for the presidential election in egypt voting in march will be the second sense of will fattah el-sisi deposed president mohamed morsy five years ago critics say the election is turning into a farce one military leaders seen as a leading contender is to replace sisi is out of the race sami annan was arrested by soldiers on chews day army commander said the former army chief of staff broke the law by not getting permission to declare his candidacy and spokesman says his arrest means the state doesn't really want elections a tall well another comes as out of the running is ahmed shafik the former prime minister and air force chief announced his challenge in november but withdrew earlier this month he said he had reconsidered and didn't think he was the best person to run the country the nephew of late president anwar also that is also out he's refused to run them in what he called an environment of fear surrounding the election. what's a far cry from the egyptian revolution seven years ago then the streets of cairo are filled with hopes for change and democracy millions protested against

declared his plan to seek a second term even before sisi made his candidacy official it wasn't just widely assumed that sisi would prevail in the march elections it was also widely expected that real opposition to sisi was likely to be thin on the ground potential candidates have either already withdrawn or seen their candidacy while. some have blamed an atmosphere of fear to other presidential hopefuls were forced to quit the race earlier this month. one of them said that the nephew of former leader on what he said last week he wanted to protect his campaign workers from intimidation or arrest another former prime minister and air force general ahmed shafik had also announced his interest in running but he was placed under house arrest before being deported from the united arab emirates where he'd been living in exile according to his lawyers was detained as soon as he landed in cairo and then there is egyptian army colonel ahmed consul in december he was sentenced by a military court to six years in prison after he announced his plans to run for president leaving many to wonder ju

last challenge seen as a potential threat to the re-election of egypt's president abdel fattah el-sisi has been detained by the military sami and has also called off his campaign the phone with the chief of staff is the latest in a string of candidates who've been forced to withdraw from the upcoming presidential elections. yours. just days after he announced his candidacy in his country's upcoming presidential elections egypt's military has arrested former egyptian armed forces chief of staff sami ana. in a televised statement the military said i'm committed violations when he announced his presidential bid without obtaining permits from the armed forces he's also accused of committing forgery to be included in the voter database there are two explanations for. this one is that he actually miscalculated the level of support that he has within the military institution and within the security interest so within the pollen institutions the second one is not mistaken a decision he expected to step and this is not the end of the story you probably see something akin to the action on his pa

and we found a couple these are in arabic so i'll translate for you it says a fatwa says that sisi is not only the pride for egypt but he has managed to lift the country from despair and mon dieu says that i support another term for president sisi so he can complete economic reform and projects now i found this quite interesting. a statement from the u.s. senator john mccain he is a chance all of the senate armed services committee he is calling for fair elections in egypt are read some of the saipan for he says it is critical that the gyptian government embrace the spirit of the general twenty fifth revolution i strongly urge president sisi and his government to fulfill their commitment to political reform and respect for human rights now egypt's foreign ministry did respond to mccain's message on facebook by saying the general twenty fifth revolution belong sony to the egyptian people and we reject the statement for its fallacies and attempt to undermine the egyptians celebrations of the revolution but just but important note here was that there was no mention of the elections so if

election this march sami on and had been seen as the main challenger to president of the father of sisi but he's now called off his campaign muhammad has the latest. just days after he announced his candidacy in his country's upcoming presidential elections egypt's military has arrested former egyptian armed forces chief of staff sami. in a televised statement the military said imam committed violations when he announced his presidential bid without obtaining permits from the armed forces he's also accused of committing forgery to be included in the voter database there are two explanations for this one is that he actually miscalculated the level of support that he has within the military institution and within the security and his so within the pollen institutions the second one is not mistaken a decision he expected to step and this is not the end of the story you told the see something account of the action on his part on the part of his loyalists so it's still too early to tell i'm an announced his intention to run hours after current president of the fatah has sisi declared his pla

detained by the army has be seen as the only potential threat to the reelection of abdel fattah el-sisi. the u.s. and russia clash at the u.n. security council over the alleged use of chemical weapons in syria's rebel enclave of duma. venezuela's president nicolas maduro says he will seek reelection in april if he's selected as a candidate by the ruling socialist. and fantasy drama the shape of water leaves the oscar race with thirteen nominations. egyptian military has detained its former chief of staff just days after he said he would run for president in an election this march sami on has been seen as a significant rival to president. but he's now called off his campaign homage on june has the latest. just days after he announced his candidacy in his country's upcoming presidential elections egypt's military has arrested former egyptian armed forces chief of staff sami annan. in a televised statement the military said imam committed violations when he announced his presidential bid without obtaining permits from the armed forces he's also accused of committing forgery to be included

declared his plan to seek a second term even before sisi made his candidacy official it wasn't just widely assumed that sisi would prevail in the march elections it was also widely expected that real opposition to sisi was likely to be thin on the ground potential candidates have either already withdrawn or seen their candidacy walked some have blamed an atmosphere of fear to other presidential hopefuls were forced to quit the race earlier this month one of them and one said that the nephew of former leader anwar sadat said last week he wanted to protect his campaign workers from intimidation or arrest another former prime minister and air force general ahmed shafik had also announced his interest in running but he was placed under house arrest before being deported from the united arab emirates where he'd been living in exile according to his lawyers was detained as soon as he landed in cairo. and then there is egyptian army colonel ahmed consul in december he was sentenced by a military court to six years in prison after he announced his plans to run for president leaving many to

has announced he'll run for a second term the elections are set to take place in march sisi rose to power in two thousand and thirteen after ousting his predecessor the country's first democratically elected president in a military coup one hundred jump june reports the announcement was widely expected now egyptian president was picked as sisi has made it official and instead of going to have voted for equality today as i remember the size of moments we have gone through and think about the serious challenges that face our home country and the huge expectations and the hopes we have for our homeland i find myself standing confused before my national conscious as i speak to you with the honesty and transparency we have been used to in our dialogue and hope that you will accept me for the presidency of the republic. analysts are hardly surprised by his staying in power this way or that way i think of the elections as one source of energy to see your facade of this committee. would say that he won the elections fair and square and he has significant popular support. c.c. who swept to p

even before sisi made his candidacy official it wasn't just widely assumed that sisi would prevail in the march elections it was also widely expected that real opposition to sisi was likely to be thin on the ground potential candidates have either already withdrawn or seen their candidacy walk. some have blamed an atmosphere of fear to other presidential hopefuls were forced to quit the race earlier this month one of them and what is said that the nephew of former leader anwar sadat said last week he wanted to protect his campaign workers from intimidation or arrest another former prime minister and air force general ahmed shafik had also announced his interest in running but he was placed under house arrest before being deported from the united arab emirates where he'd been living in exile according to his lawyers was detained as soon as he landed in cairo and then there is egyptian army colonel ahmed consul in december he was sentenced by a military court to six years in prison after he announced his plans to run for president leaving many to wonder just how serious a threat the mil

then is not a puppet candidate they can call they command weight in the social sphere even before sisi declared his reelection bid it was widely assumed he would win now critics say this election is turning into a farce one more reason why on the eve of the seventh anniversary of the beginning of the egyptian revolution the brief experiment in democracy that began and to have your square seem so very long ago. does either. a veteran u.s. diplomat has quit and advisory panel that was set up to tackle the crisis bill richardson described the boat as a cheerleading squad for the me among government the former new mexico governor quit the panel unexpectedly as it was making its first trip to recommend state from where seven hundred thousand have fled in recent months he said he clash with mammals leader unsung cheney over the issue of two journalists arrested there in december. i was very happy and described my. reaction to my. pauline that this issue of reuters journalists being treated fairly and rapidly and that brought almost an explosion on her part. saying there were issues relating

egyptian president sisi else is he will run for a second term in office. is the gulf crisis a pretext to seize castles well that's the claim of a country royal who is seen as a saudi ally. in the poconos native in peru but he conscious control of a sea on his south american told. turkey has fired artillery into a kurdish controlled on clay the northwest syria across the border bombardment of a free and comes off the days of threats by president want to get syrian kodesh fighters known as the y.p. g. and the establishment of a kodesh corridor along its border and has been deploying troops and tanks there in preparation for a ground assault stephanie deca has more from un taqiyya insolvent turkey. the situation around the fifteen is heating up there is been an increase in shelling from turkey into africa and also hearing reports that around fifteen thousand free syrian army fighters these are the rebels inside syria supported by turkey are mobilizing towards the east of affluence and this is all in line with the political rhetoric that's been coming out of a

egypt's president adult fattah el-sisi has announced he is running for a second swept to power after leaving the military coup to ask his predecessor mohamed morsi in two thousand and thirteen sisi won the election a year later with ninety seven percent of the vote. voted for equality today as i remember the decisive moment we have gone through and think about the serious challenges that face our home country and the huge expectations and the hopes we have for our homeland i find myself standing confused before my national consciousness as i speak to you with the honesty and transparency we have been used to in our dialogue and hope that you will accept me for the presidency of the republic. well a number of parliamentary blocs have already pledged their support to sisi but let's take a look at some of the rivals that he's likely to face and mark his election now one of them is human rights. he's been charged for making a hand gesture in public and if convicted in march he'll be jailed and disqualified and we have all because. he was arrested after announcing his intention to run he'

real opposition to sisi in the march election is likely to be thin on the ground potential candidates have either already withdrawn or seen their candidacy blocked some have blamed an atmosphere of fear observers say cc's tactic is a recognizable. one in the region of the mubarak and the house has not said on saddam's of the agent has used it before they would tell the international indonesian community that they won with ninety percent or ninety nine percent whatever the percentage by the same time there are no consequences for that so on one end it to bolster their teams that intimacy of their genes on one end and the other and you know there are no consequences for that actions. cc's rule has been marked by a brutal crackdown on freedom of expression and civil liberties economic turbulence and increasing attacks by armed groups human rights groups have been placed under severe restrictions and many critics in the media have been silenced. his allies however dismiss accusations of abuses saying his tactics are needed for security in the face of an insurgency in the north sinai regio

also egypt's president of the sisi has officially launched his bid for reelection earlier a prominent challenger somebody i counseled his campaign after being arrested. a call to brazil is due to decide whether to uphold a corruption conviction against former president luis in the us who looted a silver thousands of his supporters rallied in southern brazil to hear him speak before the decision if he loses his appeal he'll be unable to run for the presidency this year despite being the early favorite to win he was defiant and the address to the crowd. was only one thing will stop me from doing what i'm doing and that's the day i'm not here anymore that's the day i die if i'm still here another year ten years fifteen years or only a day you can be sure that i will be in this country streets fighting for a just society and egalitarianism society a society where people are proud of this country. let's go live to terry's about our correspondent in porto alegre in southern brazil of course. it's a three man bench sitting listening to this case and adjudicating. future i mean what do we exp

he landed in cairo human rights lawyer had early is still securing enough signatures to challenge sisi but he is facing a charge of offending public decency and if that verdict is up held in march he will be disqualified from the election and then there is army colonel with a console where he was sentenced by a military court last month to six years in prison after announcing his plans to run for president. well we heard earlier from the league's analyst sami hamdi and he told us what he thinks on the arms withdrawal means for the upcoming election. i think what this demonstrates is that the army is losing its ability to keep its ranks in order i mean remember it's also part of the army and served as prime minister and he was he disobeyed the army and announced his intention to run for presidency and likewise of course don't forget that semi and then was also very brazen in his approach to the president's presidential candidacy he appointed he shamed going into the former top auditor who was ousted by sisi after claiming that more than seventy five billion dollars was being lost in cor

what i'll tell president el sisi and king abdullah is that we remain committed to peace. but what the president did in making that decision and in making it a reality was he essentially took off of the table an issue that really wasn't negotiable to this administration or to the american people. jerusalem is the capital of israel. the president said that we have recognized the obvious. we have affirmed the will of the american people. but now our hope is that we can move forward and begin to discuss those issues that can be negotiated in the hopes of achieving a lasting peace. >> martha: what concrete steps have been taken so far to move the embassy there? >> the planning is under way. as you're well aware, swre a consulate in jerusalem today, but as the president said, it would be necessary for us to make planning to choose a location and to develop a struck khrur. >> martha: is there a target date? >> it will probably be several years before we cut the ribbon, but the decision is made. we're moving our embassy to the capital of israel. it will be my great honor as vice

egypt's president abdel fattah el-sisi has announced he will run for a second that actions are scheduled to take place in march says he rose to power in twenty fourteen after leading the military and i was doing his predecessor. reports . the announcement was widely expected now egyptian president obama has put down his sisi has made it official and us that it got a lot of out info to collect you might have been today as a to members of the sausage moments we have gone through and think about the serious challenges that face our home country and the huge expectations and the hopes we have for our homeland i find myself standing confused before my national conscious as i speak to you with the honesty and transparency we have been used to in our dialogue and hope that you will accept me for it is a presidency of that a puppy. analysts are hardly surprised by his staying in power to swear that way i think of the elections as one source solve it is just a missile or a facade of this committee that would say that he won the elections fed and square and he has significant popular support. sisi

as he landed in cairo and human rights work early is still securing enough signatures to challenge sisibut he's facing a charge of offending public decency if the verdict is upheld in march he will be disqualified from the election and then there's an army colonel that consol why he was sentenced by a military court last month to six years in prison after announcing his plans to run for the presidency some he had the is a middle east analyst and he joins me now from our london studio good to have you with us i mean it's interesting that some in a would actually. enter the competition throw his hat into the ring knowing that he may well be disqualified or arrested he must have had a knowledge that there is some sort of ground support within the military services or with the public at large that sees him as a potential candidate. i think that's very true i think what this demonstrates is that the army is losing its ability to keep its ranks in order i remember is also part of the army and served as prime minister and he was he disobeyed the army and then i was his intention to run for pre

the egyptian president sisi announces he will run for a second term in office. time is running out in the u.s. as the government hospitals towards a shutdown over a key funding. in australian open organizers defend the decision not to just. why is our phones to the limits of the use first grand slam tournament. a low welcome to the news our top story turkey has fired artillery into a kodesh controlled northwest syria across border bombardment of freedom comes after days of threats by president. against the syrian kurdish fighters known as the white peachy and griffey is the establishment of a kurdish corridor along its border and has been deploying troops and tanks there in preparation for a ground assault stephanie deca has more from antakya. the situation around the fifteen is heating up there is been an increase in shelling from turkey into africa and also hearing reports that around fifteen thousand free syrian army fighters these are the rebels inside syria supported by turkey are mobilizing towards the east of africa and then this is all in line with the p

real opposition to sisi in the march election is likely to be thin on the ground potential candidates have either already withdrawn or seen their candidacy blocked some have blamed an atmosphere of fear observers say cc's tactic is a recognizable. one in the region of the mubarak and a half is less evidence of themselves that agent has used it before they would tell the international and regional community that they won with ninety percent or ninety nine percent whatever the percentage by the same time there are no consequences for that so on one end it to bolster that he means that intimacy of the genes on one end and the other and you know there are no consequences for that actions. rule has been marked by a brutal crackdown on freedom of expression and civil liberties economic turbulence and increasing attacks by armed groups human rights groups have been placed under severe restrictions and many critics in the media have been silenced. his allies however dismiss accusations of abuses saying his tactics are needed for security in the face of an insurgency in the north sinai region

now a number of parliamentary blocs have already pledged their support to sisi but let's also look at some of the rivals he is likely to face in march his election one of them is human rights lawyer khalid ali he's been charged for making a rude hand gesture in public and if convicted in march he'll be jailed and disqualified because console was arrested after announcing his intention to run his serving a six year term for violating regulations banning military from politics but many say that ccs main challenge in the election will be this man the retired armed forces chief of staff sami he's announced his intention to run just an hour after the incumbent president on friday so the marshal action will be the third since the revolution ousted hosni mubarak seven years ago the first poll after that in twenty twelve was won by mohamed morsi of the muslim brotherhood he is now in jail after sisi led the coup to remove egypt's first democratically elected president in two thousand and thirteen. facebook is launching a survey for members to identify news sources that a trustworthy chief exe

declared his plan to seek a second term even before sisi made his candidacy official it wasn't just widely assumed that sisi would prevail in the march elections it was also widely expected that real opposition to sisi was likely to be thin on the ground potential candidates have either already withdrawn or seen their candidacy while. some have blamed an atmosphere of fear to other presidential hopefuls were forced to quit the race earlier this month one of them and one said that the nephew of former leader anwar sadat said last week he wanted to protect his campaign workers from intimidation or arrest another former prime minister and air force general ahmed shafiq had also announced his interest in running but he was placed under house arrest before being deported from the united arab emirates where he'd been living in exile according to his lawyers was detained as soon as he landed in cairo. and then there is egyptian army colonel ahmed consul in december he was sentenced by a military court to six years in prison after he announced his plans to run for president leaving many to

court sentenced him to six years in prison after announcing plans to run for president some believe sisi perceives the rivals as a threat to his presidency remember this is a country where presidents don't leave by elections they either die in power like them out of the knesset that either killed like on or said it or the ousted by a mass movement like hosni mubarak the problem is for egypt for sisi right now is he struggling to find a puppet's candid it he's struggling to find somebody that when he wins ninety five ninety six percent of the votes everybody can say oh that's ok that's a legitimate amateur if it is not a puppet candidate semi and then is not a puppet can do that they can call they command weight in the social sphere even before sisi declared his reelection bid it was widely assumed he would win now critics say this election is turning into a farce one more reason why on the eve of the seventh anniversary of the beginning of the egyptian revolution the brief experiment in democracy that began and to have your square seems so very long ago how much does either al-jazeera is

the main challenger to egypt's president abdul fattah el-sisi pulls out of the race amid reports that he may have been forced. and find out why they're all wearing black on the red carpet for the annual golden globe awards. the first thousands of nigerians every year leave home and try to make their way to europe in search of a better life but once they get to libya which is the main transit point from the african continent to europe many of them find themselves trapped soldiers slaves tortured and abused but now the nigerian government has stepped in flying five hundred of the forty thousand or so migrant stranded in libya back home our correspondent armitage dresses traveling with them here's his exclusive report a cramped office in the center of tripoli is the only decent place these nigerian teenagers have seen in years they left school with promises of a life of opportunity and comfort nothing prepared them for what followed. joy is not her real name she says she was sold for one thousand one hundred dollars to buy her freedom she needed to pay on two thousand five hundred dollar

the announcement was widely expected now egyptian president is but doctors sisi has made it official anesthetic a lot about info to collect you might have been today as a to members of the sausage moments we have gone through and think about the serious challenges that face our home country and the huge expectations and the hopes we have for our homeland i find myself standing confused before my national conscious as i speak to you with the honesty and transparency we have been used to in our dialogue and hope that you will accept me for the presidency of the republic analysts are hardly surprised by his staying in power to swear that way i think of the elections as one source of it is just a missile or a facade of this committee that would say that he won the elections fed and square and he has significant popular support. c.c. who swept to power in two thousand and thirteen after a military coup against former president mohammed morsi obtained ninety seven percent of the vote in the two thousand and fourteen election international observers question the credibility of the results s

that the president abdel fatah el-sisi says he'll run for a second term in office in a more to life than is widely expected to win the first round despite challengers have been critical of his repressive rule since taking power in two thousand and fourteen sisi has led an unprecedented crackdown on his political opponents and. i mean it court has sentenced the man who sold a pistol to the gunman in the city's twenty sixteen mass shooting men was identified only as phillip k. and was found guilty of involuntary manslaughter he's been sentenced to seven years in prison it made it to selling the weapons and the eighteen year old gunman who killed nine people before killing himself. the political fate of germany's chancellor angela merkel could be decided this weekend and not by the voters or even her own party but by her potential coalition partners on sunday leader of the social democrats marching scholz will try to convince a special party conference to enter coalition talks with merkel and her conservatives a no vote would mean either a minority government or fresh elections. these three

the muslim brotherhoods mohammed morsi was overthrown in a military coup led by abdel fattah el-sisi. cc's now president and standing for reelection for a second term in march just like mubarak he's crackdown on dissent and silenced rivals and on the anniversary of that revolution tahrir square has been sealed off just in case bernard smith al-jazeera. even try hat is an associate professor at the institute and joins us now here in the studio good to have you with us so with how is alley pulling out c.c. is now the only person running in this election if that's the case he needs five percent to win the city exactly well it's not on the kind of valley but the four hundred alley we had. he was kept in a hotel for almost three weeks until he withdrew his candidacy and the clear that he's not running and also we saw. who was a serious contender for president sisi also be interested we still don't know where where he is now how that is so this. this withdrawal of value from the elections it's expected actually there's nothing surprising about it giving the. environment of the elections the

issues that are to be negotiated between the parties and if the parties agree i reminded president el-sisi that president trump said that if the parties agree we will support a two state solution now the anniversary of us president donald trump's an alteration has been mocked by government shutdown off of the senate failed to agree on a spending bill that will try again early on monday to vote for a deal with immigration the main sticking point republicans and democrats blaming each other for the deadlock my kind of a poll. house democratic minority leader nancy pelosi was the monger thousands of people protesting near the white house the presence at the moment no longer needed on capitol hill when to go see a chanst between senate democrats and republicans on the new wooding up a stopgap funding bill full of hot democrats who are quick to blame the president and right wing forces within his administration negotiating with this white house is like negotiating with jell-o. it's next to impossible as soon as you take one step forward. the hard right forces the president three steps back but

death and we could probably do that aside from showing how egypt under president opted for the has sisi is apparently willing to accept and supports israel's illegal occupation of jerusalem the leaks also demonstrate just how little media freedom there is transcripts of a second set of audiotapes were published in the new york times on monday this time focusing on the upcoming presidential elections in egypt in these clips the same intelligence officers heard talking about former prime minister ahmed shafiq who had announced his intention to run for president suffix desire for the top job led him to be placed under house arrest and then deported from the united arab emirates where he'd been living in exile his lawyers say he was detained as soon as he landed in cairo. but that and we won't attack she feet if he gives up his candidacy any but if you insist on running for president we will attack him strongly and we will show his videos with the muslim brotherhood and you know there are some groups from general intelligence who supports if you will keep an eye on them coincidentally on su

willing egypt back in twenty eleven only one old only two that exists from them from these nineteen is sisi as a president and the midst of defense that rest of them are all gone or retired pushed aside marginalized and he's one of them so i think he would find some support among these nineteen generals but they don't exist anymore as the top at the top of the armed forces. u.s. justice department has confirmed to our desire that attorney general jeff sessions was questioned last week over alleged killers in between donald trump's presidential campaign and russia so sions was interviewed for an inquiry that by the former f.b.i. director robert mueller it's believed to be the first time a president a member of president trump's cabinet has been questioned in the inquiry a trump has described the accusations of collusion as fake news and as a witch i speak to our correspondent kimberly how could he joins us now from the white house in kimberly how significant is this questioning of sessions. well not only is it significant because this is the first time we've had a cabinet member of donald tr

in jordan as part of a regional tour where he was in egypt where he met president abdul fattah el-sisi to discuss security and the israeli palestinian peace process the u.s. caused by starting to recognize jerusalem as israel's capital hence is expected to visit israel as well that the u.s. is still committed to a two state solution. but i assured him that even as president made that decision a decision that i will reaffirm in jordan reaffirming israel before the end of this trip that will also reaffirm what president trump also said that we're absolutely committed to the two preserving the status quo with regard to holy sites in jerusalem that we are there we we we we have come to know a final resolution about boundaries or other issues that are to be negotiated between the parties and if the parties agree i reminded president el-sisi the president that if the parties agree we will support a two state solution. still ahead on out to sara. women a rally across the u.s. to mark a game to trump's presidency determined to turn that i got into political action. and why these bicycle gravey

president of the fatah has sisi officially launched his bid for a second term in office after announcing his candidacy last week submitting registration documents for his reelection bid in march in a speech to police force members seem determined to project an aura of strings and . all egyptians must remain alert and some people want to divert our attention from the goals we have been working to achieve i see that as people do not listen to their nonsense talk and stay committed to achieving construction development and prosperity of. the rhetoric was similar in tone to promises made to voters during his first presidential election campaign in two thousand and fourteen which the former military chief of staff won with ninety seven percent of the vote observer said that election fell short of international standards. since then disillusionment with his rule has grown along with a return to the authoritarian security state that prevailed under former president hosni mubarak cc's remarks also came the day after one of his main potential rivals semyonovna was arrested by soldiers army comman

another potential contender has until the end of the month to secure enough signatures to challenge sisi but he is facing a charge of offending public decency that verdict is expected in march and if his guilty verdict is upheld he would be disqualified from running for the presidency the nephew of assassinated president anwar sadat and his run for egypt's top job last week mohamed anwar sadat said he would not stand either because the climate was not right for free elections and a published interview he also said he would work towards twenty twenty two since the current president would be ineligible to run then let's talk about this with what he's a professor of security studies at the doha institute joining us here in the studio thanks for coming in. were your initial reaction to these developments with with ana and with say i'm surprised but it's true the thought there will probably be a crackdown and within and skis it's to snow to use you that he has and will fold this meeting that he has some loyalists. within the military institution and security institution and therefore there wa

will feigns as its troops retake territory needly province the main challenger to egypt's president sisi pulls out of the presidential race i made reports that he may have been forced to and find out why they were all wearing black on the red carpet for the golden globe awards. thank you for joining us thousands of nigerians each year leave home and try to make their way to europe in search of a better life but once they get to libya the main transit point from the african continent to europe many find themselves trapped sold as slaves tortured or abused but now the nigerian government has stepped in frying some five hundred of the forty thousand migrants stranded in libya back home. traveled with them his exclusive report. a cramped office in the center of tripoli is the only decent place these nigerian teenagers have seen in years they left home with promises of a life of opportunity and comfort nothing prepared them for what followed in libya joy is not her real name she says she was sold for one thousand one hundred dollars . to buy her freedom she needed to pay around two thousand f

well a number of parliamentary blocs have already pledged their support to mr sisi but what about his potential rivals well first of all you've got the human rights lawyer. he has been charged for making a rude hand gesture in public and if convicted in march will be jailed and therefore disqualified you've also got the army colonel med consoler who was arrested after announcing his intention to run he is serving a six year term for violating regulations which ban military from politics but many say cc's main challenger will be this man he is a retired armed forces chief of staff sami and then he announced his intention to run just an hour after the president on friday this election in march will be the third since the revolution that ousted hosni mubarak seven years ago the first poll after that was in twenty twelve you remember that was won by mohammed morsi from the muslim brotherhood he is now in jail after sisi led the coup to remove what was egypt's first democratically democratically elected president back in twenty thirteen well more now on that former armed forces chief of st

like anwar sadat or the ousted by a mass movement like hosni mubarak the problem is for egypt for sisi right now is he struggling to find a puppet candide it he's struggling to find somebody that when he wins ninety five ninety six percent of the votes everybody can say oh that's ok that's legitimate i'm a chick is not a puppet candidate semi and then is not a puppet candidate they can call they command weight in the social sphere even before sisi declared his reelection bid it was widely assumed he would win now critics say this election is turning into a farce one more reason why on the eve of the seventh anniversary of the beginning of the egyptian revolution the brief experiment in democracy that began and to have your square seems so very long ago. does either still to come on the al-jazeera news or. underage islands in moscow and later in the program i'll be explained by a british satirical film about this man is not going down well russia. and install a bron james hits or scoring model staying in the n.b.a. and you see youngest person to do it tough here and it will have the det

the main challenger to egypt's president abdul fattah el-sisi pulls out as the race amid ripples that he may have been falls. and find out why they're all wearing black on the red carpet for this year's golden globe awards. but first in syria the government and russian jets have been bombarding opposition targets in one of the last rebel strongholds in the country at least twenty four civilians have been killed in these strikes which happened in the countryside of the it live province since late october government forces have been recapturing bit by bit rebel held territory in it and they've also seized dozens of villages in northern parts of nearby hama province well as i've said it is one of the last rebel held strongholds and is supposed to be one of these deescalation zones that was set up in syria last year with the backing of russia and turkey the own going fighting in syria there is continuing to displace thousands of people many of them finding shelters with dire conditions to endure particularly in northern homs province a lack of basic services and drinking contaminated wate