London. This is the al jazeera news hour. Also coming up in the next 60 minutes. The u. S. Promises intense and sustained support for iraq but the fighting goes on. Finally free, a sudanese woman is released from prison. And im raul pathak, ill have the latest in sports. Brazil 2014, did they end their Disastrous Campaign on a winning note. Is. Hello there thank you for joining us we begin the program in egypt where three al jazeera journalists have bren convicted and jailed for doing their jobs ppts peter greste and Mohamed Fahmy have been sentenced to seven years, Baher Mohamed for ten years. The Al Jazeera Media Network has condemned the courts decision and also International Outcry. The u. N. Human rights chief calling the verdicts a travesty of justice. Well in the last couple of hours the white house called for all three men to be pardoned. Well talk to peter grestes brother andrew for his assessment and more on the International Outcry for the convictions. First mohamed ado has
Those at the top take in more than ever. European Union Leaders agre to impose sanctions on those involved in repression and Election Fraud in belarus. Opposition supporters remain on the streets of belarus. President trump calls for a boycott of goodyear tyres, accusing the Us Based Company of playing politics with what its workers are allowed to wear. Thank you forjoining us on bbc news. Within the past hour, Kamala Harris has been formally nominated at the Democratic Convention asjoe bidens Vice President ial candidate. If the democrats win the november election, she would become the first female Vice President in us history. Earlier, former president ba rack obama warned that the very future of american democracy is at stake in the poll, as donald trump seeks re election. And Hillary Clinton, who lost to mr trump in the last us president ial election, said that for four years, people had said that they didnt realise how dangerous mr trump would be, and that they wished they could g
Milder, but a little lonelyjury side this weekend, quite a lot of low cloud and mist and merck and showery rain drifting its way northwards this afternoon, the best of the sunshine across scotland and Northern Ireland here, and top temperatures down to the south not quite as warm, 6 8, temperatures down to the south not quite as warm, 6 8 , but the highest values of 10 13 across central and southern england. Through the night tonight, that lead continues to drift its way steadily northwards with the exception of the far north east of scotland, and here temperature perhaps in rule spots with a touch of light frost. Elsewhere, it is going to be a grey, gloomy sunday morning, at a low cloud lingering for much of the day, but it will stay largely dry and it will be milder than it has been of late, so temperatures likely to peak between 8 12. Hello, this is bbc news with shaun ley. The headlines irans president rouhani blames israel for the assassination of a top nuclear scientist, saying h
This week on the travel show. The gadgets that could get us back on the road. New solutions for ancient problems. This thing is so much better than any of us can do. Here he comes and Kangaroo Island bounces back. Do you want any milk . It has been awesome to see. Yeah, the resilience of the australian wildlife. Hi, welcome to the show, coming to you this week from the eerily quiet London City Airport. Hence why i am allowed to talk to you from the actual runway. Take a look at this. This is bonkers normally this would be buzzing with planes taking off and landing, but as we all know, travel around the world has pretty much stopped. But nevertheless, we are going to do our best to try to keep you all inspired until travel resumes once again. But until then, stick with us and hopefully we will be out on our adventures very soon. Lets face it. 2020 hasnt been a good year for travel. A year of lockdowns, border closures, and bans. But dont worry because behind the scenes, the travel indus
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