River lost power after takeoff. From baghdad to berlin, a Film Festival in the german capitol. We begin with a new diplomatic push to slash conflict in ukraine. Angela merkels promised to use all her power to get president putin to sign a new peace plan after meeting with president poroshenko. Civilians in donetsk are bearing the brunt of the conflict. Following all the diplomatic angles, weve got chancellor merkel appearing that pour cold water on this, saying she doesnt know if it will be possible to even get a ceasefire. President hollande more upbeat saying more than a ceasefire he wants a comprehensive peace agreement. What sort of reception will they receive . Theyll receive reception from value put in which he will most likely present his idea of what he thinks should be done on the ground in ukraine. We know from john kerry he revealed yesterday that he sent a proposal to the european leaders a few days ago. Theyve been looking at it, theyve been thinking it over and they have
Storms. We have the details. We begin in yemen where houthi leader has for the first time addressed his supporters since fridays coup. The houthi leader also warned against protesters of the take over saying taking control of the government was the best thing he has done for all yemenis. The yemeni people have earned the right to lead a dignified free life. The yemeni people were worthy of obtaining their demands and rightful wants. The historic significant moment taken by our people yesterday represent a constitutional declaration of a significant step forward. This move comes to address the vacuum left by other people. The yemeni people are adamant that theyll achieve their legitimate lawful, just demands to establish a dignified way of life. Not only did the houthi leader try to justify the movements power grab. He called fridays coup a revolution. A revolution intended to safeguard all yemen peoples rights to a Democratic State and one that prevent the foreign conspiracy. He accuse
Closest closest bafta con fest in years. Word leaders have been holding talks an Key International security issues, focusing on the fight against the Islamic State of iraq and the levant as well as Irans Nuclear program. Irans foreign minister and the u. S. Secretary of state held talks on the sidelines. Some u. S. Lawmakers threaten sanctions if a march deadline is not met for an agreement. Irans Supreme Leader said he would be in favor of a agreement with the rest but insisted no deal is better than a bad deal. I support the progress of the Nuclear Negotiations and if a good deal is reached would agree with that. The iranian nation would not disagree with an agreement if its interests are respected. On the final day of the munich security conference, a temporary focus shift from talks about the conflict in ukraine the delegates addressed another persistentish, Irans Nuclear program and the impasse in negotiations. The countries foreign minister stressed that it is now time to reach a
Fighting in make shift shelters. Plus the man who gave birth to the contraceptive pill dies. We look at the revolutionary impact of this little tablet. We begin with the breaking news out of egypt. One of our journalists, peter greste has been freed from prison after 400 days mind bars. And et cetera in good health. He was arrested alongside our colleagues who remain behind bars. Al jazeera continues to demand their release. The three journalists were falsely accused of coludding with the outlawed muslim brotherhood. A short while ago, the network issued this media release. Al jazeera has said that the campaign to free its journalists in egypt listened end until all three have been released. Peter greste is on his way out of the country after 400 days in detension. The other two remain behind bars. Network says hey all three have to be exonerated and the other journalists tried in absentia have to be lifted. The acting director general of the access immediate media network, we are mroo
Greeks show support for their new government, but debt talks with the e. U. Have failed so far. An Egyptian Court grand two al jazeera journalists bail. Mohamed fahmy and Baher Mohammed have been detained 411 days accused of colluding with the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood chars they and al jazeera deny. Their colleague australian peter greste was freed and deported february 1 after spending 400 days behind bars. Their trial will resume on february 23. We have a report. Al jazeera englishs cairo bureau chief Mohamed Fahmy and producer Baher Mohammed were arrested on september 29, 2013 alongside correspondent peter greste. Initially, their detention was believed to be temporary based on problems with their media accreditations. Within days, they were held on terrorism charges alleging they were aiding the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood. The journalists and al jazeera rejected the charges. So did the global media community, protestors around the world demonstrating in solidarity with the thre