>> this is al jazeera. >> welcome to the news hour, coming up in the program, claims of chemical weapons massacre syria, council is expected to meet in the next hour. the call in egypt for the release of former egyptian president hosni mubarak, but he will he an back on trial in a few days. and bran bradley manning, the at of the biggest leak of u.s. military secrets. >> we're in london with the

latest news from europe including press freedom under scrutiny after top government officials order the guardian newspaper to hand over leaked files. and who or what is killing off russia's pidgeon population? our man in moscow is on the case. >> the united nations security council is to hold an emergency meeting in an hour to discuss reports of a major chemical weapons attack in syria. the main syrian opposition group says more than a thousand people have been killed. activists say the government fired rockets with toxic agents into the damascus suburbs in the eastern region. there are reports that another rocket hit a suburb west of the city. the syrian government said there is no truth in the reports. we have the latest.

>> activists are calling this a chemical massacre. they accuse the government of using banned weapons. they say these disturbing pictures are proof. [ yelling ] >> this man mourns his two daughters. he asked what has he done wrong? and the girl in trauma, she crisis, i'm alive. i'm alive. there are too many cases with different symptoms. >> the number of victims of children and others is very high. i've carried in my own hands around 50 dead children. the worst thing about what happened is the indiscriminate nature of the attack and the ignorance of people who didn't know what to do when the attack took place. >> opposition groups say that around 3:00 a.m. wednesday government forces fired rockets on areas in eastern, an area of countryside east of the capitol

damascus. they say rockets warhead contained some sort of nerve gas agent. pictures of dozens of dead bodies that have no advisable wounds or trauma. other footage show allege survivors of attacks suffering from fits and other grieving problems. the syrian national coalition didn't mince their words. >> it's not the first time for the regime to use whencal weapons. today's crime represents a cornerstone of the system of the regime in the killing of the syrian people. the killers feel safe. it is now a genocide. the united nations will feel a bit concerned and the united states will declare for red lines for nothing. >> the syrian government was quick to deny the reports. >> everything that has been said is ridiculous, naive,

unscientific and emotional. we mean what we are saying. there is not any use of that weapon at all. the military operation that is taking place on the ground is a successful one, and our forces are making progress from answerl sides. >> 20 u.n. experts arrived in damascus to investigate previous reports of chemical weapon usage. rebel forces have been accused of using toxic gas. activists are now urging the u.n. team to investigate the latest incident. but in the last two years in syria there have been many claims and countered claims on the subject of chemical weapons. it means that people may never know the exact truth of what happened, or how these people were killed. al jazeera. >> well, earlier the military chief of the free syrian army

spoke to al jazeera. over a thousand people have died in the attack. >> the criminal regime committed a master at dawn using chemical weapons in ground-to-ground missiles which, and it led to is thousand 6 martyrs and hundreds more injured. many of them including women and children, are in critical condition. >> well, the u.n. security council emergency meeting on syria is due to start in under an hour. we're at the u.n. headquarters and we'll go there shortly, but first to patty in washington, d.c. so far what noise versus been coming out of the white house about this? >> well, we just had a briefing from the deputy press secretary. it was one year and one day ago when president obama first came out and said any use of chemical weapons use in si syria would cs the red line. in the past months they believe

that chemical weapons had been used. ibut now that these latest clais have been made the white house is not talking about consequences, actions or red lines, but they are calling for an u.n. investigation. >> really, what we're looking for is unfettered access to the witnesses, the opportunity to visit the site where this occurred, the opportunity to collect evidence without manipulation from the assad regime, and let's let the investigation move forward and we'll judge the results accordingly. >> all right, patty, but now we do have an u.n. team there investigating. the question is what if some of these claims are substantiated by the u.n. then what? >> i can tell you, sammy, the white house isn't even talking about that. in the past the president has ruled outputting any boots on the ground. he doesn't believe there is much

appetite for that, the war-weary public, polls showing that they do not want to be militarily involved in syria. there has been discussion about possible no-fly zone but the military has warned that is going to be exceedingly expensive and could quickly escalate. whether or not this episode will change the calculation so far there is no indication from the white house that it has. >> thanks so much, patty, joining us from washington, d.c. let's cross over to john, at the. u.n. headquarters in new york. when it comes it syria, the security council does not have the best reputation for quick and effective action. what should we expect from it today? >> well, sammy, it's important to understand that we there are two distinct and separate processes taking place here in the united nations in new york this afternoon. one of them will get under way in 60 minutes, 19 hours gmt, and that is the meeting of the u.n.

security council at which they will discuss the alleged latest atrocity in syria. they often talk about it, but there is not a lot that they can do. i think what you'll see this afternoon after the closed-door session is members of the council come out and give some sound bytes to the media. but that's about it. and the reason for that is that although they are the final arresarbitor of national law thy have no jurisdiction for syria. for that they have to turn to secretary general ban ki-moon, and his mission on the ground in syria right now. he has 20 inspectors working for him, and they'll look for chemical weapons in syria allegedly on three occions, not to pass judgment on who used them. it's a bet like investigating a murder but not saying who carried the murder out. for that to change for this incident to be investigated two country must write to the secretary general and question that this atrocity be

investigated. two letters have arrived, one from france, one from britain. now it falls back on the secretary general. now a few hours ago the secretary general ban ki-moon issued a tepid statement that was red by his press spokesman. here's what he had to say. >> the secretary general reaffirms his determinaon to insure a thorough investigation of the reported alleged incidents that have been brought to his attention by member states. the secretary general reiterates any use of chemical weapons by an side under any circumstance would violate international law. >> and sammy, the secreta general said there i they may well be calling for a swift investigation into this alleged atrocity in syria, but think about how long it took, how many many negotiations, meetings and phone calls it took to get those

20 inspectors that we have on the ground in syria right now. so i think he may be callingor swift investigation, but don't expect it to happen any time soon. >> i fear you may be right. thanks for that from new york. let's take you to paris now wheree understand the british-french foreign secretaries have been meeting. let's listen in on what has been said. >> so we work closely together, but foremost in our minds today as you have heard is the situation in various parts of the middle east, we have heard about a terrible act in syria. which may have involved the death of many hundreds, possibly as you have heard more than a thousand people. of course, the facts of this are still coming in. the reports of this are still coming in, but the united kingdom and france called immediately for an urgent meeting of the security council,

and that is about to take place, and we hope that the u.n. team in damascus will be given immediate access to this area, unrestricted access to try to establish the truth. there is no reason for them not to be given access to an area not many miles to where they're doing their work now. >> that was the british foreign secretary william hague. u.n. investigators there will be given full access to be given to the areas they need to get into to conduct the proper investigation and look into affairs. court in egypt has ordered the release of former egyptian president hosni mubarak and we're hearing the release order has been final and there will be no appeal from the attorney

general. let's talk to wafaa hefny, first of all, the reaction to the decision to release mubarak. >> well, to tell you the truth, this is all a well-planned scenario which began with the just after 211. they ousted mubarak, then decided they wanted him back. the best thing was to get the military council to make it as bad as they could for people to live in egypt to create revolution, and then to oust him

and bring mubarak back. from the beginning of the coup, from the third of july we knew that it was premeditated, and very, very cleverly done, and this is the natural outcome. but the problem is that they miscalculated the backfire of what they had done. this is what we've been saying from the beginning. >> if i could jump in, have hey miscalculated? there are those saying the protests seem to be calming down in the last two or three days? >> well, every day we're out on the streets, and every day people are getting killed. today there were bullets, nothing has calmed down. everything is on the street as is, and they've taken to the muslim brotherhood, and to be replaced immediately. an hour after, it didn't even

take an half hour, he was put in his place. and the same in every inch in egypt. and the coalition is working. it's not just the muslim brotherhood now, there is a whole coalition, and all the revolutionists, what they're doing is they are proving that this is the comeback of the revolution. people are saying that this is the comeback of the revolution. the coalition is saying what some of the revolutionists didn't believe. now stupidly they're just proving what we said from the beginning. and so if they had their plan, and they are going through it, their plan is very simply to get anyone, anyone who believes in the revolution out of their way and get those people back into power, to back israel, and kill the palestinian problem which is the initiation of everything, they have failed.

>> if i could jump in again, how about the european union measures with the freezing of some equipment that would be used to suppress people. in their view, how do you see that? >> okay, what is happening here, the west credentials are at stake. egypt has been proven now as the only democracy in the world. we've given 5,000 marchs for our democracy, and we're still on the streets non-violent. now today merkel was at the jewish holocaust sites because she's looking for re-election. the credibility of the human principles are at stake. that is why america is at the

hold and europe is at the hold. not one regime can go against peaceful people calling for democracy. >> wafaa hefny, for women against the coup. >> so some different and very fluid events still going on in egypt. let's bring in our correspondent bernard smith, he's live for us from our cairo bureau. first of all, this news that the attorney general said there would be no appeal in the call to free mubarak, how much of this change when the military ousted morsi when there were repeated attempts to keep mubarak in prison whenever he was cleared by a court similarly by filing new charges. is that era over now? >> well look, i mean, yes.

mubarak's detention and trial has become a look at what the law says. but the office for not appealing the detention of hosni mubarak was that he returned the gifts that he had allegedly received in the corruption case he's facing. he's facing charges to retrial that he failed to protect protesters. the length of time he serve custody waiting for that trial has expired. legally speaking he can't be held longer any more. who knows with the state of emergency that this country is under at the moment maybe it would have been possible to find

other ways to hold hosni mubarak, but perhaps there was not will to do that. >> bernard smith from cairo. meanwhile, anti-coup protesters have gathered despite the curfew, more than 900 people have been killed in the last week during protests. that's according to the interim government, the anti-coup alignment said that the death toll is much higher than that. >> european union foreign ministers are calling on both sides in egypt's crisis to negotiate. more on that story coming a little later up in the show. also ahead, new worries over over the leaks at fukushima plant. and going for his first piece of silverware in the spanish super cup. we'll have all the details later in the show.

>> u.s. soldier responsible for the largest leak of classified information in the country has been sentenced to 35 years in prison. bradley manning was convicted last month of 20 offenses including espionage, threat, and fraud. we have the report. >> private bradley manning walks into court to find out if he'll get his wish. at trial he said he wanted to go to college, get a degree, have a better relationship with his family. those goals now put on hold as he is sentenced to 35 years behind bars, dishonorable discharge and loss of pay. manning was convicted of espionage and theft charges for this, making it possible for the world to read the secret thoughts of u.s. diplomats. he also wanted americans to know what was happening in their name. the truth shown in this helicopter, soldiers shooting civilians, reporters camera

mistaken for a weapon. manning pleaded for leniency saying that he suffers from gender identity disorder submitting this picture as proof. his lawyers argue that he was alienated by the service that didn't allow openly gay soldiers to serve. >> he was a young soldier. it was his first deployment. he saw things that he had never seen before, and he was not the type of human being who could detach. >> he was described as a traitor. they wanted him to spend 60 years in jail. the details evidenced mostly kept from the public as classified. >> i'm perfectly content that the man is guilty. i think the man violated his trust. he violated his oath. he did damage way, way out of proportion to the things he said he was concerned about. >> in the military justice system the commanding general

can reduce the sentence. there will be an appeal, but manning is likely to spend at least the next eight years in prison before being granted even the possibility of parole. al jazeera. >> let's continue with military trials now. the american soldier who killed 16 afghan civilians in an attack on two villages is faced with more of his victims' relatives at the sentencing hearing. they describe the horror they found when they arrived at the village. robert bales could spend the rest of his life in prison. let's go live to tacoma. first of all, has it become any clearer why the soldier carried out this attack? >> well, sergeant bales hasn't said a word during this day of testimony. he's sitting emotionlessly, and

not reacting in any way. he listened as two of the family members of his victims in that shooting rampage last year who were brought here to testify spoke about what happened. kamaal adine who lost two children in the rampage describe the events as devastating, something that he would never forget. hodji maseer lost children and his wife. his boys loved to play soccer and his wife as a dutiful spouse. when he was finished with his testimony, and the questions had all been asked he told the court, i have some things i want to speak about that i hold in my heart, but the judge would not allow him to talk saying that he could only testify in response to direct questions. colonel todd wood of the u.s.

army was one of the first high-ranking soldiers to arrive at the village in the province after the massacre. he described an angry scene, and said it set back relation world trade center elders and villagers which he had been carefully trying to cultivate. they have a very long memory of the afghan people. they do not forgot an incident of this magnitude and probably never will. it will be generations before we can regain any of that trust again. >> thank you, rob reynolds. the soldier on trial for killing 13 people at the texas military base in 2009 has chosen not to challenge the government's case against him. he's representing himself in the trial. it's been revealed the u.k. government was involved in the highest level in pressuring the

guardian newspaper in revelations of cyber snooping by intelligence agencies. let's go for more on that. julie? >> thank you. well, the latest revelations follow protest abou about publig edward snowden's leaks. now, here is the rest of the story. >> months after his first leaks edward snowden is still making life difficult for the authorities on both sides of the atlantic. in britain the awkward questions now reach to the very heart of government, with the revelation that prime minister david cameron personally ordered this man to intervene. jeremy haywood is the most senior parliament government official. he's supposed to be above party

politics. the fact that he was told to contact the guardian newspaper and exact pressure to stop leaks has convinced security groups that the government has gone too far. >> the arrogance, the disorder fodisorder--the disregard for public-interest freedom is chilling. is it possible to be shocked but not surprised? the alleged actions of the government leave a lot wanting, there are a lot of questions to be answered. >> questions also remain about the detention of david miranda at heathrow airport. the partner of glen greenwald, the journalist who wrote the guardian stories. the fact that his partner was held under anti-terrorist laws has been widely condemned. they are now taking action against the british government and police and ask for the return of his laptop and other

equipment that were confiscated. >> on principle he feels his right for respect for private life, freedom of liberty and freedom of expression rights have all been manifestly interred with in this case. he's concerned about that, and the chilling effect this will have on journalists throughout the world, traveling through the u.k. >> with the brazilian government and international media organizations also calling for an investigation into the detention of david miranda, the british authorities are coming under intense pressure to provide answers. >> greece's new state television channel has begun airing news programs two months after the government's decision to close the broadcaster. now the staff sacked after the closure has been continuing to produce programs from their old offices but the european broadcasting union has stopped relaying their channels to

viewers leaving the old only available online. we have more on that from athens. >> the start of news content broadcasting by greece's new public television entity today finally satisfies a top greek court's demand issued on jun june 17th, that immediately programming on the public air airwaves, and the existence of this new public broadcaster demands to bring broadcaster to air. greece has moved as quickly as it could to satisfy both legal and political demands, and it seems that the writing is on the wall. the incumbent broadcaster whose employees are now although they insist on broadcasting through the internet, i think largely hoping from what we've been telling us to be hired into the new broadcaster. it now seems that the government's path is set, and

there is no going back to the old broadcaster. the best scenario for those 2,000 plus people is for the government to hire them. >> i'll be back with more news from europe a little later in the news. but it's back to sammy in doho. >> thanks so much. still to come, uncertain future for healthcare in somalia, as one of the main providers say it's too dangerous and pulls out. also remarkable pictures from light years away. >> we're at the oval cricket ground in london after the australian coaches made a verbal attack on one of england's players. [♪ music ]

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forced rocketed with toxic agents on th. the government denies this. the government ordered hosni mubarak's release. the prosecutors will not appeal against the decision. u.s. soldier bradley manning has been sentenced 35 years in prison for leaking classified documents. for more on that top story. we spoke to a chemical weapons expert, and he told us it is crucial that u.n. inspectors are given full access to the site, the victims and the doctors who treated them. >> the symptoms and the contexts that the videos convey are consistent with the possible use of a chemical agent. i can't tell you which one it

is. the symptoms are basically consistent with possibly a nerve agent. we see the typical symptoms that you would see, saliva running out of people's mouths, things like that, but i must independently verify and take a couple of examinations with these people to be sure what it was. some of the symptoms last for a long period of time. but in a sense the team being there, a very effective investigation could be made just a day or a couple of days after the incident so you could find the agent or degradation product of the agent in urine and also in the environment. >> the united states, france and the u.k. say they have evidence that chemical weapons have been used before in the syrian conflict. president obama has called the use of chemical weapons a red

line. but if the allegations are true, this attack by far would be most serious. one of three sites that the u.n. inspectors are expected to visit. later that month activists say two people were killed, dozen mrs. injured and they claim the area was shelled with chemical phosphorus bombs. april 13th an area was attacked where four women and children died. and at the end of april activists report that canisters were dropped from helicopters on the town of saraqeb. we bring in the editor at large of the daily star newspaper in beirut. good to have you with us. is it too much of a coincidence that this massive attack happens after u.n. inspectors arrive in the country? >> it could be deliberately timed with their visit, or it could simply be a reflection of

the reality on the ground on the battlefield. the opposition groups have been quite strong in the areas south and east of damascus, and it has been an area deeply fiercely contested between the government and opposition groups especially around the airport. and possibly if the government did use these chemical weapons it may reflect the fact that they were desperate or maybe they were simply making a provocative point that they're going to do whatever they want, and they don't particularly care if anybody draws red lines or u.n. people are in the country. these are allegations, and there seems to be clear evidence that there has been the use of chemical weapons. the critical thing is to let the investigators in there and to see what weapons were used. >> is the u.n. likely to get to the bottom of this and other attacks? >> it's unlikely that the--i

would guess in given recent history that it's unlikely that the u.n. is going to be database the inspectors will be allowed to visit places where there is clear proof of chemical weapons in use. if the government did use chemical weapons, there is certainly not going to let u.n. inspectors come to that area and take samples and test the area. that's obvious. so my guess is that the history of the u.n. inspection teams, the u.n. observers, the u.n. group of supervisors, mediators, these histories of the u.n. and syria in the last three years are not very good histories. the government let's them in, but then they have all kinds of obstacles in their way. i'm not very optimistic that the chemicals inspection team will get very far. >> what happens if the u.n. establishes that chemical

weapons have been used? will that bring any policy shift on syria? >> yes, i think it will. if there are over a thousand people killed, this is a war crime, a crime against humanity, whatever you want to call it, this is a crime of great magnitude, and it creates great moral revolution among people all over the world as well as syria. i think it's of such magnitude that it will probably prompt a much greater reaction than has been the case over the last two years of fighting. i would anticipate that we will see reactions. the problem is that it won't happen in the security council because the russians and maybe the chinese will veto anything that would try to punish the syrian government. they have already reacted. the russians said these are pr provocations, these allegations, and they're pre-planned.

it would have to come through heightened international support for the opposition to bring down the government. unfortunately that probably means escalating the war so that this kind of atrocity is brought to an end. >> thank you so much. returning to our other top story, the unrest in egypt, european union foreign ministers agreed to review their aid to the country in light of the violence. >> we've agreed as well as to review the issue of our assistance to egypt with the understanding that assistance to the most vulnerable groups and civil society must continue. member states have agreed to suspend export licenses to egypt of any equipment used for internal repression and to reassess their export licenses covered by the e.u. common position.

>> here in the studio, a reader of politics and expert on democracy. good to have you with us. how much impact will the e.u.'s stepped so far will actually have on the authorities in egypt? >> i think this is a very strong message from the e.u. and it shows that the message they are trying to send to the world has not been getting through. that the e.u. and everybody else sees the problem as it is. this is a state which is moving away from democracy, not towards democracy. >> but in terms of actual impact, they say the aid that goes to society will continue, is that the bulk of the aid? >> the rulerers is very sensitie to european. just words from the european or other international community bother them quite a lot.

they want to have the legitimacy from the international community, and they're not getting it. >> it doesn't seem to be changing the behavior on the streets. >> i think we are in a very dysfunctional stage. i think we are in a situation where there is hysteria, and there are quite a strong support from sections of the egyptian society just like in serbia or rwanda. i think this is out of control in a sense. but i think the elite, the rulers, as we see the resignation, or tempts to water down the crack, the coalition which is there is not sustainable under this pressure. >> so the release of mubarak, the attorney general said that's it. it's not going to be appealed. is that a major policy issue?

>> not in this sense but in the fact that first of all the egyptian state has been dysfunctional, and especially the justice department. >> but there is no link to him being released, and the fact that we now have the democratically elected president out of office and the government playing a bigger role. that's not a complete coincidence? >> no, it's not a complete coincidence, but i think in the past, the ruling council, they did not want to arraign mubarak at all. they kept him in a nice palace. but popular pressure led them to that. but they believe the popular pressure is no longer there. the functionality of egyptian policy, they do not have justice. >> you have advised the african union, they have taken a strong position when it comes to egypt. >> i think the african union's

stance was stronger than the european stance. >> they refused to recognize the interim government. >> and they also tried to have a role. special group has been appointed to try to help. but up to now the egyptians have not been enthusiastic about the african role. they're more enthusiastic about the european role. >> thank you for your thoughts on that. >> japan's nuclear regulator has upgraded it's alert level at fukushima to level three, the highest since the tsunami. radioactive water has been found leaking from a storage tank on monday.

>> 300 cubic meters of water contaminated with dangerously high levels of radiation has leaked from the fukushima plant. this is a dangerous incident and not necessarily one that could have been prevented. >> it's not a situation where if we increase our monitoring there won't be any accidents. it's all very well to predict these things but these things keep happening one after the other. >> the nuclear regulation authority said they have upgraded their assessment of the incident. they till don't know for sure how the radioactive water got out, but enough water to fill an olympic-sized pool in a week has some how reached the metal tanks even though they've been reinforced with concrete barriers and sound bars. it got through a value connected to a gutter. now the water gathering outside is so toxic it would expose a

person to radiation in an hour that it would be exposed to in five years. >> it has definitely reached the pacific. with this increased level of alert they might need to increase the area that would not be allowed to fish any more into it. >> the cabinet secretary said that the government will do what it can. >> any way you look at it, this is deplorable. the government will make every effort to halt the leak of contaminated water as soon as possible. >> tipco has been trier to deal with leaks since an earthquake and tsunami pushed the fukushima plant into cries in 2011. this latest incident suggests there are long way to go before fukushima and the surrounding area is anywhere near safe again. al jazeera. >> let's take you back to a major story we're following

here, and that is the situation in egypt as we've been hearing we've had major developments both the european union reviewing the sort of aid it will give to egypt, and the former president hosni mubarak who has been ousted by revolution in 2011 will be freedom. we'll have more from cairoer figurefirst of all, could i getr reaction to the european decision? >> yes, you know, the foreign minister reacted by issuing a statement saying that we are committed to cooperate with the e.u. as far as the e.u. is not interfering with our internal affairs, respecting our sovereignty, and we will not

accept any interference from anybody outside of egypt. our position is only confined with the achieving the national interests of the country, and in conclusion issued by the council of the e.u. today of the foreign ministers of the e.u. it was mentioned here that the e.u. object to the use of attacks on government installations, that's fine, but you know, the foreign minister wanted or expressed his hope before that there could be issued a bit earlier and was more clear language. any way, as for the issue of cooperation the conclusion

refers to the continuation of the socio-economic assistance provided to egypt, and that's fine. there is a commitment from the e.u. to continue the ongoing economic cooperate with egypt. we're committed as well. since it does not touch our sovereignty or political will. secondly with regard to revision of the security assistance, this revision is being shaped by the egyptian before issuing of this conclusion by the e.u. minister. >> are you saying that you don't want any supplies of security or military equipment from the european union in any case, is that what you're saying? >> no, no, i didn't say that. we're ready to cooperate with any party in the world as far as

the party is ready to cooperate with us without interfering with our internal affairs, without trying to give assistance and way of leverage or assault o a f pressure to affect our position. >> do you feel the european union has done that in this decision? do you feel that they're prying into your internal affairs? >> no, we're sending the message to everybody outside of egypt that the new rules of the game in town are very clear. we're ready to cooperate based on two pillars: mutual respect and mutual-- >> may i ask you-- >> any power in any country interfering in our internal affairs, and which was announced

by the different political forces in egypt, and that's combative with the egyptian government commitment to the implementation of this road map in order to achieve the nation of the egyptian people. >> if i could shift gears and ask you another question. if the former president hosni mubarak being released because the army is now playing a bigger role in politics? is there a connection between those two? >> absolutely not. this is nonsense. you know, everybody knows very well in defense of our judiciary nobody can comment, nobody can interfere on the verdict issued by the egyptian judiciary. it has an excellent reputation all over the world, and there is no connection whatsoever between

the two matters, and this is quite clear. so there is no single person in the country or outside the country can comment on judicial word. >> why is the general saying at this time the addition will not be appealed? >> again, it was taken in conformity with the internal law with the penal code which put some sort of time limit for a person to be detained, and this is according to the penal code. you cannot perso put some person prison without indictment forever. we cannot at all, nobody, nobody at all, from the highest official in the country to the lowest one can interfere or dare

to interfere into the affairs of the judiciary, and that was quite clear. in the last year it was quite year. >> i'm sorry to interrupt, but general prosecutors have issued new charges against mubarak when there have been clear calls of relief. why did it not work this time? >> again, i do not want to interfere, i do not want to comment. you can talk with the prosecutors about that matter. what i can say, no single person can interfere or can comment on the acts taken by judiciary. this is quite clear, and this is quite important to be understand. >> can i read you a statement from amnesty international of july 16, 2013? they say at this time of extreme polarization and division it's more important than ever that the office of the public

prosecutor demonstrates that it's truly independent and not politicized. there are allegations from human rights groups that the public prosecutor's office is being politicized outside of what you said about it being respected around the world. >> this is nonsense. it does not, you know, the egyptian judiciary, the egyptian public prosecutor office is completely independent. nobody can interfere at all, and this is quite clear, and it should be understood by external institutions. >> well, perhaps you can clarify the campaign that is going on to arrest members of the muslim brotherhood.

>> no, again, what is happening in egypt is in conformity with egyptian law. you know, i can assure you, and i can refer you to reports by egyptian ngos dealing with human rights in egypt, they say clearly that there is no single political in egypt. they are all being arrested based upon, you know, orders by public prosecutor office. all based on criminal charges. this should be clear. this is what is happening on the ground. there is no application whatsoever by external measure. everything is being conducted according to the law, and all those people who have been

detained based on criminal charges they are being tried now against the judge. so again i need to emphasize this fact that everybody being arrested, and based on orders from the public prosecutor's office, they are now under investigation by the judge and based by law. >> why do you think then the u.n. human rights council said in a statement these serious violations of international human rights laws must not remain unpunished? >> again, what we ask the u.n. council for human rights, what we ask the whole community to understand is to see the reality from the ground not based on,

you know, on reports. what is happening on the ground is very clear. there is a systemic criminal and terrorist act being conducted. again, against the police, against soldiers and officers, and against-- >> thank you very much. thank you. the spokesman for the egyptian foreign ministry. thank you for that. the french aid organization doctors without borders has ended all of its operations in somalia because of increasing violence. it has been providing crucial medical aid for two decades. >> there is the hospital one of numerous medical facilities in somalia sported by doctors

without borders or msf. they have yet to come to terms with msf's move to close down operations completely. >> msf has acted in the role of somali's ministry of health the last 20 years. if we don't get another sponsor we will have no option but to close the hospital. >> msf provided for everything here from basic medical supplies to equipment to facilities for performing major surgery. it has also been paying the salaries of 300 staff of the hospital. now they have only three months of medical supplies, and funding before the organization stops its support. msf position to pull out of somalia will deny many people access to healthcare. last year the organization provided treatment for 624,000 people and emitted to various

hospitals across the country and performed surgeries on more than 3,000 of them. msf has been one of the hottest decisions they ever had to make. >> there is a widespread disregard for the value of humanitarian action. as a result we are not able to insure the safety of our teams, and also we are not--we haven't been able to for a while now to carry out independent assessments of need. >> msf claims that somalia authorities are condoning attacks on its workers. in one shocking case the convicted killer of two msf aid workers was freed from prison after only serving three months of a 30-year sentence. it is a claim that they deny. >> we'll be back with another program of news. that is coming up in a couple of

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