>> egypt's deposed president mohamed morsi sentenced to death over a mass jail break in 2011. this is aljazeera america live from london. also coming up, al-qaeda in the arabian peninsula confirms its leader has been killed in a u.s. bombing. >> why the suspension of a border agreement between germany and austria is leaving thousands of migrants stranded in italy. >> concerns some of nepal's famous temples and monuments are opening too soon after april's

earthquake. we have a special report from kathmandu. >> a court in cairo upheld the death denies against president mohamed morsi in egypt. he was sentenced to death along with five muslim brotherhood leaders, including the group's general guide. they were convicted of planning a mass jail break during the 2011 revolution. more than 80 others were sentenced to death in absentia. the court imposed a life sentence on morsi and 15 others for spying on behalf of foreign groups. we have more. >> death by hanging this judge upheld his previous verdict against egypt's deposed president, mohamed morsi. >> the court has ruled firstly that the presence first and with

consensus of opinion to punish each defendant by execution by hanging. >> morsi along with other top leaders of the muslim brotherhood were sentenced over a mass prison raid during egypt's revolution in 2011. the muslim brotherhood said the case is politically motivated. >> the verdict is a shocking one, decided today and i'm surprised, because the trials are groundless and there was no chance for any of the defendants to defend himself. >> in a separate case, morsi and senior muslim brotherhood members were sentenced to life in prison for certifying for

hamas, hezbollah. the judge accused morsi of pursues satanic goals and demonized the muslim brotherhood. some say it is a trial of the revolution in 2011 which toppled hosni mubarek. >> these trials are not delivering the justice that we are truly hoping for. no one should be above the allow buff what is happening now in my opinion is a form of political revenge and this will complicate the crisis even further egypt. >> after morsi's overthrow egypt designated the muslim brotherhood a terrorist group. mass trials and dation sentences were handed out to hundreds who support the group. rights group the condemned the sentencing. the president said the judiciary is independent and he can't interfere. many support the muslim

brotherhood in egypt but many others back using the iron fist against an outlawed group. al jazeera. >> a law associate professor at techs a and m university said there's a big chance egypt's appeals court will overturn the ruling. >> the judges have pressure on them, which is where the prosecutor general has the most influence. egyptians have come to term with the fact that any verdict out of the court of first instance is highly influenced by the executive branch, this big question is will this be overturned. many egyptians think this is really political theater where sisi is trying to send a message to the brotherhood and all dissidents that if you oppose me, you may face the death sentence, the most extreme sentence but then the court may help him save face by eventually

reversing it to a life sentence. the judges at the highest court are more sophisticated, less vulnerable to political pressure because they're at the peak of their careers. the court itself has a reputation for relatively more independence and also oftentimes the evidence is very weak at the court of first instance because the prosecutor general controls the investigative process so the court of appeals often finds not enough evidence or procedural problems. if they confirm this ruling, they are going to make morsi a political martyr that will be in the history books of political islamic groups. i think what's happening in western countries are allowing sisi to run roughshod against secular youth activists of civil society including the center for international human rights in egypt because they want his cooperation on counter

terrorism. they want him to support the saudi attack on yemen the attacks on isis and their broader counter terrorism in the region, so they are essentially selling democracy short and human rights egypt and other middle east countries so that they can impose their i think imperialistic counter terrorism agenda in the middle east. the biggest losers are individuals and particularly egyptians who just want a safe, democratic country that serves its people, not dictators and not corrupt elites. >> thousands of syrian refugee he is have crossed the border into turkey in recent days after a key route was reopened on sunday. the flow of refugees comes as syrian kurdish forces captured the isil controlled town with the help of the u.s. led coalition. pictures have emerged from

inside the town where the kurdish forces have raised their flag after a three week battle with isil. many of the almost 20,000 refugees have crossed the border recently are being forced out by the kurds, as well as isil. we have a report from southeast turkey. >> a quieter morning here on the border with turkey and syria. most of the refugees have fled the fighting and now left, most of them are here already in turkey. what is now concerning the turkish government is the expansion of syrian-kurdish influence on the syrian side of the border. turkey's deputy prime minister said he's worried about the kurds connecting, that they already control within syria making one area of kurdish control. the turkish government see he is the turkish kurds asal lived to

and an extension of the turkish p.k.k., the turkish kurdish p.k.k. a separatist group fighting for autonomy from the turkish state. >> 70 were injured and others killed in a crash in tunis during rush hour. the minister has blamed the crash on the lack of a crossing barrier. >> the u.s. confirmed it carried out the air strike which killed an al-qaeda leader, wahayshi. the group has appointed their new head. we have more on the life and death of one of al-qaeda's most powerful figures. >> wahayshi was among four al-qaeda leaders that launched al-qaeda in yemen in 2007. two years later, it merged with

the branch to become aqap. a nigeria man tried to blow up a u.s. airliner going to michigan with plastic explosives hidden in his underwear. aqap said they have trained and funded him. wahayshi was added to the most wanted list in 2010, described as a specially designated global terrorist, whose leader was responsible for approving targets, recruiting new members and allocating resources to carry out attacks. under wahayshi's leadership, aqap carried out a number of attacks on security forces, including this one on a military post in 2013. the group also claimed responsibility for the attack this year on charlie hebdo magazine in paris that killed 11 people. as aqap leader, wahayshi

rejected calls to join islamic state of iraq and the levant. he spent years with osama bin laden and remained loyal to al-qaeda to the end. al jazeera. >> talks saying that ending the war in yemen are underway in geneva but with a mood of mutual distrust there are questions over what can be achieved. we are in geneva live. you've been talking with houthi leaders. what have they been telling you? >> the united nations envoy is meeting with houthi representatives as we speak and allies of the former president ali abdullah saleh and trying to talk about how to move forward and agree on a ceasefire. i was talking to a member of the houthi delegation. he said basically that he had absolutely no problem with talking with the members of the yemeni government, but biggest problem for them, they say the saudi-led airstrikes should come

to an end then they are ready fog for political negotiations. the government on the other hand say it is absolutely not ready to talk with the houthis, to say these are people who used force to seize power, they have to disband, pull out from the areas, then we will talk to them. it's a very delicate situation a mammoth task for the united nations envoy trying to bring them together to start talks about how to move forward. >> where do we stand with the ceasefire and will they talk more about some of the substantive issues, hashem? >> that's going to be a long way to go, because i think once they agree on a ceasefire and that we have to wait to see whether that happens, then they will go to phase two basically security arrangements, the international community and the government say the houthis should pull out then international monitors will

be deployed on the ground. if that stage is finalized, then they will start the political process about national unity government drafting a new constitution and agreeing on a shape of the federal state of yemen, but that's something that is not going to happen this time in geneva, it could happen in phase two or phase three. still ahead on al jazeera russia's president says he'll modernize the country's nuclear arsenal. why it is said that is dangerous saber rattling. >> mers is having a drastic effect on south korea's economy.

>> welcome back. let's recap the headlines here now. a court in cairo upheld the death sentenced against deposed president mohamed morsi for planning a mass prison break during the 2011 revolution. the ruling will be reviewed by egypt's highest appeals court. >> thousands of syrian refugees crossed the border into turkey in recent days after a key route was reopened on sunday. turkey says many of the almost 20,000 refugees have fled syria recently are being forced out by the kurds as well as isil. >> the u.s. confirmed it carried out the air strike which killed the leader of al-qaeda in yemen. wahayshi was a close associate of osama bin laden. the white house said his death was a major blow to the group.

>> nato's secretary general has called russia's plan to modernize its nuclear arsenal dangerous saber rattling. the russian president made the announcement while visiting an arms fair, just outside moscow. vladimir putin told the crowd the new intercontinental ballistic missiles would be capable of piercing any missile defense system. we have this assessment of the announcement. >> in recent months, moscow and washington have been accusing each other of violations of various cold war era missile treaties. washington in particular says that russia that violated a 1987 treaty on intermediate range missiles. moscow says that washington is stepping over boundaries by planning on stationing tanks and

heavy weaponry and it suspects interplead yet range missiles in eastern europe. it says nato is pushing russia into a new arms race. it would be difficult to see putin's announcement as anything by a direct response to that. is it talk of substance? there are suggestions that these intercontinental ballistic missiles are not actually new but more replacements of older systems, like the one you see behind me. that ominous sausage shaped thing is an intercontinental bliss settle missile, one of russia's older such systems. russia is in the middle of a vast expensive upgrade procedure at the moment across the whole of its military. by 2020, it wants to replace 70% have all its hardware. that's going to cost a lot of money. the ussr was bank resulted and

ruined by an arms race, which it couldn't win against a much richer west. >> the united nations released a report into its peacekeeping operations which says the organization faces chronic challenges across the globe. james bays has been examining the report in detail and joins us live from the united nations in new york city. well more u.n. reports expected today when it comes to peace keeping and security. tell us what's expected. >> well, this is an important report that's now been delivered to ban ki-moon because it is the first review of the u.n. piece keeping for 15 years the first u.n. piece keeping mission was 1948, now there's 125,000 peacekeepers in missions around the world. it's clear that the system is creaking, in the words of the report, there are chronic challenges. it says the u.n.'s bureaucratic systems configured for a

headquarters environment limitless speed mobility and agility of the response. one of the problems they face is when they set up a new peacekeeping mission to deal with a disaster around the world with a security problem around the world, for example central african republic last year, it takes six months to set up. the system has to change, it says coming down to eight to 12 weeks. they want to get the system in new york more coordinated and recommendation is for the u.n. to have an additional deputy secretary general for peace and security. >> james will this review take actual steps and take the whole issue further when it comes to sexual abuse and exploitation by peacekeepers? >> that's certainly something that is in this report, and i can tell you that i understand that the panel that came up with this report was actually rewriting it over the weekend to keep up with the fast-moving

developments. 24 hours ago a new report came out with fresh allegation of abuse and exploitation by peacekeepers. this report is clear. it says immunity must not mean impunity. >> thanks so much, james bays there. >> germany and austria lifted a three week suspension of the agreement which allows people to move freely around europe. it was meant to disrupt protests in germany at the g.7 meeting. people are stranded at the border. >> a dash for freedom on the train to northern europe. it is one of the most northern train station in the italian alps. beyond the mountain is austria the gateway for thousands who hope to build a new life there. for those without a permit, the next stop remains a dream

ticket. most irregular migrants are stopped from boarding the trains to austria and germany. those who manage to sneak in are escorted off the train by custom guards and the very few who make it across the border are escorted back by austrian police. >> these people are traumatized. they've run from their countries and are forced to get off here and they don't even know where they are. they just can't understand why they can't move on to another european country. >> this is what the migrants wait for, one of the six trains that stop every day a few managed to get past police, the next wait for the next train out of italy. >> this is not the only italian border where the agreement is put to the test. on tuesday italian police forcibly removed tens of migrants who had been camping out in the rocks president boor with france. in the past few days, they had staged protests and went on

hunger strike, after french police refused to left them in. the tightened border controls have caused a diplomatic dispute with italy but france defended its right to stop illegal immigration. thousands are stranded in train stations across the country. 400 migrants have camped outside the station while they wait to decide which way to go. hundreds more are stuck in rome, where train stations increasingly look like open air refugee camps. these migrants say they will stay here, despite the rain, cold and border controls until they manage to catch the train to a better life. al jazeera. >> the greek prime minister is saying calls for more cuts are politically motivated.

the head of the europe commission accused the greek government of misleading voters. he said it's had no contact since sunday because negotiations are going nowhere. shares on the greek stock market fell for a third day as they struggle to find a solution to the financial crisis. alexis tsipras was greeted with applause in parliament. he said he is still pushing with a deal that will put an end to the talk of greece leaving the euro zone. >> the time has come for europe to talk seriously not just about greece's future, but also the future of the euro zone. will it insist on leading a country and a people into humiliation and poverty or pave the way for democracy and solid dart within its territory? >> a group in the philippines has begun to decommission its weapons after a peace deal signed between the front and government.

the president was there to witness the collection of 75 weapons handed over so far as part of an arrangement to end a decades old conflict. rebels agreed to disband and surrender 15,000 weapons in exchange for greater autonomy in the mainly muslim region. >> the outbreak of middle east respiratory syndrome mers is hitting many businesses hard in south korea. there have been four new infections bringing the total to 154. many tourists are now afraid to visit the country. >> trying to balance the book's and pay the salaries, for him it's ban difficult month. his small boutique has seen a 90% fall in tourists and 50% drop in sealings compared to the pre-mers period. shoes and clothes are on the

shelves. tourists and his regular customers are staying away. >> there is no solution but to hope that the mers outbreak can be put under control as soon as possible. there is nothing we can do but wait and see. >> businesses from department stores to hotel he is are all feeling the effect of mers. while some tourists and the public venture into the capitol shopping district, many take precauses. it seems that those that are going out are doing so out of necessity and careful about who they come in contact with. >> people seem to be more careful about having contacts or coughing in public places. that's why i feel uncomfortable to go out in public. >> the tourist season will begin at the end of july and scenes like this are supposed to reduce worry for visitors. officials show south korea was hoping to attract 16.2 million visitors mostly from china japan and hong kong. that seems unlikely now.

the government offers those visiting after the 22 of june complimentary health coverage should they catch mers and 90,000 if they die. support for the tourism industry really from mers can never be sufficient. we are taking two emergency measures, provide assistance to the tourism industry and insure that it is safe. >> some are not boringsed by the situation. >> not at all. i think the chances of being infected with mers are tiny, so there's more of a media scare than there is an actual possibility of getting the disease. >> the government decided to provide up to $64 million in loans to tour operators travel agencies and hotels who are experiencing mass cancellations. south korea is weeks away from

its peak tourist season and the country is finding itself as a hard sell as a tourist destination. >> to cad man do, the square reopened for the first time since april's earthquake. more than 700 temples and other unesco monuments were damaged about during the quake. there's concerns the sites are being opened too soon. christina explains. >> back to business. that's what nepal's government is saying, that the country opens up its heritage sights. more than 700 monuments were damage would by the quake. 33 of them were here in the square in kathmandu. tuesday, among dignitaries the square was declared officially. sips the earthquake, tourism in

nepal has come to a standstill. >> large sections of this pals have been deemed unsafe and cordoned off. the government said should you come to visit the heritage sight, not just to visit the monuments, but learn about the disasters. tourists have to pay $7 to see the ruins. an expected $117 million will be needed to rebuild the heritage sights of nepal. >> can servationist the say that the government decision to reopen these areas might be premature. unesco issued a statement telling the public to be extra

careful. artifacts are still being salvaged from some of the sites now open to public, raising dangers from theft. we asked the director general of department of archaeology if they suffer from pressure of the business community? >> not much. it is our duty, also. 2% to 3% g.d.p. is tourism. if they don't come, how do they survive? >> overall tourism has drastically decreased. the government hopes opening these heritage sites will be a symbolic jessure to bringing tourists back to nepal. >> you can get more on all these stories if you head over to our

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