♪ egypt's ousted president mohamed morsi is sentenced to death for a prison break that happened four years ago. ♪ hello there i'm in doha also coming up, here on the program [gunfire] iraq sends in reenforcement to take on i.s.i.l. fighters in the city of ramadi. growing concern in burundi after revenge attacks after a failed coup plus. i'm erica wood on south africa's south africa coast

where oil spills has the penguin at risk of extinction. ♪ egyptian court sentenced former president mohamed morsi to a jail break in 2011 that toppled mohamed morsi and he with several members of the muslim brotherhood escaped. the case now goes to the grand mufdi, the highest religious authority for confirmation and if he disagrees he can hand it back to the trial judge. former president facing several other charges and include conspiring to spy and commit acts of terrorism. in egypt's see that peninsula with hez hezbollah and accused of fraud in connection with his government economic and social

programs and insulting judiciary of accusing a judge of overseeing election fraud and he denies all allegations. joining me in the studio is a fellow at the graduate school of journalism in new york and also former managing editor of the newspaper and what do you make of the death sentence that has been passed against mohamed morsi, is it likely to be carried out at the end of the day? >> i don't believe it's going to be carried out but this is not the point. i mean the point is the way the trial went on and the sentences came out. i believe that this is the most serious thing about the whole thing. after what happened on july third 2013 and the way the trials were done give us a strong impression that it was, you know more of a phony

trials politically motivated charges, the way the whole thing has not been investigated lightly by the attorney general and also by the judging judge, judges. i believe this is the most serious thing about the trial. >> these exact same concerns have been put by many other groups, amnesty international has called the convictions against mohamed morsi a travesty against justice and the trial is flawed and a concern of how the trials have been run, should there be more international pressure on egypt to make sure the judiciary is operating correctly? >> well, this is also one of the sad things about what has been going on in egypt and other places in the world as well. the human rights gets to be

valued by the community and watched by international community when there is not much politics about the situation in egypt or any other place in the world. but when there is so much politics in a country like egypt human rights receives so this is really a sad thing about the human rights. >> yeah. >> and fluctuating and the whole thing is fluctuating. >> and president sisi made a vow to break muslim brotherhood and certainly seems to have done that. >> well, the thing that concerns me about what is happening in egypt, you know, including what is happening within the judiciary is that i always believe that there is two options for any nation either to grow old like any humans and by growing old, growing old is mandatory, there is no way to

choose about growing old and the other option is to grow up. i believe that most of the egyptians nowadays have taken the first option which is only growing old which is very serious. i hope we would come to realize that the only way to keep on living is to take the second choice, to grow up. >> thank you very much indeed for joining us in studio. news just coming in to us from nigeria now there has been a bomb blast at a bus station injuring dozens of people. witnesses say a female suicide bomber carried out attack in the state. at least 40 people were taken to a local hospital. in iraq the army sent extra soldiers to ramadi and trying to push out the islamic state of iraq and levante and i.s.i.l. in control of 90% of the city capitol of anbar and if the city falls it would give the group a stronghold 100 kilometers from

baghdad. on friday i.s.i.l. fightered carried out 20 suicide attacks and violence forced people to flee and 100,000 left this month alone. i.s.i.l. carried out three suicide attacks in fallujah targeting a base and 25 died when they rigged the main gate of the post and i.s.i.l. has been in control of most of the province province since last year and more from baghdad. >> reporter: i.s.i.l. take over of the government compound in ramadi the iraqi prime minister abd rabbuh mansur hadi acknowledged that this was a military defeat for the iraqi government but at the same time he did promise a tough response and he did promise to recapture this territory. he did receive a phone call from the u.s. vice president joe biden america is promising to send more weapons but u.s. which is leading the coalition against

i.s.i.l. played down the significance of i.s.i.l.'s gains in ramadi and they believe i.s.i.l. is still on the offensive and that the iraqi government will be able to recapture this terrain. but at the end of the day this is the biggest question what can the iraqi government do? they still have not agreed on who is going to wage the battle in anbar even though in early april the government announced a military campaign to recapture the western providence and forces are too week and if they send in malitia it will cause sectarian tension and leaders in anbar are advising against it and they want weapons and want to wage the battle alone and politicians in baghdad are reluctant to do it and believe the sunni tribes are sympathetic with i.s.i.l. so while we still don't know who is going to wage this battle, what the government plans to do and civilians are trapped in the conflict residents have been fleeing ramadi and there are real fears i.s.i.l. will punish

and kill those who were cooperating with the government so dire situation for the people inside and clearly no clear strategy by the iraqi government on how to recapture ramadi and in fact recapture the whole province where i.s.i.l. really has the upper ground. to syria where i.s.i.l. is closing in on the ancient city heavy government shelling targeting fighters in strategic at the world heritage site and activists reporting both sides sent reenforcements to the area the loss of the city would open the road to damascus and homs. in the capitol of burundi people fear reprisals after doctors accuse police of entering hospital and shooting injured soldiers and malcolm web has more. >> reporter: soldier came to hospital injured and he had been fighting the leaders of burundi attempted coup then after the coup leaders announced it had

failed doctors say police came here and shot the injured men. >> we received three questions and it was here after that format we see a group of policemen arrive here and they began to shoot every where and they began to look for those specials. >> reporter: out the street some protesters tried to block the roads after hearing about the coup's failure but they were quickly dispersed with gunfire. [chanting] on wednesday the military takeover was popular with demonstrators and since it failed many now think it has made things worse for them. >> translator: this whole coup is something they came up with by themselves. we don't agree with general because he came from the same party. they fought together and did a lot of things together and then he came here trying to talk to

people about the demonstrations and things we didn't want to hear about. >> reporter: but most of the streets in the capitol were quiet with loyalists, police and soldiers in control. after the coup attempt fighters loyal to the president attacked independent t.v.s and radios and now the only radio and t.v. are on air are state broadcasters controlled by the government. when president zizi returned to the capitol supporters welcomed him but the activist in organizing the protest against his bid for a third presidential term is in fear of a ruthless and violent crack down many are in hiding or fled the country. the government says those involved in the attempted coup will go on trial. activists are still calling for more protests on monday against the third term. burundi's political crisis is far from over.

malcolm web, al jazeera. angela is researcher at the nordic africa institute and told us the atmosphere in burundi is that of fear. >> reporter: i think that a lot of people have great reason to be afraid. there are as malcolm web reported there are many fears of reprisal attacks. i know that a number of independent journalists have reported that they need to go into hiding. i think perhaps what is most worrying is that the government under this is now responsible for meeting out some form of judicial process that should be fair and non-arbitrary and i know that opposition leaders are also fearing they would be arrested or held accountable for the attempted coup. >> reporter: coming up here on al jazeera indonesia helps the migrants who made it ashore.

and said it won't take in any more refugees. and how this pepper spray attack could lead to a lasting sting for support in argentina. stay with us. ♪

♪ welcome back i'm julie and you are with al jazeera, top stories egyptian court sentenced former president mohamed morsi to death for a mass jail break in 2011 during the revolution that toppled mubark but the grand mufdi will decide whether to confirm the verdict.

iraq sent extra soldiers to the city of ramadi trying to push out the islamic state of levante and control the government compound in the city the capitol of the largest province anbar and burundi president insists peace returned to the country in attempts to over throw him fail and doctors accuse the police of shooting injured soldiers who were being treated in a hospital in the capitol. thailand malaysia and indonesia turning away boats full of migrants despite a u.n. call to rescue thousands adrift at sea and most are from from manmar and they are not genuine group and refers to them as bengalis and wrongly implies they are illegal immigrants from bangladesh and they are not party to international refugee conventions. they don't recognize them as

asylum seekers and don't want waves of migrants burdening social and economic services and unlike the eu the association of southeast asia nations is not an integrated body with a budget of its own or mechanism to deal with the migrant crisis. on friday fishermen rescued more than 700 people trapped at sea and we are at the center where they are being treated. >> reporter: they were on the boat for three months and their condition is still very very weak. they are here at a temporary shelter after they were rescued by fishermen initially the indonesia navy and malaysia navy rejected them. but now the action is authorities are helping them. feeding them and giving medical assistance. fears and great relief when they finally manage to call their families and tell them they are alive. they were very lucky they met the fishermen first before indonesia navy because the

indonesia navy said to now they will send away every boat and give humanitarian assistance at sea but not accept them here. as we mentioned the ordeal people went there, three months on a boat bringing smallest children on this horrific and very dangerous journey where they were facing fighting they were facing hunger and facing thirst and now they are facing a very uncertain future here in indonesia. the u.s. urged thailand to consider housing the muslims but the prime minister says allowing more migrants would take away jobs from thais and veronica has an update from bangkok. >> reporter: may be as many as 8,000 people on boats right across the sea and straits but one particular boat that has been the focus of media attention and international attention is one that the royal thai navy found off the coast of

the province. you will remember the pictures of thai helicopters dropping food packets to the 380 people on board. as food was delivered, the people spoke of the immense deprivation they had suffered and run out of food and water ten days previously, they spoke about how one person mad ended by grief had thrown themselves overboard and that two more people were dying of starvation. we have now heard that on board there are three particular men whose families are in refugee camps in bangladesh and they have taken it upon themselves to write to the thai government and plead for the thai government to rescue them and save lives. this is a situation though that is spread right across this crisis. indeed one official from the international organization of

migration has said if something isn't done urgently we will have boats full of dead people. the italian navy rescued 617 people on boats trying to reach europe from libya. the migrants were picked up in several operations between wednesday and thursday and 3,600 people were rescued and comes a day after the eu announced a plan to distribute asylum seekers more fairly around its member states. dozens of people have been killed in the southern city of thai with fighters on both sides ignoring a humanitarian ceasefire and tribesmen are set to meet in riyad on sunday but houthi rebels won't be attending and a warning for you some viewers may find some i'm analyzes in kim's report disturbing. >> reporter: survivors in the shelling of the city and forces

loyal to the deposed president saleh are being blamed with claims and counterclaims of yemen's war escalating. despite this yemen's third biggest city is feared. fighters loyal to president abd rabbuh mansur hadi alongside untrained armed locals try to stop hugh think advances street by street. [gunfire] they say houthis are taking advantage of a pause in saudi-led air strikes and launching attacks from the foothills of the southern mountains. the same allegation is being made here. there pro-hadi fighters sing their conviction and show the camera what they say are responses to aggression. >> translator: the houthi breached the alleged truce, they have attacked us with heavy weapons and tanks but with god's

help we will stand up to them until we expel them from all of yemen. >> reporter: this southern city of aiden pro-hadi fighters pushing back houthis and eager to show their strength. military advances worry civilians but the immediate concern is aid. the u.n. is calling on the saudi-led coalition to stop delaying aid deliveries with long inspections. >> translator: the aid is to help displaced and the victims all over the republic. the main goal is boost strategic reserve to face the need of this place. >> reporter: that's because the need is great. food water, medicine and electricity are in short supply and with the ceasefire due to expire on sunday nighttime is running out. i'm with al jazeera. rebels in south sudan launched a large scale attack on the northern town of malikal and appears to be counter attack against a resent government

offensive in the region and officials say assaults began on friday crossing the white nile river on boats and the capitol of oil rich upper nile states changed several times since civil war broke out in december 2013. mali rebels backed out of signing a piece accord with the government and other armed groups and signed a preliminary deal but now want more guarantees for greater autonomy in the north and gerald tan has the details. ♪ it was slated as a step to stability in mali. the president and several african dignitaries were there to witness the accord but the rebels, the very groups that hold the key to peace boycotted. those who attended down played the absence saying that it was moving forward. >> translator: it's a historic day for mali, for the country

and salute the international community, who stood by mali and the population in the north who suffered for three years now. >> reporter: they are fighting for greater autonomy in the north and stronghold of this supporters denounced agreement which the rebel coalition approved in algeria. >> translator: we are against the algeria deal and ready to fight to the day of our victory. >> translator: we don't accept the signature, it's not in our interest, the needs are not being met and we don't want it. >> reporter: continuing fighting in mali is casting doubt on the peace process. on friday forces exchanged fire with pro-government groups in the town here the separatists have shown just what they are capable of they seized and controlled the northern two thirds of mali during a military coup in 2012 and the boycott of

the peace deal is further proof they have not abandon their struggle for self determination. gerald tan, al jazeera. the boston marathon bomber dzhokhar tsarnaev has been sentenced to death for his role in the 2013 attack which killed three people. a jury in the u.s. state of massachusetts made the decision after more than 14 hours of deliberations over three days. the jurors only other option was life imprisonment without the possibility of release. argentina futbol giants are facing expulsion from the copper after their match with fierce rivals river plate was suspended and governing body of south american futbol has opened discipline proceeding after the fans appear to pepper spray the opposition players. daniel reports from buenos aires. >> reporter: any game between the juniors and river plate is tense and hard fought but the bitter rivalry between these two

giants have never sunk this low. ordered the last 16 cup clash suspended after river players were blinded by pepper spray. and shows a fan cutting through the metal fence. and tore in protective tunnel to catch river players as they emerged for the second half and followed two hours of negotiation and indecision before the game was suspended. the players stranded on the pitch. >> translator: what happened was an act of aggression aggression directed at players, this causes such shame for us and players as well and we will not stop security, we have to continue working on this and if sanctions come then the sanctions come. >> reporter: words will be spoken but they have all been heard before and there will be an investigation and cause for juniors to be strongly punished the few involved in the futbol,

the fans the clubs, the police or the futbol association are taking responsibility for the growth and violence, the corruption, the poor safety procedures and the great number of deaths. passion of futbol fans is well-known and most simply want to watch the game. >> translator: there are a few who cause problems but we all end up paying the price, the club and the players. >> translator: i believe they should replay the match behind clothes doors but the game should be played and boka might be thrown out of the cup but believe they should keep playing. >> reporter: argentina has already suspended this week's domestic futbol fixtures in mourning for a death in a freak accident of a young minor league player. but violence here is endemic with organized gangs of supporters known as the brava. >> translator: the truth is it's difficult to see a solution unless there is a political solution.

we also live if a society which is going down hill and where the laws are increasingly ignored. >> reporter: argentina continues to produce great ballers like mesi and others and they play in europe escaping corruption and violence which only seems to get worse. i'm with al jazeera, buenos aires. now, oil spills and over fishing are threatening to kill off africa's only native species of penguin, in the past century the population of the african penguin has declined by 90%, five years ago it was classified as endangered and we have been to the cape to see what is being done to save them. >> reporter: this is a penguin hospital, a place where distressed, injured or often birds come to rehabilitate. in 2014 we admitted 972 penguin chicks. >> reporter: some of the facility near cape town are being nursed back to health others are permanent residents like skipper, he will never

return to the wild he is too tame. >> the education team are training him to be ambassador. [laughter] we think he will be amazing at. >> reporter: after 10,000 children cut through here every year to learn about penguins other lessons are carried out over the internet. >> is he a boy or a girl? >> we don't know yet and we are still waiting for lab results to come back and we will know if it's a boy or a girl. >> reporter: educating young generations is important because african penguins are drastically low and fewer than 18,000 breeding pairs left in the wild. over fishing is one of the biggest factors behind the decline. >> it does mean that the adults have to travel further afield and have to expend more energy to find enough fish for themselves and their chicks. >> reporter: and when the treasure sank off south africa coast in 2000, 19,000 birds effected and most were saved but

oil spills remain a constant threat. dire island off the west cape coast is well-known as an african penguin colony and tourists these days are likely to see thousands of seals. this island used to be home to hundreds of thousands of penguins, the combination of over fishing and oil spills means that only about 600 breeding pairs are left. in february a new dedicated penguin rehabilitation facility opened up, the closest mainland point to dire island. >> with the african penguin at the moment every bird counts. >> reporter: aside from rehabilitating birds penguin research will also be carried out here. the staff say we need to pay more attention to declining numbers of bird life are telling us. >> they are an indicator species and in the sea and should have taken note a long time ago that there was something seriously wrong. >> reporter: like so many of the world eastern dangered species saving these penguins is

a race against time and environmental issues but most of all the destruction caused by humans. erica woods, al jazeera, western cape, south africa. and you can keep up to date with all the day's news and sport on our website. al jazeera.com. >> this week on "talk to al jazeera" nasa administrator charles bolden. >> getting to space is very difficult. getting to mars is very, very, very difficult. >> he's been aboard the space shuttle four times. his missions included helping deploy the hubble space telescope and flying the first joint us/russia mission. >> i think we've always gotten along with everyone "off the planet" better than we have "on it" for one simple reason, we're mission focused. >> now he runs an agency that has transitioned away from space shuttle mi