world's longest river, flowing from lake tana in ethiopia, through sudan and into egypt. it's vital to all three countries. but who controls the water? alastair leithead reports in this special programme, damming the nile. the river nile is the world's longest river. it's where the world's first war over water could be fought. the first of its two great tributaries, the white nile, flows from lake victoria, but ourjourney begins in ethiopia, following the blue nile from lake tana as it sweeps through africa's grand canyon to where a dam is being built close to the sudan border. lake tana, the source of the river, is a place of myth and legend. it's the biggest lake in ethiopia and many of its 37 islands have their own monasteries. it's a very sacred place for ethiopian orthodox christians. this monastery dates back to the 14th century. some of these paintings are more than 400 years old. the nile appears in the old testament and legend has it that the ark of the covenant was briefly brought here. but all is not calm on these waters. the struggle for control of this great river is divid

center in russia's sign bierria. 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

huta. beirut. to egypt now where the top court has validated a deal to transfer to red sea island to saudi arabia the agreement was signed when kings helmont visited egypt in two thousand and sixteen situation between the two countries and the red sea that on and remain largely on the occupied but they lie in a politically sensitive area while the sea is israel's only gateway for its southern port allowing vital trade connections to southeast asia one president at the fact that he signed the transfer deal in two thousand and sixteen it provoked widespread protests across egypt opponents say it amounts to selling off egypt's sovereign territory since he was criticized for handing over the islands while receiving billions of dollars in aid from saudi arabia well let's get more on this now we're joined by god enlarges the u.s. middle east analyst mr ghanem always a pleasure to talk with you why do you think the court made this dispute decision despite the mass offices into it by the egyptian people. well i believe. it was very important for the region to get the approval of the concisio

is al jazeera live from doha also coming up a leading human rights group says egypt's army is using banned cluster bombs in a military operation in the northern sinai. another of the u.s. president's closest advisers steps down plus. going to stop this nonsense and. donald trump back some gun control measures at a meeting with members of congress. but still no escape for syrians in the besieged rebel held on klav of eastern the second day of a partial pause in the fighting was expected to allow the sick and the injured to leave an aid to get in but it hasn't happened syrian government troops are reportedly planning a ground assault and sporadic bombings are continuing asama binge of it reports from gaza on top in turkey you know the border with syria. digging graves is how some spend a five hour pause in the daily bombardment of eastern guta with many deaths every day the local council arranges for mass burials on the syrian government side of the buffer deemed crossing buses and ambulances waited for civilians to cross but people deny a claim by the russian president that some civi

london moscow and u.n. headquarters in new york also on the grid it's the first day of egypt's presidential election incumbent leader abdel fattah el-sisi is poised to win a second term as his only challenger is actually one 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 e

to see a strong winds developing across the coast of egypt through into the levant region so beirut i think will find weather to syracuse ahead 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 here in the arabian printer but very hot to thirty four degrees in doha very light winds on the other side of the potential we've got more in the way of a breeze which does mean the threat of some lifted dust and temperatures heading towards forty degrees celsius already so as we move across then into southern portions of africa we've got some showers affecting parts of mozambique up through zimbabwe through towards. coming further towards a surfer chance one or two shows down through the skeleton coast of namibia winter should stay largely dry there could be some cloud around looks as though it should be fine across more southeastern parts of south africa with highs

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 a diplomatic triumph he not a u.s. president donald trump now the first world leade

around the world. these are the headlines. egypt votes today and its presidential election. with the reelection of incumbent a -- is, the focus am the number of people who bothered to turn out to vote. in syriaia, the biggest evacuatn yet from a former rebel held area. more than 5000 rebels and civilians have been evacuated following five weeks of government bombing. adult film star stormy daniels says she was threatened to keep silent about an allegedly sexual relationship with donald trump 12 years ago. breaking her silence in an interview on 60 minutes. also coming up, more trouble for facebook after the social network took out newspaper ads to apologize for that data scandal. the details in our business update. a waiter who got fired for his behavior says he is not rude. he is just french. details coming up in the press review. this is live from paris. people are voting today in egypt to elect a new president, but there is no real suspense in who that is going to be. the current leader, ell sissi seems to be set to be a shoe in for a second term. most of his real and -- compe

with a visit to egypt. the two nations signed several agreements. it is 8:00 a.m. across the emirates. this is "bloomberg markets: middle east." inm yousef gamal el-din dubai. still a lot of caution in the markets. this wider trade rhetoric, anti-trade rhetoric, escalating, getting out of control, safe havens coming back into play. the session coming under pressure, the index down .6%. the key losses being driven by the likes of the hang seng. that index down 1.1%. with thet is happening losing streak of the msci asia-pacific index. , the longestng losing streak since early december. the yen is another key trade, a 16 month high for the japanese currency. other asset, again, the safe haven theme here. we cross over to the energy place and other commodities. ,rent crude just under $65 extending gains, libya's biggest oilfield halting production after the closing of a key pipeline. euro-dollar with the politics out of europe. a little upside as we speak. it has been swinging around. upside, gold with clear a backdrop of a flat unchanged u.s. dollar index, $1326 announced, and u

. still to come here at al-jazeera in less than two hours the polls open in egypt's presidential election but the outcome is considered a foregone conclusion plus damage control for facebook is not exactly that by phone page ads in u.s. and british newspapers. however the weather squatting down the icy now cross northern parts of the middle east a fair amount of cloud spinning out of the black sea the caspian sea moving a swears and as this cap bumps into the high ground expect to see it clouding over it was had increased leeway at santa times wintry for most as you can see it's fine and dry by a rate of around twenty three degrees celsius it was a good deal hotter than that on friday of course to be getting to thirty seven degrees twenty three not too bad here one sunshine to ensue with iraq into iran and there's that the weather towards afghanistan to administer respect to stand it turns increasingly wintry as we go on through tuesday price guys come back in behind me plenty of sunshine to a city getting up to thirty one degrees celsius hasa still in power over the next day or so monday

blames regional powers for much of the violence in libya the u.a.e. 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 aiming to influence who will control the oil rich nation that's according to a panel of united nations experts. after the fall of moammar gadhafi in two thousand and eleven during the arab spring libya spiral

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 looking at the potential for some flooding se

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 rights particularly as anti establishment five star movement looks set to win the most votes in sunday's election just why is it so popular and the u.n. says it's the worst place in the world to be a child where in guatemala to find out why. syrian government forces are continuing to push into the rebel held enclave of isa good. activists say they've taken almost complete control of the town of frontier since february the eighteenth more than six hundred people have been killed in the bombardment syrian airplanes on are dropping leaflets telling people to leave the area despite severe shortages of food immense and people say that's just not an option they know how the reports from beirut in neighboring lebanon. is desperate use just one of about four hundred thousand people trapped in eastern huta which is under attack. he is very ill and poor living in a besieged enclave means medicine and food are hard to find i remember quite a lot of the

year then fly on to meet with leaders in the u.s. and the u.k. saudi arabia and egypt among the countries that imposed a blockade on last june well earlier i spoke to juan cole a professor of history at the university of michigan and he says egypt is a very close ally to saudi arabia despite some differences. after the twenty thirteen who the saudis the united arab emirates and kuwait have put in on the order of thirty billion dollars in investments and gifts and loans to the egyptian regime so that is a lot of investment and egypt just yesterday we had the announcement by the top court in egypt giving away these two islands in the 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 bee

cautiously optimistic. egypt's three-day presidential election draws to a close with little doubt will be the winner. at happened to the dreams of n ose who protested itahrir square? and a chinese space station is going towards earth, but don't worry, it willrnreak up and eysure hope thre right. welcome to our viewers public television in america and around the world. it has been confirmed that north korean leader kim jongs in -- kim jong-un was in beijing earlier this week for talks with the xi jinping. it is his first foreign trip since he assumed power in 2011. the white house says that things are moving in the right direction. president trump is due to meet with kim jg-un by may. james robbins reports. james: this is no ordina -- heavily armored. on board, the north korean leader, traveling to china to see his giant of an ally. s unexplained conv beijing, a bizarre secret visit only announced after it was all over. behind closed doors, kim jong-un was honored with due ceremony. but chinese president xi is by turns supporte and suspicious of his nuclear neighbor. the north korean 30 ye

counting the coffee and i just. in egypt is a teenage girl died weeks after a street attack in the u.k. family suggested she was the victim of a hate crime british police say there's no evidence that it was racially motivated but. will we ever get to the truth inside story. hello welcome to the program i'm adrian cynic and police in the english city say that eighteen year old marion was stoffel was followed by a group of girls was virtually abused and then punched several times she was treated in hospital and released but later suffered a brain haemorrhage she died in a coma three weeks following the attack to thinks of say that they're keeping an open mind but there's no information to suggest that the attack was racially motivated however merriam's family is not so sure they're critical of the authorities in britain the police the hospital and the government for their slow response they say she'd been attacked by the same group last august's a seventeen year old arrested on suspicion of assault occasioning grievous bodily harm has been released on bail pending further investigations

after a fire at a shopping center in siberia. 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 t

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 five million eligible voters you might think there'd be a few more candidates well it's not fo

time as egypt's president. 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 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 n

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 under attack. he is very ill and poor living in a besieged enclave means m

. poisonous by the crisis. 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 eur

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 real issues. but of them in. egyptian medi

. to win a second term after three days of voting comes to a close in egypt's presidential election i mean to schapelle a look at how cash handles government threats on pop culture impact voter turnout. here with the news great live on air and streaming online for you tube facebook live and at al-jazeera dot com thank you for joining us after much speculation it's been confirmed that north korean leader kim jong un has made his first foreign trip since assuming power in twenty seven meeting china's president xi jinping in beijing the visit has been described as a success by the chinese were the two leaders reportedly discussing ways for north korea to give up its nuclear weapons kim jong un's trip to beijing was a first. potential meetings with some of the world's most powerful leaders is due to attend a summit with south korean president one j a next month and will later meet president donald trump in what would be an historic first encounter between is sitting u.s. president and in north korean leader or reacting to claims historic visit to beijing president trump tweeted this ear

shopping centre inferno. egypt's president looks set for a landslide victory in the presidential election. but human rights groups say the vote was a farce. and pakistan's christian community prepares to celebrate easter and adopts some muslilm traditions. hello and welcome to the programme. it could be a major development in the investigation into the poisoning of the russian double agent sergei skripal, and his daughter, in the english city of salisbury. police have identified the highest concentration of the nerve agent used, on mr skripal‘s front door. nearly 30 countries around the world have responded to the attack by collectively expelling more than 130 russian diplomats. caroline rigby has the latest. three weeks on from the attack which left a former russian spy and his daughter critically ill in hospital, the investigation now focuses on this front door at the home of sergei skripal. detective say it's where they've discovered the highest concentration of the russian—made nerve agent novichok, leading to the suggestion it may have been where the pair were first pois

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 is the largest collective e

justice for the victims. a second day of holes in egypt's election which president had to fight to his sisi is certain to win. and civil rights campaigners mourn the death of linda brown helped bring an end to racial segregation in u.s. schools. hello it is a visit shrouded in mystery and rife with speculation there's no word as to who exactly was on the train that left north korea for the chinese capital and is now on its way back but if it is who many believe it would be north korean leader kim jong un's first foreign trip since coming to power in two thousand and eleven a launch convoy with heavy security was seen on the streets with some reports saying it was a high level north korean delegation china's foreign ministry has denied any knowledge of the visit we've got our correspondent kathy novak standing by in seoul but first let's go to adrian brown in beijing so adrian what are they saying at the moment there as there been any light shed a toll on this visit. you know this is had an almost sort of comic feel to it today especially at the ministry of foreign affairs on tuesday af

credible challenger so it's no surprise that egypt's president is sailing towards an election victory but it is one marred by voter apathy another diplomatic breakthrough on the korean peninsula the leaders of north and south agreed to meet for the first time in a decade and the army is called in to clean up one of indonesia's main waterways that's become a giant dump. the united nations is calling on venezuela to launch an investigation into a prison riot and fire that killed sixty eight people in the city of the scribing the death toll as appalling rights groups and the opposition have been quick to blame president nicolas maduro for not dealing with overcrowding and violence in the country's prison system so far there has been no official government statement alice on the reports. families outside this business will in jail are desperate for news going to get me out that they are not well i don't know if my son is dead or alive they won't give me any time updates or information my son has been imprisoned there for one year i know he's been there before. a riot then a fire broke out

inferno. egypt's president looks set for a landslide victory in the presidential election. but human rights groups say the vote was a farce. also in the programme: the rise and fall of an african hero. burkino faso‘s former president remembered on stage. it could be a major development in the investigation into the poisoning of the russian double agent sergei skripal, and his daughter, in the english town of salisbury. police have identified the highest concentration of the nerve agent used, on mr skripal‘s front door. caroline rigby has the latest. three weeks on from the attack, the investigation now focuses on this front door at the home of sergei skripal. detective saves it's where they discovered the highest concentration of the russian agent novichok, suggesting it was where the pair were first poison. it is the pair were first poison. it is the latest development in a huge investigation involving 250 counterterrorism officers. search continues in and around the town of salisbury traces of the nerve agent found that a number of locations including the restaurant where the p

demanding justice. also it's day two of egypt's presidential elections millions of voting in the contest the incumbent president is set to win and australia's major cricket sponsors are put the national team on notice as cheating scandal escalates. into the program a train reportedly carrying c. the north korean officials has left beijing with still no word as to who exactly was visiting the chinese capital now a large convoy with heavy security was seen on the streets with speculation that it could be north korean leader kim jong un china's foreign ministry has denied any knowledge of the visit china correspondent andrew brown has beijing. well speculation over who this v.i.p. guest might be began circulating here in beijing on monday night japanese media reported that an armored train was seen crossing the friendship bridge which separates north korea and china in the northeastern chinese city of dun dong on sunday afternoon that train then turned up at beijing railway station the oldest railway station in beijing then a large motorcade was seen passing along chang an avenue in the cen

conflict the united arab emirates and egypt named in the report the u.n. has banned the sale of weapons and military support of groups and libya since two thousand and eleven when james dorsey is a senior fellow at the s. rajaratnam school of international studies and he says the problem is the lack of international governance. 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 pro

fired by the rebels in yemen targeting its airports. 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

the secretary of state. of the lute rulers of the u.a.e. and egypt and saudi arabia probably israel too they'll all get closer together but this group will be increasingly isolated from virtually the entire world because what they are offering is essentially a roadmap to warfare against iran and maybe in other places as well so i think heightened tension and the occasional perhaps greater use of military tactics individual attacks here and there possibly it's it's going to be a difficult period ahead if these people now in power in the united states actually translate their views into policy was because to many things did really kori that they rose stock markets around the world have fallen as investors fear a trade war between the world's two largest economies the united states is imposing sixty billion dollars worth of tariffs on chinese imports china is planning to retaliate with three billion dollars worth of taxes on american exports including pork and steel. some people call it america tariff or a mere attacks just use the word recep rickles. if they charge us we charge them t

. egypt's presidential election with a low voter turnout. will do everything to make up my mistake. and the. band cricket captain breaks down as he apologizes for his role in a cheating scandal. anguished relatives of at least sixty eight people killed in a riot and fire in the south in the cells of a venezuelan police station have gathered outside to demand they explain nations opposition politicians blame the leftist president nicolas maduro for overcrowding in the country's notoriously violent jails the united nations human rights office says called on the authorities to carry out a swift investigation into the riots in the northern city of valencia. there are reports from neighboring colombia. families outside the jail are desperate for news going to be outdone they are i don't know if my son is dead or alive they won't give me any time updates or information my son has been imprisoned there for one year i know he's been there before. a riot then a fire broke out here hours earlier in the central city of l.a. and. many of them a still alive but of those who did in there even the ones th

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 officials to try to so hard to deny just today. in the great hall o

the. 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

coming up egypt's president urges voters to turn out and have their say and then the election that he is certain to win. saudi arabia threatens to retaliate against iran after accusing it being behind missile attacks from yemen. civil rights campaigners mourn the death of linda brown who helped bring an end to segregation in us schools. more than twenty countries including the us canada australia and several european states are expelling russian diplomats is a coordinated response to a nerve agent attack on a former russian spy in britain which the west blames on moscow russia which denies the allegation describes the expulsions as a provocative gesture she have or transit reports 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

new freedoms to increase bills. egypt's president abdel fattah al—sisi is heading for a convincing victory in the presidential election. but human rights groups say the egyptian government has trampled over even the minimum requirements for free and fair elections. back in 2011, egyptians demonstrated in tahrir square in central cairo for freedom and democracy, which led to the eventual overthrow of president mubarak. in a free election in 2012, the muslim brotherhood president muhammed mursi was elected. but in 2013 the military — led by field marshall sisi — seized power, removing the muslim brotherhood from government, and killing hundreds of their supporters. 0ur middle east editor jeremy bowen is in cairo where polls have just closed. another cautious dawn in cairo. egyptians tread carefully these days, especially if they disagree with the regime. president abdul fattah al—sisi is certain to be elected for a second term. his posters are everywhere. it's a cult of personality more than an election campaign. the army sisi used to command guard the polling stations. his sup

arabia's monod been salman is heading to egypt for his first foreign trip since becoming crown prince a look at what signal the sex. hello there we think plenty of cloud march its way across the middle east at the moment we're seeing plenty of it in the northern part of a map mostly b.c. the next system is working its way across turkey at the moment that's in the bringing us some rain mostly to the northern parts of amounts through parts of armenia and off into georgia we're seeing some snow rain in the system but it will be picking up as we head through into choose days as some heavy outbreaks making their way through parts of turkey as well and maybe just one or two showers through the northern parts of iraq and into iran to the south of all of that no major problems for us it looks like to a city where we're getting to around twenty six degrees and here in doha we'll be getting to around twenty nine or thirty over the next few days there is this area of cloud and just to the north of us imagine just squeeze out one or two showers but it shouldn't bring us anything too signif

. and the u.k. and saudi arabia and egypt are among the countries that impose a blockade on the last. let's get more on this now we're joined by whoa. call professor of history at the university of michigan mr call real pleasure to have you with us on al-jazeera and on the set so i know that you have said that the crown prince mohammed bin solomon visiting egypt is like trump going to you know the results that he owns why is that egypt really is by now a wholly owned subsidiary of saudi arabia after the twenty thirteen who the saudis the united arab emirates and kuwait have put in on the order of thirty billion dollars in investments and gifts and loans to the egyptian regime so that is a lot of investment in egypt just yesterday we had the announcement by the top court in egypt giving away these two islands in the red sea strategically important islands to nod and sign off aid to egypt what else is egypt getting out of all of this investment in saudi getting out of this investment. the saudis did get those islands that they have a claim on them going back but they've been egyptian t

more to come on the program including. 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