also polls open in egypt's presidential election where the incumbent abdel fattah el-sisi is certain to return to office. and anger home the streets of barcelona arrested cancellara leader callus is expected to appear in a german court. welcome to the program saudi arabia's military says it shot down seven missiles fired from yemen who through rebels say they carried out the strongest targeting several airports saudi authorities say at least one person was killed in the attacks from these alexander possible. loud explosions and bright flashes in the sky saudi arabia's air force says it intercepted a series of ballistic missiles fired from neighboring yemen who three rebels say they've targeted airports in several cities including the capital riyadh and egyptian resident there was killed the hoofy leader is warning there's more to come and we'll use a long range drones which have excellent military capabilities we will activate the military institutions in an unprecedented way and open up. more opportunities to recruit the children and men about people to fight. saudi arabia is leadin

esma rove is a spokeswoman for the sisi campaign. is that all the egyptian people, including big numbers of youth and elderly, have come out to vote, and even children, as you can see here. they are coming here to say yes to mr president, yes to egypt. we are here to say yes to egypt. the president's opponent is one of his own supporters. credible candidates were jailed. others including muhammad anwar el—sadat, nephew of the late president, decided not to take the risk of standing. the idea is that we would like to give a message to the people that know one lasts forever. would you use the word democracy to describe in anyway what's going on in egypt at the moment? well, honestly we are not enjoying the democracy we all hoped to see after 2011. modern egypt has a lot of problems. tourism is still down, corruption is endemic. and the millions who support the muslim brotherhood are seen as the regime as the enemy within. this is kerdasa, a cairo district regarded by the police as hostile territory. it's a stronghold of the brotherhood

asma raouf is a spokeswoman for the sisi campaign.rocess. and the evidence is that all the egyptian people, including big numbers of youth and elderly, have come out to vote, and even children, as you can see here. they are coming to say yes to mr president, yes to egypt. we are here to say yes to egypt. the president's opponent is one of his own supporters. credible candidates were jailed. others including muhammad anwar el—sadat, nephew of the late president, decided not to take the risk of standing. the idea is that we would like to give a message to the people that know one lasts forever. would you use the word democracy to describe in anyway what's going on in egypt at the moment? well, honestly we are not enjoying the democracy we all hoped to see and to practise after 2011. modern egypt has a lot of problems. tourism is still down, corruption is endemic. and the millions who support the muslim brotherhood are seen as the regime as the enemy within. this is kerdasa, a cairo district regarded by the police as hostile territory. i

if he can deliver prosperity, sisi might just do it. if not, the enemies he is making will wait for his first slip. jeremy bowen, bbc news, cairo. british police say the poison to double agent sergei skripal probably came into contact with of nerve agent at his home. specialists have identified t highest concentration of the chemical as being on his front or. mr. skripal and his daughter yulian rem critical state three weeks after they were attacked. oftenunations has faced public scrutiny for its failure to investigate sexual exploitation and abuse of peacekeepers. ttwhat has gotten lesstion is the problem of sexual harassment and abusein of women wihe organization. what is being done? the bbc's not aopic -- nada t awfik reports. nada: the united nations is a place of lofty ideals. wi the rise of the "me too" movement, a different side of >>e u.n. flag has come into view. tried to drag into a hotel room. all the women i've spoken to combat is the modus operandi is. : she worked at una for a decade and hrd come for to detail sexual hara

heading for a second term as president preliminary results put sisi in the lead with twenty one of the half million votes his only rival has seven hundred twenty one thousand votes so you see selection is seen as a foregone conclusion after all other credible candidates withdrew saying they faced intimidation but there's little sign that sisi who got the height of egypt's sixty million voters that he was hoping for well. is an assistant professor of history of jaw history at georgetown university in qatar joins me here in the studio good to have you with us again you started the week with this when this vote began and now you know the polls are closed we're expecting the government to ring glowered that sisi has won now it's all about turnout and the just surmising that vote with the percentage of people that one tend to be in power right so this has been the big question it's not so much what the outcome of the election will be but rather how many people will actually kind of give their indorsement to this regime and legitimize it and this has been an incredibly crucial in this case f

thousands of egyptians still either homeless or living in slums one promise that was fulfilled by sisi was the expansion of the suez canal however the promised revenue from this project has not materialized in fact after convincing the public to help fund the project through investment bonds the government's own figures show revenue from the suez canal has actually dropped as a result of the decline in maritime chaffetz says he has been president for four years and in power for five in the early days he had promised to transform egypt into a world power the reality is that he presides over a country where thirty percent live below the poverty line and the vast majority are struggling to remain just above it his critics doubts that another four years will bring any significant improvement. but the egyptian government's been cracking down on the media in the run up to this election hundreds of websites and blogs have been blogs but as a pal reports that hasn't stopped the online conversation. it appears more egyptians have been busy discussing football and the arabic version of the t.v.

a crucial moment for the band seeking reelection president of the fatah has sisi wants a comfortable win and a huge turnout among the nearly sixty million eligible voters his supporters see him as the only man capable of leading egypt at a time when the nation faces many challenges and i'm an impish. i couldn't sleep from all the joy just to come here and say yes to my motherland egypt i came here to say yes to stability and yes to development i came here to say yes to all military and. i will vote for sisi for the sake of the coming phase and i have a bachelor's degree in business administration and i feel like i have not given what i deserve and i feel that this coming phase will offer great things but the election has been widely seen as a false potential rivals to c.c. have either been jailed or dropped out of the race after a campaign of intimidation the only candidate allowed to run is a staunch supporter of president sisi. whose leader of the centrist party told the media he doesn't want to challenge the authority of c.c. for critics. more than a candidate whose role is to giv

of course i will vote for president sisi vote for him for the stability of the country. we're living in stability. we have to keep living and stability. on the month that with. it's unsure whether all the gyptian see it that way after all a third of the population still lives below the poverty line. the indian government pulled all fife. hundred and one thousand rupee notes from circulation two years ago to curtail the illicit economy but that resulted in a catastrophic cash shortage eventually the crisis east when enough new notes were issued and. while they're getting used to the new money especially the essentially valueless one rupee note printed to mark the currencies one hundredth anniversary. brand new one rupee bank note i've never seen anything like this during my entire time in india it looks real and even comes with a watermark quite elaborate given the fact that it equals just one euro cent but see what it buys. what it. once was before you know have you seen something like that was a was seen in my judgment. whatever it says was it was you i think the govern

of his supporters but it's a thirty that will be watching very closely to see what type of support sisi will have this time around and an old day should a time buyer who three rebels in yemen the sound military says it shot down seven miss ons that targeted several locations in the kingdom we explore how the war in yemen is increasingly spilling across the border since the saudi led coalition began its military intervention exactly three years ago. with the online reaction to the war in yemen and i'll be telling you about a new three hundred sixty a massive documentary by our innovation team control speed. i am you are with the news great live on air and streaming online three you tube facebook live and that's al-jazeera dot com thank you for joining us it's an unprecedented move and an act of song darity with the united kingdom the u.s. has announced the expulsion of sixty russian diplomats and the closure of the country's consulate into. seattle over the poisoning of a former spy earlier this month in britain and at least forty two russian diplomats are being expelled across europe an

and also for the country which is the message that sisi has pledged not just to his supporters but to the entire electorate. just looking back a little bit the former president hosni mubarak he was also at the height of the arab spring in two thousand and eleven egyptians then elected the candidate from the muslim brotherhood mohamed morsi he was affectively forced out of office by so you see how well represented are more of these former supporters in these elections . not very well representative told given that the muslim brotherhood is now classified as a terrorist organization in egypt it's probably fair to say that most brotherhood supporters to staying at home and not going to the polls at the very least there are large parts of the missing brotherhood who have either been expressed or who are in exile people with a kind of religious motivation to voting and not very well represented in this elections but at the same time it's kind of mainstream liberal voters and we've seen some opposition figures who are not religious in any sense in any public sense of the word asking people

polls have closed off third day one if egypt a three day presidential election with which to his sisi is all but guaranteed to win so he's urging egyptians to have their say hoping a large turnout will give him a strong mandate to repair the economy and crush armed groups. reports. crucial moment for the band seeking reelection president i will fight to have c.c. once a comfortable win and a huge turnout among the nearly sixty million eligible voters his supporters see him as the only man capable of leading egypt at a time when the nation faces many challenges and i'm an empty. i couldn't sleep from all the joy just to come here and say yes to my motherland egypt i came here to say yes to stability and yes to development i came here to say yes to our military and. i will vote for sisi for the sake of the coming phase and i have a bachelor's degree in business administration and i feel like i have not given what i deserve and i feel that this coming phase of a great things but the election has been widely seen as a false potential rivals to c.c. have either been jailed or dropped out o

of course i will vote for president sisi vote for him for the stability of the country. we're living in stability. we have to keep living and stability. but i'm nothing like that with. it's unsure whether all egyptians see it that way after all a third of the population still lives below the poverty line. south korea has agreed to cut steel exports. to the united states by thirty percent in order to avoid tariffs threatened by resident on the trump south korea's trade minister described negotiations with the u.s. as fierce but insists that the country wasn't in a weak position the asian country is the third largest steel exporter to the u.s. after canada and brazil pledged to reduce steel exports as part of revisions being made to the existing free trade deal between the u.s. and south korea back here in europe breaks it is still causing a major headache britain's plan split from the european union leads to major uncertainties especially when it comes to future trade relations if britain leaves both the customs union and the single market border controls and customs chec

of course i will vote for president sisi vote for him for the stability of the country. we're living in stability. we have to keep living and stability. of the month it with. its unsure whether all the gyptian see it that way after all a third of the population still lives below the poverty line. it's official the u.s. federal trade commission is. investigating facebook a consumer watchdog is trying to determine whether the company's privacy practices cause quote substantial injury to uses facebook stock plunged to further tests on the news following last week's decline their social media company has been under pressure following a series of privacy scandals that states are misusing election map targeting by consulting group members and others are affecting fifty million facebook users in the u.s. i will have more on this story in the next hour on d.w. business writing firm is selling its southeast asian business to bigger regional rival grab that mocks the u.s. companies second to retreat from an asian market that is the industry's first big consultation in southeast as

and the perceived lack of choice will have an impact on voter turnout remember that the last time sisi ran nearly half of eligible voters did turn out giving him nearly ninety seven percent of the vote right now we can speak to. is associate professor of middle eastern politics at the university of oklahoma he's joining us by skype from the city of newman thanks for talking to. the credibility of this election is being widely questioned isn't it how come the only one challenge has emerged from this enormous arab country. well i think the regime clearly handball the election engineering this election it's not really an election as you say i think in an ideal world there would have been more candidates but candidates that were not threatening to president sisi some of those who emerged were in deep threatening such as former general sami i-man and homages free who had run in the two thousand and twelve election and so they were eliminated you know either in different ways either intimidated to withdraw or were arrested and in some cases and so then they were last with no one and so this

is certain to win opponents have called for a boycott after almost all challengers to sisi withdrew saying they faced intimidation. and russian president vladimir putin says criminal negligence is to blame for a fire that killed sixty four people at a shopping center and he's visited the site of the fire in the eastern city of combat over in siberia people are angry and calling for the resignation of local politicians investigators say a smoke alarm system had been turned off and exits were blogs. twenty four countries including the united states canada and australia have expelled the russian diplomats it's a coordinated response to a nerve agent attack on a former russian spy in britain which the west blames on moscow russia denies the allegation and describes the expulsions as a provocative gesture she have written three reports now from washington d.c. . the trumpet ministration had said it would expel russian diplomats if its allies also did so in a coordinated action and on monday that coordination was revealed countries across western and eastern europe and canada joined the u

turnout is low and slow in egypt's presidential election where the incumbent abdel fatah sisi is certain to return to office. at least sixty four people are dead and dozens remain missing after a fire at a shopping center in siberia. the united states and fourteen e.u. nations have expelled more than one hundred russian diplomats this is in a coordinated response to the nerve agent attack on form a double agent sergey scrip all in the united kingdom earlier this month u.s. president trump ordered sixty russian diplomats to leave including twelve attached to the united nations and he's also close the russian consulate in seattle russia says it will respond in kind what more than sixty russian officials will be kicked out of europe france germany and poland each expelling four diplomats ukraine which is not in a new member state is also taking action they are expelling thirteen russian diplomats from the country and canada and else the expulsion of four diplomats and said it was denying accreditation to three more let's be top diplomatic editor james bays who is at the united nations and a

sisi. whose leader of the centrist party told the media he doesn't want to challenge the authority of c.c. for critics who say the more that a candidate whose role is to give the impression of a legitimate election i don't think there's any question that it's a sham i'm not aware of any serious difference of opinion among you know political scientists or human rights groups or analysts i think the point of the election is to demonstrate cc's power and his popularity this is why the government is pushing so hard for a high turnout if there's a low turnout it will be bad optics for the regime. president sisi will likely secure a second term but the general turned politician faces botting discontent over the economy and armed groups operating in the sinai peninsula the vote will last for two war days a strong turnout could indicate a growing trust in cc's leadership has about al-jazeera. our senior political analyst marwan bashar joins me in the studio now so as you were hearing there presiden

three days of presidential elections have begun in egypt this little doubt that abdel fattah el-sisi will win a second thing come of president's facing no real competition with his only challenge of being not one of his supporters now authorities are that enough voters will turn up to the election credibility. his victory may be assured but abdel fattah el-sisi needs the numbers to consolidate his authority with nearly sixty million eligible voters the former general is hoping his supporters will march to the polling stations and there's plenty of praise for the incumbent. police have rewarded president research of great success for example visual thing a new administrative capital. there is one rival candidate muson mustafa he's not a household name and perhaps surprisingly he himself admits that he admires al sisi . and the people will decide who the best candidate is the voters who go to the polls with the soon we'll know the result. and. many in the opposition believe mousavi is only in the race to create the appearance of democracy. at first there were more candidates but some w

run was part of the campaign to get sisi reelected his name on the ballot paper means sisi at least has some competition international rights groups have called this election a farce as it stands the outcome looks likely to favor the incumbent president thought now to to be called is a nonresident fellow the time frames chipper middle east policy joins us now from cairo good to have you with us of a number of the cities most interested today probably is going to be the turnout how's it looking on the first. so far to now or doesn't look very high in my own neighborhood. i saw very few people heading to the polls most and. and i've spoken with friends around the city. where it's not going to be going out to be seen if they have a mechanism for mobilizing along. with what. it sees his picture i've seen everywhere on the streets and one wonders why he has gone to such lengths and eliminated all the viable opposition when his victory is all but assured and he does have a large amount of support you know i mean i think that this is not about whether or not he's going to win there's no el

and polls open in egypt as a three day presidential vote gets underway with president el-sisi all but certain to win but how big a prone election many do you as a shadow. hello i'm terry march and thanks for joining us. spain's most wanted fugitive is expected to appear in a german court today the catalan separatist leader collis pushed a mall was apprehended sunday while traveling through germany on route to belgium the rest could and pushed months five months of self-imposed exile he's being sought by spanish authorities for his role in catalonia as an authorized independence but the rest has angered many catalonians in barcelona street protests erupted and some ninety people have been injured in clashes between protesters and security forces and. police on one side demonstrators on the other they faced off long into the night in boston. outright surged into violence. thousands of catalans took to the streets to protest the arrest of the former president placed crackdown on protesters dozens wounded. as demonstrations hated up aids in the speaker of the catalan parliament who suppor

that his victory may be assured but abdel fattah el-sisi needs the numbers to consolidate his authority with nearly sixty million eligible voters the former general is hoping his supporters will march to the polling stations and there's plenty of praise for the incumbent. in libya and hopefully everyone will vote for president el-sisi where he believes achieve great success for example if you don't like a new administrative cabinet you do you know there is one rival candidate whose son was staff and he's not a household name and perhaps surprisingly he himself admits that he admires sisi. cannot admit that an ass and the people will decide who the best candidate is the voters who go to the polls which to us what the soon will know the result is at them how and how difficult. many in the opposition believe muso is only in the race to create the appearance of democracy. at first there were more candidates but some were imprisoned after they announced their candidacy others with drew from the race often under great pressure. in. the government's worry is that if there were real candidates

coup deposing the country's first democratically elected president mohamed morsi since taking power sisi has made numerous promises and pledges to the egyptian people in a bid to win their support first he vowed to defeat what he described as potential violence in terrorism. i call on all egyptians to take to the streets to task me with preventing the potential violence and terrorism that threatens us. in reality however since sisi became president attacks and bombings appear to have increased dramatically across the country i saw which did not have a branch in egypt recruited fighters and began killing soldiers and police officers in sinai but the violence was not limited to the peninsula car bombs in central cairo and alexandria are testament to cc's inability to deliver on his promise of security another pledge made by the army general was to build a national road network that would connect cities and help improve road safety i would i will build a world class road network within one year that will connect all of egypt. four years have now passed not only does egypt have an extremely

of course i will vote for president sisi vote for him for the stability of the country. we're living in stability. we have to keep living and stability. on the month it with. its unsure whether all egyptians see it that way after all a third of the population still lives below the poverty line. the mafia style killing of investigative judge. analyst yan could see that has drawn attention to rampant corruption in his country of slovakia transparency international brands it the thirty fifth most corrupt country in the wold it's even scaring off foreign investment now jump in slovakia and chamber of commerce is shedding light on the criminal on the well this plant in slovakia is owned by german mattress cover manufacturer bought it and horst the company has been hit hard by corruption fraud and theft it has lost an estimated twelve million euros as a result the previous management used expensive parts and apparently sold them to competitors the company owner has lodged a complaint with a silver police that was four years ago but here it is because. nothing has happened to d

turnout, a keyetric for sisi, was low. still, sisi has strong political support, at least inarliament: more than 80% of its members support him. and, relations with israel and the united states are firm; president trump welcomedim to the white house last spring. political science professor dalia fahmy specializes in the middle east: >> the future of u.s.-egyptian relations is going to have to take into account a couple of things. will we really take seously the democratic aspirations of the egyptian people, which should lead to further stability? or will we rethink u.s. strategy toward egypt or u.s. strategy toward the region as a whole? >> reporter: in 2013, sisi ousted then-president mohammed morsi, egypt's first democratically-elected president, after the 2011 uprising that deposed long-time leader hosni mubarak. a year later, sisi won more than 96% of the vote. sisi has led a harsh security crackdown, imprisoning thousands. h si gone after free expression, civil society andh rivals b the political andsa military realm

abdel fattah el-sisi with and without sunglasses the tough former general or the mild mannered father of egypt but while the variety of election posters is large the selection of candidates is not across egypt there's plenty of praise for the leader likely to be returned to power hopefully everyone will vote for president el-sisi or your research of great success for example is building a new administrative capital give you the. there's one rival candidate most of mustafa most or he's not a household name and perhaps surprisingly he himself admits he admired el-sisi. out of it that the us and the people will decide who the best candidate is the voters who go to the polls with videos for the soon we'll know the result there were. many in the opposition believe most is only in the race to create the appearance of democracy at first there were more candidates but some were imprisoned after they announced their candidacy while others withdrew from the race often under great pressure. of. the government's worry is that if there were more real candidates there would have to be debates about

run was part of the campaign to get sisi reelected his name on the ballot paper means sisi at least has some competition international rights groups have called this election a farce as it stands the outcome looks likely to favor the incumbent president. assistant professor of history at georgetown university and catherine joins us now here in the studio great to have you with us president is popular in egypt today is assured a win so why she goes to all above on the trouble of getting rid of all viable opposition well i think the way that these elections are operating is really to erode the last time once of any kind of attempt at a democratic process right so there was the transition from two thousand and eleven after the overthrow of hosni mubarak and then of course there was a free election in two thousand and twelve the first in egypt's history and everything since the coup that that that overthrew that elected president in two thousand and thirteen has been about going back to this idea of an authoritarian ruler and these elections are merely opportunities for egyptians to kin

run was part of the campaign to get sisi reelected his name on the ballot paper means sisi at least has some competition international rights groups have called this election a fosse as it stands the outcome looks likely to favor the incumbent president. for more on this this week to dahlia femi she's an associate professor of political science alone at long island university joining us live from new york thanks for speaking to us on al-jazeera so as you heard marianne as reported just one candidate running not much of an opposition really is it now just all about the number of people that come out. well that's what the president says he's hoping for he's hoping for a higher turnout than he had in the last election last election you saw about twenty two million people which is less than half of those register to vote or eligible to vote actually come out and so what he's looking for is a sense of legitimacy to this process and the reason why he needs legitimacy is that we don't have the international lection monitors that we have had in the past even in egypt even under president mu

have won a second term by a landslide state media says he secured ninety percent of the vote while sisi described the election as a source of pride critics described it as a sham millions of eligible voters stayed home over the three days of the election rather than vote for him or his only rival who said mustafa mussa leads a party that supported sisi he announced he was running at the last minute after all other potential challengers pulled out some were arrested some were pressured to drop out a new national has ruled that i voted to improve the country's current situation it doesn't matter who you support most of my friends didn't vote for the seven political parties and one hundred fifty opposition figures told voters to stay home rather than grant sisi the electoral agenda mysie he wanted the national elections authority warned egyptians to vote or pay a fine other threats and incentives were used to encourage voters but participation was lower in this election than in the previous two more than one point five million votes were rejected after some voters submitted blank ballots o

to ensure the law is implemented we are a country that respects the law president of the fatah has sisi has bit for reelection is almost unchallenged fear a low turnout will be widely seen as a sign of growing discontent among the people senior army officers visited polling stations across the country they insist the election went smooth and the turnout is high other reporters by the media. but even if the turnout is low c.c. is expected to trounce his opponent most of the little known politician who announced his bit of a last minute sissy's sat for an easy win but is likely to face many challenges during his second term could dismiss claims by c.c. supporters who say he's the right man for egypt and his help improve the economy some analysts say the vast majority of egyptians are worse all the biggest challenge for him right now i think is the economy if you look at some of the macro level indicators like g.d.p. and foreign reserves things seem to have improved for for egypt over the past two years particularly since they enacted tough economic reforms encouraged by the i.m.f. but on

retirees are voting come because in egypt's presidential election president how sisi opens up to went to so many view the photo as a shop for signs of tanakh will be closely watched. all. the. time for a welcome to the program. britain's prime minister says it's the largest expulsion of russian intelligence officers in history united states canada ukraine and fourteen e.u. countries are expelling more than one hundred russian intelligence officers over the poisoning of a former spy in britain so they're going to cripple at least dogs that remain in critical condition in hospital after being exposed to a nerve agent meaning the city of souls but earlier this month britain blames moscow theater russia denies involvement british prime minister to resign may presented her evidence of russian involvement to european allies last week in the last few minutes she has welcomed the coordinated response which she says sends a strong signal to moscow day eighteen countries have announced their intention to expel more than one hundred russian intelligence officers probably. this includes fifteen e

reporter: al sisi been numerous problems in his second term. economy is at a low and inflation is devouring wages here. still, al sisi supporters are optimistic about the future. >> the future will be brilliant. the entire world, financial institutions will attest to that. our were newly-build capital city and other megaprojects will be excellent. reporter: al sisi is expected to lift the two-term limit and the x general will then have unlimited power. brent: australia's disgraced cricket stars have made public apologies. former captain steve smith, an icon in australia, broke down in tears. he is one of three players given lengthy bans by cricket australia following an internal investigation into any illegal practice known as ball tampering. reporter: steve smith headed home in disgrace. the former australian captain's involvement in the ball tampering scandal resulted in a 12 month suspension from international cricket. australia's most talented cricketer expressed remorse as he faced media back home. >> i will do everything i can to make up

has been extended by an hour as officials try to boost turnout incumbent president abdel fattah el-sisi is all but guaranteed to win a second four year term as. yes lete go vote and you will immediately be paid the equivalent of three dollars loudspeakers off of drives to egyptians to cast their ballots as government fears of a low turnout grow state media police and officials are watching to try and prevent embarrassment. trucks distributed sugar rice and cooking oil in poor areas businessman offers people free rides to go to polling stations. the government's using the carrot as well as the stick to boost turnout it just shines choose to stay way risk being fined. for whoever abstains from casting his vote with no justifiable reason faces a fine of twenty eight dollars it's our duty to ensure the law is implemented without a country that respects the law president i defer to has c.c. has bed for reelection is almost and challenge to fear as a low turnout will be widely seen as a sign of growing discontent among the people senior army officers visited polling stations across the countr

he's not a household name and perhaps surprisingly he himself admits that he admires sisi. and the people will decide who the best candidate is the voters who go to the polls which to us what the soon will know the result. and i know. many in the opposition believe muso is only in the race to create the appearance of democracy. at first there were more candidates but some were imprisoned after they announced their candidacy others with drew from the race often under great pressure. in. the government's worry that if there were real candidates there would have to be debates about real issues. bob the. egyptian media is similarly one sided there's even a hotline where citizens can report journalists who criticise the government. promised a heavy hand against terrorists earlier this month there was another bomb attack in alexandria on the same night peninsula the egyptian army is busy fighting a jihadist insurgency. supporters point to his focus on economic stability the all important tourism sector has been recovering under his rule without sisi has fashioned the presidential

is certain to win while sisi came to power after overthrowing the muslim brotherhoods mohamed morsi egypt's first democratically elected president the brotherhood was later outlawed by the country's military government. has more. there was a small window of democracy in egypt's long history of strongman backed by the military that was in two thousand and twelve when mohamed morsi was sworn in. but the triumph of egypt's first democratically elected president and the party he represents the muslim brotherhood lost in just twelve months the largest representative of political sunni islam in egypt is now labeled by the state as a terrorist organization which the brotherhood denies there's no room for any kind of political practice nobody is allowed to express his opinion nobody is allowed to field him self as a candidate in as a serious candidate in front of sisi the military controls everything. you muslim brotherhood has been on the hit list of egyptian rulers for nearly a century has an alumna the first guy general was believed to have been killed by egyptian secret police in one th

the past in a fight as two thousand and seventeen two thousand and eighteen is concerned president sisi or sealed marshal objects that the has c.c. has. you know got a real good to hold on power on the military on the various and shallowness of power of the various organs organism of power within the country the intelligence the army the economy and so on so forth and hence you could say no he is in total frontal he is i think egypt has moved from an authoritarian states to a tightly therion state today you don't just not have the right to express your opinion today you have to express your positive opinion of the ruler thanks very much. a four year old boy has been detained by israeli soldiers on suspicion of attempted stabbing in hebron in the occupied west bank alice tinian media say the boy who was holding a sharp object was detained for an hour on tuesday this will change which was shared by a palestinian journalist shows the moment the boy's family confronted the soldiers at an army checkpoint. the catalan parliament has approved resolutions defending the political rights of polit

president sisi still has a fair amount of popularity. they say the one thing the government was afraid of and the reason why they had all these candidates withdraw is the fact that they don't want to have a real robust campaigning season where criticism could be launched at the president. they don't want that to spiral out of control and create instability that we saw in 2011. so from what analysts are telling us, they wanted to clamp down early to stop any spread, any discontent, george. >> so from the looks of it, it looks like the conclusion of this election is a forgone conclusion that sisi will win. the broader question here, what does this election actually mean, then, ian? >> all right. so just look behind me real quick. this is a polling station. in the early morning hours we saw people who were lining up here, getting in to vote. further down they have music playing, people with shirts that are trying to encourage people to come out and vote that say egypt first, the play off donald trump's famous slogan. they also have get down