well first of all this is that what we heard from the muslim brotherhood the same with mohamed morsi before the elections he says that he's lived by and he's committed you know to keep the peace treaty and peace. relations with israel and so this is the message that you are getting from the muslim brotherhood but this is not the question you see you have both statements and declare nations before the elections and that would say that those are only for the campaign. but when you are president of the not this is you have to take care and to take into account also the interest of the country and the interest of the countries to keep the peace treaty between israel and egypt. so you think that's going to happen you think it's just campaign words and that actually when a person is in office they're going to see the geo political reality of it all. well first of all any new president would have to take the geo political situation in the middle east the second point is we have to wait and see who is going to win between the two contenders there's a lot of still a lot of time in two and a h

the group's leader, mohamed morsi, is leading the presidential race. during campaigning, he advocated building a nation based on islam and repeatedly made remarks about restricting women's rights. his remarks posted on the internet are also proving controversial. >> reporter: in parliament, islamist lawmakers are submitting bills about women. including one that would limit the rights. the secular policies adopted by the mubarak administration helped women to participate in society. egyptian women are now feeling a sense of crisis and fear that an islamist president may sharply restrict their rights. kamel is a tv anchor and pro-democracy activist. she ran in the presidential election on a platform calling for a promotion of women's rights. she drew attention as the only female candidate, but she pulled out of the race after an islamist group threatened here and disrupted her campaign. she fears that resurrection against women in egypt have been getting stricter by the days since mubarak's fall. >> translator: islamic fundamentalists want to send women

setting the stage for a potential runoff showdown with mubarak's last prime minister islam is mohamed morsy supporters have already thrown down the gauntlet and their shoes at ahmed shafik calling him a remnant of the old regime. detention for seven hundred students mass arrests in canada's increasingly furious rallies over college fees quebec's government introduced emergency laws aimed at curbing protests which instead sparked further demonstrations. the time to shift gears now and head outdoors to the sunny skies with moscow out and everything warm to do in moscow. hello great things and good to see you again this week will be exploring the beauty of the call to keep the area of over six square kilometers it's one of the largest outdoor spaces in the russian capital of culture it's the ideal place to bring family friends what exactly is there to do here and why is the park so popular while that's. one of the oldest and largest parks in europe the area has a wide and varied history. the park gains its name from the. hunting ground for birds of prey and a place where the mosque and ability

. >>> mohammed morsi leads the pack but it looks like he'll face a runoff with ahm. he breaks it down and what it would mean for the u.s. >> reporter: he was the pack-up, the spare tire candidate, but when the muslim brother'd leading mass was barred from competing, mohammed morsi has a good shot in a rush-off. run off. analysts say the prospect that mohammed morsi could be egypt's next president might be unsettling to the u.s. and its allies. >> he's quite hostile toward westerners and consistently says he wants egypt to be an islamic state and has very unplace amount things to say about key american interests including treaty with is real. >> reporter: he says morsi wouldn't rip up his trea treat with is reechlt he says morsi and the muslim brotherhood want to implement shehari'a law in egypt. >> they won't force women to wear veils. but they want to roll back the laws against sexual harassment which they said is due to women's nakedness and they've tried to repeal the ban on female genital mutilation. >> reporter: an ally responded. >> do you believe that? we're t

mohammed morsi. because he is the candidate so we can do that of the revolution which will make sure we get rid of the remnants of the regime and prevent the country from moving backwards but the muslim brotherhood is tainted by the same accusation and critics fear the group will stay in egypt away from democracy into hardline islamic rule already the brotherhood controls more than half the seats in the new egyptian parliament and there are people among poor communities gives them the edge which is why those who took to tell his square last year are worried i'm sure of the martyrs who are alive they would think that this is all his just no one chances for elections they wanted to free them now years and monthly massacre that takes place when people prove that you don't even have the right to be listened in a big square how can be resupplied we stand here last but of which a fix strong showing also threatens to undo everything mariam and her friends fought for shafiq is deeply hated by many egyptians

as mohammed morsi. because he is the candidate of. the candidate of the revolution which will make sure we get rid of the remnants of the regime and prevent the country from moving backwards but the muslim brotherhood is tainted by the same accusation and critics fear that people still in egypt away from democracy into hardline islamic rule already the brotherhood controls more than half the seats in the new egyptian parliament and they repealed among poor communities gives them the edge which is why those who took to tell his square last year what we eat i'm sure to the martyrs where life they would think that it is just no one jumped for elections they wanted to free them now using the money mustn't it takes place when people who don't even have the right to be listened in a big square. how can the release of christ and her last but which are fixed wrong showing also threatens to undo everything mariam and her friends fought for shafiq is deeply hated by many egyptians and was pelted with stones and shoes when he went to vote but fo

mohammed morsi not him personally but because he is the candidate of new egypt so we can do that of the revolution which will make sure we get rid of the remnants of the regime and prevent the country from moving backwards but the muslim brotherhood is tainted by the same accusation and critics fear the group will stay egypt away from democracy into hardline islamic rule already the brotherhood controls more than half the seats in the new egyptian parliament and they were peeled among poor communities gives them the edge which is why those who took to turkey square last year are worried i'm sure of the martyrs who are like the real thing that this is all you know is just no one chance for elections they wanted to free them now years in the monthly massacre that takes place when even though they don't even have the right to be listened in a big square power can be released to every single one but after which a fix trunk showing also threatens to undo everything mariam and her friends fought for shafiq is deeply hated by many egyptians and was pelted with stones and shoes when he went to

mohammed morsi of the muslim brotherhood and ahmed shafik, the last, minister under hosni mubarak, are the two top winners in the first-ever competitive presidential election in egypt. hours after the official decision by the commission announced the two in the runoff, the streets of tahrir have been killed once again. they're calling for some kind of change. a member of the revolutionary socialist movement. >> there are hundreds growing into thousands, hopefully. i think it is a reaction to the official results being announced putting morsi first and should seek in second place. i think it is a lot of people expressing discontent. a lot of people have boycotted and do not trust the system and are taking to the streets. others cannot believe egyptians have chosen should seek an morsi to be the final two. >> not long afterwards, the campaign headquarters for ahmed shafik are stormed and set ablaze. outside the campaign headquarters of ahmed shafik, there is a chaotic scene. fire trucks have put out a fire. people are blaming the muslim brotherhood for what happened. others are planning

candidates, egyptian voters narrowed it down to two promising contenders: from the conservative mohammed morsino relation to morrissey. [ laughter ] he's a member of the muslim brotherhood, which is kinda like the sisterhood of the travelling pants, only they don't allow their sisters to travel, or wear pants. [ laughter ] he's facing off against secular former military officer and prime minister under hosni mubarak, ahmed shafiq, who promises to "restore security with an iron fist." which is why, if things don't work out for him in egypt, he could run for office in arizona. after all it's a desert, and they've already begun mummifying their current ruler. [ laughter ] [cheers and applause] egyptians are so excited about these candidates, they're taking to the streets! >> in tahrir square last night thousands of young revolutionaries came out to protest. they said they do not like ahmed shafiq, the former member of the mubarak regime. and at the same time they certainly do not want the muslim brotherhood who is going to base the egyptian state on islamic law. >> some people are already chantin

. >> frontrunners include mohamed morsi. of the muslim brotherhood, a fundamentalist group. abdelmonen abol fotoh abdel ises this is also in the race. he's a moderate islamist who left the brotherhood. other strong contenders are ahmed shafik and amre moussa. he's a former foreign minister and arab league secretary-general. egyptians voted in parliamentary elections between last november and january. islamic parties won the largest shares of votes. the result of the presidential election should be known within a week. none of the candidates is likely to win a majority. the first and second-place finishers will face each other next month in a runoff vote. >>> representatives of six world powers have started new talks with iranian officials. they're trying to come to some sort of agreement over the country's controversial nuclear program. the discussions started wednesday in baghdad. this is the group's second meeting since negotiations resumed in mid-april after a 15-month break. the world powers consist of the united states, russia, china, britain, france, and germany. their

among the four main candidates: mohammed morsi of the muslim brotherhood, the oldest and largest islamist group. many of his supporters favor installing a version of islamic sharia law. >> ( translated ): i voted for i believe that egypt has to be an islamic state that follows the islamic sharia and those who refuse using the sharia do not really understand it, which is why they are against following it. >> ifill: another islamist abdel-moneim abolfotoh is considered a moderate, with support from secular liberals and minority christians. the leading secular candidates include mubarak's former prime minister ahmed shafiq, who insisted he was his own man-- then, and now. >> i worked for myself. i worked for my family. i worked for the big family of egypt not for someone or for the regime. i am serving egypt, egypt and egypt. >> ifill: former foreign minister amr moussa is also a veteran of the mubarak years, but says he firmly supports egypt's turn to democracy. >> ( translated ): this is a good start for the second republic and if god wills it the majority of votes will bring the right pre

he'll face mohamed morsi. they ran an announcement that sparks demonstrations across the country. many young voters protested last year in tahrir square to demand the removal of president hosni mubarak. they are upset his prime minister is a contender to replace him. morsi finished on top in the first round. he won more than 24%. shafiq came second. the run-off campaign is expected to be a divisive showdown between the islamist and the secularist reminder of the old regime. >>> kofi annan is trying to salvage his plan to end the violence in syria. the joint envoy of the u.n. and arab league hopes to meet later in the day with president bashar al ashaud. assad. annan returns to damascus. they killed more than 100 people. many of the casualties were women and children. >> our goal is to stop the suffering. it must end, and it must end now. >> the government forces have not let up in their attacks. human rights activists say nearly 70 people were killed in the past two days. >>> police in tokyo are trying to find out what a chinese diplomat has been up to. they've asked the man to su

its candidate, mohamed morsi finished first with more than 24% of the vote. former president hosni mubarak's last prime minister ahmed shafiq came second with more than 23%. but no one secured an absolute majority, so the two front-runners will enter a runoff june 16th and 17th. protesters ousted mubarak last year in the swell of the arab spring. young egyptians spearheaded the uprising, but the youth failed to field a strong candidate in the presidential poll. the runoff campaign is expected to be a divisive showdown between the islamists and a reminder of the old regime. >>> people in japan's northeast are focused on overcoming the challenges of the 2011 disaster, but it won't be easy. they have to rebuild homes, businesses, entire communities. we'll show you their struggles and their successes on "the road ahead" every wednesday at 1:00 p.m. japan time here on "newsline." >>> japan's former prime minister is defending how he led his country through one of its most challenging times in history. naoto kan was in charge on march 11th, 201, when an earthquake

the muslim brotherhood candidate, mohamed morsi finished on top in the first round. the runoff campaign is expected to be a showdown between the islamist and secularist reminder of the old regime. >>> kofi annan tried before and failed, now the joint u.n. arab league envoy is again asking syrian president bashir al assad to agree to a cease-fire and end his crackdown. the pair held a meeting in damascus according to syrian state media. annan wants to salvage a six week old peace plan, but his trip is being overshadowed by attack that left more than 100 civilians dead. government forces shelled the village of houla on friday. locals say attackers went after dozens of civilians, mostly women and children. the assad regime blames armed rebels. >> our goal is to stop this suffering. it must end and it must end now. >> but syrian soldiers aren't heeding that message. they have not let up in their attacks. human rights activists say nearly 70 people have been killed in the past two days. >>> japan and china will start direct trading between the yen and the yuan on the toky

the group's leader mohamed morsi is louisinge ing leading a pres. during campaigning, he advocated building a nation on islam and repeatedly made remarks about restricting women's rights. his remarks posted on internet are also proving controversial. in parliament, islamist lawmakers were submitting bills about women including one that would limit the rights. women participate in society. educa educated women are now feeling crisis and fear that an islamist president may restrict their rights. this woman is a tv anchor and pro democracy activist. she ran in the presidential election on the platform calling for a promotion of women's rights. she drew attention as the only female candidate. but she pulled out of the race after military rulers and an islamist group threatened her and disrupted her campaign. she fears that restrictions against women in egypt have been getting stricter by the days since mubarak's fall. >> translator: islamic fundamentalists want to send women back to square one. women in egypt are not even second class citizens, but thir

setting the stage then for a potential run off with mubarak's last prime minister is the most mohamed morsy supporters already thrown down the gauntlet and the shoes that ahmed shafik calling him a remnant of the old regime. and detention for seven hundred students mass arrests in canada is increasing be furious rallies over college fees government introduced emergency laws to curb the protests which instead start further demonstrations about the news in full in fifteen minutes south of the sport right now with. good job your company this is sports today plenty ahead over the next ten minutes including all this. let the condo and began an injury depleted russia squad continue their euro twenty twelve preparations with a warm up match against uruguay tonight in the russian capital. monte carlo mayhem a suspicious device is exploded by bomb disposal experts at the monaco formula one grand prix cars jenson button locks the quickest time in practice. on the ball twenty ten champions zach johnson city is to be free to secure the run one lead the colonial. double first for russia's preparations f

setting the stage for potential runoff showdown with mubarak's former prime minister islamism ahmed mohamed morsy supporters have already thrown down the gauntlet and their shoes that are calling him all reminiscent of the old regime. detention for seven hundred students mass arrests and shattered his increasingly riotous rallies over college fees for bags government introduced emergency laws to curb the protests about instead sparked more demonstrations. even joins us now with all the latest sports news and a big summer of football begins in earnest tonight for russian fact so it certainly does yeah there's a big match for europe why in just about two hours time the continent a euro twenty twelve really beginning tonight really beginning but it's next month when the federally starts right yeah that's right june eighth put that in your diary it's russia's first euro two thousand and twelve game the czech republic up we've got more all of it in just a sec. good job your company this is sports today plenty ahead over the next ten minutes including all this. let the countdown begin an injury deplete

but when the leading man was barred from competing, mohammed morsi became the top choice for egypt'sot as holla mentioned as beating hosni mubarak's ally in the runoffs. >> reporter: the prospect he could be egypt's next president might be unsettling to the u.s. and its allies. >> in person he's quite hostile toward westerners and consistently says he wants egypt to be an islamic state and has very unpleasant things about key american interests, including the treaty with israel -- >> eric traiger was in egypt during the arab spring and has interviewed morsi. he said he wouldn't rip up the treaty, but a harder line toward israel than mubarak did. he said morsi and the brotherhood wants to implicate sharia law. >> the brotherhood is trying to, first of all, roll back the laws against sexual harassment, which they have said is due to women's nakedness. and secondly they've tried to repeal the ban on female genital mutilation. >> an ally of morsi's responded. >> do you yourself believe that? is any democracy that would allow this to happen? we're totally against this. we've had women's r

we will see the face off between mohamed morsi and ahmed shafiq.f of some both garnered 24% of the votes in the first round. the election so far has been remarkably surprising. the results have defied all the predictions that the experts have put forward. most of the polling put the top two front runners as foermer prime minister who broke off from the muslim brotherhood about a year ago to run as an independent president. the high election council announced the final results of the first round yesterday. there have been some very interesting developments in the last 24 hours, with demonstrations in the square and the torching of his campaign headquarters. i think what we have is a very highly dynamic situation heading into the run off of these elections. what i thought i would do just to set the scene is talk not so much about the candidates, but about the broad context of these elections. and what we can expect to see in the second round or in the run off of these elections. but also what they signified 4 pager's transition in politics. transitio

doing for top former brotherhood leader cairo physician and long time and to mubarak dissident and mohamed morsi the muslim brotherhood's choice who has a respected party and well financed campaign behind him the fact that there are two strong islamised candidates means the islamist voters split although on foreign policy issues they're united the council believe that the two of them. try to improve the relation of the expanse of egypt's relationship was the last of. them are going to try to improve the relations was israel. i believe it's going to get more. chances are high that egyptians will vote in an islamized president but this support is no way near what it was in recent parliamentary elections was egypt tough on. civil servants and picked up the surge to consider the status challenges to. many of the thirteen candidates it's expected to top fifty six making it one of. the highly likely but the delays are making egyptians edgy time and again the ruling generals lift out as to whether the elections would even happen and concern is right that the army plans to stay in power or at least pull

potential to split the country into an islamist candidate pitted against a member of the former regime mohamed morsi is the choice of the powerful muslim brotherhood well as much afic was the last prime minister to serve under hosni mubarak egyptians and now have to choose one or the other for the country's top job and no one is happy. because he has become the. candidate of the revolution should we get rid of the remnants of the regime and prevent the country from moving backwards but the muslim brotherhood is tainted by the same accusation and critics fear the group will stay egypt away from democracy into hardline islamic rule already the brotherhood controls more than half the seats in the new egyptian parliament and their appeal among poor communities gives them the edge which is why those who took to tell his square last year are worried i'm sure of the martyrs who are alive they would think that this is all his just no one chances for elections they wanted to free them now years and monthly massacre that takes place only because those who don't even have the right to be listened in the big sq

largest political force the muslim brotherhood already claims its candidate is leading the race mohamed morsi is expected to face off in the second round against ousted president mubarak's last prime minister ahmed shafik the runoff will happen in the middle of june the muslim brotherhood controls nearly half the country's parliament and mersey has pledged to usher in a sharia law f.-l. elected there's a growing concern in egypt about how much control the ruling military council will cede the absence of a new constitution paves the way for a power struggle hording to some observers. which we couldn't afford that could have. should be for this. most of the egyptians have voted for that we have to get the elected parliament food and then we can. go to the fusion but currently most of the people say that if we have a bit of them we would have a constitution of the sponsibility clear that. could have the abilities that can make a conflict between different political factions and between the problem and i and then you put is of the since both of them would be the sponsible fuller then you could a

expected to continue over the weekend was the brotherhood has claimed a runoff between its candidate mohamed morsi and the former prime minister next month doesn't contenders are hoping to a place that has forced the country revolution fifteen months ago i mean while the actual powers of the president have yet to be defined by the country's interim constitution car. based journalist you see that's creating tension time in egypt. when we call the four of the. constitution should be first. most of egyptians have voted for that we have to get elected parliament first and then we can derive the constitution but currently most of the people say if we have a president. would have a constitutional responsibility clear the. constitution as sponsibility as that can make a conflict between different political factions and between the parliament and then you president since both of them will be responsible for the new constitution and there is a conflict of interest of the both of them would like to maximize their power and some people and some analysts as peter if islamists lose as deserved because eventual

islamist or a top official from the mubarak era the runoff vote between the muslim brotherhood's mohamed morsi and former prime minister ahmed shafik will take place next month but cairo based activist on the other says many egyptians are already disillusioned with the bout it. there is a general sense of disappointment in the whole country people did not expedite that especially in those that we've reviewed unities did not expect that egyptians will vote for nor evolution the two candidates that have been chosen for the runoff means that all of them belongs to that if so there is a general sense of disappointment of course among the young people on which to present the majority of the population but now everyone is asking them to vote for much as he was involved in beating people interest or the unions that evolution and he was a prime minister is that mubarak used to beautify is image in his last days before he leaves the fed that people are choosing him now probably they want to give him a new chance or probably zif what is a selected him as a negative vote to morsi who want to present is a