most of egypt is desert. one way to irrigate the land used for farming efficiently would be to use modern drip irrigation methods. some local farmers alluding to implement this technique. achmed the agricultural consultant chicks on their progress but some still have worries. or. care. at the moment egypt imports around sixty percent of its food but the country can't afford even more expensive imports to compensate production losses due to lack of water. as soon as ethiopia starts feeling its new reservoir there will be less water for egypt adopting new and more efficient irrigation techniques may be the only way for egypt's farmers to survive. the city of the badaun in southwest nigeria is home to the international institute of tropical i'll call it your i t a this nonprofit institution generates agricultural innovations to meet africa's most pressing challenges including hunger malnutrition poverty and natural resource the good ation it works with partners across the sub-saharan africa so improve livelihood

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the country woke up to a new reality egypt of the general twenty fifth revolution had become egypt of the july third military coup sisi who most people hadn't even heard of before now had his pictures paraded around the capital after trucks and vans had distributed them overnight one newspaper headlines lauded praise on the army general. in the about though the mood was that of anger and condemnation. as far as these egyptians were concerned the army whose role it was to protect the country but instead led it towards an abyss. to fear never again in a later race fi. wellin and over a will more a year the reunion. we must really. it has into a new stuff that i was in a whole. new. better. when in my city in connecticut. and. yemen. where no thought is the can i. get out of. the. c.c. was keen on gaining international legitimacy and presenting the cooler as if it were a popular revolution. and that we. had to fit so veteran diplomat somehow medal but i was made vice president and the government announced that it would not be cracking down on anyone but in reality the opposite happened e

jane: there are many queens of egypt. this exhibition looks at six,ng span400 years of ancient history. it is hard to know how they lived, but there is plenty to shir how they died and how t members were perfected. hirhaps nobody personifies more than the fabled beauty nefertiti. do you think she actually looks like that? e have no idea what she actually looks like, and her mummy has not been identified, and even if it had been, how are you going to go from one to t other and say here is the skeletal face and line it up with this as actual reality. this is what she wanted to present to her people. it is what her hband wanted to esent her as. jane: this exhibition also includes the last queen of egypt, cleopatra. her life, too, has been rewritten and manipulated over the centuries. but thanks to this exhibition, she and the other queens emerge from theirom tombs as real and not just the stuff of legend. jane o'brien, bbc news,. washingt laura: the trailblazing queens of egypt, cleopatra and nefertiti. you might say they we

and with the powers of the next president still unclear egypt's transition to democracy already a rocky one many are fearful that this transition could be a very long one in the heat but often less than a year in office morsi faced increasing the rest much of it orchestrated by a deep state stats refer. used to allow for civilian president to rule many egyptians fail to see any improvement in the economic situation. and when morsi issued a decree protecting him from de guiche will oversight he met fierce opposition which continued to build until massive protests were planned for dream thirtieth. it is the final hours before the much awaited june thirtieth what many people see is either the last stand between the two sides as they struggle for power here in egypt or just the latest chapter in what has been an ever more violent process since the revolution well now do women have carried out a sec. and i did too on. a no labor deal on his show today this was the last speech delivered by mohamed morsi as president as he tried desperately to salvage the situation but what was actually going

to deny egypt a leading role in setting its human rights agenda this is related to the office of the un special rapporteur responsible for the promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms its mandate is up for renewal in egypt is reportedly in talks to take a leading role in drafting the resolution egypt was recently denounced by the un special rapporteur of the severe uprising against people who spoke to another visiting un expert. and its government has been accused of numerous rights violations amid a crackdown on dissent matt pollard is a senior legal advisor and u.n. representative for the international commission of jurists he joins us now from geneva good to have you with us so what sort of human rights record hold does egypt have in comparison with other members of the human rights council. well i mean here it's important to keep in mind we're talking specifically about the abuse of counter-terrorism measures to violate human rights special rapporteur the expert we're talking about here is the one person within the massive architecture that the u.n. has t

this sd discovered an ancient egypt's. this 3d recreation shows just how beloved queen never terry must‘ve been. more than 3000 years and many looters later, it's probably as good as we will get to seeing what it was like. this sarcophagus is so important because it is the only thing that remains of the funeral set of queen nefertar. made of granite, her sarcophagus was discovered in 190a along with what may be the queen's knees. these knees are kind of a mystery that we are trying to solve. we can say they belong to a woman who died around the age of 40, who lived in the new kingdom. this could be queen nefertari but we can't say it's her. tracing the story of egypt's queens can be tough. although many ruled in their own right, they still lived in a man's world and the history was often manipulated or even a raised. the tale is told in stunning hieroglyphics can't be trusted because they are also symbols of authoritarian rule. it's a very strange thing in a patriarchal society to allow a woman to step to the highest run

the country woke up to a new reality egypt of the general twenty fifth revolution had become egypt of the july third military coup sisi who most people hadn't even heard of before now had his pictures paraded around the capital after trucks and vans had distributed them overnight one newspaper headlines lauded praise on the army general. in the about though the mood was that of anger and condemnation. as far as these egyptians were concerned the army whose role it was to protect the country but instead led it towards an abyss. and. to feel that again in the middle east's free. wellin and whole a would more a. lot. of the mess really. it has into a new stuff in a whole. new class a better. wooden message now it's ten. thirty. when no thought is a can i. add that. that's what it was. says he was keen on gaining international legitimacy and presenting the cool as if it were a popular revolution. and that we. had to fit so veteran diplomat somehow medal but i was made vice president and the government announced that it would not be cracking down on anyone but in reality the opposite happe

the country woke up to a new reality egypt of the general twenty fifth revolution had become egypt of the july third military coup sisi who most people hadn't even heard of before now had his pictures paraded around the capital after trucks and vans had distributed them overnight one newspaper headlines lauded praise on the army general. in the about though the mood was that of anger and condemnation. as far as these egyptians were concerned the army whose role it was to protect the country but instead led it towards an abyss. to fear math again in the middle east free. while in and over a would more a year there in him. we must really. it has into a new stuff in a whole. new. better. when in muslim internet it's. no thought in the can i. get out of. the. c.c. was keen on gaining international legitimacy and presenting the cool as if it were a popular revolution. and that we. had to fit so veteran diplomat somehow medal but i was made vice president and the government announced that it would not be cracking down on anyone but in reality the opposite happened every newspaper or t.v. ch

tracing the story of egypt's queens can be tough. although many ruled in their own right, they still lived in a man's world and their history was often manipulated or even erased. the tales told in stunning hieroglyphics can't be trusted because they are also symbols of authoritarian rule. it's a very strange thing in a patriarchal society to allow a woman to step to the highest rung of the ladder and to lead her people so we know very, very little. we know the perfected image. there were many queens of egypt — this exhibition looks at six, spanning more than 1,400 years of ancient history. it's hard to know exactly how they lived but there is plenty here to show how their life and their memories were perfected. perhaps nobody personifies this more than the fabled beauty nefertiti. do we know she looked like that? we don't know what she looked like, and her mummy hasn't been definitively identified and even if it had been, you couldn't go from one and say this is the skeletal face and line it up with this as the actual reality. thi

to deny egypt a leading role in setting its human rights agenda and says related to the office of the un special rapporteur responsible for the promotion of protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms its mandate is up for renewal and egypt is reportedly in talks to take a leading role in drafting the resolution it was recently denounced by the un special rapporteur so very reprisals against people who spoke to another visiting un experts and its government has been accused of numerous rights violations amid a crackdown on dissent that pollard is a senior legal advisor and un representative for the instructional commission of jurists he says egypt is working to undermine the effectiveness of un human rights bodies. this is the one person in that huge architecture who has a specific job from the u.n. to remind states that they need to respect human rights or they counter terrorism and to give them independent expert advice how to do that mexico has for many years played the leadership role in creating this expert position maintaining it while at the same time egypt has an appal

against women in gaza non-binary people occur on a spectrum of severity now in my country of origin egypt we had a revolution you remember in two thousand and eleven this revolution was against a dictator in the presidential palace we are still waiting for a revolution against a dictator on the street corner and that is the dictator that is is responsible for making public space especially harmful to women and girls and we are waiting for revolution against the dictator in the home and that is the dictator that is behind a mistake violence sexual assault in the home marital rape female genital mutilation all of those things and as an egyptian i am calling for the revolution against what i call the trifecta of misogyny which is against the data of the state the street and the home because we can take that resolution around the world so that revolution connects my country of birth egypt where women are still waiting to fight sexual violence or they still fighting sexual violence and in the home and outside and women in the united states which is my country naturalization share those similar

all bad in hungary i'm thinking of erdogan in turkey when i expand the lens i'm thinking of sisi in egypt mohammed bin sell man in saudi arabia donald trump in the united states also naro in brazil see in china i am seeing do territory in the philippines i am seeing the so-called strong men or for terry in men and fascist leaders around the world who seriously and dangerously. are a danger to everyone's right but seriously in danger specifically women's rights and the one thing connecting all of these also are terry and is that they are terrified of feminists because feminists say at the heart of authoritarianism is patriarchy and the way it privileges male dominance so i think the biggest challenge to women's rights across the world are these are for a tear in surround the world and we must fight them the separately and vehemently globally. l to how we are there and feminist activist thank you very much for joining us thank you for having me. now if you're not one of the people counting down the hours it's exactly three weeks until united kingdom is supposed to leave the european union p

promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms its mandate is up for renewal and egypt is reportedly in talks to help draft the resolution egypt was recently denounced by the un special rapporteur for severe reprisals against people who spoke to another visiting un experts and its government has been accused of many violations during a crackdown on dissent. palladia is a senior legal advisor and un representative for the international commission of jurists he says egypt is working to undermine un human rights for these. this is the one person in that huge architecture who has a specific job from the u.n. to remind states that they need to respect human rights or they counter terrorism and to give them independent expert advice how to do that mexico has for many years played the leadership role in creating this expert position maintaining it while at the same time egypt has an appalling record of abusing counter-terrorism measures deliberately to repress human rights defenders civil society and other nonviolent dissenting voices within egypt so for us to to imagine shari

coming through in exports better, so a positive basis in egypt. manus: ok. talk to me. we did a story on thursday. there seems to be a pivotal turning point in our domestic market here. what is it that has grabbed the consciousness of the investor? >> i think it is valuations. after performance the last couple of years, the markets, the divide market in particular, are looking very cheap. it is surprising because it is a well owned market and has been a favorite for foreign institutions for years. let's see how long this lasts. what you have also got his saudi as a big story still in play. that is a relatively sure thing. that is something they can get on board with. what is deathly value, but is the catalyst for a big re-rating when it is well-down? , buts been a great month i'm not convinced it will lasted the rest of the year. manus: in terms of flow of money, this perennial story, every fund manager tells us, the foreign ownership story is the diversityk is the that the stocks really need. that uae is ahing laggard on that. you seen what saudi

tracing the story of egypt's queens can be tough. although many ruled in their own right, they still lived in a man's world and their history was often manipulated or even erased. the tales told in stunning hieroglyphics can't be trusted because they're also symbols of authoritarian rule. it is a very strange thing in a patriarchal society to allow a woman to step to the highest rung of the ladder and to lead her people so we know very, very little. we know the perfected image. there were many queens of egypt — this exhibition looks at six, spanning more than 1,400 years of ancient history. it's hard to know exactly how they lived but there is plenty here to show how they died and how their memories were perfected. prince charles and the duchess of cornwall have met the cuban president on the first full day of their trip to the caribbean island. it's the first time members of the royal family have made an official visit to the communist state. the prince dnd duchess were treated to a dance performance, before meeting the president

let me give you an example, egypt. egypt had 7% of their gdp going into energy subsidies benefiting the rich more than the poor. we engaged with egypt to shrink this to half of its size, and then the money that is available to target education and healthcare goes to egypt, this targeting is actually right. explain this to me then. you have cited one example, egypt. let me cite you a different example, which raises worrying questions. that is kyrgyzstan. now, there is a guy called stephen kidd, who's a senior social protection specialist at a group called development pathways. he points to a leaked document from world bank staff that admitted that the policy that you favoured in kyrgyzstan, which was a targeted policy rather than a universal policy, it was, in essence, designed not to help the poorest, but actually to save the kyrgyz government money. the leak from world bank staff admitted that — "the historical evidence suggests the forces pushing for targeting are more regularly motivated by cutting entitlements bi

was detained by authorities on december twenty twenty sixteen while on vacation to visit his family egypt accused him of broadcasting false news or spread chaos al-jazeera denies the charges and continues to call for his release let's bring in hussein he's an egypt researcher for amnesty international he joins us via skype from tunis. how significant is the release of mahmoud abbas aide from an egyptian prison and why do you think he was released now that. so a series of a few three days now is quite simply the fences he ended his completely unfair sentence that he was convicted to for this ignitor going to because this is a case where joran is has been detained and for over five years he has been convicted on completely unfounded charges he was convicted thanks to book unfair trial unfair mass transit so hundreds of people convicted for charges the court feared to identify that individual communities spente and so it is it is a significant it is economic and we saw now is how international pressure can eventually lead to small victories in order to receive state like egypt however it's s

the in minot into easy oh or the border to egypt if you go to the countryside popular if you ask the older generation bootlickers popular if you ask women. especially secular women remains popular he's a sympathetic figure he's not a hated think on like the other individuals that egypt and tunisia and syria for example or libya and really great analysis could talking to holt i thank you my pleasure my pleasure thank you very much. now funerals are being held for some of the victims of the latest fighting in the disputed kashmir region at least seven people were killed in cross border shelling between india and pakistan but tensions still high between those two countries were fighting resuming only hours after pakistan released an indian pilot's is a gesture of peace for prime minister indian prime minister near and remote he is calling for indians to unite in this challenging those who question his leadership amid the current crisis ragas the only. radio these are those people who listen to statements from pakistani generals pakistan radio and they are saying there is evidence agains

and you know algeria is not tunisia algeria is not egypt it's not syria it's not libya this is not an arab spring this is its own. genetic a systemic algerian movement it's responding to specific conditions and i'm sure you and it's not easily comparable to the circumstances that unfolded in the other countries that i just mentioned for example. you know booklet despite the protests that took place over the last week and especially on friday but flicka does have a base and he does remain popular is not similar to the indian mentality into museo or else mubarak egypt's if you go to the countryside popular if you ask the older generation bootlick is popular if you ask women. especially secular women remains popular he's a sympathetic figure he's not a hated it unlike the other individuals that egypt and tunisia and syria for example or libya even. but as wales opposition leader insists he will return home despite threats of being arrested as an aqua door where he met president lenin merino is on a tour of latin america which has taken him to colombia brazil and argentina is traveling up

the promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms its mandate is up for renewal egypt is reportedly in talks to help draft the resolution egypt was recently denounced by the un special rapporteur for so there were prizes against people who spoke to another visiting un experts and its government has been accused of many violations during a crackdown on dissent matt pollard is a senior legal advisor and u.n. representative for the international commission of jurists he says egypt is working to undermine un human rights for these. this is the one person in that huge architecture who has a specific job from the u.n. to remind states that they need to respect human rights or they counter terrorism and to give them independent expert advice how to do that mexico has for many years played the leadership role in creating this expert position maintaining it while at the same time egypt has an appalling record of abusing counter-terrorism measures deliberately to repress human rights defenders civil society and other nonviolent dissenting voices within egypt so for us to to imag

and with the powers of the next president still unclear egypt's transition to democracy already a rocky one many are fearful that this transition could be a very long one indeed but often less than a year in office morsi faced increasing the rest much of its focus treated by a deep states that's refused to allow for civilian president to rule many egyptians fail to see any improvement in the economic situation. and when morsi issued a decree protecting him from judicial oversight. he met fierce opposition which continued to build until massive protests were planned for dream thirtieth. it is the final hours before the much awaited june thirtieth what many people see is either the last stand between the two sides as they struggle for power here in egypt or just the latest chapter in what has been an ever more violent process since the revolution well now do women have come out a sec. and i did too on. a no labor deal on his show today this was the last speech delivered by mohamed morsi as president as he tried desperately to salvage the situation but what was actually going on behind the

egypt has completed its restoration of the kom el—shoqafa catacombs. the ancient burial site, whose name translates as ‘mound of shards,‘ for the pieces of terracotta visitors leave behind, had been threatened by rising water. kim gittleson reports. this is one of the seven wonders of the middle ages. a multi—storey network of catacombs near the egyptian city of alexandria, at risk of being permanently destroyed due to flooding. it was discovered nearly a century ago, when a donkey accidentally fell down into its depths. ever since, archaeologists have fought to preserve its unique mixture of egyptian and greco—roman architectural styles from rising water. translation: the kom el-shoqafa area is a unique antiquities area that has suffered from groundwater contamination since it was discovered in the beginning of the 20th century. there have been a lot of attempts to prevent the water from entering, the most important of which was in 1995, but unfortunately the water rose again. but now, after a two—year, multimillion—dollar effort, funded i

egypt has completed its restoration of the kom el shoqafa catacombs. the ancient burial site, whose name translates as "mound of shards," for the pieces of terracotta visitors leave behind, had been threatened by rising water. kim gittleson reports. this is one of the seven wonders of the middle ages. a multi—storey network of catacombs near the egyptian city of alexandria, at risk of being permanently destroyed due to flooding. it was discovered nearly a century ago, when a donkey accidentally fell down into its steps. ever since, archaeologists have fought to preserve its unique mixture of egyptian and greco—roman architectural styles from rising water. translation: the kom el-shoqafa area is a unique antiquities area that has suffered from groundwater contamination since it was discovered in the beiginning of the 20th century. there have been a lot of attempts to prevent the water from entering, the most important of which was in 1995, but unfortunately the water rose again. but now, after a two—year, multimillion—dollar effort, funded in pa

you have cited one example, egypt. let me cite you another example, won expert said that a policy you developed in kyrgistan, was designed to help the government, not the people. hist oracle evidence suggests the forces pushing for targeting are more regularly motivated by cup cutting entitlements and are more... we are interested in helping those who need assistance the most. let me say, of course we learn from experience. i am not saying that the bank knows it all and we am not saying that the bank knows it alland we are am not saying that the bank knows it all and we are always right, and it is possible that we had a targeted problem that didn't do a good enough job. when we review our portfolio, and by the way, i should stress that for poverty targeting we get higher scores among the development organisations. when we review our responsibilities, we always say, what is it that we need to do to learn better. you have just said something very important — we like to learn from our experiences and admit our mistakes.

the ceasefire reportedly brokered by egypt and accepted by hamas late on monday was never confirmed by israeli officials the rocket attacks through the night show that if it ever really existed the cease fire is at best shaky and at worst over before it even took hold. over to our correspondent tanya kramer who's standing by with the latest in jerusalem tanya one side in this conflict says a ceasefire is in place what can you tell us. yeah that's true there were are already at ten o'clock last night local time reports of the ceasefire being focused by egypt and hamas put out a statement that a mosque and the other militant faction were just here to a cease fire and would meet quiet for quiet meaning that it would hold just as. trikes also broke its attacks into southern israel would be a hole to the militant factions but it went on a couple of hours but for the last two three hours since the early morning actually it has been quiet this is obviously a tense quiet and we have to wait and see how the next hours have been developed egypt has in the past already broke it successfully. so i

. —— egypt. first, the plates slid gently off the restaurant tables. then suddenly, the tables, the chairs and people crashed sideways and downwards, and it was just a matter of seconds as the ferry lurched onto her side. the hydrogen bomb. on a remote pacific atoll, the americans had successfully tested a weapon whose explosive force dwarfed that of the bomb dropped on hiroshima. i had heard the news earlier, and so my heart went bang, bang, bang! the constitutional rights of these marchers are their rights as citizens of the united states, and they should be protected even in the right to test them out, so that they don't get their heads broken and are sent to hospital. this religious controversy — i know you don't want to say too much about it — but does it worry you it's going to boil up when you get to the states? well, it worries me, yeah. i hope everything will be all right in the end, as they say. this is bbc news, the latest headlines: donald trump is under pressure from a senior democrat us congressman, who's investigating whether the pre

the cease fire reportedly broke out by egypt and accepted by hamas late on monday was never confirmed by israeli officials the rocket attacks through the night show that if it ever really existed the ceasefire is at best shaky and at worst over before it even took hold. over to our correspondent tanya kramer who's standing by with the latest in jerusalem tanya one side in this complex is a ceasefire is in place what can you tell us. yeah that's true there where already at ten o'clock last night local time reports of the ceasefire being focused by egypt and hamas put out a statement that hamas and the other militant faction were just here to a cease fire and would meet quiet for quiet meaning that it would hold us as. strikes also rocket attacks into southern israel would be holton from the militant factions but it went on a couple of hours but put that last two three hours since the early morning actually it has been quiet this is obviously a tense quiet and we have to wait and see how the next hours have been developed now egypt has in the past already broken successfully cease fires

allies, including israel, jordan, egypt and colombia. through strategic funding and programming, this budget positions the united states to win. this means ensuring our nation is fully engaged in regions of the world upon which our national security and future prosperity depend. in recent years, we have seen china proactively applying its power to exert its influence in the indo-pacific region and beyond. under president trump's leadership, the united states has taken decisive steps to respond to china's aggressive actions. we recognize that the united states' future security, prosperity, and leadership depends on maintaining a free, open, and secure indo pacific region. to advance the indo pacific strategy, the budget request nearly doubles u.s. foreign assistance and diplomatic engagement resources to the region. our budget request is also guided by the realization that the threats imposed by russia have involved -- have evolved beyond external or military threats and now include influence operations in the very heart of america and th

over here towards tripoli but as we go towards wednesday we do expect those clouds to push towards egypt and twenty seven for cairo. that was sponsored by a town in. tennessee . my prison my freedom my life my languages my occupation.

performance wise, we definitely expect egypt outperform. dubai would be our lowest preference still. it is extremely cheap. it is unjustifiably cheap. we do not see any triggers for the near-term sustained recovery. nor do any of the points we look at that measure economic activity on the ground show any kind of meaningful change in recent months either. thank you very much for your contributions this morning. homework, i'm back to a bullish note on divine. show, we aree going to take the pulse of the uae bank sector. we have had a rash of mergers. are there more to come? we are going to dig deeper. ♪ manus: the uae banking sector is experiencing mergers and consolidations. our next guest has run the ruler over the top 10 banks in the emirates. let's bring in the managing director and cohead of the middle east for alvarez and marshall. good to see you. thank you for joining us this morning. you talk about the expenses eating away at return on equity. isthat ultimately what driving the consolidation story. >> thank you for having me. i thi

highlight is that they need to improve how they're living living under blockade by both israel and egypt there are no opportunities people will tell you that it is the worst that it's been in years why because of the economic situation the lack of opportunities and it simply seems to be getting worse now there's been huge sacrifices made throughout this year many have lost their limbs because of israeli sniper fire many have been killed there have been active negotiations mediated by egypt in the united nations to try and increase the flow of goods into gaza to increase the opportunities for people freedom of movement across the borders extending the fishings and there are multiple things that need to be addressed but none of that seems palpable and this is why we understand from our colleagues inside gaza at the moment we call enter because the official border crossing remains closed including to journalists other than from humanitarian issues is that they are seeing this as a lost opportunity where expecting a huge amount of people to come out and protest along that border fence how is

northwestern part of africa clouds also making their way across from parts of a libya as well as into egypt rain could be a problem in cairo you could be seen as michelle was in your forecast as well respected temperature there of ninety degrees. the weather sponsored by town and. went on line to the atmosphere and when that is your for them reason not to do this only if you join us on sat all of us have been colonized in some form or some fashion face is that diana brianna talking about

possible is a style of brass band music in egypt dating back more than one hundred fifty years and it uses brass and percussion and started as military music in the nineteenth century but developed into an entire johndroe that was extremely popular until the one nine hundred sixty s. . it was started by mohammed has about who played the clarinet in a royal military band at the time of our best and the diva of egypt while it was under ottoman rule in the nineteenth century. has launched his own band in eight hundred sixty and mohammed ali street in cairo which became famous for its artists and its musicians. has abolished band played for rich and poor alike and at weddings and funerals. the band featured in egyptian movies some of them classics. other musicians imitated the has a and the bands played at family and national festivities. those days are over but the has a has retained a place in the hearts of egyptians today many of whom still think of it as the people's music. i know i'll like. ah. atlanta. got me on my. return to. coughing up. can do yeah. i know i'll be honest and one

the ceasefire reportedly broke it but egypt and accepted by hamas late on monday was never confirmed by israeli officials the rocket attacks through the night show that if it ever really existed the cease fire is at best shaky and at worst over before it even took hold. say look now at some of the other stories making news around the world thailand's former prime minister taksin shinawatra has accused the country's military of rigging sunday's general election an international election monitoring group also allege that the vote counting process was quote deeply flawed. election commission has delayed releasing preliminary election results until friday. the pentagon has authorized one billion us dollars of funding for president all trumps controversial border wall defense officials say the money would pay for roughly ninety kilometers of fences and infrastructure along the us mexico border in february declared a state of emergency after congress rejected his budget plans. mexican president. over the door has urged the batek and spain to apologize for the conquest of central america's

the story has been at the helm of her company egypt for eight years the start up as a platform for muslim fashion she knows the market in indonesia well and was tired of it being dominated by foreign chains muslim fashion follow strict rules only the face and hands are supposed to be exposed and the textiles can't contain any gelatin and she says that's not all. the failure she itself has to be hello islamic. are modest are muslim faith is not only about how we wear our clothes but how we also concious about how we made it so we have to be very careful about how it can impact our environment. the story began wearing the he job at fourteen although her mother was against it at the time for the entrepreneur the headscarf is a symbol of self-determination there are two hundred million muslims in indonesia and all of them are potential customers he jobs used to only be worn by older women now they're also used to make a fashion statement in egypt it's kind of planned we give everybody a. very very happy and easy find there and maybe jeff now. the mother of two is one of the few women in indon

will still see some rain we're talking the coastal areas of egypt but also allows looking at another section of weather that's coming in and now bring some rain across parts of morocco as well as algeria so for robot we are looking at a rain day for you at nineteen in algiers cloudy and nineteen. across europe immigration is high on the agenda and in hungary it's presented as a pressing issue we didn't have immigrants at all zero in the race but this is the one political topic anybody and everybody is this nice the far right is preparing for battle and their opponents or anyone who is different. prejudiced some pride in hungary on al-jazeera. this is al jazeera. and i mean this is a news on live from doha coming up in the next sixty minutes three palestinians were killed and hundreds injured as israeli forces used life far against protesters marking a year of gaza demonstrations. jury and military has always been within the legitimacy of the constitution algiers army chief says there's a campaign against them in the tree calls for the removal of president to let these bitches take an

rockets have been fired into israel as well honey declared victory and says a ceasefire brokered by egypt is now in place. palestinian resistance kept its would and israeli enemy received the message the resistance can deliver its message in the proper time and place i call on our people to commemorate the anniversary to refresh their belonging to the especially as the great march of return started a year ago i would like to greet how egyptian president to reach the ceasefire understanding for stopping the israeli aggression in gaza stephanie decker with more now from the israel gaza border fence the real test will come this weekend when palestinians in gaza mark one year since the start of the great more should return which is seen tens of thousands of palestinians protest along the border fence the real issues that they've been wanting to highlight is that they need to improve how they're living living under blockade by both israel and egypt there are no opportunities people will tell you that it is the worst that it's been in years why because of the economic situation the lack of oppo

highlight is that they need to improve how they're living living under blockade by both israel and egypt there are no opportunities people will tell you that it is the worst that it's been in nears why because of the economic situation the lack of opportunities and it simply seems to be getting worse now there's been huge sacrifices made throughout this year many have lost their limbs because of israeli sniper fire many have been killed there have been active negotiations mediated by egypt in the united nations to try and increase the flow of goods into gaza to increase the opportunities for people freedom of movement across the borders extending the fishings and there are multiple things that need to be addressed but none of that seems palpable and this is why we understand from our colleagues inside gaza at the moment we call enter because the official border crossing remains closed including to journalists other than from humanitarian issues is that they are seeing this as a lost opportunity where expecting a huge amount of people to come out and protest along that border fence how is

yes these are ports are coming in that egypt and egypt is trying to broker a cease fire they've done that in the past but we have no confirmation as a few yet that this will actually go into effect because over the past hour or so there have been multiple rocket attacks sirens have been sounding in the south of israel and rockets were being lunch from gaza into israel at the same time as you say it is that has launched a wide scale operation in the gaza strip there was a lot of ass types targeting buildings that ciliated with hamas or other than the patients throughout the gaza strip so we have to wait and see whether those unconfirmed food pool of office broking off the cease fire. which would not be a complete surprise because as you say egypt has mediated in conflicts between the . mosque leaders and israeli leaders before i want you to take us back to on your rocket launchers from gaza they're not unusual what was different about this particular rocket that was fired from gaza towards tel would be. quite absolutely i mean there have been market launches before but this particular

possible is a style of brass band music in egypt dating back more than one hundred fifty years . it uses brass and percussion and started as military music in the nineteenth century but developed into an entire johner that was extremely popular until the one nine hundred sixty s. . it was started by mohammad who played the clarinet in a royal military band at the time of our best and the diva of egypt while it was under outmaneuver in the nineteenth century. has launched his own band in eight hundred sixty and mohammed ali street in cairo which became famous for its artists and its musicians. has a band played for rich and poor alike and at weddings and funerals. the band featured in egyptian movies some of them classics. other musicians imitated the hasn't and the bands played at family and national festivities. those days are over but the has has retained a place in the hearts of egyptians today many of whom still think of it as the people's music. oh my gosh. ah. atlanta you. got me i'm a. retired. cop in our. country yeah. i know i'll be honest and one up for your own. commie

highlight is that they need to improve how they're living living under blockade by both israel and egypt there are no opportunities people will tell you that it is the worst that it's been in years why because of the economic situation the lack of opportunities and it simply seems to be getting worse now there's been huge sacrifices made throughout this year many have lost their limbs because of israeli sniper fire many have been killed there have been active negotiations mediated by egypt in the united nations to try and increase the flow of goods into gaza to increase the opportunities for people freedom of movement across the borders extending the fishings and there are multiple things that need to be addressed but none of that seems palpable and this is why we understand from our colleagues inside gaza at the moment we call enter because the official border crossing remains closed including to journalists other than from humanitarian issues is that they are seeing this as a lost opportunity where expecting a huge amount of people to come out and protest along that border fence how is