tonight is sisi's show, but this is all the way people in egypt now suppress their views as a resultf state polarization in the country. >> everybody who watched this a few minutes was why now and why directly after the announcement? this has been easy to understand. general sisi has learned from the mistakes of mubarak and morsi, he is going to show us that everybody has an equal fair of state television. >> the whitewash is all the way the media is in egypt. >> either they're making a promise that they're going to play to center and this is how they intend to proceed going forward or they're just getting this out of the way to neutralize complaints and they'll go back to marginalizing and giving the lion's share to sisi and they'll always point to what they did on that first night. >> our interview was done by skype, because for aljazeera, operating in egypt these days presents challenges. this past monday, three aljazeera journalists made another court appearance where their request for bail was denied. so they will remain behind bars at least until their next hearing, april 10. t

he is the second candidate to put his name forward after former army chief general al sisi. al sisi is widely expected to win the elections which will be held in may. >>> a police military killed in the egyptian capitol of cairo. it happened on friday night in the busy square. there is some confusion of where the bomb was placed. others say it was thrown from a bridge. >>> al jazeera is financing to demand the immediate release of its journalists. they're falsely accused of providing a platform to the outlawed muslim brotherhood. they've now been behind bars for 112 days. their case has been adjourned until later this month. a fourth journalist has been held in detention without trial since august. >> he was ambushed on his way to work. the second attack on a journalist in weeks. two people have been killed by an apparent car bomb in bahrain. the military said explosives were found inside the car. >>> south sudan government has sent troops to secure united kingdom bases across the country. this attack on thursday in which 58 people were killed. the u.n. has described the att

. >> ham di is seen as a rival to former chief abdel fattah al sisi. sunday is the last day for the submission of nominations for presidential candidates. >> egypt's famous satirist has been taken off air. his popular show has been shut down to avoid influencing voters. >> al jazeera is continuing to demand the immediate release of its journalists imprisoned in egypt. >> mohamed fadel fahmy, baher mohamed, and peter greste are falsely accused of providing a platform for the outlawed muslim brotherhood. they've been in bars for 113 days. their case has been adjourned until tuesday. al jazeera rejects all applications against its staff. a forthjournalist, abdullah al-shami, has been held since august. he's been on hunger strike for the last 90 days. abdullah al-shami sent a letter from prison describing his feels as he enters his 250th day in gaol. he writes: >> russia says it's out raged at reports on russian state television, claiming five are dead after an attack on a pro-russian at a pro-moscow checkpoint in eastern ukraine. allegedly near slovyansk.

. >>> egyptian left wing politician who has popular alliance as the main rifl main o general al sisi.> and egypt's famous has been taken off until after the election. it has been temporarily shut down to avoid influencing voters. they often poke fun at egyptian nationalism and general al sisi. >>> al jazeera continues to demand the release of its journalists in egypt. they're falsely accused to providing a platform to the muslim brotherhood. they have been behind bars for 113 days. their case has been adjourned until tuesday. al jazeera rejects all accusations against its staff. there is a fourth journalist who has been held without trial since last august. highways been on hunger strike for the last 90 days. >>> well describing his feelings as he enters his 250th day in jail. he has written, i have a responsibility on my shoulders. it is to complete documents stories here as much as possible. and stay steadfast. the tales are from all egyptian cities and all levels of societies. many here talk about injustices they've suffered indiscriminat indiscriminately. >>> russian state media s

is the last day for submission, which is expected to be won by a former army chief abdel fattah al sisi. >> let's take you to the vatican city where pope francis is leading easter mass. let's have a little listen. . >> it's a windy day at the vatican in st peter's square. the 77-year-old pope will hold the mass after a few hours rest. saturday night he held a vigil for some 10,000 people. later he'll deliver a twice yearly message. at the city of rome and the world. today is easter, when christians around the world believe jesus rose from the dead. >> well the united nations peace envoy to the middle east accused israeli police of preventing him from reaching an easter ritual there. the delay was unacceptable and demanded parties expected the right of religious freedom. >> this man was stopped at barricades as thousands conventioned for the ritual. worshippers say the flame appears from jesus's tomb to show he's not forgotten his followers. the palestine christians have been blocked from taking part. we have this report. >> christian pilgrims marking easter in the holy city. the calenda

demonstrations have gathered since abdul fatah al-sisi stepped down from his position as head of the awned forces -- armed forces, to run for president. >> al jazeera is demanding the release of its journalists who have been in prison for 104 days. peter greste, mohamed fadel fahmy, and mohammed badr appeared in court on thursday. the case was adjourned until later this month. they were accused of providing a platform for the outlined muslim brotherhood. >> a fourth journalist, abdullah al-shami of al jazeera arabic has been detained without trial sips -- since august. he's been on a hunger strike. >> hundreds of runners have taken part in the second west bank marathon. it was highlighted to highlight a lack of freedom for palestinians. athletes from gaza couldn't travel to the west bank to take part. >> we are live in bethlehem. no doubt there are challenges of hosting a marathon in a place where there is a lack of land, and that's a reel issue. tick us through the challenges. >> you mentioned there are a lot of challenges when they host any event, let alone a marathon. the organize

in cairo they say they're not against former army general al sisi's, but the government. >>> the united states and malaysia have agreed to improve their bilateral relations. that agreement comes after a visit of president obama. the prime minister is suggesting malaysia is not ready to sign the u.s.-led trade deal. reports from malaysia's capitol. >> reporter: it's been billed as a historic visit. the first u.s. president to visit malaysia in 50 years. >> today the united states is once again playing a leadership role in the asia pacific, and a key part of our strategy is expanding our ties with southeast asia. >> already an important trade partner with many countries including the united states, it means a more assertive nation. and the u.n. is trying to include that in the deal. >> you have multiple friends. multiple levels of relationships in order to balance that you're not talking to anyone in particular. the defense aspect of what's going on has to be balanced by real trade and business. >> reporter: some people worry that the move that removes trade protection will leave small bu

and then given the campaign, oppression and the al sisi is now using any means at its disposal to all the media outlets and security forces that are going in and imposing this new oppressive climate across egyptian society has been watched by the world with very little actual action for this government. >> we're talking by and large these 1,000 plus death sentences in these two cases being handed out to people who were supporters or had an affinity with the muslim brotherhood. what perhaps is most surprising news to come out today is the handing down of the--well, the banning order of 9 april 6th movement which supported and started the initial revolution and supported the overthrow of the month ham d morsi government. they said you've had it. that's it. >> we've seen a number of youth groups responsible for maintaining the revolution from it's very origins but was highly critical of the muslim brotherhood, and wanted to see an end to the morsi presidency or a shift in the way the transition was being carried out. that maligned with the interest of all the forces in the egyptian socie

protesters marched in the streets to protest the presidential bid of al-sisi. >>> al jazeera is demandinghe release of its journalists who have been held in prison. a fourth journalist has been detained without trial since august. al jazeera rejects all charges. >>> coming up in this news hour, exiled and exploited we meet a group of syrian women to find out how they are coping with domestic abuse. we get to grips with starting up a new business in ukraine. you need lots of patience with bureaucracy, and be willing to pay bribes. >> and michael schumaker showing signs of improvement. details coming up in sport. ♪ >>> the united nations is accusing soldiers from chad of killing at least 30 civilians and injuring 300 others in an unprovoked attack. now chad is withdrawing its 850 peace keepers. and they have been accused of supporting rebels. may welsh has more from chad's capital. >> reporter: the 6,000 peace keeping troops on the groukd now in central afghan republic, have been unable to stop the killing. so losing more troops is not what is needed now. losing 850 troops is not a good thi

university stepped up their demonstrations in recent weeks after egypt's former military chief al sisiaid he would run for president. >>> the trial of three detained al jazeera journalists will resume thursday. they have now have been imprisoned for 102 days. a fourth journalist has been detained without trial since last august. after 79 days on hunger strike his health is deteriorating. al jazeera rejects all charges against its journalists and demands immediate release. >>> the arab league will begin the transfer of $100 million each month to the palestinian government. it comes at the end of a meeting in cairo. the emergency session was called to discuss the recent crisis in the israeli-palestinian peace talks. israel has threatened to stop transfers of $100 million of taxes it seconds on behalf of the palestinian authority. >> reporter: they have agreed to reactivate $100 million a month. this is money that had been pledged before but it had never come through. they do say the best way to solve this is through talks. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu has frozen cooperation

the front runner is the former defense minister, general a sisi, the man who mothered muhammed morsi out of office and seems to have the backing of hosni mubarek. a private t.v. station brought cast what it described as a phone call with mr. mubarak that aljazeera cannot independently verify. vote for assisi, the best one. >> many ordinary people now probably feel the same way. aljazeera. >> aljazeera is demanding the immediate release of three of its journalists who have now been in prison for 96 days. the trial has been adjourned until april 10. they are accused of providing a platform to the outlawed muslim brotherhood. a four journalist has been detained without trial since last august. he's been on hunger strike for the last three months. aljazeera rejects all the charges. >> chili has been hit by another powerful quake, the magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck a coastal city on wednesday. it forced many including the president to seek refuge. we have this report. >> the familiar siren, an order to move to high ground answered within seconds after of the most powerful and frightening

he has poked fun at the government and abdel fattah al sisi. >> al jazeera demands the release of his journal lites. baher mohamed, mohamed fadel fahmy, and peter greste are falsely accused of providing a platform for the muslim brotherhood. they have been behind bars for 113 days. their case has been adjourned until tuesday. al jazeera rejects all allegations. a fourth, abdullah al-shami, has been held without trial since august and has been on hunger trike for 90 -- sfrik for 90 days. abdullah al-shami sent a left describing his 250th day in gaol. >> let's get the weather now with steph. i gather a lot of thunder and lightening across china. >> that's right. normally i bring you depressive scenes. this time i have cool ones. looking at the satellite we can see the area of cloud making its way across the northern parts. it brought heavy rains, and impressive scenes as well. i can show you the pictures of thunder and light thing that we saw, and show you how cool it looked. i bring you slightly depressing images, but these i have shape you because they are impressive. a lot of people

exams are just a few weeks away and will coincide with the presidential elections that x army chief sisi is expected to win with little hope of reconciliation and anger against the government mounting the country is bracing for more months of violence true for r.t. cairo. egypt seems to be caught in continual loop of unrest. it all began in january twenty seventh with a so-called day of revolt one thousands rose up against president hosni mubarak two weeks and a thousand loss lies later the revolution. victorious mubarak is gone and mohamed morsi is installed in his plays but it doesn't and that many egyptians didn't like the decisions taken by their new president and there was a revolution once again backed by the army the protesters then toppled mostly and started to push to prosecute his allies in the muslim brotherhood and that sparks even more unrest elections for a new president still a long way off and egypt has already lost two thousand lives in the latest wave of clashes. let's take a look at some other stories making headlines around the globe and the arrest warrant has been is

up its crackdown on islamist ahead of the presidential election in may which former military chief sisi is widely expected to win. now some of those who vote long fought for internet freedom have put their own at risk the pirate bay founder currently on remand in a high security facility in denmark is one of the examples i don't line petition calling for his release has already garnered over one hundred thousand signatures got for its while jones was extradited to denmark last november after being charged of tree infiltrating a danish security base and he faces up to six years in jail if found guilty since then he has been walked up in solitary confinement under constant surveillance and denying access to such basic things as books are just spoke to his mother. there is a policeman in the room i have to ask for help to get an appointment to visit him i'm allowed to go visit him one. it took some one month and a hall of before the police could accept that he could get the book said he had brought from sweden to denmark so he could get access to his own looks. after some more conversation

take exams just a few weeks away and will coincide with the presidential elections that x army chief sisi is expected to win with little hope of reconciliation and anger against the government mounting the country is bracing for more months of violence true for r.t. kyra. i'm coming up a bit later in the program here an artsy international bringing back the relics of war for the nightmare the u.s. army is facing over its withdrawal from afghanistan to try to offload its military equipment but more than a decade of war. plus as the number of obese people in the u.k. dangerous levels it takes a look at why healthy food is just not an option for thousands of brits. realize about natural gas is so very simple reason might be of gold friendship and sympathy but you might be also i would say cool color make realities you need to have exchanges between you and russia. in the interest of full. complete. play. blues. player. safety is indeed the. economic ups and downs in the final at tolerable months they belong to the old sang i and the rest that life is going to be taking will be everything we

the second candidate to put his name forward after family army chief al sisi. he heads the current alliance and came in third in the 2012 vote that was won by the muslim brotherhood. >> he is expected to win the election scheduled for may. meanwhile, a court in cairo has sensed a senior member of the muslim brotherhood for a year in prison for insulting the prosecute team. he is facing charges of inciting the killing of protesters in 2012. >>> al jazeera's continuing to demand the immediate release of his journalists i am prisoned in egypt, falsely accused of providing a platform to the muslim brotherhood. they have been behind bars for 112 days. their case has been adjourned until later this month. ab dulla al shami, the fourth in detention has been held without trial since last august. he has been on hunger strike for the last 89 days. al jazeera rejects all of the accusations. >>> south sudan's government has sent troops to secure united nations basis across the country. it follows an attack on a u.n. base in bor on thursday in which 58 people were killed. p

opposition to enter president adly mansour are president favorite and former military chief abdel fattah al-sisi. our battle is against an oppressive state will stop all he cares about is suppressing opinions.g --jailing all he cares about his corruption and its role is to suppress and kill the revolution. it is only concern is its interest. >> around the world on monday, people took to social media to show support for four al jazeera journalist attained in egypt for months. the global day of action marked 100 days since the arrest of peter greste, mohamed fahmy and baher mohamed and a fourth journalist has been held for more than seven months and is on hunger strike since january 23. for wanda has begun a week of mourning to mark the 20th anniversary of the rwandan genocide i'm a when 800,000 people were killed over the course of 100 days. u.n. secretary-general ban ki-moon spoke at monday's commemoration in kigali. >> when i first visited, i heard and felt the silence of death. the silence of all of those lost in the silence of the international community in your hours of greatest need. reveri

army chief sisi is expected to win with little hope of reconciliation and anger against the government mounting the country is bracing for more months of violence . kyra egypt seems caught in a continual loop of an arrest let's take a look it started in january of two thousand and eleven with the so-called day of revolt when thousands rose up against then president mubarak two weeks and if hours and lost lives later the revolution victorious mubarak out of power and mohamed morsi is put in his place but it didn't end there many egyptians didn't like the decisions morsi took and there was another revolution this one backed by the military the protestors toppled morsi and started to prosecute his allies in the muslim brotherhood party which sparked even more unrest elections for a new president still a long way off in egypt was already lost two thousand lives in less than a year the manager of the crippled fukushima nuclear plant in japan admits that all efforts to contain radiation leaking have failed this despite claims by the country's prime minister eight months ago that the issue ha

on the surface it would appear egypt's military leader and soon to be its new president ,al-sisi , is doing just that. i'm not calling it a coup, the u.s. avoided the legal requirement to suspend all military assistance to egypt and retain the presumed leverage that goes with $1.5 billion in aid. but as subsequent events have shown, the united states unwillingness to declare egyptian military action a coup has dramatically undermine the american democracy narrative in the middle east. to be sure, president morsi, while elected freely and fairly cut was not governing effectively or democratically. but there is also little reason to believe the egyptian military was going to be a democratic agent of change. subsequent actions on the rollback not just the 2012 election, but the 2011 revolution as well. the leaders of the april 6 movement have been given three-year jail sentences just upheld by an appeals court. journalists from al jazeera is broadcasting 2011 provided staying power to the tahrir movement have been arrested. notwithstanding, american aspirations, there is no reason to bel

exams just a few weeks away and will coincide with the presidential elections that next army chief sisi is expected to win with little hope of reconciliation and anger against the government mounting the country is bracing for more months of violence. kyra. and egypt seems to be caught in the repeating loop of on breast let's take a look here on r.t. international it all began in january twenty eighth and with the so-called day of revolt when thousands rose up against the then president hosni mubarak two weeks in a thousand lost lives later the revolution is victorious mubarak is gone mohamed morsi is installed in his place but it doesn't end that many egyptians didn't like the decisions taken by the new president and there was revolution once again backed by the army the protesters then toppled morsi and start to prosecutors allies in the muslim brotherhood and even more on the rest elections for a new president is still a long way off and egypt has already lost two thousand lives in the latest wave of clashes. horrible still to come on the program on r.t. international bringing back t

on islam is to hand of the presidential election in may which former military chief abdul firehall sisi is widely expected to win. well he had saying that being offered a million pounds would make you feel like you've hit the jackpot not so for one british farmer who turned away a lucrative offer to install a giant wind turbine on his property but he may end up suffering the blot on the landscape and anyway this boy boy has been finding out. treat others as one would like others to treat oneself that was certainly tony talons motto when he rejected an offer to house an eighty me to wind turbine on his picture rescue part of devon land it would have generated an income of up to fifty thousand pounds a year for an estimated twenty year is a picture lot we have in front of us today says a thousand words and water blot on the landscape a huge steel turbine would have been and we weighed all up and we thought no we just can't do this char neighbors the water community and the people for miles where it could have been life changing but the end of the day. overruled much to his and his wife's

absolutely not just but if we see that in the presidential so-called elections general sisi wins that election escalated violence will definitely be inevitable and on the other hand escalated crackdown on the muslim brotherhood and any voice of dissidents in the under the name or pretext of national security and war on terrorism so you mentioned the presidential elections that are planned for the end of may do you're saying that this probably can explain the ongoing crackdown. definitely not just up but you can see heightened targets of terrorism. against the police and that definitely could be explained to both. tactics by the military intelligence and intelligence community at large as well as it isn't you know when you've imprisoned twenty thousand people in six months tortured seventeen thousand and killed three thousand definitely that might harbor more violence. how do you how do you see things pan out after the elections. not very well definitely because this crackdown will continue the konami situation is very dire the saudi and gulf support financial support and then you supp

tolerate any more of the activity or dissent is only one way in this country and it's the way general sisi the military is the message and we know that the muslim brotherhood general guide was one of the people handed a death sentence today. do you think this will only inflame pro morsi supporters. certainly will do it of course the supreme god of the muslim brotherhood has long been expected to receive the death penalty in this country because he is such a senior member of the former regime but i think that can be little doubt that this will just create more. violence and lead to more angry and bereaved families and relatives who feel they have no other option but to take up the gun to fight this new government we have in this country and to add to the already growing insurgent sea and in fact it's so certain that this is going to be the result one has to wonder why the egyptian government. does something like this and why it would sentence so many people to death knowing full well that this can only pour patrol on the flames of the crisis in egypt. and presidential elections are planned

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exams just a few weeks away and will coincide with the presidential elections that next army chief sisi is expected to win with little hope of reconciliation and anger against the government's mounting the country is bracing for more months of violence true for r.t. kyra. and coming up a bit later in the program here bringing back the relics of the war on the program we reported on nightmare the u.s. army is facing over its withdrawal from afghanistan as it tries to offload its military equipment after more than a decade of war. plus as the number of obese people in the u.k. hits dangerous levels he takes a look at why healthy food may just not be an option for thousands of brits. right to see. her straight. and i think that your. orders. and still. be in the. moscow time this is r.t. international the u.s. army is getting ready to leave afghanistan for the most part but the withdrawal is proving to be far from easy all the military hardware and equipment has to be removed or decommissioned for fear it may end up in the wrong hands meghan lopez filed this report. we're talking right now

sisi to power within congress senator rand paul of kentucky has been the only major voice pushing to halt the flow of aid to egypt historically one of the us is close allies in the region with these latest concerns over human rights however he's gaining support for a for such a move from both sides of the aisle along with leahy democrat senator lindsey graham a republican from south carolina also said he would block the aid package graham did however support the delivery of ten apache attack helicopters to the egyptian military part of the pentagon aid package that is not subject to congressional approval and which is slated to move ahead. the ongoing n.s.a. scandal continues to follow president obama all the way to his doorstep on thursday german chancellor angela merkel arrives on an official visit to washington d.c. meeting with president obama and other political and business figures topics include of course the events in ukraine a free transatlantic transatlantic free trade agreement and of course dealing with the fallout of the surveillance disclosures which revealed last year