one of month after israel's prime minister said iran would be able to build a bomb within a year, a secret cable reveals massad thought differently. >> hello there i'm felicity barr you're watching al jazeera live from london. also coming up. a tape about prime minister talking about how to crack down on protesters. and jailed for five years. also ahead kenya's high cord

throws out controversial law. blaming ongoing attacks from rebels. hello. israel's spy agency did not believe that iran was work to build nuclear bombs even though benjamin netanyahu said a month earlier. secret collaboration with the guardian newspaper. >> this is a bomb, this is a fuse. >> it's now notorious. the moment israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu warned the united nations of an iranian nuclear bomb. the imagery was simplistic and so was the message.

>> by next spring by most next summer at current enrichment rates, they will finish the medium enrichment and move open to the final stage. >> spy cables reveal behind the scenes just one month after the speech israeli intelligence sent a very different message. this is a secret mossad analysis. >> iran at this stage is not performing the activity necessary to produce weapons. >> its only warning is for the future. >> it's working to close gaps in areas which seem legitimate, from the time instruction is given. >> the mossad chief maer degan hinted earlier he is clear, an attack on iran is not the right way. in the spy cables, mossad estimates iran had 100 kilos of

yurmofuranium, which they got rid of as part of the negotiation is. begs the question: where did he get this information? clayton swisher, al jazeera. >> well, the hundreds of secret documents obtained by al jazeera shed new light on the workings of the world's intelligence agencies. among them an israeli spy cable that reveals a coverup over the thettheft of south african being blueprints. >> from the south african arms maker danel. police launched a sting operation pose ed as russian buyers and made their arrests

outside johannesburg, only a handful of journalists wrote about the case. >> it would have been a very sexy story if one was privy to the whole setting of the trap and people being arrested and so on. but the media wasn't involved in the actual drama of the story. >> the spy story somehow israel's mossad had gotten hold of the blueprints. this sparked a battle between the two nations. search wantedsouth african wanted the blueprints back. >> we can at least return the missile plans to you. >> but on one condition. >> israeli citizen mr. yitsak

taltalia. >> got its blueprints bam back, presumably only after mossad had made a copy. two years later a trial took place, without any mention of israel's involvements in the affair. the israeli citizen walked away free from prosecution. will jordan, al jazeera. >> you can see the articles and analysis on our exclusive website, aljazeera.com/spycables. also see twitter and use the hashtag, spycables. al jazeera has obtained what appearingappears to be a meeting of

egypt's central command mohamed ibrahim, involving crack down on protesters using everything from water cannon to live rounds. ibrahim says there will never be another refltion without the revolution without the back of the police and military. the meeting is believed to have taken place in november of last year. and egyptian court has sentenced a leading pro-democracy activate for breaking a law. human rights organizations say his conviction is part of a broader craik crak crack down on dissent. >> a prominent egyptian blogger. attacked security personnel. the. >> the core sentences allowed

abdel fatah to five years of hard labor and for each defendant to pay the amount of $13,000. >> the family is hoping for justice, disappointed, pro-democracy campaigners criticized the decision to punish peaceful protesters. >> translator: this is an oppression and ocontinuation to stifle dissent from the youth. they were only holding a peaceful protest. these youth didn't have any criminal or violent record. this is a way to oppress the youth. >> reporter: many outside of egypt have been condemning the law and calling for the release of activists. supporters were expecting leniency. after abdel fattah al-sisi' address on sunday. he said that over the next few days, some in detention will be

released. some analysts believed ah allah would be among them for playing part in anti-morsi demonstrations. praise abroad but enemyity with securityenenmityenmity tothose at home. gls to commit a massacre in front of the world's eyes that's been recorded on camera all sorts of witnesses and then they try and you know turn it around and accuse us of instigating a trial. >> allah was given a 15 year sentence freed after spending four months in jail and ordered to be retried. one more attempt to seek justice. his lawyer says that he continues to believe people have the right to peaceful protest.

osama ben javi, al jazeera. meanwhile, the trial of the al jazeera journalists have been knowledgeadjourned until next month. colleague peter greste was freed and deported a few weeks ago. yemen's capital sanaa has been hit by an explosion happened in a neighborhood that is a strong hold of the shia houthi rebels. they threaten to try to prime minister and cabinet for treason. since then there has been nearly daily protests across the country against the houthi takeover. human rights watch says it's worried that houthis have regularly beaten and detained

protesters. here is the city of ibb when the houthis assessed ceased a protest. since september it says there have been serious violations of humanitarian law which have systematically targeted iraq's ethnic community. the report says iraqi security forces and affiliated armed groups have also carried out targeted killings of captured i.s.i.l. fighters and their allies. they are also accused of abducting civilians and other abuses. the u.n. is calling on iraq's sheer dominated government, help countering attacks by i.s.i.l. the u.n. special envoy to syria is heading to damascus for another round of talks aimed at

securing a freeze in fighting in aleppo. areadmitted to al jazeera the chances are slim but he will never give up. just about every group including i.s.i.l. has a stake in the conflict in aleppo. lateest estimate says they are losing ground. france has bard six people from traveling to syria. in total 40 people will be hit with travel bans. the first united new antiterrorism law passed last year aimed at stopping french citizens from gaining armed experience abroad. u.s. president barack obama has warned the nation's governors that a shutdown of the department of homeland security, will affect them all.

immigration executive orders, presidentobama also twashed direct effect itwarned the effect itwould have on all. >> border patrol, court inspectors, tsa agents will show up at work without getting paid. these are folks if they do not have a paycheck are not going to be able to spend that money in your states. it will have a direct impact on your economy and it will have a direct impact on america's national security because their hard work helps to keep us safe. >> al jazeera's allen fisher is in washington, d.c. for us and allen explain to us how we got to this stage where these several thousand homeland security staff may end up actually not getting paid. >> well, barack obama said at the end of last year he was going to take executive action to make sure people in this country illegally the whole

process of them being deported would be slowed down. now the republicans took control of congress in january. they weren't happy about that. they said we will pass the funding for homeland security but also include a couple of clauses which says that executive action has to be scrapped and they passed that bill. that goes to the senate. democrats of the senate said we are not passing that unless it is absolutely clean. we have a bill stuck in limbo which funds homeland security through until september of this year that can't be passed. now in the next 72 hours there will be a lot of horse-trading. republicans in the house of representatives say they are not going to move. some republicans in the senate says look we have to do something that funds homeland security, otherwise the party end up looking bad. and the republicans say the democrats look bad because they are going to hold it up. in the next 72 hours they will

try to get this passed or a lot on the front line protecting america's security, well they'll have to go to work because they are essential but they also will not be paid. >> allen essentially this stalemate has to be broken. >> well they can continue with people not being paid. it won't affect necessarily front line security. the white house says it will, it will cause problems but people will still be there at the airports, at the borders still be carrying out all the jobs they have to do, they just won't be being paid. the point that barack obama was make to governors is look, you stay quarter of a million people you suddenly stop paying their wages, they stop spending in local shops stop buying gasoline, and therefore it hits floal economies. let's knot do this. he said he will not pass a homeland security funding bill

which essentially takes out his execut that. so in the next 72 hours you can expect republicans and democrats to call each other a lot of names and hopefully come up with a deal that everyone can live with. >> allen fisher live with the latest in washington d.c thanks allen. still to come on the program. nigeria says it is making headway against boko haram but the president admits he underestimated the group. plus. >> this oscar -- [ laughter ] >> this actor almost left speechless. all the highlights from the oscars.

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>> welcome back. a reminder of top stories on al jazeera. al jazeera has obtained what appears to be a recording of a egyptian security meeting where the security chief deals with security on upcoming demonstrations, everybody from water cannon to live rounds. an egyptian court has sentenceed kate to terms in prison. did not believe iran was working to produce nuclear weapons, despite prime minister benjamin netanyahu tell the u.n. otherwise just a month earlier. and the u.s. says some progress was played at the second day of

nuclear talks. iran says the meeting was constructive but both sides agree there is still a long way to go. the parties have already missed a november target date and iran's prime minister has accused scientific discrimination on nation like iran. >> translator: enforces are sanctions, well aware of iran and its government intentions and goals. today no one in the world can claim that the iranian nuclear program has a nonpeaceful nature. >> nigeria's president goodluck jonathan says he underestimate the threats of boko haram. the multinational african force is now prepared to tackle the group. violence has recently spilled over to neighboring nations. yvonne ndege reports from beuj.

>> these chaddian soldiers are being trairnd by national armies. designed to help countries fight violent groups. the folks is boko haram. >> what they take away from this is better cohesion, better cooperation amongst each other amongst nations african partners their western partners. >> reporter: this increased confident comes as president goodluck jonathan told nigerian media that he underestimated boko haram's ability. diminished in the next three to four weeks. >> we're not fully equipped and ready to fight the war. because of the armament and our position. over time, like we said in some fora, the military was neglected, there were underequipped. they didn't have the facility of

capacity to take on the military. you also know that recently some jets have been inquired for the air force. the army reengineered, the navy force he reinforced recently. i think our military have the capacity now to taken to boko haram. >> in the recent week, the military has retain baga in borno state. training they are getting will help them defeat the group. >> boko haram is a militia made up of civilians and don't have the experience as we have. they are not a well organized army. they can't resist us. >> nearly a million people like these families in jos plato state, have been displaced by the violence. >> despite the military saying boko haram has been defeated, a

suicide bomber killed a few and wound it others. yvonne ndege nigeria. restrictions on the media the controversial legislation in the wake of the attacks of the armed group al shabaab as haru matassa reports several sections of the ruling violated the constitution. >> it is a packed courtroom. eagerly awaiting the state argues the laws will make it easier to deal with security threats from terrorist organizations like al shabaab. but things don't go their way. >> section 12 of the act and section 66 of the penal code is hereby declared unconstitutional. >> judges ruled part of the security laws unconstitutional,

these include limiting the freedom of the media. the state had wanted to stop the journalists from publishing pictures of dead bodies. >> there are certain aspects of the ruling which we did not agree with and in particular where the act attempted to restrain broadcasting. we believe that provision actually should have been kept, in view of what is happening in kenya and the tourist attacks that are going on. >> those that oppose the law are thrilled. >> and where there is a contest between terrorism and the fundamental rights, the constitution is very clear. and if we were to reduce the powers and privileges we enjoy under the constitution on account of terror it will mean a terrorist of one.

>> kenyans are divide bed the ruling some are happy about the outcome. they want to be able to go to a shopping mall or public place without fearing another al shabaab attack. the government is planning to limit the number of refugees from around 500,000 to 150,000 violated human rights. it could be found that people saying in kenya will not be sent back. haru matassa, al jazeera nairobi. >> hopes the agreement reached there earlier this month will be respected. despite ukraine saying it cannot withdraw its heavy weapons from the front line in the east. accusing proition pro-russian separatists

from opening fire first on monday. rebel commander denied fighters plawmped an attack. and the crisis in ukraine has been the main topic of discussion at an united nations security council meeting. sergey lavrov was there. questioned the u.n.'s tactics in solving problems. >> it's time to answer the question: do we really want to see the u.n. an effective and influential instrument of preserving peace and security or are we ready to allow it to turn into the arena of propaganda struggle? if this happens, it will have have a negative impact on other international and regional platforms and will further weaken our ability to solve problems today. >> greece is preparing a list of economic reforms to submit to

euro zone financiers. without the extension to the bailout which expires on saturday, greece faces potential bankruptcy.. that could lead to its leaving the euro zone. two former british foreign secretary ofsecretaries, have been suspended, due to their offering services to a chinese business. the two men insist they did not break any rules. the former president of the maldives had been literally dragged before court after being charged with antiterrorism laws. are tried over his decision to arrest a top judge three years ago. mashid was talking to

journalists outside the court when police dragged him in. local water transport authority says up to 140 passengers were thought to be on board a ferry when it was overnight turned and sank. hollywood, has celebrateits biggest night. winners were predictable. phil lavelle is in los angeles with who went home with the golden statuette. >> the oscar goes to birdman. >> it wab inevitable, it would be this or "boyhood" that took the owner prize.

it didn't yield best actor though, that went to eddie redmain. his acceptance speech, slightly clumsy. a man just getting a hang of the business. >> this oscar -- [ laughter ] >> this oscar belongs to all of those people around the world battling airless. >> and the oscar goes to, julianne moore "still always." >> it was a performance almost universally praised. as well as patricia arquette, 12 years in the making this film and she had one big speech ready, a very big political point to make. >> it's our time to have wage

equality once and for all and equal rights for women in the united states of america! [cheering and applause] >> i'm not going to leave you. i'm not going to go anywhere. i'm going to stay right with you. >> best documentary short this a snapshot of the volunteers who man the phones, talking war veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder best documentary feature went to citizen 4 the story of edward edward snowden's leaks. he had enlisted to help him from the very start. and so hollywood's big night is over for another year. was it an evening of surprises? quite honestly no. the predictions were quite honestly spot-on.

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