egyptian security officers say the verdict of three al jazeera journalists have been delayed. we have the latest hello, i'm martine dennis in doha with the latest from al jazeera. israel passes a law allowing the force feeding of prisoners on hunger strike. u.n. human rights experts condemn the move could this be part of the missing mh370 plane? malaysia sends investigators to the indian ocean to find out

trying to survive death valley - runners in the bad water ultra marathon face soaring temperatures. egyptian security officers say the verdict in the retrial of three al jazeera journalists has been postponed until august the 8th. an official announcement is yet to come. the defenders lawyers and network were not previously notified that the verdict would be delayeded. mohamed fadel fahmy, mohammed badr and peter greste were accused of colludeing with the outlawed muslim brotherhood. charges they deny. we spoke with peter greste and he told us the impact the delayed verdict is having on fair lives. >> i thought that this was definitely - this was going to be the day. i think all of us did.

it's not unheard of but it is unusual for the courts to delay verdicts. we have seen so many unexpected twists and turns in this trial, that i've given up trying to say anything for certain, so i guess we should look forward to the august the 8th as the verdict day, but not expect that it will absolutely happen on that day. the only thing that any of us are concerned about at this point is the verdict. that's the thing that will define our lives from that moment on. we can't make plans or be sure about our ability to travel. mohammed badr and mohamed fadel fahmy's cases obviously. it's a point at which they walk as free men or go back to prison. everything hinges on that day. to have the constant changes and twists and delays and turns in the case has made it difficult for anyone to get on with their lives. i've been speaking a few moments ago, it's messing with their lives.

it's not us as individuals, but their families and those around us. it is frustrating. >> we spoke to mohammed badr and he told us what happened when he went to court today. >> when we went to court today. it was disappointing and weighed on me a lot. i expected a verdict to be announce the. it was the verdict. i came here and i frlds i asked an officer, he told me that all the hearings were delayed. all the hearings were delayed. i don't know the reason. we didn't expect information from anyone saying that it was delayed. we don't know what is delayed or when. i'm prepared to leave. i know what is happening. we received a life sentence. i'm in front. i don't know what to do. we don't know anything and even in the morning, the hearing was

postponed, we thought the hearing would be announced today. i'm there in front of the court, i'm afraid to leave. i don't know what happened. it's irritating and really disappointing. >> all right. let's talk to the egyptian journalist, and mohammed badr there giving us an indication of what sounds like an unclear situation. he turned up at court only to be told by a security official that his case is not to be heard today, the verdict is not to be heard. it's been delayed for a week. how unusual is this? >> it is unusual, but under the consensus that egypt is going through, i guess, usual, it is normal to see something that is happening. there's a lack of organization is that what you are suggesting. >> it's not only a lack of organization, it was not about the law or the evidence in the

first place. this shouldn't have reached the court in the first place, let alone take long proceedings, so the whole thing was made up. you can expect anything. for me i believe that the postponement if there is such a postponement it's not a good sign. i hope i'm wrong about this. if there is such postponement really it could be interpreted in light of the upcoming opening ceremonies of suez canal. it's back to politics because of - whoever made up the case haven't reached a decision yet. and we are back again. it's not about the law, it's not about evidence it is about politics which shouldn't - shouldn't happen at all. >> so you're suggesting then that the fact that there is to

be a big grand opening of the suez canal by the egyptian government they'd rather hide this case for a little while in order to enjoy the kudos of that particular event. >> it's a strong assumption. it is yes a possibility, that they don't want to mess up this celebrating atmosphere of opening suez canal. that that is up or the new channel. the side channel. >> thank you very much indeed. thank you. >> now, israel's parliament has legalized the full speeding of prisoners on hunger strike. the bill was passed with a major city of six votes. u.n. human rights experts condetermined the move both considering force-feeding a form of torture. stephanie dekker has more. >> this hugely controversial bill is law, and what it means

is that security prisoners, it's something that israel suspects of terrorism related charges. the bill allows for a certain amount of force to be used by gaolers. if the prisoners refuse to be force-fed. most of those an hunger strike is on administrative detention. they are held quout charge up to -- held without charge up to six months. most of the cases we see of hunger strikes are not charged enough. that is language we are hearing from opposition. they said to solve this rather than force-feed hunger striking prisoners. charge or release them. a backlash of israel's community. they say this amounts to torture, it guess against medical efforts and belief. one doctor we spoke to equated it to rape. we put all this to one of the men involved in drafting the

bill. he said it's not about force-feeding, it's about medical help. we don't want the hunger striking prisoners to die. if you look at the numbers on the ground over the last years. no prisoner died from a hunger strike. there has been cases where prisoners died because they were force-fed. >> the u.s. state department is concerned over israel's approval for homes in the occupied west bank. israel advanced plans for 504 new housing units in settlement areas in occupied east jerusalem. according to law, all israeli settlements are illegal. >> now, the u.s. says the latest reports on muller ulmar's death are credible. they had announced that he died more than two years ago. that is denied by the taliban, and they are denying that it

will take part in peace talks with the afghan government. >> france is joining an megs after part of a plane washed up on one of its islands in in the indian ocean. malaysia sent a team there to find out if the debris belonged to mh370. it disappeared in march last year. alexi o'brien reports. >> on a tiny island in the indian ocean this piece of what looks like a plane is getting a lot of attention. >> we saw the plane. as we looked at it i told myself it was debris. >> reporter: aviation experts believe it could be part of mh370. >> we found it matched one plane it matched the rear of the wing. everybody says it fits to the boeing 777. of course, which plane is missing in this area, there's none

for hours after the plane disappeared, this flight board said it was delayed. the distraught family member was gathered in malaysia and china. what happened in mh370 was a great mystery in aviation history. the boeing 777 went missing with 237 people on board. it took off from kuala lumpur and was destined to beijing. it lost all contact. over the gulf of thailand around 40 minutes after takeoff. a massive search operation focused on two corridors to the north and south. and no trace of the plane was found, concentrating on a 60,000km area off the coast of western australian. now malaysia is sending a team to the reunion island to see if the piece of debris is a breakthrough in the search. >> whatever wreckage is found, needs to be verified before it's

confirmed whether it belongs to mh370. >> reporter: analysis of satellite data shows mh370 flew for 6 hours after contact was lost and entered the see in the indian ocean near a deep trench. >> underneath the indian ocean, it's hurricane type of weather down there, and many times wreckage can be dislodged. these are floating devices which can surface themselves and be drifted off thousands and thousands of miles away. australia says the search will continue, and proves the plane will be found in the depths of the ocean. >> reporter: for family and friends of those on board mh370, the nervous wait for answers continues russia vetoed a proposal to set up a u.n. backed tribunal to investigate the downing of a malaysia airlines plane over eastern ukraine. the draft resolution calls for the establishment of an

international criminal court to% cute those responsibilities. ukraine and other powers accuse the separatists of shooting down the plane. moscow denies the allegations. >> still to come. europe deals with a migrant crisis as people storm the channel tunnel trying to get into britain. >> the price of continuing is too high the u.n. unveils its latest plane to help end the war in syria. syria.

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hello again. welcome back to al jazeera. i'm martine dennis. these are the top stories. egyptian state media is reporting the verdict in the trial of three al jazeera journalists has been postponed. an official announcement is yet to cox. mohamed fadel fahmy, peter greste and mohammed badr are accused of colluding with the outlawed muslim brotherhood. charges they and al jazeera deny egypt's parliament legalized the force feeding of prisoners on hunger strikes. u.n. human rights experts condemned the mood. considering it a form of torture, and full of risk. investigators have been sent to an island in the indian ocean after part of a plane washed up there. they want to find out if it belongs to the flight mh370 that

disregard in march last year myanmar says it will release almost 7,000 prisoners on presidential pardons, including 150 chinese citizens gaoled last week for illegal logging. most of them were given life sentences. beijing filed a diplomatic protest after the verdict was announced a man convicted for financing india's deadliest bomb attack has been hanged. he was executed hours after his final mercy plea was rejected by the indian supreme court. a series of blasts in mumbai in 1993 killed 257 people, and injured more than 700 others. we have this report from new delhi. >> this is the first person to be executed in connection with the 1993 serial blast in mumbai. we should keep in mind in terms of the main people associated

with this attack he's not one of them. he and others still remain at large. the big issue, the reason why this is a big issue is india is because of the 11th hour pleas and petitions that went before his executions. as far as 5:00a.m. his lawyers up until the 11th petitioning the supreme court to stay the execution. in terms of the context of the case it's been decisive. it raised questions about the justice system about how these cases, particularly sensitive cases are dealt with. the amount of time it takes to deliver justice, keeping in mind you are looking at 22 years since the blast took place, and issues relating to the death penalties, by cases thaw it le plied to and should it have been applied to the case of

yaku. in terms of those handed down the death penalty in relation to the blast, there are 10 others none have been executed and some of them they insist. play a bigger or more important role in this case the iraqi government is denying allegations that it tortures prisoners. officials are questioned by a u.n. committee, investigating human rights abuses in iraq's gaols. imran khan has more from the iraqi capital baghdad. >> reporter: the iraqis face tough questions. they deny the charges of torture. in a statement issued to al jazeera, they said we do not torture people and there's no evidence by the tribunal or human rights groups to contradict it. there is a legal problem. torture is not clearly defined. some would say that that is a deliberate measure by previous

iraqi governments to allow them getting way to opening secret prisons and torturing iraqi prisons. there's plenty of available evidence on this. over the last 10 years. reports from human rights watch and amnesty. there has been plenty of testimony from those inside the and secret prisons alleging that they'd been tortured. >> when haider al-abadi took power, he eds that he was going -- he said that he was going to clean house. we haven't seen a huge lot, when it comes to the ministry of justice, and the allegations of secret torture going on here in iraq. they have denied all of that. various human rights groups put out public statements and evidence to suggest that these torture techniques are used and prisons are in existence kuwait said it uncovered a network of i.s.i.l. members that fought in iraq and syria. state media report five of them

are kuwaities. the government launched a grabbing down on a she -- crackdown on a mosque that killed 26 people. >> the united nations envoy to syria put forward plans to end the conflict that raged for four years. diplomatic editor james bays explains the significance of the proposals. >> i give the floor to mr stefan... >> reporter: the u.n. special envoy presenting his latest plan for syria. in the past they tried international conferences and face to days peace talks. after 4.5 years of bloodshed, another proposal setting up working groups. >> given the deepening tragedy, the u.n. is advised to not leave any stone unturned. and attuned to the serious

conversations and discussions taking place, and we are hearing them around the region and elsewhere, which may require, perhaps, more time. >> reporter: he was referring to a number of important developments that the u.n. believes could be positive. in essence, this is a holding plan until they see how it plays out. they know that bashar al-assad's forces are losing ground and in a matter of months the government is prepared to make concessions. they know the policy by turkey prepared to carry out air strikes could help the moderate opposition. >> there's the iran your nuclear deal. ban ki-moon told me that could change things too. >> you need solidarity shown by p5 members of the security council, and european union and the actors. there's nothing which we cannot do. my message was why don't you use

this politically created momentum and there is an important role to be played by iran. iran is a crucially important player in the rigon. >> when he addressed the security council the secretary-general attacked their own divisions on syria, saying it was a shameful symbol of the international community's failure the al qaeda-linked al nusra front abducted a leader of a u.s.-backed rebel group in northern syria. add to this he and others were kidnapped in the countryside of aleppo. they are part of the new syrian force. it's a group of u.s. trained fighters. the men returned after training in turkey france deployed riot police in calais to stop migrants entering the railway tunnel that connects it to britain.

for a second night hundreds of migrants tried to enter the tunnel. fleeing war and poverty in africa. from calais barnaby phillips reports. >> reporter: these people are the problem that europe wishes would go away. by the edge of a calais motorway migrants bide their time. we watched as some tried to cross the road to enter the terminal for the channel tunnel. the french police tell them to go away. they obey for now. but the police can't be everywhere. they say they are overwhelmed and at night the migrants try again in greater numbers. why are they so desperate to get to england. >> because we are sudanese people we come from sudan

to go to england. our language - we speak english, if you speak french, you stay here. we speak english, you know. >> i suffering. we are looking for food, shelter, a better life. >> reporter: also here, syrians, eritreans, afghanis - escaping wars and tyranny, crossing deserts and sea. these people are not welcome here in calais, and the british government does not want them either. they have all come a long way and quiet frankly, they feel they have nothing left to lose so whatever french or british politicians say, they'll carry on going what they can. >> higher fences and more police bring some comfort, but they are short term solutions to a

problem that may be with europe problem for years to come. in el salvador a person responsible for attacks on bus drivers has been caught. the motive behind the tacks is unclear. >> mexico city - they deny they were behind an attack on drivers using the uber smartphone attack. tuesday, the crowd attacked cars thought to use the service that connect passengers with private taxes. more than 10 vehicles were damaged. no injuries reported. but taxi drivers held a peaceful protest in the mexican capital. they oppose the service and want it banded. a police raid on an ingamous shanty town in caracas left at least as many dead. it is part of a crackdown on

crime. but has human rights groups worried. we have this report. >> reporter: some have decided to leave before it happens again. others cope with their fear by talking to friends. it's been two weeks since the venezuela government sent in a deployment of security forces. yet people here are talking about what happened on that day. >> translation: it was approximately 5am, we heard gunshots wow, wow, wow, wow. we cotton the floor. police kicked down the door. they took my sons a laptop and generator. >> reporter: this video shows the moment pa military headquarters came close to homes. intense clashes between police and armed gangs left 15 people dead. hundreds detained and a slew of accusations of the government's actions under a plan called liberation of the people had

gone too far. >>translation: they destroyed what they found in their path. they took everything they could. dvds and devoterant and they -- deodorant, and they oo took my husbands with them. >> police overturned cars and destroyed homes. they said they planted false evidence and took husbands and sons to gaol. these are likely to why backtrack. this is an area according to the government serves as a base for gangs, and communities that kidnap distort vehicles. >> for the liberation of the people i have been instructed by the president commander nicolas maduro and he instructed us to extend provision -- operations to all the country.

>> reporter: massive violence has been denounced. >> translation: there's no grey area. these types of operations never proved effective. >> reporter: this eyewitness questions not so much the message, but the results. >> i see the criminals outcharting police. they have lost access to the area. >> they had to do a huge operation with helicopters and tanks. bans are still there, operating. armed gans threaten operation -- gangs threaten operations. this is it something they can't stop talking about imagine running in temperatures of more than 40 degrees celsius in a hostel environment of the planet. >> that is facing competitors in an ultra mara chon in the death -- marathon in the death valley. >> the planes have been running for walking nonstop for

24 hours. the race started out with a lot of enthusiasm but obviously this is the world's toughest race and so now it's become really a human drama, a drama of really survival for many of these athletes. we see them go over three different mountain passes in hot temperatures drought the day. the grews have been cheering them -- crews have been cheering them on. it's a matter of putting one foot in front of the other, trying to carry on. in between running and walking the athletes take breaks to stretch, eat, hydrate. it's essential for their health to make it through the race. the first runners crossed the finish line about 24 hours after they started. some people it will take as much as 48 hours after they started before they finally finish so stay with us here at al jazeera, we'll look closely at

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