he demanded the flight should head to turkey or cyprus.t was agreed with him that it will be landing in cyprus. the plane had 55 passengers on board of various nationalitys, some of them were from alexandria to cairo and others were on transit at the cairo airport. at 7:05 we started to deal with the situation as a crisis. we were dealing with it from the crisis management center. the prime minister and all the team were present at internation international cairo international airport following the situation and this is what happened, at 7:50 the flight or the craft landed at larnaca airport following which a number of negotiations were taken with the hijacker and according to intelligence he is not armed, he is not carrying any gun, he claims to be wearing an explosive belt and we are not aware if the explosive belt is genuine and the threat is genuine or not at various levels and the current situation as we speak is that. only seven persons are on board. the captain, the copilot, one air hostage, the air marshal on board and three passen

no rosters are set, >>> trying to take it to turkey or cyprus. we agreed he shold land in cyprus. were 55 passengers from different nationalities. and then they will head somewhere else via cairo. at 5 minutes past 7:00, we started dealing with the subject from the emergency center. there was the prime minister and all of the other teams. we have followed the situation. at 7:50, the plane arrived to larnaca airport. there was discussion with the other authorities. all he said he was wearing an explosive belt and he was not carrying any weapons. it appeared that it was a serious situation. after the negotiation with the hijacker and at the moment, there are seven people on the flight which is the crew and also the security officers and two other persons which i cannot talk more about who they are. this subject, this is a security subject and we will not be able to disclose the nationalities at this stage. i told you i'm just giving you the numbers which i have obtained in the last five minutes. yes, they're fine. we are dealing with the subject and we want to ensure this explosive

the suspect who claimed to have a suicide explosive belt told the crew to land in cyprus, turkey, or chose cyprus because it was closest. the suspect telling investigators he was desperate to see his ex-wife. and former toronto mayor rob ford laid to rest today. he served as city council lore and mayor died of cancer at age of 46. he made to national headlines when he admit to smoking crack cocaine while in office. ford leaves behind a wife and two young children. and a very small legal victory for disgraced comedian bill cosby. a los angeles judge delaying cosby's deposition in a civil lawsuit. the judge saying that deposition could interfere with ongoing criminal investigation in pennsylvania. in a legal blow to cosby, a judge ruling yesterday that former supermodel yanice dickinson can continue with her defamation case against cosby. and a massive sinkhole threatening to follow a florida trailer park. a dozen residents evacuated from their homes as a 60-foot wide hole opened up. no injuries have been reported and emergency crews are on the scene to try to fill in the hole and that

he told reporters the man who took over the plane gave him the choice of going to cyprus, greece or turkeynd he picked cyprus because it was the closest of the three. the hijacker told passengers he had an that turned out to be not true. now egypt is asking cyprus to send the man back to egypt to face charges. >>> time for weather and traffic on the 1s. let's check in with chuck bell. love the warm-up, chuck. >> absolutely right. temperatures in the 50s on your way out the door hire eaere ears morning. what to expect today, return of a stiff south breeze out there this morning will put temperatures this the 70s today. that will feel nice. there is a chance for rain today, but probably not until after sunset. so most of your daylight plans will be unaffected by rain. south breezes right now averaging in that 15 to 25-mile-per-hour range. so it's a noticeable breeze for sure. and that will be with us for the remainder of the day. good kite flying weather for sure. current temperature, 57 in leesburg, 55 manassas, 54 railroaded in fr already in frederick, maryland. through the course of the d

he chose cyprus because it was closer than his other options, greece or turkey. the new questions being raised about security. >> reporter: this morning authorities say the man has a criminal record that includes forgery, burglary, and drug dealing. surveillance video shows him breezing through airport security because his explosive belt was fake. an egyptian foreign ministry official telling the media, quote, he's not a terrorist, he's an idiot. tuesday morning egypt air flight ms 118 took off from alexandria bound for cairo before being including 8 americans. among them noha saleh from new york. i texted my husband saying, okay, i got kidnapped. >> reporter: she said the flight attendants were calm and didn't tell passengers about the hijacking until they landed. >> and at this moment the people started to really panic. i stayed like shocked for 15 minutes. are you serious? >> reporter: the hijacker kept the fly crew and men with foreign passports on board. one of the pilots scrambled out the cockpit window. the hijacker eventually surrendered. this whole incid

or russians. at the moment, would you believe the republic of cyprus can't trade with turkey, and yet it's an eu member, which of course the rest of the eu can. so you can see the contention. so many different issues which get into this melting pot. absolutely a fantastic country. needs investment, but a great country. >> i love all this. so interesting, all these facts and the geographical, how everything goes together. look up cyprus on a map if you're watching from somewhere far away. steve has just ginn us a really good lesson. a number of you watching from the states very early wanting to learn something about how the world is outside the u.s. i know you know a lot anyway, but look it up. any anyway, more from steve later on as well. >>> in earnings, hugo boss trading near the top of the stoxx 600 after saying it'll maintain a stable dividend. this despite plans to reign in spending on clothes. the german fashion house said it expects 2016 sales growth in the low single digits. this comes a month after the high-end retailer issued a profit warning and the chief executive resigned. >>> a hefty beat

turkey. instead, they landed in the greek part of the island, the greek-affiliated part of the island. cyprus for the most part is an independent nation. but perhaps his ex-wife is in larnaca or one of the towns close by, but look, this is an act of terrorism in the sense that an aircraft was taken. it does indicate that there were security breaches or security problems. although, i would say once again, we know this guy's a veterinary doctor at the school there somewhere. look, his chances of getting his hands on a real suicide belt in my judgment are just about zero, because, you know, and i would say he's probably wrapped a towel, something around him that maybe was in his carryon and he's told people that's a suicide built. and until proven otherwise, people want to believe that it is, they need to believe that it is. this will unravel carefully. we'll find out this guy did not indeed have a suicide belt or any other weapon or explosive device on him and he'll end up being arrested and hauled off and meet with his ex-wife and get to talk to her a little bit. but at the end of the day, i think this fellow's going to be in jail. i's probably not going to be granted any kind

there are reports that he actually wanted to go to turkey, but the story is he wanted to talk to his ex-wife or estranged wife who happens to live in cyprus this from the egyptian foreign minister, he's not a terrorist, he's an idiot. terrorists aren't stupid, this guy is. stuart: and this was relatively innocuous. ashley: he had a fake suicide vest on liz: marital problems and he's going to hijack? >> sky news announced that isis plans to target jewish children in turkey. former ambassador john bolten is with us. this, mr. ambassador is pure terror is what it is. >> it mirrors brus thes, and pakistan. and we've seen attacks directed against jewish targets in istanbul before and i think whether it's jews or christians or yeah-- a seed, what's the strategy behind the pure terroristic threat? >> i think you're showing that the reach of the terrorist groups is essentially global, whether it's europe or the middle east and i think we have to look forward to it in this country as well, and that's intended to increase their bargaining power, to destabilize unfriendly regimes, especially in the region and open up for them more opportunities to a