Its the second and final day of egypts election. Former army chief abdul fatah alsisi who led the coup against Mohamed Mursi looks set to win a landslide victory. The brotherhood asked followers to boycott the vote. Al jazeera has been banned from reporting from egypt and four of the network journalists are in gaol there. Lets get more insight into the election. Mario david is a member of the parliament from portugal and an observer in egypt and joins us from cairo, on skype. Thank you for being with us. The e. U. Decided against sending observes to egypt. Why the about turn. Why are you there now . Let me correct that. The invitation of the egyptian authority, the u. N. Servers september sent a mission, at the first time, we had 40 members of the team on the spot or in cairo. They were not deployed. There were bureaucratic problems with some material, communication material, the medical kits and so on. For a moment we thought we would be following the events in cairo, and not doing a
Weapons officials are under attack. This hand shake is a special meeting. A rare meeting between israel and pakistan. First, prorussian separates are saying 40 People Killed in ukraine after the troops are fighting to take control of the airport. Armed men stormed the airport and stopping the flights. It is the airports second biggest. The Police Shutdown the streets and people advised to stay at home. First, here is a report. They came from above to retake the airport. The ukraine launching a big operation against the prorussian fighters. The airport shutdown. No flights in or out of the city of a million. The police blocked the access to the entrance and the authorities set a deadline for the separatists to lay down the arms and it came and went and no surrender. The smoke rose oaf the airport as attacks were launched. More arrived to join in on the fieblth. Fighters belonging to a prorussian militia and running into the fire power and separatists are killed and others brought to the
Host i am delighted to be with Husain Haqqani today. His book is magnificent delusions pakistan, the United States, and an epic history of misunderstanding. He served as ambassador to pakistan from 2000 wait until 2011. We advise the late Prime Minister at Boston University and you write extensively for the New York Times and wall street journal just to name a few. And you obviously have a very inside view of this relationship and i think just the title is a strong indictment towards the u. S. And pakistan. You say that the relationship, entail of exaggerated expectations and broken promises and disastrous misunderstandings, i would like to delve into what you mean by that little later in the interview. At first im asking you a simple question. What motivated you to write this book . Guest this book has been on my mind for so many years. I was a College Student in 1979. Several of my colleagues, as in students, burned it down the u. S. Embassy and people also wanted to go down to the u
Now shes working to stop child brides in yemen. Well have all the sports including the latest from the match with liverpool and the English Premier League, and well tell i couldnt ne you whe fans were singing. All coming up in the program. Pakistan has criticized the United States for the drone strike that has killed taliban leader hakimu will, lah mehsud. We have reports. Reporter this is the Pakistani Talibans new leader. Khan said is in his mid 0s. He was appointed by a taliban commanders securing 43 out of 60 votes. Although some factions of the Taliban Organization is still pushing for other candidates to take the top job. Still said is wellknown in taliban circles. Hes thought to plan an attack on a jail in northwest pakistan last year that freed 400 prisoners. He was a close leader with Hakimullah Mehsud. And pakistan criticizes the drone strike and many pakistanis are also angry at what the c. I. A. Did. The americans have absolutely no right to cause this type of destruction i
Trip, engagement, cooperation and peaceful coexistence. Irans president addresses the World Economic forum in davos. Days after sanctions were eased from his country. It can be an apartment. I dont care. I want somewhere to live. A little girls dream to have a roof over her head. Looking at homelessness through the eyes of a child. And an iconic statue of jesus damaged by a lightening strike. What they are doing to repair the damage down. The damage that was done. Good morning and welcome to al Jazeera America. Im stephanie sy. The political crisis in ukraine is spiralling out of control. You are looking at live pictures from the cap fall kiev. This is the fifth day of violent clashes in the citys main square. Opposition leaders called for elections immediately. Talks ended wednesday. One Opposition Leader said the government has 24 hours to prevent a blood shed. Both sides say talks will resume. Government forces stepped up their crackdown, closing off streets and firing a water canon