if we want to take sami splint a step further which i think he has really began to decipher it i think what we're talking about is a complete overhaul of the saudi economic system saudi social system that has been prevalent for the past eighty years or so i think mohamed been said man is very much aware that the time is long overdue for fundamental changes to occur this is not this is not going to be a clean process it's going to be relatively ugly sometimes humiliating for some people but at the end of the day there is a transparency process that has been introduced into the system is it being forced down the throats of a lot of people yes it is including when he'd been including the brahimi family the patrols and b.c. including a lot of other very wealthy individuals who have really milk the system to their benefit for decades to come now the time has come to actually look at which at the way things are going to be different in diffused and from the western investor perspective this is actually quite good simply because we're going to be increasingly aware of the a rules that are goi

he says sami anon has many allies who could help him. semi i meant clearly has loyalist supporters within the military establishment it's inconceivable that he would have decided to run for the presidency without having some backers within the military so the question is how will those people respond so i do think that it's too early to say that and then candidacy has been nipped in the bud but we are clearly and it's clear that the regime has indicated its anxiety about i meant candidacy and we'll see now what happens in the coming days in what must be a negotiating process between and then in the military his candidacy announcement indicated that he thought that ccs policies were bad that the military was being asked to bear too much of the burden of governing egypt that in fact there did need to be a cooperation between the civilian and the military forces so certainly he talked an oppositional game in that brief period where he was allowed to speak but it's too much to i would say right now to call him an opposition candidate but cer

official sami are calling this a massacre as you said ninety five people dead at least one hundred fifty eight wounded and concerns of the death toll might continue to increase as a number of those taken to hospitals were sent in very critical condition sami this is the second worst attack here in the afghan capital since a car bomb a truck bomb last may it killed one hundred fifty people but this was truly devastating. another day of carnage on the streets of kabul this time the bomb was in an ambulance the driver pretended to be taking someone to a nearby hospital but instead he detonated his device on a crowded street the taliban said it was targeting policemen having lunch but as so often happens here afghan civilians going about their daily lives are among the victims including people lined up outside the interior ministry's human resources department. i was in my office we heard the explosion we didn't know what was going on so many people were injured i myself counted at least forty wounded near me everyone was on the ground and i couldn't tell who was dead or who was wounded the

estimate has checked all the consequences is facing for the future sami what are what are the limits of reform be it economic or political reform what are the limits of reform when we're talking about a country like saudi how far can it actually go. i'm very worried with in the sense that i mean listening to some of the guests and perhaps maybe i've given this impression as well that somehow we're talking about an overhaul like it's a positive thing that somehow we're saying that m.b.a.'s were implying he's some sort of visionary or revolutionary coming in this is not the case mohamed busy man is doing what he needs to stay in power saudi arabia is surrounded by a growing uranium threat in the north and to the east and to the south and it's got no allies because egypt is reneging on agreements and so is the u.a.e. so saudi is very isolated that's on the external front on the internal front one hundred been seven men needs to maneuver himself to become king before his father dies every time his successor struggle we see situations like this we see will be working for had died talks of

its former chief of staff just days after he said he would run in the presidential election in march sami anon was seen as the main challenger to president abdel fatah anon has not called off his election campaign. and the united nations security council has held a meeting on continued chemical attacks in syria russia call for a new inquiry into who is to blame a move the u.s. has branded a distraction. now a coalition of more than a dozen latin american countries has rejected venezuela's call for early elections saying it contradicts democratic principles the pro-government constituent assembly in caracas is calling for poles by the end of april president nicolas maduro says he's willing to seek another term in office a latin america at its end. reports. foreign ministers from latin america and canada who gathered in chile to discuss the crack presidential elections from which most opposition parties have been banned. for this decision by the. impeach the realization of democratic transparent and credible elections. one of venezuela's best known government opponents is here asking for mo

former chief of staff just days after he said he would run for president in an election this march sami on and had been seen as the main challenger to president of the father of sisi but he's now called off his campaign muhammad has the latest. just days after he announced his candidacy in his country's upcoming presidential elections egypt's military has arrested former egyptian armed forces chief of staff sami. in a televised statement the military said imam committed violations when he announced his presidential bid without obtaining permits from the armed forces he's also accused of committing forgery to be included in the voter database there are two explanations for this one is that he actually miscalculated the level of support that he has within the military institution and within the security and his so within the pollen institutions the second one is not mistaken a decision he expected to step and this is not the end of the story you told the see something account of the action on his part on the part of his loyalists so it's still too early to tell i'm an announced his intent

its former chief of staff just days after he said he would run in the presidential election in march sami anon was seen as the main challenger to president abdel fattah el-sisi is now called off his election campaign. the u.s. justice department has confirmed to al jazeera that attorney general jeff sessions was questioned last week over alleged collusion between donald trump's presidential campaign and russia it's believed to be the first time a member of president trump's cabinet has been questioned in the inquiry house correspondent kimberly hockett reports. getting closer to the president the department of justice confirming attorney general jeff sessions has been interviewed by robert muller steam as a witness in the russian vest a geisha and it's the first time a member of donald trump's cabinet has been questioned by the special counsel the trump says he's unfazed by what sessions might have told investigators but not at all thank you all the investigation is probing possible truck campaign ties with russia of whether the united states president tried to obstruct the russian vesta

estimate has checked all the consequences is facing for the future sami what are what are the limits of reform be it economic or political reform what are the limits of reform when we're talking about a country like saudi how far can it actually go. i'm very worried with in the sense that i mean listening to some of the guests and perhaps maybe i've given this impression as well that somehow we're talking about an overhaul like it's a positive thing that somehow we're saying that m.b.a.'s were implying he's some sort of visionary or revolutionary coming in this is not the case mohamed bin so man is doing what he needs to stay in power saudi arabia is surrounded by a growing uranium threat in the north and to the east and to the south and it's got no allies because egypt is reneging on agreements and so is the u.a.e. so saudi is very isolated that's on the external front on the internal front one hundred been seven men needs to maneuver himself to become king before his father dies every time his successor struggle we see situations like this we see will be working for had died talks

cannot divulge right now but rest assured we are at the end of this story just of do you agree with sami success meant that and this particular round it seems like m.b.'s one against somebody as powerful as it is internationally known as prince charlie. it's a bit more complicated than that prince what he'd been had given his loyalty his allegiance to him a bit said a man when he was appointed heir apparent over six months ago so therefore. was not a political threat in fact well it but the law has a better chance of becoming prime minister of lebanon than ever becoming king of saudi arabia but that's a different issue i think that there is one one aspect of this whole discussion that is absolutely correct namely that prince mohammed bin sandman is trying to put order at home he would like to have not just what he'd been but all the wealthy individuals and a kingdom to actually fall behind his very ambitious vision twenty thirty economic plans to change the way business is conducted in the kingdom of saudi arabia in that sense he has succeeded even though the going has been tough and the

well we heard earlier from the league's analyst sami hamdi and he told us what he thinks on the arms withdrawal means for the upcoming election. i think what this demonstrates is that the army is losing its ability to keep its ranks in order i mean remember it's also part of the army and served as prime minister and he was he disobeyed the army and announced his intention to run for presidency and likewise of course don't forget that semi and then was also very brazen in his approach to the president's presidential candidacy he appointed he shamed going into the former top auditor who was ousted by sisi after claiming that more than seventy five billion dollars was being lost in corruption and then in his speech and mounting his presidential candidacy accuse the army of mismanagement of egypt it was very brazen this is why i don't necessarily think that it's a surprise remember this is a country where presidents don't leave by elections they either die in power like demand of the nuts or they're either killed like anwar sadat or they're ousted by a mass movement like hosni mubarak th

well former armed forces chief of staff sami announce says he'll also run an call for state institutions to be neutral towards all candidates. with daughter suri if i am elected to this historic position to save egypt that belongs to the people i call on all citizens to do their part in their responsibility to the nation. home orthostatic. i can the country's institutions both private and military to remain neutral towards all who have announced her candidacy and to not take sides of the current president this is against our constitution he is merely a candidate among other candidates also to come here not just here including concerns are being raised over the plan to repatriate thousands of ranger refugees to me and set to begin in a few days time. and they made it from syria to lebanon but refugees from war face freezing winter conditions in makeshift camps more and stay with us. hello the deep freeze a week ago is almost a memory if anything the temperatures throughout the central plains a sudden states in the eastern seaboard all rising pressure is high and the breeze is something of

well for now it's holding sami but these things are all relative when it comes to how things develop on the ground i think rules are important yes it is important of course that those airstrikes in the fighting stops when you talk about which is the last rebel stronghold in the vicinity of damascus there's really only a few pockets and other than province of rebel control inside syria these days sami but when it comes to the humanitarian situation four hundred thousand people according to the u.n. in there are starvation lack of food like of medicine so when we talk about a ceasefire we also have to look at what things they discuss which is humanitarian corridors aid access into areas like that we know how complicated that is of aid agencies particularly the u.n. to organize for all sides to agree on aid access so again you know these are the first steps of a very complicated process and just because there is no more violence doesn't mean that the people inside eastern. are having it any easier on the other hand just briefly there is an ongoing conflict of course here where we are wh

out of ankara every day is member and all the way to the iraqi border the complication with that sami is that the y.p. to there are supported by the united states the united states has bases and military personnel on the ground in these areas this is why we're seeing a whole back and forth between washington and ankara over the last few weeks it is a tense situation turkey says one thing the americans say that it hasn't happened and now there's again as major meal is that something that you can catch on the camera we're just going to try and zoom in quite a large plume of smoke there just to show you how close it is and why this is strategy so we got just to sort of wrap it up sami for you that's certainly an airstrike jets have been going up here all day long so that's a mountain so f.s.a. and in charge it does still seem that they're trying to clear all the pockets of y p g that remain there. stephanie has plenty more to talk about i think we'll have to leave it there for now it's talk about you still water next time stepping back over and one of the most prominent pro-democracy act

i'm through tears in london with the top stories on al-jazeera egypt's former military chief of staff sami hand man who put himself forward as a presidential candidate has been detained by the military and removed from voters lists by the election commission is the latest in a string of candidates who've been forced to withdraw from the march poll as more. just days after year now nst his candidacy in his country's upcoming presidential elections egypt's military has arrested former egyptian armed forces chief of staff sami a man. in a televised statement the military said imam committed violations when he announced his presidential bid without obtaining permits from the armed forces he's also accused of committing forgery to be included in the voter database there are two explanations for this one is that he actually miscalculated the level of support that he has within the military institution and within the security interest so within the pollen institutions the second one is not mistaken a decision he expected to step and this is not the end of the story you told me see something accou

into a false one minute you need a scene as a leading contender to replace sisi is out of the race sami annan was arrested by soldiers on choose day only come on to say the former army chief is soft broke the law by not getting permission to declare his candidacy spokesman says his arrest means the state doesn't really want elections a tool well another comes as out of the running is ahmed shafik the former prime minister and air force chief announced his challenge in november but withdrew earlier this month he said he had reconsidered and didn't think he was the best person to run the country the nephew of late president also out he's refused to run them in what he called an environment of fear surrounding the election. it's a far cry from the egyptian revolution seven years ago then the streets of cairo are filled with hopes for change and democracy millions protested against poverty unemployment and corruption president hosni mubarak was overthrown after nearly thirty years in power his replacement in june two thousand and twelve was egypt's first democratically elected president moh

is the president of egypt scared of the competition sami annan is the latest contender forced out of the race for the presidential election in long the army's fluent chief of staff is under arrest and the former prime minister has also been forced to drop out this is inside story. hello there and welcome to the program i'm laura kyle it doesn't look like many or should that be any challenges are going to make it to polling day for the presidential election in egypt voting in march will be the second sense of will fattah el-sisi deposed president mohamed morsy five years ago critics say the election is turning into a farce one military leaders seen as a leading contender is to replace sisi is out of the race sami annan was arrested by soldiers on chews day army commander said the former army chief of staff broke the law by not getting permission to declare his candidacy and spokesman says his arrest means the state doesn't really want elections a tall well another comes as out of the running is ahmed shafik the former prime minister and air force chief announced his challenge in novem

into a false one minute you need a scene as a leading contender to replace sisi is out of the race sami annan was arrested by soldiers on choose day c'mon to say the former army chief is soft broke the law by not getting permission to declare his candidacy spokesman says his arrest means the state doesn't really want elections a tool well another comes as out of the running is ahmed shafik the former prime minister and air force chief announced his challenge in november but withdrew earlier this month he said he had reconsidered and didn't think he was the best person to run the country the nephew of late president that is also out he's refused to run them in what he called an environment of fear surrounding the election. it's a far cry from the egyptian revolution seven years ago then the streets of cairo are filled with hopes for change and democracy millions protested against poverty unemployment and corruption president hosni mubarak was overthrown after nearly thirty years in power his replacement in june two thousand and twelve was egypt's first democratically elected president mo

hello sami it was the pope francis this moment still giving his mass here in an air force base where there are about one hundred forty thousand pilgrims. had to say unlike in his previous visit to meon by. here he went directly into the conflict the regional conflict which he dedicated to the indigenous my blue chip people he says that there is a great danger in this region of a division and of confrontation of confrontation of course which we know is already under way you just mentioned some of the acts of violence that have taken place leading up to the pope's arrival here let me he also said that the this region is crying for centuries or because of centuries of injustice and he said that they are . there's a lot of wind that they are celebrating this mass here to honor those who suffered and died he was referring of course to the mob who chase and who suffered the violence violations of human rights and who are still carrying the weight of so much injustice on their backs so he says he did talk a lot about the need for the bridges to be recognized their culture their language but

thousand nine hundred sixty seven well let's go now to our guests and joining us from london via skype sami handy as international interest and ramallah was stuff about the secretary of the palestinian national initiative is also a former minister of information and in weybridge by skype gunderson a middle east specialist at kingston university london a very warm welcome to all of you mr first of all if you will your response to this new york times report on egypt you surprised by what a pretty shocking revelations i'm not sure how serious this report is or how accurate it is because it is building the whole story on information leaking from one officer. which contradicts the official positions that were declared by egypt we know that those israeli side so many other parties trying to put palestinians in confrontation with. not only the united states but also with many arab countries and we will not allow that to happen but that does not mean we should not be very clear about our position as you lose a limb is the capital of palestine anybody who there has to touch the rights of the palesti

thousand nine hundred sixty seven well let's go now to our guests and joining us from london via skype sami handy as international interest and ramallah was stuff about the secretary of the palestinian national initiative is also a former minister of information and in weybridge fast skype gunderson a middle east specialist at kingston university london and i will welcome to all of you with other first of all if you will your response to this new york times report on egypt you surprised by what a pretty shocking revelations i am not sure how serious this report is or how accurate it is because it is building the whole story on information leaking from one officer. which contradicts the official positions that were declared very easy and we know that those israeli side so many other parties trying to put a list in use in confrontation with. not only the united states but also with many arab countries and we will not allow that to happen but that does not mean we should not be very clear about our position as you lose a limb is the capital of palestine anybody who there has to touch the right

one thousand nine hundred sixty seven let's go now to our guests and joining us from london via skype sami handy as international interest in ramallah mustafa barghouti sekret general of the palestinian national initiative is also a former minister of information and in weybridge via skype gunderson a middle east specialist at kingston university london a very warm welcome to all of you mr first of all if you will your response to this new york times report on egypt you surprised by what a pretty shocking revelations. i am not sure how serious this report is or how accurate it is because it is building the whole story on information leaking from one office. which contradicts the official positions that were declared by egypt we know that there is really side so many other parties trying to put palestinians in confrontation with. not only the united states but also with many other countries and we will not allow that to happen but that does not mean we should not be very clear about our position as you lose a limb is the capital of palestine anybody who dares to touch the rights of the pale

trying to iron out these issues and of course when it comes to syria with all the different players sami it's all about what will you give me if i give you what you want so these negation negotiations are not going i suppose turkey hasn't gotten the green light yet which is why it hasn't happened despite all of this rhetoric but yes you do have the the ground troops that are the f.s.a. fighters and now you'll see we're going to step out of some of these concrete blocks coming down from where this base is a lot of sort of defensive activity happening here but certainly when it comes to that operation being launched despite the political rhetoric that that hasn't happened yet but certainly it is a tense situation we've been speaking to the villagers here they'll tell you well at the moment it is outgoing but they are concerned of course if this escalates that the y.p. g. would retaliate across the border into turkey and we'll leave it there for now thanks so much stephanie decker. russia has accused the us of trying to undermine efforts to end the war in syria washington has denied setting

waterloo in canada thank you very much indeed for your time the former armed forces chief of staff sami on and has said that he's also going to run he's called for state institutions to be neutral towards all candidates do you think that that's an indication that there is an element of democracy that's going to happen in this election you know. well i'm sorry about that we appear to have lost our link to besmirch mani will try and get her back later in the program in the meantime let's me tell you about pope francis who's matt's peru's president. wraps up his south american tour and earlier the pope's called for the protection of indigenous people while visiting the heart approves imus and forest the pope condemned the exploitation of timber gas and gold in the area he said made to peruvians have never been more threatened and urged the government to recognize their culture montana sunshades has this update from lima. well the pope visited one of the most devastated areas in the region in the amazon in the southern region of the. southern. a region where gold miners have devastated this

threat to the re-election of egypt's president abdel fattah el-sisi has been detained by the military sami and has also called off his campaign the phone with the chief of staff is the latest in a string of candidates who've been forced to withdraw from the upcoming presidential elections. yours. just days after he announced his candidacy in his country's upcoming presidential elections egypt's military has arrested former egyptian armed forces chief of staff sami ana. in a televised statement the military said i'm committed violations when he announced his presidential bid without obtaining permits from the armed forces he's also accused of committing forgery to be included in the voter database there are two explanations for. this one is that he actually miscalculated the level of support that he has within the military institution and within the security interest so within the pollen institutions the second one is not mistaken a decision he expected to step and this is not the end of the story you probably see something akin to the action on his part of the part of his loyalists so it's

latin is also home to the sami and indigenous people who inhabit the arctic regions of scandinavia some a culture tradition that in revolved around reindeer for centuries the sama lived as nomads and survived life in the cold many are still having difficulty finding their place in modern swedish society and not everyone is happy with the attention northern lights tourism has brought to the region but others see it as a business opportunity given. those who focus only on winter nights in all busy who will miss the chance to take in the region's stunning scenery as well as its reindeer they're an important part of summing culture to truly understand the indigenous people up here in the north it's necessary to understand the love of reindeer. hakan and knocks on is expecting guests he's a reindeer breeder. when tourists first started coming here how khan was concerned about the negative consequences it might have on the environment and local people but now he enjoys telling visitors about sami culture and lifestyle. it's not a number of tourists it's just right. it's still not in the fleet

latin is also home to the sami and indigenous people who inhabit the arctic regions of scandinavia some a culture tradition in revolved around rain dhea for centuries the sama lived as nomads and survived life in the cold many are still having difficulty finding their place in modern swedish society and not everyone is happy with the attention northern lights tourism has brought to the region but others see it as a business opportunity given. those who focus solely on winter nights who will miss the chance to take in the region's stunning scenery as well as its reindeer they're an important part of summing culture to truly understand the indigenous people up here in the north it's necessary to understand their love a reindeer. park an n. ox on is expecting guests he's a reindeer breeder. when tourists first started coming here how khan was concerned about the negative consequences it might have on the environment and local people but now he enjoys telling visitors about sami culture and lifestyle. what a number of tourists is just right. it's still not that he thought that had only the

at this really precarious time sami. jim that thanks so much the palestinian authority's recalling its and void to the u.s. following president trump's decision to recognize jerusalem as israel's capital the foreign ministry says his his return to discuss a future palestinian strategy it insists he will return to washington d.c. to resume his duties of to the holiday season. still ahead on al jazeera losing their faith in south korea churches and temples trying to find new ways to bring people back to religion plus. two thousand and eighteen is election year here in brazil and a country that struggling with its corrupt politicians and economic strife will be hoping that something is going to change. by this guy never. more off the coast of the italian riviera. hello and a happy new year to year is a stormy start to the new year across western parts of europe cloud and rain piling in from the atlantic some very very wet weather coming into a good parts of france at the moment and that will continue to make its way further

thousand nine hundred sixty seven well let's go now to our guests and joining us from london via skype sami handy as international interest and ramallah was stuff about all of the palestinian national initiative is also a former minister of information and in weybridge fast type gunderson a middle east specialist at kingston university london a very warm welcome to all of you mr first of all if you will your response to this new york times report on egypt you surprised by what a pretty shocking revelations i'm not sure how serious this report is or how accurate it is because it is building the whole story on information leaking from one officer. which contradicts the official positions that were declared very easy and we know that those really side so many other parties trying to put a list in use in confrontation with. not only the united states but also with many arab countries and we will not allow that to happen but that does not mean we should not be very clear about our position as you lose a limb is the capital of palestine anybody who there has to touch the rights of the palestinian

former chief of staff just days after he said he would run for president in an election this march sami on has been seen as a significant rival to president. but he's now called off his campaign homage on june has the latest. just days after he announced his candidacy in his country's upcoming presidential elections egypt's military has arrested former egyptian armed forces chief of staff sami annan. in a televised statement the military said imam committed violations when he announced his presidential bid without obtaining permits from the armed forces he's also accused of committing forgery to be included in the voter database there are two explanations for this one is that he actually miscalculated the level of support that he has within the military institution and within the security and his so within the politest two sions the second one is he actually had not mistaken a decision he expected to step and this is not the end of the story you told d.c. something account of reaction on his part on the part of his loyalists so it's still too early to tell i'm not announced his intentio

the latin is also home to the sami an indigenous people who inhabit the arctic regions of scandinavia some a culture tradition that revolved around reindeer for centuries the sama lived as no man's and survived life in the cold many are still having difficulty finding their place in modern swedish society and not everyone is happy with the attention northern lights tourism has brought to the region but of the see it as a business opportunity. those who focus only on winter nights you know who will miss the chance to take in the region's stunning scenery as well as its reindeer they're an important part of saami culture to truly understand the indigenous people up here in the north it's necessary to understand the love of reindeer. hakan an ox on is expecting guests he's a reindeer breeder. when tourists first started coming here khan was concerned about the negative consequences it might have on the environment and local people but now he enjoys telling visitors about sami culture and lifestyle. it's not a number of tourists it's just right it's still not. only that spread out we don'

with breaking news coming out of egypt where the military there has arrested the former chief of staff sami and now days after he announced his candidacy in the presidential election planned for this coming march that's according to another campaign earlier in a televised statement the military said and i am committed violations when he announced his presidential bid without obtaining permits from the armed forces he's also accused of committing forgery to be included in the voter database the two other presidential hopefuls were forced to quit the race earlier this month one of them hunted and was set up the nephew of the former leader anwar sadat said last week that he wanted to protect his campaign workers from intimidation or arrest. the main concern is are we going to really be able to continue in the race under such a climate the answer that we've all reached is that we don't think we can continue in such an environment and we have decided not to run. former prime minister and force general overture feet also announced his address did running but he was placed under house arrest and t

former armed forces chief of staff sami annan says he'll also run and called for state institutions to be neutral towards all candidates of the i'm a warlock with arsenal if i am elected to this historic position to save egypt that belongs to the people i call on all citizens to do their part in their responsibility to the nation. i can the country's institutions both private and military to remain neutral towards all who have announcer candidacy and to not take sides of the current president this is against our constitution he is merely a candidate among other candidates or still the common al-jazeera indonesia steps up its response to a health crisis and papá province. and gender politics takes center stage of this year's sundance festival in the wake of the hollywood sex scandals. hello there the clouds are gathering for the southeastern parts of china at the moment so we're going to see a little bit of whether there as we head through the day on sunday but i think overnight on sunday and into monday that cloud will disintegrate most of us will have a dry day by the time we get to

media show he shot and then with severe injuries he was an assistant to former presidential candidate sami on who was arrested last week and barred from running for office the interior ministry says he was injured in a dispute linked to a car accident. the czech republic's populist president millar's him on has been reelected for a second time in a vote highlighting deep social divisions simmons' campaign was based on an anti immigration platform he narrowly defeated his pro european rival g.-d. the dark horse the president has strong support among rural voters his opponent was largely backed by wealthier people in towns and cities. of people from albany is opposition parties have taken part in anti-government protests in the capital to run a they want a prime minister to resign accuses administration of having links to corruption an organized crime. has more. from the early morning hours people from any old indian state is thought a gathering here in the center of capital tehran and then under government protest accusing the government of links to the organized crime and calling for his r

a backlash egypt's former military chief of staff sami anon will run in the presidential election in march his party made the announcement on thursday comes days after former egyptian prime minister. said he was how long are considering running for the president in this year's elections the current president is expected to seek a second term but as yet to officially announce his candidacy the u.n. humanitarian chief says he is deeply worried about civilians caught up in pockets of violence in syria arklow caught made the comments during a visit to the capital damascus a while the army is waging an air campaign in eastern gooden your the syrian capital this is an opposition held area that has been under siege for almost four years at least eighty five people have died there just since the start of the new year. right. now. i'm concerned about reproducing. me. and i'm. going to find him in. trying to reign in the. around. two palestinian teenagers have been killed in separate incidents with this really soldiers palestine's health ministry says both of the victims or sixteen year old bo

and i get a reminder the top stories here are not sarah and egyptian presidential candidate sami i'm nine has been detained by the military and has called off his campaign he was seen as the only potential threat to the reelection of abdul fattah el-sisi. it's been revealed that u.s. attorney general jeff sessions was questioned last week ever alleged connection between donald trump's presidential campaign and russia. thousands of people are fleeing fighting in the northern syrian region of africa and on the fourth day of turkish shelling and the ground offensive. india's prime minister has warned against what he calls threats to global civilization as he made the opening address of the world economic forum in switzerland there are also caution that protectionism is spreading three thousand delegates including seventy one of the tins are attending this year's summits in the ski resort of davos u.s. president will trump will close the gathering on thursday. a strong earthquake has struck the gulf of alaska prompting a tsunami which has not been lifted the epicenter of the seven point

el-sisi has been detained by the military and has called off his campaign for the military chief of staff sami anon for me declared his intention to run as a presidential candidate in the march elections on saturday in a televised statement the military said that anon had announced his bid without obtaining the correct permits he's also accused of committing forgery to be included in the database to other presidential hopefuls were forced to quit the race earlier this month one of them said the nephew of former leader anwar sadat said last week he wanted to protect his campaign workers from intimidation or arrest. the main concern is are we going to really be able to continue in the race under such a climate the answer that we will reached is that we don't think we can continue in such an environment and we have decided not to run and for the prime minister an air force jet. shafique had also announced his interest in running but he was placed under house arrest and then to ported from the united arab emirates where he'd been living in exile his lawyers say he was detained as soon as he landed

is a failed kidnapping attempt hisham gun then it was an assistant to former presidential candidate sami anon who was arrested last week and barred from running for office thousands of people from all barriers opposition parties have taken part in antigovernment protests in the capital tirana they want prime minister either rama to resign they accuse his administration of having links to corruption and organized crime those are the headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera after rewind by phone or. the to. be to. up. up. to i'm laura. back in two thousand and six. we decided to revisit some of the most important stories and find out how they've moved to. two thousand and thirteen and afghanistan. traveled to the north of the country to see one of the most dramatic changes to take place in the previous decades under the taliban women. in education but off to two thousand and three. able to return to school on the taliban have been toppled from power by u.s. backed afghan forces today's rewind film focuses on. the minority tuck. on the border with touch. and noria a both keen to take

samy yes it's a very long and uncertain way for the people standing here behind me a balun central station they want to know are they going to be as you get a train out to the station this morning many people have been waiting since yesterday when trains were initially counseled to leave the city they've been stranded since then now more trains cancelled this morning somehow believing very few though most of the trains on the board behind me on no longer running said people are potentially facing hours of waiting time to see if they can get on a train out of the city some people that we have spoken to say that they were planning on going to bet they party in frog prague lots of people have events coming out that they simply conks get to anymore so there isn't very a gloomy faces here this is courses being played out at train stations across germany scenes like this people waiting to see if they can get on long distance trains we know that in the south of germany some trains are running but here in berlin in the west and in north germany it's very dramatic scenes playing out the train stati

former chief of staff just days after he said he would run in the presidential election this march sami amman was seen as the main challenger to president abdel fattah el-sisi the united nations security council has held a meeting on continued chemical attacks in syria russia call for a new inquiry into who is to blame a move the u.s. has branded a distraction the u.s. justice department has confirmed attorney general jeff sessions was questioned last week over alleged collusion between donald trump's presidential campaign and russia it's believed to be the first time a member of tom's cabinet has been questioned in the inquiry which is led by former f.b.i. director robert mueller police in pakistan have arrested a man suspected of raping and killing a seventy year old girl zainab and saris body was found in a rubbish dump earlier this month in the city of course sort of murderous sparked outrage on social media and led to protests across pakistan. and those are the headlines on al-jazeera the news continues right after rebel architecture to status. news has never been more available bu

his former chief of staff just days after he said he would run in the presidential election in march sami in and was seen as the main challenger to president abdel fattah sisi the united nations security council has held a meeting on continued chemical attacks in syria russia call for a new inquiry into who is to blame a move the u.s. has branded a distraction earlier diplomats agreed at a meeting in paris to push for sanctions and criminal charges against those responsible. at least thirty one people have been killed by a car bomb in libya the blast in the eastern city of benghazi struck for shippers who were leaving a mosque after evening prayers and a second car bomb exploded just half an hour later injuring security and ambulance personnel. a court in brazil is judy decide on wednesday whether to uphold a corruption conviction against former president lula da silva. hundreds of his supporters rallied in southern porto alegre in the southern city of port on a great to hear him speak a day before the decision if he loses his appeal he'll be unable to run for president this year despite

allow i'm sami's a that and how with a reminder now of the top stories here on al-jazeera u.s. president don trump has delivered his first state of the union address calling on americans to set aside their differences and find common ground he spoke mainly about domestic policy but also mentioned tensions with iran and north korea and the u.s. rivalry with china and russia prompt also pushed across party support to solve the issue of so-called dreamers undocumented immigrants brought to the u.s. as children. my duty and the sacred duty of every elected official in this chamber is to defend america us to protect their safety their families their communities and their right to the american dream because americans are dreamers to. ah saudi led coalition airplanes have carried out strikes in the yemeni capital of sun are targeting houthi rebel weapons stores explosions were felt in an area north of the city's coalition forces carried out the raids russian sponsored talks aimed at finding a political solution in the war in syria have ended with a call for elections but the syrian op

the top aide to the barred egyptian presidential candidate sami and than has reportedly been stabbed in the face and badly beaten in the capital cairo egypt's interior ministry says he was injured after a dispute related to a car accident one of the world's richest men that saudi prince i will leave been has been released from detention and says he'll be cleared of corruption charges he's been held in a hotel in the capital riyadh since november along with about two hundred others as part of what the government says is an anti corruption drive. at least fourteen soldiers have been killed in an attack on an army camp in northern mali eighteen others were wounded in the assault by armed men in the city of timbuktu this is the worst such attack in the west african nation for more than a year. thousands of people in albania have been taking part in protests against the government in the capital tehran a calling for the resignation of prime minister eighty iran was a center left government accusing it of links to organize the cry. coming up next it's people in power with the story of refu

cc's running for a second term in march that former army chief sami annan has added his name to the list calling for state institutions to be neutral towards all candidates. pope francis has met peru's president pedro public as he wraps up his south america talk earlier he called for the protection of indigenous people while visiting the heart of peru's amazon forest the pope condemned the exploitation of timber gas and gold area. turkey's mobilizing thousands of free syrian army rebels on its border with syria it's part of a military operation threaten against syrian kurdish fighters known as the y p g were based in a three in the army's as a ground assault could happen soon and the lebanese army has found the bodies of nine syrian refugees they froze to death in a snow storm trying to cross the border into lebanon and u.s. vice president mike pence is on his way to the middle east for a three day trip to discuss moving the american embassy in israel from tel aviv to jerusalem u.s. decision to recognize jerusalem as israel's capital has provoked widespread international opposition well

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president in two thousand and thirty ccs main challenger will be former armed forces chief of staff sami and. at least twelve syrian refugees are frozen to death while trying to cross the border into lebanon three children were among the victims u.n. agencies in lebanon say they're short of funds to help refugees staying in camps get through the harsh winter u.s. vice president mike pence is on his way to the middle east for a three day trip to discuss moving the american embassy in israel to jerusalem the u.s. decision to recognize jerusalem as israel's capital provoked international anger palestinians have made it clear he's not welcome facebook is launching a survey for members to identify news sources that are trustworthy chief executive mark zuckerberg wants to prioritize what he calls high quality news saying there's too much misinformation in the news feed pope francis is met peru's president of the republican years he wraps up his south american tour earlier he called for the protection of indigenous people while visiting peru's amazon forest. back at the top the hour. konar prov

stories and breaking news coming out of egypt where its military has detained the former chief of staff sami and nine days after he announced that he would run in the presidential election planned for march that's according to an un's campaign team earlier a televised statement in a televised statement the military said and i had committed violations when he announced his presidential bid without obtaining permits from the armed services all of the top stories that we're following is that a magnitude eight point two earthquake has struck off the coast of alaska the tremor was centered two hundred fifty kilometers southeast of chile at the depth of ten kilometers now it's prompted a tsunami warning for parts of alaska and canada a tsunami watches in place for the west coast of the united states these are pictures of residents being evacuated from the town of kodiak in alaska following that earthquake. a look oh yeah sort of behavior here so again remind everybody this is not a drill this is an actual tsunami warning everybody get at least one hundred feet above sea level high school parking l

its former chief of staff just days after he said he would run in the presidential election in march sami on and was seen as the main challenger to president sisi called office election campaign. the united nations security council has held a meeting and continued chemical attacks in syria russia has called for the new inquiry into who's to blame a move the u.s. has branded a distraction. israel has again accused the un human rights council of unfair treatment during a meeting in geneva at a review of the country's rights record many states urged it to end all but three detentions and the torture of palestinian prisoners that he has got more from geneva. well the last time israel's human rights record was under review here that was five years ago the israelis actually boycotted the session well on tuesday there was an israeli delegation here and they pointed out several areas in which they said there had been improvements in the human rights situation in israel for example increasing access to legal aid for the country's bedouin arab population setting up an action plan to combat racism a

upcoming presidential elections egypt's military has arrested former egyptian armed forces chief of staff sami annan. in a televised statement the military said imam committed violations when he announced his presidential bid without obtaining permits from the armed forces he's also accused of committing forgery to be included in the voter database there are two explanations for this one is that he actually miscalculated the level of support that he has within the minute any institution and within the security interests so within the pollen institutions the second one is he actually did not mistaken a decision he expected to step and this is not the end of the story you probably see something a count of the action on his part or the part of his loyalists so it's still too early to tell i'm not announced his intention to run hours after current president of the fatah has sisi declared his plan to seek a second term even before sisi made his candidacy official it wasn't just widely assumed that sisi would prevail in the march elections it was also widely expected that real opposition to sisi was

country in two thousand and thirteen cc's main challenger will be for more armed forces chief of staff sami on our u.s. vice president mike pence is on his way to the middle east for a three day trip to discuss moving the american embassy in israel to jerusalem pents will go to egypt and jordan and spend two days in israel where he will address parliament palestinians of may be clear he's not welcome pope francis has arrived in the city of to a fellow in northern to visit in the area hit by flooding last year the head of the roman catholic church is expected to hold a mass and talk about climate change earlier he visited produce amazon region where he called for the protection of indigenous people. those are your headlines. we're back to the top of the hour. america's controversial president continues to polarize opinions. special about the impact president has had at home and around the globe. on al-jazeera. the two men behind super could hardly have more different backgrounds their partnership might seem unlikely but it. is certain things which we have in common and that's what makes us w

welcome back reminder the top stories here an al-jazeera egyptian presidential candidate sami and has been detained by the military and called off his campaign he was seen as the only potential threat to the reelection of abdel fattah el-sisi thousands of people are fleeing fighting in the northern syrian region of a freend on the fourth day of turkish shelling and the ground offensive and the u.s. secretary of state rex tillerson says that russia bears the ultimate responsibility for the syrian cat government's use of chemical weapons after the latest suspected gas attack. in the in prime minister narendra modi has warned against threats to global civilization in his opening address at the world economic forum in switzerland at the center of this year's summit is the debate over the growing gap between rich and poor u.s. president trump will close the gathering of seventy world leaders on thursday china hole has more from. its gridlock boss just as the world economic forum's annual meeting hard stop high in the swiss alps a huge dump of snow has brought things to a standstill it does