the case is about more than al jazeera.any consider is to be a trial with a target audience including other journalists and the international news reader and bloggers, critics and activists. telling the egypt story, too many of whom are behind bars, accused of being enemies of the state, even terrorists, for failing to toe the abdul fatah al-sisi government line. nor is the story limited to egypt. turkey in the past week gaoled two journalists and an iraqi translator. and terror related charges dropped against the journalists could have come out of the egyptian government playbook. before getting to the starting point cairo, we'll go to sydney away. >> once you are sentenced in the cage, you are taken out. put into handcuffs, droged town the back to the paddy wagons, and herded into the back and driven off to prison. they'll be taken to the tour aprison complex, a collection of a number of prisons. some of them are far more worse conditions than others. some survivors. when you get there, you are stripped of your clothing.

you're watching al jazeera live from london. e.u.eaders pledge an extra billion dollars for the refugee crisis as refugees del with problems. >>> the volkswagen emission scandal continues. >>> and meeting the president, the pope meets with pratt barack obama at the white house. >> thank you for joining us. jailed al jazeera journalists mohamed fahmy, baher mohammed have been pardoned by egyptian president el-sisi. they've been freed with 100 prisoners who were also pardoned. but none of the seven journalists sentenced in abstentia were pardoned. >> freedom at last for al jazeera producer mohamed fahmy, and for baher mohamed. >> we're going to celebrate, travel the world and party. our families have suffered so much since the beginning of this trial. we're very happy that president sisi took this action and released us. >> the whole nightmare is over. the whole nightmare is over. we can live lie normal people and go back home, enjoy my life and that's it. >> the pardon by president el-sisi is the end of a long ordeal which began when

[applause] gerald tan, al jazeera. >>> much more real news from al jazeera along with analysis, commentss of video links to some of our programs too right there on the front page at our website at al jazeera.com. >> saying mass with a message for the cuban people, pope francis east of havana after meeting the castro brothers. >> dozens of homes destroyed in california as wildfires threaten thousands more. >> there is little relief in sight. >> another presidential candidate gets in trouble

"talk to al jazeera". only on al jazeera america. >> "america tonight" brought you the story that shocked the >>> the question of ed the communication normally a convicted prisoner gets family visits every couple of weeks. and for the most part you are not allowed contact with lawyers, just family visits. but there is communication. remember, you are in a community of prisoners. and there are always people moving in and out coming to visit. you are able to exchange messages throughout the prisoners, and the families and those families will communicate with your own families, count always work well, but if you are in an information void. the authorities do their best to cut you off from the outside world. messages get through. the prison grapevine is effective. people whose job is to report the new, to be involved in current affairs at high level is frustrating and frustrating in a way that can start to have a strong psychological impact. the only way to deal with that is to accept the reality and try to co

>> john terret, al jazeera, toronto. >> peter greste seen celebrating was one of the al jazeera journalists convicted in absentia. he was deported back to australia, peter doesn't yet know if he has too been pardoned. >> the great news not just the good news but the fantastic news are that fahmy and baher were pardoned. we don't know what the situation was for myself or my six colleagues who were convicted in absenan senabsentia. until we know exactly what the situation is, we really won't be able to celebrate completely. this is an absolutely wonderful day. i mean okay never mind that there are still some serious question marks over the status of the seven of us who were convicted in absen an absentia. but that is a joy i feel for my colleagues fahmy and baher who are at least celebrating the freedom they really deserve. >> a failed coup in burkina faso. and police in indonesia get ready to clamp down on uber, causing protests around the world. more on that, stay with us. >> what do you want american's to understand? >> there's so much injustice. >> workers are being injured constantly. >>

only on al jazeera america. >> al jazeera america, weekday mornings.p on what happened overnight with a full morning brief. get a first hand look with in-depth reports and investigations. start weekday mornings with al jazeera america. open your eyes to a world in motion. ♪ >>> welcome back. you are watching al jazeera live from doha. a reminders of our top stories now, nato special forces have now reached the northern city of kunduz in afghan staff the troops are there to bolster the afghan army who have been staging a counter attack against the da taliban, fighting remains focused around the city's airport. gun battles between u.s. peacekeepers and armed groups in the central african republic, at least 37 people have been killed this the last few days, world leaders meeting on the side lines of the u.n. general assembly have agreed a long-term campaign is needed to defeat isil. president obama believes a new leader is need ed in syria to defeat the armed group but russia disagrees. >>> let's update you now on the situation in afghanistan in the battl

amy: what about the role of al jazeera?ohamed fahmy sued al jazeera for breach of contract for saying they weren't concerned enough with security. your thoughts about whether al jazeera stood up for you? -- there's no doubt al jazeera made some mistakes in the way they handled our case in the way they handled the lead up to our arrest. amy: because a group from al jazeera english was arrested before you all. >> that's right. there have been a lot of pressure on al jazeera and the journalist and the teams in egypt. al jazeera has never had the best relationship with the egyptian authorities, and we understood that. and certainly, there were difficult questions to answer and we have been through some difficult forensic debates with our bosses. it is still very much a work in progress. but my view has always been that al jazeera as an institution was not on trial. if egypt had problems with al jazeera as a network or guitar as a government, then it needed to deal with those organizations or those institutions at the appropriat

john terret, lblg al jazeera. >> joining us is doug olivant. good evening doug. >> good evening, antonio. >> they captured some towns that the taliban had taken control of in the past days. some analysts were writing off hellman, do you think they are just taking territory but they can't hold it? >> they can't hold it when the united states sends special air force, control teams the ones we keep talking about that we need in iraq, to put out very precision fires on these taliban fighters. no one's going to stand up against combined air power of the united states that way with no way to shoot back at it. >> they need these strikes to win these battles. is it clear that afghan forces alone cannot provide security in afghanistan? >> it certainly appears that way. in these battles in hellman, the forces have needed u.s. air power. it's u.s. air power not necessarily troops on the ground. we had these combat controllers, directing the aircraft but nonetheless they certainly need some help. >> what's morale like among those afghan forces? the taliban

start weekday mornings with al jazeera america. open your eyes to a world in motion. >> again welcome back the top stories here on al jazeera. there are new clashes between israeli police and worshipers at al-aqsa mosque exown. compound. there are reports that israeli forces have fired. >>> russian president vladimir putin says russia has no plans to deploy combat troops to syria. earlier, secretary of state john kerry held meetings with sergey lavrov. >>> coalition troops from nigeria, chad and mohamma aimmee idris has the story. >> the last humans have been particularly important, in turning the died for the army. >> we continue to have this isolated attacks in communities, villages, and routes as well. but this will not deter us. we are determined, continuously getting our strategy. >> the nigerians took us on a 15 hour trip from the capital abuja to the front line. and everywhere a reminders of the carnage of the last six years and the uncertainty of the future. the military may have cor core d the fighters, in maiduguri at a t

. >> good evening i'm antonio mora, this is al jazeera america. tonight in washington, president obama is hosting a state dinner for visiting chinese president xi jinping. the leaders spent the day meeting about sensitive areas of concern including cyber espionage, climate change and china's military moves in the south china sea. while they came together on some measures, there remains a gulf in others. about 200 pro, and antigovernment protesters, were separated by military police. mike viqueria joins us, the visit has been eclipped by pope francis but there were sizable subjects that were addressed. >> as the two leaders that were carrying on a conference in the rose guarantee, the wiegers, a strong contingent who were supporting the xi visit. meanwhile these two leaders met and beneath the glitter and glamor that happened just about an hour ago, the couple and their chinese counters parts. there is tension between the two countries no question bit both on the economic front and on the security front as well. call it a gentleman's agreement, pre

thank you for joinings you here a al jazeera.w a final picture of the report from peter greste very happy. but for him and another six journalist who his have been tried in absentia, their charges and sentence still remain. what can be done about that, do you snow? >> we need to continue to apply pressure to the egypt government in this case. it's important to know this was a positive development for two of the journalists being finally released from prison again, many other journal assists are affected as your correspondent needed they are subject to a de facto travel ban to any country that may have an extradition treaty t to egypt. it's not just this case but other cases some 18 to other 20 journalists are behind bars in egypt. international attention needs to remain focused on this country. which is suffering from a very repress i have press freedom climb eight right now. >> why is that? just listening to the figures from the report. egypt has the highest number of journalists in the world behind bars. why this sudden change

stephanie decker, al jazeera. >>> al jazeera's is traveling with the afghan army and sent this updatethe bad land province. >> reporter: afghan security forces today tried four times to send reenforcement to the operation to retake the city. but all the four times they are shelled and suffered at least ten soldiers dead in this att k attack. and the shells could go anywhere. now, what we are hearing in the past few minutes from our colleagues in kunduz, there are the taliban are trying to get the control of the airport, the airport is basically on the outskirts of kunduz city and that is where all government officials from kunduz city and security forces are stationed now and trying to survive it. taliban are not even getting close to the walls of that airport, trying to get in to that airport. >> last half hour the u.s. has described the situation in kunduz as a setback and expressed confidence in the afghan security forces, roslyn jordan is in washington d.c. and joins me now and tell us a bit more about what they have been saying about all of this event. >> well, lauren, not only h

this is al jazeera live from dougdoha. also ahead on the program. >> reporter: i am scott heidler live in jerusalem's old city. an increase in tension. >>> also pope francis wrapped up his first day on his u.s. trip and due to become the first pope a address congress a little later. and e.u. pledges over $1 billion of aid to syrian refugees in the middle east. ♪ ♪ >>> first we begin in yemen a blast at a mosque in the capital sanaa has killed 25 people. at the attack happened during prayers marking the muslim holiday eid. the mask is ran by yemen's shia houthi group. at least 30 people injured. muslims all around the world have been gathering to celebrate the start of eid. these are the latest pictures from al side the al-aqsa mosque compound in occupied east in cruz legal. israeli police say there won't be any age restrictions applied on thursday for muslims want to go enter the holy site. scott heidler joins us from occupied east jerusalem. what's it like there at the moment, scott? >> reporter: yeah, there is really not

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demand their sentences be overturned, john terret has more. >> it's been a long time coming but al jazeera producer baher mohamed and freelance photographer mohamed fahmy have pen freed at last. >> we can go home and enjoy my life and that's it. >> reporter: a pardon by abdel fatah al-sisi marking their long ordeal when they were arrested in december 2013 along with peter greste, al jazeera media said, we're delighted for their release it's hard to celebrate because this shouldn't have happened in the first place. egypt sentenced or charged at least 41,000 people between july 2013 and july 2014, a report from the committee to protect journalists in june says egyptian haegypthas the largestd bars since keeping record. sentenced the team to seven to 10 years, then last january the court of castation threw out their convictions and ordered a new trial. egypt allowed for greste to be deported to his native australia. but the other two were unable to leave genera egypt, they were sl serving a kind of sentence. their plight inspired a huge round of support. >> we have agreed publicly and private

news continues on al jazeera america, thank you for joining us. >> papal debut. pope francis mixes faith and politics wading into a depaid bathe on climate change and immigration. on day 1 of his visit. >> we declare and divine blessed junipero serra to be a saint. >> the first canonization on u.s. soil elevates a missionary who is a hero to some and a villain to others. headed to the white house. china's president arrives in washington, d.c. tomorrow after meeting high tech ceos and cutting a huge deal with boeing. >>> and surprise pardon. >> the whole nightmare is over, we can live like normal people and go back home. >> al jazeera journalists jailed are among those set free and the battle for journalistic predom. >> pope francis has another day in front of him where he'll make a first ever speech bia pontiff to congress. today francis was welcomed by president obama and tens of thousands who came to see him. even though it was his first full day in the u.s. the pope didn't hesitate to speak out on high voltage issues. mike viqueria has more. >> pope francis sp

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more on al jazeera. xi jinping has spent the last two days in seattle talking with big business and top tech workers. john. >> now on his way to a toam high school south of seattle where he will visit with some student. but the big money today was about airplanes and dollars, lots of both as president xi continues to make international trade and economic issues the top priorities of his northwest swing. meshing american business interests and chinese requirements for operating there has never been easy. at a round table discussion in seattle involving many of the country's best known ceos, president xi talks about opportunities and challenges. >> china will open up still wider to the outside world, we will be committed to the strategy of opening up and continue to draw strength from the world for development and bring more benefits to the world through our own development. >> reporter: after that morning meeting a trip north to a boeing manufacturing plant. the visit to the production line comes as china

charley angela, al jazeera. >> al jazeera lawrence lee is in the serbian town which is just across the border, with croatia. and from there he sent us this update. >> serbia has put on buss from every single point across the country, from the capitol which is oen the serbian side and has been dropping them all day, here. now this is just oon the serbian side, they are dropped here, they walk down this track, and walk over here. through the corn fields we walked with them earlier on, through these corn fields two-k there. there is not much of a border, they didn't even know that reached the union pen. >> there are hundreds and hundreds that come every hour. there's even more. so they are now saying they have to shut the boarder as well. what happens then. it is not clear, slovenia has said it won't let them all through, so there's yet another crisis in the making for all these refugees really what they see is they bolt for the nearest border. the frustrations build up and then they have to see if they can move on further. for the european union point of view, it is in complete shambles.

start weekday mornings with al jazeera america.pen your eyes to a world in motion. >> every saturday night. >> i lived that character. >> go >>> back to where we started. the u.s. media have been bingeing on donald trump. the billionaire sound byte machine is all over the men airwaves and he's showing well in the polls. trump is a polarizing figure. even his hair is a polarizing figure. he's one of 15 republicans in the race to the white house, there's no journalistic just everything for the amount of attention to the american news media are giving the donald. pulitzer prize-winning cartoonist gives us a take on an animation called your trump tonight. see you next time here at "the listening post". . >> across the meted already and europe, refugees flee war, chaos and poverty, power polling indicates na nine out of the 10 refugees heard of donald trump. >> and with wild fires ravaging the west. - did he say that. >> hillary clinton says sorry, and questions about her email server dogs her campaign. >> does trump have a dog? we'll f

rob reynolds, al jazeera, muniic. munich. >> well soldiers and armored vehicles have arrived in yemen to join saudi led coalition forces in the fight against houthi rebels. one of their aims is to gain chrome of aljos province which has been under houthi control since 2011. >>> deadly attack on troops, the armed curbed group pkk said it killed 15 soldiers on monday. prime minister represent erdogan says there will be reprisal for that. >>> progovernment forces retook the city from i.s.i.l. in april. imran khan has more from the city of baghdad. >>> the u.k. has announced it used a drone to kill three members of the islamic state of iraq and the levant. two of them were british nationals. it happened in raqqa. in syria. >> raed khan appeared calm and spoke calmly. >> this is a message to the brothers or stay behind. ask yourself what prevents you to coming to the land. >> in clear english he appeals for others to join him in syria. khan, a 21-year-old, along with another man, is now dead. killed in a drone strike in sy

only on al jazeera america. >> time 90 for a reminder of the top stories on al jazeera. 87 people have been killed and more than 200 scrird afte injura crane collapsed in mecca's grand mosque. the pilgrimage hajj is supposed to later this month. >>> rejecting refugee quotas. let's go back to our top story now, mecca is in the west of saudi arabia, an area that has seen intense sand storms in the past couple of days. the grand mosque is considered the largest in the world but construction was done at the site to increase its capacity. saudi television is reporting there were four tower cranes at the mosque at the time of the crash at the time one collapsed. major general suleman said the weather is to blame for the accident. >> translator: incident happened at 5:23 p.m. due to the severe rain and the wind speed as high as 83 kilometer. this caused the tower crane to collapse, which caused a collapse of the small part of the masai itself in another section of el mataf. >> so could the weather really have such a powerful impact? richard anquin explains. >> ththe sand storms happened in th

>> this is al jazeera. held he there, this is the news move live from london. >> coming up oen the program. >> with europe now facing the largest movement of people since world war 2. and hundreds moreare rescued. and scale of the refugee crisis. an feagues protestors are removed after occupying lebanon's environment ministry. sexual abuse, self-harm, and even torture, the allegations being levied at australia's refugee prison. >> plus, the rapper going viral in senegal. >> and in sports another big name is knocked out of the u.s. open. the latest big player to make an early exit in new york. >> . >> hello there and welcome to the program. the main railway station in budapest has been closed to stop refugees from traveling on to austria and germany. hungary foreign minister says those found to be what he called economic migrants will be sent back to the country that they arrived from. while hundreds of people are there, and they are demanding that police let them board trains so that they can leave hungary.

accompanied by military jets going from the southeast to northwest. >> reporter: thee are exclusive al jazeera pictures of what is believed to be the russian cargo plane, the airport in the coastal city 20 kilometers south of of latakia city, to help syrian president bashar al-assad in the fight against i.s.i.l. but u.s. secretary of state john kerry says there are air to air weapons which have little use against i.s.i.l. or rebels. >> currently the presence of aircraft with air to air capability as well as surface to air missiles raise serious questions and that is precisely why we are engaged in further conversation about answering those questions and about deconflicting the russian activities from ours. >> reporter: analyst joshua landis says russia is building up a stronghold in syria. >> syria is the only ally in the center of the arab world. if syria should fall, it wouldn't have a port city tartus. >> meanwhile at home, rebels are keeping an eye on what way russian military will go next. paul tradergian. al jazeera. >>> the area unesco world heritage site, a ahea head of ae campaign to

♪ >> announcer: this is al jazeera. ♪ hello and welcome to the news hour, i'm live from al jazeera headquartersdoha and here is what is coming up, in the next 60 minutes. [chanting] hungarian police block hundreds of refugees from boarding trains in budapest. protesters from the you stink movement stormed the ministry in beirut. calls for australia to remove children from a prison holding asylum seekers in nalu after a scathing report reveals abuse plus. ♪ the music ga mark bia's -- gambia's people to hear. ♪ so first to hungry where officials have closed a main rail way station in the capitol budapest to stop refugees traveling to austria and germany and it has been like in the last few hours and hundreds of migrants and refugees there are calling on police to let them board trains so they can leave hungry. security forces have been blocking the entrance to the station crossing over to andrew simmons who is there to talk us through exactly what is happening there and why the authorities took this step now. >> reporter: these people have feared something like this would happen. they were so und

, venice. >>> more real news from al jazeera online at al jazeera.com. >> president obama pushes forward winning a major victory on the iran nuclear deal, but opponents say they will try again to block the agreement. >> a shooter strikes again on one of arizona's busiest highways, police continuing to ask for the public's help to find the person targeting cars. >> i'd be lying if i said that i knew i was there. >> vice president joe biden gets emotional explaining why he may not be ready to

allen fisher, al jazeera, philadelphia. >> in the news ahead on al jazeera. >> i'm teresa vo, in argentina where a mother is hoping that the pope's visit will save her son's life. >>> more and more in rural kenya are developing a thirst for success. >> what do you want american's to understand? >> there's so much injustice. >> workers are being injured constantly. >> tom stories for you here on al jazeera. the u.s. and the european union has approached iran to try to find a solution to the refugee crisis. discussing the issue with iran's foreign minister in new york. >>> gunmen, violence between christians and muslims have killed thousands of people in the last two years and pope francis is in philadelphia, the last leg of his u.s. visit. gaifg ospeech agiving a speech c independence hall. >>> in argentina, one woman's hope that the 78-year-old pontiff's stand against capital punishment will help her son. >> reporter: lydia guerrero has been fighting for her son's life for 20 years. her son victor saldano was convicted of murder in 1976. now she's hoping that pope francis will help get her

only on al jazeera america. >>> remembering what we should never forget. on the 14th anniversary of 9/11, a reminder of the struggle that continues. at least 55,000 first responders are still being monday theed for medical conditions. it sounds so familiar but it's not. >> lieutenant linda olson. fdny. >> these are all new names, 93 police officers, firefighters, paramedics, many others, what they have in common beyond their service on 9/11 and beyond is death from illnesses directly related to their efforts at ground zero. today, we honor those we lost because of their illnesses. i was trapped. when tower two collapsed, i had no idea it was collapsing. i was able to grab with my left arm out extended and hold on to the door frame with one arm. the noise and the wind were insane. people flew by me, through me, under me. my left arm i was able to hold aircraft. >> carol found herself under a pile of rubble. somehow she and a fellow officer scratched their way out. they stayed to get others out. she's the one on the left in this strikal photo of two cops hel

patty culhane, al jazeera washington. >> just a footnote to that story. newly released photographs show that china has completed a runway on the islands of south china sea. on the spratley islands. further imposing its power in the ho hotly hotly contested is. >>> reference apparently to undocumented migrants, mass was the final event of the pope before he goes to philadelphia. more from kristin saloomey b. >> pope francis ended his day at the mass of madison square garden. he began the day at the united nations, attending a summit launching global goals ended to stop climate change by 2030. in between those two major events were several smaller less formal events that the kind that the pope seems to be so fond of where he gets to interact a little bit more with people. he was at the 9/11 memorial, the scene of the attacks of september 11th, 2001 and when there he got to meet with families of the victims and also holding an interfaith service. he made his way to spanish harlem, and got to meet students and immigrants from the neighborhood, immigrants who

weeknights, on al jazeera america. >>> the top stories on al jazeera, in hungary, officials have closedain railway station to stop the refugees you looking at right there, from traveling to germany and austria. hundreds calling on them to allow them to board the trains. >>> protesters have stormed the capitol in beirut. protesters are calling for the environment minister to resign. >>> australia's government is being urged to remove children from a prison holding asylum seekers on the pacific island of nauru after a parliamentary report said the camp is unsafe and inadequate. >>> to iraq where people say little has changed since the prime minister announced a set of sweeping changes last month. it came after massive protests over government corruption and a lack of infrastructure. and now ah is being called to step down. >> reporter: people here blame the authorities for mismanagement and corruption here. the government of the prime minister promised to take action. the electricity minister was questioned in parliament. he blamed former ministers for not investing enough to develop the

. >>> hello, this is al jazeera live from doha. also ahead on the programme - an attack on a mosque in the yemeni capital sanaa kills at least 25, including children. columbia's president and the leader of the f.a.r.c. rebel group agreed on a deal after more than five decades of conflict >>> littering - we meet the people that scavenge to survive in south africa. hello, breaking news coming out of saudi arabia. it's been reported that at least 220 people have been killed in a crush whilst observing hajj outside of mecca. at least 450 others have been injured. millions of pilgrims performed the rituals for this year's hajj outside the holy city. omar al saleh joins us live from in mecca. what is the latest there? >> the latest 220 pilgrims died and men injured pushing and shoving in an area leading to the complex as part of the hajj ritual. it's a fourth story. i can see it now. i can see pilgrims' heads. i can't estimate the number. i would say hundreds of thousands, and the movement is going really, really smoothly. what happens r

welcome to the newshour from al jazeera. from doha - the top stories. >> thousand are stranded in europe as the continent struggles to deal with the refugee crisis. >>> u.s. and u.k. meet for talks on the conflict >>> an historic vote - japan allows forces to fight overseas for the first time since

lucia newman, al jazeera, mexico city. >> in the news ahead on al jazeera. >> i'm teresa vo in cordoba, argentina. >> another step towards independence from spain for cordoba. cor catalonia. i said "honey, i don't have any choice". >> what do you want american's to understand? >> there's so much injustice. >> workers are being injured constantly. >> top stories for you here on al jazeera. the united states and the european union have approached iran to help find a solution to the syria conflict. u.s. secretary of state john kerry and uforeign policy chief frederica mogherini discussed the issue with the iranian foreign minister in new york. >>> gunmen injured 21 people and injured 100 others in central african republic. fighting has taken thousands of lives over the last two years. and thousands have been marking the one year anniversary of a disappearance of 43 students with a march through mexico city. local police handed them to a drugs gang which killed them. let's go to jerusalem, breaking news there of the al-aqsa mosque being stoned again. imtiaz tyab, with the report. imtiaz. >

for now though the happy closure of a happy chapter al jazeera. >> al jazeera's acting directing general released the following statement. >> earlier we spoke to al jazeera journalist baher mohamed on the line from cairo. >> i would like to thank everybody first for calling for my immediate release. i'm still in a shock. i'm still in a shock. i can't believe that i'm home with my family. i'm still in a shock. last night, now and 24 hours ago i was talking with fahmy and our co-defendant about what our plans are. now suddenly when we heard this, it was during the family visit. when i returned back they said that the president pardoned you and some other people, i could not believe it. i thought it was a joke. my kids are telling me, no more of this, dad. when they came to visit. they came to the same place they would visit before. they were so upset and it was hard to convince them to leave prison because the visit was over. but now they're celebrating and shouting, especially my youngest son, he started calling me dada, hugging me. he didn't leave me at all. when i saw my children, my ch

much more here on al jazeera america. do keep it here. >> al jazeera america, weekday mornings. catch up on what happened overnight with a full morning brief. get a first hand look with in-depth reports and investigations. start weekday mornings with al jazeera america. open your eyes to a world in motion. >> you're looking at live pictures at the pentagon where just a few minutes secretary of defense ash carter is expected to give a briefing to discuss the news today that russia has launched it's first airstrike inside syria. welcome to al jazeera america. thank you for joining us. i'm richelle carey. this is a major development in what is a fight against isil and syria. russia announced the first airstrike inside that war-torn country. we're expecting reaction from the obama administration, from secretary of defense ash carter. this conference is expected to start at any moment now. we'll bring it to you l

"talk to al jazeera". only on al jazeera america. >> welcome back. a quick reminder of the top stories. refugees have arrived at the border crossing at austria, received food and blankets. up to 3,000 have arrived at the refugee reception center. >>> early friday there were signs of desperation at the town of bicske as refugees on a train be allowed to leave hungary. >>> 45 soldiers from the united arab emirates have been killed in eastern yemen. they had been taking part in saudi led operations against heughtd rebelhouthi rebels whene struck a weapons depot. >>> the crisis in syria, king salman met the president barack obama in washington on friday. >> this is highly unusual, president obama met king salman at the front door. the protest had long been cleared from the tront of the whitfront of thewhite house. in the oval office, the two leaders stressed their long standing alliance. at the end of the meeting the saudi foreign minister gave his endorsement. >> translator: we support any program that has a robust inspections mechanism that allows for

. >>> you're watching al jazeera live from london. also coming up. >>> saudi arabia most senior religious scholar insists the hajj stampede was beyond human control. >>> making gains against boko haram. nye jaer ya's military says it took another town from the armed group. >>> the pope draws more support for the family in the final leg of his u.s. visit. >>> hello. the european union high representative for foreign affair has told al jazeera that russia intends to step up the involvement in syria because it fears the imminent collapse of the assad regime. frederic a's comments follow up after they went to the port city. 5 hundred lu00 russian troops a. the four and a half year war has killed 250,000 people according to u.n. estimates. more than 11.5 million have been displayed with 4 million fleeing to neighboring countries. the pentagon has admitted that u.s.-trained fighters in syria handed over ammunition and equipment to a rebel group linked to al qaeda. >>> al jazeera's diplomatic editor is at the u.n. headquarters in new york ri

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this is al jazeera, live from doha, i'm adrian finighan. also ahead. japan's parliament passes controversial security laws to allow its soldiers to fight overseas. restore the government or face sanctions, to coup leader in burkina faso. >>> criticized for comments he didn't make. on the campaign trail. >>> we begin with europe's growing refugee crisis, cubs in the southeast of the continent are struggling to deal with the influx of people. croatia has now begun to send refugees to hungary, which we have just heard is calling up military reservists. al jazeera's lawrence lee is in that border crossing point between croatia and slovenia. how did all those people get to the sloa viennaia slovenian bor. >> what is starting to become very evident, over today and the last few days for all the political differences that have emerged between these countries in southeastern parts of europe how to deal with people, obviously, croatia, serbia, the one thing they all have in common is the policy of saying, you can pass through our country and out the other end. b

charles stratford, al jazeera, ethiopia. >> that's it for al jazeera news, i will see you again in an hour. >> on "america tonight": keeping the faith even when his love was rejected. >> the problem is that he is a hole owe sexual. >> this is in big capital letters. >> why is this permitted. >> "america tonight" merrit mers lori jane gliha. >> and the pope's words offer comfort. is he askin

accompanied by four military jets going from the southeast to northwest. >> these are exclusive al jazeeras of what is bleeived to be the russian cargo plane. its destination, 20 kilometers south of latakia city. that's where the russians have spent weapons and support staff, to help bashar al-assad in the fight against i.s.i.l. u.s. secretary of state john kerry says, there are also air to air weapons at the airport which have little use against i.s.i.l. or rebels. >> clearly the presence of aircraft with air to air combat capacity as well as air to surface, surface to air missiles, raise serious questions, that is precisely why we are engaged in further conversation about answering those questions and about deconflicting the russian activities from ours. >> analyst joshua landis says russia is building up its connection to syria. >> it wouldn't have a port citytartusse. >> meanwhiles meanwhile at home, what steps will russia's military do next? paul tradergian, al jazeera. >>> safely in oman tonight, their health is not flown. the white house is asking the government of oman for their sa

hello again, here in doha this is the world news from al jazeera. thousands of refugees flood to europe. we report how many are falling prey to crimes as they start their journey. >>> israeli prime minister meets vladimir putin. >>> plus. >> the emmy goes to. >> the biggest night. we look at some of the highlights of this year's emmy awards. >> hello. the release of six hostages held by houthi rebels in yemen. the houthi say they're planning a mass rally in sanaa to celebrate the anniversary of their capture. >> caught in the cross fire. civilians seek safe shelters in taiz where fighting has taken over in the last few days. progress is slow. >> the terrain is not healthful at all. the houthis have mined most of the fields in this area, and so we're cautious. yemen has not deployed most of its unities yet. >> their leader remains defiant. >> we are confident we will ultimately prevail. our people have defeated invaders in the past, and we will do the same thing again. we will continue the fight until we liberate each and every inch of our country. >

hello, this is al jazeera, live from doha. i'm adrian finighan. also on the program. >> my friend die, my teacher die, that's very bad. >> we meet the children that are among the thousands of refugees that are making the desperate move to europe. >> flooding in japan kills at least three people.

monday before -- in an interview with al quaida's al jazeera upfront, hassan asked tar sky if he still believes that it is a myth that al quaida existed in afghanistan at that tile. >> on september the 11th, 2001, was al quaida operating in afghanistan? >> i have come across other groups. i have come across the people called -- calling themselves different names. different outfits. i do not -- i don't know if al quaida exists and i don't know if they exist. >> you can watch more with the exclusive interview, aljazeera.com/upfront. the federal government has announced 80 million-dollars to help clear the backlog of rape kits. tens of thousands of untested kits have been sitting in police stations. the money will go towards clearing the backlog in 27 states. we will make sure. while providing the meaningful support that the survivors of these crimes need and deserve. >> a new law hopes to make it easier to prosecute those responsible. lori jane has the story. >> her drawings photographs even the posters on her bedroom wall. are still right where she left them, in 2009. >> she was a lot o

hello, this is al jazeera live from doha i'm adrian finighan. still ahead, left in lega in lis countries argue who will let refugees in. >>> and rugby world cup history. as japan beats south africa. >>> it has been just nine months since the left wing syriza party swept to victory in greas greeca platform to stop austerity. a staff photo was called after syriza lost its parliamentary majority in august. the party of the leader alexis tsipras plummeted. , after syriza had promised to oafoppose austerity measures. let's go live to greece's second national city, thessaloniki. hoda abdel hamid is there. >> even just two months ago when the greeks went to vote in the referendum they voted no to a third bailout program. they said it was about greece's dignity and then when the prime minister had to accept that bailout, then that dignity was scorned. so now they're coming back to the ballot. lots of people i spoke to said we don't know who we're going to vote, doesn't really matter, even that different ie image tht alexis tsipras was giving, is he real

♪ >> announcer: this is al jazeera. ♪ hello and welcome to the al jazeera news hour, i'm marteen dennisdoha and these are our top stories. frustration and anger in hungry as the capitol's main station full of refugees trying to reach western europe. calls for australia to remove children from a prison holding asylum seekers in malu after a scathing report reveals abuse. thailand's prime minister says the main suspect in the bangkok bombing has been arrested. >>> and i'll have all the sports including the latest from the u.s. open plus transferred deadline doubts and the move from manchester united to madrid hangs in the balance. ♪ let's start in hungry where hundreds of refugees and migrants are being barred from the capitol's main train station and want to get on trains to take them to austria and germany. [chanting] more than a thousand people are now gathered outside the station with security guards blocking the entrances. hungry has been criticized by other european governments for its treatment of refugees and building a fence along the border with serbia to stop people from crossi

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