former chief of staff just days after he said he would run in the presidential election in march sami anon was seen as a main challenger to president after fact r.c.c. anon has not called off easy election campaign. and the united nations security council has held a meeting on continued chemical attacks in syria russia call for a new inquiry into who is to blame a move the u.s. has branded a destruction. at least twenty seven people have been killed after a car bomb exploded in libya a blast in the eastern city of benghazi killed worshippers who were live leaving a mosque after evening prayers a second car bomb exploded just half an hour later injuring security and ambulance personnel. but he's seen pakistan say d.n.a. samples of a man suspected of the rape and murder of a seven year old girl are a match and then have been sirees murder triggered mass protests over alleged police incompetence the most senior official in punjab province has accused the suspects of being a serial killer saying the twenty four year old confessed to the murder of seven other children mariana honda has more. po

chief of staff just days after he said he would run for president in elections scheduled in march sami anon has been seen as a main challenger to president abdel fattah el-sisi but has not called off his campaign mohammed jam june has the details. just days after you nouns to his candidacy in his country's upcoming presidential elections egypt's military has arrested former egyptian armed forces chief of staff sami on on words. in a televised statement the military said imam committed violations when he announced his presidential bid without obtaining permits from the armed forces he's also accused of committing forgery to be included in the voter database there are two explanations for this one is that he actually miscalculated the level of support that he has within the military institution and within the security interests so within his two sions the second one is he actually had not mistaken a decision he expected to step and this is not the end of the story you told d.c. something account of reaction on his part on the part of his loyalists so it's still too early to tell i'm an announ

a backlash egypt's former military chief of staff sami anon will run in the presidential election in march his party made the announcement on thursday comes days after former egyptian prime minister. said he was how long are considering running for the president in this year's elections the current president is expected to seek a second term but as yet to officially announce his candidacy the u.n. humanitarian chief says he is deeply worried about civilians caught up in pockets of violence in syria arklow caught made the comments during a visit to the capital damascus a while the army is waging an air campaign in eastern gooden your the syrian capital this is an opposition held area that has been under siege for almost four years at least eighty five people have died there just since the start of the new year. right. now. i'm concerned about reproducing. me. and i'm. going to find him in. trying to reign in the. around. two palestinian teenagers have been killed in separate incidents with this really soldiers palestine's health ministry says both of the victims or sixteen year old bo

and then al was an assistant to former presidential candidate sami anon who was arrested last week and barred from running for office thousands of people from albany as opposition parties have taken part in anti-government protests in the capital tehran they want prime minister it is drama to resign he accuses administration of having links to corruption and organized crime. those are the headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera after rewind goodbye from. well in one of the most. remarkable mine in mind that's the thomas song. i want a song which is. a hummer saab wanna sadhana father not mine. but of. mine got a. good one about the. farm on about how he and. i will run side i want to. eat it only meant that indeed. they did. not mind. it was the last one of. my own case i only. made it and. you know. you do that. for you. you know them. more than the. good honest and not lost until now we're not all going we'll be. told me to look at there's a medal in the one little club all of us need a engine that had no idea who came with one of those when the. cliff both the middle of the

has been detained by the military and has called off his campaign for the military chief of staff sami anon for me declared his intention to run as a presidential candidate in the march elections on saturday in a televised statement the military said that anon had announced his bid without obtaining the correct permits he's also accused of committing forgery to be included in the database to other presidential hopefuls were forced to quit the race earlier this month one of them said the nephew of former leader anwar sadat said last week he wanted to protect his campaign workers from intimidation or arrest. the main concern is are we going to really be able to continue in the race under such a climate the answer that we will reached is that we don't think we can continue in such an environment and we have decided not to run and for the prime minister an air force jet. shafique had also announced his interest in running but he was placed under house arrest and then to ported from the united arab emirates where he'd been living in exile his lawyers say he was detained as soon as he landed in c

former chief of staff just days after he said he would run in the presidential election in march sami anon was seen as the main challenger to president abdel fattah el-sisi the un security council has held a meeting on continued chemical attacks in syria russia call for a new inquiry into who is to blame a move the u.s. has branded a distraction at least thirty one people have been killed by a car bomb in libya the blast in the eastern city of benghazi struck worshipers who were leaving a mosque after evening prayers now we're getting the latest pictures coming from afghanistan in the eastern city of jalalabad where there's been an explosion as we reported earlier near the offices of the aid group save the children these are some of the pictures that are coming in to us a spokesman from the government there the prevention government in general about says the attack is still ongoing no reports said on any casualties or injuries of course we'll update you on this breaking news story here on al-jazeera as in when we have more information to stay with us up next here is the listening post. the

investigate in the local police chief has been fired for negligence egypt's former military chief of staff sami anon will run in the presidential election in march his party made the announcement on thursday that comes days after former egyptian prime minister. should feat that is said that he would no longer consider running and the election the presidential election the current president. is expected to seek a second term but as yet to officially announce his candidacy and peru thousands are rallying against the pardon of former president al gore to be maury that is the latest in a wave of demonstrations since virgin morgan was released on health grounds in december. a report released in the u.k. warns that nuclear weapons systems around the world are increasingly want to bowl to being hacked by rival states or other groups the chatham house think tank says the spread of digital technology makes it more likely that cyber attackers could disable or even launch nuclear weapons those are your headlines keep it here the news continues on al-jazeera after inside story. the rebels in yemen say they've b

challenger former military chief of staff sami anon was arrested last week and his sentence withdrawn his candidacy and a number of other candidates have also dropped out of the race. nearly one half million afghans are expected to lose the right to stay in pakistan after the government said it's not going to extend their refugee status their legal rights officially expired in december but pakistani officials extended their stay by one month. report from a refugee camp. for several decades bogged down had been home to registered and on registered of andre fuji o.m.'s gaped a conflict and a country to seek sanctuary here in pakistan but no because of the pressure from the international community and particularly the united states by get dante indicted wants to repack creation of the referee again because security trade pakistan has also been stressing the need of. refugees as their presence in pakistan helps of foreign terrorists to made and more among them however if you are these people they will tell you that they do not want to be turned back into a country torn apart by conflict b

says he filed his nomination papers it comes a day after former army chief of staff of ten and gen sami anon was detained after saying he will contest the race human rights lawyer was the first to announce in november that he will run against sisi former u.s. gymnastics team doctor has been sentenced for sexually assaulting female athletes and patients for decades there in the us it was given a prison term of two hundred seventy five years the president of michigan state university where i worked resigned after the sentence was given john hendren has more. this staggering sentence mattered less than the statement it made oh wow. mr. whitehead through to. dr larry nasser was already handed a sixty year prison term for related child pornography last month that will keep the fifty four year old away from children for life perhaps you have figured it out by now but little girls don't see little forever they grow into strong women that return to destroy your world he pleaded guilty to molesting seven girls in usa gymnastics in michigan state university through intimate treatments that he told the

decision not to participate president of defacto cc's leading challenger former military chief of staff sami anon was arrested last week a number of other candidates have withdrawn because of intimidation concerns united nations children's fund is warning that around sixty thousand children are at risk of starvation in north korea with a situation made worse by international sanctions are being put in place because of north korea's nuclear and ballistic missile programs last week the u.s. and its new sanctions on several nice nations and people and on six north korean ships the twenty seven year old man has been arrested over the rape of a baby girl in india the eight month old baby is being treated for serious internal injuries and has had a three hour operation in the capital delhi the twenty seven year old man arrested and charged is the baby's cousin nearly eleven thousand cases of child rape reported in india in twenty fifteen. the government of the philippines is introducing new laws to stop what it calls fake news but opponents say the move is an attack on free speech aimed at punishing jo

former chief of staff just days after he said he would run in the presidential election in march sami anon was seen as the main challenger to president abdel fatah anon has not called off his election campaign. and the united nations security council has held a meeting on continued chemical attacks in syria russia call for a new inquiry into who is to blame a move the u.s. has branded a distraction. now a coalition of more than a dozen latin american countries has rejected venezuela's call for early elections saying it contradicts democratic principles the pro-government constituent assembly in caracas is calling for poles by the end of april president nicolas maduro says he's willing to seek another term in office a latin america at its end. reports. foreign ministers from latin america and canada who gathered in chile to discuss the crack presidential elections from which most opposition parties have been banned. for this decision by the. impeach the realization of democratic transparent and credible elections. one of venezuela's best known government opponents is here asking for more tw

the elections are scheduled to take place in march the former armed forces chief of staff sami anon has just said he will run and has called for state institutions to be neutral towards all candidates a qatari royal who was at one time a close ally of saudi arabia says the gulf diplomatic crisis has been manufactured in an audio recording obtained by al-jazeera shake up the law ben ali autonomy accuses saudi arabia and the u.a.e. of fabricating the rift with qatar to seize their neighbor's wealth. u.s. president donald trump has met a top democrat chuck schumer to prevent a government shutdown both described progress but schumer said areas of disagreement remain the senate has until midnight friday to agree on a bill to fund the government agencies for the next month the white house budget director mick mulvaney expects a deal to be reached in the next twenty four hours i think it will be taken care of the money i actually that's why i just said i think if you think there's a really difficult. thing for. if you think for me writing for tomorrow. no i don't think anybody really. needing

they were widespread voting irregularities the top aide to the barda gyptian presidential candidate sami anon has reportedly been stabbed in the face and badly beaten in the capital cairo egypt's interior ministry says the aide was injured in a dispute related to a car accident one of the world's richest men saudi prince bin talal has been released from detention and says that he will be cleared of corruption charges he has been held in a hotel in the capital riyadh since november along with about two hundred others as part of what the government says is an anti corruption drive. mali's army says at least fourteen of its soldiers have been killed in an attack on a camp in the northern city of timbuktu it says at least seventeen of the attackers were also killed in the army is now back in control of the base it's the worst attack on security forces in over a year. thousands of people in albania have been taking part in protests against the government in the capital tirana there calling for the resignation of the prime minister eighty rama's government accusing it of links to organized crime an

former chief of staff just days after he said he would run in the presidential election in march sami anon was seen as the main challenger to president abdel fatah sisi the united nations security council has held a meeting on continued chemical attacks in syria russia call for a new inquiry into who is to blame a move the u.s. has branded as a distraction at least thirty one people have been killed by a combo in libya of a blast in the eastern city of benghazi struck worshipers who were leaving a mosque up to evening prayers a second car bomb exploded just half an hour later injuring security and i'm going to inspire us now. the u.s. justice department has confirmed attorney general jeff sessions was questioned last week over alleged collusion between donald trump's presidential campaign and russia is believed to be the first time a member of trump's cabinet has been questioned in the inquiry which is led by former f.b.i. director robert mueller and thousands of brazilians have rallied in support of former president luiz inacio lula da silva a day before a court rules on whether to uphold

that this politically and domestically is a very toxic issue egypt's former military chief of staff sami anon will run in the presidential election and march his party made the announcement on thursday comes days after former egyptian prime minister ahmed shafik said he was no longer considering running for president in this year's elections the current president of the tel sisi is expected to seek a second term but has not yet officially announced his candidacy. a mass burial has taken place in nigeria for seventy three people killed in fighting between filani herdsman and farmers to communities have been locked in conflict for decades over the use of land to graze cattle many just supports from occurred and in a way state. t.v. . or some sort of money for victims of recent violence between herdsman and farmers as a dead broke in conference and open trucks emotions run high. survivors say the attacks were carried out by herdsman stephens i am a member of a local militia formed to confront the nomad says it was left for dead when the camp was rated. we were in a camp and on five am without wa

his sham going in now with severe injuries he was an assistant to former presidential candidate sami anon who was arrested last week and barred from running for office the interior ministry says he was injured in a dispute and linked to a car accident. egyptian authorities have extended the detention of al-jazeera journalist mahmud hussain for the eleventh time he'll be held for an extra forty five days without trial it's now been more than a year since he was arrested and jailed in egypt hossein is accused of broadcasting false news to spread chaos which he and al jazeera strongly deny he has repeatedly complained of mistreatment while in prison african leaders have gathered in ethiopia's capital for the i know summit of the african union dealing with corruption and finding solutions to conflict will be among the main issues in the agenda reports from added sabah they come together from all over the continent in the city that give to the concept of african unity the issue of independent financing for the african union and white out of formal the organization. and tackling corruption in a

so he sang in the know would severe injuries he was an assistant to former presidential candidate sami anon who was arrested last week and barred from running for office and his lawyer says the attack was a failed kidnap attempt but the interior ministry says he was injured in a dispute linked to a car accident. egyptian authorities have extended the detention of al-jazeera journalist mahmud hussein for the eleventh time he'll be held for an extra forty five days without trial it's now been more than a year since he was arrested and jailed in egypt for same is accused of broadcasting false news to spread chaos which he and al-jazeera strongly deny has repeatedly complained of mistreatment while imprisoned lebanese workers who lost their jobs when a saudi construction company collapsed last year are demanding to be paid former employees of saudi although have received salaries for nearly two years the firm was owned by lebanon's prime minister saakashvili the workers feel they have become a political bargaining chip in a lot of reports from beirut. but a has lost almost everything he returne

a backlash egypt's former military chief of staff sami anon will return will run in the presidential election in march his party made the announcement on thursday comes days after the former egyptian prime minister said he is no longer considering running for president in this year's election the current president is expected to seek a second term benefit to officially announce his candidacy. part has a taken place in pakistan for a second day over the rape and murder of a seven year old girl sentiments are is killing has angered many who say authorities and punjab province of a little to keep children safe after a series of similar killings carol reports. that. they're calling for justice for zainab the girl whose body was found in a dump on tuesday four days after she went missing in a district south of the horn the. protests have since broke out in several cities in pakistan some of them turning violent the they were funerals on thursday for two men killed in the city of pursuer an enraged crowd stormed a police station. officers responded by firing live rounds on demonstrators la