Europesircraft for in following intelligence that insurgents may try to get bombs onto americanbound flights. This is live from paris. France may have surprised many by a merging as world cup contenders this summer but they faced their toughest test against nemesis germany and they were found wanting. After 90 minutes of quarterfinal play, the score was 10 to germany. Reachede raised the last four but stumbling at the penultimate hurdle. Our berlin correspondent jessica has some reaction to the encounter. She joins us. Germany has a bit of a pattern of putting france out of the world cup, dont they . Yes, absolutely. This is the third time that france and germany have faced each other in the game since 1986. For nearly nearly 28 years ago and in that game, journey beat france too, and a memorable game in 1982. You could say they were keeping in tradition with knocking france alice. France out. German fans before the game were nervous. They knew that france was a strong contender and ge
An entire year. All three al jazeera journalists were arrested on december 29 last year when police raided the cairo hotel room they were using as an office. Protests were held worldwide supporting the jailed journalists. Please stand bypeter grestes family says hes doing his best to keep his spirits up. He is determined this whole experience is not going to break him. Egypt accuses al jazeera of supporting the Muslim Brotherhood and mohamed morsi. Now that the islamists are banned in egypt guitar and egypt are finding ways to reconcile. Qatar and egypt are finding ways to reconcile. Having been shut down in egypt is also a significant milestone in our case. I would like to think it has removed the political aspect of the reason why peter was arrested. X the three journalists are to appear in front of the court next thursday to appeal their case. Among the three journalists in jail is the former egypt bureau chief for al jazeera. I asked whether they were hopeful the journalists might
Followers on tuesday. It was ruled he was breaking the terms of his house arrest to attend the rally, posting a photograph from moscows subway. It was reported that he was arrested on the way to the rally. Supporters had already gathered outside the kremlin to protest his sentencing for embezzlement, which took place earlier that day. He was given a 3. 5year suspended sentence. His brother was given a threeyear custodial sentence. All of this is being done in order to punish thieves even more. Questions have been raised about the timing of this sentence. It was brought forward to coincide with the end of Year Holidays and subzero temperatures to avoid a public reaction. Not to create a martyr or figure of an Opposition Leader in jail. The desire is not to consolidate the opposition but to demoralize and intimidated. A lawyer who rose to prominence with his blog investigating corruption, navalny has long been a thorn in the side of vladimir putin. He galvanize the opposition and led mas
This is what double are told us. I was hopeful when i went to the court that i might have them released. Miracles can happen. Peter mohammed, and one other are accused of spreading false information in favor of the band Muslim Brotherhood, which they deny. Qatar was a major supporter of the Muslim Brotherhood back when Mohamed Morsi was the president. His ouster created tension between the countries. The conviction of the journalists has soured relations further. The station said it just and justice should hold a new trial as quickly as possible. It could take 1218 months. Or they can make it quick. They can speed up the process and get these guys out of jail. The jailing sparked International Outrage and raised concern over egypts human rights fire relations. The defendants have denied any links with the Muslim Brotherhood. They did not attend the hearing which lasted only a few minutes. And new years seared stampede new years eve stampede on a chinese waterfront has killed many. 13 p
Targets. Of the targets have year. Place every government ousted the Muslim Brotherhood movement, calling it a terrorist organization. For more on todays violence, we go to our correspondent in cairo. Good evening. Thank you for joining us. First, do we know more about who was behind this bombing . Is anyone claiming responsibility . There have been no claims of responsibility yet here it often those can take a day or two to comment. So far the Muslim Brotherhood has publicly distanced themselves from the bombing as they have consistently over the string of bombings and attacks on security personnel over the last eight months. As of now, no, we have no claims of responsibility. We have seen that those bombings targeted the main campus of cairo. Wide region that has seen consistent protests by those who support the Muslim Brotherhood and the overthrown islamist president mohamed morsi. With polls just two months away, presumably we will see tension rise even further . Absolutely. If you