the furthest second to the sixth defend and in abstentia, the court has ruled for mohamed mahmoud, mohamed [indiscernible] three years imprisonment for the charges, six months imprisonment and 5,000 pounds fine. [indiscernible] been acquitted by the court and they have to pay the expenses. and the sixth and the eighth have confiscated their equipment. thank you. thrown its weight behind the protest movement and has millions of supporters just in baghdad called on them to join this rally and he is throwing his weight behind the prime minister abadi who promised reforms but he faces a lot of challenges. >> going through the details, there were a number of other trials taking place. it wasn't just the three al jazeera journalists standing trial. mohamed fahmi was sentenced to three years. peter was also sentenced to three years and mohamed was also sentenced to three years with an additional, i need to clarify this, i understand there was an additional six months and possibly a fine on to top of tht as well. so that's the verdict that has come out of the trial. the retrial that's been taking

peter greste, however, was convicted in abstentia after being deported home to australia earlier this year. they've been talking with andrew thomas. >> peter greste was with his lawyer in sydney watching for news from cairo by post on social media from journalists in the courtroom. >> the verdicts when they came were not what he was hoping for. >> you just heard the news. what is your immediate reaction? >> andrew, i'm finding it very hard to find the words to describe what i'm feeling at the moment. we always knew there would be a danger of conviction because the authorities placed so much and have so much at stake in this and invested so much in this case, but i'm absolutely devastated for my colleagues in particular. you know, i won't be going back to prison. i'm not going to go to egypt. but my colleagues will, and i know what they'll have to go back to. i know the prison conditions. i know the families this they're going to be leaving behind. it breaks my heart to know what they're going to have to go through. >> what are the opposites from here for you and the others? well, ther

broadcaster meter peter peter greste, who was sentenced in abstentia said that it was political. >> hope and then heartbreak as two journalists return to bris. the retrial was supposed to give mohamed fahmy, baher mohammed and peter greste a second opportunity to clear their name. instead of justice was denied yet again. >> i don't know how i'm going to survive this without him. he has done nothing. >> the judge said that he wanted to make clear to the people of egypt that these men were not journalists and doctored videos for air. then he sentenced them to more prison time. three years for mohamed fahmy, baher mohammed, three and a ha half. they already spend more than a year behind bars. >> this is out ja outrageous. this is devastating. >> journalists inside the courtroom describe a tense and angry atmosphere after the verdict. the case has been called a sham. leaders including president obama has called journalists across the globe condemning it. the men have been convicted of aiding the muslim brotherhood, which the egyptian government now deems a terrorist group. >> they were arres

he was sentenced in abstentia and he joins us now from sydney. it's been some two hours now. how are you feeling following this announcement verdict? >> stilt upset, angry, worried about what my colleagues are going through. i know the prisons they are going to have to go back to. i know the conditions that they will have to face. i also know the families, and i know what they are going to be going through. it makes me sick to my stomach to understand and know the suffering that they are going to have to go through and particularly because they are innocent men. we did nothing to -- we did nothing of the sort along the lines that we are accused. we broke no laws. we did nothing unethical or illegal or immoral so it's just incomprehensible to see how the court could come to this conclusion. >> peter, just go through what this practically means to you now, being found guilty. what does this mean to you and your life. >> for me, this means i carry al criminal record as a convicted terrorist and i wouldn't be able to travel to any country that has an extradition countagreemed tha

the furthest second to the sixth defend and in abstentia, the court has ruled for mohamed mahmoud, mohamed [indiscernible] three years imprisonment for the charges, six months imprisonment and 5,000 pounds fine

personally intervened to help get the australian journalist tree freed who is now being tried in abstentia. we in the united states have a passionate commitment to the treatment freedom of journalists, for people to be able to write read, speak their thoughts. that is a deeply rooted part of the political and value seam. we believe journalists should be able to share their stories communicate with people and do their jobs. we're deeply concerned with the prospect people who have been simply doing their jobs would be labeled labeled otherwise and put on trial. we've expressed our concern in the past, and i've never shied away from doing so. thank you very much. we appreciate it. >> thank you so much. >> the united states and gulf cooperation countries have agreed that once implemented that the deal would allow iran to contribute to the world. the foreign sectors address a gathering of journalists in doha after meeting with foreign ministers of the gcc. they touched upon some of the areas that he said he agreed with his counterparts in the gcc to work on. talked about building a stronger par

today, a cairo court sentencing baher mohammed, fahmy and peter greste, as you see here sentenced in abstentia, deported back to his native australia in february. the other two were taken into custody after that verdict today. all of this beginning in 2013. here is peter greste. >> a fairly briefly statement and i will take some questions from you guys. the first thing i want to say is that i am absolutely devastated, sickened, frankly, by the verdict that was handed down in egypt last night. i know what prison is like. i know what my colleagues are going to have to go back to. i know what they are going through at the moment. he job description prisons are never particularly comfortable places at the best of times. i don't know exactly where they are being held at the moment. we are trying to find that out. but i am pretty sure that it won't havep have been a defendant comfortable night for them. i also know their families. i know baher has a young, very young family. he has three young children, including a young 1-year-old baby who celebrated his first birthday just on friday. i also nom fa

peter greste, who was sentenced in abstentia, said that the verdict was political. >> hope then heartbreak in an egyptian courtroom. the retrial was supposed to give mohamed fahmy, baher mohammed and peter greste a second opportunity to clear their names. instead justice was denied yet again. >> i don't know how i'm going to survive this without him. he did nothing. >> the judge said that he wanted to make clear to the people of egypt that these men were not journalists and doctored videos for air. then he sentenced them to more prison time. three years for fahmy and greste. three and a half for mohammed. they've already spend more than a three and a half years behind bars. greste won't serve the time because he has been deported to australia, but it will inhibit his ability to work as a course upon glint my heart is wit correspondent. >> my heart is with them. >> from the beginning the case has been called a sham. leaders including president obama have joined journalists across the globe condemning it. the men have been convicted of aiding the muslim brotherhood, which the egyptian govern

greste was deported to australia but is being retried in abstentia. journalists and al jazeera deny the charges. >> still ahead on al jazeera, we can't condemn our kids and grandkids to a planet that is beyond fixing. barack obama makes tough new pledges to climate change plus. world doping chiefs respond with alarm as a report says a third of medals won by athletes over a decade could be tainted by drugs. >>> welcome back. the top stories on al jazeera now. u.s. secretary of stoat john kerry is set toget foreign ministers from the gulf corporation counsel who are concerned about ran in the region. the nuclear deal with the and five other world powers. turkey has promised. people have been killed as turkish fighter jets bomb northern iraq. al yemen howe howe leader has described the advance of an isolated vict tory. program government for the next city, he next city, taiz. >> i would like to express our heart felt sympathies. one of the greatest challenges is this is affecting the wide range of the country. it's access to assessments and to get suppli

their colleague, peter, deported on february 1 after 400 days behind bars was retried in abstentia. >> they hoped this would mark the end of a long ordeal. it began in december 2013 when the they were arrested and charged with aiding the outlawed muslim brotherhood. they spent more than a year with brief and confusing appearances in court. legal experts said the trial was a farce. it provoked an outpouring of support from journalists. that didn't stop the court. the verdict provoked international outrage. >> the issue of the al jazeera journalists in egypt, we have been clear publicly and privately they should be released. >> they overturned the verdict and ordered a retile. diplomatic pressure did pay off earlier this year. he made a an emotional return to australia. but this has cast a shadow over him. >> remember, there was no more evidence that the prosecutor was able to present in this trial than the first. it's quite clear that we were not involved with any of the things that the prosecutor accused us of. we weren't involved with terrorism. we had no connections with the muslim

there are six other al jazeera staff members who are being stride in abstentia. the verdict comes at a time we know those working in media in egypt are facing perhaps their biggest threat. the committee to protect journalists say that there are more journalists sitting in egyptian prisons than at any time since it began keeping track in 1990. >> i'll continue to fight for freedom for those who are behind bars and who are in desperate need for our support and help. >> but mohammed and his colleagues are hoping to clear their names first. >> the united nations security council has adapted a statement welcoming the signing of a peace deem in south sudan, but there is warnin warning that those involved have to stick to the agreement. they signed the deal on wednesday. the president was threatened with more sanctions if there are any violations of the deal. gabriel elizondo has more for us at the united nations. i'm guessing in the statement there were pretty strong words. >> there was. this was pretty much an endorsement of the peace deal, david, in a statement, the

today, a cairo court sentencing baher mohammed, fahmy and peter greste, as you see here sentenced in abstentiadeported back to his native australia in february. the other two were taken into custody after that verdict today. all of this beginning in 2013. here is peter greste. >> a fairly briefly statement and i will take some questions from you guys. the first thing i want to say is that i am absolutely devastated, sickened, frankly, by the verdict that was handed down in egypt last night. i know what prison is like. i know what my colleagues are going to have to go

greste was retried in abstentia after being deported in february. he said that the retrial was politically motivated. >> there was never any evidence that the court presented that the prosecutor presented either in the first trial or in the second to confirm any of the allegations against us. and in fact, i would like to publicly challenge the prosecu prosecutor to present evidence of anything that we produced that was falsified. >> peter greste has just finished his press conference to the australian media, to a big crowd of journalists there. i'm pleased to say that peter joins me now. peter there, is still a lot of interest in this, that's a positive sign. >> it's a positive sign in that we need to keep public awareness about our case and it's gross injustice. i'm not certainly convinced one of the main reasons why i'm here today, one of the reasons i'm deported was because we had so much public support because so many people around the world were aware of the injustice in our original trial, and made it almost impossible for the egyptian governm

peter greste was sentenced in abstentia after being deported to australia. >> peru is the world's biggest producer of cocaine. it has allowed its military to chute down drug-smuggling planes that pass over it. the world's largest cocaine ar from peru. >> after a tip from an in thi informant, commander sÁnchez led the team as they set out to destroy a coca processing lab. they fired shots to warn the traffickers, security forces actually prefer letting them go to avoid retaliation from the local community where police say most people are involved with in the drug trade. arriving the traffickers fled. they left behind bread, boots, these sacks of coca leaves were about possible thrown in the pool to make the coca paste from which cocaine is made. authorities say that this lab is big enough to produce $50,000 worth of coca paste each day. >> the size and location of the lab tells us that they were professionals. >> the stench of toxic chemical like acid and gasoline is overpowering. this substance is turned into the cocaine powder. the residues are thrown away, contaminating land and rivers.

he was retried in abstentia. >> three journalists hope this would mark the end of an ordeal t began in december 2013 when they were arrested and charged with aiding the outlawed muslim brotherhood. they spent more than a year in jail . legal experts say the trial was a farce. it provoked an outpouring. but that didn't stop the court from convicting them as well as six other colleagues. sentencing them to several years in imprisonment, a verdict that provoked international outrage. >> we have been clear publicly and privately, they should be released. >> egypts court overturned the verdict and ordered a retrial. diplomatic pressure did pay off for peter, released earlier this year. i made a return to australia. but this has cast a shadow over him. no matter how implausible the accusation. >> there was no more evidence the prosecutor was able to present. and so it's quite clear that we were not involved with any of the things that the prosecutor accused us of. we weren't involved with terrorism. we had no connections with the muslim brotherhood. we did not broadcast any false news. >> me