we are breaking into the story to take you to shamal sheikh. the sheikh is giving opening comments. we assume that the focus will be on yemen. let's listen in. >> all our appreciation and gratitude to my brother. my brother, abdul fatah al-sisi, the president of egypt. and the government and people of egypt for the warm reception and generous hospitality. and outstanding ground work to this summit which... which will contribute to us achieving what we are as spireing to. i extend welcome to the secretaries, generals for efforts during my presidency of the 25th annual summit. which helped us build on what we have achieved. commenting the ground work to the present summit. your royal highnesses excellenceies, ladies and gentlemen. it is with pleasure that i begin by thanking god that he bestowed recovery on my brother, extend extending my congratulations and myself praying to the almighty that he will enjoy help and wellbeing to continue to lead his people. your royal highnesses the period proceeding the 25th summit was very critical and complicated and our joint arab actions during t

these are the pictures of him arriving in shamal sheikh. >> afghan president ashraf ghani wants afghanistan to become the crossroads of asia. 15,000 miles of roads have been upgraded since 2011. as jennifer glasse reports many are too dangerous to use. >> reporter: this should be a busy street. it's so bad few bother to use it. this shop keeper has one name and blamed the road for poor business. with dust, water and rain forget humans a dog wouldn't walk here. >> it was built five years ago. the tarmac reverted to dirt. this is in the capital. the protection are worse outside. kabul's highway one linking it to other cities - poor security and maintenance makes it a hazardous journey. >> there are many kraiters from roadside bombs, there's no security. >> afghan troops say they'll stop abductions. they guard some of the highway. much is unsafe. >> basically here the road is dangerous. drivers have to stop several times on their journey because of fighting along the way or traffic jams where parts of the road have been blown up. >> iraqi officials have a plan to build highways criss-crossing

. >> reporter: secretary john kerry in shamal sheikh in egypt, calling for a peaceful start to end four years of bloodshed in syria. he spoke in an interviewer with u.s. network c.b.s. >> we are working hard with other parties to see if we can reignite a doi.ic outcome. everywhere agrees it's a political solution. to get the regime to net. we'll have to make it clear that there is a determination by everybody to seek that political outcome and change the negotiation. that's under way now. but i am convinced with the efforts of the allies and others. there'll be increased pressures. >> you would be willing to negotiate. >> well, we have to. >> reporter: the u.s. had a role in previous peace talks when the u.n. negotiator attended. u.s. and russia were gornts -- guarantors but the u.s. has in had direct relations. why now? dr bra himmy's successor, has had effort stall, and documents say the plan seems dead. from egypt. secretary secretary kerry is at the talks. what happens apt the ongoing talks can not only have a bearing on the programme, but if there's a push to start the syrian proce