>> he is plotting to overthrow the government. they are traveling to the middle east and africa. it has been at least saturday. they say there are dramatic areas and yemen. this has provoked outrage and more rock oh. he was pardoned i the king. he has been rearrested by spanish police. >> first and a landmark trial in turkey, it doesn't a senior

figures -- dozens of senior figures have plotted to overthrow the government. 270 50 were in the dark accused of plotting attacks. they have highlighted the divide in turkey between secular and islamist groups. we report on the trial. >> life in prison for plotting against the turkish government. if former military chief was the most common figure convict did. >> this is a threat to the army of the republic of turkey. if you are trying someone who has been the commander for being a member of a terrorist organization that means you are to do this.d trying this country will not accept it. more than a dozen other

defendants were sentenced to life in prison. were handedhers long sentences while 21 people were acquitted. were said ifre potted to destabilize the country through political violence to pave the way for a military coup. this is a political trial aimed .t critics the verdict capped off a five- year trial that has increased tensions between turkey's secular elite and the islam oriented ruling party. tensions that were on display around the courthouse. moore and axis rows were shut. they use water cannons and rubber bullets to push them

away, injuring several protesters. inthat is our correspondent turkey. we have more now on why many turkish people have lost faith in this prosecution. >> the investigation began well in this. in an been implicated earlier scandal in turkey. theially thought that investigation would unravel a lots of the cloak and dagger work that has gone on in turkey the. -- in turkey. the prosecutor seem to overplay their hand. clearly innocent people were detained and interrogated. evidence was manufactured. sentences have not restored confidence. the former chief of general staff was a respected general. he was serving in the general which thehe time of

times were committed. he has been given a life sentence. another person is a distinguished surgeon who got a 12 year sentence. many turks are not going to believe these sentences. the head of the istanbul association has criticized today's verdict. ions about demonstrates hi them. will there be demonstrations tomorrow? we do not know. >> it has been a major scandal in morocco. a spanish national pedophile was pardoned by the king. the men in question had been convicted of raping 11 children. eventually the decision was reversed after protests. the latest doubt is that the man had been arrested back in spain. >> the same fervor during last week's demo but this time around

protesters made themselves heard under high security with no scuffle's or injuries. activist and children climbed into the main square where daniel galvan vina lived and committed jus his crimes. committing 11 of children. after 18 months he was pardoned by the king of morocco and allowed to walk three. it sparked outrage. >> there is a red line that knowing can cost. king tosion of the rescind a pardon after it had been granted chose the voice of the people has prevailed. >> this is not the first case in morocco. in recent months there have been several high-profile arrests. this could be a turning point for the country. sameings will not be the

in morocco after this case. something has changed. this is the first time in the country's history that the king has made a mistake. this has been a rope -- revoked immediately after. they have called on moroccans to stage more demonstrations. keeping 19 of its indices until at least the saturday. this is after intelligent suggested a major anti-u.s. attack could be efforts. these will stay close until after the festival. shote and germany have these in yemen over security fears. we have more now. u.s.common sites across embassies across the middle east and africa.

20 embassies and consulates were closed on sunday. the state department announced it would be keeping 19 closed until next saturday as indications of a specific attack abounded. this amounted to a credible threat to u.s. embassies. members of congress say nothing should be left to chance. >> there has been a lots chatter out there. that means conversation among terrorist about the planning that is going on. reminiscent. we did not take heed on 9/11 in the way we should. we do take the right kind of planning. >> they put the country on highest alert. britain, france, and germany also close these on sunday. >> we have received information that high-level people from al

qaeda and the arabian peninsula are talking about a major attack. these are people on a high level. >> washington has warned u.s. citizens to take precautions while traveling. they have issued a global alert after a string of gel breaks the ninth countries saw senior al qaeda figures sprung. let's get some analysis on john.ith thank you for being with us. what more do we know about the nature of this threat given the u.s. closing diplomatic missions across a huge area for several days? >> obviously we are not in the context of noises that are received every day including threats, analysis from various parts of the world. we are clearly in the context of intercepted messages.

it is combining to establish imminent rets on the various interest in the region that is quite vast. the threat remains very positive regarding the messages that were intercepted. >> there has been a lot of criticism recently. some people are saying is this pure true incidents that we have such major wrecked confirmation. seems like the need for security surveillance. >> we are facing a major threat. this is generally explained why they have the ability to listen to such messages.

they have been able to identify major terrorist threats around the world the cubs of their capabilities to intercept messages. there has been criticism over the attempts for individual liberties. carryinghat they are out. >> thank you so much. next, a diplomatic spat has ramped up between spain and the uk. on theky outcrop southern coast. it has been purchased for 300 years. the spanish foreign minister has had "the party is over." it threatens a tougher government line. it leaves the territory.

the british prime minister says he is seriously concerned. is on the border between gibraltar and spain. how are people in the region reacting to the latest? they are generally quite fed up with the fact that they have to wait hours and hours to go through the boardroom. there is obviously more concerned over what may happen if they set that up to something work in creates. , the spanish police are stopping many of the cars each one by one with pretense of conducting searches.

we are talking about waiting in cars for about 35 degrees. it is pretty unpleasant. and manybraltar spaniards who live in pain but work in culture -- gibraltar are tired of these kind of problems from the u.s. government. think really, how damaging would a fit he euro tax be? is there any way it could ever get into law? >> it is very damaging. today thatany whole are voting determinedly about how gibraltar would not lie down. they would get around to it i crossing on the side of the border. this would seriously damage the

ability for people to do work and your browser. .e are talking about 10,000 the majority of those are people who call these the weapons. whether or not that can ever he called, whether spain we go to do something that would not help help this. but just we do not know whether that will happen yet. >> we will have to leave it there. thanks very much indeed. it might sound like science fiction. this monday the world's first since cell -- stem cell burger was hooked up. in aok 10 years to grow - lab. many may not find appetizing. it is being hailed in some cultures as the feature of

sustainable food. >> presented in a petri dish and then fried up in front of an audience, the world first systematically made burger appears to have passed the taste test. >> it is close to meet. it is not that juicy. the burger is being held as a scientific rate through for tackling climate change and addressing world hunger, taking muscle cells from cattle, researchers grew them into small strands of meat. this is laborious and expensive. the technology is a necessary demand for meg will be satisfied. >> the current meat production is at its maximum. for the average consumer reactions were mixed with some concepts. >> it is wrong.

it is not right. these things should not be going on. >> it sounds fantastic. >> for others it is a necessary step forward. they have thrown their support behind the research. >> it can be kinder to animals and the planet. surely this is something everyone would support. this one step closer to reality. 's former military chief has been sentenced to life in prison. closed over security, the u.s. is keeping embassies shot glass

-- shut until saturday. this has provoked outrage. bys has been rearrested spanish police. >> right now it is time for a business update. i am joined by marcus carlson. good evening. this would be a food scare involving one of the world's biggest companies. frontera from new zealand is coming under some real pressure. that follows this weekend when it came out to announce that some of the projects including av formula in certain sports drinks may have been tainted by act. that could cause actual is in. it is a bad case of food poisoning. these have been sold into seven

different countries including china. china is a key country for frontera and new zealand. she has been taking a closer look. forssive product retail frontera after they had detected bacteria that could cause botulism. consumers in china, vietnam, and saudi arabia are learning that tainted protein concentrate had contaminated milk formula and sports drinks. they are rushing to china, a vital markets. andafety of the people is ofaround the world our first and foremost interest. >> china quickly banned projects link to front terror. vietnam and russia have followed suit. in hong kong they stress the danger was low. tothe talks and is not good

grow during one year of age. they are formen instance more than one year old. it is not high. >> frontera represents about 20% of the exports. with recent turnover accessing 11 billion euros. the company will have to work hard to restore the reputation. >> luster into a story in europe. the international monetary fund is taking france to take the fall. >> the ims is to some extent changing its message to france from a few years back. the imf has come back with its

annual report here it's has france has made progress in cutting down its budget deficit. so much so the imf is saying that france could basically take some of this off the pedal. he's the pace of those deficit reducing measures. otherwise, the imf says the french economy could be hurt. that is one of the recommendations. is this.axes more taxes could damage the french economy. france toalling on continue with the structural reforms. if we look at the big picture

and says it will, little bit better in 2014 when they say growth will be 0.8%. not great but it little bit at her. >> still in positive territory. what are the markets looking like? a bit of a mixed extra on wall street with the nasdaq closing above the flat line. the seem to be looking for gains we have seen. there was a similar picture. they were help vice signs that the manufacturing services in europe are recovering. that was enough to bring this into the green area. if we look at some news increase that shapes trading, shares in hsbc dropped more than four percent and wait on the stock market monday. the net income was $10.3 billion in the first half of the year.

were hoping for a lot more. shares in apple gained ground on wall street monday. it followed a decision by the white house to overturn a ban on bringing certain apples into the united states. apple infringed on patents held by the self korean rival samsung. south korea says it is concerned over the move. we will have to leave it there. thank you very much. now it is time for tonight's media watch. isjoining me for media watch james creed. good evening. want to talk about a very serious subject. morocco's king has been forced to reverse a royal pardon.

it was a huge public outcry. >> rants 24 has been covering it a bigekend. this has been shock wave as far as the menarche in -- monarchy and morocco. the sticky look at some of the headlines. fury over the pardon of daniel galvan vina. to bend to the pressure on the street which is essentially unprecedented. we are seeing the head of the prison service and morocco has been sent away. perhaps the king is looking for all the people two point the finger. he was not aware of the details of the case.

this is to draw attention to this man so this case would not pass onto the radar. this is where you come in. cracks this is one example of that for sure. you're seeing other messages circulating. this has been referred to as global gates. front page. withather deserving photo how they got this photo. it was on the front page. i'm not going to show you the headline. it is actually quite rude. it is expressing a message that has been on social media quite a lot. very tongue and cheek.

if you are a pedophile, what if you come to morocco? they are getting away with it. >> there has been a lot of concern about illegal tourism in the past. >> there also being involved in those cases. the majority of cases have come to the attention and involved foreigners. this in been putting social media saying i do not want my child to be a royal offering. that is a very provocative message but it is one you are seeing. this message saying do not touch my child. this is about anyone who has children or knows children, which is most oh. they are very angry about this decision and morocco. this is a man who actually tore up this empathy photo online. this is a very provocative

message. here is the cartoon from somebody who just is not by the whole notion that the king did not see the pardon. is from arounds the world. there's another one here from wyoming. it is moving against the pardoning. >> a sensitive area here. how credible are the kings claims? whone moroccan journalist spoke says it is credible. the king would not personally have looked at these 48 cases. 48 p were pardoned in total. this man is making headlines. this is the last comic website. he is an advisor to the king.

the story goes finished demand was for extraditions and royal pardons and that this advisor actually merged the list of those who were to be extradited.

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