stanton national says egypt's army is using banned cluster bombs in its military operation in north sinai the rights group made the accusation after analyzing video released by the egyptian military. donald trump's white house communications director is stepping down the third to leave the post since the us president came to office hope picks as one of trump's longest serving advisers and previously worked for the trump organization she was also his press secretary during the twenty sixteen election campaign donald trump has been meeting party leaders to discuss options for gun law reform he told politicians to seriously consider raising the age limit for purchasing assault style rifles like they are fifteen used in the florida school shooting two weeks ago trumps accuse senators of being afraid to take on the national rifle association lobby group and says it's time to end the known since we have to keep the guns out of the hands of those that post the threat. and this really includes background checks and i know senator that you're working on things joe i know you're working and. i mean

amnesty international says egypt's army is using banned cluster bombs in its military operation north sinai the human rights group made the accusation after analyzing this egyptian military video it says the munitions serial number number circled over that proves beyond doubt that it is a u.s. made cluster bomb which could any of been dropped by the egyptian air force the military argues the weapons were improvised explosive devices planted by what it calls terrorist elements jeffrey marcus the egypt country specialist at amnesty international usa he says it's not the first time egypt has used cluster bombs. they've done it before just earlier in the month. indeed ships in military officer posted to his twitter account when we indicated another us type cluster munition being used by loaded onto any gyptian plane and in plane that had gyptian airforce flags on it so they seem to be quite proud of this these custom bombs are so dangerous and so deadly because they're indiscriminate the it cannot be used with precision they excel in harming maiming and killing civilians it is this danger that

messenger national says egypt's army is using banned cluster bombs on its military operation in north sinai the rights group made the accusation after analyzing the video released by the egyptian military the army says the weapons were improvised explosive devices planted by so-called terrorist elements a leaked united nations report is highlighting violations of the arms embargo in libya by countries trying to influence the conflict the united arab emirates and egypt and named in the report the u.n. has banned weapons sales and military support from groups in libya since two thousand and eleven. south korea's president says japan has not resolved the issue of so-called comfort women who are forced into sexual slavery during world war two speaking at an event to mark in one thousand nine years since korea rose up against colonial rule by japan and separately urged koreans to work towards peace with the north so the headlines on al-jazeera of risking it all coming up next. the benefit. of. documentaries open your eyes at this time on al-jazeera. haleh oh. oh. oh. oh oh oh oh oh live. like i

amnesty international says egypt's army is using banned cluster bombs in its military operation in north sinai the rights group made the accusation after analyzing video released by the egyptian military the army says the weapons were improvised explosive devices planted by so-called terrorist elements. donald trump's white house communications director is stepping down the third to leave the post since the us president came to office hope picks as one of trump's longest serving advisers and previously worked for the trump organization she was also his press secretary during the twenty sixteen election campaign. one of the largest retailers in the u.s. is raising the age limit for gun sales wal-mart will no longer sell firearms and bullets to people under twenty one years old it says it will remove assault style rifles replica and toy guns from its web site that follows a similar announcement by a major sporting goods chain on wednesday students from the floor of the high school where seventeen people were shot dead have returned to classes for the first time since the attack the principals ca

amnesty international says egypt's army is using banned cluster bombs and its military operation in north sinai the rights group made the accusation after analyzing video released by the egyptian military the army says the weapons were improvised explosive devices planted by so-called terrorist elements the chief executive of the u.s. olympic committee has resigned citing health problems scott black man has been under fire over the committee's response to a series of sex abuse scandals. and a professional australian surfer who famously fended off a shark attack as quote in the sport of three time world champion mick fanning has a competition later this month will be his last he drew global attention for punching a shark that tried to bite through his leash in two thousand and fifteen right those are the headlines the occupation of the american mind is coming up next. thank you thank you thank. you lawyer two thousand and fourteen israel launched a devastating military attack on the coastal strip. over the course of fifty one days. to drop twenty thousand tons of explosives on the densely popula

mystery international says egypt's army is using banned cluster bombs in its military operation in north sinai the rights group made the accusation after analyzing video released by the egyptian military. u.s. senators are attempting to force a vote on the country's involvement in the war in yemen and overrule the president's military authorization members of congress say that if successful it would be the first ever vote in the senate to withdraw u.s. armed forces from what they call an unauthorized war the united states has provided weapons and intelligence for the saudi led coalition targeting iran backed fighters in yemen since twenty fifteen. u.s. military support of the saudi coalition must end without congressional authorization our engagement in this war should be restricted to providing desperately needed humanitarian aid and diplomatic efforts to resolve it that is why today so little league and i. are introducing a joint resolution pursuant to the one nine hundred seventy three wars power war powers resolution calling for an end to u.s. support for the saudi war in yemen south korea

amnesty international says egypt's army is using banned cluster bombs and its military operation in north sinai the rights group made the accusation after analyzing video released by the egyptian military but the army says the weapons were improvised explosive devices planted by so-called terrorist elements. the chief executive of the us a lympics committee has resigned citing health problems got blackmon had been under fire following the committee's response to a series of sex abuse scandals in january former u.s. gymnastics team dr larry nasser was jailed for life for molesting hundreds of girls are the headlines on al-jazeera but do stay with us the stream is coming up next. more than forty thousand africans are facing deportation from israel is awarded more than ninety percent of your to accept. your point one percent of the two of those in danger of being thrown out of the country in which they sold refuge talks al jazeera at this time. and i'm really could be today we are crisscrossing the globe to discuss a few stories that have a lot of people talking online so join the conversation twe

just international says egypt's army is using banned cluster bombs in its military operation in north sinai the human rights group made the accusation after analyzing egyptian military video human counterparts. this is a gyptian military video the army says it shows improvised explosive devices planted by what it calls a terrorist elements human rights group amnesty international says one of the shots is a cluster bomb which could only have been dropped by the egyptian air force the munitions serial number circled here appears to confirm misty's claim they've done it before just earlier in the month. in egypt in military officer posted to his twitter account when we indicated another u.s. cluster munition being used by loaded onto the gyptian plane and in plane that had air force swags on it so they seem to be quite proud. it's not clear why the egyptian military would release such a video the use of cluster bombs if confirmed would violate an international treaty banning may use it may also violate a united states law regarding recipients of u.s. military aid like egypt these questor bombs

this international says egypt's army is using banned cluster bombs and its military operation in north sinai the rights group may be accusation after analyzing this egyptian military video that says the munitions serial number circled here proves beyond doubt that it's a u.s. made cluster bomb which could only have been dropped by the egyptian air force but the military says the weapons were improvised explosive devices planted by so-called terrorist elements. the white house communications director is stepping down the first to leave the post since the us president came to office picks as one of don't trump the longest serving advisers and previously worked for the trump organization she also served as press secretary during the two thousand and sixteen election campaign it comes a day out to hex testified before a congressional panel investigating alleged russian interference and that campaign . well bill schneider is a political ad alist and he says hex was an important and a media between trump and other white house star her timing could have been better she testified before congress she

amnesty international says egypt's army is using banned cluster bombs and its military operations in north sinai the human rights group made the accusation off to analyzing this egyptian military video it says i'm initial a serial number circled here proves beyond doubt that it's a u.s. made cluster bomb which could only have been dropped by the egyptian air force the military argues the weapons were improvised explosive devices planted by what it calls terrorist elements but jeffrey marcus from amnesty international he says it's not the first time egypt has he was cluster bombs they've done it before just earlier in the months. indeed ships in military officer posted to his twitter account when we indicated another u.s. type cluster munition being used by loaded onto any gyptian plane and then plane that had gyptian air force flags on it so they seem to be quite proud of this these custom bombs are so dangerous and so deadly because they're indiscriminate the cannot be used with precision they excel in harming maiming and killing civilians it is this danger that his or an international treaty t

sinai, isis burning both israel and egypt, hamas digging tunnels. to fire rockets and in lebanon. hezbollah embedding tens of thousands of advanced munitions and rockets running the northel and we took a helicopter tour of all of this and then got a briefing from the golan heights with general the deputy chief of staff of the idf. in syria, field state where you have both vices still active in hezbollah, shiite militias, the iyer tc under a russian air cover. i run increasingly and aggressively challenging israel and recently, directly sending it around into israeli airbase. it's important that we make clear that when iran and russia challenge israel directly they are also challenging the united states. we need was all and stand together. [applause] >> that sounds serious. as you mentioned the trip was part of a bipartisan congressional degradation led by us senator gran with several of your colleagues. in this incredibly partisan time how important is it that israel remained a bipartisan issue and how possible do you think that is? >> that is where you come in. frankly, keeping us support for israel, american engagement with israel, not just on security issues but als

other than the government egyptians living in sinai side is surrounded under siege by their own military shelob ls al-jazeera u.s. president donald trump says north korea seems sincere in its apparent willingness to negotiate on abandoning nuclear weapons south korea's president when jay and says it's too early to be optimistic south korean officials met kim jong un earlier this week and said he is willing to denuclearize his country's security is assured that south korea says it has no plans to essentials before next month's summit with the north. the european union and the i.m.f. arthur urged to step back from the brink of a trade war many fear president donald trump will push ahead with tariffs on imported steel and aluminum after the resignation of his top economic adviser who opposed the plan these trade commissioner says it's prepared to take the case to the world trade organization would also in paul's counter tariffs on u.s. products ranging from poor been so harley davidson also bikes just truly hope that this will not touch them because a trade war has no winners and. if he doesn't the better than we can work with our american friends a

sinai and the saudi crown prince heads to the u.k. company by a massive p.r. campaign. hopeful and skeptical that the trump administration is reacting to north korea's announcement that it is willing to discuss suspending its nuclear program and begin talks with washington the u.s. state department confirmed it will hold a meeting with south korea later this week to discuss potential denuclearization talks with pyongyang the north and south have agreed to hold a historic summit next month as president don trump welcome the news saying he believes the north motives for the talks are genuine i think that they are sincere but i think they're sincere also because the sanctions and what we're doing with respect to north korea including you know the great help that we've been given from china and they can do more but i think they've done more than certainly they've ever done for our country before so china has been a big help i think that's been a factor but the sanctions have been very very strong and very biting and we don't want that to happen so i really believe they are sincere i hope they're sincere we're going to soon find rob of pride as m

north in syria which is again another heartbreaking tragedy or whether we're talking about yemen and that being probably the worst humanitarian crisis that the world is seeing today you have egypt in sinai a war that is going on virtually as as we speak although with very little coverage mohammed unsettlement now is sort of spiking tensions threatening implicitly or sometimes explicitly to military intervene against a neighbor country in that very same region. to describe it to stupidity would be to to do the word incredible injustice. the fact is that the americans need to really assess exactly what they want to tell mohammed been so money where their strategic interests lie this is not just about to mohammed bin so mentality himself and marketing himself as the pneumonic it's about whether the region that is in govt in flames whether they be sectarian or otherwise that region can find some sort of resolution ok through any kind of relations on that sort and that will be the final word on us thank you very much thank you to all of you for joining me a day that her skill to shine in this al-tikriti and thank you for watching you can watch the program again any time you go to our website

problems in the north of the country trying to secure the security of coptic christians in the last couple of years and then we've seen ongoing sporadic violence against the military in sinai how he going to tackle these two very disparate situations well unfortunately field-marshal. because that's what he years views the sinai as a military problem and so he's committing troops. tempting to fight a war there the real question in everybody's mind who follows these things is why are the people in sinai so upset what is driving this insurgency what could the egyptian government do differently about development in this region that might mollify people and that's part of the problem there was that it's not the economy is in direct to be related to why the public would be disgruntled whereas the government to certainly giving us the impression that the egyptian people are very happy with the status quo as it is but if you look at some of the figures and they're all laid out on our website at al-jazeera dot com from a variety of sources that we feel that inflation is now hovering at fifteen percent it has gone as high as thirty three percent in the last five years subsidies on b