right in the sinai peninsula and greater cairo. turkey has sent at least fifty more tanks to its southern border with syria in preparation for a possible attack on the kurdish y p g. russia and turkey have also agreed to keep cooperating in syria as u.s. forces prepare to withdraw. and security officials in yemen say rebels have started handing over control of the vital port of the data to the government's navy and coast guard the transfer is being carried out under the supervision of the united nations. when all the stories we're following mobile internet services have been shut down in bangladesh as the country prepares for its election on sunday the regulator says the move is designed to prevent what it calls rumors and propaganda surrounding the vote the election campaign has been marred by violence but the ruling party says the vote will be fair charles strafford reports from dakka. muhammad. has been the manager of this restaurant in the pan with this she capital dhaka for three years it sells cheap breakfasts to rickshaw dri

egyptian security forces say they've killed forty people joining raids in the sinai peninsula and great to cairo area egypt's government is saying the dead were terrorists who were preparing attacks on government and terrorism facilities as well as christian churches a statement came hours after a bomb targeted a tourist bus in cairo killing three foreign has and the egyptian to guide matheson has mall. a burned out shell all that remains of a tour bus hit by a roadside bomb near kabul you know what we saw people carry the dead bodies some people brought the wounded inside a number lengths to take them to hospital and residents of the area helped carry the injured all of them were told us. fourteen vietnamese tourists were on board when the bomb exploded in a district close to the giza pyramids here in new york ok but sometimes attacks such as this one can occur it may even happen again in the future and it isn't a country in the world where we can say is one hundred percent safe tourists in egypt have sometimes been targeted as the government has tried to suppress armed groups in the s

now egyptian security forces are saying that they have killed forty people during raids in the sinai peninsula in quite a car area egypt's government says the dead were terrorists who were preparing attacks on government and terrorism facilities as well as christian churches a statement came hours after a bomb targeted a terrorist bus in cairo killing three foreigners and the egyptian two guides matheson has mall. a burned out shell all that remains of a tour bus hit by a roadside bomb near kabul she works as we saw people carry the dead bodies some people brought the wounded inside a number lengths to take them to hospital and residents of the area helped carry the injured all of them were told us. fourteen vietnamese tourists were on board when the bomb exploded in a district close to the giza pyramids here in new york about. sometimes attacks such as this one can occur it may even happen again in the future and it isn't a country in the world where we can say is one hundred percent safe tourists in egypt have sometimes been targeted as the government has tried to suppress armed groups in th

egypt have sometimes been targeted as the government has tried to suppress armed groups in the sinai peninsula tourism is key to egypt's struggling economy were you doing signaling to the egyptian regime that they're moving out of their own territory and now attacking the very primary source of income for many egyptians that thirty percent of the economy goes to tourism. within hours of the bombing the egyptian government published photographs it said showed some of what it called thirty suspected militants killed by security forces in raids in cairo's giza district egypt's government says the men had been planning attacks on tourists and state institutions a further ten armed fighters are reported to have been killed in the north of the sinai peninsula i think a lot of people will be asking how is it that within hours of this attack this large number of suspects was not only identified but in gauged and successfully killed if the intelligence. within egypt is that good why were they not able to detect and disrupt this attack the remaining victims of the blast are being treated in hospital mea

seven it expanded its borders in the six day war to include the west bank the gaza strip the sinai peninsula and the golan heights usually only comes meat illicit meat elf was told in a sort of really you know who would be. feed there till the. used one of them talked about. a serious was that he must look well and well how the kernel cause. is that done why you know if he doesn't have the flu or be able could such a critical cause medical bill bugs. and john minimize the hail a comma bill is full of the new year but the fool could well with the early obama and then most of my billion dollar. to be workers of you were one lemme tell you that one at the end all of it was that me with all those very early euro those people in israel today like president revealing who call for a bi national state they ask they insist. on. civil rights for the palestinians human rights for the palestinians equality for the palestinians in terms of economic social and cultural issues etc but not political that these days will remain the state where jews would have the upper hand politically speaking and their bin

earlier egyptian security forces announced that they killed forty people during raids in the sinai peninsula and great a cairo area egypt's government says the dead were terrorists who were preparing more attacks the statement came out after a bomb targeted a tourist bus in cairo killing three foreigners and the egyptian took guide in all the headlines turkey has sent at least fifty tanks to its southern border with syria in preparation for a possible attack on kurdish y.p. g. forces who calls terrorists meanwhile it's a meeting in moscow russia and turkey of agree to coordinate with each other in northern syria off to the eventual withdrawal of u.s. troops from near the turkey syria border mohamad brings us this report. columns of turkish tanks roll into syria. and korea has been bolstering its military positions along its south of border as it prepares for what it calls a full fledged offensive on the cottage held city of mumbai is syria syrian rebels backed by tuckey are also on the move both inside areas of syria and the techies sway and along the eight hundred twenty two kilometer borde

egypt have sometimes been targeted as the government has tried to suppress armed groups in the sinai peninsula tourism is key to egypt's struggling economy were you doing signaling to the egyptian regime that they're moving out of their own territory and now attacking the very primary source of income for many egyptians that thirty percent of the economy goes to tourism. within hours of the bombing the egyptian government published photographs it said showed some of what it called thirty suspected militants killed by security forces in raids in cairo's giza district egypt's government says the men had been planning attacks on tourists and state institutions a further ten armed fighters are reported to have been killed in the north of the sinai peninsula i think a lot of people will be asking how is it that within hours of this attack this large number of suspects was not only identified but in gauged in success for the. if the intelligence within egypt is that good why were there not able to detect and disrupt this attack the remaining victims of the blast are being treated in hospital meanwhi

egypt have been increasingly targeted as the government tries to suppress armed groups in the sinai peninsula tourism is key to egypt's struggling economy were you doing signaling to the egyptian regime that they're moving out of their own territory and now the very primary source of income for many egyptians that thirty percent of the economy goes to tourism within hours of the bombing egyptian security forces say they attacked and killed what they're describing as thirty suspected militants in raids in cairo's giza district egypt's government says the men have been planning attacks on tourists and state institutions of further ten armed fighters are reported to have been killed in the north of the sinai peninsula i think a lot of people will be asking how is it that within hours of this attack this large number of suspects was not only identified but in gauged and successfully killed if the intelligence within egypt is that good why were they not able to detect and disrupt this attack the remaining victims of the blast are being treated in hospital meanwhile investigators are trying to work

egypt have been increasingly targeted as the government tries to suppress armed groups in the sinai peninsula tourism is key to egypt's struggling economy were you doing signaling to the egyptian regime that they're moving out of their own territory and now attacking the very primary source of income for many egyptians that thirty percent of the economy goes to tourism. within hours of the bombing the egyptian government published photographs it said showed some of what it called thirty suspected militants killed by security forces in raids in cairo's giza district egypt's government says the men had been planning attacks on tourists and state institutions a further ten armed fighters are reported to have been killed in the north of the sinai peninsula i think a lot of people will be asking how is it that within hours of this attack this large number of suspects was not only identified but in gauged and successfully killed if the intelligence within egypt is that good why were they not able to detect and disrupt this attack the remaining victims of the blast are being treated in hospital mean

and tourists have been targeted in recent years as egypt tries to suppress armed groups in the sinai peninsula. the conflict has occasionally spilled over to cairo and resort towns by the. sometimes attacks such as this one can of course it may even happen again in the future and it isn't a country in the world where we can say is one hundred percent safe. in november gunmen opened fire on two buses up the nile river from cairo the ambush in the minya province in central egypt took the lives of at least seven people who were returning from a baptism eighteen others including children were wounded eisel claimed responsibility for the attack. in march egypt's interior ministry's top security official survived an assassination attempt in alexandria the attack two days before the presidential election killed two policeman and injured five others. in may of two thousand and seventeen gunmen attacked a bus and cars traveling through southern egypt twenty six people were killed and twenty five others injured according to the health ministry the talk was followed by a series of church bombings claimed

egypt have been increasingly targeted as the government tries to suppress armed groups in the sinai peninsula tourism is key to egypt's struggling economy what you're doing is signaling to the egyptian regime that they're moving out of their own territory and now attacking the very primary source of income for many egyptians about thirty percent of the economy goes to tourism the remaining victims of the blast are being treated in hospital meanwhile investigators are trying to work out how a tourist bus could be bombed in egypt's heavily secured capital rob matheson al jazeera well as we've just been hearing egypt's economy relies heavily on tourism it's worth billions of dollars each year the number of tourists fell from almost fifteen million in two thousand and ten to fewer than five and a half million in two thousand and sixteen the two thousand and eleven uprising led to political uncertainty which kept some visitors away the stabbing of two german women in two thousand and seventeen also had a direct effect on visitor numbers so if a comet is a senior fellow at the polls we can stoop fo

and tourists have been targeted in recent years as egypt tries to suppress armed groups in the sinai peninsula. the conflict has occasionally spilled over to cairo and resort towns by that but. sometimes attacks such as this one can of course it may even happen again in the future and it isn't a country in the world where we can say is one hundred percent safe. in november gunmen opened fire on two buses up the nile river from cairo the ambush in the minya province in central egypt took the lives of at least seven people who were returning from a baptism eighteen others including children were wounded eisel claimed responsibility for the attack. in march egypt's interior ministry's top security official survived an assassination attempt in alexandria the attack two days before the presidential election killed two policeman and injured five others. in may of two thousand and seventeen gunmen attacked a bus and cars traveling through southern egypt twenty six people were killed and twenty five others injured according to the health ministry the top was followed by a series of church bombings cla

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seven it expanded its borders in the six day war to include the west bank the gaza strip the sinai peninsula and the golan heights usually only comes meat illicit meat elf was told in a sort of really you would be. feed there till the. used one of them talked about. a serial sunni muslim women were how the kernel cause. is to turn up at my you know if it doesn't have the flu or be able could such a critical cause medical bill bugs. and john minimize the hail a comma bill is full of the new year but the fool could well with the early obama and then most of my billion dollar. to be workers of you were one lemme tell you that one at the end all of it was then you were the israeli you are those people in israel today like president rivlin who call for a bi national state they ask they insist. on. civil rights for the palestinians human rights for the palestinians equality for the palestinians in terms of economic social and cultural issues etc but not political that is this will remain the state where jews would have the upper hand politically speaking and that by national state would be open to

egyptians and tourists have been targeted in recent years as egypt tries to suppress on groups in sinai peninsula the conflict there has occasionally spilled over to cairo and resort towns and on groups have targeted tourists by that in the end ok sometimes attacks such as this one can of course it may even happen again in the future and it isn't a country in the world where we can say is one hundred percent safe. in november gunmen opened fire on two buses up the nile river from cairo the ambush in the minya province in central egypt took the lives of at least seven people who were returning from a baptism eighteen others including children were wounded eisel claimed responsibility for the attack. in march egypt's interior ministry's top security official survived an assassination attempt in alexandria the attack two days before the presidential election killed two policeman and injured five others. in may of two thousand and seventeen gunmen attacked a bus and cars traveling through southern egypt twenty six people were killed and twenty five others injured according to the health ministry the

and tourists have been targeted in recent years as egypt tries to suppress armed groups in the sinai peninsula. the conflict has occasionally spilled over to cairo and resort towns by the. sometimes attacks such as this one can of course it may even happen again in the future and it isn't a country in the world where we can say is one hundred percent safe. in november gunmen opened fire on two buses up the nile river from cairo the ambush in the minya province in central egypt took the lives of at least seven people who were returning from a baptism eighteen others including children were wounded eisel claimed responsibility for the attack. in march in chips interior ministries top security official survived an assassination attempt in alexandria which took the lives of two policeman and injured five others major general mustafa was targeted by a roadside explosion which struck his convoy near his headquarters there was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack which came two days before egyptians began voting in a presidential election. a bomb attack three years ago killed egypt's s

egypt have been increasingly targeted as the government tries to suppress armed groups in the sinai peninsula tourism is key to egypt struggling economy what you're doing is signaling to the egyptian regime that they're moving out of their own territory and now attacking the very primary source of income for many egyptians about thirty percent of the economy goes to tourism the remaining victims of the blast are being treated in hospital meanwhile investigators are trying to work out how a tourist bus could be bombed in egypt's heavily secured capital rob matheson al-jazeera. but egypt's economy relies heavily on tourism it's worth billions of dollars each year but the number of tourists is fallen for almost fifteen million in two thousand and ten to fewer than five and a half million in twenty sixteen the two thousand and eleven uprising led to political uncertainty which kept many visitors away and the stabbing of two german women in twenty seventeen also had an effect on the numbers well as an assistant professor at the center of a conflict security and terrorism at nottingham university j

he's also completed a peacekeeping deployment to the sinai peninsula in egypt where he commanded a rifle company supporting the multinational force and observers maintaining the treaty of peace between egypt and israel. mark planned and completed multiple missions supporting operation atlantic resolve in central and eastern europe as well. though mark is a native of new york and had never been to kansas prior to his working in my office, he immediately got familiar with issues that kansans face each day and made it a priority for him to spend time in kansas to see firsthand our way of life. following his trip to our military installations and equities in kansas, i was grateful to learn of his expwretions at each -- impressions at each stop. like many who visit the military in our state, mark returned to washington, d.c. with an appreciation for the quality of life that kansans ensure that their service members have in our state, and we take care of their families. i appreciate mark noticing that, and it is so true. over the past year i've continually been impressed by mark's leadership.

this the six days fter war in the middle east, and looked out the window, filling window was the sinai peninsula and i remember gee, it looks just like in the drawings they had in the paper. very accurate. that thought, i remember that. so we didn't think a lot -- we didn't philosophize. maybe that's why they complain. here is not much room for a poet up there. we thought about it all the time. that's why it looked so easy. that time, i have done a lot of thinking about it and when i came back, we all i was part of a study 1971, to select the major program for nasa. i re were several, two that will mention is one was, recoverable spacecraft and recoverable booster. they didn't do the booster but they got the shuttle. was to go tonative mars. principally mars because of the cost. it would have been $120 billion. to it wasn't just going mars. it was going to mars by 1984. good six years you had a opportunity to go to mars. 1996, 20002. we're not going to go to mars in lifetime. and it's because we have changed so much our attitude here. it's say, well, expensive. expensive but we can't even count

after the six days war in the middle east, and i looked out the window, filling my window was the sinai peninsula, and i remember thinking, gee, it looks just like in the drawings they had in the paper. very accurate. and that thought, i remember that. so we didn't think a lot about, we didn't philosophize up there at all, maybe that's why they complained, they wanted to put a poet up there, not much room for a poet up there. we had things to do, and we thought about doing that all the time. that's why, that's why it looks so easy. since that time, i've done a lot of thinking about it. and when i came back, we all thought, i was part of a study panel in 1971, to select the next major program for nasa. there were several, the two that i will mention is one was recoverable space craft and recoverable booster, they didn't do the booster, but ne got the sh shuttle. another alternate ive was to go to the mars. they rejected mars principally because of the cost, it would have been $120 billion. but it wasn't just going to mars, it was going to mars by 1984. every six years, you had a good opportunity t

two hundred twenty four people on board a passenger jet carrying russian terrorists over the sinai peninsulaover the past two years most attacks in egypt have been on the country's christians with churches and buses targeted and more than one hundred people killed well for more on this we can now speak to us who is a visiting fellow at nottingham university center for conflict security and terrorism thanks very much for coming in to speak to us and so we were hearing there about the security situation in egypt which deteriorated particularly last year we saw a spike in attacks on civilians claiming hundreds of lives how would you describe the characteristics of today's attack well they're very much in keeping with what isis generally dance and we don't know whether they're definitely responsible for this yes there have been really two main areas of attacks one has been the wrist industry which the extremists going back almost a quarter of a sentry have identified as egypt's sort of economic weakness the only area has been the coptic christian minority but it's worth remembering that all thos

two hundred twenty four people on board a passenger jet carrying russian terrorists over the sinai peninsulaover the past two years most attacks in egypt have been on the country's christians with churches and buses targeted and more than one hundred people killed well for more on this we can now speak to us who is a visiting fellow at nottingham university center for conflict security and terrorism thanks very much for coming in to speak to us and so we were hearing there about the security situation in egypt which deteriorated particularly last year we saw a spike in attacks on civilians claiming hundreds of lives how would you describe the characteristics of today's attack well they're very much in keeping with what isis generally dance and we don't know whether they're definitely responsible for this yes there have been really two main areas of attacks one has been the ricin destry which the extremists going back almost a quarter of a sentry why don't you fight as egypt's sort of economic weakness the only area has been the coptic christian minority but it's worth remembering that all th