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the muslim brotherhood .ppoints a new supreme guide, president musharraf has been indicted on murder charges with the 2007 assassination of prime minister benazir bhutto. and tickets for the 2014 world cup have gone on sale. fans can apply for tickets on the website. france 24."ching " the muslim brotherhood has as the supreme
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guide. ibrahim was the deputy of the supreme guide. baa. ea was -- mohammed die was arrested. in less than 24 hours, 25 policeman, 37 islamist prisoners have been killed in separate incidents. thomas waterhouse has this report. >> the crackdown continues but it goes all the way to the top. egypt and television broadcast these pictures of mohammed , now under arrest. authorities said he was captured in the early hours of tuesday with those co-other app leaders with two other leaders in a flat. badie was charged in july with inciting violence, due to stand trial on august 25. for six days now, pro-morsi
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emmons traders have been suppressed. clashes with security forces have led to the deaths of nearly 900 people since last wednesday. the u.n. has ordered a full inquiry into the deaths of 37 islamist prisoners. the secretary-general has asked the regime to not be heavy- handed with the brotherhood. >> i have been urging that the -- allowing mr. morsi to be freed, and released. and if not, the transparent move should be taken. >> taken to a secret location since ousted, he faces charges for inciting violence outside the presidential palace in december, 2012. >> the while, former president
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woni mubarak has conditional release in the third of fourth cases -- of four cases against them but remains in detention on the fourth. >> this information was originally coming from his who said thatay, hosni mubarak could be released within 48 hours, and that is theuse the charges, one of corruption charges against him, a judge yesterday decided there was not enough evidence to hold him, and he sent the case back to the prosecutors for further investigation. now, the judicial forces have been saying that there will be no decision on whether hosni mubarak will be released for at least those killed weeks, and he is still facing retrial over the killing, complicity, failing to the the killing during january 2011 uprising that ousted him from power. the reason he does not have to
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be held in custody on the retrial is still going on is still because he has already served the maximum two years he can be held without final conviction in the case. through news filtered that hosni mubarak could be released, it was greeted with a lot of consternation and disbelief, and activists here have been saying this is the final nail in the coffin of the revolution. >> and the latest information we have is that on wednesday, the egyptian court will examine a petition for release of hosni mubarak, according to official sources there. moving on now, and pakistan's former president and army chief, pervez musharraf, has been indicted on murder charges in connection with the 2007 assassination of prime minister in his ear bhutto. the decision by -- prime minister benazir bhutto.
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this is the first time and army chief in pakistan has been charged with a crime. musharraf took power in a 1999 coup and stepped down in disgrace a decade later. we go to our correspondent in islam a bad -- in islamabad. what is next for musharraf? >> we do know that the trial has begun. this is only one case facing charges. in the benazir bhutto assassination case. musharraf also faces two other serious charges, which he has not been indicted in, but preliminary hearings -- one of them is an assassination in 2005. that particular case, he has been called into the court on september 10 and is expected to
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be charged in that case. the third case is the recent case in which he suspended the prosecution in 2007 for which he stands a life sentence. this is a start of one of the cases, one of the trials in which he faces serious crimes still that are being looked into by the judiciary here. >> what are the wider implications? what does this mean for military rulers in pakistan? >> in the past we have seen that -- it has beenen ruled by the military. in the 1960's, than 1870's, and earlier, the 90 -- the 1990's also, and none of them were punished. all were questioned over the steps they took. they exited quite safely, and we saw that with musharraf also in
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the last government, that he left the country without anyone asking any questions. government, the new he was ousted by a military dictator. shifting, military and the military has been pushed -- thend the military power that the military had >> thank you very much for that update. that was our correspondent in islam bad. heavy rains have triggered lanslideses in southern china burying homes and vehicles at least 15 people have died. the number of dead has surnled passed 200. nine people reported killed and six. the deaths come after three people died on sundaya in the landslide.
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tokyo electric power company has reported a radio active leak at japan's crippled nuclear plant. according to the operator it's the worst such leak since the crisis began. some 300 tons of radioactive water is believed to have leaked from a tank. they also said that the source of the leak had not yet been pin pointed. tickets for the 2014 world cup will go on sale. they expect about 3.3 million tickets to be available for the month long tournament tor brazil. earlier i asked the correspondent if brazil was ready. >> the team are here this week and the government is doing the
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rounds as well. they're going to all the state being built especially for this occasion to check on progress. the minister of sports here did warn us that only one of those is actually going to plan at the moment. so he is keen for people to pull their help out to get the stadium ready for the deadline at the end of the year. the police and the security said they're really kicking in to action as well. they'll be looking back at some of the other events to see what lessons can be learned from them. the post visit was wide lynn seen as the massive success here. 3 million visitors from around the world got together. on the whole the crowds were kept happy and safe. bigger concerns for the government and the police though was the protest that we had earlier in the year. across the country people came out to the street. there was a lot of violence, very unusual in brazil. the government here very keen
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to get through a series of measures to try to come people down. they want to make sure that next year the action stays on the pitch not off it. >> that said i'll be back with in our news bulletins.nutes. let's see how the press is reacting to this detention of a guardian journalist involved in the edward snowden disclosure about u.s. intelligence. >> that is right. you can imagine is is getting a lot of attention in "the guardian." it explains just what happened. he was on his way from berlin
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where he lives with his partner, glenn greenwald, who helped edward snowden link -- leak this information. he says all this was intimidation, and what we see here on the front page of "the guardian" is another revelation, that the u.s. confirmed it was given a heads up. this is putting a lot of pressure. >> why they are using an anti- terror law to detain the family member of -- >> at is what everyone wants to know. givesan, david maranda, an interview to "the guardian" that explains what happened and why there was a total abuse of power. they forced him to give his passport, saying they threatened me, saying they would put me in jail if i did not cooperate. he says the uk at pandered to the u.s. to try to intimidate him. if we look at another reaction this time, we see this idea
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where you see here, the national security agency, united kingdom franchise -- you see the eagle with obama and a little puppet, which is a british cop am a banging around the terror act there. there is a real threat at the moment to journalists. >> there is an interesting article by alan rush berger, and he says that -- that alan rush bridger, he says it is a dangerous place to be if you are a journalist, and he defends the guardian's coverage of the snowden story and says the key question is whether something is of public interest. he says however troublesome all this information is, the documents did really spark a debate, a public debate that needed to be had, the debate being what is the right balance between national security and privacy. he also said that he received
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threats from the british government to get rid of the documents. he said he received a call telling him that you have had your fun, now we want the suspect back. but he makes this pledge, saying we will continue to be a patient painstaking reporting on these ottomans, and the fact that maranda's laptop was seized will not make any difference whatsoever. >> the while, the law was used to detain david maranda, that is coming under scrutiny, too, isn't it? >> absolutely. it gives this sweeping power to detain for up to nine hours without specific suspicion, and this is the editorial in "the was justiceays this waiting to happen. what really just happened was harassment of independent journalism. it is getting criticism in other papers as well. slate takes a closer look at this and says that it is abuse
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because there is no way david miranda was carrying out terrorist activity. feelsay british muslims profile by this law. >> the 24 -- the 2014 over the games in sochi, russia, looking at an unlikely featured one of the olympic feet -- at one of the olympic venues. >> this was the center of the olympic park, the -- between the figure skating arena and the outdoor arena. it is a cemetery, actually. very unusual story. it is a cemetery belonging to the old leaders, a pure sect of the russian orthodox church. -- thehorities could not whole park was built from scratch, but lots of people say
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it is a stark reminder of all the people who were kicked out of the area so the park could be built. >> thanks very much. >> seven times european cup winners against 1980 eight winners, in a clash of the titans. the two european heavyweights meet for a competitive game this season. arehe are unbeaten -- psv unbeaten. despite their excellent form, there is no doubt who the favorites are. team.an is the favorite we are happy to be here at this cannot get ahead of ourselves with the euphoria we are living with in this moment. as a team that is full of quality and full of very strong milan is amel and --
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team that is full of quality and very strong players. i am pretty curious as to how it will end. their season is not underway yet, but they warmed up for the quarterfinal by harrying -- by hammering the club. coachinland -- the milan has some doubts as he refined his lineup. about tomorrow's formation, i have a couple of doubts. a choice for defends of the dots between manual son -- the son -- hetween manuel is a player in great physical condition, but on top of that, especially mentally, he is really on top of his game, so he is a more secure layer in that
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role. the last time -- >> last time these two clubs that was in 2005-2006. in the other champions league playoffs matches, traveling to kaz extend -- to kazakhstan. and also a tie between the league semifinalists between real sociedad. insisted that sao paulo posterity will be ready to hope that -- to host the tournament's opening game. construction was delayed. the stadiums will be inspected, which are still under construction. there are still six stadiums in six host cities that are not complete, which is said to be -- they must be ready by december.
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>> i can tell you that, yes, the stadium will be both on time and will be ready to organize for the opening game of the world cup, but also will host events before these games. we are very confident. the grass is already beautiful. in a few weeks it will be ready. >> the stadium is located on the edge of result's largest city and has an estimated 2.50 4ction cost of million euros. peter sagan has won the first stage of the usa pro challenge race in impressive style. it got underway with a 97.6 kilometer round in the blistering sun. thes the first event that tour de france champion has participated in since his victory in palace -- in paris.
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met kurt, craig lewis, and ian burness breakaway with 21 kilometers to go. down to a sprint finish with peter sagan and greg vannatter met, who were in contention. peter sagan turned on the afterburners to pick up win number 25. a date has been set for the trial of south african -- for the murder of his girlfriend. the case's prosecutor wins the date of march three until the 20th. pistorius, known as the blade runner, denies murdering her and was granted bail in february. thew and pt won gold in 2012 paralympic games and also participated in the olympic games.
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amputee won gold in 2012 parallel the games and also participated in the lipid games. -- in the olympic games. athlete'srs hail the a champion, and reaches heights of -- a kite surfing champion reaches heights of 240 meters. protesters in egypt aren't comfortable with both the military and the muslim brotherhood being encouraged to literally make some noise and banged on pots and pans every evening at 9:00 p.m. saturday speaking out against recent violence. the country is about to descendents of war. the campaign is -- many
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egyptians have stayed out of the conflict by staying at home. confirmial networks they have been banging pots and pans. this man was the only one in his neighborhood making noise. gainilitary has yet to ground. it has been difficult for egyptians who do not wish to take sides in egypt's political crisis to get their message across. several rallies were staged in for those whoth support neither the army nor the muslim brotherhood. the country is more divided than ever, organizing a movement called the third square that has yet to make its mark. claiming gold in the 400 meter race at the world athletics championships in moscow saturday, two russian athletes thomas yulia gushchina and ksenia ryzhova, exchanged a
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kiss. that violated the strict anti- been met withave widespread reaction on social networks. hundreds of web users hail what they consider to be a heroic act. must feel the russians showed going againstby authorities in this way. they will go down in history. a sign of protest against racial discrimination in 1968 in the u.s. at that time. many have congratulated the two women, but some fear potential reprisals, even a prison term, as the russian authorities may well say the kiss violates their laws by promoting homosexuality. saying we need to closely follow the outcome of this affair to
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makes sure nothing happens to the two champions. shtag,a ing under the coalition returning 500,000 pounds. saying she would've the government to spend it as they see fit. but instead of allocating the funds to priority sectors like health care or education, the coalition shared between them as a party donation, sparking furious backlash and after mounting criticism, they returned the money to the state. spike lee started a fund-raising to fund hismonth next film. the campaign has proved hugely popular, and the american filmmaker has exceeded his goal of $1,250,000.
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all we know is that the project will focus on human beings addicted to blood. kite surfing champion jesse richmond reached a height of 240 meters as he was towed on a speed boat last week. this feat had never been a compass by a kite boarder before. had never been accomplished by a kite boarder before. you can check it out.
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