More that 200 passengers are feared dead after a russian jet crashed. The pilot reports technical problems and asked to change his route. The plane took off sate from Sharm El Sheikh. The airbus a321 belonging to metro jet airlines was en route to st. Petersburg. It carried 237 and seven crew members, and came down in a mountainous area of central sinai peninsula. Peter sharp is live in moscow. What more do we know. The air came down near an airport in northern sinai. It went off radar 23 minutes after taking off from Sharm El Sheikh as part of a flight to st. Petersburg. There were 274 passengers and crew, including 17 children. The newsagency here reported quoting Russian Aviation experts that before the aircraft went off radar, the pilot reported technical problems, and was asking for advice and directions to the nearest airport. It came down in mountainous regions. Sinai is the home of a 2year long insurgency, with fighters allied to i. S. I. L. Egyptian security made it clear that
Airasia flight 8501, only eight bodies found so far of the 162 people onboard. We begin in egypt where an Appeals Court order add retrial for three al jazeera journal you have thes jailed for more than a year. The three remain in custody and its not clear when theyll be back in court. Al jazeera says the original trial was flowed, and is demanding their immediate release. As a reminder of the case, the three were arrested in cairo december 29, 2013, after a trial they were sentenced in june, peter to seven years in jail, the third to 10 years. The sentencing was condemned around the world. Cairo announce add judicial review with a hearing on the case january 1. Judgevilles were held to mark one year since their arrest. We have more. They never saw a minute of freedom in 2014 and with with the start of a new year, they remain imprisoned. Despite an Appeals Court granting a retrial the three journalists are still behind bars. The judge in thursdays session said it was not in his power to
On friday brazil began to push the United Nations to take action. Its one of 21 counts ris seeking rules to rein in the surveillance done by the nsa and other entities. In washington protesters are staging an antiespionage rally. We go to the rally. Tell us who is behind this, jean . This is a number of different privacy groups. Its attracted several hundred buildings. You dont see them behinds me because they are in motion marching on mass from Union Station we can see them coming down the road now with placards. Theres about 1,000 or so of these protesters. We spoke to one of them, representative of the people here today. I think its vitally important for all americans to be vigilant with what their government is doing regarding privacy. I dont have problems with surveillance, as long as theres cause and we are not abrogating fourth amendments rights. We have been, and thats what has troubled me the most. And when the rest of the proteste proteste protesters get here theyll hear a nu
Life. Protesters new aggregations from german magazine der speeg somepiegel, cs spying and thank you Edward Snowden, highlighted the calls to rein in the nsa. Our jean meserve was there. In washington, hundreds gathered to protest the National Security agencys surveillance programs. The man who made them public was called a hero. Form he nsa contractor Edward Snowden is in russia but sent a statement. Its about power, control and trust in government. About whether you have a voice, in our democracy or decisions were made for you rather than with you. The protestors messages to the government, youve been listening to us, now hear this. It bothers me because we dont know whats going on. It bothers me because whenever you send a tweet or email or take a picture or do anything that involves any kind of data, phone calling or anything, you dont know that that information isnt being housed somewhere and thats wrong. You have a right to privacy. I believe the accusations a constitution that w
Exsurfacey for argentina fans at the team leads against rain hussein is supporting the sunni fighters, and the military council for iraqi revolutionaries, include 78 sunni factions. It has tens of thousands of fighters, and its led by exarmy officers. We have more from baghdad. The parades held at sater city was one of the biggest by the mahdi army. Its a clear show of force and a commitment to defend the holy shrines against the Islamic State in iraq and the levant. There were thousands armed with all sorts of wep lions, and that weapons, and that caused concern in the capital that this could be the beginning of a brutal sectarian war. On the other hand a spokesperson for the general military council for iraqi revolutionaries told al jazeera that his fighters will not lay down weapons until their calls are met. While the fighters are represented by their spokesperson says they want to topple the regime, and their other goal is to achieve their goals. Now those goals are fair represent