Tourist summit hoping to convince travelers to return. They come from opposing sides of the political divide in egypt but trials against both of them have got underway today. On one side is Hosni Mubarak, the egyptian president over thrown in 2011. Hes appeared in cairos Police Academy for a retrial along with codefendants which include his two sons. Mubarak is accused of failing to stop the killing of protesters during the revolution that forced him from office. In a separate case, mohamed badie, the spiritual leader of the Muslim Brotherhood. His trial has beened a jurpd until october 29th. Mohamed badie was arrested last week, hes accused of inciting protesters to kill those protesting against the Muslim Brotherhood on july 30th. Two other brotherhood leaders are facing similar charges. Wayne hey joins me from outside of cairos Police Academy to update us on Hosni Mubaraks trial. Wayne, i understand that mubarak actually appeared in court. Tell us whats been happening. Well, he has
Discovered. Fantastic news in a region with so many endered species. Coming up, the surprising low caslocation of where it was found. The Syrian Government says it has reached an agreement with u. N. Inspectors allowing them to examine the site of wednesdays alleged chemical attack coming as the u. S. Is ready to carry out military options against syria if it needs to. Bashar alassads regime denies it was behind the attack. It is blaming rebel fighters. A rocket shoots sky ward from the damascus neighborhood of eastern guta, al jazeera cannot independently verify the pictures that were up loaded onto youtube. It is the same area where an apparent chemical weapons attack killed hundreds of men, women and children last week. The Syrian Government denies it was responsible. Syria state tv is reporting that the government is agreeing to give the chemica u. Access to the attacks and the Global Leaders are calling for a response. Barack obama has been meeting his National Security advise ads
We begin in egypt where the countrys deposed president mubarak is in court for retrial on charges to stop the deaths of protesters during his 2011 u uprising against his rule. He has appeared in cairos Police Academy with his codefendants which includes his two sons. A separate trial for the Muslim Brotherhood lead aaron two deputies are at the end of october. Our correspondent joins us from outside of the Police Academy with mubarak is appearinappearing. Wayne, whats going on there . Outside it has been very quiet, low key all morning. There was a Strong Security presence, police, as you would imagine and the very small number of spo supporters of mubarak shown up, maybe 20, even a Smaller Group of family members representing some of the victims that were killed in that 2011 revolution. Inside the courtroom, the Police Academy, the retrial has begun, at the moment it seems to be a fairly procedural situation. You have heard from the judge whose stressed he wants to see a very open and
Carrying dozens of military officers in yemen. The attack comes just two days after yemens president vows to fight terrorism. Only hours ago former egyptian president mubarak appeared in court in a cage. Hes facing a number of criminal charges stemming from the 2011 uprising in egypt. The ousted leader was released from prison thursday to be held under house arrest at a military hospital. Mubarak is charged in connection to the deaths of several protesters during the arab spring. Three leaders of the Muslim Brotherhood faced similar unrelated charges but they did not appear in court. Jonathan is in cairo and joins us with the details. Well, mor morgan, theyre similar charges but both groups from different sides of the political spectrum here in egypt. Mohamed badie, the spiritual leader of the Muslim Brotherhood him and his deputies entrepreneur trial or had the trial begin today. Theyre charged with inciting violence in june causing the deaths of dozens of protesters. They did not app