it egypt's domestic affairs analyst and. a short founding director of the critical security studies program at the doha institute a welcome to you all like to begin with you are in the in what mohammed ali has done is effectively broken too big to have these within egyptian society criticizing the army and even more critic

by this contractor mohammed ali who has been releasing ukraine videos for the past week haven't he recently for which to cowichan to call on egyptians to go out into the street off to the end of the football match up today and he said peacefully make and. the result was small groups of people seemingly unafraid to briefly express themselves despite the huge risk. going out into the streets the 1st time in many years. journalist michael seen in cairo thank you so much for that in football shaka kept up the revival of david wagner when they hosted mines in friday friday's been easily a game. put shaka ahead in the 1st half with his 2nd goal of the season kareem. replied for minds to make it 11 but had the last word i mean i read scored a late winner to chalk up shockers 3rd consecutive league victory. the rugby world cup has begun with a hard fought win for japan in tokyo they game was preceded by a spectacular opening ceremony but then russia threatened to upset the party by scoring an early try the who's had back though to record a 3010 victory in the pool a clash saturday sees holders new

in terms of organization this was spurred by this contractor mohammed ali who's been. leafing you play video for the past couple of weeks i mean he recently switched to cowichan corn egyptians to go out into the street off to the end of a football match yesterday and he said peacefully make. the result small groups of people seemingly unafraid to retreat express themselves despite the huge risk. going out into the 1st time in many years. journalist ruth michael seen in cairo thank you so much for this that's all for now up next the sports are big business now traditional football clubs want to piece of the action that and more on shifts going to don't forget you can get all the latest news and information from around the clock on our web site at c w dot com thanks for watching. i . will not succeed in dividing us not succeed in taking the people off the streets because we're tired of this dictatorship. taking the stand global leaders that matters d. w. made for mines. and i'm james brown can you tell you from buying gold.

to see if people hit the streets again tonight and through this weekend especially next friday mohammed ali the man who you've been speaking about released a video last night he says he's planning to come back to egypt next friday so he obviously expects these protests. to continue and there may well be people inside the establishment who are behind him just to remind of us the demonstrations came after exiled south thanks ali gyptian businessman and to. ali who is also a military contractor accused president c.c.f. corruption he posted several videos online on social media that have been viewed hundreds or thousands of times how much of a threat is mohamed to c.c.'s power who is he and why does his message resonate currently with the egyptian people at the allegations of corruption and nothing new in egypt what why are people listening to what he's saying he's a significant threat to c.c. and one of the reasons why is we have to remember the context over the last several years sisi has come out in multiple public addresses and went out of his way to sort of reminded gyptian how poor the co

and that but when there the reaction of the people to mohammed ali message was so weak and this is not my opinion this is the reality on the ground as seen on the reuters and in many other news media that the number of people who is too small compared for example to generate 25 revolution or june 30th evolution again as we see when the nations of the people of the nations it revolted against a leader like morsi for example they went into ins of millions the same with mubarak so in this situation we are talking about few hundreds or few thousands of people in the streets so my point is the magnitude of that the action i see that if i am in the egyptian army i would be very relaxed now there are happy they're very action in the street proves that the majority of people are not with this election the do not revolt against the leadership they are many of them are under pressure we cannot deny this yes some financial pressure because of the changes in the economy and the subsidy assistive we can fully understand this but yet the egyptian people still and many of them if not morsi as a whole

mohammed ali is not a political leader but his message has resonated with many egyptians the majority of whom live on just 2 dollars a day or less was the people are starving my life savings have evaporated why why does she start. while he lives in the curious palaces why is he trying to humiliate us he is supposed to be a public servant working for us that it is easy who is in new york for the united nations general assembly denies corruption allegations describing them as lies. banned all unauthorized protests after he led the military coup which deposed egypt's 1st democratically elected president mohamed morsi 6 years ago tens of thousands of egyptians were arrested and jailed in the government crackdown which followed now human rights watch is calling on the egyptian government not to repeat past mistakes urging leaders to protect the right to peaceful protest in upholding egypt's obligations under international human rights law should immediately release all days arrested for soli exercising their rights laws there are parallels that can be drawn with the 2011 uprising which led

mohammed ali is not a political leader but his message has resonated with menu directions the majority of whom live on just 2 dollars a day or less was the people are starving my life savings have evaporated why why decease to starve us while he lives in the curious palaces why is he trying to humiliate us he is supposed to be a public servant working for us this season who is in new york for the united nations general assembly denies corruption allegations describing them as lies. and all unauthorized protests after he led the military coup which deposed egypt's 1st democratically elected president mohamed morsy 6 years ago. tens of thousands of egyptians were arrested and jailed and the government crackdown which followed now human rights watch is calling the new direction government not to repeat past mistakes urging leaders to protect the right to peaceful protest in upholding egypt's obligations under international human rights law or 30 should immediately release all those arrested for soli exercising their rights was there are parallels that can be drawn with the 2011 uprising w

mohammed ali is not a political leader but his message has resonated with menu gyptian is the majorityof whom live on just 2 dollars a day or less but that was the people are starving my life savings have evaporated why why the c.c. starve us while he lives in the jury's palaces why is he trying to humiliate us he is supposed to be a public servant working for us is that if c.c. who is in new york for the united nations general assembly denies corruption allegations describing them as lies will see beyond all unauthorized protests after he led the military coup which deposed egypt's 1st democratically elected president mohamed morsi 6 years ago. tens of thousands of egyptians were arrested and jailed in the government crackdown which followed now human rights watch is calling on you gyptian government not to repeat past mistakes urging leaders to protect the right to peaceful protest in upholding egypt's obligations under international human rights law authorities should immediately release all those arrested for soli exercising their rights whilst there are parallels that can be drawn

mohammed ali is not a political leader but his message has resonated with menu gyptian is the majorityof whom live on just 2 dollars a day or less but that was the people are starving my life savings have evaporated why why decease to starve us while he lives in the curious palace of y.c. trying to humiliate us he is supposed to be a public servant working for us is that if c.c. who is in new york for the united nations general assembly denies corruption allegations describing them as lies that banned all unauthorized protests after he led the military coup which deposed egypt's 1st democratically elected president mohamed morsi 6 years ago. tens of thousands of egyptians were arrested and jailed in the government crackdown which followed now human rights watch is calling on the egyptian government not to repeat past mistakes urging leaders to protect the right to peaceful protest in upholding egypt's obligations under international human rights law or 30 should immediately release all days arrested for soli exercising their rights was there are parallels that can be drawn with the 201

well the irony of it in 2019 and this is something that's mohammed ali the former army tractor spoke about was if anything for the. crown drool so to speak that he claims about as a major achievement was the opening up of or the expansion of the suez canal right this was canal being a lifeline for once was a lifetime for the egyptian economy by it being able to exert taxes on maritime traffic that would go through the canal and therefore it was a good source of income for for foreign currency to it so if anything if other for the you was truthful about his success as a president the last people to rise up against him should be those of us because they would be the 1st to reap the rewards of this major achievement but the fact that they are the 1st to protest against them and those who are continuing to protest against them despite the crackdown despite the images we've seen unravel in the past hour or 2 hours of police and security forces firing some sort of munition not just tear gas on the protesters that is an example and a clear as indication as you can get that the discontent be

mohammed ali is not a political leader but his message has resonated with menu gyptian is the majority of whom live on just 2 dollars a day or less was 0 the people are starving my life savings have evaporated why why the c.c. starve us while he lives in the curious palaces why is he trying to humiliate us he is supposed to be a public servant working for us is that if c.c. who is in new york for the united nations general assembly denies corruption allegations describing them as lies. beyond all unauthorized protests after he led the military coup which deposed egypt's 1st democratically elected president mohamed morsi 6 years ago. tens of thousands of egyptians were arrested and jailed in the government crackdown which followed now human rights watch is calling on the egyptian government not to repeat past mistakes urging leaders to protect the right to peaceful protest in upholding egypt's obligations under international human rights law or 30 should immediately release all days arrested for soli exercising their rights laws there are parallels that can be drawn with the 2011 uprisi

mohammed ali is not a political leader. but his message has resonated with menu directions the majority of whom live on just 2 dollars a day or less that it was 0 the people are starving my life's savings have evaporated why why the c.c. starve us while he lives in the curious palaces why is he trying to humiliate us he is supposed to be a public servant working for us this c.c. who is in new york for the united nations general assembly denies corruption allegations describing them as lies. and all unauthorized protests after he led the military coup which deposed egypt's 1st democratically elected president mohamed morsi 6 years ago. tens of thousands of egyptians were arrested and jailed in a government crackdown which followed now human rights watch is pulled in a new direction government not true to past mistakes urging leaders to protect the right to peaceful protest in upholding egypt's obligations under international human rights law or purity should immediately release all those arrested for soli exercising their ri

be put on the defensive like that inside of egypt by an egyptian why have the allegations that mohammed ali has made. transfixed egyptians so much i mean they have been allegations of corruption in the past against sisi and the military why why this time is it resonating more with people you think yeah i think there are a number of reasons perhaps i mean on the one hand he hasn't said anything that is super groundbreaking i mean egyptians know that there's corruption and inside inside the government apparatus right there's no surprises there but the fact that he's an insider that he worked with the military for about 15 years the fact that he has intricate details and also the fact that the economy is increasingly spiraling out of control for the average egyptian the average egyptian has been completely lost in the dust poverty is about is that about 33 percent according to the egyptian government that is about a 3rd of egyptians live on just over a dollar a day if we use the more realistic figures where the world bank and we're talking more like 50 to 60 percent of egyptians who are living

internet videos from an exiled building contractor mohammed ali triggered the protests from his home in spain he accuses sisi of corruption and mismanagement he's calling for new mass protests the open of this is the. strong egyptians this man is using you undeceive in you. the state broadcaster gives no air time of government critics until now a show is only pictures of sisi supporters sharing at a rally in cairo. and you are up to date thanks for watching. the adventures of the famous naturalist and explorer. to celebrate clicks on the phone books from 250. working on the for you tube discovery. expedition inboard on. when your family scattered across the globe. to listen to. the journey back to the roots government of the. shah's family from somalia live around the world to them one of them needed urgent assistance english. family starts october any on t w. this time on world story. threats to freedom of the press in kashmir. why kenya is my side are keeping bees. but we start off in peru where the top she companies. has received a hefty pint for illegal logging it's a victory for

in terms of organization this was spurred by this contractor mohammed ali who has been releasing these babies videos for the past couple of weeks and he recently for which to tell egyptians to call on egyptians to go out into the street after the end of a football match yesterday and he said peacefully make their voices heard and so the result was small groups of people seemingly unafraid to briefly express themselves despite the huge risks to going out into the streets for the 1st time in many years. journalist rick michel saying in cairo thank you so much melissa. protests are again underway in hong kong today with increasing tension between pro-democracy activists and supporters of the chinese government a demonstration took place in the outlying district of twin moon where anti-government activist birds a chinese flag here by public transport stations were shut down riot police were standing ready warning protesters to disperse. well the hong kong protests have spread to universities around the world chinese students studying abroad are facing off on campuses in other countries lik

internet videos from an exiled building contractor mohammed ali triggered the protests from his home in spain he accuses sisi of corruption and mismanagement he's calling for new mass protests. should there be strong objections this man is using you undeceive in you. the state broadcaster gives no air time of government critics until now a shows only pictures of sisi supporters cheering at a rally in cairo. for millions of people around the world fridays are now synonymous with climate strikes and more of them have taken place today the day started with tens of thousands of students gathering at public spaces in new zealand and demanded world leaders take immediate action to deal with the climate crisis. they marched in new zealand. in taiwan. and it's silly to all over the world the climate to protest and losing none of that urgency instead the calls for world leaders to take stronger action against climate change are echoing even in more remote regions like here in nepal where rising temperatures are eating away at places in the himalayas. we are the future generation the future of

of corruption can you tell us a little more about mohammed ali who he is what he's been doing to give us his message or his version of events out. so how many is a former military contractor and wilson egyptian based in spain he's been releasing daily for the past couple of weeks sharing what he says is previously confidential information showing that the military and. in particular have been misusing military funds and public funds in order to build grand palace which sisi and the military both do not. and so he called on egyptians yesterday after the end of a football match to go out into the streets and to make discontentment so what we saw was mixed really rare example. is rare because it's risky is that it. is extremely risky this is a country where an estimated 60000 political prisoners are i'm past people who protest openly in street it's arrest or a form of state sponsored violence people who are arrested are expected to be tortured and held incommunicado so long periods which has been the trend with prisoners in egypt since 2030. protesting it's essentially all it's illegal t

in terms of organization this was spurred by this contractor mohammed ali who's been. releasing the baby video for the past couple of weeks and then he recently for which to tell egyptians to call on egyptians to go out into the street after the end of a football match yesterday and he said peacefully make their voices heard and so the result was small groups of people seemingly unafraid to briefly express themselves despite the huge risk to going out into the streets for 1st time in many years. journalist michael seen in cairo thank you so much wolf. to the u.s. state of nevada now and a disappointment for people hoping to get a glimpse of extraterrestrial life a student had posted an event on facebook inviting people to storm the state secretive area 51 military base which is long rumored to housed government secrets and u.f.o.'s and aliens well despite millions of facebook facebook and facebook indicating that they would join the raid the turnout didn't quite live up to the hype. there was some revelers a few outlandish costumes but just not many earthlings and defi

internet videos from an exiled building contractor mohammed ali triggered the protests from his home in spain he accuses sisi of corruption and mismanagement he's calling for new mass protests. this is. the strong egyptians this man is using you undeceive in you. the state broadcaster gives no air time of government critics until now a shows only pictures of sisi supporters cheering at a rally in cairo. and you are up to date thanks for watching. the adventures of the famous naturalist and explorer. to celebrate clicks on the front of the boats from 250 barking on a 4 inch of discovery. expedition in blood on the.

and on it, among other things, you did mohammed ali on the "national lampoon radio hour."ht after the rumble in the jungle. for people out there who don't remember, that was an extraordinary fight, an epoch making fight. and john belushi host dispd you played ali. and who is playing foreman? >> bill murray. >> stephen: and he was like, "we recorded this before the fight and we don't know who won the fight but do you, please welcome mohammed ali and george foreman." and two of you do one of the most amazing scenes. george foreman said i was in job corps for nine years, had a career as a chopping block. how did you guys put together those radio hour pieces? >> that was long. >> stephen: that was long? >> what you just did. ( laughter ) no, but-- i'm so glad that you-- i haven't heard this thing in 30-something years. >> stephen: i recommend it. >> so i knew john pretty well, belushi, and he said, "we want to do this thing." when i was just starting out i was doing this ali imitation -- >> stephen: it was here in new york expwierks yeah. like, 20th century media, something li

mohammed ali posted videos on you tube and facebook this month calling for protests against corruption when most egyptians live in poverty his message is resonating with many people. 0 the people are starving my life savings have evaporated why why does he see starve us while he lives in the curious palaces why is he trying to humiliate us he is supposed to be a public servant working for us c.c. who is in new york for the united nations general assembly denies corruption allegations describing them as allies seize the band prize protests after he led the military coup which deposed president mohammed morsy 6 years ago tens of thousands of egyptians were arrested and jailed in the government crackdown which followed human rights watch is calling on the egyptian government not to repeat past mistakes. to protect the right to peaceful protest in upholding egypt's obligations under international human rights law should immediately release all those arrested for soli exercising their rights. analysts say it's too early to say whether the army's relatively hanzal response suggest some comma

mohamed ali boxed there and lennox lewis and so ali boxed there and lennox lewis and so many of the stars and performers. it is going to be a surreal moment for me being able to win my road title, but i arty have it. but it will be like winning my road title for the first time there and creating history. coming up in a moment, the papers. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are the former fleet street editor, eve pollard and the political correspondent for the finacial times — laura hughes borisjohnson returning boris johnson returning to borisjohnson returning to face the house of commons. to face the house of commons after the supreme court ruling that his prorogation of parliament was illegal. even i watched it on tv, you're in the chamber and both the atmosphere like? it was a really toxic atmosphere. i have never seen such vitriolic both sides of the commons chamber. there was future pause from the tory mp side —— huge applause. but then you're these consistently shouting at him that he is a liar and a fraud. and that he sh

mohammed ali is not a political. either but his message has resonated with menu directions the majority of whom live on just 2 dollars a day or less that it was the people are starving my life's savings have evaporated why why decease to starve us while he lives in the curious palaces why is he trying to humiliate us he is supposed to be a public servant working for us this c.c. who is in new york for the united nations general assembly denies corruption allegations describing them as lies. beyond all unauthorized protests after he led the military coup which deposed egypt's 1st democratically elected president mohamed morsi 6 years ago. tens of thousands of egyptians were arrested and jailed in a government crackdown which followed now human rights watch is calling a new direction government not to appeal to past mistakes urging leaders to protect the right to peaceful protest in upholding egypt's obligations under international human rights law or purity should immediately release all those arrested for soli exerci

of 2011 and also the role of social media because it's been the postings we understand of this mohammed ali out of spain has really tapped into a deep well of resentment absolutely i think because of this kind of closure of public space over the last 6 years so the only way that people can come and can express themselves through the social media mohammed ali was the target of invested in this kind of public anger resentment economic calamity politically and socially so i think this will increase in the coming days definitely. a nanny thank you very much indeed you. know the u.s. is sending. well troops to saudi arabia and to the united arab emirates to base defenses against what it calls it raining aggression their deployment follows the attack on saudi oil facilities as mike hanna now reports. it was a hastily arranged news conference at the pentagon following a meeting of the national security council the secretary of defense announced the further deployment of u.s. forces to the middle east the intention he said to bolster the defense systems of saudi arabia and the united arab emirates

when he had stephanie mention mohammed ali he's the former government contractor who's videos helped spark those protests he's issued a new message on social media calling on ceasing to step down. as the how the. c.c.s. way that you will leave power if the people don't want you so please be a man if you would have done that your office is upset the people let them walk in the streets freely you promised the people freedom so please stop seeing a lion in a major border crossing between iraq and syria is due to be reopened on monday i'm crossing has been closed since 2012 to all but government all military traffic the trade route has been seized and controlled by their us groups over the past 70 years including syrian rebels and i sold the crossing will now be open for trade and travel. time for a short break here now to see when we come back chained abused and tortured nigerian police free at least $300.00 imprisoned boys. another government protest my hong kong this time the focus is on activists detained near the chinese border more on that stay with us. and there we have some rain

mohammed ali is not a political leader but. message has resonated with menu gyptian as the majority of whom live on just $2.00 a day or less that it was 0 the people are starving my life's savings have evaporated why why decease to starve us while he lives in the curious palaces why is he trying to humiliate us he is supposed to be a public servant working for us this season who is in new york for the united nations general assembly denies corruption allegations describing them as lies that banned all unauthorized protests after he led the military coup which deposed egypt's 1st democratically elected president mohamed morsi 6 years ago tens of thousands of egyptians were arrested and jailed in the government crackdown which followed now human rights watch is calling on the egyptian government not to repeat past mistakes urging leaders to protect the right to peaceful protest in upholding egypt's obligations under international human rights law or 30 should immediately release old days arrested for soli exercising their rights

there's a chink in the of the egyptian army there seems to be a little bit of a panic this man mohammed ali has managed to really get his message across and people are out on the streets do you think that the army is position is weakened that the president has met his match. thanks for the question actually i see the opposite completely here because initially your point may be correct there was some warry some maybe possible level of panic. but when there the reaction of the people to message was so weak and this is not my opinion this is the reality on the ground as seen on reuters and in many other news media that the number of people who is too small compared for example to generate 25 revolution or of june 30th evolution are going to see when the nations of the people of the nations there revolt against a leader like morsi for example they went into ins of millions the same with mubarak so in this situation we are talking about few hundreds or few thousands of people in the streets so my point is the magnitude of that the action i see that if i am in the egyptian army i would be very re

about corruption but it was a businessman in spain that storks the fire calling for the protests mohamed ali started posting videos on you tube and facebook and early september he leaked cissie in his military wasted millions of dollars of public money and palaces and her towns he said he knew because he built them on why spend a huge amount of money building these houses i never. stood his decision the problem was that these wife didn't want to sleep in the same home when mubarak's wife stayed taken low level corruption to a new level i built 5 villas for theses a palace for the president and a military camp in cairo a slap to the one week ago speaking at a youth summit in cairo president says he did not directly address the accusations of corruption against him and his army but he did say this. how much do you think a day of operations in sinai costs we don't talk about this then we see someone daring to come out and defame the army someone who wants to shock you panic you someone who dares to try to disparage the great value of our great army when cici little military coup of president mo

those within the security apparatus who are sympathetic to the protest movement sympathetic to mohammed ali the man that you've been talking about all morning this is certainly a possibility i'd like to let it play out a few days before i make any conclusions on that the mubarak era security apparatus was sometimes you know they took a sort of a hands off approach and then another times they they crack down brutally more u.s. troops and missile defense systems are being sent to saudi arabia and the united arab emirates is their true friend against what it calls a rainy and aggression iran denies american allegations that it's responsible for attacks on saudi oil pipeline plants a week ago the head of iran's revolutionary guards is warning any country that launches an attack will become a battlefield same as ravi has more from a new museum exhibition which is showcasing it rainin military might. 2 of the senior most figures in the islamic revolutionary guard corps were in attendance at a new military exhibit at the horizons war museum the head of the i.r.g.c. hussein salami and the head of t

to go out on the streets it's given a certain encouragement and maybe the political nature of mohammed ali is something that is welcomed across the pro democracy kind of camps in egypt because it allows for people to unite over one thing which is a call for better governance rather than get bogged down in. internal politics over the rules and islamists and so forth what's important about momentum here is that if we're going to look from here until next friday is there needs to be if this is going to come into something bigger constant protests we've seen now for the 2nd night and a role will be speaking about that now but also very important the return of university started to make life young people whether they're going to start mobilizing their own ways that could very well lead to a week of activism that has never been seen since under fatah over power through the military coup in 201324 hours ago the center of the gravity of these protests seem to be tarrier square which which fomented that 2011 revolution but tonight we're seeing protests in suez but that too seems to be a center or a

was alluding to allegations made by egyptian businessmen mohammed ali who worked as a military convoy the 15 year. allie has posted a series of videos on social media in which he says sisi and members of the armed forces wasted millions of dollars of public money on palaces villas and hotels i wonder why spend a huge amount of money building these houses i never understood his decision the problem was that ccs wife didn't want to sleep in the same home when mubarak's wife stayed taken low level corruption to a new level i built 5 villas facilities a palace for the president and a military camp in cairo. uploaded the videos from spain where he's living in self-imposed exile they've been viewed more than a 1000000 times analysts say the absence of additional evidence doesn't matter to many egyptians the reality on the ground is that many egyptians are watching these videos they're starting to have doubts even sisi supporters are starting to have doubts about his integrity as a leader and about the military's integrity so i think it's significant some people in egypt are demanding that.

as well as other army generals mohammed ali who worked as a military contract of a 15 years says they wasted millions of dollars on villas hotels and a seaside palace for sisi he's been posting from spain where he lives in self-imposed exile i wonder why spend a huge amount of money building these houses i never understood his decision was he staying in a one bedroom apartment of course not the problem was that these wife didn't want to sleep in the same home when mubarak's wife stayed taken low level corruption to a new level i built 5 villas facilities a palace for the president and a military camp in cairo i built a home in alexandria for the sisi family despite it being an official residence in the same compound the modifications demanded by cc's wife cost more than $1500000.00 the army also ordered me to build 125000000 dollars hotel in cairo's 5th see it all meant. pro-democracy protests as a valid in the streets of algeria for the 13th straight week the country has been without an elected president since them and trace demonstrators forced the former leader abdelaziz bouteflika

are those within the security apparatus or sympathetic to the protest movement sympathetic to mohammed ali the man that you've been talking about all morning this is certainly a possibility i'd like to let it play out a few days before i make any conclusions on that the mubarak era security apparatus was sometimes you know they took a sort of a hands off approach and then another times they they crack down brutally so i'd like to see a play out of a few days but there are those who feel that there is someone behind mohammad ali someone in the power structure behind within the military correct we and we know that there are there are fractures within the power apparatus in egypt otherwise sisi would not have cracked down on sami and then and ahmad shafi of these would be presidential candidates as hard as he did back in 2018 he wouldn't have done that if there if those people didn't have backing inside the power apparatus so there is a fracture we just don't know how how significant it is i think we're going to find out though in the coming days so how much momentum do you think there is rig

defying widders to remain silent stephanie decker al-jazeera when you heard stephanie mention mohammed ali that he's the former government contractor who's videos helped spark the protests is issued a new message on social media calling on c.z. to step down but it is not how the. c.c.s. way that you will leave power if the people don't want you so please be a man if you would don't let your offices upset the people let them walk in the streets freely you promise the people freedom so please stop being a lion polls are open in afghanistan for the 4th presidential elections since the fall of the taliban in 2001 an extra 100000 security personnel are on standby following threats of attacks on polling stations from the taliban about 9000000 people are registered to vote the front runner is the incumbent president ashraf ghani his main rival is the country's chief executive officer of delaware tony burke who joins us live now from kabul tony said despite all the security concerns across the country the election still going ahead how worried are people about going to vote. well i have to say it'

confirm that as for momentum i think it's hard to tell i mean ultimately the challenge here is that mohammed ali doesn't really have a have an organizational base he doesn't have a base on the ground he's not he's not in egypt at the moment. there is in the clear direction behind where these protests might go that and of course the fact that the authorities have taken a lot of measures to prevent anyone from going out this time around they were searching for days they've been searching anyone's for any young person's phone passing through to where you are looking for any indication that they support the protests going through their social media and one somewhat humorous situation there was a report that one young man's phone ran out of internet credit and the officer gave him a hotspot so that he could continue to search the device. has been a very meticulous attempt to kind of close down public space to prevent a repeat of what what we saw last week. but it's still unclear that there's much there's much momentum for this to continue given that there is that lack of organization and of course th

studies program at the doha institute a welcome to you all like to begin with you are in the in what mohammed ali has done is effectively broken too big to have these within egyptian society criticizing the army and even more criticizing the president that's sparked a movement of people out on the streets could this movement build always saying then you are. that's a question. i think there is no definitive answer to it but i think i believe that the. the bus 2 weeks what mohammed adi has done is he actually managed to do things that all. have not been able to do in the past few years and. president his government has some heard every bit of damage to their image to dinner but. any use of violence such as what happened in. by security forces on friday night will. more damage i think. the main reason why actually people took to the streets in response to these calls is because there are no other channels no other. windows for any peaceful action in egypt in a normal to society in a normal. i wouldn't say even democracy but. i think. of corruptions could be. you know could be covered by. articles b

by the revelations of corruption and mismanagement by her person exiled government contractor mohammed ali as well as obviously 1 when some very tense up frustration about the poor economic situation the increasing and poverty in the country the lack of any freedom opportunity for citizens to participate meaningfully in the political process as pro-government protests we understand from several sources that the government is calling all the stops to 1 encourage those who do support sisi to come out in force of course i don't think pro-government protesters are really seeing the arrests and prosecutions that the anti-government protesters are facing so certainly the government will have to explain why protesters are being treated differently are based on their point of view and what will tell us more about those arrests because there are different figures here the government has said about a 1000 your organization. has claimed round 2000 people have been swept up in this cracked what's what's behind it what's the reasoning behind these arrests. well 1st of all in terms of discrepancy in the

i mean we haven't seen documented proof or evidence of these allegations mohammed ali hasn't provided that and we it's also emerged that his company is a good sum of money by the government over the can over some infrastructure projects so perhaps he has there might be a most of that he has some monetary interest does that deserve some consideration or at least some caution in regard to these allegations i'm sure he had fallen out with them as part of the rings of corruption but. the fact he have given names given addresses and given details and facts and you should be looked at and seem to me in egypt the judiciary the police the government to sort of are not willing to can action just so degrading what is this about not addressing the facts the facts he said which seems through to everybody listen to it like we serve. should this online campaign continue might the government take some serious measures for example to block internet access in the country i would be surprised i don't know how much limitations they can do but i would imagine they would do and i fear for the life of muha

and you heard stephanie mention mohamed ali that's the former government contractor his videos helped spark those protests he has issued a new message on social media calling on president sisi to step down or rather there's no how do. they see you sway that you will leave power if the people don't want you so please be a man of your word don't let your offices upset the people let them walk in the streets freely you promise the people freedom so please stop being a liar. well the un high commissioner for human rights says more than 2000 people have so far been arrested michel basle a reminder of the egyptian government that under international law people have a right to protest peacefully and she urged authorities to radically change their approach to any future protests tim they called us as a nonresident fellow the institute for middle east policy and he says the situation in egypt remains fragile. the government's reaction even before the protests began was very intense in terms of the president himself addressing these videos we got a statement from the minister of defense insisti

to form these protests come off the back of revelations by a former military contractor named mohammed ali who exposed millions of dollars worth of embezzlement and theft of state funds by sisi and his family at a time when the egyptian president has introduced sweeping austerity measures claiming the government was no longer able to subsidize living costs on saturday ali released another video giving c.c. a one week ultimatum i am still waiting for a response from the defense minister and security forces saying the c.c. is out he is no longer fit for this next friday is his ultimatum says i'm waiting for that decision and the next step is a multi 1000000 man march we started in our local streets but next friday we will take to the major square as. muhammad ali is not a political leader. but his message has resonated with menu gyptian is the majority of whom live on just 2 dollars a day or less that it was 0 the people are starving my life's savings have evaporated why why does c.c. starve us while he lives in the jury's palaces why is he trying to humiliate us he is supposed to be a publi