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

and from the first in two thousand and sixteen provoking and widespread protests across egypt. now the latest search effort for flight m h three seventy is expected to end by mid june the malaysian government made that announcement the families gathered in kuala lumpur to mark nearly four years since the passenger jet and their loved ones went missing florence louis reports. united by grief and a quest to know the truth families and friends of those on board malaysia airlines flight three seventy gathered in kuala lumpur to mark four years since the plane disappeared grace novenas mother was on that flight and grace has been leading the demand for the search effort to continue in the beginning it was a lot about myself about michael and about. my feeling and my how upset i was at how things were going but as time went on it became more and more about a vision fifty about a more global issue a more national issue about setting a good resort and we don't want something like this happening again m h three seventy disappeared on its way to beijing from kuala lumpur in march two tho

if egypt is added to these countries? what will happen? it is an international security issue. experts say egypt has the right to be angry. a dam was being discussed but ethiopia started building without telling egypt during the arab spring. the impact downstream has not been properly assessed and although the grand ethiopian renaissance dam won't extract water, filling it too quickly will reduce the flow downstream and it is a trust issue. ethiopia can now control the river. it is very much a game changer. now if ethiopia is combining the physical power of being upstream country that can in one way or another control the nile flow and the economic power of being able to construct the dam depending on its own domestic resources, so yeah, it's an indication, it is a manifestation that the power balance is changing in the region, economically, politically and strategically as well. the last stretch of the nile is where its famous cotton is grown alongside crops like rice, a notoriously thirsty crop. irrigating fields by flo

she writes that her expulsion comes at a time when a freedom is under assault at egypt -- in egypt. many egyptians are practicing self-censorship. >> in the united states, the adult film actress stormy daniels is also describing an atmosphere of fear. she gave an interview to 60 minutes on sunday where she said that she was threatened to keep quiet about her allegedly relationship with donald trump. >> she talked about these relationships -- you talked about these threats -- she talked about these threats. since this news broke about her allegedly a fair. the only good news for donald trump is that the media attention has taken the focus off of the russia inquiry. as you can see in this cartoon, this man watching the interview says, forget robert mueller, this president needs to worry about melania. millenia stayed back in florida while he flew up to washington. the press has been really scrutinizing the couple's interactions trying to see how the relationship is holding up. >> donald trump has been pretty quiet about this interview. >> he has. when another woman accused the preside

hello i'm barbara starr you're watching al-jazeera life from london also coming up on the program egypt extends voting by an hour on the final day of a presidential election set the hand president at the front in c.c. a landslide win. the people of kuwait although in siberia begin burying their dead after sunday's shopping center fire that killed sixty four people forty one of them children and were in indonesia where the appetite for things shark is as big as ever and it's still legal to fish them a little cup why. north korea's leader has pledged his commitment to denuclearization and says he will go ahead and meet u.s. officials that's according to china which has just hosted the reclusive leader after days of speculation beijing revealed that kim jong un was its guest from sunday to wednesday and what it called an unofficial visit but kim jong un received almost all the trappings of a state visit including an all regard and a banquet in the capitals great hall of the people from beijing our china correspondent adrian brown reports for xi jinping this reports for xi jinping this was

and can be used in only and that egypt in airplanes are the only types of. equipment that could deposit bomb in egypt so that the claim that it was from a terrorist elements was totally false i want to ask you about the bomb in a second but does it strike you as old that the egyptian military which is very experienced would release video like this which is so open to interpretation. but they've done it before just earlier in the months. indeed ships in military officer posted to his twitter account when we indicated another us type cluster munition being used by loaded onto any gyptian plane and in plane that had gyptian airforce slags on it so seem to be quite proud of us. just give us some description for those of us who are not aware of the destructive power of a cluster bomb these cluster bombs are so dangerous and so deadly because they're indiscriminate the they cannot be used with precision they excel in harming maiming and killing civilians it is this danger that his will for an international treaty to ban and their sale in use egypt is not a party t

you have the egypt story and you have been bullish on the egypt recovery, but let's say egypt is too risky or doesn't offer me the return i am looking for, where else should clients be allocating capital in the gulf? >> the two clear stories are saudi arabia and kuwait. , aboute both about flows upgrades. into this month -- the end of this month could give us a verdict on an emerging market upgrade. in june.ld follow suit that means passive flows of around $15 billion coming in in 2019. greater active interest in the market, and the good thing for saudi arabia is that it is coming at the same time as the cyclical upswing. have taken advantage of the higher oil price to push more money through the economy, yet there are some headwinds. you are talking about saudi arabia come out of the trough, a lot of foreign interest, a lot of flow. the flows this year have been astonishing. there is a similar story in miniature in kuwait, where you have the ftse upgrade taking place this year. on thek they get watchlist for emerging market status as well as msci. , what isou said oil your call for

the polls they've been in egypt in the next few hours. as in an election that's widely expected to return president after fattah el-sisi to the vote count seven years after the revolution that ended the thirty year long presidency of hosni mubarak jamal looks at since his first four years in office. although opted for the has since he was only named president in june two thousand and fourteen the former army general has been in control of egypt since july the previous year when he led a coup deposing the country's first democratically elected presidents 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 in 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 bra

and regards to the you egypt shares a border with libya what egypt fears is that libya will fall under islamist governments which would be a threat to c.c.'s government now i'm not saying that i'm a fan of sisi but we're just describing why he's particularly interested in egypt it's the same with the u.a.e. it has a very anti muslim brotherhood agenda so i think although it's great that we focus on the u.a.e. it's right that we focus on the flow of arms we should be aware that the flow of arms is not just going to have to it's going to islamist militias it's going to this in turn militia it's going to miss about that it's going to be all of these various different forces because libya let's be honest is a cake in which everybody is trying to get a slice of it whether it's italy whether it's france with its u.s. or whether it's egypt and the u.a.e. and i so want to get your reaction to what sami was just saying but also if we're talking about international players who have an interest in libya let's not forget russia where does russia stand right now and are they in. back back in genera

they showed up to vote only innocent muslim i want people to come down and vote egypt is fine egypt will remain come down and participate in an empty . i couldn't sleep for all the joy just to come here and say yes to my motherland egypt i came here to say yes to stability yes to development i came here to say yes to our military our weapons and our shield when i arrived at the polling station a fun myself saying yes to sisi because he has everything i need. and i am here today so that the country will develop i haven't lived in a developed country all these years i am one of the people who was negatively affected by the revolution the year in which the muslim brotherhood was ruling all the women were in the streets it was a difficult life we are now developing and what is coming is going to be even better. now. faces only one challenger. who is a non time supporter of the president many other well known and popular contenders tried but failed to make it on to the ballot mariana who is not in the campaign and why. just two names on the ballot paper two men vying for egypt's presidency no

still to come here at al-jazeera in just a few hours from now the polls open in egypt's presidential election but the outcome is considered a foregone conclusion damage control from facebook months after bad buys full page ads in u.s. newspapers find out what they say. we've got yet more wintry weather in the forecast across north america spring stridency breakthrough but it really has struggling to see the latest band of cloud that we some rain that we snow on the northern flank that's pushing its way from west to east say some heavy downpours and the possibility through the central plains further north to northern plains and the dakotas pushing up towards the midwest we are going to see more wintry weather over the next day also ahead of that nazi bad around the northeastern quarter seven celsius from new york nine celsius in they say not particularly warm but at least it will be dry it will be dry to around the west coast we have got some right states now coming into the pacific northwest western parts of canada as we go through choose day here's that really heavy rain we are look

hello i'm success and this is not just there a long way from london also coming up egypt's top court rules in favor of saudi arabia in a controversial deal that gives the kingdom two islands in the red sea no one will win out price but it's allays anti establishment falling star movement looks set to win the most votes and sunday's election just why is it so popular and us hollywood prepares for its biggest night we look at the often forgotten costume designers to tell stories on screen stage by stage. syrian government forces are continuing to push into the rebel held and clay of a single senate in moscow activists say they've taken almost complete control of the town of haifa near since february eighteenth more than six hundred people have been killed in the bombardment syrian airplanes are now dropping leaflets telling people to leave the area despite severe shortages of food and medicine people say that's just not an option zain all the reports from beirut in neighboring lebanon. is desperate use just one of about four hundred thousand people trapped in eastern huta which is unde

as a way to deflect criticism of the year i started in egypt. and hopefully that doesn't feature prominently in the conversation going forward but overall there are a lot of pressure from the press and from the public to have to look into this very seriously and it's all over the egyptian paper as we see our because coverage. and for the time being we look at foreign ministry said it's seems like there's very focused on it and and hoping that the government in the united states is very seriously or attempt let's bring in. ben in london as clive were saying a few minutes ago we got to be particularly careful but we don't prejudice any any court action the but arises as a result of this tragic case. what we can discuss is whether they talk against maryam fits into into a pattern whether there are any similarities between what happened in the kind of cases that tell mama is dealing with. first of all our condolences go out to family and actually to as altar to the egyptian people and i believe that mr gaytan we're going to happen. from the reports

was signed when king solomon visited egypt in two thousand and sixteen opponents say egypt's sovereignty over to iran and some if it lands dates back to nineteen six before saudi arabia was founded italians will head to the polls on sunday for a general election pollsters predict it will be a three way race with no single party on track to gain the required forty percent form a government of the left and the right are expected to fall behind the weedy to meiosis five star movement which is run on a platform of empty stomachs mint and anticorruption needy bob has more on the five star movement campaign pledges very particularly strong with the one in three of italy on the twenty five's who are already employed. suggesting that in power they would bring in a guaranteed universal basic income of around a thousand dollars a month they want to raise taxes on energy companies interestingly one of the big things has been to oppose a move towards compulsory vaccinations despite an outbreak of measles recently french police are confronting environmentalist's who are protesting plans to store nucl

red sea strategically important islands to nod and said nothing to egypt what else is egypt getting out of all of this investment in saudi getting out of this investment in egypt. the saudis did get those islands that they have a claim on them going back but they've been egyptian territory for as long as anybody can think. they also have gotten egypt security help egypt however has been a little bit difficult for the saudis in some areas it hasn't been enthusiastic about the war in yemen which is one of the major projects of the saudis it also has tilted towards the bashar al assad regime in syria because it is a secular regime fighting the rebels and so on those issues there may be some tension can we expect any movement or progress on those issues on the wars and soviet or yemen you know i think egypt is just going to refuse to get involved they may talk a good game but the gyptian elite for some time now has drawn back from active in best moment in those kinds of projects. mountain climbers have recovered the black boxes of an iranian plane that crashed two weeks ago killing all

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 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, banned since the coup ousted it in 2013. no sisi posters are on these streets. at the bakery, i didn't ask them to talk about politics. they wouldn't have answered and i didn't want to get them in trouble. instead, walid told me how

kyle this is the news hour live from doha coming up in the next sixty minutes voting is underway in egypt for an election that involves a little suspense. like. saudi arabia says it shot down seven missiles fired by rebels in yemen targeting the kingdom to. the new york times revealed how u.s. businessmen influence the white house to favor saudi arabia and the u.a.e. . and at least sixty four people are dead dozens more missing in siberia after a fire at a shopping center. egyptians have begun casting their ballots in three days of presidential voting incumbent abdul fattah el-sisi is poised to win after several opponents withdrew saying they faced intimidation as any challenge as mr mustafa looser who has previously expressed support for sisi positions as the vote is a separate and have called for a boycott well many well known and popular contenders tried to challenge sisi but fail to make it onto the ballot paper or in a hall takes a look at who is not in the come pain and why just two names on the ballot paper two men vying for egypt's presidency now in a country of more than fifty fi

for the first time in egypt there was an alternative to state controlled television. the arab spring was a social media revolution. and there was this sense that the information revolution was going to. basically enact this sort of fundamental idea if human progress right at the office for as long but it bends towards justice i mean if there is enough information and enough facts out the vote is the sort of fundamental thing needed to correct injustices. but this utopia came to a brutal end in the fourteenth of august twenty third scene with the robbers square massacre. so nine hundred people were killed when the military staged a coup against the elected president mohamed morsi and raised a massive protest camp. there's a massacre it was carried out in broad daylight in front of television cameras and it was actually designed to be seen it was designed for the whole country and whole world to watch or harmful to the terror seems to be struck into the kind of threat the psyche of the country and for any part of the part of. so that. it doesn't make any sense trying to

is that what matters to egypt today what do you see. his challenges ahead in the next four years what is he going to have to deal with and what do egypt want from the president right well there's no question first of all that egypt does face a problem with with terrorism right we've seen hundreds of attacks carried out in the last just in the last few years so that is one of cc's primary challenges the problem is that ccs counterterrorism strategies haven't seemed to work in fact egypt is suffering from greater levels of instability now than it has any point in its modern history in terms of his other challenges i think the other big one is economic unicef says that close to thirty percent of egyptians live in poverty and about ten million children live in poverty the coat the country has been ravaged by skyrocketing inflation it's making life very difficult for the common egyptian to just make ends meet so that's going to be his major challenge going forward now we've discussed the failure of these past four years at length these past

also ahead egypt's president urges voters to turn out in an election certain. to retaliate against iran after accusing it of being behind missile attacks from yemen and australia's major sponsors put the national team on notice as a cheating scandal. hello the us canada ukraine and sixteen countries are expelling dozens of russian diplomats in a coordinated response to the poisoning of a former double agent in britain. daughter are critically ill after being found unconscious earlier this month well the u.k. accuses moscow of being responsible which it denies she have a town with more from washington. 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.s. in the expulsions the british prime minister expressed hope gratitude international solidarity following what the u.k. alleges was a russian nerve agent attack on a former russian double agent and his daughter in an english town this i

where the elected president of egypt in egypt's first free and fair elections and twenty twelve is in prison and well all voices of opposition are stifled so we don't know there are there is no free a viral meant for political for freedom of assembly freedom of speech no one can speak out we have a propaganda machine that is the media that is the arm of the military that is told what it has to say through military security so we don't know what egyptians think the egyptians are living in fair hearing and they call to speak out over their opinion if you're living in fear as you say do you think they will come out to vote because while the outcome of the election is not in doubt the question is about the turnout the last time presidency see one half of the eligible voters a said to have turned up do you think he will get the number of voters that will legitimize his election and we actually know how many will have voted. says he wants a mandate to continue the policies that he has started which are repressive and contrary to the interests of egyptians but at the same time this is a care

turnout is low in egypt's presidential election where the incumbent abdel fatah is interest to office. and at least sixty four people are dead and dozens of remain missing after a fire at her shopping center in siberia. and i'm tatiana sanchez in doha with all of the day's sports news including a ball tampering incident involving the australian cricket team has its major sponsors assessing their future relationship with the team. the united states and fourteen nations have expelled more than one hundred russian diplomats it's in a coordinated response to the nerve agent attack on form a double agent sergei's cripple 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 closed the russian consulate in seattle russia saying that it will respond in kind well this is the breakdown with more than sixteen russian officials set to be kicked out of europe france germany and poland are each expelling four diplomats ukraine which is not in a member state is also taking action there exp

president, yes to egypt. we are here to say yes to ypt. jeremy: the president's oppoisnt ne of his own supporters.ib cr candidates were jailed.g others, includhammed anwar al-sadat, nephew of the late president, decided not to take the risk of standing. >> the idea was that weveould like to message to the people that no one lasts rever. jeremy: would you use the word "democracy" to describe in any way what is going on in egypt at the mome? notell, honestly, we are enjoyinghe democracy. we all hope to see after 20 -- n enjoying the democracy we all hoped to see after 20 years. jeremy: modern egypt has a lot of problems. touris endemic. corruption is the millions who support the im brotherhood are seen the regime as the enemy within. this is a cairdistrict regarded by the police as hoile territory.st it is a nghold of the brotherhood, banned since the coup ousted it in 20. no sisi posters on these streets. atashe bakery, i didn't k them to talk about politics. they wouldn't have answered, and i didn't want to get them in trouble. inowead, wa

do you think sisi has crossed all dissent now in egypt. he more or less the bulldozer do all descend in a way many of the dissidents as i mentioned this to former chief of staff of the union army the. last prime minister the much of course also an air force general all of them were pushed aside marginalized threatened or intimidated most of the opposition figures you have over ten leaders of political parties or even. egypt including you know the former vice president that actually appointed when he was defense minister after the coup mohamed better days in exile. most of the. opposition i would say a real political figures are either in exile in jail or a silenced by intimidation so in that sense those are over the egyptian opposition so given that all the problems of egypt now. i mean who would want that job really look at the problems that are in egypt security problems economic problems can he fix it. i don't think the intention is to fix it on the short term because he will never be held accountable so he said he would fix it in twent

provides one point three billion dollars of foreign military assistance to egypt and egypt become you know the third largest importer of arms in the world in the last few years these are these are serious partnerships that the western states are . in the i.m.f. are engaged in with egypt they need to use that influence they need to demand transparency and accountability egypt's military when transparency international assessed the corruption risk in the defense sector in egypt we rated it an f as a critical risk they need to demand some basic transparency accountability and integrity in that system and the military needs to be the egyptian people need to be able to hold the military accountable good to talk to james many thanks indeed james lentz the from transparency international u.k. meteorologist ever some folks here with a weather update and a look ahead to what it's going to be like at the weekend for the first wrong pre-race of the new season and also coming up on the news a new tax on the menu in somalia it's leaving a sour taste with customers and business owners will tell you

polls close in egypt's presidential election but it looks like turnout has been low despite the best efforts of the government is donald trump setting his sights on amazon rumors that he's doing just that send shares in the retail giant tumbling. and i'm peter with all the day's sport including australia's disgraced cricketers steve smith and david warner are banned from playing for twelve months for their part in a ball tampering scandal. in the program. north korea's leader has pledged his commitment to denuclearization and says he will go ahead and meet u.s. officials that's according to china which has just hosted the reclusive leader after days of speculation beijing revealed that kim jong un was its guest from sunday to wednesday what it called an unofficial visit but kim jong un received almost all the trappings of a state visit including an honor guard and a banquet in the capital's great hall of the people from beijing our china correspondent adrian brown reports for xi jinping this was a diplomatic triumph he did not u.s. president donald trump now the first world leader to

preliminary results in egypt suggest a landslide win for president. but voter turnout was low at around thirty nine percent reelection was pretty much guaranteed as his only opponent was seen as a dummy candidate in serious rivals who were either arrested or forced to withdraw . the daughter of a former russian spy who was poisoned with a nerve agent in the u.k. almost a month ago is said to be recovering while doctors in the southern english city of saul's brace say her condition is improving rapidly and she is now stable rather than critical and her father said a gay were found slumped on a bench in the city in on the fourth of march mr scruby remains in a critical condition. the nobel peace prize winner malala yousafzai has returned to pakistan for the first time since she was shot in the head by the taliban six years ago the twenty year old met the prime minister in what was an emotional homecoming saying she's dreamt of returning for years. and all those stories in about half an hour stay with us the coming next. education. the universe to expand

supporters say that his firm hand has prevented egypt from collapsing in recent years they say he should respect the constitution and ignore his most sycophantic supporters who want to amend the constitution to let him rule for life moves can you tell us where did give me your lives are you most and while a number of famous actors and singers have helped spread cc's message to nearly sixty million eligible voters to come down and participate many egyptians are wondering if their vote will even matter the hash tag why are you boycotting the elections was trending on the eve of the vote after seven political parties and one hundred fifty opposition figures denounced the process as a farce calling for a boycott one of the most popular posts from the former sisi supporters. compares this choice whether to boycott or not to a. football match he says if the results are known in advance and the referee is bribed the fans would certainly boycott the match so we'll have to see if these security issues and the perceived lack of choice will have an impact on voter turnout remember that the last tim

and other news voting is underway in egypt for an election that involves. a sweeping coordinated action the united states and e.u. countries have announced they are expelling dozens of russian officials and ordering the closure of some diplomatic missions the action is in response to the nerve agent attack on a former russian spy sergei scrapple and his daughter who were poisoned with a nerve agent in the united kingdom earlier this month let's get a sense of just how broad this move is the u.s. is sending sixty russian diplomats home including twelve stationed at the russian mission to the u.n. and has ordered the closure of russia's consulate in seattle and the european council president donald tusk says fourteen the e.u. member states are also expelling embassy staff these include for each from france germany and poland ukraine which is not an e.u. member is also taking action there expelling thirteen russian diplomats from the country we've got correspondents right across this breaking news and sasha butler standing by for us in paris with a view from e

is not syria yes egypt is not yemen but egypt is the place where revolution began a new sign to thousand and eleven and this is the spirit of the egyptian people will not be compromised anymore. associate professor of political science a lot of island university speaking to us from north brunswick in the u.s. thank you. now at least thirty seven people many of them children have been killed in a fire at a shopping center in siberia sixty nine others are reported to be missing in the blaze which happened in the city of kemet over which is three thousand kilometers east of moscow the cause of the fire is not yet known i source says it was behind the bombing that killed at least one person in the western afghan city of herat two suicide bombers tried to enter a shia mosque when security guards opened fire one of them was shot dead and the other blew himself up at least eight other is good. well while the government in afghanistan is the ailing with its daily security battles a bigger threat of water scarcity is looming on the horizon not only do thousands die every year from poor sanitation

there were seven candidates vying for egypt's presidency. there are just two and with president abdul fattah el-sisi poised for his second term in power international rights groups are calling this election a farce we'll bring you the latest coverage and analysis of the egypt election on al-jazeera.

i think we're dealing with two issues one is you have countries in the gulf as well as egypt who see their foreign policy not only as directed towards intergovernmental relations but as putting governments or in place in various countries or imposing policies that are in line with their definition of national security and their geopolitical designs and on the other hand you have countries that see a business opportunity here and a group willing to exploit that we've got the dysfunctional if you wish international governance the security council is not capable of taking decisions because of various veto rights individual states realize that they can do things without being called called to account and as long as you don't address those very fundamental problems i don't see how you're going to change things on the ground to south korea now a president who says japan has not resolved the issue of so-called comfort women only speaking at an event to mark ninety nine years since coming of rose up against japanese several thousands of korean women were forced into sexual slavery for japane

polls have csed in egypt's presidential election. rrthe t president, abdel fattah al-sisi, was virtually unopposed and is heading to a controversy of victory. then rights groups say reuntry is trampled over minimum requirements forand fair elections. jeremy bowen reports from cairo. jeremy: another cautious dawn in cairo. egyptians tread carefully thesly days, especif they disagree with the regime. president abdel fattah al-sisi is certain to be elected for anpoher term. hiers are everywhere. a cult of personality more than an election campaign. the army sisi usedo command guarded polling stations. hiss supportery his tough line saved egypt from becomingot anr syria. the defense minister came for an inspection. the uniforms are in charge in egypt, as they've been since the 1950's. human rights groups say the vote was farcical while the regime n pressed the people and tortured prisonerse name of fighting terrorism. a spokeswoman for the campaign. >> of course, it is a democratic -- 1,000,000% democratic process, and the evidence is th

and egypt are singled out for supplying weapons to rival armed groups in violation of un sanctions so what can be done to stop this this isn't story. hello and welcome to the program. libya has been a heightened state of violence for much of the past six years the overthrow of leader moammar gadhafi has created a dangerous politically divided atmosphere the country has two rival seats of power along with several dozen armed groups fighting for control now a leaked un report has shed some light on who is backing some of those forces it says the united arab emirates and egypt have been supplying weapons to armed groups on the ground that's despite a u.n. arms embargo we'll get to our guests in a moment but first this report from d.c. . armed groups in libya are continuing to receive foreign support from nations

polls open in egypt for an election that involves little suspense. i'm joining the day's sports cricket australia sends its investigators to south africa as major sponsors assess their relationship with the team over a ball tampering scandal. saudi arabia's military says it shot down seven missiles fired from yemen who think rebels say they carried out the strikes targeting several polls. say at least one person was killed brandon alexander has the latest. loud explosions and bright flashes in the sky saudi arabia's and forces 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 on the use of long range drones which have excellent military capabilities we will activate the military institutions in an unprecedented way yes. open up more opportunities to recruit the children and men about people to fight. saudi arabia is leading a coalition that has be

amnesty international accuses egypt of using cluster bombs as part of its offensive in sinai. and a busy day in washington as a top trump aide resigns and the president seems to change direction on gun it's. the third day of a five hour pause in fighting is underway in syria's eastern goods and that follows the deaths of at least fourteen civilians on wednesday from russian and government air raids the u.n. estimates more than five hundred eighty people have been killed and well of a thousand injured since an upsurge in violence on february eighteenth aid deliveries and evacuations are yet to take place despite the russian late truce. in the past ten days there was a lot of pressure on medical care and we have large numbers of were injured and now seem to as there are thousands of wounded and more than five hundred martyrs there is a shortage of medical supplies we have been in a besieged area for more than five years the regime for habits medical care for the wounded it is extremely hard to work with the medical supplies we have we did everything in our power but we have an e

well egyptian egypt's opposition movements a shadow of their former selves the april sixth group was at the heart of the twenty eleven revolution that ended in hosni mubarak's resignation but since then the youth movements members have been persecuted with many of them arrested blogger abdel fattah another prominent young pro-democracy activists from that time has been in prison for almost five years mohamed el baradei of the disturbed party once headed the un's nuclear watchdog he became egypt's interim vice president in two thousand and thirteen but lost only a month in the job sanding down after a police crackdown on protests like many of egypt's opposition he now lives abroad then there's the long time opposition group the muslim brotherhood it came late to the revolution and one of its senior members mohamed morsi went on to become egypt's first democratically elected president in two thousand and twelve but within a year he'd been removed from power and imprisoned and now the muslim brotherhood has been outlawed as a terrorist organization most of its leadership are in prison o

on the way in egypt in a presidential election widely expected to return. to power. is running virtually unchallenged truth saying they faced intimidation. sixty four people are dead dozens more missing after a fire shopping center in siberia it happened in the city of kemah over three thousand at the russian capital moscow many of the victims children. two hundred million pakistanis face running out of water within the next ten years government leaders are being asked to build walls and downs and approve an extensive network of irrigation canals built by the british more than one hundred years ago. where farmers say that goods are at risk. it's another. dish on the outskirts of cheryl cole grain is laid out in the drive before cleaning and polishing. major foreign exchange. but all that may change because of water shortage the production of cash crops such as right then we are in. the rice mill owner who. fears for the future i mean. water is very crucial both technical and domestic use but each passing day the farmers are facing border shortages which is affecting

as egypt's opposition boycotts the elections re-examine the country's long history of suppressing the popular muslim brotherhood movement. have policymakers are trying to have that malaysia's looming water crisis. and running on dreams will tell you how a village in ethiopia is producing some of the world's best long distance runners coming up in sport. welcome back as we look at weather conditions across the levant and western parts of asia we've got an area of low pressure developing and pushing towards the eastern side the mediterranean the head of it there's a lot of cloud across the region so the skies of baghdad still up at thirty four degrees but we're going to see a strong winds developing across the coast of egypt through into the levant region so beirut i think will find weather deteriorating as a head on through into thursday and temperatures certainly falling away some rain further towards the east too as we head across into more western parts of asia we've got some snow higher elevations but from marty there in kazakhstan not too bad highs of fifteen degrees or very quiet

yousef: what about the deal flow in egypt? what are foreign investors telling you, and what is the pipeline looking for in terms of m&a and ipo? karim: our research says egypt is perfect for alternative. we are very bullish on the market. we believe that a lot of the changes that needed to be done, a lot of them have taken place. and we have a very strong commitment from the government toward that end. we want to see the easing of the interest rate cycle, which will take place during the first of the year. only thing we would like to see more of in egypt an opportunitys for the institutions to gain ground like here today. but we need more people over there. yousef: you mentioned the central bank and what looks like a broader easing cycle. how will that play into your growth and into your profit? karim: it is actually quite positive for the market. we believe, and the easing of the interest cycle, which was important over the cash period, will attract more investors. they would be attracted into the stock market, rather than pu

taking power seven years ago but what does it mean for his controversial nuclear program authorities in egypt threaten fines to boost turnout as the polls are extended for another hour in the country's presidential election and fronts on this the peace time he sacrificed his life to save a hostage. and i'm peter stone in doha with all the day's sports including australia's disgraced cricket is steve smith and david warner banned from playing for twelve months for their part in a ball tampering scandal more on that later this news out of. new quiz leader kim jong un has made his first trip abroad since taking power seven years ago came met with chinese president xi jinping carrying a surprise visit to beijing chinese state media described the talks as a success with kim saying he is open to giving up his nuclear weapons china correspondent adrian brown reports from beijing for xi jinping this was a diplomatic triumph he did not u.s. president donald trump now the first world leader to meet kim jong il a. chinese state controlled media waited until kim was back home before confirming what offic

like none of their children state media was reporting what was going on in trees in egypt in libya. i stopped watching the state t.v. the whole day thinking when they say something is another mission so. the people are very in want they do not discuss real issues that happens in the country in. any meaningful journalism in eritrea tends to happen from outside of the country which is why we're here in paris it's where radio aaron is headquartered it was set up in two thousand. and by a group of exiled journalists who used to work for state media now from the safety of france they can cover issues like immigration national service and the constitution. radio ever know were set up with financial assistance from the media watchdog group reporters without borders according to research conducted by the media to philip and group of l. academia is now the second most distant to radio station in air traffic behind only the states will cost first stargate is the people are. of course we booked us by satellite and shortwave insight the only channel you get is the government media of course is