that salvaging the vessel could damage the eco systems here but the people just want it gone, dominick cainzeera. >> july 14 is the day in france, anniversary of the french revolution, this year troops from dozens of countries traveled to paris to pay a special tribute to mark 100 years since the start of the first world war and we are live from the french capitol and i believe it just finished, was it any good? >> reporter: yeah, it has indeed, welcome here and what is the tail end of the celebrations. you literally just missed the president whose motorcade has driven past and there is a helicopter flying above and the audience and thousands lined the route beginning to leave. this has been one of the biggest celebrations since it started here in 1915 but goes back to 1880 and the world's longest running military parade. we have seen various divisions from all across france armed forces and seen a motorcade and all making their way along the historical route to them and there are international troops as well and there goes a dignatory behind me. as i said international troops around 69 dif

vessel and this is a live picture now of that operation to lift this boat after two years and dominick cainore on the story. >> reporter: for 2 1/2 years this shipwreck has been an unwanted addition to the landscape here. a reminder of the day in 2012 when so many people died. last september it was hauled on to a platform to sit up right. over the next few days it will be refloated, allowing for the ship to be towed away for scrapping, meaning for the people here it will soon be no more than a memory. >> translator: we will all be very happy when it goes away. for us, this is a moment of joy. naturally there is still the sorrow and will never forget what happened but the fact the operation will be successful makes us happy. >> reporter: the operation is believed to be costing billions of dollars and the largest maritime salvage in history. earlier this month the authorities released under water footage of the vessel. the calmness of the decks now belows the trauma the moment it sank. the size of the task of refloating this wreck is clear from the damage done to its structure. >> we have bee

dominick cain, al jazeera. >>> investigators are examining flight data recorders from an airway planed in taiwan on wednesday and 48 people were killed when the plane crashed on the island and ten passengers survived. the family of al jazeera correspondent peter greste launched and all appeal and falsely as accused of colluding with the muslim brotherhood. >> reporter: a month on from the scenes from an egyptian court al jazeera correspondent peter greste will appeal his conviction. his brother made the announcement at a news conference in australia. >> our family will continue to work tirelessly towards securing peter's freedom and his innocence. we acknowledge the support by friends, members of the public, the media, international community as well as politicians and diplomates. but we need to also recognize that there is still a long way to go in order to achieve our goals. >> reporter: they were all convicted of reporting false news and aiding the banned muslim brotherhood, all three maintain their innocence but the judge sentenced peter greste and fahmy to 7 years in prison and m