killed since the operation began in january egypt's top court has validated a deal to transfer two red sea islands to saudi arabia the agreement was signed when king solomon visited egypt in twenty sixteen sitting between the two countries in the red sea tehran and sun affair remain large they are occupied but they lie in a politically sensitive area you hear going to name is al jazeera middle east analyst he says that while not everyone might agree with the decision it's important that the legal process is follet. i believe. it was very important for the region to get the approval of the consider usual court and i mean the ruling today's ruling you know proves that. the constitutional court which is the highest judicial body in egypt is really part of the routine litany just stress upon the fact that the way they have egypt did the two are those two in favor of saudi arabia is totally. came in a flagrant way it was a flagrant violation of both the local the egyptian laws and the international law again but you know all things happen and unfortunately in and the light of the fact that this total a

to egypt now where the top court has validated a deal to transfer to red sea island to saudi arabia the agreement was signed when kings helmont visited egypt in two thousand and sixteen situation between the two countries and the red sea that on and remain largely on the occupied but they lie in a politically sensitive area while the sea is israel's only gateway for its southern port allowing vital trade connections to southeast asia one president at the fact that he signed the transfer deal in two thousand and sixteen it provoked widespread protests across egypt opponents say it amounts to selling off egypt's sovereign territory since he was criticized for handing over the islands while receiving billions of dollars in aid from saudi arabia well let's get more on this now we're joined by god enlarges the u.s. middle east analyst mr ghanem always a pleasure to talk with you why do you think the court made this dispute decision despite the mass offices into it by the egyptian people. well i believe. it was very important for the region to get the approval of the concision the court and i

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egypt's top court has validated the deal to transfer to the red sea islands to saudi arabia it was signed ranking selman visited egypt in twenty sixteen egypt sovereignty over to iran and salah fair islands dates back to ninety six before saudi arabia was founded. i'm ali based affiliates of al qaeda has claimed responsibility for friday's attacks on an army headquarters and french embassy in neighboring burkina faso eight people were killed in the attacks which the country's prime minister has described as revolting security forces killed a to the attackers and several arrests have now been named. italians will head to the polls on sunday for a general election pollsters are predicting a three way race with no single party on track to gain the required forty percent to form a government of the left and the rights are trailing luigi to my o's five star movement which has run on a platform of anti establishment and anti corruption french police have repelled a group of environmentalists who are protesting against plans to store nuclear waste near a town the two groups clashed in the field

and egypt's top court has validated a deal to transfer two red sea islands to saudi arabia. when president of the father l.c.c. announced a plan to hand over the largely on occupied are the head on and that in two thousand and sixteen provoked widespread protests across egypt. now the medical charity doctors without borders has suspended all work from the northern nigeria and town of ron after an attack by suspected fighters at least three aid workers and eight security personnel were killed in the raid in borno state on thursday night and a female nurse is reported missing. well the abduction of one hundred ten schoolgirls in the last mom has once again highlight of the extreme challenges millions of children face and getting basic education on top of the threat of violence is decades of corruption in nigeria is education sector and resistance by parents. travel to the city of soccer to the country's northwest where the government is now paying parents to take their children to school. the dusty streets. i do. like two thousand other girls should have a chance to pursue. do

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recently egypt's topcoats has validated a deal to transfer to red sea islands to saudi arabia the greenman was signed one king some of this is egypt twenty sixteen about this age of sovereignty over to ron and son a fear island state in one thousand and six before saudi arabia was founded u.s. president has lashed out at the e.u. and what he describes is a trade imbalance in the teleplay a tax on european calls if the bloc imposes duties on well known american products and the money based affiliate of al qaeda has claimed responsibility for friday's attacks on an army headquarters and french embassy in neighboring bikini a fast eight people were killed in the attacks which the country's prime minister has described as revolting security forces kill dates of the attackers say with us on al jazeera the listing post is coming out next. like. the fourth child. playing right i'm. sure i can tell. you this further that this takes china. no doubt about. hello i'm richard gilbert and you're at the listening post here are some of the stories we're following this week the rise of xi jinping and the

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egypt's top court house validated a deal to transfer to red sea islands to saudi arabia egremont was signed one hundred selman visited egypt in twenty sixteen sitting between the two countries in the red sea tehran and sun affair remain largely on occupied but they lie in a politically sensitive area you hear going to aim is al-jazeera as a middle east analyst he says that while not everyone might agree with the decision it's important that legal process is followed i believe. it was very important for the region to get the approval of the constitutional court. and i mean the ruling today's ruling you know proves that. the constitutional court which is the highest judicial body in egypt is really part of the routine litany just respond the fact that the way they have egypt did the two of those two in favor of saudi arabia is totally. came in a flagrant way it was a flagrant violation of both the local the chips in los and the international law again but you know things happen and unfortunately in in the light of the fact that there is total absence of them obviously in egypt things ha

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now egypt's top court has validated a deal to transfer two red sea islands to saudi arabia they agree on the science and can sound one visit egypt and twenty sixteen situated between the two countries in the red sea to run and sun affair remain largely on occupies but they live in a politically sensitive area the sea is israel's only gateway for its southern port at eilat allowing vital trade connections to southeast asia and president apple fattah el-sisi signed the transfer deal and twenty six day that provoked widespread protests across egypt voters said amounts to selling off egypt's sovereign territory says he was criticised for handing over the islands whilst receiving billions of dollars in aid from saudi arabia i got him is his middle east analyst he says that whilst not everyone agrees with the decision it's important that legal process is followed i believe. it was very important for the regime to get the approval of the consider usual court and i mean the ruling today's ruling you know proves that. the constitutional court which is the highest judicial body in egypt is real

problems in the country and because of the way he managed the transfer of sovereignty over the two red sea islands to saudi arabia i would estimate that is popular if you know it's between fifteen twenty percent of the population and i'm being generous the rest of the population the majority of them either they don't care or they support him because they don't see an alternative to him and the minority the supporters of the opposition the larger disenfranchised how would you categorize his time in power because i mean he has said for example national security takes priority over freedom would you describe his time in power as authoritarian or does it seem in your view as if he might be open to democratic reforms. even if he is as a person open to democratic reforms his behavior certainly does not show it so his time in power has been largely authoritarian there is an autocratic culture that characterizes the egyptian regime sisi and before him mubarak they say the egyptians are not ready for democracy that's of course an ocular and it's self-serving people who do not practice democracy because the

onto other world news now in egypt's top court has upheld a deal to transfer to red sea islands tucson's eurabia the agreement was sound when was signed rather when saudi king solomon visited egypt two years ago is situated between the two countries in the red sea to iran and santa fear remain largely on occupied but our political the sensitive transfer deal provokes widespread protests across egypt opponents say it amounts to selling off egypt's sovereign territory i again aim is there is a middle east analyst he says while not everyone might agree it was important that the legal process was followed i believe. it was very important for the region him to get the approval of the consider usual court and i mean the ruling today's ruling you know proves that. the constitutional court which is the highest judicial body in egypt is really part of the routine litany just stress upon the fact that the way they have egypt to the two others to in favor of saudi arabia is totally. came in a flagrant way it was a flagrant violation of both the local the chips and those and the international law ag

egypt just yesterday we had the announcement by the top court in egypt giving away these two islands in the red sea strategically important islands to nod and said nothing to egypt what else is egypt getting out of all of this investment in saudi getting out of this investment in egypt. the saudis did get those islands that they have a claim on them going back but they've been egyptian territory for as long as anybody can think. they also have gotten egypt security help egypt however has been a little bit difficult for the saudis in some areas it hasn't been enthusiastic about the war in yemen which is one of the major projects of the saudis it also has tilted towards the bashar al assad regime in syria because it is a secular regime fighting the rebels and so on those issues there may be some tension can we expect any movement or progress on those issues on the wars and soviet or yemen you know i think egypt is just going to refuse to get involved they may talk a good game but the gyptian elite for some time now has drawn back from active in best moment in those kinds of projects. mountain climber

egypt just yesterday we had the announcement by the top court in egypt giving away these two islands in the red sea strategically important islands to nod and said nothing to egypt what else is egypt getting out of all of this investment in saudi getting out of this investment. the saudis did get those islands that they have a claim on them going back but they've been egyptian territory for as long as anybody can think. they also have gotten egypt security help egypt however has been a little bit difficult for the saudis in some areas it hasn't been enthusiastic about the war in yemen which is one of the major projects of the saudis it also has tilted towards the bashar al assad regime in syria because it is a secular regime fighting the rebels and so on those issues there may be some tension can we expect any movement or progress on those issues on the wars in soviet or yemen you know i think egypt is just going to refuse to get involved they may talk a good game but the gyptian elite for some time now has drawn back from active in vestment in those kinds of projects. have a common the black boxes

brocade in qatar in the ongoing gulf crisis egypt is also ceding to city to cli important islands on the red sea to saudi arabia despite protests in egypt let's talk to al-jazeera. who joins us now live on the news great hashim we've seen there just now. welcoming mohammed been summoned to cairo it's not a surprise really that n.b.s. would make this first foreign trip as crown prince to egypt is it we know that he is the defect to the arabia and his visit. he has a message to send basically that he would like to continue the traditional show of presenting significant political and economic assistance to the. president. that they will continue the same policies which have been at office in the past few basic lee. anti muslim brotherhood all over the world and also backing. the fatah has he so it's i think a very strong political message here what is the saudi arabia getting out of his close ties with egypt they are the two islands of course which has been somewhat of a controversy in egypt itself but what else are the saudis getting out of this relationship you know because saudi arabia has been