To hunt down whoever was behind the mosque attack that left over 100 dead. And the pope travel to turkey. Lets begin in egypt where a court has thrown out the murder charge against former president hosni mubarak, and there have abou been protests against the decision. Mubarak was charged with conspiring to kill protesters in 2011. More than 800 people died in the violence. We have more. Reporter it was called the trial of the century in egypt, and it was ended with a controversial verdict. One that left the deposed president celebrating. Mubarak saw the case against him thrown out by the presiding judge. Mubarak has been charged with conspiring to kill protesters in 2011. It ito consider the things he did wrong within his political responsibilities even those crimes mention in the accusation list. The court also cleared mubaraks much feared foreign minister and his top aides. The judge ruled that there was in the enough evidence to show that he conspires to kill protesters. There were
Protests spread across University Campuses in egypt against new laws restricting political disisnt. We begin this news hour in iraq. Islamic state in iraq and the levant closer to gaining control of anbar the u. S. Said up to 160,000 people have been displaced in fighting in and around the town of heat. They have been withdrawn in the last base. Overnight isil overran an army camp there as they named what it called a tactical withdrawal. Toplevel generals also retreated from the base. Anbar province where isil has gained significant gains, strategically important cities of ha haditha, ramadi and fallujah, is the iraqi army going to completely lose control of anbar . It is close to losing control of anbar. Undoubtedly this is another set back in the spring of military set backs suffered over recent weeks. Heet si city is an strategic cally important city of anbar and that raises the capability of iraqi forces. They have not been able to recapture territories but they cant even hold thei
Morales with a big win for president. We begin with the Islamic State in iraq and the levant, yet another town has fallen to isil fighters. Overnight isil overran an army base in the town of heat as they made a tactical withdraw. Anbar province is where isil has made gains, and haditha, al hit ramadi and fallujah are partly under their control. Lets go to the iraqi capitol, what more can you tell us about this fall to isil and how significant it is . Reporter well ever since the isil bases were bombed on the border theyve made significant games. You mentioned haditha, and now al hit is under patrol. Control. In haditha, they abandoned their positions. Theyre calling it a tactical withdraw. This will be a big blow to the iraqi army. Theyve suffered a number of set backs over recent days. Isil very much on the move in Anbar Province. This has led to many politicians to say that we need troops on the ground in Anbar Province to deal with the isil threat. The airstrikes simply arent doing
The National Guard while announcing the citys underlying problems. And why science and Security Experts are keeping watch on a mysterious russian satellite. This is Al Jazeera America im tony airries. We begin in washington where senators are voting on a bill to move forward in construction of the controversial keystone xl pipeline. Mike viqueira join us from capitol hill. This comes several hours of rather lively debate in this issue. Thats right. It comes after six years of an approval process that is still ongoing in battle in the senate. It appears at this point Mary Landrieu might be one vote shy. She has 59 senators in approval of the pipeline, and this has become a big cause for arkansas and louisiana states, that are likely to see a change it has been a battle all day long and largely been democrat versus democrat. We dont have to be dictated to by russia or china. We can also create jobs not just in the u. S. But mexico. The ceo of the Pipeline Company said that it needs 50 pe
Hello, the palestinian president Mahmood Abbas has accused Israeli Soldiers of murdering one of his ministers. He died after protests in the west bank. It happened when a group was demonstrating against illegal israeli settlements. Reporter this was supposed to be a peaceful event, but it quickly turned violent after Israeli Soldiers confronted a group of palestinians trying to plant trees on land illegally coupe occupied by israel. Shortly after the altercation, and clearly still out of breath he spoke to the media. Were not going. This is stopping palestinians were acting on their rights. We came to Palestinian Land to plant olive trees. They attacked us without anyone throwing a stone or attacking them. This is a terroristoccupying army that stops palestinians from enacting on their rights. Reporter but his health deteriorated. He was rushed to the hospital and died. Someone beat him in his head. Reporter distraught family members consoled each other after his body was taken away ah