missing mh370 plane? malaysia sends investigators to find out. robin adams with the sport - the latest from the third ashes, and the world s toughest foot race enters the final stages. we are in california later in the programme the verdict in the retrial of three al jazeera journalists in egypt has been postponed until august the 2nd. mohamed fadel fahmy, mohammed badr and peter greste were accused of colluding with the outlawed muslim brotherhood. charges they and al jazeera deny. al jazeera journalists say justice has been delayed again. mohammed badr and mohamed fadel fahmy arrived at a cairo court hoping to hear a verdict reflecting the truth - that they are not guilty. instead, they were told that the case has been postponed for a week. it s disponting what happened. reporter: their colleague peter greste who has been tried in absentia says they victim come to expect delays. they hoped there would be closure at this stage. the only thing that defines us is t
prisoners. we ll have the winner of the 2022 winter olympics bid will be announced on friday. we re in both of the cities later in the show. the afghan taliban has confirmed to al jazeera that its spiritual leader mullah omar is dead, it has also announced his replacement, akhtar mansoor. we ll have the latest from kabul in a couple of minutes. reporter: mullah omar was the spiritual leader and military commander of the taliban. only a few photographs of him exist. the fbi offered millions of dollars for information on his whereabouts. that remains a mystery in the final years of his life. communications from him came through the taliban s website, usually on holidays or anniversaries. it was never clear if they were really his words. as a young man he was a fighter, battling the soviet army s occupation of afghanistan during the 80s. his confident described to he became the self proclaimed emir of afghanistan. when the taliban was arising the need to have a leader
you can even try. your own cough fib. death becomes big business in japan the cemetery space starts to run out. all of your sport including china s capitol and the city go head to head in the battle for the 2022 winter olympics. question of years of confusion the afghan taliban has confirmed that it s leader is in fact, dead. it hasn t said where or when he died. the taliban supreme council instead focusing on it s future. he has been acting as the deputy for the past three years. he has been notable for asserting his position by standing up, who is in charge of the so called islamic state of levant. he told to back off from afghanistan. he served in the government as minister of civil aviation. al jazeera jennifer glass has this update for us from the afghan capitol. kabul. not clear what new changes we will see under the new taliban leader. the taliban sources tell us that he has been involved in making political decisions for the taliban over the last few years. no
lion reaches the u.s. president s office. for years of confusion over the fate, the afghan taliban has confirmed that it s leader is in fact, dead. uh it hasn t said where or when he died. the supreme council is instead focusing on it s future. he had been acting as the deputy for the past three years. he has been notable for asserting his position by standing up to baghdaddy who is in charge of the so called islamic state of iraq. before the taliban was overthrown during the u.s. invasion in 2001, he served in the government as minister of civil aviation, al jazeera has this update for us from the afghan capitol kabul. not clear what new changes we will see under the new taliban leader. the taliban sources tell us here that he has been involved in making political decisions for the taliban over the last few years. there are two different areas you have the political side, and the military side, the fighting has been quite serious. and over the last couple of weeks taliban
triumphant day for pontiff including a speech at the u.n. and a visit to a school in east harlem and emotional visit to ground zero and a ride through central park but now spotlight moves, 100 miles to the south, next stop, philadelphia. it is friday night, and the big story on action news tonight is quaker city waiting with open arms, and empty streets, to welcome the pope. pope francis will be here, in ten and a half hours. the final barriers and fences have gone up, and the secure zones have been, well, they have been secured, as the most massive security operation is now in place. chopper six is live over the vine street expressway, which is now closed to traffic, until monday. and we have team coverage tonight, action news reporter jeff chirico shows us the the security perimeters going up. chad pradelli is on the ben franklin bridge close todd traffic while matt pellman has details of the highway closures. sharrie williams shows us final preparations on the ben fran