- egypt, norway and different countries. in order to express our solidarity for the gazans in their deal, and the best ways to provide support to their legitimate leadership and government in the efforts to reconstruct the gaza strip. gaza is and will be a part and parcel of the palestinian state which is looking forward to its independence, and enjoy legitimate rights on every effort of its journey. this conference is an important step to support the egyptian effort since the sart of the latest -- start of the latest crisis in gaza. egypt has always been supporting the bloodshed and keeping the palestinians, the innocent palestinians, and keep and support the legitimate rights of the palestinian people. >> egypt has continued its efforts since the initiative of egypt to stop fighting. we have seen so many rounds of talks during 51 days of fighting. we have succeeded despite all the obstacles that were trying to hinter its efforts, and we have reached a presencive ceasefire on the 26th -- comprehensive ceasefire on 26 august

in egypt, sadat was not just in egypt, and the whole arab world have i was practically a loan in his belief that peace with israel was possible or even desirable. two of his foreign ministers resign following his trip to jerusalem, and the third resigned at camp david. in fact, the dissension in the egyptian delegation was so great that one point, at four in the morning quarter will come worried that sadat is going to be murdered by some delegation at camp david. and they called zbig brzezinski to wake him up and he was running around in pajamas reinforcing security around sadat cabbage were taken from his own people. eventually of course it was his own people who killed him, and that camp david agreement i think was probably his best work. carter had his own problem. he was struggling to -- with a faltering economy. double-didouble-di git inflation to the prime rate was 20%. it was a revolution in iran and midterm congressional elections. his political visors unanimously oppose his quixotic decision to seek peace in the middle east when there were so many pressing problems at home.

in egypt a sadat was not just in egypt but the whole arab world subbot was practically alone in his belief that peace in israel was possible or even desirable. two of his foreign ministers resigned following his trip to jerusalem and the third resigned at camp david. in fact the dissension in the egyptian delegation was so great that at one point at four in the morning carter wouk worried that sadat was going to be murdered by his own delegation at camp david and they called zbigniew brzezinski and look them up and brzezinski was running around in his pajamas reinforcing security around sadat's cabin to protect him from his own people. eventually -- killed him and the camp david agreement was probably a death warrant. carter had his own problems. he was struggling with a faltering economy. double-digit inflation. the prime rate was 20%. there was a revolution in iran and midterm congressional elections. his political advisers unanimously opposed his quixotic decision to seek peace in the middle east when there were so many pressing problems at home. finally america plays a crucial role. eg

egypt will live on. egypt will live on. long live egypt, thank you >>> so there you had abdul fatah al-sisi, the egyptian president speaking at almuza military airport, outside the capital cairo, and a defiant speech. it looked spontaneous, following on from the meeting he had with military chiefs to work out what to do next about military strategy with regard to the sinai peninsula. this following from two attacks on friday killing 30 members of the armed forces. he talked about a plot against shaps, and said -- egyptians, and said it was backed by outside forces and designed to dent the resolve of egyptians, particularly the resolve of the armed forces, and entreated all the egyptians to be vigilant and he said that again this is a huge plot against egypt, saying that they'd been fighting terrorism for months and referred to the fact that the armed forces managed to eliminate hundreds of terrorists in this sinai region, a state of emergency has been declared in sinai in parts, the rafah crossing has be

egypt was part of the empire. egypt was a christian nation. egypt used to have queens. not just one or two, many queens. we had the most brilliant one. she had slates all over. egypt had one of the few countries that are slates. and the empire were having wars between them. they were tired. and the people started hating their leadership. and there comes out of the arabian peninsula a fresh army. they had a sword in one hand and a koran in the other hand and they were looking at the civilization who had rivers, that had gold, that had beautiful women and they wanted to conquer them. they wanted to end the memory of the jewish people. they conquered egypt and per ja in the same year. it was changed by a culture that we look down upon. nobody wanted to conquer arabia. it was a desert. they wanted to conquer it because we had the rivers, we had the gold, we had agriculture. so they came and conquered the wealth, changed our religion and imposed a tax on anyone who practices anything other than islam. and all the money went to ara a arabia. egypt never saw its glory days aga

but actually, it doesn't explain in the western part of egypt. and it doesn't explain how attacks took place in cairo and so on. we have been smuggling into the area, and actually, sinai to gaza eviction [ unintelligible ] 25 kilometers away. so all of the -- it's incorrect. >> but you have to accept, haven't you, that the egyptian government in cairo has a legitimate security concern with the or so loss of life among its own forces for decades, happening just a few days ago. surely, it has the obligation almost to react in this way. >> actually, the government has security video, which cannot be accepted to being [ unintelligible ] it can't justify the explosions at the same point of the last explosion, and my point is, [ unintelligible ]. >> ishmael, i have to interrupt you. i'm really sorry about this, but the quality of the line is so poor, it's really hard to hear you. ishmael, thank you so much for joining us from the arab reform initiative in cairo, and we hope that we have a better line next time. but thank you very much. >> well, aljazee

the government in egypt, which normally controls the sighny is looks at egypt as consists of the nile valley. and i have lived there for a number of years, and when i went to the sinai to lecture at the invitation of their ambassador, i learned to my surprise that the arabic spoken in the sinai is very different from the egyptian and to though palestinians. and the people there have their own identity. they feel neglected, marginalized, and ever so often there has been a sporadic attack on a government facility, and nearly always started by police. and the other one, if i may add. hello? >> please, do, sorry. >> yeah, yeah, yeah. the other explanation which is more likely is anger at the fact that the leader of the muslim brotherhood is still imprisoned, that more than a thousand people were killed at the time of the mill sar crackdown last summer, summer of 2013 that removed the brotherhood from power, and the name i have seen in a source is suggests supporters of the muslim brotherhood. i have not -- >> help those of us who don't really understand the nature of the sinai per se, why

egypt has an obligation to respect those rights. the office of the high commission official of human rights will continue to call for the release of all detainees, including the aljazeera journalists. >> coming up, we'll have the latest from the turkey-syrian border where kurdish peshmerga fighters are preparing for their battle against isil. >> we're in a village in sri lanka after a mud slide buried several people. >> people pay his debts. i can drown a drink of water and kill a dead tree. wait until you see muhammed ali. >> 40 years since the rumble in the jungle between muhammed ali and george foreman. >> a bill to extend the president's term in berkino fausto, the bill would have changed the constitution to allow the president to seek reelection next year. it sparked anger and demonstration on the streets of the capitol there. let's cross over to london and speak to a research associate. thanks for being with us. now that this bill reportedly has been stopped, is this a temporary move by the government? >> well, i think that th

three days of mourning has been declared in egypt. the military has been struggling to stem a wave of unrest since the overthrow of president mohamed mursi in july last year. >> >> translation: i'm addressing all egyptians, be vim lent. a plot has started against all of us, we and all egyptians must join forces. the army is up to it. we cannot be shaken, our resolve cannot be depth. do not think we are not feeling pain. brave soldiers fall to defend egypt. many have fallen and are expected to fall. it is a huge war. egypt is facing a huge war. >> omar is a senior electurer at the institute of arab and islamic studies and says the unrest in the sinai is escalating. >> it's a complex problem. part of the problem, and this is mostly local able to vim which is a -- activism. but it is mainly local issues going back to 2000, and you can trace it back since after the liberation of sinai. there was multiple crackdowns, accusing tribes and clans of assisting them across the border and this led to waves of violence and counterviolence througho

the worst against egypt's military personnel in years. egypt declared a state of emergency there. hamas, which controls the gaza strip has been accused of supporting fighters angered by the remove of egyptian president morsi in a coup last year. it's something hamas denies and it's officials are angry at egypt for imposing stricter border rules. egyptian officials are still discussing compensation with the hundreds of people now forced to give up their homes. but staying is not an option. anyone still there when the deadline expires has been threatened with arrest. >>> all right. let's leave aside the humanitarian aspect of that aspect for now, and talk to eric, who is a senior fellow at the washington institute. can we talk a little bit then about the security concerns. because it seems the egyptian government has moved very swiftly indeed following those attacks on the military in which more than 30 soldiers were killed. >> well security concerns are real. we should remember that egypt is actually in a two-front war against jihadis, you have two groups and other smaller organiza

egypt declared a state of emergency there. hamas, which controls the gaza strip has been accused of supporting fighters angered by the removal of egyptian president mohammed morsi in a military coup last year. it's something that hamas denies. it's officials are angry at egypt for also imposing stricter border-crossing rules. no one has said they are behind the attack, but an al-qaeda offshoot in the region has claimed similar attacks in recent years. egyptian officials are still discussing compensation with the hundreds of people now forced to give up their homes, but staying is not an option, anyone still there when the deadline expires has been threatened with arrest. >>> now the zambian vice president has been named interim leader ahead of fresh elections. he is taking over for michael sata who died in the hospital of an undisclosed illness. >> reporter: the phrase if at first you don't succeed, try and try again, best described the late zambian president. he lost elections three times, but kept trying on his fourth attemp

they say if the protest ends, everything will be fine in egypt. students are demonstrating against a coup, and what they say is the violation of rights. among the charged crowd were the supporters of the outlawed muslim brotherhood, as well as many other activists opposed to the removal of an elected government. scanners and walk-through gaits by security firms didn't help. students were angry at the arrangements. >> we find as much as possible to avoid clashes with security forces. they detain haphazardly. so we are trying as much as possible to be away from that. if they know students are protesting, they see right away. we cover our heads and faces and are trying to do peaceful contact. exercising the right to disagree comes through. egypt bans demonstration, and security forces will ban gatherings. people escape for voicing an opinion. arrests of former government supporters is what happens. it's not just aggravated staff. university staff are concerned over government attempts to overhaul policies. there has been amendments to legalize the di

egypt was part of the empire. egypt was a christian nation. egypt used to have queens. not just one or two, many queens. we had the most brilliant one. she had slates all over. egypt had one of the few countries that are slates. and the empire were having wars between them. they were tired. and the people started hating their leadership. and there comes out of the arabian peninsula a fresh army. they had a sword in one hand and a koran in the other hand and they were looking at the civilization who had rivers, that had gold, that had beautiful women and they wanted to conquer them. they wanted to end the memory of the jewish people. they conquered egypt and per ja in the same year. it was changed by a culture that we look down upon. nobody wanted to conquer arabia. it was a desert. they wanted to conquer it because we had the rivers, we had the gold, we had agriculture. so they came and conquered the wealth, changed our religion and imposed a tax on anyone who practices anything other than islam. and all the money went to arabia. egypt never saw its glory days again. an

they say if the protests end then the world will think everything is fine in egypt. organizers call this campaign students are back. they are demonstrating against the coup and what they say is a violation of basic rights. among the charged crowd were supporters of the now out lawed muslim brotherhood as well as many other activists opposed to the removal of an elected government. scanners and walk through gates by a private security firm did not help and students angry at arrangements and even water bottles being confiscated. >> avoid any clashes with security forces and they went to campuses and were haphazardly and trying as much as possible to be away from that and our students were protesting and they send them right away. so we cover our heads, we cover our faces and trying to do very peaceful contacts. >> reporter: organizing the right to disagree has risks and they ban this and have the right to bar any public gathering of more than ten people. student leaders say 1800 people jailed so far for stating their opinion. the arrests are seen as part of a wider cra

[chanting] more demonstrations in egypt as university staff protest against the planned overhaul of the law. watching from affair and tears for the homeland we meet the syrian kurds who fled the fight with isil in kobane and removing barricades in hong kong to clear protest sites. ♪ but first u.n. secretary general bank -- banki-moon is thanking for the money to rebuild gaza and he spoke and said the palestinian government will play the lead role in managing the funds and 50 day conflict with israel and gaza led to 100,000 palestinians losing their homes. >> the palestinian government of consensus will talk about managing these funds and supervising gaza's construction, reconstruction with the support of the international community. we would like the see the unity government in assuming its right for responsibilities and functions in gaza. >> i have stressed to secretary general banki moon that the programs and aid will never achieve the goals unless the israeli blockade is lifted and liberate the palestinian national economy and get rid of the israeli domination on the movement of go

egypt declared a state of emergency there. has, which controls the gaza strip, has been accused of supporting fighters angered by the removal of mohamed morsi in a military coup last year. it's something that hamas denies, and imposes stricter border crossing rules. no one has claimed the attack, but retribution for morsi's removal and crackdown on his supporters. egyptian officials are discussing compensation with hundreds of people who are now forced to give up their homes. but staying is not an option. any still there when the deadline expires has been threatened with arrest. al jazeera. >> the zambian vice president has been named interim leader amid elections. he's the first white head of state in south africa since south africa's de klerk who left power 25 years ago. you we go live now to the zambian capitol. and zambians have known for some time that their president was not well, but how serious was it? >> reporter: you know, i think they did. it's been many months now that there have been rumors or u undeniabl deniable

has warned that egypt face a threat to its existence from who he called terrorists. no one has yet claimed responsibility for friday's attacks that killed 31 soldiers in the sinai peninsula. it was the deadliest attack on n the egyptian military any years. and now a report. >> reporter: laid to rest with full military honor. these soldiers were killed in northern sinai in one of the worst attacks against the egypt army. a car bombing was followed by gunfire on another post near the egyptian border with israel. president sisi has declared an emergency. he says the fight over what he calls terrorism won't be over soon. >> translator: i am addressing all egyptians to be vigilant a plot has been woven against us, all that is happening is expected and we have raised these issues before. we and all egyptians must address this challenge. many have fall edge and many are expected to fall. it is a huge war, egypt is facing a huge war. >> reporter: there have been a anybody after tacks in the sinai in recent months despite military operations against armed groups. the military

egypt's president accused terrorist are trying to overthrow the state. he warned egyptians to be vigilant after attacks in the sinai peninsula killed at least 30 soldiers on friday. >>> the number of ebola cases in west africa has exceeded 10,000. the world health organization says the virus is spreading uncontrollable with mali the latest country to be effected. and iran has executed a woman who killed a former intelligence official. she says was trying to rape her. human rights groups have condemned the sentence impressed on the 26 year old. >>> now much attention has been focused on the battle for the town of kobane, but activists elsewhere in syria believe their fight against bashar al-assad has been forgotten, as steffi decker reports assad's army is taking advantage of that. >> reporter: the syrian regime has always controlled the air here. but as the eyes of the world and the u.s. led coalition fire power continue to focus on kobane, there has been a significant increase in air strikes on rebel positions by syrian president bashar al-assad's air f

in egypt to stop interfering. we know the limited power of the libyan army, it's unaccepted to help general khalifa haftar with the air stripes. >> reporter: egypt's government says it denies involvement, but it is in egypt's interest to bring back the separatist leadership. >> egypt would not like to see an islamic regime neighbouring in libya, so will do its utmost to make sure that a representative government, whatever system that is, emerges in libya. >> libya is in the grips of the worst violence and political turmoil since the uprising that toppled muammar gaddafi in 2011. it has been run by a huge number. all wanting power and unwilling to compromise. >> to yemen, where shia fighters have taken control of another city. they were met with no resistance in ib, not far from an al qaeda-held area in the east. it comes a day after taking the port city. houthis took over the capital last month and expanded their territory in recent weeks. >> hong kong's leader c.y. leung hopes new talks with protesters can take p

egypt has long been a country with a strong civil society. we look forward in the days ahead to egypt's announcement for its parliamentary elections in the near term, and we also continued our conversations to help define the specific role that egypt will play in the coalition against isil. we're very grateful for president sisi's engagement on this from the word go, and they have been involved. as president obama made clear, the united states is committed to degrading and ultimately defeating isil. i'm very pleased to say that more than 60 partners have now committed to joining us in this effort in a variety of ways. whether it's a direct kinetic role, some will help with respect to the delegitimatization of the claims with respect to religion. some will work to prevent the flow of foreign fighters and some to prevent the flow of funding. some will work to train and assist and equip, and others will take place in military activity. all told there is a broad-based coalition throughout this region that understands the evil represented by d-a-s

students who attend egypt's universities have a history of activism, and that's why it could be hard to contain them. al jazeera. >> funeral services are being held for haiti's former leader jean-claude duvalier. we're in hate yesterday's capitol port-au-prince, and joins us live, how is the funeral being observed? a lot of arguing about what shape and form it would take to place? >> well, it was rumored that jean-claude duvalier would have a state funeral which would involve days of mourning and flags at half mast. that didn't happen. we had a quiet but well-attended funeral for family, friends and supporters. hymns from inside the church you could hear across the neighborhood. i met one man in the crowd amongst the mourners who was called john claude who had been named after the president, who, like many younger people in haiti, told me this was a great leader, a man who brought prosperity to haiti. you'll he hear that a lot. there is still some support, of course, his victims have an entirely different story. those who led under his 15-year rule where he used his private militia f

one by one, homes along egypt's border are being blown apart. egypt's army used tanks and guns to forcibly evict around 10,000 people from the area, and dynamite and bulldozers to destroy the homes they live behind. people had 48 hours to leave, with the promise of compensation, but no right to resist. >> it is a crisis, it is a catastrophe. there have been forced to leave,s for only 300 egyptian pounds every month. it is a disaster. >> the land the homes have been build on is to become egypt's latest line of defense, against escalating violence. video obtained shows the after math of the most recent attack, one of of the worst on the army in years. at least 31 were killed an an army poston friday. the government declared a state of emergency in the border area, and it prompted the government to bring forward it's plans to create a controversy 500-meter buffer zone. more than 608 homes will be destroyed to create the zone, along egypt's 14 kilometer border with the gaza strip. the government says the area is being used to smuggle whens to rebels

presidents, prime ministers across the board have commented on what egypt has done. yet when the president el se ale took the post of president one says he has powers to overturn that. he quashed quashed that ability. can he if he wants to? >> it's a rather puzzling thing because what he's profess to be a part of is a democracy in the situation where there was a military that over took and threw out an elected government fox, good or bad. and to maintain that position, some might say that facade he those let it run to the end. in every democracy, the president has the power to grant clemency and pardon, he's positioning himself so as to maintain the aura of being a democratic process in egypt. >> we will be leaving it for now but we'll continue following the events. thank you for joining us on al jazerra. >> we'll be mark being our colleagues 300 days in jail with 300 seconds of silence during our news hour at 180 1800 gmt on friday, which is today. >>> there is an argument brewing over the latest european union budgets. now, the budget is funded by member government

. >>> and al jazeera calls on egypt to release our colleagues from prison. >>> i'm here are all of the sports. fifa has named their 23-man short list for player of the year, and it will be another duel between the two main men of spanish football. ♪ >>> our top story, kurdish peshmerga forces are on their way to iraq to help defend against isil. a convoy is already on its way to the northern syrian town. peshmerga fighters travelling by air are expected to land in turkey in the next few hours. we have reported in iraq and turkey in a moment to bernard smith on the turkey syria border, [ technical difficulties ] >> they are really on unequal fighting with isil fighters who have tanks and mortars and have been using that sort of artille artillery, so with that fire power, the kurds believe that could help them make the difference between the stalemate that we have seen persevere for now more than a week, they believe the heavier weapons could help them push the isil fighters out of kobani town. >> all right. bernard smith thank you. now the situation in kobani is just a small part of o

also on the programme egypt's deposed president mohamed mursi issues a statement from his prison cell calling the country's leader a criminal. >>> candidates for the presidential run off makes a pitch ahead of the vote on sunday. plus... >> coming up, we'll see how a ban an bicycles on the main roads here is affecting livelihoods and the environment. >>> good to have you with us. iraqi security forces has retaken a town, the biggest gain in a month. in syria, the fighting conditions as kurdish drops defend the town of kobane. >> reporter: iraqi soldiers enter the area. it has been held by i.s.i.l. for months, an important town 50km south of bag dad. the last three days, we carried out a number of strikes. we started to clear the area east of the you frayedies, before pushing towards the area. it's a victory in the face of continued i.s.i.l. domination of much of iraq and syria. another main battle area is the town of kobane, on the surrian turkish border. fought over by i.s.i.l. and kurdish forces for weeks. a key issue is what support the turkish government would give kurdish fighter

the world will thing everything is fine in egypt. organizers call the captain students are back, and they are demonstra demonstrating against the coup and the violation of basic rights. among the crowd were supporters of the outlawed muslim brotherhood, and other activists opposed to the removal of the government. scanners and walk-through gates by a private security firm didn't help. students were angry at the arrangements. waterborders were confiscated. >> we are trying to avoid clashes with security forces as they storm into campuses, detain halve hassedly. we are trying to be away from that. the students protest. they expel them. we cover our heads and faces, and try to do peaceful tactics. >> reporter: exercising the right to disagree comes at a risk. egypt bans security forces to bar a public gathering of 10 people. more than 1800 have been gaoled for stating their opinion. the arrests are seen as part of a wider crackdown against supporters. human rights watch accused the security forces of silencing dissent and brute use of f

. >>> more homes are destroyed in egypt as people are forced out to make way for a buffer zone next to saga. -- gaza. >>> and protests forced the president to scrap a plan to extend his 27-year term in office. ♪ >>> now israel has condemned sweden's move to officially recognize the state of palestine. the decision has been warmly welcomed by the palestinian president. mohamed vall reports. >> reporter: for decades palestinians have argued that the israeli government has tried to deny them of three things, their territory, freedom and government. but now sweden has officially recognized the state of palestine. >> today the government of sweden has decided to recognize the state of palestine. we have decided to do so on the basis of the fact that the criteria of international law are fulfilled. there is a territory, a people, and a government. not to recognize palestine because of the occupation would be against the principal of international law about no fruits of aggression. remember that more than 130 countries already recognize palestine and we will be, in fact, number 135. >> repo

attacked canada's capitol and grim milestones for three al jazeera journalists have now been jailed in egypt for 300 days, plus. >> brazilians are divided on who should be the next president but not here in this town where almost everyone say they will be voting for the opposition candidate and we came to find out why. ♪ good to have you. kurdish fighters in kobani took control of a strategic area in the west of the town on syria's border with turkey. these are live pictures of kobani. the advance of kurdish forces follows four u.s. air strikes since wednesday against isil targets and despite the strikes kurdish fighters are calling for more reenforcement and hearing the rebel groups are sending a joint force of about 1500 fsa fighters and these exclusive pictures we obtained by al jazeera show the extent of the devastation within the town. now the recaptured area by kurdish forces gives them control over a large stretch of open land and help for future air drops and weapons don't fall in the wrong hands and as we report now near the turkey/syria border. >> more street fighting kobani thur

it's one of about 20 apart your points in northern egypt. when the migrants arrive here, they are put on fishing boats. these take them out to a larger vessel in international waters. they wait there for two to three days while hundreds of people got on board. it's only when the ship is packed that they began the voyage to italy and then they are at the mercy of the traffickers of the open seas. this amateur video is alleged to show syrian refugees who fled war at home facing terror on the ocean. here, a para less transfer at sea. these migrants were said to be hoping to reach sweden. we don't know if they survived the trip. those richard here are believed to have perished. one palestinian family. 23 of them left egypt in early september. they are among the 500 people thought to have drowned. traffickers rammed their boat after a dispute. now, he has only his pictures and his memories. his family was driven from gaza friday -- from hamas but had endless problems in egypt so his loved ones turned to the traffickers. >> i was completely agains

they continue to demand their release. >> the al jazeera network was accredited in egypt. all the channels were accredited. when, for political reasons, an entity annulled that, an egyptian court forced them to do it. the accreditation is valid until 2016. the court is documented. the lies asem nated by media outlets by violations in al jazeera and egypt, with regards to a question of accreditation don't deserve to be discussed. >> convictions are being repealed. the court will hear the case in january. there are several other journalists convicted and sentenced. some learnt a request for their arrest has been sent to interpol, including talk show presenters. >> i covered the protests in tahrir square in january 2011, like hundreds of other journalists. later i was surprised by the accusations. i wasn't in tahrir square on the day of this incident, that it was alleged to have taken place. i considered the ruling against me a political punishment for having exposed a military coup in egypt, and it's clear my case is part of an over all attack. >> mohammed knows it will be a

protests spread against university campuses in egypt, laws restricting political descent. we begin in iraq where fighters from islamic state of iraq and the levant are edging closer to gaining complete control of the western anbar province which is close to the border of syria and runs to the capital baghdad. the u.n. says 180,000 people have been displaced in and around th the strat central tow. top level generals retreated from the base . anbar province is where i.s.i.l. has made other strategic gains. fallujah is partly under its control. zena hoder has the latest for us in erbil. >> the iraqi army is calling it a tactical withdrawal but undoubtedly it's another setback for the military in this province. they've been losing ground over recent weeks. iraqi officials appealing for help military assistance as well as ground forces, foreign ground forces to help them hold anbar, a strategic province. i.s.i.l. really has an open corridor between its corridors in iraq and syria. the iraqi army calling this a tactical withdrawal but it really raises the question on their capab

by isil >>> a grim milestone for press freedom, three al jazeera journalists have now been jailed in egypt for 300 days. >>> i'm here with on expanded reopening of the museum. are we seeing a reinvigoration of the paris art scene? ♪ >>> kurdish fighters in the syrian town of kobani have now retaken control of a significant area to the west. there you can see the smoke is still rising. now that's just a stone's throw from the border with turkey. this follows four u.s. air strikes since wednesday against isil positions, but the kurdish fighters in kobani are still calling for more reinforcement lts, and now certain factions of the free syrian army have agreed to send a force to help the kurds in their battle against isil. these are exclusive pictures that we have gained of inside kobani town. as you can see the extent of the devastation. the area now gives them control of a large stretch of open land, and they say this will ensure that future air drops of ammunitions don't fall into the wrong hands. >> reporter: to the east and the south, a very, very fluid situation there, the kurds still

to help secure the release of american egyptian activist and other demonstrators in prison in egypt. accused of spreading false information last year. his trial in cairo was postponed on wednesday and on hunger strike since january and sent back to prison from hospital. even though the doctors say he is in critical condition. freedom house has issued the following statement, he has been carrying out a hunger strike and in danger of dieing in an egyptian prison for no reason other than his political views. the united states should do its utmost to persuade egypt to free him as well as the thousands of other political prisoners arrested since 2013. negotiations are believes to be taking place for release of a german man being held by an armed group in the philippines and fighters say they have killed stephan unless demands were met and harry faucet is in the southern philippines with the latest, harry on the reported negotiations that could be taking place? >> reporter: well, that is the supposition based on the fact that the fighters who have been in touch with the local radio station

and as crucial to egypt as the nile itself. the king was not just a political leader but a religious leader too. in the minds of the ancient egyptians, the pharaoh's power and authority as a king stretched far beyond the boundaries of his country-- and into the cosmos itself. after death, he would escape the earthly bounds of his tomb, board a solar boat and sail into immortality. this vision became material in objects and image found in the tombs and temples as a way of pre-ordaining a central idea: after perilous and carefully prescribed journey through the night, the king would become one with the sun god re. the king becomes associated with re in particular because of the idea that the sun is born every day out of the womb of the sky, and then comes into the world and goes into the body of the sky at night. and the king in his cycle, in his daily comings and goings, is seen to be like the sun. (narrator) the idea that the pharaoh would be reborn as the sun god re is described in paintings and hieroglyphs in countless royal

in egypt. and all of the channels were there for automatically accredited. when a certain entity an egyptian court forced them to renew it instead. >> it is valid until 2016. we believe the lies that are being disseminated about alleged violations in egypt, with regards to the question of accreditation, don't even deserve to be discussed. the convictions are being appealed the court is due to hear the case in january, but in addition to the throe men detention, there are several other journalist whose are convicted and sentenced in their absence. some of them have learned that a request -- they include people like algae senior talk show presenter. i covered the protest, just like hundreds of others there, but later on i was surprise by these accredited you cases. i wasn't even in the square on the day this incident was alleged to have taken place. i consider this ruling a political punishment for having exposed the military coupe in egypt, and it's clear my case is just a part of the overall at

. >> after a three-week delay universities in egypt where are now open. outside this campus in cairo new gates have been built. and in an unprecedented move a private security firm has been giving the job of guarding a number of universities. anyone who enters the campus is searched. but what is alarming activists say is the extra powers given to dean's of the ministries of higher education. they include the immediate dismissal of students and their professors if any of them participate in protest. egyptian media reported on other restrictions. this up in headline says final dismissal for students who consult president al sisi. while another reads universities rely on students to monitor and report rioters. the government is eagle for end protests. it passed new laws last year that banned protests without prior approval. since july 2013 supporters of the deposed president mohamed morsi held protests demanding his return and an end to the military coup. president al sisi became president, but they continue to hold demonstrations on and off campus. students

in any case inherent with egypt there was a question. we had settlements there and what do we do with that? and tafter five wars, as i mentioned before, it is not easy to just, you know, do away with this. diane was a major player in coming up with ideas there that if he agrees to give up this villages it will be conditioned upon approval, a vote. which he knew would vote in the affirmative. so that was the solution to bring it just in a foot note, a year later i wrote a little booklet on the piece story. and this is now the end of '79. and i decided that before i send it to the printer i should give an opportunity to see it. he was the prime minister. because i was in charge of egyptian relations at the time. so a day later i get the phone call. he says it is fine, he likes it. it is a very nice booklet and so on. only one remark. you said we gave up at camp david the settlements. that's not what happened. the prime minister would like you to say that we did not do it at camp david. we condition it with the approval and that -- please s

al sisi said sudan and egypt agreed to coordinate efforts to achieve stability in labor yes. he said they will support state institutions, primarily the military. sisi's remarks came at the end of a meetin meeting. >> aljazeera continues to demand the immediate release of its journalists in egypt. the three have been in prison 295 days now, accused of helping the outlawed muslim brotherhood, a charge they deny. they are appealing against their convictions. >> more than 1,000 health experts are meeting in berlin to discuss way to say stop the spread of the ebola virus. according to the world health organization, more than 9,000 cases of ebola have been reported worldwide. west african countries remain the worst hit by the outbreak. almost 2.5000 people have died in liberia, sierra leone have seen 1200 dead and 860 in guinea. the total number of fatalities from the outbreak currently stands at 4,500. >> we have more from the world health conference in berlin. >> before the summit started in berlin sunday, the president of lie berra issued an appeal to the world asking everybody

the worst against egypt's military personnel in years. egypt declared a state of emergency there. hamas, which controls the gaza strip has been accused of supporting fighters angered in the removal of president mohamed morsi in a coup last year. something that hamas denies but applies stricter border crossing rules. egyptian officials are still discussing compensation, with hundreds of people now forced to give up their homes. but stay something not an option. anyone still there when the deadline expires has been threatened with arrest. al jazeera. >> now the zambian vice president has been named interim leader ahead of fresh elections. he's temporarilily succeeding the president who died in hospital of an undisclosed illness. while president he was known to be pretty unwell much of the time. looking back now at his life and career. >> reporter: the phrase, if at first you don't succeed try and try again best describes the late zambian president. he lost elections three times running as opposition leader. but he kept trying. on his fourth attempt he finally won. he initially made

to what degree have the mistakes of our american friends with respect to egypt and saudi arabia, egypt on pushing human rights as a determinative issue in the relationship and the saudi's and the determination to reach an agreement with the iranians generated a closer relations explicitly in the case of egypt and perhaps implicitly indicates that saudi arabia and the gulf? >> with egypt to a fairly high degree and here no one hides the fact that we lobby on behalf of the administration in washington basically suggesting to the administration that it is mistaken focusing on the human rights violation and all of the alternatives for egypt are worse but only for the american interests before our interests for the saudi interests as well. and right now you are looking at an egypt with whom we are cooperating very closely in china and cooperating very closely regarding gaza. they are also very busy on the libyan friend. so this is an area that we can talk. even though it is rather interesting as you know. we all have an embassy in cairo. they don't want us to have an embassy. they -- israel

>> >>> egypt's president opens an international aid conference in cairo to rebuild gaza after a 7-week bombardment. also on the programme - the united states drops air supplies to the iraqi army as an i.s.i.l. offensive threatens supply lines to baghdad. hopes for free elections in hong kong are dashed as the leader of the territory says protesters have an almost zero chance of getting demands, and 150,000 people in india moved to safety. cyclone hudhud makes land fall. >>> israel's 50 day assault on gaza had a devastating impact. more than 2,000 people were killed, including 511 children. the financial cost is in the billions, for a population suffering for years under israel's land, sea and air blockade. the palestinians are seeking 4 billion to rebuild homes, schools and hospitals damaged by bombing. u.s. secretary of state john kerry is among those at the international aid conference in cairo. the palestinian president said the cycle of violence and a donor conference must end, using the opening remarks to call on the international community to push for a lasting solution between i

that is egypt. that goes into egypt. this is a tiny group of people. only about 300 people are allowed into egypt today at this crossing. that doesn't mean any meaningful goods are allowed to go through the crossing. it really underscores the changes of reconstructing gaza. the border crossings will be discussed. there's an agreement in principle that will allow the palestinian authority and gaza to take control of the border crossings, that will allow materials into the gaza strip. this is, again, a complicated situation. not only is there a desperate need for money, there's questions over how the materials will get in, and crucially, i might add, how cement will come in. israel is suspicious of sending cement into the gaza strip. saying that hamas uses it to build tunnels into israeli territories. that's an issue that will need to be resolved. many hope that that and other issues will be discussed and resolved at the conference. >> thank you at the rafah crossing in gaza >>> the u.s. air force dropped supplies to the iraqi army. government forces hav

the rafah border crossing between gaza and egypt is closed. we'll show you the borges the aftermath of the border with the gaza strip. hundreds are affected. and many have been removed from their homes. egypt says it will stop attackers getting into northern sinai. the high commissioner for human rights navy pillay implaued egypt and its forces to respect the rule of law. >> i covered this in my early days as commissioner. in 2009 it was problematical that egyptian forces were shooting at people, presumably trying to cross the sinai into israel. i think the situation is worse in terms of the lawlessness with which the egyptian forces are seeking to, in their words, contain the situation. they have to respect the human right of all people, including migrants, including those populations who are settled there. if they suspect that anyone is attempting to cross the border illegally, or is attempting to commit some crime, then they have to use the rule of law, rather than the rule of force to deal with that situation. so i think there are human ri

egypt road, ramp just behind us. incident scene is on the shoulder so it is not blocking the off ramp here but it will cause just a bit of the le down because folks want to sees is what going on. if you are traveling 422 off ramp to egypt road you will be slow, and just necessity you will be slow on 422 itself eastbound making your commute around the area of oaks down to 202. new lets talk about the schuylkill expressway and look at these brake lights here. traveling on the westbound side of 76 you are jammed approaching roosevelt boulevard out to gladwynn. taking a look at our wide in the eastbound direction you are slow between 202 down towards center city philadelphia your average speed on 76 right around roosevelt boulevard is 6 miles an hour. we are seeing that volume backup and associated with that delay. ten on i-95 southbound out of the northeastern divide and watch out for blue route delays as well, 422 eastbound and north bound 42 approaching the walt, erika. >> thanks, torey. >>> college application proces

while around 200,000 are in iraq. 140,000 are in egypt. in the german capital of berlin, representatives of 40 countries met to discuss the crisis. >>reporter: several called it the biggest humanitarian disaster of our time and the flow of refugees from syria is threatening more disaster, political and economic, in the countries where they are sheltering. for example, the syrian conflict has caused lebanon's population to jump by more than a quarter straining water supplies schools and hospitals. >> people keep fleeing from the country. that's why today's conference in berlin intends to send a message of solidarity to the refugees and the countries accepting them. >>reporter: a political deal was needed in syria and there was concern because the conflict has changed shape. seeing isil spilling the violence over the border into iraq. this is a treatment center in berlin. around 100 of them now have fled syria. an increasing number have come from iraq. this kurdish grandmother remembers when isil came to her village in iraq. >> we had a peac

ny three colleagues have now been in prison in egypt for 300 days. but it's another twoen mos until their case will be heard. whether the process of their arrest with with the right documents will face one of those arrests and whether the actual trial was carried out in the proper way now, that trial would be irregularities that we witnessed. but this is an egyptian court, we are hoping those irregularlies will be spotted, and their case will be sent to a proper retrial. meanwhile, in egypt, the president aciesy says he wouldn't have allowed the case to have gone to a trial, he would have deported the three right at the beginning of last year, but he says he can't pardon them, that is up to the legal system in egypt to decide whether their case should go to appeal. of course that is recognized as being no way independent, from the political system inside egypt. >> sue tourton in doha. wall street ended the week on a high note, thanks to good earnings news. the s&p 500 was up about 14 and the nasdaq gained about 31 with points. has reportedly settled

egypt declared a state of emergency there. hamas, which controls the gaza strip has been accused of supporting fighters angered by the removal of mohammed morsi in a military coup last year. it's something that hamas denies, and it's official are angry at egypt for also imposing stricter border crossing rules. no one has said that behind friday's attack on the post, but an al-qaeda offshoot in the region has claimed similar attacks in the last year as retribution for morsi's removal and as a crackdown on his supporters. egyptian officials are still discussing compensation with the hundreds of people now forced to give up their homes, but staying is not an option, anyone still there when the deadline expires has been threatened with arrest. >>> well al jazeera continues to demand the immediate release of three jernallists who have been detained in egypt. al jazeera rejects all charges against them. >>> zambia's vice president has been named the country's interim president. he will become the first white african head of state fo