documenting human rights violations has become very dangerous in egypt. since 2030 over 500 online news outlets have been shut down 8 journalists have been killed while covering demonstrations adelies 32 journalists and bloggers are currently detained some facing possible death penalties said the show short. of a little b.c. local industry who had of a child they thought. that was her little girl is a. the to say we do it you can is military and also. to say we have and then when i was. and i think that's going to make this individual did it impede you know barack if you that there are any stones or many struggle i must want to use a digital shotgun that kate betts will want to be nice that he did when he says you have to do other than want to do with one opposed to drill for oil for the father that if it's you and you have about a pillow put us into the odd one in the winters but yeah them in point as well. so that if you need it they don't east. wind up with what i gave up is what i have there larry will soon be if it could talk with one of them that wi

egypt is a key u.s. ally and a major european business partner western countries are often accused of overlooking egypt's human rights record and its disregard of the rule of law because of the country's geo political economic and strategic importance. a case in point is that of an italian ph d. student from the university of cambridge julio regime who disappeared in cairo on the 25th of january 26th. the young italian was found dead 9 days later in a ditch on the city's outskirts his half naked body bore the signs of heavy torture . in old foster care the toilet or toward the. northeast i mean to the to where ed of am a one of em but all come out of this one of. their own that office in state that case they are. the day regina went missing a major security operation was underway in cairo to control protests marking the 5th anniversary of the revolution. the italian authorities suspected that regime he had been arrested that night but the egyptian government denied any responsibility . there was a whole

the relationship between the united states and egypt soured over the years. nasser went to the russians and to their czechoslovakian puppet regime in order to get weapons,, and that really soured the relations. i 1950 relations between the united states and egypt, united arab republic had deteriorated significantly as . as i said in february of 1958 egypt and syria united and form the united arab republic. in response to that the two hashemite monarchy is created an alternative, the federation of arab monarchies. on march 3, 1958, baking of saudi arabia here in the middle between richard nixon and dwight eisenhower, king solid, told the american ambassador in saudi arabia that the plot was underway to overthrow the syrian government and breakup the united arab republic. 48 hours later, the syrian intelligence service announced that they broke up a plot to assassinate gamal abdel nasser. that was being spearheaded by the king and not only the death evidence that they intended to assassinate him by blowing up his airplane, they had the canceled checks signed by

the relationship between the united states and egypt soured over the years. with that to have weapons and that soured relations and by 1958 relations between uae and egypt deteriorated significantly february 1958 egypt and syria united and in response to that and the federation of arab monarchies. and march 3rd 1958 the king of saudi arabia between richard nixon and dwight eisenhower and then to overthrow the government to wake up the republic. and then they broke up a plot to assassinate nasser and then not only with the airplane but they canceled checks signed by the king to the plot makers. don't sign the check if you're going to overthrow the regime. so by 1958 the alternative to eisenhower. the head of saudi arabia and the two holy mosques. was a much more moderate pro-western version in the eisenhower administration hoped they could use himio to counter president nasser. one year before and the first saudi king to visit the plan for nine days ended up lasting 12 days. the king had indicated to bring their almost so many studies in the delegation they li

this is the tower that nasser built it is known in egypt as roosevelt's erection. the relationship between united states and the soviet union and egypt soured over the years and nasser went to the russians and to the czechoslovakian public regime and that soured the relationship by 1958 the relationship between the united states and united arab republic had deteriorated significantly it is february 1958 egypt and syria united and the response is the monarchies in iraq to form the alternative the federation of arab monarchies. on march 3rd 1958 the king of saudi arabia between nixon and dwight eisenhower told the american ambassador saudi arabia they were underway to overthrow the syrian government to wake up the republican 48 hours later the syrian intelligence service announced they had a plot to assassinate nasser that was spearheaded by the king not only did they have evidence by blowing up his airplane they had canceled checks to the plot makers as if you overthrow the regime do not sign the check. [laughter] so now by 1958 he was ike's favorite alternative. th

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bilaterally between itself and libya against the wishes perhaps of egypt israel or greece cyprus and so on yes there that is diplomacy. which will give turkey a chance because turkey is already drilling in it is economy exclusive zones based at the same time greece and the cypriots at the same time declared that place as they economy calls on for this reason turkey has no problem israel turkey has no problem with the egypt in terms of economy collects clues of songs in his problems is bitty greek site and if the cyprus site saw what turkey or forced to the egypt but turkey offers to the israelis very important if they sign a deal the turkey the area that egypt will gain is more than 30000 square kilometers for this isn't even the city government will never accept this the people off the streets on the kyra should understand that the lands in the economy called zones are being sought to be a greek site for this is an i believe that turkey is pressing to do a field bit it is military if it is the relink bit also the diplomacy that he signed an agreement between libya let me remind that

he is backed by the uae egypt, russia, and jordan. in the past three hours, egypt's president has urged donald trump to use his influence to and what he calls illegal foreign interference in libya. we begin our coverage from tripoli. this is the southern outskirts of the libyan capital of tripoli. heavy fighting for the past eight months. warlord are to the now using artillery fire to advance, with the help of russians who are reportedly leading the forces as they takae control of important locations. camps in thistary neighborhood. turkey says it is planning to send troops. to prevent those forces from seizing the libyan capital. says they willan be voting in january on a mandate to send troops. >> god willing, on the eighth or ninth of january, we will pass this in parliament and respond to the invitation. and will give all forms of support to the tripoli government fighting against a fascist government backed by arabs and europeans. news conference, the minister warned that neighboring countries will be affected if tripoli falls. h

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egypt which backs how far has rejected the agreement. lebanon's president michel aoun has asked a former education minister to be the new prime minister. is backed by hezbollah and protestors are rejecting his nomination. divisions between democrats and republicans deep and further a day after donald trump's impeachment said it's majority leader mitch mcconnell has asked his fellow republicans to correct what he called a toxic meant but house speaker nancy pelosi says she won't send the case to the senate until she's convinced of a fair trial. a gunman has opened fire outside the headquarters of russia's top security agency the f.s.b. in moscow one officer was killed and 5 wounded the f.s.b. says the attacker has now been killed step lawson reports from moscow. assume the gunfire your streets of the russian. people running to safety and initiating a major security operation by heavily armed special forces. according to russian media reports a man attacked this building a square in the center of. it's the home of russia's federal security

egypt russia and jordan in the past few hours egypt's president has urged u.s. president donald trump to use his influence to end what he called illegal foreign interference in libya well mark would abdul wahid begin sark coverage now from tripoli. this is southern outskirts of the libyan capital tripoli where there's been heavy fighting for the past 8 months. forces loyal to warlord liefer hefted are now using artillery fire to advance with the help of russians who are reportedly leading have to us forces as they take control of civil important locations including military camps near the salon the neighborhood. to key says it's a planning to send troops to help you and your kidneys the government it wants to prevent have to his forces from seizing the libyan capital turkish president trichet tayyip erdogan says parliament will voting january on a mandate to send troops to libya in charlotte 6 god willing on the 8th or the 9th of january we will pass this in our parliament we will be responding to the invitation. we have given i will give all forms of support to

saudi arabia egypt and russia have all given greater or lesser assistance to have to but if we have to or might topple the government of national accord has spurred turkey into overt action for turkey their interest is not libya itself anybody who looks at a map of the mediterranean will see that egypt to turkey south south cyprus greece and potentially libya if it falls on the half that and therefore goes into the u.a.e. or bit is forming a sort of maritime choke hold on to turkey for taking libya is the final chance to prevent this chokehold from taking place although libya's g.n.a.t. has ratified the security and military cooperation deal it struck with turkey last month it's not immediately clear what kind of military support turkey might offer libya or when but it reinforces turkey's role in influencing libya's future like with syria russia and turkey have taken different sides increasing their diplomatic leverage and corporation. we russia by the way are in permanent contact with mr seraphina's government with marshall have to we continuously communicate with our partners includi

egypt russia and jordan well in the past 3 hours egypt's president has ours u.s. president donald trump to use his influence to and what he called it legal foreign interference in libya why homage to abdul wahid begins our coverage from tripoli. this is southern outskirts of the libyan capital tripoli where there's been heavy fighting for the past 8 months. forces loyal to warlord only for have to are now using artillery fire to advance with the help of russians who are reportedly leading have to us forces as they take control of civil important locations including military camps near the salon had a neighborhood. turkey says its are planning to send troops to help you and your kidneys the government it wants to prevent have to his forces from seizing the libyan capital turkish president trichet tayyip erdogan says parliament will voting january on a mandate to send troops to libya in cities in the god willing on the 8th or the 9th of january we will pass this in our parliament we will be responding to the invitation. we have given i will give all forms of support

we're now back in egypt driving along the nile delta. tariq the taxi driver from cairo is on the way to that small city full of old mercedes coos. looking was it does feel good. because it's it so people here believe. that god knows how you. judge a guy. his looks they might stay in. the market square in fact who says also the main stop for the share taxis some are over 50 years old in addition to that stroke age the w 110 known as the fin tail is omnipresent. and it was 1st built in 1961 the rare long wheelbase mercedes models are especially popular with 3 rows of seats for 7 passengers. or in this case 11. despite appearances everything is organized precisely here and runs according to a strict set of rules and it's the coordinators job to ensure this. the system here is that every car going to be higher take 6 passengers the fare is 5 pounds of $25.00 euro cents. it's simple never gets there 1st those who register 1st that's pretty handy ali has had a fin tail for 27 years twice a day he drives to 80 kilometers away the taxi is his on

egypt and other spear support haftar the forces have been trying to take over the capital mouth. so. those are current headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera after inside story we'll be back with a full hour of news at the top of the hour but by. the u.n. is again pushing its peace plan for libya but warlord hell if i have to is threatening a final offensive on the capital tripoli and turkey is planning to step up its support for the internationally recognized government so is the situation about to get worse rather than better this is inside story. hello there i'm james bays 8 months ago warlord holy for half his forces defiantly march towards libya's capital tripoli that aimed to unseat the internationally recognized government of fires alsa raj but after several bouts of fighting the battle lines haven't shifted much and at least a 1000 people have been killed and many more displaced now haftar says he's launching a final push to tip the balance that offensive could lead to both sides getting more military support from different countries in violation of a u.n. arms i

escalating tensions between israel and hamas and there been intensive diplomatic efforts underway by egypt and the united nations to try to find a solution but the situation is so tense that even journalists have become a target i was just only tear gas by the police on purpose this is what's happening in the middle of a plateau where people have been protesting peacefully the suicide bombing happens just behind me now the authorities as the vehicles but they are saying that they've seen a massive rise in attacks in kabul and across the country. and so to our guest now in paris we have sabrina ben we head of the middle east desk reporters without borders in lancaster in the u.k. robert gallucci is an associate professor at lancaster university and a former washington post contributor in ankara we have use of can lee who's director of media for democracy program at media for democracy so a very warm welcome to your sabrina let me start with you because you work for reporters without borders you just produce this report which on the face of it is good news fewer journalists were killed in 20

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egypt saudi arabia. trying hard to start positive so we say to general have to and that was followed in may with a phone call between donald trump which was seen as deeply symbolic or apparently they talked about how a vision for libya that's pretty significant stuff given that might compare just a few weeks earlier had been had been condemning. but then we had those reports which russia still denies of russian mercenaries all mercenaries that he's being paid for by russia who are actively supporting health then we had an official state . from the state department pompei or another saying look there has to be a cease fire immediately we don't necessarily support a housetop entirely clear but they were saying look this has to stop and now we have this phone call between c.c. the trump apparently they're all the same page so does that mean then that the trump insertion is back in with health care and the egyptians and so on so we don't really we don't really know what's going on we don't know if this is po

war the agreement could see turkish troops deployed to defend tripoli from wall old khalifa haftar egypt backs huffed cairo rejects the deal saying it violates un security council resolutions including an arms embargo florrie chalons has more. libya's warring forces are on the move here soldiers of highly for have to libyan national army advanced west there are breaking now and hoping to open a new front for months they've been fighting on the outskirts of tripoli against the army of the government of national accord on thursday the un backed announced it's agreed to receive greater military help from turkey but that. after after an as an office site is receiving support from home this is known to all whites or raj with his lawful and legitimate government and not receiving any support currently based on u.s. regicide and provide them with the assistance we can afford. this is a proxy conflict that splits the middle east and north africa and beyond the u.a.e. saudi arabia egypt and russia have all given greater or lesser assistance to have to but if we have to or might topple the governm

egypt has rejected the agreement. education minister will be the new prime minister, backed by has belong -- backed ollah, with protesters objecting the nomination. protesters -- divisions between democrats and republicans deep in one day after president's impeachment. toxic been called a impeachment. but house speaker nancy pelosi won't send the case to the senate until she is convinced of a fair trial. an officers killed outside that moscow security agency. the attacker has been killed. we have this report for moscow. gunfire: a round of echoes through the streets of the russian capital. [gunfire] andle running to safety, initiating a major security operation by heavily armed special forces. according to russian media reports, a man attacked this building in the center of moscow. it is the home of the russian federal security service, fsb, and its communist era predecessor the kgb. the attacker then reportedly fled to a neighboring building, barricading himself inside. himrity services then shot dead. ambulances wer

greece says the deal ignores the presence of its island of crete between the coasts of turkey and libya egypt has called the deal illegal those are the headlines there's lots more in our website dot com we're back in half an hour right now it's the listening post. a chinese casino empire is transforming cambodia. rapid development and criminology one o one a few this again is a loser you can go to to see. on al-jazeera. but no. secret is go ok let's try this cut down on me and i'll write. that china's training designed to write history. hello i'm richard just put in you're at the listening post here are some of the media stories that we're covering this week big news that beijing didn't want out there somebody inside the communist party wants the outside world to know what is happening in st john the conflict of interest the corporate kind reporters at bloomberg news cannot investigate their boss who happens to be running for the white house they're tracking journalists from inside their phones the governments are buying an insidious piece of israeli software to target activists and reporters

for eastern mediterranean for example and with regards to the at alliances between greece israel and egypt and and also if we look at the bigger picture we can see there gyptian and and there you see rivalry against turkey. in the in the region which also has an effect and into fights in libya so whether or not these will actually materialize are really dependent on how far or how long the g.n.a.t. will will stand against after our forces ok let me can i bring in can i bring in mostafa now moustapha already so many different actors have interests in libya and now with this maritime agreement you've got greece egypt and cyprus 2 of those countries weren't really heavily involved israel is taking i think some serious concern about what's going on this is going to even further drag in other powers in the region isnt it. well let's i'm a very likely and most of the countries you mentioned particularly greece are not very happy of our to what happened and they are questioning. not only the legitimacy of the of the deal itself but also their legitimacy of the government g.n.a.s. bart the governm

egypt and others who backed the war. on thursday a final offensive to capture the capital tripoli after 8 months of fighting on the outskirts turkey signed a military cooperation agreement with libya's government last week has already supplied drones and other weaponry egypt's president says it's in the region's interest to end the conflict and blame the lack of progress on the un backed government pulled out of the lands he libya to lead today if we look at what's happening in libya over the last few years and why the government there is not being able to have real free will speaking frankly it's because it is hostage to the. militias that exist in tripoli in the meantime every country is dealing with the situation but based on its own interests it is in our collective interest that this region goes back to stability in the ellery's as director of the turkey project and senior researcher at the center for strategic and international studies he says there is potential for an escalation between rival groups in libya. i th

egypt and others who back want to order. his attempt to take the capital tripoli but reject god and the law and says he isn't a legitimate leader and a chapell has more. the us recognize government in tripoli is under attack. warlord khalifa haftar has called for a decisive battle nearly 8 months after his offensive began. last week his forces shot down a turkish drone and captured an important camp for militias allied to the government of national accord south of the city now turkey has offered to step up its support to the tripoli government president or to one recently signed maritime and military deals and says he's ready to send troops to libya if requested. with these agreements the rights of both turkey and libya will be protected in the mediterranean the individual called huffed are is definitely not a legitimate president or prime minister he is just a person who appears to be illegitimate. turkish military support could put it on a collision course with the u.a.e. jordan and egypt which are backing have to. who are

foreign minister says he's hoping for a positive results after talks with saudi arabia the saudis bahrain egypt and the u.a.e. have blockaded qatar since cutting trade and diplomatic ties 2 and half years ago speaking at a conference in rome shaikh mohammed bin al still rockman all thought he said discussions with the kingdom had gone well so the headlines keep it here and so our story is that next every 3 to 4 years a political deadlock since the brics that referendum on the right still lots of the divide the real the general election in december the growth is all everything coming boris johnson the exit where does the u.k. go through media follow the tape general election or no. a fight over control of the mediterranean sea libya and turkey drop by injury line in the border but sitting in the middle as the greek island of crete athens sense the new violates international law so what's at stake and could it lead to armed conflicts this is inside story. i. am i i i i i. hello and welcome to the program i'm hala my he is in greece and turkey are at old silver a host of issues but the latest has

jordan and egypt which are backing have to. president sisi says it's in the region's interest to end the conflict. is he to be a lead today if we look at what's happening in libya of the last few years and why the government there has not been able to have real free will speaking frankly it's because it is hostage to the interests militias that exist in tripoli in the meantime every country is dealing with the situation by so on its own interests it is in our collective interest at this region goes back to stability. cats are which also supports the tripoli government wants to see a political solution what in s.f. little bit of color want to be in a do it said the we see proxy war supported by many nations in the bia which is cool is devastation for the people we want the libyan people to rise from these troubles we want to see peace between the factions and a clear political direction between them. complicating matters further libya's u.n. recognized government says hundreds of russian mercenaries are also fighting for have to

egypt and to work on such let our jets at the point we have to start and then somehow it is our. right ok so i guess rossley this is the 8 satellite to be launched by an african country this see if you can very quickly what does this mean for africa's space sector well it's obviously a change that. 8 is a small number where yet to have a lot off to our compilation there years but it's the progress of this. i'm so shows there is a continuous if words and africa that's wants to. develop satellite technology ok that is a test fire and it is ever a thank you thank you. for now the u.n. has extended a peacekeeping mission in the d r c by and that the year the mission as school is one of the most expensive in history costing over a $1000000000.00 every year the decision to extend the mission comes as people in the d.r. see call for the troops to leave the country. victims of a massacre these people were attacked early december in their villages in essent congo what exactly happened is unclear but officials blame a notorious militia group for the atrocities and so-called democratic forc

regarding attacks by terrorist groups remind us of that i didn't see to read and do it in situ egypt but initially to come grown to include sheikh the evil of gross buddha tenet is an. echo as chairman and then just president was country recently lost 71 soldiers in an attack by an isolated group is in no doubt about the effects of the violence on member nations. not usually due to the peruvian police affected autistic the sentence is our region has been hit hard by terrorist attacks which have intensified and with every passing day threatening the many national and regional achievements we have made not the terrorist attacks continually test our resolve to fighting with. the leaders in the last meeting in september agreed to set up a $1000000000.00 fund to pay for armies to fight the armed groups $100000000.00 of that is distributed but with many countries in the region having to fight their individual but as a low it is here that more than a $1000000000.00 will be needed to achieve peace robert mitchum bush is united nations special representative in west africa there's no question

now egypt later abdel fatah c.c.s. discussed the libyan crisis with u.s. president donald trump defending warlord after israel in the conflict in a phone call sisi reportedly said operations by half the us forces against armed groups help maintain stability in the region meanwhile libya's internationally recognized government has formally requested at ground and sea support from turkey as it battles have to fight is for control of the capital tripoli as according to the reuters news agency mangled up to why it has more. this is southern outskirts of the libyan capital tripoli where there's been heavy fighting for the past 8 months. forces loyal to warlord liefer have to allow using artillery fire to advance with the help of russians who are reportedly leading forces as they take control of civil important locations including military camps near the salon the neighborhood. turkey says it's a planning to send troops to help you and your kidneys the government it wants to prevent have to those forces from seizing the libyan capital turkish president erdogan s

techies president says his country cannot handle another flood of refugees from the war in syria or egypt to one is saying $80000.00 syrians are heading towards the turkish border to escape province syria's last rebel held province is on the daily attack by russian backed syrian government forces the m 5 highway runs through the province and is the main road out of the town of marjah an escape offutt at a standstill as tens of thousands fled north the market town now a ghost town as government forces close in the once bustling rebel held region is a crumbling shell streets are empty and houses of been destroyed algiers there is mohammed of dough is following the story for us from antakya this is a border with syria and he explains some of the risks and challenges people are facing. wall there facing all kinds of dangers from the blitz kind of doll by russian and city and force. and coughs of bombarding villages on tom's blitz tools same talk been intended to send these people out of jail form so that the syrian government forces can have a free han dealing with the rebels who are in contr

saudi arabia egypt and russia have all given greater or lesser assistance to have to but if we have to or might topple the government of national accord has spurred turkey into overt action for turkey their interest is not libya itself anybody who looks at a map of the mediterranean will see that egypt to turkey south south cyprus greece and potentially libya if it falls on the half that and therefore goes into the u.a.e. or bit is forming a sort of maritime choke hold on to turkey for turkey libya is the final chance to prevent this chokehold from taking place although libya's g.n.a.t. has ratified the security and military cooperation deal it struck with turkey last month is not immediately clear what kind of military support turkey might offer libya or when but it reinforces turkey's role in influencing libya's future like with syria russia and turkey have taken different sides increasing their diplomatic leverage and corporation. we russia by the way are in permanent contact with mr seraphina's government with marshall have to we continuously communicate with our partners including

danger with turkey which could see turkish troops deployed to defend tripoli from ward hunt for half the egypt which backs half the has rejected the agreement or challenge reports. libya's warring forces are on the move here soldiers of highly for have to libyan national army advanced west they're a break in now and hoping to open a new front for months they've been fighting on the outskirts of tripoli against the army of the government of national accord on thursday the u.n. backed announced it's agreed to receive greater military help from turkey for what after after iran is an office site is receiving support from whom this is known to all by seraj with his lawful and legitimate government and not receiving any support currently based on u.s. regicide and provide them with the assistance you can afford. this is a proxy conflict that splits the middle east and north africa and beyond the u.a.e. saudi arabia egypt and russia have all given greater or lesser assistance to have to but if we have to or might topple the government of national accord has spurred turkey into overt action for turkey