this is the way that egypt's regime and egypt institutions right used. to answer our church. to speak about or to answer to which i got my rights violations what to be normal sorry i'm going to sorry we are running out of time and i would like to come finally to get the bill but helen the bill after having listened to everything that you've just heard do you still think they are capable institutions and a decent human rights situation in egypt. it's not a perfect situation i would not use the term these since it's not a perfect one but again it is subject to debate it can improve and if there is any mistake could be highlighted and eventually you will settle this because on the question of human rights you have to think it is selective and this is a play couple in every country every situation 2nd it can be said to let you have that was africa where a whole population was because he denied basic rights and then you have the truest commission so somehow there was any consolation with that this is this can be found in egypt depends on the attitudes of the political leadership b

this is the way that egypt regime and egypt institutions right used. to answer our church. to speak about or to answer to which i got my rights violations what we know will sorry i'm going to sorry we are running out of time and i would like to come finally to guess the bill but helen the bill after having listened to everything that you just heard do you still think they are capable institutions and a decent human rights situation in egypt. it's not a perfect situation i would not use the term these since it's not a perfect one but again it is subject to debate it can improve and if there is any mistake could be highlighted and eventually you will settle this because on the question of human rights you have to think it is selective and this is a plea couple in every country every situation 2nd it can be said to let you have that was africa where a whole population was musically denied basic rights and then you have the truest commission so somehow there was any consolation with that this is and this can be found in egypt depends on the attitudes of the political leadership

this is the way that egypt regime and egypt institutions right used. to answer our church. to speak about or to answer to which i got my rights violations what we know will sorry i'm going to sorry we are running out of time and i would like to come finally to guess the bill but helen the bill after having listened to everything that you just heard do you still think they are capable institutions and a decent human rights situation in egypt. it's not a perfect situation i would not use the term these since it's not a perfect one but again it is subject to debate it can improve and if there is any mistake could be highlighted and eventually you will settle this because on the question of human rights you have to think it is selective and this is a plea couple in every country every situation 2nd it can be said to lucky you have that was africa where a whole population was because he denied basic rights and then you have the truest commission so somehow there was any consolation would that this is this can be found in egypt depends on the attitudes of the political leadership

this is the way that egypt regime and egypt institutions right used. to answer our church. to speak about or to answer to which i got a rights violation what we know will sorry i'm going to sorry we are running out of time and i would like to come finally to guess the bill but helen the bill after having listened to everything that you just heard do you still think they are capable institutions and a decent human rights situation in egypt. it's not a perfect situation i would not use the term these since it's not a perfect one but again it is subject to debate it can improve and if there is any mistake could be highlighted and eventually you will settle this because on the question of human rights you have to think it is selective and this is a play couple in every country every situation 2nd it can be said to lucky you have thought was africa were a whole population was because he denied basic rights and then you have the truest commission so somehow there was any consolation with that this is this can be found in egypt depends on the attitudes of the political leadership

western countries keep sending arms to egypt. the e.u. with global sanctions regime they should seriously think about some egyptian officials. >> claudio, from human rights watch, thank you for joining us, we appreciate it. >> thank you. >> the trump administration is pushing ahead with a planned $1 billion arms sale to morocco. if approved by the u.s. congress the deal will provide provision -- precision guided weapons an dropes. this is just a day after the white house announced a deal brokered by the u.s. for morocco to normalize relations with israel. they agreed to recognize morocco's claim of the western part of sahara as part of that agreement. they are returning refugees to camp, they fled to the capital, addis ababba in fight tweeng local forces and federal government soldiers. the u.n. says their run to tigray so soon is unacceptable but ethiopia insists they'll be safe. there are 96,000 refugees registered in egypt, most live in tigray which border eritrea. and announced killing of four workers, one staff was killed at a refuge

in egypt. welcome back a quick reminder the top stories here on al-jazeera senior egyptian delegate visited libya's capital tripoli for talks with the un recognized government it's believed they're pushing to normalize relations after backing the government's rivals in the conflict. counting has begun in sunday's presidential and legislative elections in central african republic voters defied threats of violence to turn out in large numbers had been a tense lead up with rebel groups threatening to march in the capital and disrupt an election they say has wreaked. on the f.b.i. says a man suspected of setting off a bomb in the u.s. city of nashville died in the explosion 63 year old anthony weiner's home was searched shortly after a motor blew up on a street on christmas morning. no recriminations have begun in the us up to millions of americans lost unemployment support in the midst of the raging pandemic the payments are tied to a coronavirus relief package that president trump is refusing to

in egypt and other countries and this has materialized in even more oppression egypt in where ization shorty's were able to commit much much more violations against human rights defenders members or vi community the christians and many many others including jordan the wrists and al-jazeera continues to demand the released of journalists mock waitressing has now been detained without any formal charges in egypt for more than $1400.00 days hussein was arrested wrong vacation with his family in cairo 2016. well you may remember this time last year venezuela's president nicolas maduro his political survival seemed to be hanging by a thread and now opposition parties say about boycott upcoming elections that means many are as likely to reclaim the only state institution he doesn't currently control the national assembly has seen human ports. right in this slum in need and the state candidates to the national assembly from the ruling socialist party go house to house handing out free face masks and more importantly this paper free to their homes and it's a copy of the ballots all you have t

and egypt since june 2017. the international watchdog says that iran is installing more new advanced equipment to enrich uranium the i.a.e.a. says centrifuges are being added to the underground plant in the tons under the nuclear deal only less efficient machines can be used iran's leaders recently passed a law allowing for richmond and limiting watchdog inspections. the un's refugee agency says it's hearing disturbing reports from refugee camps inside ethiopia's to grey region the him to nearly 100000 refugees from they re eritrea where they've reportedly been fleeing in such a safety ethiopia's army has been fighting regional forces there for about a month the u.n. has lost access to the region and previously said food and medicine is running out . the un's refugee agency says it bangladesh must not force ranger refugees to move to an island off the coast which is prone to storms and flooding groups have expressed concern and people are being coerced into going there and naval officials say more than 1600 ref

course for 100000000 is once a situation for human rights in egypt. still ahead here on out as they're gone as incumbency eva and his predecessor off facing off in an election that's being touted as a battle of 2 giants. stop them at tracks why police in new delhi wouldn't allow a group of athletes to return their medals to the president. out of the sites throughout china of wintry weather which is frost and snow on the ground are really quite beautiful you wouldn't get it from this is just like eyeing gray skies a lot of clouds around los temperatures not much forgot the sky but that is course is the forecast the sun's out for the korean peninsula for the northeast where of course it is brilliantly snowy on the ground it looks lovely and it's cold minus 45 in front of us or minus 18 harbored that cold air is what sets up the snow showers for cardio for honshu and drops the temperature in tokyo by a few degrees down to a rather chilly 12 and there's a wobble in the northeast monsoon which means the rains take a bit of a change in direction for taiwan

france says it will not make human rights a condition for sales to egypt as president sisi visits paris. and a huge spike in targeted attacks on afghan state officials journalists and activists spreads fear and insecurity in the capital. and in sports south africa's one day international cricket series with england has been called off follows a positive cope with 19 tasks and breaches to the team's bio secure environment in cape town. we begin this news hour and pakistan west 6 coronavirus patients have died in a hospital and push allah off the oxygen supplies there are hundreds of other patients who also left for hours on reduced oxygen because of a delay to deliveries pakistan has so far a total of more than 400000 factions and over $8000.00 deaths from car that 19 well our correspondent is in is on about for us to come out what more do we know about this incident and just who might be responsible here. we only know preliminary to call it send the preliminary reports be systematic take. for example. to capacity to have. cubic meter of oxygen however. only. cubic meters was delivered t

dan in egypt things. al-jazeera is perceived for the 1st government elected after the fall of mubarak headed by mohamed morsi the muslim brotherhood resulted in the network's reputation one that had been 15 years in the making. al-jazeera played a substantial role from its inception really in 1906. shifting the news agenda and such a way to allow those. those who are not in government to critique those who are in government. before you know it al-jazeera journalists and cameras were in the right place at the right time 3. b.b.c. c.n.n. all the major sort of broadcasters around the world with picking up al-jazeera as exclusive footage so al-jazeera was able to bring the narrative of social mobilization and protests from the arab world to the world at large and to elevate the discussion in such a way that made the aspirations of the protesters in the region the only story worth exploring the muslim brotherhood who were perhaps the most well organized political force won the election. the rule that lasted ba

in egypt and other countries and this has materialized in even more oppression egypt in no where is asian so it is we're able to commit much much more violations against human rights defenders members or vi community christians and many many others including jordan that is and al jazeera continues to demand the release of john westlock what are you saying he's now been detained without any formal charges in egypt for more than 1400 days hussein was arrested while on vacation in his family in cairo and 26 thing his detention is in violation of both gyptian and international. india's government and protesting farmers have yet to find common ground on a new law that could affect crop prices they're due to meet again on saturday after a 2nd round of talks on thursday ended without agreement farmers are continuing to protest against the legislation that was passed back in september they're worried it'll put an end to minimum crop prices and lead to corporate exploitation elizabeth chronos with some of those protesting farmers. we're the gaza border crossing between the states on the pred

we are partners and friends with outlets like madame ashley in egypt. syria and many other media with the same outlook who want to be independent of the influence of big power is to produce stories that are not picked up by mainstream media and to show what they do not necessarily want more. for the moment and we are part of this movement of alternative media that are trying to challenge ballet and to inform in the best way without being captive to specific interests to report what is on. the bar that was set really high by tunisia the outcomes of which have not been reached essentially. anywhere else but at the very least captured the imagination. there's a funny sort of figure of speech in egypt that comes from like a reality competition show where one of the contestants says the gap between us meaning the answers is tunisia. and so the answer to every problem is often tunisia that's now become a figure of speech around the arab world anytime you're wondering how things should be done right the answer is always tunisia and tunisia has effectively demo

and tunisia is the role of the military or the military in egypt played a much more heavy handed role from day one even during the revolution they were much more willing to kind of go against protesters adventurously they staged a military coup that unseated the democratically elected muslim brotherhood government so egypt you had this idea that there were power forces at play that were much bigger much more powerful than the protestors in the revolutionaries whereas in tunisia the military was on the sidelines they never played that sort of interventionists role and then you've got other countries agendas syria and yemen that have descended into chaos and civil war does having populations divided along sectarian lines does that make it harder to you know to plant the seeds of democracy. sectarianism is definitely a factor and the more divided the society is the more difficult it is now in the case of tunisia one of the things that made it a resoundingly success in the early years was the ability for all the political leaders to come together you had people islamist secularists people

in egypt and other countries and this has materialized in even more oppression egypt in were ization so it is we're able to commit much much more violations against human rights defenders members or community christians and many many others including jordan augusts. ghana is going to the polls in what is expected to be a race between the incumbent and a former president and employment and corruption a dominating dominating the campaign so far. after months of lockdown restrictions this food processing plant is slowly recovering from the impact of covered 90 many others did not survive. the company's founder says doing business is difficult but when times are good the infrastructure of the company of the nation is such that even if you have money and they're also not good or they are not there you can still benefit from aids the mar we saw bays that we have is such island which at times enterprise level i think you can see you know so it's a national something because you want skilled staff or employees to work with and it's not really is the. critics of the couple insecure with polic

what happened in the ordeal he went through is ordinary for 2000 people in egypt. or even genuine the past year it's it it's been nearly 5 years now it's become a symbol a symbol of of of hope but it's the national security i didn't see in egypt is quite torrijos we have documented the torture we have documented in forced disappearance in the country and how the judiciary he's effectively in service of the system of repression in the country only happens to be from italy and maybe they didn't believe that he was even italian but we cannot talk at the towers and others as we speak fit into jane's image. how would you suggest that pressure could be put on a just as we said in the 1st question there's likely to be very little cooperation from the egyptian what's can italy other european nations any part of the international community to. well i can't believe i'm saying this but very. welcome 1st step could be to stop decorating egypt just earlier this week president mark wrong in france gave sisi the highest honor. of the french public but in general i would say that

and tunisia is the role of the military and the military in egypt played a much more heavy handed role from day one even during the revolution they were much more willing to kind of go against protesters i eventually they staged a military coup that unseated the democratically elected muslim brotherhood government so egypt you had this idea that there were power forces at play that were much bigger and much more powerful than the protesters in the revolutionaries whereas in tunisia the military was on the sidelines they never played that sort of interventionist role and then you've got other countries agendas syria and yemen that have descended into chaos and civil will work to is having populations divided along sectarian lines does that make it harder to you know the plant the seeds of democracy. sectarianism is definitely a factor and the more divided the society is the more difficult it is now in the case of tunisia one of the things that made it a resoundingly success in the early years was the ability for all the political leaders to come together you had people islamist seculari

dan in egypt. al-jazeera is perceived for the 1st government elected after the fall of mubarak headed by mohamed morsi the muslim brotherhood resulted in the networks reputation one that had been 15 years in the making. played a substantial role from its inception really in 1000. 6 in shifting the news agenda and such a way to allow those who are not in government to critique those who are in government . before you know it al-jazeera journalists and cameras were in the right place at the right time explaining. b.b.c. c.n.n. all the major sort of broadcasters around the world were picking up al-jazeera as exclusive footage so al-jazeera was able to bring the narrative of social mobilization and protests from the arab world to the world at large and elevate the discussion in such a way that made the aspirations of the protesters in the region the only story worth exploring the muslim brotherhood who were perhaps the most well organized political force won the election. the rule that lasted barely on

the french president has his egyptian counterpart in paris but is accused of turning a blind eye to egypt's human rights record. and lives torn apart by war poverty and the pandemic and the urgent appeal for funds to help millions of children in the middle east and africa. the hope of imminent vaccination programs is doing little to reduce the devastating global impact of the coronavirus record numbers of people are now being admitted to hospital in the u.s. and tougher restrictions are coming to force around the world on monday more than 33000000 people in southern california are in the san joaquin valley were hit with stay at home or does restaurants are close to in person dining and other places like hair and nail salons museums and playgrounds have been completely shot in germany the chancellor angela merkel has hinted that harsher regulations will be required she said existing measures of partial lockdown and social distancing rules wouldn't be sufficient to get the country through the winter and then there's been a 3rd wave of infections in south korea that's resulted in new regulatio

and tunisia is the role of the military or the military in egypt played a much more heavy handed role from day one even during the revolution they were much more willing to kind of go against protesters i eventually they staged a military coup that unseated the democratically elected muslim brotherhood government so egypt you had this idea that there were power forces at play that were much bigger much more powerful than the protesters in the revolutionaries whereas in tunisia the military was on the sidelines they never played that sort of interventionists role and then you've got other countries in jed's syria and yemen that have descended into chaos and civil will work does having populations divided along sectarian lines does that make it harder to you know plant the seeds of democracy. sectarianism is definitely a factor and the more divided the society is the more difficult it is now in the case of tunisia one of the things that made it a resoundingly success in the early years was the ability for all the political leaders to come together you had people islamist secularists peo

dan in egypt things. al-jazeera is perceived for the 1st government elected after the fall of mubarak headed by mohamed morsi the muslim brotherhood resulted in the network's reputation one that had been 15 years in the making. al-jazeera played a substantial role from its inception really in 1009. in shifting the news agenda in such a way to allow those who are not in government to critique those who are in government . before you know it al-jazeera journalists and cameras were in the right place at the right time screening. b.b.c. c.n.n. all the major sort of broadcasters around the world with picking up al-jazeera as exclusive footage so al-jazeera was able to bring the narrative of social mobilization and protests from the arab world to the world at large and to elevate the discussion in such a way that made the aspirations of the protesters in the region the only story worth exploring the muslim brotherhood who were perhaps the most well organized political force won the election. the rule that laste

and in egypt we have seen sort of division within the egyptian believe. that. she will feel as hot actually it took like more like it as it was a ship that was across considering the issue. government of the shows to come more like a flexible it was a shannon. good setting this issue had been absent. didn't want to to increase attention with the frost ahead of this visit by sisi which is seen by the egyptian government as a sort of european imperious thing that he talked in fact the i.c.c. despite that war he was the cause of this decision continue watching that as a prank. from the ad center for us that's a policy studies always great to get your expertise here on out of their acting with us. thank you very much thank you. now from britain and germany have criticized wrongs plans to expand its uranium enrichment capability tehran announced it intends to install additional centrifuges and wants to pass laws that could further develop its nuclear program has reached the 3 states have urged iran to cancel those plans and return to the negotiating table well

and tunisia is the role of the military or the military in egypt played a much more heavy handed role from day one even during the revolution they were much more willing to kind of go against protesters and eventually they staged a military coup that unseated the democratically elected muslim brotherhood government so egypt you had this idea that there were power forces at play that were much bigger much more powerful than the protesters in the revolutionaries whereas in tunisia the military was on the sidelines they never played that sort of interventionist role and then you've got other countries a jed's syria and yemen that have descended into chaos and civil will work to is having populations divided along sectarian lines does that make it harder to you know plant the seeds of democracy. sectarianism is definitely a factor and the more divided the society is the more difficult it is now in the case of tunisia one of the things that made it a resoundingly success in the early years was the ability for all the political leaders to come together you had people islamist secularists pe

turkey is at odds with france and egypt as well. the two sides have an awful lot in common, and france under president macron is loathe to jeopardize that by putting too much emphasis on human rights. monte: prosecutors in france have officially placed under investigation a man accused of stabbing three people to death in a church last month. he faces murder and terrorism charges. the incident prompted france to raise its terrorism alert warning to the highest level. here's more. reporter: after being apprehended by police on a temer 29th, the 21-year-old tunisian national was transferred to hospital where he was treated for injuries received during his arrest. he also tested positive for covid-19. his condition improved recently and he has been placed under formal investigation by antiterrorism police for the murders of three-time people -- of three people. he is also being investigated for being part of a terrorist group. he arrived in europe from tunisia in september, first crossing the mediterranean to italy and then crossing in

dan in egypt things. al-jazeera is perceived for the 1st government elected after the fall of mubarak headed by mohamed morsi and the muslim brotherhood resulted in the network's reputation one that had been 15 years in the making. al-jazeera played a substantial role from its inception really in 1900. in shifting the news agenda and such a way to allow those who are not in government to critique those who are in there. before you know it al-jazeera cameras were in the right place at the right time 3. b.b.c. c.n.n. all the major sort of broadcasters around the world were picking up al-jazeera as exclusive footage so al-jazeera was able to bring the narrative of social mobilization and protests from the arab world to the world at large and elevate the discussion in such a way that made the aspirations of the protesters in the region the only story worth exploring the muslim brotherhood who were perhaps the most well organized political force won the election. the rule that lasted barely one year was not wh

dan in egypt. al-jazeera was perceived for the 1st government elected after the fall of mubarak headed by mohamed morsi the muslim brotherhood resulted in the networks reputation one that had been 15 years in the making. al-jazeera played a substantial role from its inception really in 1900. in shifting the news agenda and such a way to allow those who are not in government to critique those who are in government . before you know it al-jazeera journalists and cameras were in the right place at the right time 3. b.b.c. c.n.n. all the major sort of broadcasters around the world were picking up al-jazeera as exclusive footage so al-jazeera was able to bring the narrative of social mobilization and protests from the arab world to the world at large and elevate the discussion in such a way that made the aspirations of the protesters in the region the only story worth exploring the muslim brotherhood who were perhaps the most well organized political force won the election. the rule that lasted barely o

program the french president his egyptian counterpart in paris but is accused of turning a blind eye to egypt's human rights records and. lives torn apart by war poverty and the pandemic an urgent appeal for funds to help millions of children in the middle east in africa. and displaced by conflict thousands of refugees from ethiopia prepare for a long stay in neighboring sudan. full the hope of imminent vaccination programs is doing little to reduce the devastating global impact of the coronavirus record numbers of people are being admitted to hospital in the u.s. and tougher restrictions are coming into force around the world on monday more than 33000000 people in southern california and the san joaquin valley where it was stay at home or does restaurants are now closed to in person dining many other places including hair and nail salons museums and playgrounds have been shot completely in germany the chancellor angela merkel has hinted that harsher regulations will be required there she told party officials the existing measures of partial lockdown and social distancing rules would not be suf

france is one of egypt's main supplies of weapons campaigners say the sale of arms to cairo should be suspended the accused sissy's government of using what he calls counterterrorism operations to crush civil society and arrest thousands of rights defenders journalists and perceived opponents as long as the egyptian president uses the fight against terrorism to suppress civil society voice. there is no shortage of partnership that can be done with the government. in 2019 micro of his state cairo and spoke about human rights in egypt since then relations between france and egypt have been strained macro hopes to repair them but campaigners question the cost to france's reputation natasha butler i'll just 0 paris. near lockdown rules have come into effect in south korea's capital which the health minister says is now a covert 19 war zone the military's been deployed to help with testing and contact tracing more than 600 cases were reported on monday it's the 30th day in a row of triple digit increases bubble brought reports from seoul. this is the 3rd time restrictions have been increas

and president trump has largely turned a blind eye to what is happening in egypt. now do you hope that joe biden will look at egypt differently when he is president? >> i'm hopeful. president-elect biden has been very outspoken in support of political presence in egypt, especially after a landslide by 52 lawmakers in the u.s., 202 lawmakers in europe calling to release prisoners, and so many prisoners of conscienc i am hopeful. i am cautiously hopeful because president obama's administration and policy towards the middle east was not that wise and i would say it was coming from a lack of experience. nobody was expecting what was happening and nobody could expect million taking to the streets. but i am cautiously hopeful in president biden's administration. >> thank you so much for joining us with your reflections on the arab spring 10 years on. >> thank you so much. >> officials in nigeria say the group of more than 300 schoolboys who were kidnapped last friday have been released by their captors. the news was confirmed by the governor of cap scene estate who said

egypt's president has arrived in paris for a 2 day state visit. meeting the french president emmanuel mccall more than a dozen groups are urging me to use a visit to address egypt's human rights violations and push for the release of political prisoners. live to natasha miles at the presidential power in paris natasha so a bit of a controversial visit what can we expect 1st. yes the egyptian president arrived in paris on sunday he's spending a couple of days here in the french capital he's already met with the french foreign minister joy and has a busy agenda of the next 48 hours meeting m.p.'s senators ill even go to a digital take up in the city but of course the centerpiece of the visit is his meeting with the french president emmanuel monk or another 2 men are in the lease a palace behind me sisi presence easy arrived a short while ago and this visit is really seen by both egypt and france as an opportunity to really revive the strategic partnership between the 2 countries but has been somewhat strained since 2019 since the french president vi

and president trump has largely turned a blind eye to what is happening in egypt. now do you hope that joe biden will look at egypt differently when he is president? >> i'm hopeful. president-elect biden has been very outspoken in support of political presence in egypt, especially after a landslide by 52 lawmakers in the u.s., 202 lawmakers in europe calling to release prisoners, and so many prisoners of conienc i am hopeful. i am cautiously hopeful because president obama's administration and policy towards the middle east was not that wise and i would say it was coming from a lack of experience. nobody was expecting what was happening and nobody could expect million taking to the streets. but i am cautiously hopeful in president biden's administration. >> thank you so much for joining us with your reflections on the arab spring 10 years on. >> thank you so much. >> officials in nigeria say the group of more than 300 schoolboys who were kidnapped last friday have been released by their captors. the news was confirmed by the governor of cap scene estate who said no

you know because also coming up front says it won't make human rights a condition for arms sales to egypt as president sisi visits paris a huge spike in targeted attacks on afghan state officials journalists and activists spreads fear and insecurity. marijan a money fans in argentina campaign to put the late football legend on to the peso. we begin in the u.s. so which is navigating its way through a presidential transition as well as a worsening coronavirus situation so a record 100000 people were admitted to hospital on sunday with more than 2000 americans dying from the disease every day the president elect joe biden's reportedly made his pick for health secretary one of the incoming administration's most consequential jobs so he's eyeing california's attorney general have yet to sarah for the position in his home state some 33000000 californians are now under sweeping new restrictions private gatherings will be banned as intensive care capacity there continues to shrink and members of congress who've been deadlocked for months over another coronavirus aid package could on vallely bipa

you see it maintain exposure to egypt? >> egypt was hit significantly by covid. but at the same time, the government was securing additional funding from the imf, citing multilateral lending. this led to a reversal in the sentiment. perform relatively well. rightis doing all the steps to attract investors in local balance sheets and inclusion andting therefore attracting demand from past response. story and we the are still on the bonds. yousef: what is the key risk for egypt? >> the key risk for egypt comes mainly from anything that goes wrong with the vaccine. that's first. second is any thing in the global market picture being yields moving, being fiscal stimulus, any market that can impact the sentiment of the market. yousef: your other call relates to turkey. wow. what a few weeks it's been in terms of the shuffling and key voices in important positions of .conomic and fiscal strategy is this a time to perhaps carefully get a little bit into that? or are you still standing back, waiting to see how this plays out? after the rally that we've had, i think it's

in egypt and other countries and this has meant they realized even more of an egypt where ization saudis were able to commit much much more. human rights defenders members or community to christians and many many others including jordan wrists and medical workers so we're hoping that. by blinking would sing signals a new administration in the u.s. would take a much stronger and more popular will in relation to human rights and democracy it's also important to note that the issue isin democracy in egypt its white parts and we have seen republicans and democrats a comment on that crackdown in egypt and. stuff so it's very important that we maintain that bipartisan support and hopefully was a new administration's you would be more supportive of promoting human rights and democracy in egypt right we'll see how it turns out that he's in by me great to get your perspectives appreciate that. from amnesty international has been through this from tunis and unity and. the former president of central african republic has been barred from contested elections in december. to see was in that invalidat

what's happened in the ordeal he went through is ordinary for 2000 school bob people in egypt. genuine the past year it's it's been nearly 5 years now he's become a symbol a symbol of of of of hope but it's the national security agency in egypt it's quite all torrijos we have documented rampant torture we have documented in forced disappearance in the country and how the judiciary east effectively in service of the system of repression in in the country on the up and should be from italy and maybe they didn't believe that he was even italian but we cannot forget the towers and others that as we speak still into jane's very. welcome 1st that could be to start decorating egypt just earlier this week president mark wrong trends gave sisi the highest honor of the french a public but in general i would say that the attitude and the approach by the western countries towards egypt as being wanted as a mold and ceases brutal drawl. the trump administration is pushing ahead with a planned $1000000000.00 arms sale to morocco if approved by congress the deal will provide robot with precis

conflict poverty and coal with 19 francaise it won't make human rights a condition for arms sales to egypt as president sisi meets a man you saw in paris as bush fires force evacuations in australia scientists say 2020 is on course to be the hottest year ever. and in sport south africa's one day international cricket series with england has been called on it follows positive code 19 tasks and reported reaches to the team by a secure environment in cape town. hello we begin in the u.s. navigating its way through a presidential transition as well as a worsening coronavirus situation so a record 100000 people were admitted to hospital on sunday with more than 2000 americans dying from the disease every day while president elect joe biden's reportedly made his pick for health secretary. one of the incoming administration's most consequential jobs he's eyeing california's attorney general have you for that position well in his home state some 33000000 californians are now under sweeping new restrictions private gatherings will be banned as intensive care a capacity there continues to shrink mem

egypt then c.c.r. actually negotiating a new deal with european union historically a green when it can't comes to these. countries usually sign writers saying that their way to respect overall human rights and include it also you know even though they might not actually do it egypt in this case is not even pretending that they're going to sign any writer and so if the e.u. who really wants to bring about some a lot of we're going to egypt the 1st thing that they can do is ensure that these human rights protections are writers are and he sort of new deal with egypt is that kind of pressure going to work though. well you know can i mean at the end of the day you know it's worth i'm not doing anything you know. you know no i know we're all this turd and i did this last 7 years and you know if we get a little bit of momentum because you have the murder of 126 year old graduate student if that actually leads to meaningful change and at the end you have actually you know you know grow the spine and actually

being called a battle of 2 giants francaise that won't make human rights a condition for arms sales to egypt as president sisi visits paris as bush fires force evacuations in australia scientists say 2020 is on course to be the hottest year ever. hello we begin in the u.s. navigating its way through a presidential transition as well as a worsening coronavirus situation a record 100000 people were admitted to hospital on sunday with more than 2000 americans dying from the disease every day so the president elect joe biden's reportedly made his pick for health secretary one of the incoming administration's most consequential jobs he's eyeing this man california's attorney general have you for the position well in his home states some 33000000 californians are now under sweeping new restrictions private gatherings will be banned as intensive care capacity their shrinks and members of congress who've been deadlocked for months over another coronavirus aid package could unveil a bipartisan proposal as early as monday it's expected to be some $908000000000.00 in funding our white house corresponde

the french president hosts his egyptian counterpart in paris but is accused of turning a blind eye to egypt's human rights record. and lives torn apart by war poverty and the pandemic and the urgent appeal for funds to help millions of children in the middle east and africa. and i'm santa how much with the sport as europe holds its qualifying draw for the 2022 world cup in qatar details coming up this hour. welcome to the news our hope of imminent vaccination programs is doing the thrill to reduce the devastating global impact of the coronavirus record numbers of people are being admitted into hospital in the us tough restrictions are also coming into force in different parts of the world on monday more than 33000000 people in southern california in the san joaquin valley were hit with stay at home or does restaurants a close to in person dining in many other places like hair and nails salons museums and playgrounds have been completely shot in germany a chance and has hinted that harsher regulations will be required there she said existing measures of partial lockdown and social distancing r

sources indicate for the 1st time a 28 year old researcher joy origine was being monitored while in egypt prosecutors at the international criminal court are pushing for a full investigation into possible war crimes in ukraine fighting between ukrainian forces and pro russian separatists has killed more than 14000 people in the past 6 years. more news coming up at the top of the hour right here on al-jazeera that's after the listening post thanks for watching. what is that they've been doing with the money that it's borat we bring you the stories and developments that are rapidly changing the world we live in argentina as congress is debating a bill seeking to raise billions of dollars for the super rich poor families cape cod by the pandemic counting the cost on al-jazeera. washing up. the cut he talks. to you ok to qatar see how much sick from. the let's say constructive talks taking place between the 4 nations and they want to reach a final agreement hello i'm richard gives birth in europe the listening post where we don't cover the news we cover the way the news is covered here are th

libya's tripoli government is visited by a high level delegation from egypt which spent years backing its rivals in a bloody conflict. follow on down jordan result 0 live from doha also coming up the u.s. president hints at good news about a coronavirus relief bill which has been refusing to sign. a big turnout in central african republic cities for elections but in some places rebels opened fire trying to scare voters away. and optimism in europe a massive vaccination campaign begins to protect hundreds of millions of people at 19. for the 1st time since 2014 senior egyptian delegates have visited libya's capital tripoli for talks with the un recognized government it's believed they're pushing to normalize relations and that would be a significant turnaround for egypt it's long supported the government of national accord a rival administration in eastern libya and the warlords after what days ago have to ask for it to use force against turkish troops in libya support from turkey help the g.n.a.t. to resist have to use offensive to take the capital turkey's defense minister was in tri

new evidence in the case of an italian student tortured and murdered in egypt could further implicate security officials or video clips attained by al-jazeera from italian judicial sources indicate for the 1st time that 28 year old julio again he was being monitored while in egypt its new plans to charge for high ranking members of egypt's security forces for the 2016 killing garlic has. to have this video recording may not show much but for italian officials investigating the brutal murder of julio region in egypt it's a breakthrough the 1st evidence that the italian student was targeted and put under surveillance by egyptian authorities was actually going to him i was this image was really i was. it comes after italian prosecutors announced plans to charge for egyptian security offices with the students torture and death they say one of the defendants colonel as a come out assigned the informant to monitor julia originate a month before he was killed. or say we saw today we know that the egyptian general security followed regina's tracks for 40 days we know that he was arrested 1st

new evidence in the case of an italian student tortured and murdered in egypt could further implicate security officials a video clips obtained by al-jazeera from a talent additional sources indicate for the 1st time that 28 year old researcher regaining he was being monitored while in egypt it's only plans to charge for high ranking members of egypt's security forces for the 2016 killing car that has its report. saying that this video recording may not show much but for italian officials investigating the brutal murder of julio region in egypt it's a breakthrough the 1st evidence that the italian student was targeted and put under surveillance by egyptian authorities was because i was actually going to him i was this image was. it comes after italian prosecutors announced plans to charge for egyptian security offices with the students torture and death they say one of the defendants colonel as a commercial assigned the informant to monitor a month before he was killed argue no. case start or say we saw today we know that the egyptian general security followed regina's track for 40 da

and egypt. well look ideally it needs to be a comprehensive agreement but it doesn't have to be all implemented at the same time and or execute it at once meaning that it has to be some sort of understanding that this thing this thing has moved to what sort of situation that everyone is turning the page on a crisis that was bitter and and destabilizing forgot security i think too i think this thing can take the form of by a lot better relations between. negotiations between cut out and different countries in order to reach specific agreements with specific countries in the framework of but that are nations 3 i think saudi arabia is the key. issue and they were the key country here and that's why i cut that i was make sure that discusses whatever he said discuss with riyadh 1st because once you've got you know we goes along it's going to be easy for the likes of beheading to do so and probably eventually egypt now could this start was some sort of confidence building measures if u.n. or some good

and egypt and posed a land sea and air blockade on qatar but the foreign ministers say all parties want to reach a final agreement after holding constructive talks or somehow bar reports. crucial days are had for gulf nations talks aimed at and in the 3 and a half year blockade of qatar seem to have achieved significant progress kuwait's foreign minister whose country has been be generally mediating and and to the crisis says he's confident. a constructive and fruitful talks have taken place recently where all the parties have stressed their desire to reach a final agreement and resolutions to preserve the region stability and harmony maintain the interest of the peoples within this context we express our appreciation for the latest efforts by jared cushion or the us president's advisors . the task point minister sheikh mohammed bin al the last man or 30 says he also remains optimistic about the prospect of a deal we have achieved certain for certain point of time more than a year ago and then things has giordano and right now there are some more moments that we hope that this will put

>> i grew up in egypt. born and raised in egypt, like i said my mother is egyptian and finished high school there, in 1991, came here and went to school at georgetown. after georgetown finally moved to abu dhabi and started working in the government about 2000. i think the first time we met was probably around 16 years ago. david: right. >> we had the first meeting, and we had lunch was shaikh mohammed and i think what i wanted to say is, the middle east that you saw then is very different from the middle east we are talking about today, and the perfect reflection of that, or evidence of that is the three of us are sitting here doing an interview with you. that couldn't have happened 16 years ago when we first met. so the region is changing. david: ambassador al-khalifa, where did you grow up? and i know you went to school in the united states? >> correct, i did grow up in bahrain, i went to school in bentley in boston, six years, mba, went back, civil servant all of my life. my previous post was an as a go

new evidence in the case of an italian student tortured and murdered in egypt could further implicate security officials there for the eclipse attained by al-jazeera from telling judicial sources indicate for the 1st time that the 28 year old research as you are a guinea was being monitored while in egypt correlate has this. to have this video recording may not show much but for italian officials investigating the brutal murder of julio region in egypt it's a breakthrough the 1st evidence that the italian student was targeted and put under surveillance by egyptian authorities was actually going to him i was this image was. it comes after italian prosecutors announced plans to charge for egyptian security offices with the students torture and death they say one of the defendants colonel as a come out assigned the informant to monitor julia originate a month before he was killed. or say we saw today we know that the egyptian general security followed regina's tracks for 40 days we know that he was arrested 1st in a camp been transferred to cell number 13 of the egyptian ministry of inte

and egypt since june 27th. more than one and a half 1000000 people have now died of. globally of private 19 of the viruses storming the u.s. economy is recovering and out of $245000.00 jobs in november the slowest month of growth since may. interpol has warned that organized crime networks are preparing to target code than 1000 vaccines and issued a high alert to its 194 member nation. is outlining potential criminal activity both physically and online the global police coordination agency says criminal organizations may attempt to fake or steal surprise as new vaccines the agency called for coordination between health regulations as vaccines come closer to distribution well take williams is president of rendition in face that that's a cyber security company he says the supply chain is likely to be talkative and obviously some of the vaccine manufacturers themselves but you know while they've been concentrating on security for quite some time now the actual supply chains largely have not written is the 1st time they've really been involved up to this point and so we'r

uganda you are absolutely right near to on the topic we'll meet the must fight in kenya diverse in egypt and so much more here's what you can look forward to in the next half an hour. we show you the potential for one big data to protect the environment. you also learn about how design is and spain are recycling old material into. a vise husks they used to grow delicious mushrooms. but must we have a look at an easy as a no then does it where the effects of climate change are increasingly noticeable in the rate area around on the so it is dusty. it is getting harder for farmers to cultivate the a lot of brits rainfall throughout the year has gone down water has become a luxury fuel on the fuel pharmacy and have a sufficient amount of this precious resource as they are forced to use water more effectively the people in this area aren't getting creative. it takes a lot of water to irrigate his olive groves and vegetables so choosey and farm machinery heavy has 3 systems to collect rainwater. he owns 90 hectares of land which is a lot for the kairouan region. says new thoughts on the pump 6

strongly condemn it and we firmly maintain our position with respect to closing diplomatic ties with egypt ridge and his body was found on a desert highway after he disappeared in january 26th seen he was last seen near an underground subway stop in cairo where he'd been researching the sensitive topic of labor movements in egypt his mother later said his body was so mutilated she was only able to recognize the tip of his nose rights groups say the marks resemble those resulting from widespread torture practices in egyptian facilities the national security agency is quite all torrijos we have documented around. torture we have documented forced disappearance in the country and how the judiciary affectively in service of the system of repression. country the death sparked outrage in italy and strained diplomatic relations between the 2 countries with italy's government accusing egyptian authorities of non-cooperation we want justice for our citizen who has been killed and tortured in such a terrible way we have an explanation egyptian prosecutors have continued to insist that region is kill