Syrian women who were once prisoners, tortured and raped. Many of their children were not spared either. Move over messi and maradona argentinas female footballers are tackling stereotypes to prove that they are on the ball too. Top story this hour. Egypts former army chief abdul fatah alsisi has been sworn in as president. His term in office is for four years. The new president promised to bring stability to the nation after years of upheaval. We have more. Reporter egypts former army chief abdul fatah alsisi at the pinnacle of power in the most populous county in the arab world. This is the moment his supporters have been waiting for. Translation i swear by god that i shall loyally preserve the constitution of the republic and respect the law. I shall preserve the peoples interests and maintain independence and unity of the nation. Reporter the former general posed with members of the constitution at court for a picture. A leading judge described abdul fatah alsisi as a man who saved the nation from what he called the tyranny of the Muslim Brotherhood. Translation the army and People United against tyranny on 30 june. Its an event we celebrated. It was not a coup, it was the revolution of the people. Reporter abdul fatah alsisi is the sixth president since the monarchy was abolished more than 60 years ago. Now that he assumed power, the president faces a string of delicate issues, poverty, rising unemployment and an economy in tatters. His inauguration was held under tight security. The country has been beset by violence and instability since the july 2013 coup that deposed mohamed mursi. Mohamed mursi was egypts first democratically lebd president. He elected president. Hes now in gaol facing charges of treason. Abdul fatah alsisi ruled out a compromise with the banned Muslim Brotherhood, and insists restoring security will be his top priority. That has led many people to worry the counter clamp down against his opponents like these Muslim Brotherhood protesters may not end any time soon. Lets get insight into abdul fatah alsisis presidency. Carol kirsten, a senior lecturer in the study of islam and muslim world, at the Kings College in islam. Thank you for being with us. After turbulence, abdul fatah alsisi is egypts president. Time to get down to work. What would be his priority. Well as he said himself, security is his key priority, which, of course, for any government is the crucial thing to achieve if you want to implement an effective policy. The key challenge he faces is egypts economy, which has not fared well since 2011. In fact, the situation then was already far from rosy because it had very much to do with the eruption of the arab spring uprising in the first place. The challenge will be to come up with a realistic Economic Policy that will also be felt among the pop u legs rather quickly because otherwise without support and patience with the new president , might run out very quickly. During his inauguration, the judge described him as a revolution, a son of egypt. Is he a man who can bridge that current political divide in the country. Well, that is going to be the big question. Of course abdul fatah alsisi has been riding on a wave of popularity. It actually emerged in the summer of 2013, out of relative obscurity. He is a general that made his career, which was relatively drank quill. Deprand words like grand words like revolutionary officer is rhetorical. No military leader in egypt saw military action since the early 70s. Whether he has the administrative capabilities to get an economy back on the rails is very much to be seen. Ever since the overthrow of former president mohamed mursi, anyone opposed to the coup has been arrested and gaoled. Do you see this continuing with do you see this crackdown continuing under precedent abdul fatah alsisi . I think it depends on how secure abdul fatah alsisi feels now that he has been able to assume formal power over egypt. Of course, its a delicate balance. There is the security situation with which the military is very much concerned. On the other hand they cannot ignore the fact that there is substantial support among the populist for the Muslim Brotherhood. It has been building up over decades, during the Hosni Mubarak and other years. If he wants to be a unifying figure, hell have to strike a balance between maintaining security law and order and these sort of things and, indeed, bringing the nation back together which, at the present time, is polarized as never before. Lets look at the regional politics. Its known that egypts allies are the u. A. E. And saudi arabia. What do you see the Foreign Policy to be, in terms of the rest of the region . I expect the egyptian Foreign Policy to be reactive. Challenges are so formidable that this will be the main concentration area for the president. The main thing for him will be probably to cut a respectable figure that he can secure the economic aid egypt will need in years to come before the economy can stand on its own feet. A lot of the money will have to come if the gulf states and it has become clear that in terms of maintaining status quos and stability within the middle east for riyadh and abu dhabi, no price is too high. Thank you for your insight. Senior lecturer in the study of islam at Kings College, london. Al jazeera continues to demand the release of its journalists detained in egypt. Three al jazeera staff accused of supporting the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood have been held for 162 days. On thursday egyptian prosecutors demanded the maximum penalty for them. They want seven years in gaol for peter greste, and 15 for Baher Mohamed and Mohamed Fadel fahmy. The lawyer for another al jazeera journalist Abdullah Alshami has requested his release on medical grounds. Abdullah alshami has been held without charge since august of last year and has been on Hunger Strike for more than four months, and insists he will not break his fast until he is released. Rocket attacks in central iraq killed five people. Dozens more died in a series of car bombings across the capital baghdad. The attacks happened in mainly shia muslim agencies. Dozens have been killed, targetting a Kurdish Party headquarters. A Senior Police officers and four body guards are among the dead. Imran khan joins us live from baghdad. A shia neighbourhood targeted, Kurdish Party highlighted. This highlights the sectarian Division Within iraq currently, doesnt it . Thats absolutely right. If you take a look at the language that the Islamic State of iraq and levant use, it is very much of a sectarian nature. They are being blamed for most all of these attacks we have seen take place in the last 24 hours. Their Public Statement about the attack in dew articlea province means that they want to during the kurds into this fight as well. Theres a lot of voices up in the semiautonomous kurdish region saying we need to send our own forces to places like this, like the dearticlea province to protect the assets. Also, what is going on in the west, in ramadi we saw a rocket attack. Its unusual that they used rockets. This attack was against a busy marketplace. There seems to be a resurgence over the last 48 hours of i. S. I. L. Fighters fighting brazen attacks. Meanwhile, we have heard nothing from the government. While we have not heard anything from government, i recall Prime Minister maliki saying his priority was to bring security and stability to iraq. Is it fair to say the Security Forces were overwhelmed . That is what critics of Prime MinisterNouri Almaliki said. You have to rollered that iraq have though realise. Iraq is without a government. They negotiating results. No one party has won a majority. Still, Nouri Almaliki is very much using this type of lang quij i can, i am language i can, im the only one that can bring security. Its ringing hollow for ordinary iraqis who are looking at their own country and wondering if they are getting to the stage, the level of violence, where iraq erupted into sectarian violence and hundreds of thousands of People Killed over 2006, 2006 and 2008. Aime ran kahn live in baghdad. Moving on, and the u. N. Security council will be briefed on violence in libya. A political and media standoff led to consultations with armed groups. Stefanie dekker reports from tripoli. This man faces a challenge, how to get all sides in a web in allegiances to come together. He has a plan and is calling for the u. N. Security council to have their backing. I want the endorsement. Everyone i have talked to says if we are able to agree on a document, can the International Community provide a guarantee that all parties will respect what they have agreed to . Will the International Community be able to name, shame and blame and put pressure and sanction. He insists libyans must find a solution on their own through dialogue and without foreign intervention. Its weak, theres no force that can impose legal force that can impose its monopoly on the use of arms. This is a problem that has to be dealt with politically. No matter what they say, plitic leaders have a measure of influence over these armed groups. At least some of them. Dmitri says he believes in the ability of all sides, whether they are political, revolutionary or tribe all leaders to reach an agreement. He is also realistic. I have no Higher Expectations as to what they may be capable of agreeing upon. But there needs tab a minimal agreement that sends to the libyans a signal that that nothing is irreversible. That you can reverse the process of going to an all of out protracted conflict. That is something that must be done soon. Many people will tell you that libyas close to sliding into chaos, and not far away from becoming a failed state. A local leader from indias ruling b. J. P. Party has been killed in pradesh. Party supporters are protesting. Two men on motorbikes shot him dead near the outskirts of new delhi, hundreds of demonstrators took to the streets shouting slogans demanding justice for his murder. Flash floods in northern afghanistan killed 74 people with more fatalities expected. As we report, thousands have been forced to leave their homes in the remote district. Trying to salvage what is left. These peoples homes were badly damaged in flash floods after days of heavy rains. The district in northern bagram province is the worstaffected area. The government and International Aid agencies struggled to get to the remote region, most of the surrounding roads and bridges have been washed away. So far the reports we have show 74 people have been killed and bodies handed over to their families. The search operation is continuing. Hundreds of houses have been destroyed. Residents who lost loved ones began to bury their bodies wherever they gind dried ground. Often the vulnerable suffer the worst. These people were given first aid after the house collapsed on them. A government minister surveying the area promised to airlift to a nearby hospital. Many say they dont want aid, they want their houses to be rebuilt. I want President Hamid karzai to know that we dont just want food from the government. We want a house to live in. As citizens we deserve this. Dont just feed us for a few days and forget us, give us homes. Given the scale of the disaster, which badly affected four villages, its unlikely that will happen soon. Floods and landslides are common this time of year in afghanistan. 2014 will be remembered as being particularly bad. Over the past several months thousands of people have been displaced and hundreds lost their lives in natural disasters, raising questions about the governments ability to take care of those at risk. Coming up on the newshour sandbacks are the last defence for many in bangladesh, where rising rivers are washing away peoples lives. Im kim vinnell in donetsk a day after the president took office, violence in the area continues unobaited. And im in brazil where a strike by metro workers could mean chaos for football fans trying to watch world cup matches here. Human Rights Groups and opposition activists say syrian women held in governmentrun prisons are being raped and tortured. Zeina khodr met some of the women. Reporter its been two years, but this woman cant forget watching soldiers rape and kill four of her daughters. She calls out their name. The women remember their name. She cant cope without taking sed tifs. These syrian women were once prisoners, locked up tortured and raped repeatedly. Raped. They bring you to the commanders office, they get drunk and invite each other to take turns. Whatever you want me to say, tell me, there is nothing worse and there are many women like me, like my friend here. It is rare for women from conservative societies to speak openly about rape. Shame is a reason. Fear of being shunned by their own families is another. Miriams family disowned her. She says she is being punished for crimes against her. These women live in southern turkey. They took everything and is it in front of my son. Now he suffers psychological problems. Reporter this boy was locked up in prison with his mother, since their release he barely speaks. He may be too young to understand what he saw. He watched his mother being raped. The Prison Guards came in the room. My son was on his lap. He pushed him away. My son was two years old. He will know to turn away and face the war. Ireland is angry. Translation i was a virgin when i was in prison. I was 18, a university stupid. My father left my mother because he was ashamed at me. People looked at me with disgust. Reporter these women want more to escape their prison. They hope for some compassion from an unforgiving society. At least 33 have been killed in an attack in the democratic republic of congo. It happened late on friday in the mineralrich region the south kidal. The women were mostly stabbed, shot and burnt. Its believed that the dispute was over cattle. We have this report from the eastern city of goma. Reporter what we here is most killed were women. The attackers surrounded and fired indiscriminately. Some were killed in their homes. The cause of the attack is not quite clear. Ive been talking to human Rights Groups, saying that this was a conflict, an ethnic conflict between sunnis and farmers much an ongoing conflict. This is not the first time. There were about 14 killed. They were saying that this is politically motivated, that some politicians have been stoking ethnic tensions in the pack. The police told us that they are still investigating this incident. They do not know the cause and have not made any arrests. The u. S. Government says nigeria must take the lead on the fight against boko haram. Nigerian commanders say boko haram was on the run. Hundreds have been learning about the northeast. 270 school girls are missing after being kidnapped in april. An american politician says support is being given to the nigerian government. Nig ja as a sovereign nation must take the lead. The United States government and others are trying to play a robust supportive role. Especially through intelligence, i. E. D. S which menaced us in iraq. They are used with impunity by boko haram, and other means of killing and maiming. The leader of one of ukraines separatorist groups escaped an assassination group. But an aide was shot dead. No one claimed responsibility for the attack in donetsk. It is the first day in office for ukraines newly inaugurated president petero poroshen poroshenko. He is promising to end the rebellion and offering immunity for some proseparatist leaders. Kim vinnell joins us from donetsk. A day after the president s inauguration and Human Rights Watch releases a report critical of government forces. What more do you know of this report . Well, this was a letter from Human Rights Watch to president petero poroshenko. It is critical of the ukranian military, basically outlining the speempss of monitors experience of the monitors. Reports that we are hearing is its corroborating what you learn. Residential areas are shelled, dangerous developments. It talked about one incident at a hospital in slovyansk hit by a mort iffier. It was inside the hospital. The report says that separatists had gone to the hospital and warned them that elderly patients have been evacuating. They couldnt confirm the locations. But it was hit. The letter goes on to explain the obligations of the Ukrainian Military to use force and at all costs to target civilian errors. Can you give us an idea of what the situation is like on the ground in the east of ukraine. This morning we heard theres heavy shelling, which is cut off with checkpoints surrounding the city. All of the forces were hiding. We know that the water supply was threatened. People are desperate, and electricity has been cut off to large parts of the town. Kim vinnell reporting for us in donetsk. Voting is underway in kosovo. The Prime Ministers Democratic Party of kosovo is hoping to secure a third term in office. Voters are angry at widespread poverty. A war Crimes Investigation threatens to investigate former comrades. Time for a check on the weather and richard is here. Thank you. Its warm outside. Temperatures 40 degrees or something. How do you fancy india where its 48, 49 degrees . Really very hot indeed. We have the monsoon gradually making way up from the south. Things are looking act idown towards it. The monsoon was probably about five days behind the schedule. It was 1 june. It means that for central and northern parts of india and pakistan, we have quite some time to go before it starts to have an exact and cool things off. In the meantime it is 49 degrees in intoing pure nagpur. 46 in new delhi, that is very hot. If you go to upper prude esh its not that hot. Its 46 degrees, but the humidity is 37 . A lot of the hot places, the temperature is up in the 40s. The humidity is 45 . It feels like 61 degrees, stifling heat and the whole situation is made worse by the fact that thered been Power Outages across the region. You can read more on that on the website, aljazeera. Com weather. Check out the weather pictures there. Those are very impressive indeed. Across the region there is heat maintained as we head through into monday. We have got showers pushing in across the western gaps. Certainly cooler conditions likely, but its 48 for nagpur and i think well see the temperatures remaining in the upper 40s, probably until we get through to thursday. New delhi, a temperature of 45 degrees. It will be very hot until the early part of next week. Why not come to the peninsula to cool off. Temperatures 44 degrees. The emirate states, where we had a cool breeze, temperatures on the rise. It looks as though it will be hot and fine. Thank you. We have still got a lot to come on the news hour. F. A. R. C. Fighters accept that people died as a result of their actions. Plus. Im in a studio of a unique photographers, and well show you how his work is saving an entire eco system. And spain builds up momentum ahead of the world cup. Welcome back. These are the top stories son al jazeera egypts former army chief abdul fatah alsisi has been sworn in as president. He promises to bring stabilitiry to the country. He is due to address the nation later. At least 17 have been killed in a series of suicide bombings targetting a kurdish headquarters in iraq. The blast happened outside the Patriotic Union of kurdish stan. Human Rights Groups and opposition activists say syrian women held in governmentrun prisons have been raped and tortured. Fear and shame kept many from speaking out. Cocaine has been seized from a boat off the coast of costa rica. 800 kilos of the drug was hidden in a double lining of the vessels hull. The four crew members were arrested. The seizure was a joint operation twine the u. S. And costa rican antidrug patrols the u. S. Navy rescued more than 280 migrants from a sinking vessel in the south china sea. Search and rescue swimmers were deployed after six maul boats from spotted. The migrants have been taken to malta. Thousands have been saved from the sea as they tried to reach europe in flimsy boats in north africa. Republicans in spain have been back on the streets to demand a referendum on the future of the monarchy. Corruption and the spanish economic crisis provoked more calls for change after King Juan Carlos announced he was abdicating. Reporter they are calling for change. A word you hear a lot on the streets of spain these days. This is a Movement Born out of frustration with a political system, corruption and unemployment. Spains royal family once so popular is viewed by some as part of the problem. Th translation we dont want