Lebanon. We have the latest on the you stink protest movement. Well have all the latest from sport, including the championships in beijing where usain bolt has snagged his third gold medal after anchoring the relay teams for a fourth successive 4 x 400 meters title. Deliberate attack on press freedom Egyptian Court sentence three al jazeera journalists to jail. Peter greste, who was sentenced in abstentia, said that the verdict was political. Hope then heartbreak in an Egyptian Courtroom. The retrial was supposed to give mohamed fahmy, Baher Mohammed and peter greste a Second Opportunity to clear their names. Instead justice was denied yet again. I dont know how im going to survive this without him. He did nothing. The judge said that he wanted to make clear to the people of egypt that these men were not journalists and doctored videos for air. Then he sentenced them to more prison time. Three years for fahmy and greste. Three and a half for mohammed. Theyve already spend more than a t
Shrine. Thousands rally demanding the Prime Minister resign. A deliberate attack on press freedom. Thats what al jazeera is calling the sentences of three of its journalists to three years in prison in egypt. Baha mohammed, peter greste and fahmyt charges al jazeera denies. Natasha gname has the story. Hope and heartbreak as two journalists return to prison. A retrial was supposed to give bahar mohammed, fahmy and peterieste a Second Opportunity top clear their names. Justice was denied yet again. I dont know how i am going to survive this without him. The judge said he wanted to make clear to the people of egypt that these men were not journalists and doctored videos for air. Then he sentenced them to more prison time. Three years for fahmy and greste, three and a half for mohammed. They already spent more than a year behind bars. Its outrageous. Its just devastating for me. I mean i know my heart is with them. Journalists in the courtroom describe a tense and angry atmosphere after t
Ten years after Hurricane Katrina devastated this city, there is a levee system here but beyond these walls its a very different story. Welcome to the program. In just two days nearly 200 refugees have died trying to reach europe. Police in austria recovered 71 bodies from a truck abandoned off a highway and nearly 100 people have drown off the coast of libya. Now the u. N. Has weighed in asking the International Community to do more to help those making disprit desperate s to start a new life. Ive been to the mediterranean and see how difficult it is. I commend those individuals and communities who have stepped up but much more is required. I appeal to all governments to expend safe and legal channels of migration and act with humanity, compassion, and in accordance with their international obligation. This is a human tragedy. That requires a determined, collective political response. Austrian police meanwhile says a syrian passport has been recovered among the furnish dead in 71 foun
On in rugby. To meet again at least, there he was cautious optimism because of irans presence this time but no break through. They still cant agree on the fate of bashar alassad. Mohammed jamjoom reports from vienna. They were two extremely arduous days but finally some Common Ground was found. Secretary of state john kerry was proud to list. Yours secular character is fundamental. We agree that the state institutions will remain intact. We agree that the rights of all syrians regardless of ethnicity or religious denomination must be protected. Diplomats had hoped the presence of iran might finally lead to a break through and while the sense of guarded optimism had bolstered efforts of diplomacy, it altered little on the battlefield. On friday in syria dozens more were killed on a missile attack on a crowded marketplace in duma and in aleppo, 27 were hit by air strikes claiming at least 80 more lines. One reason why the activists were so angry. Chanting against syrian president bashar
This morning the u. S. Is said to be considering boosting security at a number of overseas airports as consensus grows that a bomb took down a russian jet in egypt and welcome to your world this morning and im in for stephanie sy. Im del walters and reports out of the uk this morning saying Electronic Communications intercepted by spy agencies suggesting a bomb may have been carried on to the plane before it took off and president obama making his first comments about the crash. I think there is a possibility that there was a bomb on board and we are taking that very seriously. Reporter right now thousands of british tourists still stranded at the airport at Sharm Elsheikh and officials are not allowing its planes to fly into egypt and al jazeeras paul brennan is live from london and paul what do we know about easy jet trying to get its flights out of Sharm Elsheikh . Well, the statement that came out from easy jet just a couple hours del was pretty strong and said egyptian authorities