dozens of soldiers who died in a coordinated attack in the sinai on thursday. government announced a new offensive plans for unified command. the president, abdel fattah al-sisi addressed the inflation. >> translator: this is a battle. i don't want to say that the countries that faced battles in afghanistan and israel, sinai belongs to egyptians or we die. >> the group said it was to blame for thursday's attack. attacking egyptian forces in sinai since 2013. but one of several threats to egyptian security. it considers hamas to be another. designated the al kasam brigades to be a terrorist group. >> word issued by the egyptian authorities in a very hasty manner and in confusion. the mass already condemned the attack in sinai. >> the border of the gaza strip is part of egyptian strategy. displacing thousands of families. hamas has close ties to the muslim brotherhood and both are accused collaborating on egyptian soil. a charge they both denied but the government message is consistent. >> translator: we will witness a big wave of terrorism because we met an orga

. >>> one of the biggest military operations in northern sinai calling itself the sinai province which has pledged allegiance to i.s.i.l. a soldier reportedly shot dead a number of fighters, killed more than 30 security personnel in attacks in northern sinai over a week ago. >>> the white house says it cannot confirm if an american woman held hostage by i.s.i.l. has been killed in a jordanian air strike on syria. 26-year-old relief worker kayla mueller was work captured while working with doctors without borders. >> we do not have anything to corroborate i.s.i.l.'s claim. we will investigate. >> zeina khodr reports there is concerns over who will control the area once i.s.i.l. has been forced out. >> they hide their faces because their families live under the rule of the islamic state of iraq and the levant. these men are being trained a few kilometers outside the city they want to recapture. they call themselves the sons of mosul. some of them have never been in battle. christians yazidis kurds arab sunnis they say they have come together to fight an enemy that has destroyed their cit

fighters from the sinai province group killed more than 30 personnel in attacks in northern sinai over a week ago. a member of parliament has been killed in kenya the capital city nier. nairobi. >>> the white house says it can't confirm if an marn woman american woman held by i.s.i.l. was killed. kayla mueller was captured in august 2013 in aleppo while working with doctors without borders. >>> in iraq hundreds of sunni muslim fighters from mosul are preparing for a fight to take back their town. the closeness to a dam that carries most of iraq's water. who will control the area once i.s.i.l. has been forced out. >> they hide their face because their families have been living under the islamic state of iraq and the levant.these men are being trained a few kilometers outside the city they want to recapture. they call themselves the sons of mosul. some of them have never been in battle. crifnts, yazidis awsh kurds they come together to saif their city and the lives of its people. >> mosul is a microcosm of iraq. the people are waiting for us to liberate them and we're going to fight toge

the military said air strikes called themselves the sinai province. which pledged allegiance for i.s.i.l. soldiers shot dead a number. fighters killed more than 30 security personnel and attacks in northern sinai. >> ukraine's president petro porashenko said that the new franco-german police proposal could work. petro porashenko made the comment at the munich security conference focussing on economic issues. german chancellor angela merkel is also there, and is playing a key role in pushing ahead with a peace plan to end the conflict. >> translation: russia needs to do its best in the iranian crisis. it cannot be solved by military means. it's importance more than ever to define substantial steps. after the talks yesterday in moscow, which the french president and i held i say it's uncertain whether they are crowned a success. from my view and the view of a french president, it's words our while to make the attempt. we owe it if not to the people affected in ukraine by the crisis. >> al jazeera's zeina khodr so live at the conference. petro porashenko

fighters from the sinai province group killed 30 security personnel in attacks in northern sinai over a week ago. >>> al jazeera journalist mohamed fahmy, baher mohammed have now spent 406 days hyped bars in egypt. they along with our colleague peter greste, were accused of reporting false news. mohamed fahmy, baher mohammed are still in prison. al jazeera demands their immediate release. >>> canada's supreme court has turned over a ban on doctor-assisted suicide. it will only apply to those with terminal illness. >> her mother kay suffered in als. in 2010 she traveled to a clinic income switzerland where she ended her life. >> today her journey is complete with the supreme court of canada decision grant be canadians the right that she was denied. >> this is a case about real people with serious illnesses who with change in a law can find peace and comfort knowing they have a choice. >> on friday canada's supreme court gave people that choice, striking down a 22-year-old ban on doctor-assisted suicide. the nine justs have giveen a year to craft a new law. >> you this is a momentum day

hundreds of egyptians have died in the sinai fighting. and the spread of these heinous activities in nigeria and other parts is highlighting the importance of meeting and eradicating this threat. also, we feel there is a growing sense of urgency in our european partners. italy is impacted by the vast illegal immigration and the potential of infiltration. the incidents in paris and denmark have highlighted that europe is very close to the potential of infiltration by this radical ideology. charlie: the organizing idea should come from the united nations? mr. shoukry: the united nations is a very appropriate platform. it has the representation of the international community, and if it can provide the legitimacy of international community to activities, it has proven to be always more effective. charlie: if in fact -- and when you look at the reality of it, when you look at libya, you lost 22 of your citizens who work coptic christians, why do you think they are doing it? what is the advantage, what is the positive consequence for isil to ex

. >>> military air strikes ton sinai peninsula the military targeted the area of arich comes aweek after a number of people were killed and injured in the spate of attacks on security facilities and personnel in the north of sinai. >>> al jazeera journalist boasmed and mohamedbahermohamed and mohamed fahmy have now spent 406 days behind bars in egypt. peter greste has arrived back home in australia after being released earlier this week. baher and mohamed are still in prison. al jazeera demands their immediate release. >>> teuns hasteuns hastunisia has a new prime minister. the first all term all elected government. >> in what's being seen as prime minister narendra modi's government common man party fez jamil is in new delhi with more. >> it's come down to a two person race. both are from the anticorruption movement of a few years ago and both have personal reputations of cutting down on corruption and cleaning up the system. the common man party came to power in 2013 in a populace way. however he lost a lot of support when he stepped down after 49 days when his minority government coul

airstrikes from a group called the sinai province, which has pledge i i allegiance to al-qaeda. >>> al jazeera journalists mohamed fahmy, baher mohammed have now spent 406 days hyped bars in egypt. they along with our colleagues peter greste were accused of spreading false news and supporting the muslim brotherhood. charges that they and the al jazeera deny. peter greste was released earlier this week. mohamed fahmy, baher mohammed are still in prison, and al jazeera demands their early release. >>> transasia has cancelled 90 flights after a crash killing 39 pool. the pilots turned off a running engine after the other one failed. following wednesday's crash dozens of pilots are taking efficiency tests. they've also or ordered the airline to conduct fuel and system checks. >>> gang violence has made el salvador a difficult place to live. >> police searching for suspects. they know gangs hide in empty homes. a neighborhood controlled by the 18th street gang. many houses here are completely abandoned. >> officer rodriguez said that the gangs threatened the owner stabbed him and scared him

. >> there's been further unrest in the sinai peninsula in egypt. at least seven soldiers have been injured in attacks in northern sinai and activists say groups have been exchangeing shots, rocket propelled gren grenade before trying to storm it. >>> once areas are cleared from i.s.i.l. fighters, shia fighters are denying the action but opened up old religious and ethnic wounds. zeina khodr reports. >> forced out of his home town by al qaeda. ten years back he is back. nor is an iraqi kurd. he took part in the fight against islamic state of iraq and the levant formerly an al qaeda aligned group. al qaeda fighters were formerly in the town, they are no longer here and there are some who blame them for allowing the i.s.i.l. takeover. >> the civilian they were al qaeda. they help them give them water food give them -- take them inside houses. they go up to take it to the kurdish house or the peshmerga house they blow, they burn it. >> reporter: the kurds believe this land is theirs but they are not only force on the ground. they are cooperate being wi

egypt military running a campaign in the sinai peninsula since 2014 and tackling advance of i.s.i.l.th sides of its border. >> egypt is coordinating with other countries like italy and france and also the united states and for the past few months there is talk of an intervention in libya in order to fill the gaps of governability that i.s.i.l. is filling therefore we are going to have a war with i.s.i.l. in north africa and in the lavonte. >> reporter: other nations are also concerned. i.s.i.l. made a direct threat to italy in the latest video, the country separated from libya by a narrow strip of the mediterranean has now closed its embassy there and calling for u.s. intervention. gerald tan, al jazeera. >>> while a tripoli based general national congress one of libya's two governments not recommend z nice-- recognized they say it's a breach of libya sovereignty. >> translator: we strongly condemn the egyptian offensive on indemnity and deem it offensive against the libyan sovereignty, we are sending our condolence to the family of the victims and we call all libyans to discuss the

but they have been fighting groups in the sinai province as well. so what next?reat yes because this is going to make the challenge much stronger and bigger making coming up with a strategy more necessary. yesterday the egyptian government didn't know about the situation of that egyptian government workers almost a month ago even the families testified before the minister of egypt and other places demanding an engagement of egyptian government. but there was a lack of engagement or a lack of a strategy on the egyptian government side to deal with this crisis. so now that, you know, the worst thing happened, or the unthinkable happened. now at government is showing that they are at least doing something. >> you think this for domestic audience for egyptians for president sisi to show that he is a leader, a strong leader and will act when called upon. it's mainly a show for egyptians rather than perhaps a coalition of the willing against isil? >> i think you are absolutely right. which is, again, is a challenge to his presidency. particularly that he is a military

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have been somewhat restrained and we find it's been difficult for us to meet the challenges in the sinaidressing the threats at our western border. without being able to have the spare parts and fly the apaches that are so crucial in the fight against the terrorist organizations in sinai. i think it is very important that egypt remains militarily strong. it has been an element of regional security and dependence by the united states on egyptian facilities and capabilities and we certainly feel that we are somehow restricted at this stage and will hope these restrictions were lifted. >> is that something you're going to be talking to secretary kerry, when you come to the state department tomorrow? >> well i usually talk with secretary kerry on all the aspects of our bilateral relations and this has been an issue constantly brought up in our various meetings over the last period. >> and what about the threat from isis and isis supporters now in the sinai. this is a new level of threat part of your country. >> definitely. they have sworn allegiance to isis and are operating within the opera

they have been fighting that battle in the sinai for quite some time. hundreds of security personnel have been killed in that fight and libya there's been a political and security vacuum for quite some time since the overthrow of moammar gadhafi which was backed by the west and since then we haven't had a strong central government which has made fertile ground for these groups and isis in particular to expand and control. we also saw them last month carry out a very bold attack against a hotel in tripoli. the cor inthia and this latest attack shows they have a firm presence in libya and they want to spread their violence and terrorism. >> a religious war being waged there with these 21 egyptian coptic christians murdered at the hands of isis in libya now. thank you very much for the latest on that. we appreciate it and we'll continue our discussion on this because egypt and libya are not the only countries susceptible to isis spreading into their region. they are popping up at an alarming rate around the world. why is this happening? what officials are

sinai is you know, a major problem.ty to counter those terrorists since the gaza war. that was what mubarak kept sinai relatively peaceful because sinai was such an important part of his legacy. and since then it has been -- since joining the muslim brotherhood, egypt lost traction in sinai and after what happened in gaza it became even worse. but, look the sisi government cannot on its own dooil deal with this libyan problem. they've had an ally quietry with the uae against isis. there was an uae strike never acknowledged previously in libya. but air alone is my point is not going to solve the problem. these militias are embedded. look at benghazi, look at all the warnings we've had over the years in libya. since the nato air strikes they have not been in there and we have permitted isis to take hold. and i think it was really the shock of seeing 21 coptic christians lined up there. what is little known in the west is that there are 100,000 egyptians there. migrant workers. they have no work at home. they've gone to li

message speaking in english, referencing the egyptian coptic christians isis militants that are in sinai and also references rome as well this is a message for europe right on libya's doorstep also a message for the isis militants in sinai. egypt is sand wished between what you have in the east and what you have in the west these militants, really showing isis has a firm presence now in libya. we had the attack at the hotel in trip poly tripoli. >> ian lee, thank you so much from cairo. >>> we'll be right back. the traffic jam. scourge of 20th century city life. raiser of blood pressure. disrupter of supply chains. stealer of bedtime stories. polluter. frustrater. time thief. [cars honking] and one day soon we'll see the last one ever. cisco is building the internet of everything for connected cities today, that will confine the traffic jam to yesterday. cisco... ...tomorrow starts here. [prof. burke] it's easy to buy insurance and forget about it. but the more you learn about your coverage, the more gaps you might find. like how you thought you were covered for this. [boy] check it out,

protesters in sinai who is being backed by the united nations. >> in yemen, a u.s.rone attack has killed four suspected al-qaeda fighters. yemeni sources say they were travelling in two vehicles in the southern province of shabwa. still ahead on this news hour counting gets underway after snap elections in lasutu. we ask if they will ease the tiny nation's political crisis. in northern myamnar violence forces thousands to seek shelt ner mon industries. >> t djokovic and if he had federer renew their rivalry. details coming up later in the program. the german based group oppose what it calls the islamization of europe has held the first rally in the u.k. about 400 demonstrators gathering in new cassel were met with 2000 strong counter protesters. police kept the two demonstrations apart. five people were arrested. >> thousands of right-wing activists have been rallying in rommes against immigration and the government of mateo reasonsi. others are demanding the government to keep out immigrants. claudio reports. >> reporter: this is the northern league on offensive. o

president obama, though did acknowledge that egypt is fighting isis in the sinai peninsula.s beheaded in libya. although there has been a cooling of relations between the two countries, cairo accusing washington of not providing the weapons needed to fight isis washington accusing cairo of human rights violations. cairo sees the muslim brotherhood as a terrorist organization. washington sees it should be part of the political process. for the egyptian government though the sinai peninsula is where it's battling isis and losing hundreds of security personnel in that fight. their biggest fear is that the government in eastern libya could fall and that isis would be on egypt's western border. ian lee, cnn, cairo. >> egypt's air strikes in libya have led to a war of words with qatar. the gulf state says it objects to egypt's unilateral action and the fact that the air strikes could hurt innocent civilians. an >>> now to australia, where people are bracing against two cyclones at the same time. there have been reports of structural damage and uprooted trees from the storms. the p

peninsula where a lot of weapons get transferred from libia into the sinai causing problems there.ow the u.s. is sort of being called upon by president assisi to do more. he is also calling on nato. egypt gets hundreds of millions of dollars in military aid from the united states and other countries but reality egypt can't do much on their own without u.s. and international support. these airstrikes seem very temporary. they want, jenna a much more robust international intervention in libia to the fight potential of an isis state developing there. >> so close to home. conor powell in jerusalem. thank you very much. we'll have much more on the battle with isis which is known if not one of the richest terror organizations in the world. where is all the money coming from? what is being done to stop it? these are some of the questions we'll be asking in just a few minutes. >> let's talk a little weather. parts of the south, atlantic and northeast getting clobbered by brutal storms. snow and ice expected from the carolinas into new england. the federal government closing down in washing

the sinai peninsula and the 13 air strikes that egypt conducted against isis targets in libya and the west after the brutal beheading of 21 egyptian christians by isis. in the speech, he called for a pan-arab army. saying a united arab force needs to be developed to battle isis. he did not give many details about what that means or what it would look like. he did say the role is defending egypt's borders. if the need arises they could be used in the region with the cooperation of the arab brothers. >> how likely is that call for a pan-arab force to resonate? we heard in the past decades the idea of a pan-arab force. >> yes. president sisi is not the first one to call for this. decades. we heard it before. late egyptian president stated it as well. back in the '50s, '60s and '70s, the arab world did not trust each other. now a threat every arab country had to deal with in some sort. arab leaders are not known for unity. there will take a lot, and i cannot emphasize this enough, a lot of work with the arab capitals to get the force together. >> ian lee, thank you. >>> this morning, new

taken over a huge swath of tert industry not just in iraq but garnered the allegiance of groups to sinai and pockets of afghanistan. the strategy is effective. i would be shocked if they didn't continue to do what they are doing, as horrific as it is. >> it is now 400 days since al jazeera colleagues have been imprisoned. they have been accused of colluding with the muslim brotherhood. peter greste wrote a letter from prison saying: one of the world's leading right lawyers says the leaders have failed to put enough pressure on to free the journalists. >> for 400 days children have been reduced to prison visits to stay in touch with a husband and father. this boy has only seen his father in gaol. his mother was pregnant when his father was arrested. the injustice has grown and grown. >> i feel the bitterness. we and our children have been overwhelmed by a sense of insecurity throughout. happiness has gone. keep praying for the freedom of my husband. >> the last few weeks saw hopes rise and fall for al jazeera journalists. they heaped a hearing would set them free. it decided on a retrial.

most of their attacks take place in the sinai peninsula. there is one other group soldiers of egypt, responsible for the majority of the attacks like these in cairo. we haven't had any claim of responsibility yet. >> tom stephenson reporting from cairo. the tunisian prime minister has presented a new coalition cabinet, which could be the first government since they held their first free elections last year. it did not represent the nation will enough. this time the party is in. >> anti-islamist party promises it's voters it would never work with tunisia's leading party. now it may have to go back on its word. the prime minister presented a government which includes both parties. >> we have made changes to widen the composition of the government. >> the first one he presented to parliament failed to pass. they may have a hard time cooperating with its rival. the prime minister said there is no other choice. they need a government to tackle their security problems. >> we have no more time to lose. we are in a race against the clock to find so

they're busy fighting fierce battles as isis isolated militants in the northern peninsula of sinai. so there has been warnings that the egyptian army might not be able to take the risk of fighting on different fronts at the same time. >> sally nabil there in cairo. >>> police in denmark have charged two men with helping the suspected attacker of a synagogue at an event permitting free speech at a cafe in copenhagen, in which two people were killed. lucy williamson has this report from copenhagen. >> reporter: this is where denmark's night of terror ended if the quiet shuffle of forensics teams around the body of its most wanted man. wanted for crimes that have left two people dead several police officers wounded, and the security of an entire country shaken. this is the man police believe terrorized the nation a 22-year-old gang member with a violent criminal past. born here in denmark and named as omar abdel hamid el hussein, shot dead sunday on a copenhagen street. >> a lot of shooting and a lot of shouting from people on the street. i looked out and there was a lot of policemen.

in the sinai in the east the population has been ostracized for decades. they don't get government resources, homes have been rated and destroyed certainly after 2013. and so there are a lot of fighters coming in already radicalized. meanwhile you have a collapsed state state with competing governments backed by rival militias and egypt has been a current to go in the libya and try to take care of this problem because a lot of the trainers, weapons, equipment travel from libya to the sinai, literally a direct -- you can see it happening. they were eager to do something about it because they see it as an existential threat and in many ways it is. at the same time i would argue this has been exploited to justify his own government the way you took power and to mitigate those who say that this is not the state that we wanted to emerge from the arab spring. they were looking for a way to get into this and take on libya. and then the video was released showing the beheading of 21 people, most of them in egyptian's 90 million people in egypt. a lot of them are w

in syria and they certainly have been giving just cause and also face a problem with groups in the sinaiiated with i.s.i.l. >> reporter: egypt's military has been running a campaign in the sinai peninsula since august 2012 as security and rebels in libya it is tackling the advance of i.s.i.l. on both sides of its border and other nations are also concerned. i.s.i.l. made a direct threat to in the latest video and suffered a narrow strip of mediterranean now closed the embassy there and is calling for intervention gerald tan al jazeera. >>> we have a security analyst and said the coordinated air strikes have been in the making for months. >> the libya department in tibrook headed by operation dignity and the egyptian government have been coordinating their intelligence operations for about 6-8 months now so they have very good relations for their coordination. so the launching of these air strikes is something that has been on the table for a while. i.s.i.l. was able to force the egyptians and the tibook government into action against them in order to launch a larger campaign within libya

they accuse hamas of ruling the insurgency in northern sinai, which egypt has lost hundreds of securityel. they also accuse them of a 2011 jailbreak that involved muslim brotherhood leaders e caping from jail. these are the accusations that are going against hamas, things also hamas denies but it is unclear what this ruling actually means. this sort of deck collarlaration is left to the executive branch. the president makes this call. there's also a new terrorism law here in egypt that says that this court doesn't have the sort of jurisdiction but belongs to another court and general prosecutor. we're waiting to see if this ruling will be upheld. it can be appealed, but it is another big blow between relations between egypt and hamas, things soured since 2013 and e just a minute has been a broker in the peace deals between -- during the wars between hamas and israel and we'll wait to see, you know what that means for egypt and hamas going forward. >> ian lee, thank you so much from cairo. >>> still ahead, the israeli prime minister will speak to congress about iran in less than three da

it is also fighting an insurgency in the sinai peninsula. is it stressed fighting on two fronts noww? >> egypt has not been a neutral actor in a conflict in libya. it has been one of the biggest backers in the government -- of the government based in the eastern cities. libya is divided between two parallel governments, both of which claim legitimacy. the egyptian regime has backed one of the government and given covert aid, both military and financial, to that government. these strikes that took place today were very significant insofar that they are the first public we had knowledged foreign ministry -- first publicly acknowledged foreign military intervention from egypt in over a decade. he views the chaos in libya as a dangerous sign of instability. the most prominent groups have claimed allegis -- allegiance to the islamic state. they believe that they have moved across the border to obtain weapons and support. it does fit into sisi's war on terror. >> sharif, thank you very much. to help bolster the injection military as it battles isl

the unresolved conflicts in iraq libya, the sinai, syria, and gaza. this is not a problem that can be droned away. the isis virus is consuming the middle east, infecting europe and showing no sign of stopping there. richard engel, nbc news. >> i just don't see what the plan is. >> well i think -- >> a military plan, i just don't see it. >> we know from american military officers who are publicly stated there is no military end to this operation. this is not going to be won on a battlefield. the u.s. militarily can contain isis and degrade its leadership and destroy weapons depots. but when you're fighting an ideology bombs don't destroy an ideology. there has to be a new approach to combat the ideology. you have to do that by reforming these societies, trying to put pressure on them to create more political plur alty only to drain that reservoir that exists to ripe for isis. but dropping bombs on pickup trucks, it will be refilled within days. you kill the leader of isis you'll have somebody more hard core that the one that's in place. if you take a l

egypt has run a campaign against what it calls terrorists groups in the sinai peninsula and one of its latest videos i.s.i.l. also made a direct threat against italy the country separated by from libya by a narrow strip of the med strainian mediterranean sea. >> are omar sully takes a closer look. >> in the east a renegade halifta hafta formed the libyan renegade army, terrorists from she sherea haftar last the back of the western recognized parliament which was elected in june 2014 to replace the general national congress which had been elected two years earlier. but after weeks of infighting the gnc refused to disband and accused hafta from staging a coup. the shield of libya loyal to the gnc forced the new group out of the capital and relocated in the eastern city of tobruk, fell under the dawn of libya forces, a coalition ever militias from other areas and is made up of thousands of well armed former rebels. those forces became loyal to the gnc and its own government. in november the supreme constitutional court called the annulment of the new parliament in tobruk. the u.n. and wes

sinai? that is right again the egyptian based terrorist group that recently affiliate with the isis. we worry about the threat posed to the western interests to egypt. and the tourists. american businesses and also our troop presence. that would be a mistake in your opinion to simply focus the fight against isis as being syria and iraq this group is increasing their footprint and presence in multiple stages including afghanistan throughout north africa. and particularly libya. that is correct and they have expanded their reach and i want to ask you about guantanamo bay and prior to president obama's executive order to determine the disposition of guantanamo bay detainees 101 former detainees would be confirm today have reengaged inner is terror. and then the latest report that we got in july 2014. it state that had 2009 to july 2014 88 did he table he's would transe for out of gitmo. out of the 88 transe forked out. six were return today terror activity and an additional one was suspected. s

. >> reporter: egypt's military has been running a campaign in the sinai peninsula since 2012. it's tackling the advance of i.s.i.l. on both sides. other nations are also concerned. i.s.i.l. made a direct threat to italy in its latest video. countries separated from libya by a narrow strip of the mediterranean closed the embassy there and is calling for u.n. intervention >>> now, we have just got pictures coming in where the libyan air force commander said that planes participated in the strikes on the i.s.i.l. affiliated groups. the libyan air force said they have cooperated with egypt on the strikes, and have asked for egyptian aid and help to continue with the strikes against these i.s.i.l. targets. now, france and united states condemned the killing of the 21 coptic christians calling it savage despicable and cowardly. let's get more on the issue. we are joined by ibrahim, the deputy director at the brookings, doha center. interesting here that we have got the libyan air force saying that they have asked the egyptians to help them target the i.s.i.l. affiliated groups. >> w

they have the problem east of the sinai and now to the west.nk general sisi views this as a fight he cannot avoid and i expect to see continued air strikes and i don't think it's impossible we might see some egyptian troops proving into eastern libya to try to provide some sort of security space for the region. >> ifill: frederic wehrey was this complicate the u.s. plan to degrade the ikdz now that egypt is involved, or does it give us a little bit more support for that? >> well, it's really conflicted. i mean, on the the one hand they are attacking attacking the camps, but the u.s. position all along is that this has been a civil war and that any outside interference, outside supporto the warring factions is unhelpful. the u.s. is supporting a u.n.-sponsored peace initiative to try to bring the warring factions to the table and so, outside interference, i think, really harms that. so in the long run, i think defeating the i.s.i.s. threat in libya is best served by a comprehensive peace agreement between the warring factions, coming up with a u

also ahead egypt vows to crack down on attacks in the sinai peninsula. >>> founder days since our journalistsoned in

egyptian auses hamas of supporting fight necessary north ers in sinai but hamas deny this. >> the court's decision is shocking, dangerous and targets the palestinian people. it's a shame for egypt, which is desperately attempting to export it's external crisis. now the occupation is becoming the friend, and the palestinian people the enemy. this will not have any affect on hamas' role. that has the respect of all the people and leaderships of the muslim world. >> we spoke with the secretary of the palestinian national initiative who said that this decision will hurt palestinians and egyptians alike. >> i think this was a very wrong decision and totally unjustified, i hope it's not politically motivated. but this is definitely a wrong decision. hamas is heart of the palestinian movement. such a decision will hurt not only the relationship between palestinian rand egyptian people but this will hurt the egyptian rule at the arabic level, and unity talks and egyptian's role as an important neighbor to palestine. i hope this decision, which is probably improbable will be ratified and will be r

. >> in the peninsula of sinai and air defense are now before if the public persecution. i spoke to the attorney general. i offered condolences on the demise of his niece. on the phone, i told him i shouldn't interfere in the judiciary, and i hear copy the words of the attorney general over the phone simply for you to rest assured that we in egypt, we have a judiciary and public prosecution system with absolute integrity. he said, verbatim "we will all stand before god in the day of judgment before god. i will a stand-alone and will be held accountable to my acts. despite the magnitude of the challenges, we shouldn't lose confidence in one another simply for the reason that we have no interest in neglecting or abandoning the rights of the people. this should never happen. i reiterate: once investigations are concluded before the public prosecution, new measures and will be taken. now, i should address certain issues since i took office over the past seven months. over these seven months, i held the reins of power as you gave me the man data as very crucial and defining mo

isis is moving into all the cracks in the middle east, the unresolved conflicts in iraq, libya, the sinai, syria and gaza. this is not a problem that can be droned away. the isis virus is consuming the middle east, infecting europe and showing no sign of stopping there. richard engel, nbc news. >> the threat from this type of violent extremism has prompted officials from 60 countries to gather at the white house for a three-day summit. and in his remarks today, president obama appeared to choose his words very carefully. our chris jansing is at the white house for us tonight. chris, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, lester. late today the president announced an extensive defense at linking terrorism to the muslim faith. he does not use the term islamic extremism, even though critics say that's at odds with reality. >> al qaeda and isil and groups like it are desperate for legitimacy. they try to portray themselves as religious leaders, holy warriors in defense of islam. they are not religious leaders. they're terrorists. [ applause ] and we are not at war with islam. we are at war

egypt lames militants for here for aiding -- blames militants from here for aiding attacks on sinai.n broad daylight as israeli drones fly overhead, hamas is regarded by the west as terrorists. more isolated than ever, their number one enemy remains israel. at the end of it, what did you achieve apart from 2000 dead? >> our biggest achievement is that we stood our ground and we challenged our occupier. unlike the whole world we will still be able to say no to them, no to the occupation. we are still able to resist. >> from every angle, gaza is facing a deepening crisis. the only do that all sides agree on is that this ground could soon become again a frontline in another war. >> a depressing prospect there in gaza. watching bbc world news america. still to come, acting in the public interest, that is what a government panel that internet providers must do. what does net neutrality mean for consumers and for companies? hundreds of people in afghanistan today attended the funeral for the victims of a massive avalanche. according to the latest figures, 165 people died and entire homes w

. >> basically being in civil war, libya being pretty much in civil war as well at the moment and sinai can take over in yemen and these things really happened since the last idac so arguably people would be looking at much more conventional military capability. >> reporter: threat to islamic state and iraq is also a concern for delegations here not just iraq and syria but danger of their cross border reach and top military men from all over the world, secretary of defense and chiefs of staffs rubbed shoulders and a chance to network and deals here have been worked on a long time and an opportunity to look to the future. defense is a multi-billion industry and talking about weapons of war and why countries are secret coming to the details and we have been asking all day and no one will speak to us. middle east big on defense with saudi arabia and arab and others top spenders and despite falling oil prices there is no concerns that it would be cut and fueling war and often falling into the wrong hands and some we keen in knowing who they are selling to. >> legislation is one of the most

including to the sinai. would it not be a great spot to launch an attack to the sinai or get iso-groups involved? >> that is exactly right. the egyptian-based terrorist group that recently affiliated with isis, we worry about the threat they would close to western interests in egypt and the sinai. taurus, american business, and also our troop. >> it would be a mistake in your opinion as simply focusing on syria and iraq? it is increasing its blueprints and presence in multiple stages now. including afghanistan, north africa and particularly libya. >> that is correct. they have expanded their region. >> out to talk about guantanamo. 101 former detainees were engaged in terror and in the latest report we got in july 2014, is dated from 2009 july 2014, 88 detainees transferred out of gitmo. six of them had been confirmed to return to terror activity and one additional one was suspected. by my calculation, 107 of the 120 total transferred have reengaged in terror. and another 77 are suspected of doing so in addi

now keep in mind here egypt has also been trying to stop an islamic insurgency at home on the sinai peninsula. president sisi has called the militants to carried out the killings murderers and criminals and he said he'd do what he can to bring the thousands of egyptians who work in libya home safely. egyptians have been shocked by what happened. they've watched things in libya get worse and worse since the 2011 arab spring uprising which led to the overthrow of the longtime authoritarian leader moammar al gadhafi. many experts have been flagging the need to address the crisis in libya. the country has rich oil and financial reserves but no single functioning government. militants with islamic state al qaeda and other groups have taken advantage of the instability. following the rise of the islamic state in syria and iraq militants in egypt, libya, tunisia, and algeria have pledged allegiance to the group. another concern is libya's proximity to europe. it's roughly 800 kilometers from italy. migrants fleeing conflict in the region often filter through libya and cross the mediterranean. there

they're fighting islamic radical terrorists internally into sinai and trying to keep cairo safe. egypt will be at war with isis. we'll have to see what form that ultimately takes. >> hundreds of demonstrators took to the streets of cairo today to condemn the beheadings. the executioner in the isis video speaks fluent english with an american accent. >>> the stalemate at the west coast ports is so bad that the u.s. labor secretary is stepping in. tom perez is heading to the bay area to try and resolve the contract dispute that's halted traffic at major ports. shipping containers are stacked up at the port of oakland. longshoremen were blocked out a second straight weekend. their contract expired months ago. perez will meet with both sides in san francisco tomorrow. >>> the students are expected in class tomorrow despite a fire at claremont middle school in oakland. the flames ripped through the cafeteria overnight. investigators believe it was arson. they say a window was broken and a door was left open. the cost of the damage? about $1 million. >> flooded. it's gutted. it's black

egypt is already trying to wipeout tear are out of the groups in the sinai peninsula.egypt is being threatened but european nations as well. isil has made a direct threat against italy. the italian embassy in tripoli has now been evacuated along with egypt and france. italy is calling for action by the united nations catlin mcgee, al jazerra. >>> -y just a minute has bought $6 million of flighters from france. >> reporter: hours avi description war plains bombed isil targets. a new boost for el-sisi and his government. french defense minister was in cairo on monday signing an arms deal worth almost $6 billion. >> egypt was the first country to by the mirage 2,000 jet fighters and today was the first to use the new jet identifieder. >> reporter: the contract includes 24 french-bility fighter jets. their first ever foreign sale as well as missiles and a navel frigot. it's a huge boost for the company that makes it. in which has struggled to seal major contracts in recent years. there is a political element i mean, this type of deal closing the french and the egyptian and