wants toent sisi prevent light from being shed on his country. he wants to mama five journalists, put -- mama five journalists, put bandages over their mouths, their eyes, to stop them from spreading the truth. that say to president sisi because of infringement on press freedom that egypt is ranked 161 out of 180 countries in terms of freedom of the press. this is bad for your country's imimage, to poetic relations, ad even anti-terrorism policies. teterrorism has gotten worse. thee are joined by international affairs editor. as we heard from the egyptian president, he denies there are political prisoners, but president macron is expected to address concerns over human rights abuses. how far will the french president pursue the matter? >> well, we understand from the elysees palace, this will be brought up in the lunch between president sisi and president macron, which is due to get underway quite soon at the moment. there is no sign of president sisi at the presidential palace yet, but this will be addressed, we have been told. what is not clear

is controversial reporters without borders are against france citing any agreement with president sisi they say that torture repression of unfair trials against journalists a common. the first battle that we have together is the fight against terrorism egypt like france has been suffering in the last few years and president sisi and security forces have to cope with the scourge because their security is also our security i would like to offer my condolences for the people who have been killed several days ago in a fight between your forces and terrorists in your territory this fight is something we want to continue together for you out the region as you bring it forward in the egyptian territory we have talked about the situation also in libya and syria and now wish is to be partners act closely together in order to fight against those who are active in the framework of what i sell and terrorist actions in the region live out of paris as a series david chase at the palace david did president raise the issue of human rights with the president. this was the one thing we were trying to fi

london also coming up strengthening ties the french president hosts egypt's leader abdel fattah el-sisi in paris human rights groups to brest. sending a message washington and says it's withdrawing military aid from the amar over its treatment of working journalists. and she ching peng's political thought it trying to china's constitution cementing his status as one of the most powerful leaders in the country's history. if ever warm welcome to the program the u.n. secretary general has just touched down in central african republic his first visit there since he took office in january until now you'll get a raise says his visit is to draw attention to violence there she says is often ignored by the world's media in august the un's aid chief warned that violent clashes in the country could soon become genocide. but insert religious violence is not the only problem that thérèse has to address human rights activists say the un isn't doing enough to prosecute french soldiers who've been accused of rape and sexual abuse and for many victims the wait for justice may never end as nicholas hawk

london also coming up strengthening ties the french president holds egypt's leader abdel fattah el-sisi in paris human rights groups though are not impressed. sending a message washington announces its withdrawing military aid for me and maher over its treatment of range of muslims plus. a mentor thomas with tourists in the rural chinese village where to evade changing take spent his formative years old explaining why this place matches two presidents house of his policies congress. his grip on power. if they're warm welcome to the program in the last hour the u.n. secretary general has touched on in central african republic it's his first visit there since he took office in january until no good terrorists this is this it is to draw attention to violence there which he says is often ignored by the world's media in august the un's aid chief or the violence in the country could soon become genocide well let's go live to nicholas sarkozy in the capital bangui hi there nicholas so the u.n. secretary general wants to see more boots on the ground. that's right julie in fact he's asking for n

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he gyptian president abdullah fattah el-sisi has arrived in friends for a three day visit he's already held talks with the french defense minister and on tuesday he's due to meet france's president in the home he weighs groups of condemned his visit and say mccall shouldn't support the government or sell it weapons activists say torture repression and unfair trials against civil rights advocates and journalists are common. david chaytor has more from paris the french president emmanuel macro has championed the value of the democratic freedoms at the heart of the european union but on the eve of a state visit by the egyptian president abdel fatah of sisi human rights activists in paris urged him to end what they called france's disgraceful policies of indulgence towards its repressive government. we have shown in our latest report that torture is done on a massive scale is systematic mostly by the national security agency and it could be considered a crime against humanity. listening in the audience the daughter of an al jazeera journalists arrested in egypt last december mahmoud a sane

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security top the agenda at a meeting between egypt's president fattah el-sisi and his french counterpart emanuel. during a joint news conference live cross said that egypt's fight against armed groups must respect human rights cc's visit to france's controversial reporters without borders don't want france to sign any agreement with president sisi they say that torture repression and unfair trials against journalists are common in egypt china's president's name and ideology have been added to the nation's constitution on the final day of the communist party conference it makes him one of the country's most powerful leaders in decades austria's chancellor elect is to hold coalition talks with the far right freedom party sebastian kurtz's conservative people's party won thirty one and a half percent of the vote in last week's election well short of the majority needed to govern out rights campaign among other things for a tougher immigration policy and those are the headlines more news right after the stream next. challenging the established line every single one of the three thousand peop

abdel fattah al sisi yes that business deals prioritized but bob say human rights. less so that's right a lot of the news websites him france today such as the french edition of the have nipples were really focusing on this it was our number one story for much of the afternoon. mccall does not want to give any lessons on human rights to see seats are you had people on social media who were. doing not foreign if you like saying you want some context because michel de prison michael said that he didn't give lessons without. you know the context of something here welts women's rights i with a whole range of issues are that would be. human rights as a human rights concerns are also. a conceptual rights if you like subpoena. respected there. cartoonists let's take a look at one or two cartoons this is a. and bemoans cartoonist and culture. and here you have human rights been held up on some the kind of very embarrassing a telling cc on of this is just on march two. and you know what the mount sinai whatever which i think is. egypt and i will finish with this one mark thi

bossom usef -- and when president sisi said he wish he could get everyone spare change -- this meme went, you know, alternate universe in egypt. it's just too widespread. >> and so they crack wise on the street, grumble between puffs. and they still have twitter and the megaphone revolution. he was able to share an original song of protest, when this man saw our camera. >> there was a dramatic, total dramatic change in 2011 of people's perception. it changed people's perception, their sense of entitlement, their hopes, their aspirations. >> it's been hard to find people who would speak out critically of this place. do you fear reprisal for talking? >> it's never easy. you do have to think about it and reconsider the choices and so forth. but i have seen so much happen in the past five years. one thing evolution portrays is never to fear again. using wisdom of course and all that, but too much has happened. too much blood has been spilled. too much, you know, censorship has happened. and i want to see that restoration or some continuation on that journey by ultimate means. >> back when ho

mr present macro set as a joint press conference with president sisi that he does not want to a give lessons without taking context into account human rights groups made an appeal to the french president to address alleged human rights violations by egypt's security forces. now after much anticipation and protest a controversial film about the last the russian tsar is due for release this week the movie tells the true story of son nicholas the second and his affair with a polish ballerina called matilda but it is anger at hardline nationalists and russian orthodox christians who view this art as a saint as a love story it makes its debut in a series of violent incidents targeting the filmmakers as russia on edge. the roman of family secret a story of forbidden passion nicholas the second fell in love with a ballerina a film premiere that's made many russians nervous. good news is the premiere of matilda was held peacefully here at the very famous. petersburg and these despite the fact that this film a lot of controversy in the russian. tension was high on opening night one hundred po

an official visit to france by egypt's president they say friends who not support are the father of sisi politically or sell weapons to egypt activists say torture repression and unfair trials against civil rights advocates and journalists are common david schaper reports from paris the french president emmanuel macro has championed the value of the democratic freedoms at the heart of the european union but on the eve of a state visit by the egyptian president abdel fattah el-sisi human rights activists in paris urged him to end what they called france's disgraceful policies of indulgence towards his repressive government. we have shown in our latest report that torture is done on a massive scale is systematic mostly by the national security agency and it could be considered a crime against humanity. listening in the audience the daughter of an al jazeera journalist arrested in egypt last december mahmoud a sane has now spent months in solitary confinement made out he was confused he was so depressed he was he was keeping from getting stuff because he spent his spend days and nights with

egypt's president abdul fattah el-sisi has met with ministers and intelligence services and has vowed to fight what he called terrorism in the country this comes after policeman where attacked in a desert ambush southwest of car on saturday according to the egyptian government sixteen officers died but other sources say more than fifty five policemen were killed no one has claimed responsibility for the attack alexei prime as well. egypt is in mourning following one of the largest attacks on security forces. the egyptian interior ministry says sixteen security forces died in an ambush in the west indies it earlier security sources said more than fifty five were killed at a hot two hours drive southwest of cairo two police platoons were reported to be on their way to kill or a race to group of armed men in their days at hideout when there was shot with machine guns from every direction. there was a man who pointed out officers to be killed and soldiers to be fired at their hands or feet the moment the group arrived they ordered us to lie down on the ground and surrender our weapons the

as security in the middle east reporters without borders are against front signing agreements with sisi citing evidence of torture and repression by his regime but the french president said the leaders have common goals the us president has been labeled a bully who is utterly untruthful republican senator bob corker in retaliation donald trump has called the tennessee politician incompetent adding that he couldn't get elected dog catcher in the state it's a damaging with the president tries to coordinate republicans in congress to pass tax reforms. the u.s. says it's considering sanctions against top military officials over their targeting of a henge of muslims or shinton also says it's withdrawing military aid from army units and officers involved in the violence and won't allow senior security officials to attend the u.s. sponsored events more than six hundred thousand ranger have fled to bangladesh to escape a military track down since august the twenty fifth the un's accused me on mars army of net the claim saying the military denies the claim those are the top stories stay with us

between rival palestinian factions he brought a message from egyptian president obviously to have sisi calling for global support for reconciliation earlier photos even at wears palestinian president mahmoud abbas in the west bank egypt is mediating between abbas as such a faction and the militant group hamas. german president hung call to steinmeyer has warned of new walls as the country marks twenty seven years since we unification steinmeier was referring to a rise in right wing sentiment that saw the far right enter the german parliament for the first time in last month's election he said the election results showed that the country is divided steinmeier was speaking in the western city of mines at a state ceremony held to mark unification. as an under them on the walls have sprung up less visible without a road that strips but wolves nonetheless which stand in the way of a joint togetherness minds and view. and chief correspondent crane was at the event and she says last month's election laid bare the divisions separating germans today. well like the weather here the picture is mi

our lives were found guilty of attempted murder back in august egyptian president abdul fattah el-sisi arrived in france for a three day visit it's already held talks with the french defense minister on tuesday he's due to meet france's president manuel mccall human rights groups have condemned the visit and say back home should not support the egyptian government or sell it weapons activists say torture refreshen and unfair trials against civil rights advocates and journalists are common on the c.c.s. rule. now next up looking into a hospital in guinea with risking it all guinea seize it. we understand the differences and the similarities of cultures across the world. so no matter where you call home al-jazeera international bringing the news and current a phone does that matter to you. al-jazeera. for many in the west african country of guinea life can be quite a struggle. a quarter of the country is covered in forest and the government has neglected roads and basic services. constant delays paralyze the nation's economy. yet guinea is a rich country rich in r. and gold and diamonds.

french president emmanuel micro has hosted his egyptian counterpart up till fattah el-sisi for talks in taurus human rights groups had urged the french president to address alleged human rights violations by egypt's security forces but mr macron declined to criticize l.c.c. as a joint press conference saying he did not want to hand out lessons without taking context into account. hong kong democracy protesters nathan law and joshua wall have been released from prison on bail and would. jailed in all quest for their roles in the twenty fourteen and to china protest that became known as the umbrella revolution was the law thanked his supporters and said he and mr wong were due to return to court in november. china's ruling communist party has confirmed presentation paying as its most powerful a dream decades but adding his name and ideology to the constitution at the end of the past his five year they called rest delegates five voted unanimously to include is easing ping thought as a guiding principle this gives president xi the same level of prep providence as party found him out to d

to strengthen their economic and military ties during a visit to paris by president abdel fattah el-sisi that's despite accusations that c.c.s. regime is responsible for torture and repression. u.s. president has again come under attack from a republican senator bob corker of tennessee. a bully who is actually untruthful. the u.s. says it's considering sanctions against top military officials over a crackdown against her hinge on muslims washington also says it's withdrawing military aid from army units and officers involved in the violence and it won't allow a senior security officials to attend u.s. sponsored events the u.n. has accused me on mars army of ethnic cleansing the military denies the claims. bangladesh have agreed to work together to repatriate hundreds of thousands over him who fled violence in northern iraq and states more than six hundred thousand rangel have crossed into bangladesh in the last two months alone but if lois lerner reports from young gong there's very little detail about how the repository ations will take place the end of one journey but the start of anot

strengthening ties the french president holds egypt's leader abdel fattah el-sisi in paris human rights groups are not impressed. and in sport a doping scandal escalates of the world's most famous dog sled race all that and more when we come back. hello there we're seeing some very heavy rain over parts of turkey at the moment you can see why on the satellite picture we've got this huge area of cloud is gradually trying to edge its way eastwards as it works its way eastwards though it is beginning to break up so for turkey then that's where we're seeing the wettest of the weather during the day on wednesday but as it tries to work its way eastwards it is breaking up so for beirut there doesn't look like there's going to be anywhere whether we're told in fact we'll see a couple of showers around the coast of egypt and a few more around the coast of turkey there for thursday but elsewhere does look more or less dry towards the east fine unsettled them for many of us here are marty struggling to get to ten degrees as a maximum but for terror on will be getting to around twenty six a bit fu

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and that relationship to sisi is said to be said by some to be helping the make his comeback it's wrongthat he's been making a deal with hamas to return to gaza to lead the government while hamas won the territories interior ministry mr how does the fact that hamas would say mainly reconcile with who was you know one of the architects of a brutal campaign against against hamas in the line nine hundred ninety s. and the two thousand does it show the severity of the plight of hamas. i think we are interested in bringing all the parts together in the chair was to allow for. affection to go together and the. national unity and to work together i think now it's not the time it is not. allowed for the. difference is more disputes because i think this will weaken the position of the policy in the from the israeli occupation i think now the reconsideration between hamas and fatah or between hamas and the i think also. the gates for comprehensive solution i think we are in a good relationship with the people here or there with all the countries around us because i think we need to support. all t

without being allowed to get out of the very very tiny prison cell and david what about president sisi himself i guess looking at from his mistake of his first visit here to meet this significant european leader what do we know of the relationship between the middle between the countries. yes we had a statement from the early say palace saying that essentially the talks will focus very much on security as a whole and on regional security now the problems of course are there's a islamised insurgency developing in the sinai with which is seen many many casualties and there's also the problem of the amman and the problem of egypt's neighbor libya where there is essentially a vacuum of power once again so these are very serious issues for manual macro he has particularly taken an interest in libya and these will be the main focus of their talks of course it's very important to realize that egypt is the number one customer for the french arms industry as you pointed out in the lead in to this report something like as you said ten million ten billion dollars of the money has been used to buy

between the rival palestinian factions he brought a message from egyptian president arafat to his sisi calling for global support for reconciliation earlier he met with palestinian president mahmoud abbas in the west bank egypt is mediating between abbas's faction and the militant group hamas. a tense standoff continues in spain days after more than two million callahan's voted in favor of independence separatists have been blocking roads and going on strike in protest against police violence during sunday's independence referendum spain's interior minister accuses the callon government of quote inciting rebellion . parts of barcelona at a standstill today. others meanwhile pulsating to the rhythms of separatism. the demonstrations angry at times. and then defiantly still. these barcelona firemen holding up their arms in silent protest at sunday's police violence. support for the strike wasn't universal but enthusiasm for independence appears to be spreading. feel like deserves the independence we have a different culture we have a different language and i support it but i'm not sure w

urged the french government to speak out against abuses on day gyptian president uphill fight to end sisi. and loving arms artists promote peace in the battle against gun crime in the united states. with. with. hello there heavy rain is pouring in some parts of europe for out of this weather system in the southeast is just drifting its way down towards parts of turkey it's going to some very heavy downpours in the southeastern parts of europe lots of thunder and lightning as well some places have been reporting over fifty millimeters of rain from the system that is going to continue to drift its way southeast as we head through the next few days so the heavy downpours we working their way into many western parts of turkey there and then slowly edging their way eastwards there as we head into wednesday behind it there's a bit of a break but still for the northern parts of europe there's another system is going to be bringing us some heavy rain that's working its way into parts of sweden there as we head through wednesday and into the baltic states as well and that weather system in the sou

delegation posters of mahmoud abbas and the prime minister are up posters of the egyptian president sisi as well for the first time because it's egypt that has brokered this deal the question remains how in the longer term after they've handed over power in the various ministries how they solve things like the security arrangements on the egyptian border crossing who's in charge there who's in charge of internal security and indeed who has control alternately over the military wing of hamas hamas is very clear that that is not on the table that talking about committees to try and solve the issues of how to run the security situation within gaza there was a suggestion that from officials that mahmoud abbas doesn't want to see something similar to what's happened in lebanon with hezbollah military wing being another center of power we've heard from a senior member saying that that has never been a condition but that it is part of the longer term negotiations on the basis of one of the previous agreements that happened in twenty eleven in cairo but those sorts of very difficult issues if an

the french president egypt's leader abdel fattah el-sisi in paris human rights groups aren't impressed. and this is silly and beaches that once a paradise but are now reminders of the perils migrant face in the mediterranean. welcome back we'll start in a straight here where during the course of wednesday we're like to see most areas drive out of playa perhaps in southeastern areas but sydney's looking quite well now twenty eight degrees fine in townsville some of the temperatures right across western australia is also looking dry and fine heading into thursday not a great deal of change are expected in sydney still in the upper twenty's far as temperatures are concerned so let's head across into news event and here we're looking at showers so if it's in the western side of both islands i think during the course of wednesday through thursday still some fairly strong winds about states coming in from the west or north west so western facing coast like to see the bulk of the share at seventy but some sunshine in oakland and highs of eighteen degrees now as we head up into northeastern pa

spokesman talked about the importance of the egyptian backing to all this we have posters of president sisi in this square talking about the fact that the egyptian minister of intelligence will be here later in the day offering support to this process talking about appealing to the international community and the israelis themselves to ease the israeli blockade and as for the kind of humanitarian issues which are so key to the nearly two million people who live in the gaza strip so far we're in a holding pattern over that they're saying that they have received detailed reports about things such as salaries electricity water border crossings and that they will look into these things deeply however some of these issues are issues that have been exacerbated by restrictions imposed by the palestinian authority precisely to bring on board again. a unified government the squeeze on the electricity the cutting about thirty percent to the salaries of the p.a. employees who've been sitting idle for the last decade these are things that the p.a. could reverse if it wanted to immediately at the moment

mahmoud abbas the palace in president as well as the prime minister handler even egyptian president sisi his president going his picture going up for the first time under hamas because egypt has very much been the broker behind this attempted reconciliation it seems that the easy things are going to be done or the relatively easy things are going to be concentrated on first in terms of ministerial handovers having the first cabinet meeting on tuesday but in the background there do lye all sorts of contentious issues how the egyptian border will be policed will that be under the p.a. or ferrety or will it be under hamas exactly how hamas will respond to mahmoud abbas's apparent call for this not to be a lebanese like situation with hezbollah having a sort of a military center of power he apparently according to his officials doesn't want to see something similar with hamas his military wing the arc or some brigades but how much has made it very clear that that any kind of. accommodation between its military wing and fatah was not on the table of these talks so those sorts of very difficul

possibilities of other issues in the future now let's let's talk about egypt's role and now president sisi has been directly talking to the palestinians he also said that this current we constellation talk the negotiations right now between the palestinians between hamas and the p.l.o. are preparation he said for israeli palestinian talks and israeli palestinian peace deal is he being too optimistic. i think he's too optimistic and i think that this is making the. president have a little bit warty because he doesn't know exactly what might lay behind in terms of the kind of plans that the president. might be trying to develop with other regional partners president abbas is a little bit nervous also because of the financial burden he wants first to make sure that the international community is willing to finance the additional financial burdens so egypt's role. of the one hand is very much what comes because they have a leverage over her mouse but on the other hand it's making the palestinian authority a little bit hesitant and cautious and they want guarantees on the nature of the possible

counterpart in paris where they too have pledged to strengthen economic and military ties and the fattah el-sisi and the manual macro by them the revival of this new genre out came after italy and libya reached an agreement to stem departures from the libyan coast underlined the challenge for europe to face smugglers who continuously adapt to new realities on the ground but at the sicily. it's been a year since a so-called jungle camp in the northern french town of color was dismantled forcing out refugees and migrants who had set up makeshift homes there but far from ending the problem many have now moved to a new location so they can continue attempts to reach the u.k. natasha butler is in the town of wistrom where residents are divided in opinion over their new neighbors. an early morning ferry prepares to sail from the northern french port of to england it's a popular link across the channel but recently it's become a new route for some refugees to reach britain they tried to climb on to trucks that are boarding at least ninety refugees mainly from sudan have arrived here in the past few mon

visit to paris by the egyptian president they say that france should not support president fattah el-sisi politically or sell him weapons sell weapons to his government activists say the torture repression and unfair trials a comedy in egypt the french president's office responded by saying that it is vigilant about human rights issues. activists journalist earlier result under subjected to unfair trials brought to storm it was brute force and sometimes with french weapons center it is under growing surveillance and censorship and many are first disappeared tortured and executed at the hands of ships and security despite that security forces continue to enjoy complete impunity all of this is happening instead of countering terrorism strayer's immigration department says that more than six hundred asylum seekers and refugees are refusing to leave the menace island prison camp in papua new guinean access to drinking water food medical treatment and electricity will cease when the camp closes next tuesday refugees will be forced to move to accommodation centers near the main city of la wrang

talks between rival palestinian factions he brought a message from gyptian president satisfied to his sisi calling for global support for reconciliation while up earlier foes he met with palestinian president mahmoud abbas in the west bank egypt is mediating between abbas's photo faction and the militant group hamas. iran and libya by the u.s. defense secretary james mattis says if iran it hears to the nuclear deal it agreed to in twenty fifteen he would advise president dollars to stay with a modest that was testifying before a u.s. senate committee has it criticize the deal and called for it to be renegotiated or canceled or. facebook says around ten million people in the u.s. could have been exposed to political ads from russia in the weeks leading up to last year's presidential election on monday the company turned over three thousand russia linked to the u.s. senate m agree on growing government probes into alleged russia interference in the election. mean maher has told the un refugee agency its top priority is to bring back where henschel muslims who have fled to neighboring banglad

and egypt, for example, president el-sisi. they are well aware of the role in the middle east. >> they are, the part of the problem is that they have been consistent in what they have been doing. i mean, we are starting from behind. we had few months ago, at administration that talked about sharing the middle east and equilibrium in the middle east, which of course would mean the percentage gained by iran in the region. indeed, that is what we are seeing. >> how do you feel about the trump administration's policies? >> i think they said the right thing. panel 1.5 weeks ago on this. they said the right thing. the focus is the right focus. the question of the ground game and the type of granularity in detail on the ground that you need to do the challenge. not just by passing laws or talking about money coming in. that is a small part of this. >> can you really have a ground game if half it is empty? >> that is part of your ground game. the work of development, the work of politics, the worker relationship, the work of the intel

egypt's president abdul fattah el-sisi has met ministers and intelligence services and vowed to fight what he called terrorism in the country it comes after police men were attacked in a desert ambush southwest of cairo on friday according to the egyptian government sixteen officers died other sources though say more than fifty five policemen were killed no one has yet claimed responsibility for the attack the next year bryant has more details. egypt is in mourning following one of the largest attacks on security forces in years. the egyptian interior ministry says sixteen security forces died in an ambush in the western desert earlier security sources said more than fifty five were killed at heart two hours drive south west of cairo two police platoons were reported to be on their way to kill or a racist a group of armed men in their days at hideout when they were shot with machine guns from every direction. you. know there was a man who pointed out officers to be killed and soldiers to be fired at their hands or feet the moment the group arrived they ordered us to lie down on the gr

spokesman talked about the importance of the egyptian backing to all this we have posters of president sisi in this square talking about the fact that the egyptian minister of intelligence will be here later in the day offering support to this process talking about appealing to the international community and the israelis themselves to ease the israeli blockade and as for the kind of humanitarian issues which are so key to the nearly two million people who live in the gaza strip so far we're in a holding pattern over that they're saying that they have received detailed reports about things such as salaries electricity water border crossings and that they will look into these things deeply however some of these issues are issues that have been exacerbated by restrictions imposed by the palestinian authority precisely to bring on board again under a unified government the squeeze on the electricity the cutting about thirty percent to the salaries of the p.a. employees have been sitting idle for the last decade these are things that the p.a. could reverse if it wanted to immediately at the mom

government was keen to show it was in gaza to do business smiling on the image of egypt's president sisi the broker of this deal try mr romney one dollar presided over an initial cabinet meeting receiving reports on the humanitarian crisis and calling on israel to ease it. modulus a low with our prime minister has called for the siege on gaza to be lifted and for the international community to help lift the unjust blockade the situation in gaza is tragic. but many want rapid action from the new government itself among them protesters who say they lost the palestinian authority pay without cause ten years ago during the factional fighting. to sell we are victims of division my salary has been cut since two thousand and seven we won one dollar to restore our salaries because this money is for our children and the p.a. is imposed more recent measures reducing salaries to its staff and electricity supplies to the strip which may have succeeded in pressuring hamas but at a cost a few hours power a day for instance is it enough for the treatment plants to work each day the restrictions remain

freedom and human rights because and sisi as we know now he does not want people to have their human rights he has stopped all kinds of activity and all kinds of charges. and i say shoes that are involved in charging and human rights in egypt and that is of well and we. indeed i think you'll be looking for timing some sort of policy when he when he brain does come but for the moment stressing the covenant thanks so much for joining us from go away. russian foreign minister sergey lavrov has warned that abandoning the iran nuclear deal could undermine the chances of curbing north korea's nuclear ambitions he was speaking at a nuclear nonproliferation conference in moscow u.s. and north korean delegates are at the meeting in what could be a rare opportunity for dialogue the u.s. president donald trump has been denouncing the iran nuclear deal while at the same time applying pressure to north korea over its nuclear program but with these additional mission with but in tackling the nuclear program on the korean peninsula we must prevent an armed conflict that would inevitably bring about

french president a man who is hosting his egyptian counterpart in paris abdel fattah el-sisi visit has sort of micro under pressure from some human rights groups they've made calls for france to suspend arms exports to egypt over alleged human rights violations by the country's security forces egypt has cracked down on dissent since the ouster of the country's islamist president mohamed morsi in two thousand and thirteen. our correspondent elise a louis is in paris keeping track of the presidential visit he's a human rights was in egypt was on the agenda was that issue raised at the talks between the two presidents. yes it was but it rather like a footnote really the french president my macaw first talked about the strategic cooperation between the two countries that he talked about the fight against terrorism and then he said that obviously the fight against terrorism was only would only be effective if there was a stable human rights situation in the country that will not satisfy and geos that have been asking for the country to make an improvement in the human human rights situation

increased economic and military ties in recent years particularly over libya and egypt president fattah el-sisi is in paris at the moment meeting with france's president emanuel. the two leaders following their talks are now briefing the press let's just listen in for a moment before we speak to our correspondent in paris bring it forward on the egyptian territory we have. talked about the situation in libya and syria and. to the partners who are close together in order to fight against those who are active in the framework of. terrorist actions in the region. and we want to act together. on these different areas of crisis in our diplomatic relations. in order to bring forward regional stability and to eradicate the terrorist movement. our engagement against terrorism must not be limited to military. action but. you know in spite of the challenges that we've seen if france wants to bring forward a climate of peace and sissie or security then it has to be with in a framework that respects human rights and this is also something we have talked about in the fight against. terrorism in order to pro

france's president emmanuel micro has hosted his egyptian counterpart abdel fattah el-sisi for talks in paris rights groups had urged the french president to address alleged human rights violations by egypt's security forces but at a joint press conference mr macro dick's clients to criticize the c.c. say he had no wish to hand out lessons that taking context into account. a gunman has shot and wounded a bodyguard to kenya's deputy chief justice in nairobi the judge for the mena and willow i was not in the car at the time but police are treating the incident as a robbery but an investigation is ongoing the incident comes two days before kenya is due to hold a repeat presidential election. china's ruling communist party has confirmed presentation paying as its most powerful leader for decades by adding his name and ideology to the constitution at the end of the party's five year the congress delegates voted unanimously to include region pink thought as a guiding principle giving president xi the same level of prominence as party found about the dog and perhaps marking the start of a n

heart of the european union but on the eve of a state visit by the egyptian president adel thought of sisi human rights activists in paris urged him to end what they called france's disgraceful policies of indulgence towards his repressive government. we have shown in our latest report that torture is done in a massive scale is systematic mostly by the national security agency and it could be considered a crime against humanity. listening in the audience the daughter of an al jazeera journalists arrested in egypt last december mahmoud a sane has now spent months in solitary confinement made out he was confused he was so depressed he was he was keeping from getting stuff because he spent his spend days and nights without anything anyone being allowed to get out of the very very tiny prison so people have high hopes when countries actually champion liberal values but then when so you decide to ignore them for political expediency it's extremely frustrating egypt is the number one customer for france's military industrial complex spending more than six billion dollars over the last two years

revolution is have had the upper hand over the last couple of years and certainly in egypt with the general sisi taking over power and so on so forth under american. better image and support if you will at this point in time in coordination with israel they are interested in some kind of a stabilization of gaza and containment of the palestinian issue that would lead to bridging some sort of relationship between egypt saudi arabia the united arab emirates on the one hand and israel on the other so i think egypt is is really leveraging its influence it's practicing you know it what it preaches in terms of trying to advance its own policies among the palestinians and that's why sadly as it is you see the hamas and you see the palestinians welcoming this agreement because they need to put a stop to the division among the palestinians but then the other hand there's a certain anxiety if you will whether this will lead at all to something like is there israeli withdrawals from the palestinian territories biased in independence liberated is jerusalem and so on here's the thing. let me just in fact tel