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
Lets start with some breaking news coming out of iraq. Kurdish Peshmerga Forces have launched a major offensive against i. S. I. L. In the north, backed by the u. S. Led air campaign over 7,000 trams battling with i. S. I. L. Troops battling with i. S. I. L. To take sinjar. In the Northern City over a year ago, killing and enslaving residents in the community, sinjar is on the main highway which linked cities, the bastians in iraq and syria. Speaking to correspondan. This is a key strategic zone, isnt it . Yes. The operation is called free sinjar. It began in the early hours of this morning when Ground Troops went in. Theyre attacking, and theyve taken the north, a humanitarian operation that took place in december and now theyre going in to take the rest of the sinjar town. This is really crucial, as you say, because it does link i. S. I. L. Territory in syria with i. S. I. L. Territory here in iraq in the city of mosel, a strategic key road to i. S. I. L. What theyre hoping to do is
Guilty of murder with the accused having criminal intent. Oscar pretorous is found guilty. And europe piano space Agency Launches a new Research Mission to find out how gravity works. Hello, russia and turkeys top diplomats have met for the First Time Since turkey shot down a russian warplane last month. Sergei lavrov held talks on the side line security meetings in belgrade. Afterwards they said it is unrealistic to expect the problems with russia to be resolved after one meeting, but it is important to keep Communication Channels open. Lavrov said he heard nothing new from his turkish counterpart. Well, hours earlier russian president Vladimir Putin warned turkey leaders that theyll live to regret shooting down the jet. President Vladimir Putin suggested that allah is punishing turkey with lack of judgment. I dont know why turkey did it any kind of problem, any kind of issue or contradiction in any form could have been decided, could have been addressed in a completely way. We have t
A couple suspected the murdering 14 people are identified. We take you to the worlds most famous glacier in the alps that has become a symbol of what Climate Change is doing to the planet. First, the Russian Foreign minister says hes ready to meet his turkish counterpart as a standoff continues over ankaras downing of a russian jet near the syrian border. The russian president Vladimir Putin is due to mention the issue in his annual address to the nation, which is about to begin any moment now. Our correspondent live from moscow. As soon as we see president putin take to the pod um and start his address, we will go to that and find out what he is saying, but in the meantime lets talk about the spat, the continuing spat, between the Foreign Ministers as we speak. There we see president putin then striding into this hall and about to start his annual state of the nation address. Were going to listen to this and find out what he has to say. Members of the state, citizens of russia. Transl
Murdering 14 people have now been identified. Fifas Corruption Scandal continues. Swiss Police Arrest two more officials. We begin in moscow where the anti turkish rhetoric continues to catcher chet up. The russian president Vladimir Putin said ankara will regret the shooting down of a russian jet near the syria turkish border. He accuses turkey of supporting terrorism and promised a tougher response. He was speaking at his annual state of the nation address. We are not planning to engage in military saber rattling but if anyone think that is having committed this awful war crime, the murder of our people, that theyre going to get away with some measures concerning unit mate items or limit other sectors, they are deeply mistaken. Well have the latest out of moscow with rory challands. Its very, very clear from Vladimir Putins tone in this state of the nation address that even though more than a week has passed since turkey shot a russian bomber out of the sky from over the turkishsyria