the gulf cooperation council or g.c.c. as well as with egypt as our viewers know there's been a blockade carried out by these countries the kingdom of saudi arabia the united arab emirates about heine and egypt since june fifth and this is a created for. government in the qatari people number of political and economic hardships things which the kataria real government has had to try to work around of course the big question would be if you had something of this sort happening would the united states be the gotoh mediator well very early on donald trump seemingly took sides with saudi arabia and the other members of the g.c.c. and egypt and that made it tough perhaps more difficult to try to resolve what many have described as a political dispute that said it is noteworthy that trump and the emir would be meeting at this hour to talk about the way forward because there are many within donald trump's own administration who believe that trying to keep the g.c.c. together trying to keep it united is key to the u.s. his own national security strategy which is going after al qaeda goi

itself reflecting the growing business relationship between egypt and china. the two countries have developed a robust relationship in recent years overall trade between egypt and china has exceeded eleven billion u.s. dollars. egypt has awarded lucrative construction contracts to chinese companies and indorsed china's plans to build a global trade route the road in the belt initiative. the chinese community in egypt has grown to more than ten thousand. this is the story of the chinese who came to study work and opened businesses here. and have discovered an affinity for the life and culture of the most populous arab country. to lead you to listen you know. it's a. home. that. young from. so. if you. are sure this is it. true that there. starting in one nine hundred fifty four egypt was one of the first countries to establish diplomatic and economic relations with the people's republic of china. in one thousand nine hundred five china and egypt signed a trade agreement that boosted business relations. cheap goods and services flowed from china into egyptian markets. by two thousand

let's take you straight now to cairo in egypt and listen to president sisi commenting on those attacks in the sinai peninsula this was more than two hundred people this recent power is all cannot be dented if we will remain more united following this tragic event. all egyptian armed forces that will take revenge and they will restore order and security with an iron fist and the following days so this is our response we were despondent to show this act with with. them and with force and we will fight those handful that fear the terrorism. i would like to tell. people that what's taking place inside that comes as a reflection so our efforts. fighting terrorism is terrorism which is fought by us so egypt is fighting terrorism alone on behalf of the entire region all what is happening is an attempt to undermine our efforts. our resolve and then ours will which are all aiming at putting an end to this terrorist plan and this plan destroying our nation we are standing our proud and we will stand up and we will fight as those that theory there is as i said we cannot be intimidated and

security crackdown in egypt working this is inside story of. the earth . with. her welcome to the program i'm jane dothan the killing of dozens of policemen in egypt is raising more questions about how secure the country really is the police convoy was ambushed in the western deserts in the latest gun battle of these fifty five police were killed and others wounded fifteen attackers were reportedly killed police were following a tip off about a possible hideout of an armed group a state of emergency has been enforced in egypt since earlier this year when dozens of minority christians were killed in a series of attacks on churches each of facing attacks from at least two armed groups concentrated in sinai and i solicited it and a group called hossam a many particularly in the media have accused them of carrying out the latest attack movements claimed several attacks over the past year which have targeted judges and police as well as the attempted murder of egypt form a grand mufti the egyptian government says hossam is a part of the band muslim brotherhood which denies the allegation. ns a

bilateral ties between the two nations russia has agreed to resume commercial flights to egypt which have been suspended since twenty eight fifteen and there's been violence in the ukrainian capital kiev between police and supporters of the former georgian president it happened outside the courtroom when mikhail saakashvili appeared for a hearing his arrest on friday led to a huge protest in kiev started feel he has become an opposition leader in ukraine and wants the impeachment of president petro poroshenko last week he climbed onto a roof to avoid arrest and was freed from a police van by his supporters use grows up in twenty five minutes time right now talk to al-jazeera. on telling the cost the gulf cooperation council although there's not much cooperation these days without the reasons being affected by a pause in economic relations also the shocking numbers on the plastic economy and o.-m. g. twenty five years since the world's first texts and counting the cost at this time on al-jazeera. the summer of two thousand and thirteen the political temperature in egypt has reached fe

the political temperature in egypt has reached fever pitch. twelve months after being elected the army headed by the fatah to c.c. the supposed to overthrow president mahmoud morsi and terminate one some formal the revolutionary changes that have worked and in the water pressure group of president mubarak. protesters for and against president morsi took to the streets thousands supporting democracy and speaking out against the military were rounded up and phone in jail no distinction was made the difference youngun all as well as foreign citizens were booked behind bars. one of them was ibrahim helal an irish teenager born in dublin another time he was only seventeen years old the irish embassy initially assured him and his family he will be on the first plane out to the promised but that was not so. instead he was kept in jail for four years where he says he was routinely tortured both physically and psychologically. we're. in october this year after intense lobbying by his family and friends back home he was finally released. now a free man ibrahim helal one talks to al-jazeera.

that. he achieved something that never happened before. breaking news out of egypt state media says at least one hundred and eighty four people were killed when a bomb went off at a mosque in the sinai peninsula. well again pieces over here in doha you are watching out to see are also coming up. we asked those who are of the families in the past to reconsider that day. because sense if you can is that zimbabwe's new president reaches out to the world saying he's ready and willing to reengage after his historic you know he ration. almost all hope is gone for the crew on board the missing australian pardon me argentinian submarine rescue efforts have turned into a recovery mission plus. accusations of beatings as the police forcibly remove refugees from a former australian run prison camp in papua new guinea. developing story for you the figures going up on the updates on that breaking news out of egypt egypt's state media is now saying one hundred eighty four people were killed dozens more were injured after fights has targeted a mosque in egypt's north sinai now the attack took place d

if a troll in the middle east i know you're actually from egypt you live a lot of the time part of the year anyway at least in cairo. yes i think this is a fantastic moment for global feminism for the idea that we have to dismantle institutionalized patriarchy across the world and it that patriarchy exists in every country now one of the ways that we began to look at it with more scrutiny in the middle east and north africa was after the waves of uprisings that swept across the region that began in tunisia in two thousand and ten came to my country egypt in two thousand and eleven and those uprisings continue to reverberate women are looking around and asking well where's our revolution are these men that we marched in the streets with our allies or do we have to overthrow overthrow them as well so the way that i often phrase it is that if we rose up against the dictators in the presidential palaces our revolution in order to be complete must also be a revolution against a dictator on the street corner and a dictator in the bedroom in the boardroom everywhere but that's what we're

. with the the earth . an unprecedented attack on a mosque in egypt's sinai region has killed more than three hundred people including twenty seven children why has the sinai peninsula become a security nightmare for the government and does there need to be a new approach to dealing with this is inside story. with. with. hello welcome to the program has a criminal and cowardly that's how the egyptian president described an attack on a sunni mosque on friday the fact that his sisi has vowed to respond with what he calls brute force more than three hundred people were killed in what's seen as the worst attack in egypt's modern history it began with an explosion inside a mosque in the town of beit added men women and children with and shot by all men as they tried to flee since coming to power three years ago president has been fighting an insurgency by armed groups in the sinai is some of what he had to say about the attack as it had this these tragic event act of terrorism will make us more robust more strong know what battle against terrorism. we cannot be intimidated i will resolve can

fifty five police officers have been killed and six more wounded in egypt's western desert it happened after a raid on armed fighters of the oasis on friday turned into a gun battle the interior ministry says some of the fighters were also killed china is refusing to condemn a.m.r. over its crackdown on the bridge which the u.n. has called textbook ethnic cleansing china which is a longtime ally of me and asked as it supports its efforts to safeguard the situation can't be resolved without outside help officials in somalia say the number of people killed in last week's bomb attack in mogadishu has risen to three hundred and fifty eight another two hundred twenty eight people were injured when a truck bomb exploded in a busy area of the somali capital it is the deadliest attack in the country's history those are the headlines inside stories next. oh the earth the earth . dozens of egyptian police are killed in a gun battle in the desert as a state of emergency remains in force how is the government dealing with recurrent attacks and is the security crackdown in egypt working th

he's being blocked from leaving the u.a.e. after he announced plans to run in egypt's presidential election next year a fake left egypt after he lost against a muslim brotherhood smarm of morsi and the two thousand and eleven the election he's been a strong credit card thing gyptian president out there. my fellow egyptian citizens i have announced my intention to run in the presidential election and i was planning to start a tour amongst egyptian communities abroad before going back to egypt in the next few days however i was surprised to find out i'm prevented from leaving the u.a.e. for reasons i don't understand and i'm not willing to understand i've often stated my appreciation for the u.a.e. for hosting me however i reject any intervention in egypt affairs by preventing me from participating in a constitutional right. factions hamas and fatah have agreed to ask egypt to delay the handover of gaza hamas wants to transfer power in the gaza strip to the palestinian authority by friday after a decade of dominance there as part of a reconciliation deal but they are asking mediator

this time on al-jazeera. the plot to attack egypt's street oh. come on this. right. on. top of. the. alarm introduced britain europe the listening post here are some of the media stories we're tracking this week unrest in northern sinai it's a story the c.c. government wants told it's way robert mugabe's media legacy he did not transform zimbabwean news outlets he made them his own government's not based in washington are now using dollars trumps criticism of the u.s. media against american journalists and a match made in heaven the mainstream media and royal weddings we begin the program in northern sinai egypt in the coverage of the deadliest attack in the country's modern history between the bombing of a mosque there and the gunman who followed at least three hundred and five people were killed president abdel fattah el-sisi has promised to avenge the dead through the use of what he calls brute force and he has reiterated that he and only he can guarantee egypt's security and stability but with each passing attack in northern sinai that line is becoming harder to sell a state of

in saudi arabia the u.a.e. egypt and bahrain suspended ties with doha he's also going to be discussing iraq in tensions with iran. fifteen soldiers have died in a suicide bomb attack in the afghan capital kabul the taliban said it targeted a minivan and carrying military academy cadets in western kabul it's been a deadly week across afghanistan with more than two hundred people killed in a wave of attacks at least eighty nine of those died in two separate bombings of mosques on friday. that of the world health organization is rethinking his appointment of the zimbabwean president robert mugabe as a goodwill ambassador u.k. and the u.s. criticize the decision along with human rights activists and health groups they point to alleged human rights abuses inside zimbabwe the w.h.o. as chief had earlier said mr mugabe deserve the honor because of his public health policies five former american presidents have appeared together at a charity concert to support hurricane relief the one america repealed concert in texas is raising money for people affected by hurricane harvey and dona

palestinian groups fatah and hamas of reached a deal to make up and work together egypt has been mediating the most recent talks in the relationship between the two factions soured in two thousand and six after hamas won the election and then seize gaza from fatah after a period of. there's cautious optimism about this latest agreement because we've been here before will this time be different how the force it has more on the deal for. in the occupied west bank. well in a recorded statement it has been played on egyptian television we've heard from the two delegation heads and what appears to be the case is a disagreement among other things will center on the rafa crossing between egypt and gaza the palestinian authority delegation head saying that the p.a. would assume full control of that of that of running that by november the first at the latest other things we've been hearing that thousands of hamas officials have been providing government services in the ten years but they or at least some of them will be brought under the p.a. or forty within the next four months and that some three tho

country is facing a cholera epidemic and is on the brink of famine as well prosecutors in egypt believe up to thirty government carrying i thought flags were behind the mosque attack that killed three hundred five people in sinai on friday though so far there has been no official claim of responsibility the german chancellor angela merkel is hoping to form a government soon after the opposition social democrats agreed to more negotiations talks on a coalition between merkel's conservative bloc and two smaller parties collapsed last week on friday the social democrats reversed their decision to rule out being a part of most of the government again this is local stress that any talk should be based on mutual respect. just like muslims are nice so in the next election we must do better we must have solved more problems than we have today it is with this in mind that we must evaluate possible talks with the social democrats of course we're prepared to talk but talks can only be conducted on the basis of mutual respect that must be clear and funny zimbabwe's former finance minister i

begin the program in northern sinai egypt in the coverage of the deadliest attack in the country's modern history between the bombing of a mosque there and the gunman who followed at least three hundred and five people were killed president abdel fattah el-sisi has promised to avenge the dead through the use of what he calls brute force and he has reiterated that he and only he can guarantee egypt's security and stability but with each passing attack in northern sinai that line is becoming harder to sell a state of emergency has been in place there ever since two thousand and fourteen independent journalists have little to no access but at least president c.c. can still count on most of the egyptian media especially talk show hosts on television whose loyalty remains firmly in place looming over the news coverage. is a critically important piece of legislation an anti terror law passed two years ago that restricts reporters from publishing anything that contradicts the government's account of these kinds of attacks our starting point this week is a dateline the egyptian government

withdrawal of his troops from syria he made the underground stop in latakia province before heading to egypt putin spoke to his allies syrian president bashar al assad at the home i mean airbase russian forces have played an important role in supporting army that's going on the significance of this now from our in kabul on who's the director of policy analysis of the doha institute he's with me here in the studio what is president putin up to here well i think he's trying actually especially after he announced victory against isis a few weeks ago he made it clear that he was actually and will be withdrawing will be partially we're doing prompt syria and by visiting the middle east right now i think he's going to secure secure the agreement of both egypt and turkey he's visiting them actually today and tomorrow or the agreement what to with to withdraw his troops out of the war no i only saw i think he's trying to build them into a building something like peace keeping force in syria as he's planning to withdraw from syria i think he doesn't want on the one hand to leave syria to be taken ove

also coming up strengthening ties the french president holds egypt's leader abdel fattah el-sisi in paris human rights groups though are not impressed. sending a message washington announces its withdrawing military aid for me and maher over its treatment of range of muslims plus. a mentor thomas with tourists in the rural chinese village where to evade changing take spent his formative years old explaining why this place matches two presidents house of his policies congress. his grip on power. if they're warm welcome to the program in the last hour the u.n. secretary general has touched on in central african republic it's his first visit there since he took office in january until no good terrorists this is this it is to draw attention to violence there which he says is often ignored by the world's media in august the un's aid chief or the violence in the country could soon become genocide well let's go live to nicholas sarkozy in the capital bangui hi there nicholas so the u.n. secretary general wants to see more boots on the ground. that's right julie in fact he's asking for nine

president hosts egypt's leader abdel fattah el-sisi in paris human rights groups to brest. sending a message washington and says it's withdrawing military aid from the amar over its treatment of working journalists. and she ching peng's political thought it trying to china's constitution cementing his status as one of the most powerful leaders in the country's history. if ever warm welcome to the program the u.n. secretary general has just touched down in central african republic his first visit there since he took office in january until now you'll get a raise says his visit is to draw attention to violence there she says is often ignored by the world's media in august the un's aid chief warned that violent clashes in the country could soon become genocide. but insert religious violence is not the only problem that thérèse has to address human rights activists say the un isn't doing enough to prosecute french soldiers who've been accused of rape and sexual abuse and for many victims the wait for justice may never end as nicholas hawk reports. the day was thirteen years old when he

goers arrested in one of the most popular music acts in the arab world is banned in egypt we'll explain why in just a moment but first a look at the world by the. tensions are high little has changed. village officials are struggling to demonstrate goodwill. among. his life. but really it will drive a wedge between the villagers fractures part three of a six part series filmed over a five year plan china's democracy experiment at this time on al-jazeera. welcome back as story that's off the great and out of egypt and but it's got a knot of people in the arab world talking it is certainly right folly police have arrested seven people on monday on charges of inciting immorality after they unfurled a rainbow flag at a rock concert last week egypt's artists union says the lebanese alternative rock band whose concert they were attending is now banned from performing in the country . is one of the most popular acts in the arab world and one of the first to gain a major audience in the west following performances like this one over the past few weeks in egypt and lebanon the band that

blocked from leaving the country after announcing plans to run in egypt's presidential election next year he left egypt after losing to the muslim brotherhood mohamed morsi in the two thousand and eleven election and has been living in the u.a.e. sense she has been a critic of the current president. my fellow egyptian citizens i have announced my intention to run in the presidential election and i was planning to start a tour amongst egyptian communities abroad before going back to egypt in the next few days however i was surprised to find out i'm prevented from leaving the u.a.e. for reasons i don't understand and i'm not willing to understand i've often stated my appreciation for the u.a.e. for hosting me however i reject any intervention in egypt's affairs by preventing me from participating in a constitutional right my shahadah is an associate professor of middle east politics at the university of oklahoma he says the saudi arabia are not interested in seeing challenges to president says he's a role. the united arab emirates along with saudi arabia are among the staunchest suppor

really didn't go to. the disappeared of syria but this time on al-jazeera. the time. egypt's president val's revenge in sign oil for a gunman attacks a crowded most killing two hundred thirty five people. i know that i'm for the steve already watching al jazeera live from london also coming up. of a segment of god promises to fix zimbabwe's crippled economy as he's sworn in as president. just be to me i'm through with me over. ground the u.n. says it's shocking and inexcusable police in papa new guinea clear the remaining refugees from an australian run prison camp. and south africa's supreme court more than doubles the murder sentence handed to the paralympian pistorius. we begin in egypt where the military has launched a campaign in sinai off to two hundred thirty five people were killed in an attack on a most president of the hill sisi had promised to respond with the brutal force the bomb was detonated and these hackers then fired all mushed because as they fled he's talking bella bad is the worst ever in the sinai region reports. the bomb and gun attack happened during friday pray

continue to be she really didn't go to. the disappeared of syria but this time on al jazeera. egypt launches a military strikes against fighters it says are behind a friday's attack in sinai. and i'm jane darknesses al-jazeera live from doha was a coming up turkey says the u.s. president has agreed to stop supplying arms to kurdish why p.g. fighters in northern syria. argentina's president calls for an investigation into the disappearance of a submarine with forty four crew on board plus after years of court fights the u.s. tobacco industry is forced to pay for anti smoking advertisement. egypt launched a military campaign in sinai up to two hundred thirty five people were killed in an attack on a mosque on friday president of the fact that all sisi has promised to respond with what he calls brutal force a bomb was detonated in a mosque in that attack as then. fired on way ship as as they fled on a judge in reports. the bomb and gun attack happened during friday prayers at the other older mosque in bit aboud in egypt's northern sinai peninsula local sources say the attackers planted

what his job. gunmen attack a crowded mosque in egypt's sinai region killing at least two hundred thirty five people the egyptian military launches air strikes in response. hello i'm barbara starr you're watching al-jazeera live from london also coming up on the program. i am a servant my god what promises to serve all zimbabwe sworn in as president. argentina's navy continues its hunt for a missing submarine carrying forty four crew members the president says it will be found within days and calls for government action after a beijing child care center is accused of drugging and molesting toddlers. thank you for joining us egypt's military has conducted air strikes in the sinai region where gunmen have attacked a mosque detonating a bomb and opening fire on worshippers state media say that at least two hundred thirty five people have been killed dozens more injured well the assault took place during friday prayers at a packed mall skin bed egyptian officials say fighters arrived in four off road vehicles of the mosque been shot at fleeing worshippers as well as ambulances egypt h

. lebanon's prime minister is on his way to egypt on cheese says he makes his way back to beirut after a two week absence saad hariri is still in france and which is trying to mediate the political fallout from his surprise resignation he quit in the saudi capital on november the fourth and safe there for two weeks prompting suggestions that he was being detained mr hariri has promised to return to lebanon by when the say they are the harder has the latest from beirut. subtle freddie saying that he's going to clarify his position once he returned to beirut he also said that he will be attending independence day celebrations on wednesday but what is becoming clear is that position is not clear because if he is insisting on resigning then he would come directly to lebanon from france and submit his resignation and instead he's a is he saying that he's going to attend independence day celebrations and his voice goes to egypt egypt a country just like france they've been mediating in this crisis and both france and egypt enjoying good relations with all the players in this crisis and

election in egypt she cried in egypt's first presidential election after the two thousand and eleven optimize against forming the to hosni mubarak he lost against mohamed morsi of the muslim brotherhood fled out of the cities often that defeat he's been a strong christian a coffee gyptian president of the sisi. my fellow egyptian citizens i have announced my intention to run in the presidential election and i was planning to start a tour amongst egyptian communities abroad before going back to egypt in the next few days however i was surprised to find out i'm prevented from leaving the u.a.e. for reasons i don't understand and i'm not willing to understand i've often stated my appreciation for the u.a.e. for hosting me however i reject any intervention in egypt the furrows by preventing me from participating in a constitutional right now before entering politics if he'd had a long military career as a fighter pilot and later command of the air force between one thousand nine hundred six and two thousand and two and after retiring from the air force he entered government as minister f

reconciliation attempt to the many that have come before that before it. made difference is that egypt is clearly throwing all its weight behind this process of the consolation providing the venue of idea of the political support the diplomatic support. other differences that we have seen actual things taking place. like dissolution of the administrative committee and the return of the palestinian. consensus government to. taking its responsibilities and there is a clear plan which will start with meetings between fatah and hamas and then with all palestinian political groups to proceed with the implementation of the event it seems that. from one side there is an external role that is helping but from the other side i think the whole world is worried that gaza is about to explode and the conditions there are completely intolerable from human perspective from political perspective from economy perspective and there is a third factor which is very important i think both the leaderships of the time and hamas. do realize today that they are losing their popularity with the palestinian peop

egypt. and online retailer amazon goes shopping for a new head forces on missing jobs and investment but how much any action. hello and welcome back now across europe we've got some really cold air taking down we've got snow in many areas this area across hungry remaining crossed into the black sea region is going to cause some problems we've got snow further north into parts of russia some snow over the alps good for the ski season and cold air taking down across the u.k. with some snow showers in the east and west coasts and as we head down into appearing put into the area of rain the snow is going to become heavier with time this is frontal system across southern areas too so all in all is looking pretty unsettled cross many parts of europe as was done in greece the best the weather but nothing special there with highs of fourteen degrees on the other side the mediterranean the circulation of low pressure is just increasing the winds along the coast of both libya and through into egypt but caro should get away with a fairly nice day temperatures of twenty three degrees celsius now

a critical counterpoint challenging mainstream media narrative at this time on al-jazeera. egypt valve's fierce action after a bomb attack on a mosque in the sinai peninsula kills the least two hundred thirty five people. here this is al jazeera life and also coming up. we asked those who are of primaries in the past to reconsider that they were going to deport of course censored going is that. zimbabwe starr said its first president and thirty seven years and he is promising sweeping changes. argentina's president calls for an investigation into the disappearance of a navy submarine that's been missing for more than a week. and germany's president tries to break the political deadlock two months after the country's elections. egypt's military has launched a campaign in sinai after two hundred thirty five people were killed in an attack on a mosque president has promised to respond with brutal force the attack at the mosque and a bad as the worst ever in the sinai region mohammed jim jim reports. the bomb and gun attack happened during friday prayers at the other old a mosque in

incredible this is where talks how many and what happens there matters. egypt val's fierce action after a bomb attack on a mosque in the sinai that's what kills at least two hundred thirty five people. and i'm richelle carey this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up. we asked those who have primaries in the past three concert that they are going to turn to political censors who can is not and zimbabwe swears and it's first president and thirty seven years and he's promising sweeping changes. in argentina submarine is still missing and hopes for finding survivors are quickly fading. for decades a big ban from u.s. t.v. tobacco companies will be back on the airwaves but not by choice. at least two hundred thirty five people have been killed in what's being called the deadliest. attack in egypt's history gunmen bombed an open fire at a mosque in the north sinai town of bear it is late the latest in a string of attacks by armed groups egypt is launching a military campaign in sinai president abdel fatah el-sisi has declared three days of mourning and pledged to were spawned with brut