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standards of the u.s. and uk, with the exception, they note, of the airports in israel, which probably set the standard when it comes to stringent security measures. they re not only concerned about egypt but also bahrain and kuwait. john? thank you. live at this hour in cairo with the important development at klm, now asking their passengers to leave the luggage behind in cairo as they head to amsterdam. he defended his decision to suspend flights to and from sharm el sheikh. of course, i cannot be sure, experts cannot be sure that it was a terrorist bomb that brought down that russian plane, but if the intelligence is, and
ward. reporter: just over an hour ago egypt s president abdul fatal al-sisi arrived here. topping the agenda now is the u.k. s decision to temporarily halt all flights to and from sharm el sheikh airport. the british prime minister before president sisi s arrival had an emergency meeting with his government and afterwards he reiterated that there is probable cause to believe that a bomb did bring down this passenger jet. take a listen. we don t know for certain that it was a terrorist bomb. there is still an investigation taking place in egypt. we need to see the results of that investigation. the reason we ve acted before that is because of intelligence and information we had that gave us the concern that it was more likely than not a terrorist bomb. the prime minister also said that he would be reaching out to president putin of russia to give further details of some of
government s decision to suspend all flights to and from sharm el before the president s arrival, the british prime minister met with his cabinet. they held an emergency meeting. afterwards he made some comments. take a listen. we don t know for certain it was a terrorist bomb. there s still an investigation taking place in egypt. we need to see the results of that investigation. the reason we acted before that is because of intelligence and information we had that gave us the concern that it was more likely than not it was a terrorist bomb. reporter: the british prime minister has also spoken to president putin of russia to give further details and an explanation of why the british government has taken this decision to temporarily suspend all of those flights to and from sharm el sheikh. now the real emphasis here is on trying to get stranded british tourists back from that egyptian
lame duck period after the next presidential election to vote on this trade deal? well, we have made clear that it s not necessary to wait that long. that would mean waiting for almost a year, a day or two short of a year at least. that would we don t believe it s necessary to wait that long. however we are seeing josh earnest fielding questions about the tpp, the trans-pacific partnership, where that deal stands but more importantly, fielding the most pressing questions today about whether the u.s. feels that it was terrorism that brought down that plane after takeoff from sharm el-sheikh. today, uk prime minister david cameron spoke on the phone with russia s vladimir putin, russia saying the idea of a bomb is premature. cameron made it clear where he stands before he met with egypt s president earlier today. look, we cannot be certain that the russian airliner was brought down by a terrorist bomb, but it looks increasingly