although sisi says great care was taken about the accuracy of the strikes.in the eastern city say civilians were also killed. >> translator: there was no militant presence here. just families lived here. the family the mother and their children were all killed. it was a gentlemen who was called killed. there were about eight killed in the neighborhood. in addition to four who are still seriously injured. >> reporter: sisi auld talk about the need for a joint arab military force to tackle the threat of groups like isil. and he praised the leaders of some gulf states who offered to sporty i didn't want. >> our friends in the gulf region should understand we have all respect, appreciation and love for them. >> reporter: egyptian president also spoke about dissent in his own country. since the overthrow of former president mohamed morsi in july 2013, egypt has launched a massive crack down on the muslim brotherhood and its supporters. many have been students. train number of young people have been detained for expressing their views. i told them i don't deny tha

it's not about abdul fatah al-sisi, it's the larger geo-strategic interests, and that has not changed >>> al jazeera journalists mohamed fadel fahmy and baher mohamed spend 407 days behind bars in egypt. they along with peter greste were accused of reporting false news and supporting muslim brotherhood, outlawed. peter greste was released earlier. al jazeera demands the release of mohamed fadel fahmy and baher mohamed, who are still imprisoned >>> dozens have been killed in two suicide bombings in the iraqi capital, hours before a curfew was listed. one attack targeted a restaurant in east of baghdad. 23 were killed. more injured. and 13 people were killed in another attack in a commercial area in the center of the city >>> while the lifting of the curfew means for the first time in years people can go out past midnight. jane arraf has more from baghdad. >> for the first time in 12 years baghdad residents don't need to rush home. >> the curfew first put in place by the u.s. military and kept in force by the iraqi government is history. a few months ago there was fear that baghdad coul

al sisi came to russia twice in 2014. he visited vladimir putin's presidential retreats down in the resort of sochi on the black sea in august of 2014. now, there are certain strategic partnerships alliances that these two have and have been believe over recent months. one has to do with agriculture and food supply. 40% of the grain egypt consumes comes from russia. russia has been working with egypt on big arms contract, $3.5 billion worth of those and of course, there are many, many millions of russian tourists who like to go to the egyptian resort cities to take their holidays. >> we are looking forward to hearing from two leaders because vladimir putin and abdul fatah al sisi are due to have a press conference. >> we look at malaysia, the opposition leader there is looking to appeal against a conviction of sod my. he was accused of being partners in crime for the murder of judicial independence and integrity. the government critic is widely seen as the biggest threat to the ruling party's longest hold on power. we are

he job description president abdel abdel fattah al sisi has defended his position, target. the attack targeted those linked to the it'slamic state in the lee vant. in the keynote address broadcast, he said the operation was planned meticulously to avoid civilian casualties. he also thanked gulf neighbors, saudi arabia the united airrab emirates and bay ran and kuwait and he accepted innocent young people may be locked in egypt's prisons, a matter that he urged the interior ministry to look in to. let's hear a little more of what president sisi had to say about the egyptian strikes in libya. >> we launched an offensive against 13 targets. these targets were subjected to strict and accurate surveillance in . intelligence information was gathered in absolute secrecy and. >> joining us here on al jazeera you were following the speech there by sisi. what did you make especially starting with the point he was making about the egyptian attacks in libya? >> reporter: >> obviously we are hearing a defense of those attacks, particularly in the light of some reports that came out that

more on abdul fatah al-sisi's address to the nation. a senior lecturer in middle east politics and security studies. thank you for being with us on al jazeera. abdul fatah al-sisi obviously focussing on the egyptian attacks in libya. what do you make of what he had to say? >> it was interesting. in libya, he was saying that this was a self-defence act, it's an act but there'll be no invasion which i think means that what happened in the u.n. a few days ago is very significant. because the gearing up in the egyptian media was about a further intervention in libya, possibly a direct entrance on the civil war there. what will happen i think, is probably a situation of arming one side of the civil war, which is the army and government and specific strikes at some point or another. i don't think there'll be an intervention. >> certainly often in the western media there's a desire to see arab countries take the lead so we saw jordan attack i.s.i.l. in iraq and syria, now this attack by egypt on libya. you think abdul fatah al-sisi is not goin

we saw abdul fatah al-sisi defending the egyptian air strikes. why do you think he needed to defend the military action? >> the military action was not heralded as an achievement. we wanted egypt to pursue diplomatic channels. egypt needed to assert itself in a pact that it had in kuwait to the new military pact that they have come together to fight what they see as foreign forces coming into the libyan region. in doing so ultimately what abdul fatah al-sisi want to do is reassert himself and egypt as a global powerplayer, and make sure that the political situation in libya, who will be coming into power next is part and parcel of a military pact that benefits the interest. >> egypt has called for an international coalition to strike against libya, thwarted by the u.s. and the u.k. will he get the coalition of sorts from his arab allies and the rest of the gulf states? >> well, it seems that they have this based on informs and tapes released. and also on past two years of military excursions between the four countries, we see that egypt is forgin

and then by abdul fatah al-sisi, the president of egypt in response to the killings. >> he is using theia to show that egypt is tough and will protect itself and face any change that comes its way. the media is central to the way that abdul fatah al-sisi tries to shape his perception among the public in egypt. >> he is making his case that the muslim brotherhood is practically indistinguishable from some other rad igal jihadist groups. it's a cores of you are with us or against us and the narrative of the war in terror. so you do not support the campaign that is a response to the beheading of citizens and you find yourself in opposition to the national security agenda. the media, literally not only in tandem said that there needs to be an intervention egging on abdul fatah al-sisi to take action. much of the media gravitates towards war metaphors. the framing of war helps us. >> we'll turn to the war against i.s.i.s. war gravitates or should gravitate towards an aspirational end. >> six months since the first i.s.i.l. video was posted it was gripped by the specter of violence. in the ma

it's not secured from infiltration of fraud and forces trying to put sisi in a very tough position. i think there needs to be a point in the support for sisi's regime and will affect the ability to push the country forward. >> how vital is that support that egypt is getting from these countries mentioned in this recording? saab saudi arabia kuwait and the uae? >> without that support egypt would have been bankrupted and became even worse than now. i think this is you know the main support that came to egypt over the last two years came from the gulf and from kuwait. with that support, i would say egypt would not have became in its position it is right now. if these countries view the policy against towards sisi this can lead to much much worse situations in the future. i think now it's a very tough time for sisi in order to gain -- regain the credibility and respect of these countries. >> thanks very much for speaking to us. >> thank you. >>> husi fighters in yemen held rallies one day after taking control of the country but aunt-coup dmon strayings have been taking place. >> report

they were anti-mohamed mursi, and show defiance against a new president abdul fatah al-sisi. defiant, they are disadvantaged. they are marginalized they are poor they feel that basically they are on the fringes of society, and their behaviour reflects a social gone as opposed to a politicized condition. politics is secondary. that's why the police should have known. the reason i'm a bit harsh on the police police know the ultra, time and again they defy the police. they want to stand up - police are seen as a force that terrorized the egyptian public and the ultras took it on their own to basically challenge the symbol authorities, and that's why there's more to the confrontation than this particular game. >> i take the point of course that this is a group made up of socially disenfranchised young people against whom is in government -- whomever is in government. in that though they suffer a wide selection of the population suffering from similar it disillusionment. what possibility does this event have of spilling out? >> this is serious, you are talking about mainstream egy

lou: president sisi of egypt al-sisi, walid stood up and called for the reform of islam. he is running a government effectively he's still confronted by extraordinary economic disaster in the country that he now leads. why is there not a clear statement to all of islam that sisi is the future, and that what he is doing is important to the region? >> well remember, when before president sisi was elected with an overwhelming majority, 22.4 million votes in egypt and before that another referendum, there was the largest human demonstration ever in egypt with 33 million egyptians. what is important about what's happening in egyptian is not just the statement made by the president, which are important, but what is behind that? the will of overwhelming majority of egyptians who have never demonstrated before. by the way, 80% of those who walked are poor and very poor, and what it is they are opposing, the muslim brotherhood, the same they think are representative of egypt, the arab world and we should partner with them. there is a misperception of what's happening in the middle

and sisi the president of egypt in response to killings and using the media again to show that medias tough and will protect itself and face any challenge that comes its way so the media is really central to the way that sisi tries to shape his perception among the public in egypt. >> he has been making the case over the past year and a half that muslim brotherhood are practically undiminishable from some other radical jihad groups and you are either with us or against us and the general narrative on war and if you do not support the response of beheading of 21 egyptian citizens then you find yourself in opposition to the national security agenda. egyptian media literally not only in tandum but simultaneous saying egging on sisi to take action immediately. >> much of the media gravitates naturally toward war metaphors, the framing of war helps us understand difference. >> the war to i.s.i.l. >> and helps us understand resolution because war obviously gravitates or should gravitate toward some kind of decipherable or at least aspirational end. >> reporter: six months since the first i

all the details from leaked conversations involving egypt's president abdul fatah al-sisi. >>> it's one of the toughest and coldest events in the world. we head to the yukon in canada where athletes are preparing for an ultra marathon >>> leaders, diplomats and security experts from around the world are in munich for the final day of a security summit. it's tehran's nuclear programme topping the agenda. iran's foreign minister and u.s. secretary of state held talks. the u.n. threatened new sanctions if a march 31st deadline is missed. sanctions are the problem it's been said. >> sanctions are a liability, you need to get rid of them if you want a solution and unless they come to the realisation that sanctions are a ribilityliability, we will not have a solution. that is the single most-important issue. we have good head way in resolving that >>> let's bring in zeina khodr. she has been there for us. there has been meetings with the secretary of state john kerry. what are we hearing about that? >> well neither side is revealing the details of the discussions. what we do know is that both

there is a quite a few strikes against sisi now with the u.n. special reporteur with the leaks that have been extra embarrassing him supporting the regime and it tells you as well within the regime there is someone who was able to record these tapes and from the presidential office from the minister of defense from the sisi's personal secretary and then send them away to the media. which tells you that there are some people who don't like him within this camp. >> thank you for talking to al jazeera. >>> putin's visit to cairo comes as egypt launches an investigation outside a of a stampede outside a football stadium. osama ben jave reports. >> a person who died out of the air defense stadium in cairo. his family is among 30 others who mourn their family members' death. the family threw tear gas when barricades failed to hold back the crowds. >> translator: the police were in front and ahead of the gate. they fired tear gas this caused panic and people fell on top of each other. >> the confusion followed. what happened, was a massacre by police s

al sisi seen here with putin offered his condolences and promised an investigation. after the deaths on sunday, the public prosecutor ordered the arrest at the head of the supporters group and the egyptian football federation has postponed all league matches indefinitely. al jazeera. >> the canadian government is calling for the immediate release of mohamed fahmy the al jazeera journalist and canadian citizen has been in jail in egypt for 409 days, along with his producer, bar mohammad. the junior foreign minister tweeted prime minister harper has personally raised the case of mohamed fahmy with the highest level of the egyptian leadership. canadian officials raised the case of mohamed fahmy with egyptian officials 15 times in the last nine days. we understand this is an upsetting time for the family, we continue to call for mohamed fahmy's immediate release. the two are accused of supporting the outlawed muslim brotherhood, charges they and al jazeera deny. their earlier conviction had been thrown out. two face retrial on thursday. a third al jazeera journalist, pet

even sisi is, everyone is.u've got to have a better story to tell, and that's the story he's trying to write now as a political party leader designing his own cadre school with a curriculum of political education that he hopes in ten years will mean that his social democratic party actually has a thousand operatives who know something that none of the people in tahrir square knew about politics. >> thank you. [applause] >> have a seat, that nancys. -- that nancys. it's important that those foreign policy elites hear what you have to say. one word of advice, don't shorten your comprehensive answers to questions. just do it as you're doing it. because people need o'hare what you have to -- need to hear what you have to say. i take a lot of encouragement, i for years have been influenced decades, by an essay called "from protest to politics." and i hear in what you're saying the beginning of what might be a politics -- of politics in egypt which means organization, which means discussion, which means building from

proposals have been sent to abdul fatah al-sisi for approval. he has attracted condemn nation with trials lasting as little as two days ending in death sentences for hundreds of people. an international human rights lawyer said the move was astonishing. >> the concept under international law for due process, and a defendant having the right to hear witnesses, and allow witness testimony from the prosecution and defense is sacra sanct, and encapsulates a lot of dock trips. if egypt goes forward, it will be - you know it strikes at the heart of everything that is legal and show kangaroo court hopping around the streets of cairo. i'm as stonished they take the steps. they are removing the window dressing. again, you know international human rights observers have been calling on abdul fatah al-sisi to you know restore due process for people brought within the judicial system of egypt. this is another line in the kangaroo court system that abdul fatah al-sisi created in eget >>> venezuela's opposition leader is asking people to join him and stop the

there is quite a few strikes against sisi now with the u.n. special report you'reeur, and it tells you as well that within the regime there is someone who is able to record these tapes and the presidential offers from the ministry of defense from sisi's personal secretary and then send them away to the media which tells you that there are some people who don't like him within the establishment. >> egypt's retrial for al jazeera journalist baher mohamed and mohamed fahmy is set for thursday. they have now spent 408 days in jail. they are accused ever supporting the outlawed muslim brotherhood charges they and al jazeera deny. on monday mohamed fahmy's family launched a new campaign. asking canadian prime minister stephen harper to intervene. mohamed is a canadian citizen. >>> problems with the initial j including that the case failed to provide mohamed and fahmy had any links to the muslim brotherhood. failed to prove that an act of terror actually occurred and the case did not clarify what illegal brawblghting equipment mohamed fahmy was cuffe

. >>> an elite conversation recorded involving egyptian president abdel fattah al-sisi. at one place saying, gust states have excessive amounts of money. >> ten, what did i say? >> ten in the army's account. >> when i win the election we will invest this money in the state. we will also need another ten from uae yah and another ten from kuwait. >> samir shat rarvetionhata says the take will create. >> that alleged some conclusion between the ministry of defense and the interior ministry, some misconduct trying to direct local television stations to cover then general sisi's bid to be president favorably and so on. so that in civility is surprising. i think it will probably make some personal relations a little tense. now there's been some speculation already that with the new king of saudi arabia, the relations between egypt and saudi arabia may change a bit. that being said, what presidential sisi said about some of the gulf states, saudi arabia, united arab emirates and so on have an interest of egypt not being democratic and the interest of the muslim brotherhood not

what will be made of what president sisi had to say there?reporter: president sisi was talking both to the egyptians and the international community, to the egyptians, he clearly said that he needed to do that the blood of innocent egyptians had been spilled on libyan soil and he could not face the families and pay his condolences without doing that. >> will be well received certainly by the families and those who supported those airstrikes in egypt. not everyone in the country, as divided as it is at the moment. on the international level, it will respond to the concerns that we heard from washington. we heard at the united nations within the arab league. the international community basically was worried to what extent would these airstrikes happen or that signaled more let's say covert a more intense involvement of egypt on the libyan scene and that involvement was viewed as being a bit partisan in the sense that in libya, the u.n.-recognized government in tobrok had welcomed those attacks. there was also -- but the one in tripoli, the cour

because yesterday already they were talking about sisi knowing about this almost a month ago.ed no serious engagement. or response to the crisis for the past month. and now showing that, you know, you can do limited strikes here and there. i don't think this is going to change the fact of the matter especially on the outcome of dealing with terrorism whether it's in libya or sinai or other places. because, again we haven't seen any type of a long-term strategy or long-term engage. more a proactive strategy. more a reaction to a particular incidents. and then it will disappear. after that unless he proves that he has a plan in place. >> very good getting your insight, thank you so much for being with us thank you. >> from the brookings center in doha. >>> we move onto yemen now. and the u.n. security council has passed a resolution calling on houthi rebel to his hand back power. the text was written by jordan and the u.k. who described it is a powerful message to the world. all 15 members demanded the houthis immediately withdraw from the capital sanaa. but the resolution did n

affiliated groups executed 21 coptic christians. >> abdul fatah al-sisi wants to secure his country's borders and wants revenge. >> it's significant na abdul fatah al-sisi chose to start his one-hour-long access by tackling the air strikes. he was talking to the egyptian people. it was a matter of "revenge", and i think he meant a matter of pride. he said he could not face paying condolences. and in germ the coptic griftian community without taking prior action. it's addressing the concerns of the international community. the egyptian army does not attack anyone first that the army was not an invader and it was their to defend egypt and its borders. the air strikes have been highly polarizing inside libya. the u.n. recognised government in tobruk welcomed them. the court appointed one in tripoli has condemned them. it all came at a time when it seemed to have some progress on the track. clearly the white house, u.n. within the arab league. many were concerned about the air strikes and the scope, for how long they would have lasted. it seems that president abdul fatah al-sisi was tryin

station in turkey is broadcasting a leaked conversation involving egyptian president abdul fatah al-sisi. reportedly it took place after the coup that removed former president mohamed mursi from power. abdul fatah al-sisi is heard telling the head of his office to ask other states for money, and made remarks in relation to the qatari royal family and gulf countries referred to as half states. states. . >> tell them we need 10 into the act. what did i say. >> 10. i need another 10 were united emirates and from kuwait. a small portion. [ laughs ] why are you laughing? their money is like ice. the recording was obtained and brought out by a pro-muslim brotherhood station in turkey. the brotherhood was taken from power following the 2011 revolution. a military coup pushed them out and they've been labelled as a terrorist organization. we'll talk to a professor of political science at united arab emirates university and joins us now on the line from dubai. thank you very much for being with us. given that this tape was broadcast on a tv station, given that general abdul fatah al-sisi declared

from the gulf countries, repairing to the state of al sisi spaifblth demanding money from allies.il giza doesn't of district protests take a violent turn. security forces fire tear gas to disperse the crowds. >> the anti-coup protest movement is obviously meant to apply pressure to the sisi government. it's probably the most sustained protest movement in modern middle east history. there have been protests every day for the past 19 and a half months. there has been moderate success because media organizations have been intimidated from covering the protest. they haven't had the kind of success that the organizers would like. >> the government accuses the muslim brotherhood of staging attacks targeting the police and the army. the outlawed group continues to demand for its leaders to be released. mohamed morsi reinstated. al jazeera. >> nigeria's boko haram is carrying out it's first. they use can's. houses were set on fire at the border town of ungubua in an early morning raid in a village in military camp. many continue to live in fear. non-governmental organizations have fled du

so the military rule is very popular, president sisi is very popular. even though a lot of them are sort of unreformed who have not updated their understanding of how socialism may be applicable, nonetheless they actually have articulated a political worldview and they end up in the small community of people who are talking about politics and talking about what political system could look like. and they are learning what this looks like in this includes policy platforms are come out by this and the numbers are quite small. ultimately most egyptians are politically in a space of sort of what we would take is center-right you know arab nationalists over this and most people are personally religious, but most don't want islamist politics. and that is a long short answer. >> hello, good evening. [inaudible] >> i would like to draw attention to your very interesting speech [inaudible] >> i think it's brave you admitted what happened. >> and myself as well [inaudible] >> my question has to do it is did you fill it with some article that you had written that y

el sisi reflects the will of his people sov he was elected with 97% of the vote! that is landslide!he other 3% were won by people now jail. so i got it, conservatives, you want the president to be more like a muslim dictator who gets elected with 97% of the vote. but i bet they're willing to be flexible on the muslim part. >> like him or not, putin's a leader obama's a lawyer. >> people are looking at putin as one who wrestle bears and drills for oil. "they look at ours as one who wears mom jeans and egiveo kates. >> putin makes a decision and executes quickly. that's what you call a leader. >> jon: or a sociopath with no impulse control! (applause) (cheering) if i understand this correctly and i think i am, the paragons of leadership are a king, military dictator and a power-crazed wannabe czar. seems at odds with the one thing you claim to value most. >> i love this country and value its freedoms. >> the most free country in the world. >> freedom for americans. we have freedom, democracy. >> i did. can we show freedom? my dog freedom. >> his name is freedom. >> i can't believe you

. >>> a leaked telephone conversation suggests that a senior official in the office of president sisias trying to intervene in libyan affairs. it was thought to feature a man who was trying to arrange a meaning between sisi and a cousin of gadhafi. he is a concern believed to control large sums of libyan overseas investments, and has strong ties to the government in tobruk. the phone call was from more than a year ago at a time when sisi was the defense minister in egypt. >>> an anti coup rally in egypt has turned violent. witnesses say security forces opened fire on the crowd in cairo's district. the area has been a flash point for unres between promuslim brotherhood protesters and egyptian security forces since the former president was ousted in 2013. ♪ >>> an emergency meeting is underway in brussels where greece is trying to convince the euro zone to give it an extended loan nchltd if the talks fail greece could rount of money at the end of the month, and risk being forced out of the euro zone. right now greece owes about $270 billion mainly to the international monetary fund and

for weeks their families have been pleading with president al-sisi for their return. instead he is talking for talks and a week of mourning. sonia gallego reports. >> this took place outside the coptic church. now they and the entire country are in mourning. >> terrific to see what's happened. and the effect that it's going to have on so many families. these were fathers brothers everyone in the community. >> islamic state of iraq and the levant is massing in numbers in libya. here it's claiming in in cert. but i.s.i.l. says they have completely overrun the city of de arena. now egypt is considering its next move. >> this incident could provide egypt the logic to interfere in libya. >> libyan government in tobruk the community had already compressed its willingness to help. the italian government has expressed its concern. the island of lampedusa is only 300 kilometers away. the death of the egyptian workers will only add to the pressure to stop i.s.i.l. in libya in its tracks. sonia gallego, al jazeera. >>> a u.s. intelligence official tells al jazeera the group has

a new decree by president al sisi offered new hope for two of the men. greste and australian and foam familiar were available to apply, not baher mohammed. on february 1, peter greste was freed on his 400th day in detention. met by his relieved family, his unconditional release was tinged with sadness and frustration. >> amidst all of this relief, i still feel a sense of concern a real sense of worry because if it's appropriate for me, right for me to be free, then it's right for all of them to be free. >> peter's release raised expectation that is fahny's freedom was innocent. it became clear he would stand alongside baher mohammed in court. for now they're back at home with their families. >> baher mohammed is an egyptian journalist working as a producer in our cairo bureau at the time of his arrest. the 30-year-old began his career as a researcher and producer for the japanese channel. he worked extensively in libya during the revolution. he missed the birth of his third child while in prison. he was born in august of 2014. now to mohamed fahmy he's a

protesters raise banners that read sisi is still money from the gulf countries.g to the recent leaked tapes of president abdel fattah el-sisi apparently demanding money from regional allies. in giza district, protests take a violent turn. security forces fire tear gas to disburse the crowd. >> the anti-coup protest movement in egypt is obviously meant to apply pressure the sisi government. it's probably the most sustained protest movement in modern middle east history. there have been protests every day for the past 19 1/2 months. there has been moderate success but because media organizations have been intimidated from covering the frosts, they haven't had the kind of success that the organizers would like. >> reporter: the government accuses the muslim brotherhood of staging attacks targeting the police and the army. the outlawed group continues to demands for its leaders to be leased. and mohamed morrisey reinstated. al jazerra. >>> more than 100 wales have died after becoming strand odd a beach in new zealand. volunteers are still trying to save dozens more.

nhk world's craig dale is tracking developments for us. >>> president sisi promised retaliation. now egypt has waded into the chaotic situation in libya, where there are two rival governments, and a tangled web of militia groups including islamist extremists. egyptian fighter jets carried out the airstrikes on monday. military officials say they destroyed training camps and arms depots for the islamic state group. dozens of militants reportedly died. the strikes happened near the city of dparna militants affiliated with the group have a presence there. they also have a present in sirte close to where the egyptians were kidnapped. and they have a foothold in tripoli, too. 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 a

we heard from president sisi was a state of union address from egypt. right off the top was the fight against isis. egypt fighting on two fronts. battling them are northern sinai and they had 13 air strikes targeting isis in libya after the brutal beheading of the 21 egyptian christians. he talked about the pan arab army saying the need for arab force is growing and increasingly needed every day. he didn't give many details about what this force would look like and who would happen but we know that arab countries have offered assistance for the battle. with the need that the egyptian military's main role is to defend only the egyptian border. if asked by arab brothers they could be there to protect the region. john. >> is there a sense of how the call is resonating with the people in egypt and other arab nations? >> reporter: here in egypt, the call has seen as fairly popular. listening to the speech, it sounded like the egyptian leader. this call will be received somewhat warmly. we know many arab countries are dealing with the threat of isis. this is

the egyptian president el-sisi said there is no choice other than a u.n.-backed coalition in libya. he sent his foreign minister to new york to insurance the international community lives up to its responsibilities. the nuchlt security announced support and convened on libya this afternoon. joining me is egyptian foreign minister sameh shoukry i'm pleased to have him on this program. you are here at your president's request to do what? and to get what kind of resolution? >> primarily to present a draft resolution to the council that is supported by the arab group in new york to provide the necessary facilities to the legitimate government in libya to be able to counter the terrorist threat that is escalating on libyan soil to reiterate international community's commitment to support the libyan people and the libyan legitimate government and the fight against terror by the provisions of assistance military training and capacity building. and to right the responsibility the situation in libya was certainly a result of the vacuum but it was created after the initial military interventi

egyptian president abdel fattah al-sisi meanwhile called for a u.n. resolution to launch a global coalition to intervene in libya. >> what is going on in libya could change this country to a breeding ground that will threaten the whole region, not only egypt. egypt, the mediterranean basin in europe has to do with this problem of the mission and a cobbler's was unfinished by our european friends. we abandoned the libyan people as prisoners to extremist militias. >> the u.s.-led coalition meanwhile, launched 15 air strikes against isis in iraq and syria on sunday and monday. in pakistan, at least seven people have been killed in the suicide bombing of a police headquarters in the eastern city of lahore. a taliban splinter group claimed responsibility, calling the attack revenge for pakistan's execution of its colleagues. in breaking news from eastern ukraine, russian backed separatist claim to have seized control of the key city of -- fierce fighting has raged in the area despite a cease-fire agreement. talks between greece and its european creditors h

there was a meeting between el-sisi and a cousin of moammar gaddafi. he's believed to control large sums of libya's oversea's investment. the phone call is from more than a year ago when sisi was the defense minister of egypt. >>> meanwhile, hundreds of libyans have rallied to protest against the egyptian airstrikes on libya. the attacks of the brutal murders of 21 coptic christians by a group related to isil. thank you for being with us. how much is egypt's involvement complicated things in libya? >> it would be unreasonable to expect to stand by and stand by when a number of its citizens were brutally slaughtered the way the 21 coptic egyptians were slaughtered by isil. obviously if you get an outside power involved, it becomes more difficult, more complicated but it was already difficult and complicated, and there was unfortunately, i think too much delay by outers to try to work with the different elementaries within libya the one based in tripoli. the one based in tobruk to try to get a government of national unity. even if they do get that, it's

. >> a new boost for abdel fattah al-sisi answer his government. french prime minister was in egypt signinging a jet deal. >> egypt is the country to purchase the rafafaell air crafl. >> there is a political element. it means this type of deal put closer to french and egyptian political authorities and at a time when we all have to fight jihadis. it is good to have a close connection between french and the egyptians. >> before the signing french president francois hollande talked with his court participant abdel fattah al-sisi, and expressed his sympathy over killing of egyptian citizens by i.s.i.l. also marks a new step in egypt's quest to find alternatives ou.s. military assistance. last week russia's president vladimir putin was in cairo for talks presenting his egyptian counterpart with an advanceed rifle. nadim baba, al jazeera paris. >>> houthi fighters have control of the area since september. houthis dissolved parliament and took over the exat capital of yemen sanaa. fighters were already inside iraq to fight i.s.i.l. he also said his force

abdel fattah al-sisi. >> egypt buries its dead. 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.

do you agree with what the congressman is suggesting, if king abdullah and general al sisi if they'reilling to fight that fight, should we give them the assistance to win? >> well, yes. i don't think boots on the ground right now, but i think the first thing that congress should do a very broad authorization of conflict that provides all means necessary, fuel, ammunition what they really need is air-to-ground missiles. that's what jordan needs. but i think what has happened too, sean, is this is a major miscalculation by isis, what they did. and i watched that video. i was just horrified. but i think the miscalculation is this. they've turned jordan into a huge tiger. i mean jordan was part of the coalition. >> governor, if i can interrupt you. we have breaking news here. the a.p. is now reporting that jordan has executed two of the prisoners after isis has killed this jordanian pilot. now, compare what they're doing, and there might be more killed within the hour, compare how they're reacting to the killing versus how president obama has released all of the terrorists that we capture

. >> the security and the military the likes of president el-sisi he remained throughout under morsi and after that, the regime never went anywhere. and remain continuously with the different governments. in the end, it's difficult to lead with a real radical change that these guys played a major role both in the january and in the june changing of the country. >> we'll hear more about it in am cooling hours. we'll stay in egypt. the sentence of a blogger and pro-democracy activist for five years in prison for breaking protest laws. alaa al fattah was a human voice during the revolution: we have more now. >> activists could not believe the verdict of alaa al fattah. the judge said that they broke the law by protesting without a permit and attacked security personnel. >> sentenced to five years and to pay each defendant to pay $30,000. >> pro-democracy campaigners criticized the decision. >> this is an opposite progression and continuation to stifle the youth. they were only holding a peaceful protest. these youth did not have any criminal or violent record. this is a way to oppress t

same with general el sisi with the beheading this weekend.y are fighting back with a fierceness. you also talked to anjam chaudhry, a guy i've fought with a number of times. what'd you think? >> a very intelligent individual. he's clearly fore square behind the islamic state and articulate in describing what the islamic state wants, how it believes and how he thinks this apocalyptic agenda will unfold. >> about the 12th imam for a lot of these guys? >> they believe there will be 12 imams. they think they're on seven or eight. he's a true believer, and well-known for being the most outspoken of them in the united kingdom kingdom. >> what do you think of some of my interviews, maybe not the first one which was a knockdown dragout, yes he wants sharia yes, he wants it worldwide, yes gays and lesbians should be killed, yes, women should cover, they shouldn't be able to drive. he believes in sharia wants to implement it worldwide. >> he does. he also thinks part of his role on earth is to describe what that sharia is going to be like for everyone

alaa supporters were expecting leanty after president el-sisi el-sisi's peach on sunday. he said over the next few days some in detention would be released. some analysts believed that alaa would be among them for his secular views for playing a party in anti- anti-government demonstrations. he was first arrested in 2011. >> for them to have committed a master in front of the world's eyes, and on camera, and all sorts of witnesses. then they try to turn it around and accuse us of instigating a crime. >> alaa was given a 15-year jail term in 2013. he was freed after spending nearly four months in jail and retrial was ordered. alaa al fattah will appeal against the verdict in one more attempt to seek justice. his lawyers says that he continues to believe people have the right to peaceful protest. al jazeera. >> the retrial of two al jazeera journalists in egypt have been adjourned until march 8th. they appeared in court on monday to hear their case has been postponed because of an absence of witnesses. they're accused of helping the outlawed muslim brother, charges that the