Pope francis give praise i in the famous blue mosqu. Plus, a relic of colonialism. We exact the importance of the francophonie submit taking place in senegal. Lets begin in egypt where a court has thrown out the murder charge against former president Hosni Mubarak. Mubarak was accused of conspiring to kill protesters in 2011. More than 800 people died in the violence. We have the report. [applause] reporter it was called the trial of the century, and it ended with a controversial verdict, one that supporters of the deposed president celebrated. Three years after he was forced out of office, mubarak saw the case against him thrown out by the presiding judge. Mubarak had been judged with conspiring to kill protesters in january 2011. It is not suitable for a former president to be taken to a criminal court according to the terms and conditions of the criminal law or to consider the things within his political responsibilities even those crimes mentioned in the accusation lists. The court
Lives of the other two . And our national lead, it is spreading at 800 feet per day. So the good news is at 800 feet per day, you can outrun it, but the bad news is your house cant. Molten lava smothering everything in its path and heading for a neighborhood in the u. S. Good afternoon. Im jake tapper. Well begin with breaking news in our world lead. A chartered plane carrying American Military contractors has been forced to land in tehran, iran. Lets get to our Global Affairs correspondent elise labott at the state department. What can you tell us . Jake, this as you said was a contracted plane with American Military contractors but also from other coalition countries. I understand there were some commanded aboard flying to dubai. The iranians contacted the pilots to say this is an out of date flight plan. And it ordered to return back to afghanistan. But the pilot said they didnt have enough fuel. The iranians said well then land, or youll be intercepted. We understand it was escorte
Her in cardiac arrest . Im wolf blitzer. Youre in the situation room. Were follow two breaking news stories. Searchers are now racing to the site where a small plane crashed in waters off jamaica. It flew for hours unresponsive, past its florida destination, trailed by u. S. Fighter jets as it approached cuba. Well have full details on this story coming up. But first, a charter plane carrying American Military contractors has been ordered to land in iran on a flight out of afghanistan. Our correspondents and guests are all standing by for full coverage. Lets begin with Global Affairs correspondent elise labott at the state department. What do we know about this plane carrying u. S. Military contractors forced to land in iran . Wolf, this contract plane was flying from Bagram Air Base in afghanistan to dubai. It had about 100 americans and a couple dozen citizens from other coalition countries. The air control tower in iran contracted the pilots, told them their flight plan was out of d