Election that could put the far left into power. From london, to sydney, to san franciscan journalists around the world have stopped work and called on egypts government to set our colleagues free. It was a year ago today that peter greste, Mohamed Fahmy and Baher Mohamed were arrested and imprisoned. Andrew simmons has their story. Reporter al jazeeras doha news center marking an anniversary the staff here and in the rest of the world find hard to absorb. It is now one year since a phone call to the news desk reporting the arrest three of the networks journalists in cairo. Then 12 months behind bars. For just doing their job. Right across the world there were newsroom vigils and protests outside egyptian embassies. A trial in cairo had failed ocome one any evidence to incriminate the staff or associate them with what egypt described as terrorists. All the charges against correspondent peter greste, bureau chief Mohamed Fahmy and producer Baher Mohamed were false. Bahers wife spiking f
California on the sight that was formerly the largest encampments of Homeless People in the united states. We begin in pakistan where the government has stepped up its military campaign against taliban fighters. Intelligent forces tell al jazeera that the mastermind attack on a school which killed 132 people may himself been killed in an airstrike. He took responsibility for the attacks on a video released online. He said more attacks would target military families. Its thought that he may be one of 21 taliban airstrikes in the area. Reporter the Pakistan Military said it has killed a number of taliban fighters including a local commander. The operation took place as days of after an attack on children by the taliban. We want to unite all pakistanpakistan pakistanis against the taliban. Security is tight outside of the armyrun school in peshawar. They killed more than 130 children and injured many others. People now fear more attacks. Children ask me whether theyre safe in school. Kids
One man has died. Plus the u. S. And n. A. T. O. Formally end their war in afghanistan with a handover hello, robin adams at the doha sports desk. Action from the sydney to hobart yacht race plus. You could see the difference in the second half tsksnt football it was it wasnt football it was a struggle for life. That battle in about 45 minutes time. Hello. We begin in asia where a search and rescue operation is due to resume in the next couple of hours for a malaysian passenger jet. It disappeared over the java sea with 162 people on board. Air asia flight qz8501 left surabaya in indonesia at 5 20am local time. The destination was singapore. It lost contact with Ground Control 42 minutes after taib off. Before that takeoff. Before that the pilot asked to fly higher because of bad weather, but was told he couldnt. Veronica pedrosa reports from Changi Airport. From the air and sea an intense search for airasia qz8501. The airbus a320 was carrying 162 passengers and crew from the indonesi
People in the United States. It is a sign of the times, a cuban leading praising his u. S. Counter apartment. Cuban president raul castro applauded u. S. President obama policy change towards the con ubist country. He emphasized the significance of this move. Translator he welcome the approach president obama by opening a new chapter in the ties between our countries and for introducing the most significant changes in u. S. Policy in the last 50 years. Earlier i asked al jazerras Gabriel Elizondo who is in havana, about castros speech. Reporter this is a very high will beanticipated speech by the cuban president because this is the only the second time we have actually heard from him since the big announcement on wednesday, what he said about that is he said while this will be a relationship between two equals, between cuba and the United States now with this new diplomatic ties and what have you, he said that any change here in cuba would happen on cubas terms and nobody elses terms.
The Prime Minister of haiti has resigns. It comes after months of violent protests in the capital portauprince, demonstrators are calling for long delayed elections and for the president to also step down. Dominick kane has more. Reporter in recent weeks, protests like these have sprung up in the haitian capital. Now they are spread to go otherr cities. The people are calling for the president and Prime Minister to fall. Translator no magic wand can safe lamont. Or martelli. There is no way they can be saved. Reporter on friday, michelle had said that he would accept the resignation of his Prime Minister as part of a plan to reach eye new consensual government. The president s problem is that there huh been no lexes in haiti for three years, the term of office of the currents parliament will end next month. And no new elects are scheduled. The the government was supposed to organize lexes for four years all they did is corruption, they ruin the city. Thats why we take to the streets we