Retrial of two al jazerra journalists accusedded of colluding with the Muslim Brotherhood set on adjourn in cairo after 411 days in jail for them. Diplomatic sources say that leaders are close to signing a peace deal to stop fighting in eastern ukraine. Talks continued through the night in minsk. The leaders of ukraine russia, france and germany have been trying to thrash out ive deal in the capital of belarus. Hundreds of people have been killed in fighting between Ukrainian Government troops and prorussia separatists since the start of this year alone. Rory challands has more from minsk. Reporter the leaders arrived here several hours ago, they had some Photo Opportunities and then they went in to the discussions to begin what is obviously a very, very difficult round of talks. We have also heard through various sources that they are preparing some sort of joint declaration, but it seems like there is a lot more talking before that happens. There are many, many issues that they have
The atmosphere of one of the most exciting super bowls in history, and finding out just how important it is to america. Its the first of my firstborn child and then theres the super bowl. Aaron can look at whats a very taxing time for some global businesses. Absolutely, lucy. President obama is eyeing up trillions of dollars of profits that have been stashed overseas by u. S. Companies, so they can avoid paying Americas Corporation tax. But, boy, the president has other ideas. He now wants to use some of those pluses to rebuild the countrys infrastructure. Its 12 00 here in london 7 00 a. M. In washington and 2 00 p. M. In kobani a city the world has watched for four months from afar as a battle was launched between i. S. The city is devastated empty, and in ruins. Allied forces have launched nearly 2,000 air strikes against isis. Both circles, you can see there, represent those air strikes. As you can see, theyre mostly focused on kobani and also east of mosul and iraq. But iz still d
It is not being called a breakthrough but the agreement offers hope in his calls for optimism that is the consensus as european leaders meet in brussels for an eu summit with the agreed ceasefire from ukraine topping the agenda. Beginning sunday at midnight the guns of fall silent are to fall silent as soldiers and separatist begin implementing the deal. Germanys chancellor merkel arrived at the grease talks in brussels bolstered by successful negotiations at another crisis am it summit on ukraine. Still, she was cautious about calling the roadmap for ukrainian peace a success. It is a glimmer of hope, no more no less. Well be working to build on this, but it is important to follow words with deeds. Eu leaders in brussels anxiously monitored the marathon 17hour talks in minsk. Despite the ceasefire, france and germany managed to broker, there was skepticism that piece in ukraine will hold, including from lithuanias president. The main part of a solution is that control of the borders w
Journalists are becoming targets of terror so theyre learning survival skills to keep telling their story. French military leaders say about 19,000 websites in the country have been attacked by hackers and they believe those responsible support islamic extremists. Cyber defense officials said on thursday that the targets varied from military regiments to school websites. The hackers blocked the services or altered content. And they posted symbols belonging to islamic extremists. Authorities say no major damages or data leaks have been reported. They say theyre now strengthening their surveillance across the nation and in cyberspace. They suspect the hacking is a response to sundays mass demonstrations to protest terror attacks in paris. Leaders from more than 40 nations and International Organizations took part in the rally. The twitter and youtube accounts of the u. S. Military Central Command were attacked on monday by a group claiming to support Islamic State. Japans Prime Minister
Some of its citizens. In brazil, millions will take to the streets to tell a president and the government that its time to go. Saudi arabia said its carried out more than a thousand airstrikes across yemen since march 26, destroying houthi air and missile capabilities. On the ground, it appears the battle is far from over, and saudi arabia is reporting casualties. It says three of its soldiers have been killed in a mortar attack in the border province. The Defense Ministry blames houthi rebels. Meanwhile, tribes in the south announced theyll Work Together to fight the houthi rebels. Well look closer at yemens tribesmen in a moment, but first the deteriorating humanitarian situation. Aid is arriving, but the violence hampering efforts to get it to the people who need it. Aid groups are struggling to deal with a rising number of civilian casualties. Food and Water Supplies are dwindling and prices are skyrocketing. Al jazeera melt one family in the capitol sanna, we have this exclusive r