>> the arrest was made by germany's federal police, who handed him over to state police in berlin. despite being in custody this demand saw a video message

criticizing the police action. >> unfortunately,le german authorities are handling this case in a very suspicious manager. that raises questions. sentenced in ashen is that to criminal court in prison, the charge of torturing a lawyer in tahrir square. when egypt asked interpol to issue a red warrant it refused. it appears cairo has taken the direct route. >> >> it is inconceivable to arrest an innocent man. he was just doing his job. he has two leading programs on al jazeera. al jazeera has said the crack down by egyptian authorities on journalists is well known. other countries must not allow themselves to be tools of some

oppression. ahmed mansour is one of the arab world's most respected journalists and must be released immediately. >> on on line petition has so far been signed by that thousands of people. german politicians have come out in support of mr. mansour. the leader of the green party tweeted german government must explain arrest of mansour in berlin, highly questionable. the international federation of journalists, the arab organization of how many rights and dozens of other rights organizations have condemned mr. mansour's arrest. protestors gathered in berlin to

show solidarity, but there will be no further progress possible until a case goes before a judge later on monday. >> paul brennan joins us live. explain exactly what happens next, how will it be decided whether he will be extradited. >> we had a preliminary hearing here in berlin on sunday, but that was effectively just to go through the paperwork and just dot the i.'s, cross the t.'s make sure all the documents are gathered when necessary. it wasn't a substantive allegation of the incident behind it. that will take place on monday. at 9:00 a.m. monday, the attorney general will arrive. the documents which were rubber starched today will be there waiting for him and at 9:00 a.m., local time, he will start to read them. at some point after that, once he's completed reading those

documents, he will call ahmed mansour's local lawyer and say i've read the documents, let's now queen a formal hearing to look in substance at the allegations which the egyptian authorities are leveling against mr. mansour. that's the reason the timing of monday's hearing is still up in the air. we're not exactly sure when the hearing will take place although at some point on monday, and that is the process that it will go through. one big question is just how much discretion, how much leeway does the attorney general have to throw this case out if for example he believes it to be politically motivated or does he have to push it through just as long as the paperwork is in order, is this beautiful a bureaucratic exercise. all those questions will be answer when the hearing convenes an monday. >> tell us about reaction in germany to this case. >> well, there's been

considerable consternation here. as you saw in my report, there's an on line petition for example which had more than 18,000, nearly 19,000 signatures just in the space of 24 hours calling for his release. international journalist groups have weighed in, describing the arrest of mr. mansour as ridiculous and unfounded and of course the al jazeera media network has insisted that he is innocent. it appears that he was actually not even in egypt at the time of the torture that he is alleged to have committed. there are very grave doubts about the approvalness of the charges that are laid against him, and it will be for the court here to try to pick the bones out of it and work out exactly the best way to proceed. >> paul brennan in berlin, thanks, paul.

>> now to the greek debt crise and prime minister alexis tsipras is head to go brussels to try a strike an 11th hour deal with his country's creditors away anti austerity demonstrators are protesting. an emergency summit will be held monday. greece needs to secure funds to make a $1.7 billion repayment by june 30. if not it could crash out of the euro. >> we are joined live from the freak capital. have we got any idea what sort of deal might be agreed on monday. >> we do know that the government is talking about tinkering with a tax to close the final remaining gap of roughly $1 billion that now separates the two sides as

rewards this year's finances. the creditors the international monetary fund, european central bank and european commission believes there is a two and a half% g.d.p. difference between what the greek tax man thought he would make and actually make because the greek economy has been shrinking, con trier to the predictions made when this budget was drafted this year, at the end of last year, that it would in fact slightly grow. that is one of the key issues under discussion and the greeks believe that they have now gone to brussels with a proposal that closes that gap. there are also more difficult issues. there is the question of what to do with pensions, with the public sector. it's not clear that all of that is going to be included in the deal at this time, because time is now so short. greece is set to default next tuesday, the last day of the month, because as ministers of the government here have signaled greece would not honor its obligation to the

international monetary fund if it didn't also have a deal on the table that finances it through the rest of this year and into next year. that being the case, i think there's a good chance that both the greeks and the their creditors will try to narrow the scope of the deal so that they have something on the table they can all agree about that it takes to carry greece through the end of this year but doesn't solve all the most intractable issues. >> how united is the greek parliament over the way the government has been dealing with the country's creditors? >> well, parliament has always been in a difficult position, because parliamentens are elected by people who don't want austerity, but governments are dealing with creditors who do.

the political system has gone through a phenomenal turnover not seen in 40 years. i think this parliament is a different sort of animal. you have now got a government that is in a coalition sort of arrangement with a right wing party, a leftwing and a right wing party together. they've promised not to put their m.p.'s in such a difficult position again. you've got the parties that did bring such deals and they have been severely punished for that. i think that this parliament is not going to be asked to perform the sort of difficult task that previous parliaments were asked to perform. it's going to be asked to do something milder, secures finances within the country tax revenues and also financing from credit tories abroad.

>> thank you. >> iran's parliament voted to block access to military sites and scientists. iran opposes plans to introduce scientists under any nuclear deals. inspection remains a key part of any final agreement. >> an israeli policeman was stabbed in the neck and his attacker shot in an incident near a main entrance to jerusalem. police say the border policeman is critical in hospital. the palestinian was shot and injured. it comes as french-led strategic talks take place in israel. >> there have been molts scenes at the historic african-american church where nine were shot dead on wednesday as it reopened to worshipers. large crowds gathered inside and out while dozens of churches

across charleston range their bells in unison. we have a report from the city in south carolina. >> a murder scene for the past several days reopened as a powerful how else of worship. the historic church church, over 150 years old has seen a lot but never a day quite like this. its service that was both somber at times yet largely uplifting in gospel worship and song, a congregation that doesn't want to be defined by that the killing of nine people. >> the doors of mother emanuel is open on this sunday. it sends a message to every demon in hell and on earth. no weapon formed against us shall prosper. >> the emotion inside hearkened back to the history of the black church in america long a place

of ref final and resistance in the most difficult moments going back to slavery. there was a moment of silence elsewhere and several dozen churches tolled their bells at the same time in solidarity. outside the church, too the pain of the event still very raw, several hundred people who could not get a seat inside listened to the service over loud speakers. >> i grew up in this church and i'm here today to just let everybody know that this is a holy city and we're not going to let any evil take the city down. >> black white young and old strangers consoled each other after what has been a painful week, one of the worst crimes ever in the city. >> this shooting brought to the forefront deep divisions in the south, whether how to deal with the confederate flag, gun control or even inherent racism are all things that will be discussed, but just not today. people said today was about

honoring those that lost their lives. >> i'm here because i can't think of any other place to be. >> why? >> to pay homage to the congregation. >> it surprised nobody here that a large number of white people came out to support the church. >> i think that charleston is a community that rallies when our neighbors meet us. >> coming together as a community, we're trying to do the right thing and move forward. >> as the service ended, they hugged hoping to spread the spirit of relilens not only here and beyond. al jazeera charleston, south carolina. >> afghan forces launch a counter offensive to retake a key district from the taliban. highland tries out a new way of curbing the trafficking of

luxury items taking on the ivory trade.

>> welcome back. al jazeera journalist ahmed mansour preparing to spend a second night in detention. al jazeera is calling for his immediate release. >> protestors demonstrating against austerity measures. e.u. leaders will hold an emergency summit on greece's debt crisis monday. >> the south carolina church where nine african-americans

were shot dead on wednesday has reopened to worshipers. >> the taliban took control of an area, seven soldiers died in the attack, 17 others wounded. we have the latest from kabul. >> this is the front line. afghan army and police on one side of the river the taliban on the other. the taliban controls the district just a few kilometers from kundu city. it's the first time they have seized an entire district. this is the first year afghan forces are fighting on their own without nato support and they are struggling. >> we don't have air support. we only have ground troops.

we don't have proper weapons only f-16s and you fire three bullets and the gun jams. we will fight the taliban until the last drop of blood. >> it is home to thousands of families who fled from nearby villages when the taliban started fighting in the province in april. the takeover came hours after a roadside bomb killed people in southern afghanistan, many of them children. >> those killed in this incident were my family members including my nephews, my niece and my brothers' wives. >> no one has claimed responsibility for this attack but the taliban routinely plants bombs along roads. the taliban attacked a police checkpoint in central afghanistan, killing six police officers. as ramadan begins, the taliban is intensifying attacks, keeping pressure on afghan forces and the government. al jazeera, kabul. >> druze community members are worried about the safety of

their families in syria. fighters were seen surrounding the village in syria this week. the minority is viewed by al-qaeda as her particulars and at least 20 people were killed in in lib last week by al-nusra. she said the druze find themselves caught between the warring sides. >> well, the jews in syria are in a very critical situation under pressure from many sides. we have seen massacres recently happen in idlib province.

>> they have made very clear that they are welcome to come to israel even though basically they do not want a exacerbate, aggravate the predicament of the druze community inside syria itself. the community is caught between al-nusra front on the one hand which has an extreme interpretation of islam and the also the major war that is taking place. they do not want to come across as supporting the syrian government. the druze community in syria has tried to be neutral not take sides but now find themselves in the eye of the storm because the opposition the syrian opposition led by the elements, particular al-nusra front have taken over idlib. they are attacking that another area and now hodor. >> fighters from islamic state of iraq and the levant planted land mines and explosives around

palmyra in syria. it's not clear whether the group plans to destroy the site or to deter government forces from advancing towards the city. isil captured palmyra last month and has a history of destroying ancient monuments. >> for years mali has been enduring a devastating drought. this week, the country's government signed a long awaited peace deal. for the hundreds of thousands who face starvation, security and survival are closely linked. >> a cow that can't stand up has little chance to live. this man can't afford to buy

fodder and there is no hay or grass here for his cows to graze on. he has watched helplessly as they died one by one. two years without rain here have killed the only source of living. a younger nomad is facing the challenge differently. he looks for less drought-stricken areas. >> we go back and forth between mali and mauritania searching for grazing land. we know there is no grass but we at least look for green trees. >> in the scorching heat, his wife puts up the family tent again. their children are hungry and thirsty and so are the young cows. they all have to wait for the return of an expedition to try to find water. it's fetched by donkeys from far away. far down a well, water is found. a camel has to work hundreds of meters to draw just one bucket. nearly half of the people of northern mali still live like this.

they've faced severe drought for years and three years of fighting has compounded their problems. the arab people of this area say they have borne the brunt of the war between rebels seeking autonomy and the mali army trying to maintain control. >> there are better areas for grazing further inside mali, but the army there kills our people. there is no grass in mauritania. our animals are dying here. >> not far from here on the mauritanian side of the border there is a similar condition also severely affect by drought. >> the sub tropical region of northwestern mali used to be the place of last resort, because it used to receive more rain. they can't go there because of the lack of security. >> instead, it's mali elders who cross into mauritania knowing they won't find grass, but at least they can find security. al jazeera on the

mali-mauritania border. >> thailand strengthened laws to curb the illegal trafficking trade. we have this report. >> from huge tusks to small sculptures, thousands across thailand registered their ivory, the weight, size and shape documented, 150 tons of it. it was part of a month long amnesty program earlier in the year under the country's new ivory act that started in january. african ivory is illegal in thailand. if people register their goods they would not be charged. >> thai people see elephants as sacred and that ivory is sacred. we started with registration. we couldn't go to the curbing of

ivory trade completely. >> trade of asian ivory is legal, but it takes an expert with scientific equipment to determine the difference between asian and african ivory. >> they play a large role in regional culture. only asian male elephants grow tusks. african elephants tusks grow much larger and makes its way here. the demand is much larger than the supply. >> freeland is a nonprofit organization that works to expose and combat illegal wildlife trafficking. they feel there should be a total ban on ivory trade in thailand because it's difficult to tell the difference and it's a trade that's booming. >> we are seeing this growing demand in luxury items that are often wildlife products and often products from endangered species. because they're endangered

they're harder to get and have the highest status. >> some hope it will reduce the slaughter of elephants but side step blame. >> we don't know the story behind the ivory we buy, someone wants to sell it, we buy it. we don't know if elephants were killed for their tusks. you can't blame the buyers. >> thailand is used as a pass through country for regional trade. in the last three months seven tons of african ivory was seized. activists feel this is a step down the path to curb supply. some feel if the desire is not reduced through awareness, the supply will continue to find its way to those who believe prestige can be purchased. al jazeera, bangkok. >> millions are taking part in international yoga day in new delhi. india's prime minister led tens of thousands celebrating the

ancient practice. across the country, more than 100,000 camps were set up to do the same. >> it was a sea of people. nearly 40,000 bending, twisting and breathing their way to an attempt at a world record for the largest yoga demonstration at a single venue. they were joined by millions across the country and around the world as nearly all u.n. member countries are expected to host yoga day events. >> not only is it the beginning of a celebration, but a new era to train the human mind with peace, good will and to reach high goals. >> many perform yoga for health and healing benefits. she was in an accident that damaged her ability to walk or stand properly. >> my endurance increased. there was also clarity of mind. yoga is more holistic.

i feel it works very subtly, it changes the way you think. >> the government is hoping the international day of yoga makes the ancient indian practice even more popular. >> just as there's more to yoga than complicated exercise moves, there's more to international yoga day than setting a record. some hope it will boost the yoga industry and country's image abroad. although it originates in india, not every indian believe yoga is for them. >> for those who spend the day behind a desk, the day is meant to encourage physical fitness. some minorities say the government is also using the occasion to impose hindu religious beliefs on them by making events mandatory for students and civil servants. the government says it is simply meant to promote a healthy lifestyle and image around the world. al jazeera, new delhi.

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