>> a reminder of the headlines on al jazeera. police have fired tear gas on protesters in sao paulo. subway workers are still on strike despite, pakistan's busiest airport has reopened, after a five hour siege have left 29 dead. including the attackers.

threatening more attacks in the coming days. libya's prime minister has accepted the ruling of the supreme court which has declared his election unconstitutional. it is the vice president of argentina has appeared in court. by a company that later won a contract to print currency. mr. budo has repeatedly denied any links to that company. daniel swindler has more. >> reporter: this is the first time a serving vice president has ever been called to answer questions in front of a judge. which says something about the seriousness of the case. mr. budu claims his innocence and is very keen to appear. serng hindering his own political career and to a certain extent the running of the government.

every time the president travels the country is in the hands of the vice president. the judge will listen to mr. bodu and others involved in this case and basically decide whether there is enough evidence for a full scale court case to go ahead or whether there's not enough evidence and mr. bodu will be able to carry on with his political career. if that case does go ahead, i think we'll see a lot of political turmoil in the months of the general election, raising many questions about the way the country has run and the protection that mr. bodu has enjoyed from the present government and some of the people you see behind me. >> three al jazeera english journalists have now been imprisoned in egypt for 163 days, accused of supporting the outlawed muslim brotherhood.

they want 15 years in jail for baher mohamed conditioned mohamed fahmy and peter greste. abdullah al-shami has been on hunger strike for more than four months. he insists he won't break his fast until he's released. al jazeera continues to demand did release of all of its journalists detaped in egypt. egyptian police have arrested seven men for allegedly sexually assaulting a 19-year-old student. taking place during the celebrations of the president. to amend egypt's current laws on abuse. as abdel fatah al-sisi begins his term as president, one of the main problems he

faces is the country's chronic energy source. the energy crisis, the possible solution pf. >> the egyptian energy sector has been so devastated by years of corruption and mismanagement that the country now faces an estimated $20 billion in loans and responsibilities. the man who led the country down this past was hussein salam. it made him blts. and though an egyptian court later found salam guilty of corruption we tracked him down in spain where authorities have prevented his extradition. >> reporter: the egyptian people have a right to know what you did with their natural gas. [ laughter ] >> you think that's funny? you don't think you owe an

explanation to the egyptian people? >> i will not answer. >> far from over. when the egyptian military stopped the sales in 2012 his former company filed a barrage of lawsuits asking for $8 billion. egypt's treasure has around $14 billion of foreign reserves. $8 billion, that's more than half of the total reserves that it's currently using to just about keep taking over. >> the problems don't end there. egypt has $6 billion of debt owed to foreign energy companies. one business, spain's union finosa is asking egypt for another $6 billion in damages through international courts. egypt is turning to israel which is claiming new reserves of natural gas. >> conflicts have resumed between the two governments. the egyptians are very

interested to know how the israeli government would ensure the flow of gas. >> we would love to have it, we can sell it. what else can be better. >> reporter: last month the company operating israeli rigs, noble energy, signed a deal to sell gas in egypt. to win approval the egyptian government is asking them to drop their $6 billion claim. the decision to make the arab world's most populous country are dependent on israel, clayton fisher. al jazeera. >> documentary, egypt's lost power which airs first at 20 gmt. now britain's education regulator says it's a culture of fear and intimidation at five years, comes after an investigation of schools in

birmingham, with a large muslim population. the report excess the administration failed to protect the individuals. >> model of academic excellence. now it's condemned as failing its pupils bit not teaching them enough about the danger of extreme ideology. wants parents to have more control over their schools but not in birmingham. >> we already require independent schools, academies and free schools to respect british values. now we will consult on new rules but will strengthen this standard further, requiring all these schools actively to promote british values. >> yet some of the children came out after their exams to say how wrong they thought all this was. >> we actually want to find out more about new religious. we visit churches, we visit gurd

gurdwaras. >> just because we follow muslim religion doesn't mean we hate other religions. >> has the school told you to come out and say these things to the journalists? >> no, just because we want to be famous. [ laughter ] >> academically outstanding, a failure in government eyes in cultural, secular behavior. this woman who speaks for parents did teacher training at the school. this isn't a description she recognizes. >> what evidence has been afforded? you had the latest article in the paper about -- we're telling children about hell fire and prostitutes? whether is it going to stop? how much dirt are they going to throw on us before we retaliate and say it's because we're muz

muslims? >> the crucial part is that they now see it as most important that some antiterrorism work is conducted between the department for education. many head teachers think that's the wrong response. several came together to say most parents did want to balance education, but believe a few socially conservative muslims have been trying to get a bigger voice which can undermine nationally accepted standards in secular state schools. this woman says she was forced from her job by constantly harassment. >> do you regard what is happening at your school as a form of extremism? >> i say let's not focus on wanting faith and slammic education more so than extremism. it's not about extremism. >> for all the complication there isn't anyone who would agree with the government that

extremism is an accurate description of what's been happening here. lawrence lee, al jazeera, birmingham. >> for more, let's talk to mohamed chafik. he's joining me in blackburn in northern england. >> good evening, jenny. >> good evening. we've heard this word extremism banded around here. what in your opinion is going on here? >> this is a deliberate witch hunt organized by michael golf and his new york conservative friends in the media and within politics, supported by a think-tank, the quilliam foundation. this is unacceptable. there is no evidence whatsoever and we saw that from the report from the inspectors today, there is no evidence whatsoever that there is an extremist plot to take over muslim schools. yes, there are muslims whorm

parents, who are governors, who want their faith islam around their values, the values of islam are compatible with british values, to have an interest and input in the education. there is nothing wrong with that -- >> mohamed, i think we saw in the piece, to have an interest is one thing but to put pressure on a system to have things exactly the way you wanted, that they felt pressure from certain people, governors and school boards and so on. >> if you look at what happened, six months to a 82ering, these schools were outstanding. are six months later is michael golf launches a campaign against the troa trojan horse secret le. looking for excuses to have the report today. it was a very politicized report and the muslim community's fed up with being a political

football. we're proud to be british, proud to be involved in this country but what we're not proud to accept is dirt being thrown to the community. the fact that michael golf who has a neoconservative agenda, is trying to scare muslims from being participants in the syst system. participation is what is being encouraged. >> let me ask you about golf's comment. he's saying these schools are not training students for life. what do you think that means there? >> i think it was patronizing by michael golf, i would say with respect to him and his croneies, we believe in democracy, we believe in human rights and

equality and human justice. these are the values that come from islam, these are the values that are compatible in this country. to try to whip up the idea that there are problems in muslim schools, there is a problem fremont in all communities, all schools. this is a witch hut done to score cheap political points in the back of muslim voters. >> mohamed, thank you. >> thank you. >> five men have been sentenced in russia for the killing of a russian journalist. rory challenge reports. >> eight years after she whereas gunned down. the man who pulled the trigger was given sentence months curts have been hoping for.

life for he and his uncle. there were sentences of 12 to 20 years for the three other men who'd helped carry out the murder and a measure of satisfaction for those who campaigned so long for justice. >> i think it's very important that the killers, the actually executors of the killing, are punished. that really is very important. whether this makes the next situation better for journalists, not really. because while there are those people that actually contract killings, they will always be able to find implementers. >> there is a memorial yowrts the offices of her moscow newspaper butful other journalists have been murder since her, 11, have died here in the course of their work. another five whether motives of the killings is unclear.

inside, a young reporter is telling psychiatristors, they already know russia can be a challenging place to work. >> that's knot the most shocking there. >> there are those within the >> the main thing that corrupts the russian journalists are the journalists themselves who get involved in strange propaganda. they call themselves journalists, and journalism is a proud profession. it changes the perception of journalists. today when i say i'm a journalist, it doesn't protect me. >> anna's friends and family will continue exaij fo to campar

full disclosure and full safety. >> stuck hundreds of meters underground. police rescue teams have been sent to the remote area in jermt any's southeast. they have already reached -- germany's southeast. working in small teams, they say the operation may take several days. one of the rescuers explained what's next. >> we know that his condition, but we don't have a medically accurate diagnosis yes. we need a doctor to confirm he's stable enough to be transported out. >> still ahead this howr hour.

>> phil lovell in london. , find out how this is going to be coming out. next. >> and raul diaz, with the details, next.

wisconsin's mining standoff on al jazeera america >> welcome back. now here is raul with all the day's sports news. >> thank you. ac milacac milan finished eighte

serea tale, step up from his former role as. >> continuing to arrive in brazil ahead of thursday's opening world cup match. christian reynald has been struggling with a flee and thigh injury and there are concerns he might miss first match against germany. >> heated exchange request with media at copa c copa cabana bea, first group theme match will be against italy on saturday. most of the talk has been the form and thickness of wayne rooney, with some suggesting he should be dropped. but a former team mate of his says he expects rooney to shine.

>> wayne, without doubt, you know, at the end of the day, great season, but he had a great season here, he performed here in most every game. and every time, you know i.t. means something. >> 10ist, rafa nald nadal, granm trophy in front of his fans in paris. first man ever to win a grand slam nine times. nadal came back from the set down in the final to beat novak djokovic. he'll remain the world number 1. ahead of the server. >> i won the most important tournament in the world in play. probably the most tournament of the year for me.

and i did a lot of times, i think was an emotional vicity. >> louis hamilton admits he will have to work lard, to get into the formula 1 season. after hamilton and team mate nico rothberg had technical problems. hamilton was forced to withdraw, means rothberg by 22 points, 13 of the 22 cars finish. sergio perez and felipe masta were forced to clock out. >> we finally got a run had a last chicane and made a nice turn into turn 1, couple laps to

go, just found myself in the right spot, and yeah, it's just an amazing feeling right now. >> the miami heat have leveled the nba series with san antonio, after heavy defeat in game 1 of the best of seven series, the heat bounced back in texas. lebron james was once again the star. 35 points 10 rebounds and 10 assists. back at home game 3, on tuesday. >> mentally, i didn't want to think about it too much. what happened on thursday was thursday. my whole thought was, how could it help this team even a series up. >> we were in a good spot. we played an okay game account not perfect but we were right there and it slipped away. now we are in a tough situation

because we got to go to miami. we got to get one. >> helped new zealand. finished unbeaten 105, the king posing in a very, very strong, in jamaica. >> ben crane won his first title in 2014. marathon day of 30 holes, while the american slipped to a three over par of 73, it was enough to give him a one stroke victory over troy merritt. he will still miss out on this week's u.s. open.

longest playoff in pag history. steve alker and e-tour record in 1949 whether two flair two playe declared winners, after darkness, chris frume has would be stage 2 in france, the team bicycle rider, the 150 kilometer race, and al berto confidore, by six seconds. >> yes of course i gave it my all today. with a climb like that, a battle with al ber tow was very, very hard. >> that's all for now. back to you in london.

>> raul, thank you. now a serbian artist whose performance is sitting in a chair for weeks on end, is about to open another exhibition. >> there is something for everyone. from the old to the new to the unusual, it's rarely about following sheep. in london it's about following pair. 63-year-old marina. wandering around a room just walking for eight hours a day and she will do this for two months until she has clocked up 512 hours. >> i try create the charismatic space where the public can come and feel differently and everything is immaterial, the

only thing you can do is feel it, if i don't make people feel then i fail. >> four years ago 700 hours logged just sitting in a chair@new york's museum of modern art. crowds flock to just see her. some say basic others say slightly surreal. for example, one performance involved this. drinking a glass of water, very, very slowly. another involved taking a packet of rice and counting every single grain. one, by one. the original took six hours to complete. some people find this highly

emotional, thought-provoking. others look on with the cents of bewilderingment and the one question that comes up time and time again, can this, can any of it really, truly be described as odd? >> she is an artist walkerring around pan tart gallery. and that's enough to being make it, take it outside and it blow no longer work of art. >> marina's day will mean no break for food, just constant walking and reflection. phil lov lovell. al jazeera, london. >> there's more news coming up after the break. see you very soon, bye. bye.

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