aljazeera's nicole johnston explains. >> what is significant about this cabinet resignation is what does it mean for the defense minister al sisi, is this a way for him to pave the way to run for the presidential elections. to do so, he must resign as defense minister as well as his position as head of the military. the other factor underway in egypt at the moment is there's a great deal of civil unrest. we're seeing strikes and pro tests from all sorts of different oranges, such as the doctor's syndicate, pharmacist as well as textile workers and garbager workers. this could be another way to try to put a lid on pro tests to show people that the interim government is listen got to concerns of the people by appointing a new cabinet. >> nicole johnston from doha, and outspoken credit kim of venezuelan president, not backing down, a retired army general addressing dozens from his balcony wearing a flak jacket and armed with a rifle and shotgun said he won't surrender. anti-government protestors are upset about my government and crime rate. 11 people have died in the last weeks. >> an illne

al jazeera nicole johnston has the latest. >> what is significant for this cabinet resignation is what does it mean for minister abdul a fattah alsisi. now the other factor that is underway in egypt at the moment is there's a great deal of civil unrest. we're seeing strikes and protests from all sorts of different organizations such as the doctor syndicate, pharmacists, as well as textile workers even garbage collectors. this resignation by the government could be a way to put a lid on those protests to show the people that the interim government is listening to the concerns of the people by appointing a new cabinet. >> nicole johnston for us. >>> the supreme court is deciding whether the government has the right to regulatine housregulategreenhouse gas emis. libby casey is in washington, d.c. for us. what's at stake in this case? >> the epa does have the right to regulate greenhouse gas emissions. whether the agent is allowed to regulate moving sources like cars or buses. the question is about stationary sources, things like coal fired power plants. any new plants coming on line the e

a better job before egyptians go to the polls once again to vote in parliamentary elections, nicole johnstonazeera. >> they want the staff released from egypt and peter and mohamed and fahmy have 59 days in prison and they are accused of spreading false news and alshamy from the network's arabic channel has been held since august and he is on a hunger strike to protest the imprisonment. tapes of the prime minister talking about getting rid of large sums of money are fake. audio recordings on youtube, he is reportedly telling his son to dispose of cash and this conversation reportedly happened with a graph inquiry and news broke and the main opposition says the prime minister should step down. the head of an al-qaeda linked group in syria gave break away members five days to join talks or be expelled from the country and he is in charge of fighters like these, in an audio message posted on the internet he told the islamic state of iraq also known as the isil to join arbitration with leading clecics and some suspected suicide bombers were behind the assassination of the top envoy in syria on s