ahead - the crackdown on the muslim brotherhood continues in egypt.he last senior figure in hiding has been arrested. a bush crash in india - 44 killed. we'll have the latest from new delhi. >> plus... >> in the ecuadorian amma zone, where the government has given the green light to drill for oil. [ ♪ theme ] >> right now in the democratic republic of congo government troops are shelling the last strong hold of m23 rebels, the fighting is close to the border of rwanda. our reporter has been with the soldiers as they prepare for the final assault. >> they've been fighting hard for days, and they are getting ready to fight again. they are congolese troops and have taken a stripping of towns back from the m23 rebels. they hold one town on the edge of the border. >> these congolese tanks are getting ready to move into position for what the army says is a final push against the m23 rebels. the soldiers are anxious. the morale is high. they've had several victories in recent days. no one knows what will happen next. further back from the front line, here ar

>>> a crackdown on the muslim brotherhood continues in egypt. these pictures show one of the last senior figures being arrested. [ ♪ theme ] >> this is al jazeera, live from doha. ahead - liberty at last. four men head home to france after being held by al qaeda for three years. reaction from paris. >> soldiers in the democratic republic of congo try to crush rebels in what they say is their final assault. >> and a bus crash in india - 44 people have been killed. we'll have the latest from new delhi. plus - another senior leader of the muslim brotherhood has been arrested in egypt. this picture is said to show esam el-arian when he was taken from a house in a cairo suburb wednesday morning. he'd been in hiding since the coup in july, which ousted former leader mohamed morsi. esam el-arian was a deputy leader of the muslim brotherhood's political party. we speak to dominique kane who joins us from cairo. what do you know of the circumstances of the arrest, and what is the significance? >> what we understand is in the early hours of the morning th

they're admitted members of the muslim brotherhood. >> reporter: who, who exactly? on't know their names. they're not english. >> giant muslim prayer meetings on the east lawn of the white house? there is no east lawn of the white house. and the theory that the muslim brotherhood has infiltrated the obama administration? it seems like a joke, but it can be traced back to the talkers. and even members of congress. >> you will see that he is so deeply in bed with the muslim brotherhood. >> anytime in any nation that they could choose the side of the muslim brotherhood, they've chosen the side of the muslim brotherhood. >> this administration has so many muslim brotherhood members that have influence that they just are making wrong decisions for america. >> and this isn't the only fringe theory about the president that's getting picked up across the country. here's more of jonathan's interview. >> he has done so many things in violation of the constitution. >> reporter: you don't think president obama loves this country? >> not at all. not one bit, not one breath that c

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for muslim brotherhood also will not lead to anything but supporters of the interim government say there is documented evidence the brotherhood uses violence so silencing its membership they say is necessary to ensure stability and the transition to democracy to hang with them and was free in the thirtieth of june revolution which was the second wave of the twenty fifth of january revolution muslim brotherhood killed a lot of egyptians they had no problems killing innocent people they proved they were to push egypt into civil war morsi supporters maintain they are being prevented from peacefully protesting the brotherhood's newspaper was also shut down its website announced this week they had to move operations to london. rather than stifling the meat meant mischief and his fellow activists say it makes them more determined than ever the tension pushing egypt it's a big crisis. for artsy. but a new u.n. report opening up the ante world update it describes torture and ill treatment often leading to death a wide spread in libyan jails and the means of abuse are said to be the most frequent

muslim brotherhood also will not lead to anything but supporters of the interim government say there is documented evidence the brotherhood uses violence so silencing its membership they say is necessary to ensure stability and the transition to democracy to hang with them and was in the thirtieth of june revolution which was the second wave of the twenty fifth of january revolution muslim brotherhood killed a lot of egyptians they had no problems killing innocent people they proved they were to push egypt into civil war morsi supporters maintain they are being prevented from peacefully protesting the brotherhood's newspaper was also shut down its website announced this week they had to move operations to london due to the escalating crackdown rather than stifling the movement mr arthur and his fellow activists say it makes them more determined than ever but tension pushing egypt further towards a bigger crisis. for r.t. cairo. and next hour exxon boyko is sits down with gyptian new movie star an outspoken activist of the twenty levin revolution to talk about the dramatic situation in

muslim brotherhood also will not do anything but supporters of the interim. verman say there is documented evidence the brotherhood uses violence so silencing its membership they say is necessary to ensure stability and the transition to democracy to help with the ministry in the thirtieth of june revolution which was the second wave of the twenty fifth of january revolution muslim brotherhood killed a lot of egyptians they had no problems killing innocent people they proved they were to push egypt into civil war morsi supporters maintain they are being prevented from peacefully protesting the brotherhood's newspaper was also shut down its website when web announced this week they had to move operations to london due to the escalating crackdown rather than stifling the movement mr and his fellow activists say it makes them more determined than ever the tension in pushing egypt further towards a bigger crisis. true for r.t. cairo u.s. special forces in somalia have reportedly had to pull back after neighbor resistance from militia attempts to capture their lead

>> the muslim brotherhood led the national alliance of legitimacy they call themselves. coming out and protesting today against the authority, who they say are interfering in the work of the judges. so far we have not seen the protests happen yet. protesters are protesting every day, although the numbers are dropping every day. there is a general theme that the country is bracing itself. mohamed morsi will face trial next week. the country is gearing up or who areld be a showdown saying they intend to try to stop the trial from happening. thank you very much. reporting from cairo. staying in egypt, the top prosecutor has ordered an investigation into a complaint that he harmed national interest in his first program of the season. it was seen as a test case for freedom of speech after the military took power in july. john stewart mocked the regime. the decision to launch a probe could be a preview to possible action against him, such as questioning and possible trial. judges in the hague have rejected law against pretrial detention. the former ivory coast president has be

egyptian security forces stormed to cairo incumbents for ousted muslim brotherhood president mohamed morsy back in august tents are torn down over six hundred people are killed a month on brotherhood activists like mr. say they have been driven underground. have started to hide my identity every day i shave my beard i have a second phone number that has to be changed and show it's not tracked now i can live in my apartment if i move from one place to another life has become very difficult for over a month this was the site of one of cairo's main pro morsy sit ins after august body dispersal by security forces it's become just a busy street since that day for many missing by their activists like mr fair they say they are able to attend rallies and their leaders are in jail or in hiding with last week's court order banning them as a brotherhood many fear this crackdown will just get worse. egyptian human rights organizations say the military led government is being too harsh. all of the activities of the muslim brotherhood. and it's. related to the muslim brotherhood this is a week of c

egyptian security forces stormed to cairo incumbents for ousted muslim brotherhood president mohamed morsi back in august tents are torn down over six hundred people are killed a month on brotherhood activists like most people say they have been driven underground. have started to hide my identity every day i shave my beard i have a second phone number that has to be changed and show it's not tracked now i can live in my apartment if i move from one place to another life has become very difficult for over a month this was the site of one of cairo's main pro morsy sit ins after august body dispersal by security forces it's become just a busy street since that day for many missing but there are activists like mr fair they say they aren't able to attend rallies and their leaders are in jail or in hiding with last week's court order banning them as a brotherhood many fear this crackdown will just get worse. egyptian human rights organizations say the military led government is being too harsh. all of the activities of the muslim brotherhood. and it's. related to the muslim brotherhood thi

the muslim brotherhood took over. i think they sell that when morsi took over he was a dictator. he was autocratic. he was squelching democracy into the enhancing democracy. i think there are a lot of egyptian voters who would not vote that way. let's remember that the uprising started the arab spring started with all good intentions. it is a lot of by groups who do not believe in democracy or in the values that the initial people who revolted believe in. we have seen it actually in syria as well. it started out as people who are just fed up with the autocracy of the government in syria, assad and his people, the free syrian army. we really wanted to bring democracy to that country. now you have had it co-opted by all these jihadist groups. 1979w that with the iranian revolution. the people rose up against the they thought was autocratic. i do not think they thought they were going to get a theocracy. i am confident the egyptian people would not vote for the same kind of government. they saw what the muslim brotherhoo

at least four are killed in muslim brotherhood protest in egypt against the military. john kerry stands in for barack obama at the asian leaders summit as the u.s. president stays home to deal with the shutdown. on red bull's sebastian is pole position for the korean grand prix. we begin in egypt where the country is bracing for more protest, a day after at least four people were killed and some of the worst violence in weeks. today islamist supporters of deposed president morsi challenge the military for a call for fresh demonstrations as the country marks the anniversary of the 1973 arab-i israeli war war. egypt's second city, alexandra, the military deployed armored vehicles against the muslim brotherhood. demonstrators were kept on the move. the same strategy in ca iro. thousands of supporters of mohammed morsi demanded he be released from jail and returned to office. many chanted slogans against the country's military leader. soldiers responded with tear gas and warning shots. riots broke out across the egyptian capital, pitting supporters of the military regime a

the muslim brotherhood has decapitated the organization and the ability to organize. but it is also hard to change the strategy when you don'n't he the top leaders. shift away from protest and some sort of compromise. separate very phenomenon. no question the insurgency is using the removal as a pretext for violence. cycle do you break this of violence and get the muslim brotherhood back into the fold? >> it will be hard and we should be frank about that. morsi lost control of the country. and ititary stepped in was inevitable they would go after the muslim brotherhood because that is the nature of coups. itbe it will get worse, but is pocketed. not completely breaking down society. hampering the ability to turn the economy around. >> they should be focusing on moving forward with a political transition. it will be hard to do because they believe a rightly electeded government has been wrongly toppled. have a new constitution and a new referendum, people will still reject the rules of the game. >> thank you for joining us. you are watching bbc world news america. unlo

the muslim brotherhood has decapitated the organization and the ability to organize. but it is also hard to change the strategy when you don't have the top leaders. shift away from protest and some sort of compromise. separate very phenomenon. no question the insurgency is using the removal as a pretext for violence. cycle do you break this of violence and get the muslim brotherhood back into the fold? >> it will be hard and we should be frank about that. morsi lost control of the country. and ititary stepped in was inevitable they would go after the muslim brotherhood because that is the nature of coups. itbe it will get worse, but is pocketed. not completely breaking down society. hampering the ability to turn the economy around. >> they should be focusing on moving forward with a political transition. it will be hard to do because they believe a rightly elected government has been wrongly toppled. have a new constitution and a new referendum, people will still reject the rules of the game. >> thank you for joining us. you are watching bbc world news america. unlock

people are not coming to support the muslim brotherhood. isn't that surprising that the first democratically elected president was ousted from power by the army? won't people think that a strange? -- don't people think that is strange? >> the year that mohamed morsi was in power, people experienced a lot of hardships. the level of support he had initially, which was quite marginal anyway, in the elections -- over this year and especially towards the end of his rule, it was not -- it was marked with a lot of opposition. what the brotherhood is doing with the escalation of confrontation, with the authorities helping the transitional process, which they perceive as a legitimate -- it seems to be also hurting the economy, preventing it from moving forward. we are talking about 17 countries over the past week or so that lifted a travel ban on egypt. his business goes as usual, it means the current transitional -- if business goes as usual it means the current transition is moving forward and a chance of the brotherhood of being part of it are be

in the muslim brotherhood.personal money. and they donate from it. >> reporter: and still charities funded by muslim brotherhood members and many are difficult to track down. >> some of the charities will continue to run under ground, but no comparison to what they had before july and before the july cool over 2013. many of these charities however are not registered and functions in remote areas and villages and small towns and based on a mix of tribal networks as well as some of the ideological members of the muslim brothers not necessarily the organization members. >> reporter: in the back streets of cairo these are the poor who benefit from the group's charity and come for food, cloths and medicine and sometimes they even get meat. >> translator: truthfully we know this was not a court order, it was a political decision and the purpose is to demolish the muslim brotherhood and not looking for popularity but they have no one to help them. >> reporter: they worry with the crack down on the muslim brotherhood i

what is there is money of the people inside the muslim brotherhood.ey donate from it. >> as for the charities funded by the muslim brotherhood members, many may be difficult to track down. >> some of the charities continue underground but no comparison with what they had before the cool off. many of these charities function in remote areas and small towns and it's a mix of clan, family and tribal met works as well as the ideological of the members not necessarily the organization of the members. >> in the back street of cairo these are the poor that benefit most from the group's charity. they come here for food, clothes and medicine. sometimes they even get meet. >> truthfully we knew this was at not a cultural event. >> many worry with the crackdown on the muslim brotherhood intensifying, it won't be long until they'r they. >> so far no goals to report there, dorthmund against march marseille. >> the men and women's games were winners in the opening in beijing. beating straight sets to advance to the second round. and serena williams is into the thir

. >> what is the difference between the muslim brotherhood and fundamentalism? what is the difference between organized muslim brotherhood, the more conservative fundamentalist movement. >> this is something i struggled with, what legal academics could be called strategically centralized, it this phenomena while still recognizing the particularities of this movement. the muslim brotherhood is transnational political movement and social movement, started in egypt but you see it now in many different countries, and to nietzsche, allied to the muslim brotherhood, they are often described as i think it is a misnomer, the most conservative, it is quite a radical project. and the way they lived, and they argue to have the most rigid interpretations of islam and sometimes seem to defend from outer space. i am not sure where they are coming from. something important to note is controversial, if you talk to a lot of people on the ground in north africa who are confronting fundamentalists, what they're frustrated by is in the west we referred to the muslim brotherhood and

all both sides of being very stubborn the current government backed by the military and the muslim brotherhood and the leaders or most of them are imprisoned or arrested and detained up to now now it's a knuckle breaking situation it's a bottleneck both sides are trying to put a lot of pressure on the other until the other reaches a certain point of. concessions that more or less puts the other party in a much stronger position now the military and the current current government wants the muslim brotherhood to simply give in and admit their mistakes and not. proceed with the protests and demonstrations and even. admit that the current government is a legitimate government and that they are part of the roadmap that general sisi had put forth now the muslim brotherhood. you know giving more and more into the you know scenario of victimizing themselves they're going on the streets now although they haven't recently used violence but violence has been. imposed on them and they have a lot of victims in the past couple of days and in the past month or two which i've been going first. playing abroad

no one claims responsibility for the attack but he told us he blames the muslim brotherhood. he says the church received threats from them before. >> when the children ask who did this, we can't tell them the truth, he told us. because they will think that all muslims are capable of this. but in fact very few muslims could do something like this. >> clarissa ward is joining us from cairo. what is the military government doing about this? >> well, scott, the military has promised that it will rebuild all of those damaged churches, but so far that hasn't happened. in the meantime the security situation here continues to deteriorate rapidly. the muslim brotherhood has come out and condemned the attacks but what they haven't done yet to really crackdown on the sort of anti-christian rhetoric that fuels this type of violence. >> pelley: we'll keep following up. thanks very much. now couple of notes on the economy. the government announced today that americans on social security will be getting a cost of living adjustment in january of 1.5%. the average recipient that amounts to ex

. >> today on the net, a new symbol of support for the muslim brotherhood.a chinese campaign to get sharks off the menu. and taking to twitter to demand wage increases. dozens were killed in egypt on sunday during clashes between security forces and members of the muslim brotherhood who had gathered to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the 1973 arab- israeli war. known as the foreign arabic salute there was a bloody crackdown in the square. they were forcefully evicted thousands of protesters. it has become a rallying symbol for the muslim brotherhood displayed in the streets or in networks to portray oppression and to denounce what they consider to be a military coup d'État against a democratically elected government. others in tunisia and turkey for example are picking up on the symbol. there have also been countless parodies of the black image on the yellow background online. most created by opponents of the muslim brotherhood to poke fun at the political rivals. hundreds of web users across china have joined a social net -- show shall network -- a soci

show the government could reconcile with the muslim brotherhood. it is possible the egypt could turn around in a short space of time probably not this current government because this is really just the only running the country at the moment but in a few months when elections have taken place that will be a new government and one would expect that they will be motivated to reconcile i mean that was beyond the democratically elected i'll be on the national pressure local pressure inside egypt and also international pressure to reconcile with the brotherhood and of course the brotherhood is a force to be reckoned with in egypt it's going to be very difficult for them to run the country without without having the reconciliation with the brotherhood. they might one would expect that they would try to reach out to the brotherhood of the stage and then it's possible that could be a kind of nelson mandela moment and everything. be quickly fixed in egypt but you know it is this is just one possibility and unfortunately there's a whole spectrum of scenarios

they announced again today they want to dissolve the muslim brotherhood.s is how the whole banning of the activities of the muslim brotherhood started a few months ago when they came out and said they wanted to [ technical difficulties ] of their activities, so there is a growing strangle hold on the muslim brotherhood and the anti-coup alliance, a wider umbrella to try to nip all of these protests in the bud, and to show to the outside world that actually egypt is getting back to normal, and people are not really happy, but prepared to back the regime here and to try to get egypt back to normal. >> all right. thank you very much. >>> the global chemical weapons watchdog saws it will sde deploy a second team to destroy syrian's chemical weapons. ban ki-moon says there is unprecedented danger in the mission. >>> meanwhile the fighting is continuing in syria as government planes bombed rebels who were attacking military basis. the syrian observatory said ten opposition troops and five fighters were killed on monday. >>> as a result of the fighting more than

they said they are very angry with the muslim brotherhood and their supporters for staging a protest.he brotherhood are saying they are being treated in a heavy- handed manner. these could go on through the night and possibly throughout the week as egypt remains divided. >> a journalist says there is a way out of this cycle of violence. >> the government could reconcile with the muslim brotherhood. it is possible that egypt could turn around in a short space of time. probably not this current government, because this is just the army running the country alone. in a few months, when elections are taking place, it will be a new government. one would expect that they will be motivated to reconcile. obviously, they will be under national pressure inside egypt and also international pressure to reconcile with the brotherhood. of course, the brotherhood is a force to be reckoned with in egypt. it will be difficult for them to run the country without having the reconciliation with the brotherhood. >> the weapons inspectors in syria say the government's chemical stockpiles have started to be

and turning to developments in egypt now this sunday fierce clashes have broken out between muslim brotherhood supporters and anti muslim protests as across the country leaving at least forty four people dead ph the battles have broken out in several areas of cairo after people gathered for the fortieth anniversary of the yom kippur war which was a chip's last conflict with israel. who is into her square brings us the details. very fierce street battles erupted this afternoon between security forces and supporters of the ousted muslim brotherhood leader mohamed morsi on the fortieth anniversary of the nine hundred seventy three arab israeli whoa this and we also had rival protests with supporters of the military gathering in tahrir square as you can see behind me some people even collecting signatures calling for army chief of the vote there sisi to be president however just a few kilometers away from where i'm standing here in the giza district and in other locations across the capital there were very bloody scenes and mohamed morsy supporters and the missing brotherhood had attempted to marc

this perhaps evidence that the egyptian elite are divided about how to move forward with the muslim brotherhood? >> well, of course they are divided but i think those people who are divided such as mohamed el baradai who prefer engagement with the brotherhood are perhaps in compile. we'll have to see if that actually actually can work in any sustainable peaceful manner in coming months. >> would it have been possible for the government to say bring down the muslim brotherhood for want of a better expression through nonviolent means? >> for this current government, they could use legal means and they could use the means of outlawing them and disbanding the actual movement. but it's very complicated. because it's so entrenched in egyptian society. they have many pillars. disbanding the muslim brotherhood itself is a very difficult proposition. but the only way for the army to prevent the brotherhood from marching onto that square and that's the calculation they made. >> tahif brahim. thank you for joining us.(k) a fleeft 31-a 350s, a shuj blow to the airlines boeing, the u.s. company has been str

the government could reconcile with the muslim brotherhood. it is possible the egypt could turn around in a short space of time probably not this current government because this is pretty to steal me running the country at the moment but in a few months when elections have taken place that will be a new government and one would expect that they will be much slated to back and saw i mean that that was beyond the democratically elected i'll be on the national pressure local pressure inside egypt and also international pressure to reconcile with the brotherhood and of course the brotherhood aides a force to be reckoned with in egypt it's going to be very difficult for them to run the country without without having the reconciliation with the brotherhood. before long the weapons inspectors in syria say big government's chemical stockpiles have started to be destroyed but will the process continue as smoothly stay with us here as a report on the risks from rebel promises to get in the way to fears that present some of my time to some of his arsenal

suddenly, now there is something wrong in the american mind, which they support muslim brotherhood. >> obama's stance angered the egyptian generals. but the relationship, although tense, was far from over. >> the relations between the egyptian military and the american military, it was always friendship, even in some tight time. we are friends, we have the same goals and we are democratic and we will put a lot of energy in this direction. >> most egyptians welcomed the end of morsi's presidency, and blame the muslim brotherhood for inciting violence. but sporadic protests by brotherhood supporters continue. >> we're in one of the pro-morsi marches. everyone is holding up the four fingers sign, rabaa. >> with egypt still in flux, was washington just as confident about its relationship with the generals? or was this time for a new policy on egypt? >> wow! i've never seen tahrir this empty. i can't believe there's nobody here. >> to find out, we had to leave cairo. >> in washington, the relationship between the us government and those responsible for the post-coup killings in egypt appea