Latest news from europe including press freedom under scrutiny after top government officials order the Guardian Newspaper to hand over leaked files. And who or what is killing off russias pidgeon population . Our man in moscow is on the case. The United Nations Security Council is to hold an emergency meeting in an hour to discuss reports of a major chemical weapons attack in syria. The main Syrian Opposition group says more than a thousand people have been killed. Activists say the government fired rockets with toxic agents into the damascus suburbs in the eastern region. There are reports that another rocket hit a suburb west of the city. The Syrian Government said there is no truth in the reports. We have the latest. Activists are calling this a chemical massacre. They accuse the government of using banned weapons. They say these disturbing pictures are proof. [ yelling ] this man mourns his two daughters. He asked what has he done wrong . And the girl in trauma, she crisis, im ali
Report from that fastgrowing metropolis. The trial of the century, coming up in the debate. We will also be checking later with james creighton, who will show us how this is playing out over social media. We are in the newsroom. Hello again to chris moore. Hosni mubarak out of jail, the former egyptian president is in a hospital in southern cairo. He called it the likely use of chemical use in syria. A say that force may be needed. The government denies claims they used poison gas in the suburbs. And in china, a disgraced politician with a stern confession in a case that has embarrassed the communist party. We start in egypt, where Hosni Mubarak is under house arrest in cairo in a Military Hospital. He was taken from the capital after a Court Ordered his release following the appeal in the corruption case. He still faces a retrial over complicity in the deaths of the protesters during the 2011 uprising that toppled him. A smattering of applause outside of the prison as Hosni Mubarak wa
Follows the ouster of the Muslim Brotherhood from power and mr. Obamas president of choice. The violence and deadly clashes between the militaryrun government and the Muslim Brotherhood and the protesters are now responding. Continuing with violence in all likelihood this friday when supporters reportedly will conduct what they call a day of martyrs. And no relief for president obama in syria either. Opposition forces climbing more than 1,000 civilians were killed in chemical gas attacks earlier today on the outskirts of damascus. The alleged attacks come exactly one year and one day after president obama famously warned that chemical weapons, the use of them would cross the socalled red line and prompt u. S. Involvement in and out two and a half yearlong struggle. It is a conflict that has seen nearly 100,000 serious killed. The white house predictably today after repeated questions on redlines from the White House Press corps confirmed that they are relying on i United Nations Invest
Identification. Kansas secretary of state chris kovach among our guests. And the end of the road is near for the self selfproclaimed hugger. San diego mayor. Bradley manning wants to be chesley as he pursues tax payer funded gender reassignment their peak from is leavenworthrison cell. The ateam takes the ball of that and a great deal more. We begin tonight with another possible reason the president s Foreign Policy is so incoherent and ineffective that members of his own administration seem uninformed. Todays state Department News featured a shocking contradiction from spokesperson jan saki. Take a listen. The red line is the use of c. W. Cover chemical weapons. That was crossed a couple of months ago. The president took action which we talked about the time. Lou confident in her assessment that syria had already crossed that red line. The Obama Administration and responded. Until a few ments later when she offered up this blatant contradiction. We still believe that they dont have th
Lazar Berman is The Times of Israel s diplomatic reporter
In this Jan. 25, 2011 file photo, demonstrators deface a poster of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak in Alexandria, Egypt. (AP Photo)
Ten years ago, in late 2010 and early 2011, the Arab world experienced a series of convulsions that tore apart the Middle East as we knew it. Starting in Tunisia, where a young fruit vendor named Mohamed Bouazizi set himself on fire to protest corruption and police abuse, angry demonstrations spread throughout the region. Some of the world’s longest-ruling leaders were toppled within months. There was a sense of optimism, that the long-suffering citizens of Arab nations were finally rising up to demand basic human rights and dignity in secular, youth-led popular uprisings.