i welcome our partners in development for the new egypt.hose who are in agreement about the necessary to work for the welfare for the progress of humanity. those who want to meet here today to have a role in paving the way for stability and welfare for people who's eager for development and welfare. welcome you all here in the conference of egypt economic development, egypt the future. egypt has always found -- from the arab countries to support egypt. our meeting today is a result of sincere efforts exerted by the late king abdullah of -- king of saudi arabia. [ applause ] >> may his soul rest in peace. [ applause ] >> translator: through his invitation to have such a conference, the kingdom of saudi arabia is always like this and will be like this under the leadership of the custodian of the two harlem mosques king [ inaudible ]. [ applause ] >> translator: these will be the stands of the kingdom of saudi arabia towards it's arab countries. this is the frame made by king abdullah and this is the frame followed and approved by his sons. i

and one accident at new egypt road, a car fire to report and outside to the area of bridges the ben franklin off ramp on to the vine street expressway was backed up and we are nice and clear now. looking at ben franklin bridge no reported delays there that is better news from this morning. mass transit all services are on time with no reported delays as well. if you are headed to the sixers game 6:08, two trains are leaving from fern rock. >> thank you autumn. >>> someone is sitting an a winning lottery ticket. it's worth $2 million, metro news on frankford avenue will get a $10,000 bonus for selling the ticket and the big winner matched all five white balls and that person had a double play option and that doubled the win so far that winner has not come forward. >> still to come, new details on the terror attack in fountunisia, find out who took responsibility for it today. >> investigations into what police call brutality. >>> and what it was carrying and what crew his to do to get it off the road. as a small business owner you wouldn't deliver just half of what you have to offer to your c

. >> much more ahead in this half hour including a new capitol for egypt. we'll tell you about the ambitious plans to replace kay row as the city's main city. and how this innovation could provide clean water for millions of people around the world. an individual child. >> helping the innocent victims of war. >> what can unicef do? >> there's a very short answer... our best. >> every sunday night. >> i lived that character. >> go one on one with america's movers and shakers. >> we will be able to see change. >> gripping. inspiring. entertaining. talk to al jazeera. sunday, 6:30 eastern. >> let's take you to the top stories. three explosions in yemen have killed 137 people and injured more than 340 others. bombs went off during friday prayers in two shia mosques in sanaa. >>> libyan talks have continued in morocco. >>> 37 people are dead after an express plane derailed in india. brake failure is being blamed. >> in other news niger and chad armed forces have found the bodies of 70 people in a mass grave in nigeria. the bodies were discovered in damas aka tow

it's clear at least as far as the united states is concerned they're behind the president and the new egypt>> thank you very much for that hadley. still to come on "worldwide exchange." ge may be thinking smaller is better when it comes to the lending business. details on the latest cuts the company is making to ge capital after the short break. >>> general electric is selling off another chunk of big consumer finance business as it tries to further cut the exposure to the sector. let's get to landon dowdy. over to you. >> hey, good morning to you. ge has agreed to sell the consumer lending unit in australia and new zealand to a group of investors for about $6.3 billion including debt. it includes parter ins in minneapolis. they have more than 3 million customers providing personal loans, credit card and interest free financing for products sold by local retail partners. the company will keep the commercial finance unit. the buyers are looking to secure ties most of the debt required in the deal. ge has been seeking to reduce the exposure to the capital business which nearly brought the com

liberty mutual insurance. >> updating the news out of yemen. egypta say that they are sending ground troops in yemen. the pentagon says that they have no knowledge of this. ground troops going into yemen. we also broke this news earlier this hour. two men arrested for inspiring isis. arrested in chicago before boarding a plane to egypt. a big news day. in a few hours it will be a big sports day. are down. i do not understand how you make anyway. when you get something as crazy as march madness when it does not seem to follow any sort of script. >> these games have so many under their belt. it is the beginning of the year when we are still trying to figure out who is good and who is not. this time of the year is the easiest time to make odds. kentucky has not lost a game all year. there is no reason for them not to be. after that, they will probably be single digits. they are the big dog to be. the easiest side of the bracket is the east. there are some live underdogs in that area. >> the underdogs there are no cinderella's left. certainly, underdogs.

you are watching "bbc news america." egypt has announced a plan to build near the capital of cairo. a statue of mahatma gandhi will be unveiled in london's parliament square this weekend. philip jackson has an exclusive look. >> mahatma gandhi is seen by many as one of the most of which it figures of modern times. he helped lead india -- one of the most important figures of modern times. he helped lead india to independence. although his story is not without controversy, his philosophy of nonviolent struggle inspired people like martin luther king and nelson mandela. and many in government today. >> i learned about gandhi at a very young age. as i grew older, my parents would mention him. family and relatives would mention him. i learned about his values, what he stood up for. i think those values are as relevant today as they were in his time. >> the statue in parliament square will mark the 100th anniversary of gandhi's return to india. it has all been paid for by private donations, many from around the world, including india, where he is considered the father of the nation. phili

egypt. i doubt it. >> a quick word a new capital for egypt. >> this is important. a lot of people have been calling to setting up a new capital. but a new capital should be set up - be set up in at least 200km away from the old capital. according to experts. the new capital is just about 50km which will end up by a greater cairo, more problems. i hope they would review this location of the potential new capital. >> thank you very much indeed. >>> now, libya's two rival parliament - talks have been postponed after one side did not turn up. u.n. envoy did meet members from the tripoli based general national congress. >> in yemen, they have been speaking out against the houthi rebels. a rally was in the protest city. which the houthis capture in october. nigeria is getting help from foreign mercenaries in the battle against boko haram. government officials say they are helping with training, but there's evidence that the soldiers of fortune are playing a vital role on the front line. >> reporter: victory in baga. >> confidence. you go for what do you call it - an area

al jazeera, in the pharaoh eye glands still ahead in the news hour, a new capital for egypt. replacing cairo as the main city. >>> and are uber cars taking over new york's yellow cabs? >> sunday. >> you have to look at the suffering of these children. >> director of unicef, anthony lake. >> every one of those numbers is an individual child. >> helping the innocent victims of war. >> what can unicef do? >> there's a very short answer... our best. >> every sunday night. >> i lived that character. >> go one on one with america's movers and shakers. >> we will be able to see change. >> gripping. inspiring. entertaining. talk to al jazeera. sunday, 6:30 eastern. only on al jazeera america. >> welcome back. here with the al jazeera news hour. let's take you to the top stories. three explosions targeting houthis in yemen have killed 137 people and injured more than 340 others. bombs went off during friday prayers in two shiite mosques in sanaa. >>> peace talks between two libyan factions have started in morocco. >>> and parts of the northern hemisphere has been treated to a rare sola

. >>> egypt new interior minister has made changes the new appointments are seen as part of a restructuring of the ministry. >>> libya's national oil corporation says fighters have attacked and set the oil field afire. i.s.i.l. militias have been blamed. forces loyal to the tripoli based government southeast of sirte. >>> u.n. envoy has warned, hashem ahelbarra reports. >> closer to clinching a political deal. they have agreed in principle on implementing a ceasefire pulling out militias and forming a national unity government but the two delegations need to travel to libya to consult with their government. if things go well they will return to the moroccan capital rabat for a final ceremony. >> translator: there are signs of a deal. we've now moved to a new phase and with the u.n. we are starting to talk about guarantees. once there is a deal we will have a government that has a clear mandate. we will submit a draft to the united nations on a comprehensive deal on all the guarantees and so form a government as soon as possible. >> reporter: a deal was almost unthinkable a few days ago. the

how this island nation moves forward socially and politically will depend on the new younger generation. >>> egypt's prosecutor has described 18 muslim brother hood members as terrorists. the list includes the group's leader seen here in court last year. it's the first use of a new antiterror law passed in egypt earlier this year. they were convicted in february of orchestrate orchestrating violent in 2013 in which 11 people were killed. >>> tunisia's government says the man suspected of planning the assault on the national museum has been killed. he died during a raid by security forces. at least eight other people were also killed in that gun battle. the attack on the museum has prompted tens of thousands of people to march against violence in the capital, tunis. >>reporter: marches like this aren't common in tunisia but attacks on the country's most famous museum was unprecedented. there are people here from different social political, and religious backgrounds. they want to show tunisia is still a safe place for tourists. >> we come here today to try to heal our injured country and remain united

egypt has made the proposal of certain issues and i hope they will be endorsed. mr. chairman the adoption of new measures workable and practical to address the outcomes of the palestinian cause which remains the focal and central cause of all the arabs, in addition to addressing the number of aggravating crisis in libya syria and yemen have become a compelling need that require not only the public opinion, but also the international community to consider and put into implementation all the resolutions to be handed down by this summit. needless to say that the repercussions of all these crises have exacerbated the dangers of terrorism. there is a coalition interrelation between both of them undermining the national security of the arab states leading to foreign intervention into the territories and affairs of the arab states. before i conclude, as i will be presenting a detailed report of the summit, i would like to reiterate that it is significant to ponder and consider all the proposals late in your hands and mentioned by the chairman together with the practical measures in order to cope up wit

he was sentenced for organising and attending a protest in 2013, called to protest a new law in egypt that banned protest. so the media stories in egypt continues. it looks like open season. first it was nbc's brian williams, caught in a lie over his war reporting in iraq. now bill o'reilly has been called into question. a report published in a painga zone says that o'reilly's problem dates back to 1982 when he was reporting on the falklands war for cbs news. >> it was a situation in a war zone. >> o'reilly said he was in a combat zone a war zone. no c.b.s. reporters made it to the island. the worse thing that o'reilly witnessed was an anti-government rally. it has been denied. >> some left-wing... >> other journalists in argentina at the time backed the magazine's version of events including a c.b.s. reporter that said what o'reilly called a war zone was an expense account zone. brian williams was the subject of an internal investigation before being suspended for six months, no such probe has been held and it appears o'reilly who has the highest ratings is going nowhere >>> the rati

but the government says they are only involved in training and logistics. >>> egypt says it will build a newdministrative capital just east of cairo as part i've series of mega projects announced during a summit aimed at attracting more investment in egypt. >>> turkey says it's arrested 16 indonesians who were trying to cross the board never to neighboring syria. the foreign minister says they were planning on joining the islamic state of iraq and the levants. a turkish tv channel released new video of which it shows a man with three british school girls, turkey says he's a turkey citizen. kurds are voting in their ring fountain a new government. the syrian information minister also said the kurds are a major partner in the fight against isil. the syrian kurdish fighters are urging more air strikes from the u.s. led co defense against isil. zeina khodr reports. >> reporter: these are kurdish forces in syria. the people's protection units or the ypg. they have been on the frontline in the war against the us limb i can state of iraq and the levants. they say that they are defending their lands

narendra modi was the first indian leader to visit the city >>> egypt unveils plans for a new capital city at the cost of $45 billion, one of a series of big projects announced by the government during an economic development conference. >>> the head of the c.i.a. warned the demeself of the syrian regime could open the doors to i.s.i.l. john brennan says the c.i.a. is being revamped in order to combat i.s.i.l. and other threats to security. more from washington d.c. >> reporter: an assault on staff at the newspaper "charlie hebdo" in paris. bun fire at a cafe in copenhagen and the killing of children at a school in pakistan, the head of u.s. intelligence, says these attacks were a trend to show... . >> the emergence of a terrorist threat difficult to track, and more difficult to this ward. >> that's why the director of the c.i.a. says he's overhauling the agency. critics argued that the c.i.a. has been too focussed. a drop in analytical capability yes and errors were noticed, notably that iraq contained weapons of mass destruction. a pretext to invasion. the c.i.a. would now combine i

they're unhappy with the new little egypt law which they saycanlaw. they became anger and tried to breach the lines and dismantle a tent. it doesn't take long for the situation to descend into violence. hundreds charged protesters are dragged into police trucks and student leaders are among those arrested. the police also attack a vehicle that was being used by the demonstrators police have responded to some of the last week's protest. some held solidarity. last week some police in plain clothes attacked protesters. they admitted to using a vigilanty force, which is allowed under myanmar law but it is seen as a tactic by the government to break up peaceful protest. tuesday's crackdown comes after the meeting in myanmar and said that the country is sliding back backback on human rights. >> myanmar only recent ligand moving towards democracy after 50 years of military rule. during which time they were with absolute power. elections in 1909, which were won by the national league of democracy from nullified and the next chief spent 20 years. since there,

sabia has built a powerful coalition with -- saudi arabia has built a coalition with egypt primarily and you have the newhip in egypt run by the military that very much wants to flex its muscles and egypt just recently announced that it wants to lead a new -- effectively, a pan arab army. so we are at a real inflection point in the middle east. and i think we could see a lot of changing and very volatile dynamics in yemen. could i go back to one thing you were talking about about iran? please, yeah. >> it's teally weirder than you were describing. it's even more convoluted than the convoluted strategy you were basically describing. the u.s. in iraq -- we'll just take iraq. the u.s. right now is helping this mission in tikrit which is being backed by the militias, and as you said they are potentially going to boycott that operation but the u.s. is backing the operation led by the militias. that's in iraq. in syria, the u.s. is fighting against iran and is an enemy of iran which supports hezbollah and supports the government ofas assad. but in syria the u.s. is also fighting with iran against isis. in iraq

egypt says it will build a new administrative capital east of cairo. a series of mega projects announced during all summit aimed at attracting more investment in egypt. >>> now, india's prime minister is travel to go northern shri lanka to handover 50,000 new home to his people who lost their lives during the civil war. he has already met leaders of the tamil national alliance. he is due to become the first indian lead tore visit in almost 30 years. the city is the former strong hold of the tamil tigers who were defeated six years ago. and that is where we are joined live now. tell us about just how significant this visit is. >> reporter: it is a very important visit not just for slow lan at that but for india as well. after years of relations between the two countries being somewhat strained and sort of in decreased mode we have seen a thawing of relations and slow lan at that kasami and its treatment of its tamil minority is a very important dynamic within the relationship which is why the prime minister has found the time in his sketch towel come up

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new leaked recordings link egypt's leader to an illegal armed deal with libya.actory collapse in bangladesh has left dozenings

i mean for the last four years egypt has only been in the news due to regime change instability, a very questionable change of government and a very precarious security situation, while underlying all of these problems is egypt's precarious situation, and this kind of high level, high-profile summit gives president sisi an opportunity to emphasize his role as statesman. and we have seen that being highlighted just now by the ruler of the united arab emirates who made very clear and pointed back to the times when egypt in the 1950s and 60s was the sort of undisputed leader of the arab world, but at the same time it's clear at present the country has to be bankrolled by donors. >> palestinian president is speaking right now. the long term viability of al-sisi's hold on egypt very much depends on his availability to turn around the egyptian economy, doesn't it? >> yeah that is crucial. for every government the acute concern on the short-term is always security and stablearon alexis alexis -- and stability. but for the government to survive in the mid- and long term you have to offer someth

new investment laws. there is no parliament in egypt. these are the kind of things that have been top down from sisi himself, and they are the ones who decided everything and clearly they are meant to benefit a lot from it whether the egyptian people in general will benefit, that remains to be seen. >> thank you. ♪ >>> nigeria's government as admitted they have contracted with foreign mercenaries. the government says their role is limited to training and logistics. a multinational push has brokened boko haram in northeastern nigeria. you have spoken nick, i understand to several people have you seen evidence for yourself as well? >> yeah what you have heard from senior western officials inside nigeria as well as a senior non-commissioned officer who has been wounded by boko haram, both of them lay out the exact same picture, and in the worlds of the western official is that these foreign mercenaries do the dirty work during the night, and the military comes in the day and claims report. we asked the military about these reports, and as y

yes, thank you so much. >> staying in egypt, its supreme election committee says it's working on a new timetable for parliamentary elections after a court proved that a law was un-constitutional. it could delay the votes. egypt has not had an election for parliament since 2012 since the supreme constitutional court was not constitutionally elected >>> the upcoming election is the third an final step in a road map that president sisi announced when he ousted morsi back in july 2013. the first was the adoption of a new constitution by referendum in january last year. the second was the presidential election. sisi won comfortably later that year. the election to give egypt to parliament again is due to be held in several stages starting the 22nd and 23rd of march. >>> tenses are running high in the gaza strip after it's been ruled that hamas is a terrorist organization. thousands of palestinians have taken to the streets to denounce the ruling while the leadership of hamas is calling it unwise an dangerous. >>reporter: this is the main registration for those hoping to travel from the gaza

. >> new leaks revealed how egypt's president scuffed ways to take advantage of a low cost housing protest it can't be verified. speaking to a chief of staff. >> i will collect the fee for the electricity. >> he will take it. >> he will take it we'll take 50%. that's the reality. see what i mean. it is part of a series of leaks that implicate the united arab emirates. a senior lecturer in the study of islam said political players could leak the conversation that could embarrass the government. what makes it interesting, is of course, the timing why it comes, the needs, to the surface right now at this point in time. it was known for a while that it was an important player in propping up the egyptian economy since the takeover by the military and action of abdul fatah al-sisi through the presidency. the interesting questions now are, of course who leaked it, and which objectives. if we look a little at the context. there are still parliamentary elections that need to take place in egypt, and they are due to take place this month, although last week it appeared because of a moving they might

new leaked recordings link egypt's leader to an illegal armed deal with libya. a factory collapse in bangladesh has left dozenings of people trapped and at least five dead. thank you for joining us. the world is failing syria. that's the damming assessment by a coalition of aid organizations as the conflict enters it's fifth year. they say the u.n. security council has prove itself to be incapable of ending a crisis which is only getting worse. and it is indeed getting worse, because 2014 was the dead rios year of the war, at least 76,000 people were killed and overall 220,000 have died since the conflict began in 2011. the number of children in need of aid rose to a third last year. 80% of the population is living in poverty, and it's estimated that 7.6 million people are displaced within syria, while almost 4 million more have fled the country and are living in refugee camps. al jazeera diplomatic editor has our report. four years ago no one could have imagined the scale of this tragedy. the figures are staggers. there's been no body count but it is estimated

new capital city. plans unveiled at egypt's global financial summit. an historic journey. india's prime minister arrived in the tamil heartland of sri lanka. and hep for nigeria - government includes mercenaries as part of the campaign >>> so at least eight people are confirmed dead after cyclone pam hit vanuatu. thousand prepared to spend a second night in shelters after finding their homes destroyed. emergency teams were sent into the country, which lies to the east. >> venturing out of their homes to assess the devastation left by tropical cyclone pam. vanuatu, a group of island in the pacific was hit by winds up to 270 k/hr on friday. the category 5 storm. the most severe on the scale uprooted trees and tore apart homes. power was cut. as the storm waged. residents could do little to wait. >> i was in the bathroom. back against the door. i looked at the roof sounded like it was lifting. all they can do during this is think about people in vanuatu who have absolutely no shelter. this is going to be a horrific humanitarian disaster. >> as pictures of the devastation in t

clearly president sisi already legislated three new investment laws without the existing by the way of even a legislature, let alone an elected legislator in egyptt be that as it may, already the subsidies have been lifted on energy and the likes, taxes have been reduced on the rich and certainly there will be far more new incentives given to the companies, because the only way you can encourage foreign companies to invest in egypt when egypt is on the bottom of the scale in terms of stability, infrastructure and technology, the only way you could do that is to give incentives. and that means giving away at of egyptian assets and projects at a discount. >> in terms of where egypt stands economically now, before the first -- well before tlef lugs if you would like 2011 and prior to that we heard so much about the military controlling a massive amount of money in the egyptian economy. has that changed at all? or are we seeing somebody who effectively still represents the military, the president, saying we need money from outside, and that money could be going to him and his cronies? >> i agree with you 100%. that's the problem with having a genera

that is something that should make whoever's running egypt very anxious. in neww era, that's going to be the only way to enduringly stay in power. i'll close just by giving a nod to the individuals who are at the heart of this book i wrote and who really were at the heart of this transformation of the way egypt viewed itself and the way the arab world viewed itself. a lot of the people who were in tahrir square invoked the metaphor of the wall of fear. this was a country where as a reporter in 2010 if you were -- if i went out and asked people questions about a shopping mall for an innocuous feature be afraid to give me their name. and in january 2011 under the eyes of armed soldiers and undercover plain clothes policemen would proudly speak out against the regime, give me their name and phone number ask if i wanted to take their picture, seek out tv cameras to talk to because, they said, we have broken through the wall of fear. and they demonstrated and proved and deepened that break with the old way by over and over confronting state power in the form of guns t

you are watching the news hour on al jazeera. egypt'sr minister has been replaced as part of a government reshuffle. he is one of eight ministers who have been forced out of their posts. eight new ministers have now been sworn in. >>> libya's national oil company has shut down production at 11 oil fields because of escalating violence. but the u.n.-recognized government says it will hult air strikes for three days in support of peace talks which is set to get underway in morocco. >>> and the u.n. special envoy to syria has suggested that his plan for a six-week halt to fighting in aleppo is faltering. >>> returning now to one of our main stories this hour. the u.s. secretary of state john kerry saying that he is not seeking what he called a grand bargain with iran. kerry was referring to possible nuclear deal with tehran and made those comments after meeting ministers from the gulf corporation council. and kerry has reassured gcc leaders that washington will not ignore their concerns while it pursues an agreement with iran. kerry flew th

egyptian center for economic and social rites says egypt's guest is violating human rights damaging countries and allowing them to get away with death and tax. new laws give companies an immunity shielding them from prosecution in the courts when allegations arrive. the egyptian center for economic rights says egypt allows foreign companies to crush rights. whether stopping efforts to unionize or failing to adhere to health regulations. the government message is despite turmoil, the country is a safe wet. >> the country is stable. >> bombings are app increasing threat for egyptians. once confined to targetting police station stations, armed groups are attacking commercial areas, killing and injuring americans. egypt implemented foreign reforms. they have to pay a 25% tax on profits. the country must tip the balance in favour of citizens. they can reap more of the wen fits of foreign investment >>> education minister has ordered a closure of a school in cairo after a student died after allegedly being beaten by a teacher. the victim, in the fifth grade was taken to hospital on nurse unconscious and suffering from a brain hemmerage. he died three

. >> we begin with news of a major reshuffle of egypt's government. eight ministers were sacked in a move the prime minister said was designed to inject new blood into the government. the biggest casualty is the interior minister who's held the post since before sisi took power. he's been criticized by human rights groups over crackdowns on protestors. the government is under pressure over failure to prevent attacks by armed groups, especially in sinai. >> it is the first cabinet we shuffle under president al sisi who staged a coo in 2013 and later won presidential elections. eight ministers have been sacked, including the ministers of tourism and culture but the most important was the sacking of general ibrahim a long serving officer. he was appointed as interior minister in 2012 under egypt's first elected civilian president, mohamed morsi a leading member of the muslim brotherhood. supporters accuse the minister of collaborating with the military to orchestrate the coup against the president. he led the violent crackdown on the muslim brotherhood an

we are welcoming investors. >> reporter: but a new report from the egyptian center for economic and social rights says egypt's foreign money is violating human rights, damaging the environment and allowing companies to get away with threat and tax evasion. the report says new laws give multinational companies a kind of immunity. they shield them from pass cushion in the courts when allegations of corruption and embezzlement arise. the egyptian center for economic and social rights says egypt allows foreign companies to crush workers' rights. whether stopping efforts to unionize or failing to adhere to health and safety regulations. the government's message to potential investors is, despite the turmoil since the 2011 revolution, the country is a safe bet. >> it's stable and back and ready to receive investments. >> reporter: but bombing have become an increasing threat for egyptians. once confine today targeting police stations and military posts. armed groups are now attacking commercial areas willing and injuring civilians. egypt has implemented some reforms. all foreign companies will now have to pay a 25%

egypt. the country is looking abroad to help rerife its ailing economy. it will be doing the big sell at an equipment development conference being held at the red sea resort. but a newses the country of putting foreign investors before the interests of the egypt people. natasha ghoneim reports. >> reporter: egypt is hoping foreign investors will pump money in to its struggling economy pitch the ministry of investment produced this promotional video for its economic development conference that begins on friday. >> we are welcoming investors. >> reporter: but a new report from the egypt center for economic and social rights says egypt's quest for foreign money is violating human rights, damaging the environment and allowing company to his get away with theft and tax evasion. the report says new laws give multinational companies a kind of immunity, they shield them from pass cushion in the courts when allegations of corruption and embezzlement arise. the egyptian center for economic and social rights says egypt allows foreign company to his crush workers' rights. whether stopping effort to his unionize or failing to adhere to health and safety regulations. the governme

new leaders have now been sworn in by president al-sisi, they include the ministers of culture, education, housing, and communications. joining us now here in the studio for more on this reshuffle in egypta resident fellow at city university in new york. thank you very much for speaking to us again, yaya. what are we to make first of the removal of the interior minister? he was a figure in the other government, the previous government. what message is this current government trying to send by sacking him? >> as i said before i guess it's a message targeting the audience, they are dissatisfied with the performance of the former interior minister, and i believe the message is trying to calm -- is trying to calm down the public after this -- this -- this massive illusion of security internally speaking. >> so it's not necessarily trying to get rid of the remanents of the morsi government? >> i don't believe so. and considering the fact that the man was appointed and named as deputy prime minister for security. i mean it's -- it's a post that equals security advisor, one of the chief security advisor for the president, president fattah al-sisi. >> what about the timing yaya of the reshuffle

he says there needs to be perhaps a new approach in egypt. he said the u.s. administration is prepared to negotiate with the assad government. they've never negotiated directly, although the assad government negotiated with the s.n.c. the moderate opposition, which is very much backed by the u.s. administration. i think there is a real feeling among diplomats and i certainly felt this in new york in the united nations that a plan is needed, a plan for a local free, starting in aleppo is stalled and virtually dead. rather than a bottom-up approach, there is talk of a top down approach. interestingly, i think what's going on here, the nuclear negotiations could play a part in this. when i spoke to the e.u. high representative of foreign affairs last week, she understands the nuclear deal could bring a unique and historic opportunity for remaking the regional framework of the middle east. in other words if they get the nuclear deal, maybe they can bring iran in as a partner on the issue of syria. >> james, thank you very much. our diplomatic editor james bays re

will begin on friday. >> we're welcoming visiters. >> but a new report from the egyptian center for economic and social right says is that egypt's request for foreign money is violating human rights, damagic the environment and allowing companies to get away with shelf and tax evasion. the reports says that new laws gives multi national companies immuneity. egyptians center for economic and social right says that egypt allows foreign companies to crush workers rights whether it stops them from unionizing. investors say despite the turmoil, the country is a safe bet. >> stable and back and ready to receive investments. but bombings have become an increasing threat for egyptians. once confined to targeting police stations and military posts, armed groups are now attacking commercial areas killing and injuring civilians. egypt has implemented some restorms. all foreign companies will now have to pay a 25% tax on profits. but the report says that the country must tip the balance in favor of its citizens so they can begin reaping more of the benefits of foreign investment. al jazeera. >> the families of two australians facing executi

similar plans to lure people outside of the city has failed. >> translator: the new capitol is a very late decision. here in egyptarge only start thinking about the problem off it has already happened. >> reporter: the concept of moving a capitol is not confined to an inent times. egypt can look to nigeria and brazil as modern-day examples. >>> in latin america 34 million people lack access to clean drinking water. lucia newman is in chile investigating a machine that creates clean drinking water. >> reporter: water is essential for life yet one in ten people cannot access a single glass at home. millions live too far away from rivers and lakes. or have seen their water sources contaminated or simply disappear during prolonged drought. but what if they could access clean water, any time anywhere out of thin air? that's the promise of fresh water. a machine that does just that. by exacting moisture from the air just like a cloud. >> translator: what this machine does is form a small cloud inside that generates water. the air passes through here and we cool it. if you touch it. it's cold. the water is produced thro

>> fox news reporting the unholy war from cairo egypt, bret baier. >> we are coming to you from the presidential palace in cairo. a year ago much of the world had never heard of isis and it was dismissed by president obama as the jv team. now the terrorist army has come to dominate the news with its peru brutality. this hour we are going to show you isis as very few have seen it up close, the damage it has brought to families, villages, a whole region that simply was in the wrong place with the wrong beliefs. we will also talk exclusively with one world leader who has dared to challenge islamic terror and stand up to it even daring to call it by its name. first we go to northern iraq. that small village was visited by evil a place called kojo. >> august 15th it was decision day for the people of cocho village. a critical crossroads and ancient landmark in northern iraq. >> isis surrounded the whole village. >> isis had given kocho villagers likally convert to islam or lose all of their belongings and join other refugees who had fled to mount sinjar the next few weeks. >> isis came with a bulldoz

face on it because the obama administration has apparently decided to turn the page with egypt and support the newegime there. >> thank you very much. we'll leave it there for now. back with more a little bit later on. >>> senior nigerian officer told al jazeera that mercenary fighters are doing the bulk of the work against boko haram. the government says their role is quote limited to training and logistics. a recent push from a multinational force has weakened the group's presence in northeast nigeria. nick schifrin is our man, we hear this from a non-commissioned officer. get your thoughts on what the more senior authorities are saying about it but also as a correspondent on the ground are you able to see these people and what they are doing? >> reporter: what we have seen is just photos leaking from the last few weeks and even months of these foreign mercenaries i guess we would call them. reports are they are from south africa operating around the largest city in northeast nigeria where boko haram was created. and that has been the epicenter of some of this activity. and speaking to a senior

new capital city. plans unveiled at egypt's global financial summit. >> egypt's prime minister sets off in the tamil

. >> and that's why we went to egypt to talk to this dynamic new leader. when we come back. present an exclusive interview with the man who has been the most outspoken head of state in the arab world. egyptian president abdel fattah el sisi. to me, he's the leader who is finally saying what is needed to be said for a long time. >>> in a stunning speech on new year's day, 2015, egyptian president abdel fattah el sisi denounced killing and destruction done in the name of islam, and the clerics that support it. he believed it was time for a revolution in his religion. it was a brave words from a leader in a region where radicals are. i spoke to el sisi for what steps he needed for his country, for muslims, and for the world. >> translator: i said a religious revolution. it is not a revolution of religion. on the contrary, it is an revolution to support and reinstate the -- we are fighting all the misconceptions that are created extreme ideologies, which by turn created terrorism that is threatening. >> that is a bold stand. what has been the reaction you've received since you g

new. it is supported by the likes of turkey and pakistan in addition to other countries like egypt. yemen is becoming the test of this new attempt by the arabs to take matters into their own hands. yemen could become the afghanistan of the arabs because this is very complex very divided heavily armed place, mountainous and so on and so fort. could this yemen experience be taken to libya to syria? of course it's much more difficult, much more complex and remains to be seen, but certainly the likes of president sisi is quite eager to turn the political economic challenges of the region into military problems that require military solutions. >> perhaps that was very clear in noting the rhetoric for example cussing on stability, on stabilizing the status quo rather than reforming the status quo in the arab world. this is exactly it. the arab league or summit has tried to turn the page on the call for freedom justice and development. now, to be fair, there is a challenge called iran, you know, with its negotiations with the united states, and its spread of influence from lebanon to syria

egypt is hoping that foreign investors will pump money into its struggling economy. the ministry of invest produced this promotionnal video for its economic development conference that begins on friday. but a newort from egyptian center for economic and social right says that egypt's quest for foreign money is violating human rights damaging the environment, and allowing companies to get away with theft and tax evasion. new laws give multi national companies immunity and shield them from prosecution in the courts when allegations of corruption and embezzlement arise. the center for social rights says that it's crushing workers rights. the government's message to potential invest certificates despite the turmoil since the 2011 revolution, the country is a safe bet. >> it is stable, back and ready to receive investments. >> but bombings have become an increasing threat for egyptians. once confined to targeting police stations and military posts, armed groups are now attacking commercial areas killing and injuring civilians. egypt has implemented some reforms. all foreign companies will now have to pay a 25% tax on profits but the report says that the country must tip the balance in favor of its

regularly scheduled flight from los angeles international airport to cairo, egypt, with a stop at john f. kennedy airport in new york. that was the plan for egypt air 990. but on october 31st 1999 the boeing 767 crashed into the atlantic ocean. about 60 miles off the coast of massachusetts. >> cockpit of boeing 767 in my airspace. >> reporter: crash investigators say the co-pilot learned he was being demoted and took control of the plane when the captain stepped out of the cockpit sending it into a nosedive toward the ocean. the cockpit voice recorder revealed the co-pilot repeated i rely on god 11 times just before the crash. the captain can be heard on the recorder saying what's happening? even more chilling the last words her are the captain saying pull with me as he struggled to get his plane to change course. in that instant, the co-pilot turns off the engine slamming the aircraft into the sea. all 217 people on board were killed. with egyptair the transponder stopped working and no may day call. ruled the co-pilot intentionally crashed the plane, though egyptian authorities still say it was a mechanical f

egypt has been the embryo of the ideas in the region and in the 21st century where right now for a newrful organizing idea for the arab world. from the last century we have been shaped for a long time by three old ideas. arab nationalism, islamism and straight up military dictatorship as the key to stability. now it is time for something new. that is not me saying that. that is the arab public declare something new. they begin the process of inventing now. until the process is done and it's going to be much too soon to predict what is going to com. i do think from the american vantage point that one last thing we need to take from this is that our world understanding of stability is broken. we have as a matter of policy, we have depended unstable allies and we've defined stability in sort of reductive and mistaken terms. we have defined stability as police states were the one guy we can call on the end of the phone and that is the way we like our regimes in the arab world. so when morrissey was elected president you are quite comfortable just switching doing a fine replace on the other

egypt has appointed a new coach as they tried to £a new coach. hey replaced the american bob bradley that quit in 2013 after the farros failed to qualify fi. egypt an african cup of nations failed to qualify for the last three additions of the tournament >>> investigator are trying to find the cause of a helicopter collision that killed three people. they collided in a remote region of the argentina. they were there filming a reality tv show. among the dead was olympic swimming star aliya mustafina, winning goed at the olympics and alexis vastine, who won a medal >>> a court in australia ruled that the sale of formula 1 team must have the driver racing. gooeto was a reserve drive for sauber and said he was guaranteed a spot before the bosses changed their minds. an australian judge upheld a ruling saying van der guard has the right to race in neble. an appeal will be held on thursday. >> under 57. i've been training the last three months flat out and am looking forward. i had a good relationship, so i'm looking forward to race this weekend. >> kum

you have the new lib run by the military that wants to flexion it's muscles and egypt announced it wantsad a new effectively arab army. so we are at a real inflection point in the middle east, and i think we could see a lot of changing and volatile dynamics in yemen. it is even weirder than you were describing. it is more concoluded. the u.s. is helping this mission in tikrit being backed by the militias. and the militias say they will back the operation. that is in iraq. in syria, the u.s. is fighting against iran and is an enemy of iran which supports hezbollah and the government of bashar al assad. in syria the u.s. is also fighting with iran against isis. it is even confusing for me. in iraq we're fighting with iran. in syria we're fighting both with and against iran. and in yemen, now we're backing saudi arabia, egypt, and this other coalition. we say we're not going to get deeply involved, we'll just insist with some intelligence while at the same time huge negotiations, profoundly important negotiations on the way in switzerland with iran. >> it's clear. i see a path in front of u