the courtroom there in cairo is packed with people awaiting the verdict.number of people outside the courthouse waiting to hear the verdict. some 5,000 people officers have been mobilized ahead of the verdict as a security measure i guess. join is us here in the studio is our senior political analyst. first on the importance of this verdict. >> well, you know, it's been four years. but it's still important. i mean, president mubarak did preside for three decades over a certain dictatorial regime of sort. and he has been responsible for the death of hundreds, at least, in the very few first days of the arab spring. so in a way, this will -- could give the egyptians some hope that perhaps the knew system in egypt is open to change, to reconciliation and so on and so forth. however, if this court is totally politicized and all these -- and all these security heads and political heads are going to be released and found not guilty, that certainly will sends a message that the new rah jim is egypt not about to reconcile at all with its past or presence. >> i won

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tom stevenson reporting from cairo. there were reports from syria say at least 95 people have dotted new government airstrikes on the city of rock on making it one of the deadliest attacks there in the last three years. at least half of those victims are thought to be civilians. the still yet -- the syrian observatory for human rights say they struck at least 10 times. the government seized raqqa in august. in nigeria, two female suicide bombers were behind tuesday's blast in a market area that left at least 44 dead. no group has claimed the attacks of far, but female bombers are becoming a growing tactic of the islamic militant grupo boko haram. a cease-fire failed to take effect. let's go now to ferguson missouri, the site of a second night of protests in the wake of that grand jury decision not to indict officer darren wilson. he of course is the white policeman who shot dead unarmed black teenager michael brown in august. 44 people were arrested overnight in ferguson, but officials say it was kolmar them a night bef

that is the reaction in cairo on the streets.olice fired tear gas on the streets during demonstrations and clashes that left at least one person dead, nine others injured. the prosecutor general will plan to appeal the court decision. but it is unclear at this point if mubarak will be allowed to go free after he was charged. >>> and in cairo, we get a closer look. >> looks like you have a man -- started off as peaceful protests, with tear gas and sounds like hand grenades as well as shotgun shells being fired. here hundreds of people if not in the low thousands of people are out tonight. these are people who are chanting down with the military government. a reference to the president who calms the military. it doesn't look like the protesters -- they keep continuing to push toward tahrir square. >> they are dispersing us today, armored vehicles are all around us, why? we don't know. we fought in the name of religion, they say we are terrorists and want to kill our count country. we don't know how. >> we certainly understand the f

>> a mixed reaction across cairo as hosni mubarak is cleared of all charges, but he won't be getting out of jail soon. you're watching al jazeera live from our headquarters in doha. also coming up the taliban carried out an attack on the afghanistan capitol. we'll go live for the latest. >>> an election and resignation in taiwan raises questions about the island's future relations with china. >>> we're on the road in india where an experiment in education is proving to be a success. >>> egypt's attorney general is looking into whether he can appeal a verdict that saw hasy mubarak cleared of all charges. this was the reaction inside the courts after the verdicts were handed down. it comes after a foreign minister and six aides were also cleared of all charges. the judge said that the president should not have been standing trial in the first place. it also cleared six of his aids on similar charges. corruption charges against mubarak and two sons were also thrown out on a technicality, and mubarak and salam were cleared of selling creep gas to israel. but the reports had been mixed. >

a cairo court threw out charges that mubarak conspired to kill protesters. the former leader is still serving a three year term. while protesters are angry at the verdict they stand at the square where 800,000 people are thought to be killed by security forces in 2011 before mubarak was ousted. the victims' families were outside of court to hear the verdict. we have the report. [applause] >> reporter: it was called the trial of the century in egypt, and it ended with a controversial verdict. one that supporters of the deposed president celebrated. three years after he was forced out of process, and one retrial later mubarak saw the case against him thrown out by the presiding judge. the charges were that he conspired to kill protesters in january 2011. >> it is not suitable for a former president to be taken to a criminal court according to the terms and conditions of the criminal law or to consider the things he did wrong within his political responsibilities, even those crimes listed in the charges list. the court said it had legal papers for only 238 deat

the bbc reports now from cairo on the collapse of the building and people who have been killed. >> astory apartment block reduced to this. rescuers and relatives looking for signs of life but finding only bodies. the building collapsed if seconds, killing residents in their sleep. locals say it's not the disaster waiting to happen after extra floors were added illegally, though the foundations were weak. we complained and filed a police report, said this man. we got a demolition order, and even after that, more floors were built. officials admit the demolition order was issued three years ago and residents were told to go. but as is often the case, the building was left standing. we're here at the scene. they're still digging in the rubble. some are searching with their bare hands with hopes of finding any survivors are fading. in egypt, this is a recurring disaster, unauthorized construction, neglect, and lack of enforcement means that many residential buildings are a death trap. one recent study found that buildings collapsed in egypt at the range of more than one a day. neighbors

a few days ago, police arrested a 21-year-old student at cairo university who was carrying a copy of george orwell's novel 1984. it is a story about a totalitarian regime that monitors its citizens through every move. it's become popular in egypt. in elmay mono, people ran to the body moments april he was shot and killed. others ran to escape the blaze of tear gas. province is 122 kilometers south of cairo, one man was killed and a number of people were injured and arrested. the government said police came to this village to arrest suspects. when a member of the band muslim brotherhood began shooting at them and police shot and killed him. but people here have a different account. they say the government is retaliating against them for protesting in support of deposed president mohamed morsi. they say in june the government also cracked down on the village for proafting and joining what they called a terrorist group. the people who al jazeera spoke othe say dispiet the police crack down they won't be shut do. natasha guinane, al jazeera. >>> tensions between two of asia's largest eco

two senior military officials in the egyptian army were killed in an attack in cairo.of them a brigadier general in egypt's -- someone rolled up and opened fire killing those two officers, including that general. and security forces earlier today also shot to death four people during demonstrations east of cairo. thousands of people we've seen have taken to the streets both in cairo, alexandria and other cities and parts of egypt. police brought in armored vehicles and extra personnel to deal with possible clashes, rioting and the demonstrations. so far, we haven't heard of any other attacks. but again, jon, the demonstrations and protests continue tonight. >> and who is organizing those protests? >> reporter: you got a couple groups. anti-government groups at this point. you know, egyptian security forces, jon, have been bracing for large-scale anti-government protests by groups loyal to former president mohamed morsi and opposed to the current president, al si si. egyptian security officers arrested 107 alleged members of the muslim brotherhood banned in egypt on sus

they held discussions in cairo. we're following develops from the west bank 1234 well, palestinian president mahmood abbas and foreign ministers at the arab league decided to continue their consultations with the french, who are playing an active role in helping the palestinians in reaching a draft resolution that is more acceptable to them and to european countries. according to a senior palestinian official at the talks in cairo, we understand as of next monday there will be more serious discussions in new york to finalize the draft resolution. he said we're talking about days, not months. now we also know from this official that in any edited version of the draft revolution there is a bear minimum that the palestinians would accept in returning to negotiations with the israelis. meaning clarity with the israelis resolution and israel clarity with the timetable. they said that it could stop its coordination and that palestinians are adamant about joining organizations and conventions, including the international c

at the beginning of the season in cairo we heard statements from the palestinian president who said thatthe palestinian authorities could stop its security coordination with israel. and that palestinians are adamant about joining organizations and conventions inclusion the international criminal court. >> it's u.n.'s international solidarity day with the palestinian people. al jazeera has launched an interactive website in four languages called "palestinian remix." the project has taken 21 hours of documentary films from our network. it allows users to take clips from each one and create their own movies. for those wanting to nor more about the israel-palestinian conflict, that's at www www.palestineremix.com. >> stay with us here on the news hour. find out if actor and former boxer mickey iraq rouke has enough fight to take down half his age. >> welcome back. urge has long been regarded as atlant latin america's st countries. we have reports. >> it's no good telling marcos that crime is nothing to worry about. his brother was shot in broad daylight by three men trying to steal the takin

the province is 122 kilometers south of cairo. one man was killed and a number of people were injured and arrested. the government says police came to this village to arrest suspects. when a member of the banned muslim brotherhood began shooting at them, and police shot and killed him. people here have a different account. they say the government is retaliating against them for protesting in support of mohamed morsi. they say in june the government cracked down on the village for protesting without permission and join what it called a terrorist group. despite the police crackdown they say they will not be silenced and they'll continue to protest. >> and al jazeera continues to demand the immediate release of our journalist, who has been detained in egypt for 317 days. mohamed fahmy, bader mohammed, and peter greste are falsely accused of helping the outlawed muslim brotherhood. they're appealing against their prison sentence. >> south african police have launched an investigation into accusations the president used tax-pair money

. >> reporter: cairo's square, the genesis of the 2011 revolution that brought down hosni mubarak.saturday, a sight of confrontation once again. protesters chant slogans calling for a new revolution. security forces fire tear gas and water cannon to disperse them, several are arrested. the demonstrations are a whip lack to what's be called the trial of the censure any he just a minute. [cheering and applause] >> reporter: one with a controversial verdict. three years after being forced from office and one retrial later the murder case against mubarak has been thrown out. the long-time leader had been charged with conspiring to kill protesters back in january 2011. more than 800 people were killed. >> translator: it is not suitable for a former president to be taken to a criminal court, upholding to the terms and conditions of the criminal law or to consider the things he did wrong within his political responsibilities. even those crimes mentioned in the accusation list. >> reporter: the court also cleared mubarak's much-feared interior minister along with six of his senior aides. o

. >>> some ugly scenes in cairo, after charges against egypt's former leader are dismissed. >>> and perhaps looking a little bit tired. pope francis' trip to turkey draws to a close. how he and other leaders tried to mend bridges between their faiths. >>> we welcome our viewers around the world and in the united states. i'm george howell. >> and i'm zain asher. we begin in ferguson, missouri where officer darren wilson has resigned. now that comes nearly one week after a grand jury decided not to indict him in the fatal shooting of michael brown. wilson told the st. louis post dispatch that he decided to resign after threats to the police department. >> is he said it was my hope that the community would heal. i would like to thank all my supporters and fellow officers throughout this process. >> we're hearing from many protesters. >> many are saying he should have redined a long time ago. >> my reaction is he should have been fired or in jail a long time ago for the murder of mike brown. >> took too long. >> he's 112 days late. >> thank goodness. we're so glad. >> he should have been fired

water cannons on thousands protesters in cairo. traged by a >>> egyptian police used tear gas and water cannons on thousands of protestors in cairo demonstrators outraged by a court decision to drop murder charges against former president hosni mubarak. hundreds of protestors were killed during the 2011 uprising that forced him out of office. >>> a 13-year-old boy reported missing four years ago is home with his mother tonight. he was found behind a false wall in a house near atlanta. the mother traveled from another state to be reunited with her son today. police found the boy last night after getting a tip to check the home where the child's father lives. neighbors were surprised. they saw the boy outside often and nothing seemed unusual. >> right up under our nose and we could have done something if we had known. >> went to the house twice. the boy reached his mother by phone during the second search. the mom told police to look behind the fake wall. the boy's father, his stepmother and two other house residents will be charged

and flew from cairo and the egyptians didn't know what to think. they weren't sure it wasn't a terrorist. >> right, a prank. the plane full of explosives and the airport ringed with snipers just in case and the israeli national orchestra didn't have sheet music for the egyptian national anthem and had 0 tune in to learn how to play it and out of the blue couldn't this is airport airplane and it was unheard of. >> yeah, yeah, yeah. >> and sadat descends in -- you know, then he goes to address the conessa and tells them they have to give up the occupied territories and we're not going make a separate peace. menachem begin is only in office for a year, when this happens, his election was the greatest surprise in israel's his. he was -- the prime minister, first prime minister of israel called him a little hitler, he was a face fascist, a racist and they were embarrassed and summed he's elected the prime minister. it's called the great reversal in israel. he was an obstructionist and his goal was to expand the country of israel. not contract it. >> the

he was detained on thursday morning at his home in the north of cairo. he is suspected of inciting violence. it is the most senior muslim brotherhood figure who had not been in gaol until now. >> dozens of protesters have been arrested in egypt, coming out to mask the third anniversary of killings in downtown cairo. anti-coup activists say many have been detained. >> reporter: they have come out for a third year, denouncing the heavy-handedness of security force, and demanding justice. commemorating the day in 2011 when dozens of demonstrators were killed. what is different, they fear, is a new anti-protest law is in place, banning public gatherings. witnesses reported scuffles when security forces fired tear gas and bird shots. the egyptian media says 40 of those that came out were arrested. >> we are spread out across the downtown area because of the protest. thank god there's nothing at all. we are combing the area on foot. those intent on doing something, shouldn't. >> the university of students chose to mark the university with anti-coup, calling fo

it's not clear if the bombings had a connection to the explosions in cairo. there are no reports of casualties. >> no one claiming responsibility for car bombings in libya. the countries elected parliament responding with airstrikes. >> now to ukraine where international monitors say ceasefire is all but dead. >> russia and eastern accept have breached that peace deal hundreds of time. it comes as nato says russia is moving tanks and artillery across the border. >> further sanctions are being discussed against russia. we are in donetsk. there is not much hope for the ceasefire, it seems now. give us a sense of just how fragile the situation is where you are. >> the situation certainly is fragile. we've had intensifying fighting throughout the week here, just on the outskirts of donetsk towards the north of the city around the airports and the standoff between pro-russian and ukrainian forces that has been going on since the ceasefire has been declared. we see those military columns coming in and out of the city for the last days almost wreckly, so there is ce

we're standing by for a verdict in cairo in the murder retrial of hosni mubarak. the 86-year-old mubarak is there now awaiting the decision. he is charged with conspiracy to kill hundreds of anti-government demonstrators during the 2011 uprising that drove him from power after nearly 30 years as the country's president. we continue to watch these live feeds and will bring details on a verdict as soon as it happens here on cnn. >> we certainly will. in nigeria the death toll is expected to rise following a vicious attack during prayers at a crowded mosque. at least 120 are dead and close to 3000 injured after two suicide bombers blew themselves up at the mosque in kan. >> gunmen opened fire with ak-47s as people tried to run, tried to escape from knocks. a third bomb exploded outside. an angry mob chased after the gunman and killed him. >> you're looking at chaotic sooec scenes in the aftermath. no one has claimed responsibility for the attack. authorities are assuming boka haram is to blame. the local amir at kano urged people to rice up against boca ha ram. >> i

but definitely this decision taken today by caf in cairo was more or less expected.udible ] on sunday or saturday, and definitely they -- [ inaudible ] by the decision taken today in cairo. they are just waiting for the things to come. which i mean the sanctions that will be paid or taken tomorrow. caf said today that there would be [ inaudible ] sanctions and [ inaudible ] hosting the next cup next year. >> and what about the general public, has been there support of the government's decision to request a delay over ebola, or has there been anger about it there? >> reporter: everyone we spoke to during the last month or so, including last weekend when morocco decided not to go with it, said it was a very good decision, and most of the people were happy with morocco's -- or the decision taken by the government not to go with it, because you may know that ebola is really scaring people here. so far we don't have -- we don't have any case, but what people see on their screen and what they read about ebola is really scary, and most of the people say it's better not to t

. >> joining us now in cairo is cnn's ian lee. he's live there. you have been based in cairo for some time. following the saga of hosni mubar mubarak. what's expected today? because we've seen so many postponements in many years. >> reporter: that's right. this has been going for quite a while, natalie. the trial has been over three years, people waiting to see what the outcome will be. initially he was found guilty and sentenced to life in prison, which in egypt means 25 years. and mubarak in his 80s, that would mean he'd spend the rest of his life in jail. but he was moved to a military hospital because of health issues and more recently, really in the past few months, we've seen pictures popping up on social media, him posing with people, taking pictures, looking a lot healthier. the feeling today outside the courthouse, there are people there supporting the former president and also people against him. the people supporting him believe he'll be acquitted. they say there's no hard evidence to pin him and that there will be acquittal. talking to

cairo hasn't been spared.pite the brutality, until now, they've almost exclusively targeted the government. and yet, another video, a.b.m. allegedly beheads these civilians they accuse of spying for israel. in a war conducted over social media, egypt's military fired back. releasing a video showing troops armed and ready, along with successful operations. the egyptian president remains resolute, saying -- they assume we are incapable of confronting them. they started the fire. we were very careful that no blood is shed. but unfortunately, they wanted the exact opposite. president sisi pledges to defeat the militants. a.b.m. has a pledge, too, to expand their corner of i.s.i.s., beyond sinai. ian lee, cnn, cairo. >> here's a programming note for our international viewers. tune in this weekend for a cnn special. it's called "i.s.i.s.: new face of terror." ivan watson brings us the story how i.s.i.s. formed and the motivation behind its brutality. >>> a political setback for britain's ruling conservative party. t

has been anti-government protests overnight in egypt, dozens of people demonstrated in the capitol cairoupporters of the opposed president mohamed morsi and he was removed in 2014. al jazeera demands the release of journalists detained in egypt for 311 days and greste and fahmy and mohamed are accused of helping the out lawed muslim brotherhood and are appealing. they are talking about the death of mohamed's grandson and this is a scene in iraq where huge crowds have paying homage to a man killed in battle 1300 years ago and crowds turned out in large numbers in lebanon following a call from the leader of hezbollah and there was a day of mourning and here is more from beirut. >> reporter: this shoot out has the tightest security ever and thousands turned up here to commemorate the death of a man who is the grandson of the prophet mohamed and this is an area controlled by hezbollah with security checkpoints every couple of meters and you have men on the rooftops taking care that nothing is happening here and translates to tensions here in lebanon and the spill over of the war in syria has

this province is 122 kilometers south of cairo. one man was killed and a number injured and arrested. police came to this village to arrest suspects when a band of muslim brotherhood began shooting ashooting and police sd killed him. support of president mohamed morsi. protesting without permission and allegedly joining what it calls a terrorist group. the people al jazeera spoke to say despite the police crack down they won't be silenced and they'll continue to protest. natasha guinane, al jazeera. >> monday is the deadline for registering, the government has tightened its squeeze with a number of offices being raided and workers being put on trial. organizations, they also say the law raises concerns that the government of president abdel fattah al-sisi is rolling back freedoms in the 2001 uprising that ou ousted the president. >> handing over their independence or facing prosecution and seeing their organization shuttered. we fear that our community which has spent 30 years championing human rights may be shut down virtually ove

they were picking off british soldiers who were drunk and wandering around cairo at night.e turned their attention to political assassination. on two occasions, tried to assassinate the egyptian prime minister. they did succeed in killing one other government minister. he spent five years in prison for collaborating with nazis and also for the assassinations. >> and then became a general. >> well, he never became a general. he became vice president under nasser. >> wasn't he in the military? >> he was in the military, but did not rise highs highly -- rise as highly as nasser. i was living in egypt when he became president. everybody thought he was a clown because he had missed the revolution. he had been at the movies, a double feature. but he missed the revolution, and that is all anybody remembered. >> when nasser overthrew the king. >> yes. nobody believed that and what sadat -- anwar sadat good measure up to him. >> he liked sadat but there was a bit of protection. there would be no impetus to get rid of nasser. >> and they did not get rid of him. he had a heart attack.

cairo and i to learned that my father died. when we arrived, that is when we knew. day.s a very tragic my life was never the same again. in egypt, they do not tell the children what happened. life and my family and my mother's life changed. my mom had to face life as a woman without a man. that is very hard in the middle east. because you do not get invited to a lot of things if you do not have a man a company you -- accompany you. her life changed completely. she wanted to buy a car. my father used to have a car so she wanted to buy a car so she could take us to school. rare for anery egyptian woman to drive a car. she was looked at by some neighbors and even members of her family as a loose woman. ira member her crying a lot. enough theyn't it jihad,r husbands, the but they do not give us women the respect to live with some ease after they die? that was the day i really felt the struggle women have to face in a family where there is no man. i remember one time when i was a teenager, i was standing in front of the school, waiting for her to pick me up and a boy cam

. >>> protests turn deadly in cairo. hosni mubarak is cleared of murder charges. >> the mubarak murder case may not be over yet. we'll go live to cairo coming up. >>> plus a boy missing for four years is reunited with his mother. we'll have this harrowing story after this break. hey! i guess we're going to need a new santa ♪(the music builds to a climax.) more people are coming to audi than ever before. see why now is the best time. audi will cover your first month's payment on select models at the season of audi sales event. visit audioffers.com today. creeping up on you... fight back with relief so smooth... ...it's fast. tums smoothies starts dissolving the instant it touches your tongue ...and neutralizes stomach acid at the source. ♪ tum, tum tum tum... smoothies! only from tums. >>> and welcome back. egypt's prosecutor general says he will appeal the decision to dismiss the charges against hosni mubarak. this is the response in egypt. several others were injured and two dead. >> ian, the prosecutor is likely going

i wanted them to comfort me, especially because the leader of the 19 terrorists was from cairo. i called about eight people and they all said the same thing even though some of them do not know the other. they told me, how dare you say that this was done by arabs or muslims? don't you know this is a new conspiracy question -- a new conspiracy? i hung up the phone and suddenly felt i cannot relate to my culture of origin anymore. this is a very hard feeling. when you cannot relate to how the people you love and you were brought up with for many years of your life and they do not see the reality as it should be. >> why do you think they said those things? >> because we were all brought up with lots of propaganda and indoctrination. from the minute you are born in the muslim world, especially in the 1950's and 1960's, when i was growing up, a whole generation was brought up with an ideology of blaming the outside world. >> what is the basis of hating jews? what is the reason? >> it is not something new. it is not just jews. it is jews and christians and non-muslims in general. when

according to a senior official at the talks in cairo, we understand that as of next monday there will be more serious discussions at the united nations headquarters in new york to finalize the draft resolution. he said we're talking about days, not months. now, we also know from this official that in any edited version of the draft resolution there is a bear minimum that the palestinians would accept in returning to negotiations with the israelis, that is clarity when it comes to the basis of the negotiations, meaning that the 1967 lines and east jerusalem as well as clarity when it comes to the timetable. at the beginning of this meeting in cairo we heard statements who said that the palestinian authority could stop its security coordination with israel if there is no return to the negotiations, and that palestinians are adamant about joining organizations and conventions including the international criminal court. >> a political shake up in taiwan. the prime minister has resigned after his party suffered major defeat in local elections. the mandate from the people of taipei is clear

soldiers have been deployed in alexandria and cairo. more than 100 people have been arrested so far. >> now, in sudan, more than 130 people have been killed in fighting between rival groups in the west. violence broke out because of a land dispute between groups belonging to the arab tribe. more than 100 were injured. arab tribes have been fighting for control of resources in the oil-rich region. >> staying with africa. easy to use contraceptive device will be available for women in poorer countries, it's used in burkina faso, but as reported from the capital wagah doggal women are keeping quite about the injection. >> reporter: this nurse says the contraceptive is empowering women. the drug is d administered by squeezing the plastic bubble. >> i had a caesarian, i had to wait three years before i get pregnant. i need this. i take one injection every three months. >> it can't be reused, there's no risk of infection. there's a reason this woman doesn't want us to use her real name. >> some women don't want their husband to know they are

a final decision will only be made at an executive meeting in cairo on november the 11th. hosting the event because of the deadly disease, organizers have given the government there another week to decide if they want to hold the tournament. >> can't confirm the dates, we asked the royal morocco federation to organize the competition. meeting of the executive committee will be held on the 11th of november in cairo to take the decision required. >> gareth bale, is back with real madrid. the world's most expensive player, has recovered from an injury. spanish team easily beatle last year's premier league runners up 3-nil. could become the competition's all time record goal scorer. >> i don't think that he's thinking really about this record because he can beat this record tomorrow but he has time, i think it's not last game of renaldo in the champions league. he has time but again, his thought was on for team, to play for the team, not to beat a record. >> manager says injury problems seem to be easing at just the right time as his team field goal prepares to play underlecht

joining us from ramallah, naz reem, tell us what is being discussed at the meeting in cairo?> well, in addition to the issues you mentioned, jerusalem, al-aqsa, and the wave of violence in jerusalem and the occupied west bank, they are expected to discuss the palestinian move to go to the united nations to get a security council resolution to end the israeli occupation within two years, based on the 1967 lines. so we know that they are going to talk about that. they are expecting to garner arab support for the initiative and the mood that the united nations. palestinian officials told us they expect support from the arab countries, and the cou countries to lobby. we do know that the palestinian president should have made the moffatt the u.n., within three weeks of making the announcement at the united nations general assembly, at a speech he gave in september, to say that he was trying to secure such resolution. there has been a delay according to a senior palestinian official. he is expected to make the move within days. >> why is there a delay going to the security council

we saw the armored vehicle running over people in cairo, tar rear and every province -- tar rear and every province in egypt. how can he be cleared. >> reporter: his aides and two sons were cleared as well. hosni mubarak is under house arrest for a separate embezzlement conviction. after the verdict he spoke on local television. >> translation: i felt i did nothing wrong at all. i was waiting to find out what they will come up with this time. it was an innocent verdict. i did nothing wrong at all. >> the so-called arab spring was full of hope and promise in egypt. most of that has been lost. in its place is an undivided country. and the man protesters struggled to overthrow may walk free >>> in russia, the issue is health care. thousands of demonstrators converged on the street of moscow protesting changes to the system, saying it will lead to job loss and the closure of health centers >> reporter: doctors, nurses and patients gathered in their thousands, united in opposition to the moscow health service reshuffle. no one argued that it doesn't need a makeover. these professionals ne

at the beginning of the meeting in cairo, we heard statements from the palestinian president who said that the palestinian out short could stop its security coordination with israel if there is no return to the negotiations and that palestinians are animate about joining organizations and conventions, including the international criminal court. >> gunman stormed a n.g.o. compound in afghanistan today, the latest attack carried out by the calendar ban. it took place in kabul, an explosive vest detonated while two others entered the this. they targeted a christian organization trying to converse muslims. the nate toy mission will end. the attacks are are a direct response to the afghan parliament allowing some foreign forces to remain in afghanistan in 2015. >> in syria, rebels from the al-nusra front are trying to take a strategic town. isil fighters continue to fight for the border town of kobane. we report. >> an al-nusra tank shells government positions, the town is held by forces loyal to bashar al assad. it is close to the major northern city of aleppo. it lice on the main road dr

isis is helping the rebels in the sinai desert to establish cells in cairo.e'll see some of that taking place. we need a comprehensive strategy to deal with this and help our partners in the region. eric: how do we do that when you have the secretary of defense chuck hagel resigning. there are apparently deep policy differences between the white house and the pentagon. a review in the investors daily says hail is just the first in a purge that sees the u.s. military being december made it from a global force to a hollow force. is that fair? is that what we are facing in our country right now? >> the facts of that without the emotion around it are there. the facts are this it in has been cut severely, not to the point of just making a mistake. it's at the point of recklessness to have a military so small with its capacities reduced given the global responsibilities we have. the united states military spend most of its time preventing conflict because of the inherent nature of its high-capacity level and great telling and people that are in it. most of its time

we are now beginning our third season in cairo. i'm coming!ple who played this in egypt. it makes a girl show confidence with herself. >> not quite sport for all, but there's something for everyone, i guess. >>> now, a woman in the u.s. state of missouri has had a very lucky escape. have a look at this. a car chase in kansas city ended in pretty spectacular fashion there. whoa. gosh. the woman being pursued by police crashed her suv into a building, causing it to collapse on to the car. that's a fair amount of wreckage, isn't it? she was taken to hospital with non-life threatening injuries. police say they did try to stop her vehicle, but she just took off. >>> also, have a look at this. depending on your point of view, what's going on in these pictures is either an appalling waste of wine, or a dream come true. you're looking at a win bath in a hot spring just west of tokyo. it's filled up like this every year to mark, you guessed it, the international release. as i say, each to their own. thanks for watching "bbc world news." >>> hello, and

the bbc's cairo correspondent has been to the scene. >> reporter: the digging is continuing here, heavynt is in use, and we've also seen rescue workers searching with their bare hands, but hopes of finding any remaining survivors beneath the rubble have faded. local residents say the building came down overnight in a matter of seconds, killing the residents as they slept. this is a recurring nightmare in egypt. buildings collapse on average every few months. they blame lack of oversight on unauthorized construction. local residents tell me that this building was original three stories high. they say it was built with wooden supports rather than concrete, and then two more floors were added, bringing the level up to five floors, and then two further floors. so it became a seven-story structure. they say that the residents were given notice to quick at one stage, but no one left because they had nowhere to go. and locals are now asking if anybody will be held to account for this tragedy. >>> now, pope francis has warned against allowing the mediterranean to become a fast graveyard for mig

getting senior military officers have been killed, possibly a third after an attack earlier today in cairod now we're also getting reports that as many as four protesters have been killed or were killed when security forces opened fire during a demonstration east of cairo, also a little bit earlier today. so again, these numbers are fluid. we're keeping an eye on i want. egyptian -- eye on it. egyptian forces have been really been bracing for large scale anti-government protests, and at this point have already arrested 107 alleged members of the band muslim brotherhood. remember, that group was banned in egypt on suspicion of planning attacks to coincide with today's demonstrations, with today's protests. also another group, the radical islamic salafist front, has called for a, quote: muslim youth intifada or uprising. these demonstrations, remember -- and this is a critical point and a very serious concern for the egyptian military -- these demonstrations come about a month after a terror attack in the northern sinai killed 31 egyptian soldiers at a checkpoint very close to the border of

. >> an egyptian student has died while in police custody in cairo. it is reported that he died as a result of torture. this "t" brings the death toll to 90 since the coup. below testers call for the end of military rule. >>> al jazeera demands the release of its three journalists mohamed fahmy, bader mohammed, and peter greste are falsely accused of helping the outlawed muslim brotherhood. they were sentenced to seven years to prince. and badeh mohamed was given an extra three years for possession of a spent bullet, which he had picked up at a protest. >>> saudi arabia, bahrain and the united arab emirates complained that qatar was interfering in their internal affairs and they're critical of the muslim brotherhood movement. >>> prime minister modi was addressing a rally. he's on the second leg of a visit in australia which started with the g-20 summit in brisbane. we have more from sydney. >> reporter: for organizers of a much-hyped political rally sunday was a chance to celebrate what was to come. this pre-event was held in harris park, sydney's li

murder society, and mainly they were picking off british soldiers who were drunk and wandering around cairo at night, but he turned their attention to political assassination and, on two occasions, tried to assassinate the egyptian prime minister. they did succeed in killing one other government minister. and he spent five years in prison for collaborating with nazis and also for the assassinations. >> charlie: and then became a general. >> well, he never became a general. he became vice president under naser. >> charlie: wasn't he in the military? >> he was in the military, but he did not rise as highly as naser. he became a part of the government. and then when i was living in egypt, when he became president when naser died in october 70, everybody thought he was a clown because he admits the revolution, for instance, he had been at the movies. it was a double feature and missed the revolution. >> charlie: when naser became king. >> yes. and naser was such a titanic figure in the arab world, nobody believed anwar sadat could be -- you know, measure up to him. >> charlie: why did naser cho

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that's the latest number we got during demonstrations east of cairo earlier today.rity forces have really been bracing for large scale anti-government protests by groups opposed to president fatal. today 107 alleged members of the muslim brotherhood. again, remember, banned by the government. many of those members imprisoned were arrested on suspicion of planning attacks to coincide with today's demonstrations. another group is called the front has called for a islam youth uprising. while thousands have taken to the streets for these protests, we're hearing again that security forces really have cairo and other cities and towns in egypt locked down at this point. terror concerns remain a big concern. >> they killed 31 egyptian soldiers, and that was very close to the israel and gaza border, and the group that claimed responsibility, ed, is tied to or is at least aligned to isis calling for more attacks in egypt and israel as well. ed. >> live in our middle east news bureau staying on top of all the details. tense situation. thank you, john. >>> the obama administrat

the incident took place in a cairo cafe.h journalist, the editor-in-chief alan greche was discussing politics with egyptian journalist and her sister. someone overheard them, alerted the police station, and the three were detained and questioned before being released. greshe played down what happened saying: greste, mohamed fadel fahmy and baher mohamed have all been in gale for more than 320 days, and egypt has a new law in the pipeline that will not help. it plans to ban statistics, documents related to the armed forces. a draft of the bill has not been released. the text was leaked to local media and appeared in a government newspaper. the associated press has a bone to pick with the federal bureau of investigation in an uncover agencies, in which an agent posed as an a.p. reporter and concocted a story. it goes back to 2007, but was only the released recently by the civil union. a letter has been sent to the fbi complaining that the f.b.i. . iment names public said an editorial, including the a.p. one, arguing that the t

next, to egypt, where at least seven people were hurt where a bomb went off in cairo. the people were hurt as they stampeded out of the station following the blast. egypt has been hit by a wave of attacks recently, many of them claimed by an islamist militant group that, this week pledged allegiance to the islamic state group. in libya a series of bombs exploded near the egyptian and united arab emirates' embassies in aaa. the buildings were shattered -- in tripoli. the buildings were shattered -- shuttered at the time. it followed a series of bomb blasts in cities recognized by the government. they are facing challenges by a rival government set up in tripoli. on a happier note, after a 10-year journey, the space landing craft philae finally touched down on the surface of a speeding comet. these are the latest pictures the probe itself has sent since landing on that comet. the landing team waited for seven nailbiting hours after the machine, just about the size of a refrigerator, separated from the space probe, rosetta, and made its way to the comet. it is now stable