Hello richard gives birth in europe the listening post here are some of the media stories weve been tracking this week elections are coming up in egypt and hungary given what president elsisi and Prime Minister or a band have done to the media in their countries they dont have to worry about the way theyre being covered subliminal messages and life sentences six journalists convicted in turkey for allegedly plotting against the government the aftermath of the School Shootings in florida is reverberating throughout the u. S. News media. And amidst the fun in games to celebrate Chinese New Year one particular sketch on television about africans that the producers probably want to take back. If youre a journalist covering the upcoming election in egypt your contacts in the Security Services may prove more useful than those you have in parliament there have been more arrests than manifestos and the candidates are dropping like flies take abdul more name for example he decided not to run ag
I know i Maryam Namazie in london youre watching aljazeera also coming up nigeria says its deploying more troops to search for more than one hundred schoolgirls seized by boko haram in northern nigeria. The. Protests across italy as tensions rise in the run up to next weekends election immigration is a key issue. And power to the people the fight for Economic Justice in America Fifty years since it was ignited by a civil rights icon. Welcome to the program our top story the u. N. Security council has unanimously adopted a resolution demanding a thirty day truce in syria to allow for aid access this follows days of negotiations at the u. N. Over the wording of the document five hundred people have been killed in seven days of Syrian Government attacks on rebel held east and thousands of people are trapped in underground shelters many of which are providing little protection against syrian and russian rockets and bombs. A Little Village mom. The adoption of the resolution today you know
Ashes blasted into space. We report on japans booming funeral industry. The verdict in the retrial of three al jazeera journalists in egypt has been postponed until august the 2nd. Mohamed fadel fahmy, Mohammed Badr and peter greste were accused of colluding with the outlawed muslim brotherhood. Charges they and al jazeera deny. We have more. Al jazeera english journalists say justice has been delayed again. Mohammed badr and Mohamed Fadel fahmy arrived at a cairo court hoping to hear a verdict reflecting the truth that they are not guilty. Instead, they were told that the case has been postponed for a week. Its disappointing what happened. Which were specting a verdict today. Reporter their colleague peter greste, who has been tried in absentia says they victim come to expect delays. Che allowed themselves to hope there would be closure and a positive outcome at last. The only thing that defines us is the verdict. Reporter Mohamed Fadel fahmy and peter greste, and Mohammed Badrs troub
Its image. The Afghan Taliban has confirmed to al jazeera its spiritual leader mullah omar is dead. And it has always elected his replacement. The Afghan Government said it had enough evidence to confirm that he died two years ago, but the taliban refused to confirm. There is still some conflicting reports from the taliban about where and when exactly he died and whether they have in fact chosen a replacement. Reporter shiulie, in the past 15 minutes, though we have received a statement and tweet from official taliban spokesman that confirmed the death of mullah omar. But now its confirm by Afghan Taliban in afghanistan too. Let me take you to the impact of his death. If we believe he died two years ago, in the past two years taliban has gained a lot of afghanistan war. They have achieved a lot of military and politically in afghanistan like if we compare 2013 with now, taliban were in 2013 only focusing on the south, now they are more splitting the war in the past two years to norther
The future of peace talks in afghanistan has been thrown into doubt by a change in leadership. They have confirmed the death of spiritual leader mullah omar. Talks between the taliban and the Afghan Government on friday will not go ahead. Jennifer glass on the death of mullah omar. Reporter its unclear what changes well see under the new taliban leader. The taliban sources telling al jazeera that mansour has been involved in making political decisions over the last few years. There are obviously two different areas of the taliban. You have the political side and the military side. The fighting has been serious in this spring fighting season and over the last couple of weeks, in the last couple of days taliban has taken dozens of villages in the district in the north and south as taliban fighters continue to fight across the battlefield. Peace talks between taliban representatives and the government scheduled for friday have been put on hold. The african government hopes theyll be resch