egypt's a key u.s. ally, ties were strained in 2013, when the army overthrew president mohamed mursi. in his talks kerry will address the threat of armed troops in the sinai peninsula, and the ongoing fight against i.s.i.l. in the region. >> in the last few days, this is something i know you'll wanted to talk about, turkey has come to the table. i know there are always concerns about what that means, but i can assure you the activities are clear and delineated, and we can discuss that in the course of the morning. it is vital for us to focus on the question of all violent extremist groups, because it goes to the question of stability frt middle east >>> the retrial of three al jazeera journalists has been postponed for a second time after the egyptian court was dismourned. peter greste was deported to australia. mohamed fadel fahmy and mohammed badr were released on bail after 400 days in prison. peter greste said the delay a frustrating. the lives of no one involved in this can move on until we get the

in egypt and joins me now on the set. outrage fairly well sums up the reaction to this verdict. what are your thoughts on it? >> well, i believe that, yeah, it makes very much sense for the people to be outraged. it's not enough. i don't believe that rage is enough to deal with the situation we are facing here. rage and outrage are definitely not enough. but let me point out that was mentioned in the course of the judge's explanation of landing such verdict on the defends because i haven't heard that part the first time. i learned that one of the explanations for the judge to land such harsh verdict is according to what he said, that the defends violated the law by practicing journalism without being members of the press syndicate. let me explain something both for the judge and for the public. the egyptian press syndicate doesn't accept membership except from the journalists who work for the print media. not the tv, not the radio. so it's only the print. so how those journalists who just happened to be all tv journalists

so what can egypt do? what can egypt do? >> you mean -- >> when you say egyptians are being treated. you made a differentiation between how peter has been treated. he's been given an element of his life. he doesn't have his life back and his career back. but mr. fahmi and mr. mohamed are still under that regime. >> yes. >> also, they were also up to i believe 20 other journalists being held in the court as we speak not even facing trial. they don't even have a date for a court case. >> yes. >> can egyptians do anything to change this? >> well, i believe that egyptians by themselves, they cannot do much. i believe it's up to the international community or what they call the international community, if there is such thing, to do something. >> what can they do? >> pressures. political pressures. they can always exert pressures. we are not asking for pressures to do or to effect something evil. but it's the country, we want pressures to effect something good. and you mentioned fahmi, i feel bad and sad for him as well, but at le

>> we have cases that defy the trend in egypt.e also have case where is you look at the evidence and it is based on union officer in the state security or now the national security. this is mainly the evidence for many of the convictions that we saw whether for political activists or for journalists or for members of organizations and parties that the current revere has opposition. either way, unfortunately for egypt the crisis has been structural, and in this picker case it is embedded in egypt's crisis, and unfortunately, the journalists are paying the price for the political position. egypt. >> i think it's fair to say that the genuine price is at the verdict. quite frankly it's appalling pr on the international stage. >> it is appalling pr, but there are knoll are the any consequences. there are condemnation statements from the u.n. from the e.u. and most democracies in the world, but they're not--it's cost-free oppression. when you have a situation when over a thousand people are killed in less than 10,000 in front of tv came

and egypt. secretary carry's speech, which was made public, he said that the egyptian government should uphold the freedom of speech, the freedom of assembly, so there is some pressure of coming from washington on the egyptian government and as the austedtralian journalist just said, he has had discussions, himself, with president obama on this issue. so, the united states is raising this issue, i think publiand privately but, you know, whether this will have an effect is another question. >> there is an old saying that talk is cheap. actions speak louder than words. the u.s. calling on egypt to do something about this. as you mentioned, to uphold the rule of law but behind the scenes restoring that $13,000,000,000 in military aid and even though the u.s. says it is not that big a children of the egyptian military budget, it is a lot of money. >> yes, but, you know, u.s. military aid for the most part was suspended from october, 2013, until march of 2015. and the idea was that this would be a le

i'm not going to go to egypt. but my colleagues will, and i know what they're going to have to go back to. i know the prison conditions. i know the families this we're going to be leaving behind, and it breaks my heart to know what they're going to have ting go there. >> what are your options from here. >> well, there are two separate paths. they have the option to appear before the court of concession. we'll need to see what happens. they've got 60 days to lodge that appeal. but for me, i have no option for appeal. because i'm not physically there. i have to be physically present in egypt to be able to do that. the only option for me is to go for a presidential pardon. >> you've just spoken with australia's foreign minister. what did she have to say? >> she told me that he was quite shocked and upset by the ruling, and she said that the australian government will pursue every legal and diplomatic means to overturn these convictions. so the australian government seems right behind me. i'm very pleased to that i've

because i am not in egypt, i won't be able to appeal. that was the case for the other al jazeera journalists convicted in the first trial. the only option open to me is a presidential pardon. what we will be saying to the president is the that the world's eyes have been on egypt throughout this whole trial because it's become emblem attic of egypt's judicial system. people are watching us to see just how much respect the courts pay to the principles of the rule of law. this judgment is clearly political, and it is not based upon evidence, and we will be asking the president to set this wrong right. and i have also been speaking to the australian foreign minister who has also said she will be doing everything in her power to pursue every legal and diplomatic means available to them to also support our case to have this verdict overturned. we are also going to be asking for the public to continue to support us, to support the free aj staff campaign. remember, this isn't just about what the three of us are going through. this is about the r

you also had egypt's president saying that he regretted that this case went forward.ou have the technical committee that went over the videos that e videos that done. >> i would say. >> they thought it was going to be a favorable ruling. the judge came in. before that, they had the two defendants go in to the sound-proof cage, which we have seen time and time again, and the judge came in. it was a very brief reading of the verdict. we didn't see anything from bahar or fahmy after that. they were in that cage. they were quickly taken away. i talked to his wife afterwards. she said she doesn't know where he has been taken to yet. >> that's the first thing they are going to try to find is what prison he will be going to. he does have medical issues. so that's something that they are going to be pressing on, too, that he should be in a hospital as he was before, before being released but there is a lot of questions today, and i was able to clooney she said they will try to get mohammed released, getting him sent back to canada. you have bahar mohammed who is in prison, to

this time it's egypt. a journalist shot dead in south sudan, days after the president put the media on notice. how do reporters covering organised crime deal with the mafia code of silence, and a bag's eye view at a site of air travel that you never see. we begin with egypt. a country where journalism has been under the gun. and an ain terror law has reporters warning that darker says lie ahead. this week abdul fatah al-sisi ratified the law. it's a wide-ranging piece of legislation from death sentences from those so-called terror organizations, special courts mandated to fast-track cases against militants. it stipulates stiff fines for anyone that strays from the government's version of the truth. creating a website that the government teems to spread terrorist messages means gaol time. >> when it comes to the domestic news media, it may not be necessary. criminal call journalism was silenced long ago. what remains is reporters and news outlets that bought into the abdul fatah al-sisi government line and

a, have you got examples of them following what egypt is doing? secondly, this is a big problem for reporting in the middle ea east. >> all in the whole of region, journalists have to tread very carefully. they're under severe pressure. we have journalists who try to cover what is going on in syria. we have journalists under pressure in lebanon. we see journalists under pressure in turkey. we see journalists in the whole of the region working in very difficult times. this decision today sends out a strong message that actually there is going to be political clamp down if journalists step out of line. >> you and i would both agree with this sentiment that at this time of oppression there is no more important time than to stand up and report the job as you see it. >> they're being forced only to report what the government will allow them to report. it inevitably means that there is censorship in play, and people will not find out what is going on. i think there is a danger that we're going to see now in egypt much more self censorship. it's really i

i am not going to go to egypt.ut my colleagues will, and i know what they are going to have to go back to. i know the prison conditions. i know the families that they are going to be leaving behind, and it breaks my heart to know what they are going to have to go through. >> what are the options from here for you and the others? >> two separate paths. the others have the option to appeal once more to the court of casation. we will need to see what happens with that. they have 60 days to lodge that appeal. but for me, i have no option for appeal because i am not physically there. i have to be physically present in egypt to be able to do that. the only option for me is to go for a presidential pardon. >> you just have spokenen to australia's foreign minister. what did she have to say? >> foreign minter bishop told me that she was also quite showninged and upset by the ruling. and she said that the australian government will pursue every legal and diplomatic means to overturn these convictions. so, the australian gove

i have to be physically present in egypt to do that. the only option for me is to go for a presidential pardon. >> you just spoke with australia's foreign minister. what did she have to say? >> she told me that she was quite shocked and upset by the ruling. she said that the australian government will pursue every legal and diplomatic means to overturn these convictions. so the australian government seems right behind me, and i'm very pleased i've had that expression of support. >> thank you very much. >> still to come on this al jazeera news hour it is ten years since hurricane katrina, but new orleans is still rebuilding. >>> tens of thousands call for the prime minister of malaysia to resign. >>> plus record breaker mo farah make history at the championships. >> four men have appeared in a hungarian court in connection with the deaths of 71 refugees whose bodies were found in a lorrie in australia. the victims had probably been dead for at least two days before they were found on thursday. it is another concerning development in the

the point he's trying to make is if you want egypt to be open for business as the egypt government very much does, and to be a respective member of the international community, then they have to meet the norms. do the protests make any difference? well, it's hard to see that they do, nevertheless when important governments make these kinds of statements and get the inevitable irritable response from the recipient government, it does attract attention. and perhaps people who think about in britain or america or canada or france think about investment in egypt, and they think about the rule of law will draw a conclusion that is not to the benefit of that new vision of egypt. >> let me just ask you this, because it was announced earlier in june, in fact, the u.k. withhelwill hold bilateral meetings with presidential el-sisi later this year. what message does that send out? >> i think it's not a message which will pass unchallenged. just a couple of weeks ago the guardian, my own news organization, we reported on the idea that senior egyptian officials below came to the u.k. could face arre

egypt has a complicated relationship with damascus. it has a more complicated relationship at the moment with the opposition forces in syria. it seems that egypt's finances are too dependent at the moment on the saudi arabians and they are very opposed to anything that will strengthen bashar al-assad's stands. egypt will sit on the sidelines and not give russia the assistance there that it - that russia might like. >> if there's time to talk about anything else, what will it be. >> as i said, it's a topic to talk about. then there's - there's a range of economic relationship that egypt and russia has at the moment. there's a nuclear reactor that russia has, building for the egyptians, near the mediterranean coast of egypt. there are tie-ins with the gas companies, and energy companies that russia is so reliant on, supplying a liquid natural gas to egypt. they are dealings - there are free trade zones set up. lots of peripheral things, that moscow and cairo have that they can talk about on this particular trip. >> thank you for that. zh

egypt is raging a war. a lot of the time the journalists crime was to tell a story that the government didn't want the world to here. a court in april sentenced 14 to life imprisonment in a single case and another to death. this is it a government and a criminal justice system which is not prepared to tolerate dissent or questions of the official narrative. >> that it seems, is not just unique to egypt as we heard a few moments ago, getting back to the bad old days. being a journalist it can be a highly dangerous profession in other parts of the world. >> absolutely. we are seeing journalist gaoled and imprisoned across the world. what is clear is this has become an icon for journalists around the world. showing it cunt matter who you are, or how much international sport you have. if you fall foul of security forces or the government. they'll come and get you. what this case is so important is that it shows an international community which is largely divided, willing to give some support to journalists, but

egypt has a major problem dealing with extremists eandley in northeast egypt. for many reasons egypt has not been successful to fully crack down on the terrorists. they are trying to crack down and trying to bring stability there. there are some root causes that have to be resolved. one of them is the political situation in egypt. so long as you don't have a free venue for expressing dissent there will be fire, you know, under the ashes and burning. and there will be opportunities for extremist groups to recruit and cause trouble. >> good to talk to you and get your views on this. many thanks. >>> a 16-year-old girl has died after being stabbed while marching in a gay pride parade in jerusalem. we get more from west jerusalem. >> benjamin netanyahu addressed his cabinet where his language remained strong after the recent attacks carried 52 out by geeush extremists. many turned out to protest. one of the opposition leaders said terror is terror, period. terrorists are terrorist period, whether muslim or jewish. netanyahu vowed to find the killers and bring them

france and israel invaded egypt. it was all sorted out by the united nation and it still remains a site of huge strategic importance. it remains the most important link between asia and europe. let's bring in a doctor of middle east history. despite all the advances in space travel, electronics and the high tech where we are now you look at this stretch of water and think this is still incredibly important. >> yes it's of crucial importance. i think it's been very important to egypt both in terms of how basically in terms of how their -- what their position on the world stage is. for instance, the suez canal has been the reason for basically 150 years or has been a key point in 150 years of imperial involvement and intervention in egypt. it also has been used by different egyptian rulers to really make a statement about what egypt is and what they would like it to be on the world stage. >> is it the reason why perhaps so many international leaders called egypt when things are going on that you would not want to upset

correspondent in egypt.you talk about the response right now in egypt and the significance of the sentences? >> a really stunning verdict. many people were expecting the journalists would receive some kind of sentence that would be timeserver or suspended sentence, especially that they had signaled the trial brought unwanted scrutiny of the egyptian government. sisi said several times himself you would have deported the journalist rather than try them and wished the prosecution and never been brought. nevertheless, the heartbreaking and shocking scene of the journalists, sentenced to three years in prison. they were hauled away to jail. the judge said in his verdict that they were not journalists because they lacked the necessary credentials. he said they were using unlicensed equipment and broadcasting false news that harmed egypt's security. the last accusation is especially shocking given did the trial the judge appointed a committee to look at the evidence that none of the new evidence showed it was fabr

i mean this case has been a hammer blow to free expression in egypt. and had devastating personal consequences for the journalists. i mean this case dragged on for months now without any resolution in site. the authorities delaying its resolution. the three journalists spent over 400 days in detention. mohammed badr missed the birth of his child. mohamed fadel fahmy lost partially the use of one of his amps because he was not given proper medical care in detention. these men will live in the shadow of this case and those tried in absentia long after it's resolved. >> thank you for being with us appreciate your thoughts >>> more than 200 migrants in the french port calla spent another night -- calais spent another night trying to cross into england. the migrants broke several security fences near the eurotunnel entrance. thousands tried to get into the tunnel this week >>> the church of england is criticizing prime minister david cameron for what it calls his lack of compassion over the migrant crisis. simon mcgregor-wood reports from folks second in th

but they have been unable to leave egypt. with their lives on hold, they are still serving a kind of sentence. >> what really matters is what it would mean to the other guys, that there is still a serious danger that they could wind up back in prison. and that, for all of us, would be devastating. >> it's inspired a global campaign of support. >> issue of the al jazeera journalists in egypt, we have declared publicly and privately they should be released. >> they called the entire court process a farce. the committee to protect journalists says there are more journalists in egyptian prisons. >> i will continue to fight for those still behind bars. >> they are hoping they will clear their names first. >>> let's take a look back at the case. with the three journalists on trial who was arrested at a how it he will in december 2013. their first court appearance happened on the 20th of february, 2014. they were charged with spreading false news, helping a terrorist organization and operating without a permit. after many delays, th

russia having to boost wheat supplies to egypt. egypt currently gets 40% of its wheat from russia. there was talk of a gift of a warship which was donated to egypt by russia. egypt said thank you very much for that. >> heckled by opposition mps in his first state of the nation address in eight years. >> jeered as he announced the chinese investment would play a key role in reviving the economy. >> over all the economic performance to date indicates moodest growth, particularly in-- [ booing ] >> minic, production. >> thai authorities have destroyed two tons of illegal ivory. the tusks come from more than 200 african elephants. thailand is a destination for the smuggled ivory. >> our intention is to show society that thailand is committed to resolving the ivory trade. thailand is one of eight countries on society's watch list. >> two runners failed drug tests at the world track and field in beijing. it is not known what they tested positive for. >>> jennifer glasse reports on how kabul artists are transforming cities barriers. >> the barriers symbolize the deteriorating security in

and egypt. it was the first formal talk of its kind in six years. >> president obama is expected to announce strict new cuts in carbon emissions for u.s. power plants tomorrow. the president's clean power plan will require this plant to reduce carbon levels by 32% over the next 15 years. energy companies say they'll mount a legal challenge to the new rules. >>> it is sunday nights and time for a look at the week ahead. this month seven years ago the biggest conflict history, world war ii was coming to an end. japan had invaded china in 1937. korea had been a part of japan since 1910. japan brought the united states into the war with a surprise attack on pearl harbor. the fighting ended after the united states dropped atomic bombs on hiroshima and naua sackie. hard feelings still remain years later. roxana saberi reports. >>> 1937 japanese imperial army forces capture china's then capital. unleashing 6 weeks of carnage, including the mass murder and rape of chinese citizens by japanese troops. th

it has always been in egypt. i feel very frustrated personally i feel very frustrated. >> if it has had a glorious past in terms of the judiciary, is there any way to reel it back? >> i guess the only way to reel it back is to reform the country, reform politics. it's the only way is to go back to democracy, the only way is to separate between the powers. i mean, there have been a mix between the powers. there's only one power. let's face it. it is the executives and it's the head of the executive to be more specific. so the only way to go back to that glorious past, i believe, is to go back to democracy. that is the only guarantee for an independent, uninfluenced judiciary. because, you see, the two main objectives of any judiciary is first to achieve justice for the benefit of the victim, be it a person, persons or a society. and the second, which in my view is more important, objective, is to prevent tomorrow's criminals from being born today which is a preventative objective. neither of these objectives have

the political leaders that have the clout to influence egypt need to remind egypt that they now haven opportunity. president sisi has an opportunity to correct an injustice. remember the world has been watching this case in particular to see just how strong egypt's committees are to rule of law and freedom of speech. the president has an opportunity to correct this injustice. we need political and diplomatic figures around the world to remind the president that this is simply unacceptable. >> peter, thank you. at this moment, as you and i are speaking, mohammed fahmy and baher mohammed are locked up. peter, thank you. we will carry your news conference live as well in the next hour. thank you. >>> coming up less than 24 hours after uniform officer is ambushed in houston t? >> it's horrifying. it's an act of cowardice and brutalit brutality, the likes of which i have never seen before. >> in custody, a suspect charged with capital murder. >> hundreds rally on the streets against police brutality. we will is ask local activists if the civilian oversight can curb the statistics. this is

i am not going to go to egypt.y colleagues will and i know what they are going to have to go back to. i know the prison conditions. i know the families they are going to be leaving behind. it breaks my heart to know what they are going to have to go through. >> what are the options from here for you and for the others? >> well, there are two separate path did. the others still have the option to appeal once more to the court of kashsian. they have 60 days to lodge that appeal. but for me, i have no option for appeal because i am not physically there. i don't have to be physically present the australia an government seems right behind me. i am pleased i have had that expression of support. >> peter, thanks very much. sglufrnling. >> joining me from washington, d.c. is an american egyptian activist imprisoned there for almost two years. two of our colleagues will be going back to jail. you have experienced it. tell us what happened to you and what they can expect going back. >> well, first of all, i would like to, yo

and egypt and saudi arabia are very close.gypt is very heavily reliant on money from saudi arabia, so this probably won't go down that well with the saudi arabiians. apart from these matters they talked about mainly grain and wheat supplies. russia is looking to boost its wheat supplies to egypt. egypt gets some 40% of its wheat this russia, i think turkey is a bigger customer. and there was always noted the supply of the warship to egypt. >> interesting relationship between those two countries. thank you. rory challands on the egyptian president visit to russia. >>> chinese stock markets have closed lower despite a central bank cut in interest rates, but other asian markets did make small gains. volatility in china has shattered investor confidence. >>> south korea says it is willing to discuss sending sanctions against the north. on tuesday both sides reached a deal to end a tense military standoff. sanctions cut most ties with the north. >>> sri lanka has been described as one of the most dangerous countries in the world fo

egypt just wanted this to go away. clearly it's not going away now. journalists are back in jail, and this remains a huge issue that will continued to be raised by diplomats and also al jazeera itself. >> thailand's authorities say that they're found bomb making materials and arrested a man in an apartment on the outskirts of the capital. he is the first person arrested in the attack on a shrine that killed 20 people. it is unclear if it is the same man found on video. >> we were able to arrest a foreign suspect. we charged him with possessing explosive materials an. >> several in malaysia have gathered to call on the prime minister to lead off. guilty of corruption and mismanaging the country. >> they charge what think want their government to be bershi or clean the demonstrators gather at key locations around kuala lumpur,ing ignoring the laws that protesting is illegal. >> this movement has staged large rallies before calling for things like electoral reform. it's run the country since independence in 1957. but they were given extra motivation this

. ♪ ♪ >> the sentencing of three al jazeera journalists in egypt was condemned worldwide. three were given three year jail terms on charges of helping the now banned muslim brotherhood. al jazeera called a verdict a deliberate attack on press freedom. >> hope, then heart break in an egyptian courtroom as two journalists return to prison. a retrial was supposed to give them 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. >> the judge said he wanted to make clear to the people of egypt that these men were not journalists and doctored videos for air and they were sentenced to more prison time. 3 years for two and 3.5 for another. they have spent more than a year behind bars already. >> the one with won't serve the time because he's deported in australia but it will limit his ability to work as a foreign correspondent. >> it is outrageous, devastating for me. journalists described a tense atmosphere after the verdict. from the beginning the case has been called a sham. leaders includin

a trip he has made three times as egypt's president. according to the egyptian administration these two countries are bound by distinguished relations and the twin is a sign of mutual determination to boost the strategic relationship to higher horizons. it's lofty talk but there is substance behind it. in recent months deals have been signed for russia to supply egypt with gas and other petroleum products. there are also plans for a joint russian egyptian industrial zone expanded to the siz suez canal. then there is military cooperation and contracts. this is russian and egyptian warships training together in june. russia has armed contracts with egypt worth $3.5 billion. a deal for moscow to sell 46 mig jet fighters worth another $2 billion seems to be right around the corner. moscow and cairo sees themselves as allies against violence. russia unlike the united states, doesn't use weapons sales to push its customers to improve their human rights records. >> it's important for russia to show the americans that russia is not isolated and

egypt's suez canal just reopened after an 8 billion expansio. the government has gone all out to mark the occasion, calling it a public holiday. some critics asked whether in this case bigger is really better. reporter: egyptian president at dell five. cc -- add dell five to all cc -- al-sisi presented the suez canal. guests celebrated with fireworks and military parades. cairo is trying to promote it as the mideast trailed new maritime super hub. they are hoping it it will become -- the 8 million project was constructed in months. >> the great people of egypt have prevailed on this effort with great physical effort and personal savings. reporter: the construction has been primarily financed their government bonds sold to egyptian citizens. egypt began the project last year to handle bigger ships and enlarge its capacity. more than 100,000 tons of g oods are shipped through the canal each year. the latest mega container vessels could not squeeze through. nearly a third of the can now has been expanded. two stretches were deepened and widened and

. >> the sentencing of three journalists in egypt has been condemned worldwide. al jazeera called the verdict a deliberate attack on press freedom. >> reporter: hope, then heart break in an egyptian courtroom as two journalists return to prison a retrial was supposed to give mohamed, mohamed fahmi and peter 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. >> reporter: the judge said 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 for more prison time. three years. they already spent more than a year behind bars. one has been deported to australia. >> it's outrageous. it's devastating for me. i know, my heart is with them. >> journalists inside the courtroom described a tense and angry atmosphere after the verdict. from the beginning the case has been called a sham. president obama has joined journalists across the world condemning it. >> they were arrested on false charge

appreciates the political significance of egypt. it's business as usual pleading with egypt to respect human rights and political diversity. >> looking at what's happened since then, the united of course resuming arms shipments to egypt, new deals security deals announced with some of the gulf arab countries to bolster security has the impact of the u.s. iran deal on the arab world and u.s. relations with the arab world to return the sort of u.s. relationship that's focused on security rather than human rights and democracy? again, i think you have put the finger on the pulse of american reality. if you ask me how do you explain american policy now toward the region, i would say security, security security. military cooperation massive arms deals qualitative weapons delivery to america's allies, the question of human rights and the rule of law are really secondary. the obama administration again for your own viewers subscribes to realism. american officials frequently talk about the importance of human rights, the importance of not

egypt responded with air strikes.now the clock is ticking. ian lee, cairo. >>> authorities in the uk are widening their inquiry into child sex abuse claims. >> the latest allegations involve the late prime minister sir edwards heath. police are now urging any alleged victims to come forward. >> there are now five british police forces independently investigating claims that include child sexual abuse involving sir edwards heath. kent police are one of the latest to confirm their involvement after receiving a report of a sexual assault committed in the east of the country in the 1960s. the victim named the former prime minister in connection with the case. sir edwards led a conservative government and was an mp in the 1990s. he died in 2005 aged 89. heath is the most senior figure to be investigated for child sex abuse claims dating back decades. for years there have been claims about political and establishment circles and attempted coverups. cases that are under investigation. there have been cases in the world of en

egypt is expected to give its verdict on three al jazeera journalists. >> reporter: operations are under way to rid this country of killer land mines. >> now thousands of malaysian protesters are defying a ban and holding an antigovernment rally. they are demanding reform and more transparency in politics and they want the prime minister to step down. police say the gathering is illegal. we have been keeping an eye on the protest for us. what's the latest there? >> since the last time i spoke to you about an hour ago, we had a new group of protesters converging at the central point. there are five positions across where they gathered and making their way to this point. we had a new group just arrived. the numbers have surged just in the last hour. local media say around 80,000 people are now on the streets. we cannot confirm that independently yet. the demands of the protesters have been clear from the beginning. they want clean government, they want clean elections. they want to strengthen their parliament through democracy and they want the government to listen to give them the ability

in a tweet stephen harper said canada calls on egypt for the immediate and full release of mr fahmy, and cooperation to facilitate his return home. mohamed fadel fahmy and mohammed badr spent their first night in gaol since sentenced on saturday. the judge gave them and peter greste a 3-year prison term. peter greste was retried in absentia after being deported to australia in february. he says the verdict is a gross injustice. andrew thomas spoke to him in sydney. >> peter greste finished his press conference to the australian media in the center of sydney. a big crowd of journalists there, i'm pleased though say 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 as much as we need to make sure we keep public attention and awareness about the case and the gross injustice. i'm convinced that one of the main reasons why i'm here today, one of the reasons i was deported was because we had to much public support. so many around the world were aware of the injustice and made it almost impossible for egyptian governments

. >> egypt's president in moscow. court russian favour and investments. >> and in sport, smiles as spanish teams make history in the champion's league >>> chinese stock markets closed lower despite engs bank cuts in interest rates. the benchmark shank hoy composite. spruiking investment markets lost trillions of dollars. they are in the chinese capital beijing. they weren't up and down for markets across asia pacific, on the whole, many arrived japan, south korea, taiwan and callum sinclair, they focus on the shanghai composite, fluctuating by making gains and losses of 4%, ending down at 1.27%, and that will certainly gain heart for those that invest in the market. over the four days of trading, the market lost 20%. even though the central bank cut interest rates, it made it easier for banks to loan money to businesses that have a shortfall in their finances, giving them the ability to have loans, and cutting the opportunity to gain interest. it's the fifth interest rate cut in the last five months since november, an

it is the final phase of egypt's road map to democracy. since 2012 iament the country is set to hold the election.slative elections will be october 17 for egyptians residing outside the country and internal elections on october 18 and 19. will cast ng voters ballots november 22 and 23. reporter: the extended time 568 m.p.'s voted in. they were scheduled to take early 2014 before being delayed on legal ground and gain in march of this year after a court found a division of electoral districts to be unconstitutional. the vote could provide government o the with the president's camp ahead.d to emerge he toppled the first freely and ed president in 2013 has since been leading a crackdown on islamists that the muslim brotherhood's complete ban. systematically eliminating the opposition to say.dify his grip critics >> police in bangkok issued two arrest warrants after finding bomb making equipment in second apartment on the outskirts of the capital. gunpowder and remote cars were among the find. an unnamed ted foreigner in a nearby neighborhood.

we begin in egypt. francois hollande was among world leaders witnessing the opening of a new part of the suez canal. the president of egypt took center stage. it was on his orders it was finished in one year in stead of three. it is hoped it will be a boost to the economy. claire williams has the story. claire: welcome to egypt. this is the egypt sisi wants the world to see. it was a moment of national pride. the president arrived on the same yacht that sailed on the canal when it opened in 1869. >> we needed to reassure ourselves and reassure the world that we are capable of building. >> i believe this is the first step, the very first step. it is the first step of a thousand more we will make. the first step on a long road, i tell you. claire: there was a flight path from some warplanes. the french president was among leaders from europe, africa, and the middle east. the new project was completed in one year instead of three as was initially planned. it is intended to power an economic turnaround. 49

callaus: i think egypt deserves great credit.oject within a year by a surprise that that was doable. i think they deserve a lot of credit. we are very happy to see that development. anna: thank you for joining us. the ceo of mask drilling. we are getting numbers coming through from the mining business rio tinto. underlying profits for the first half of the year. ahead of the estimates. $2.5 billion. that is something that might please investors. they are giving details of their sales, they're talking about their dividend of 107.5 cents. 4.4 billion u.s. dollars. just like we have seen in the oiling and see, the mining industry is saying cutting back -- is seeing cutbacks. bloomberg will talk to the ceo of rio tinto about those numbers. his first interview of the day. that is coming up around 8:40 u.k. time crucial watching for anyone interested in the commodity sector. finally here, today has been served up as super thursday. it is the first time the bank of england has released its decision on rates. mark carney's push for more

russia is looking to boost wheat supplies to egypt.urrently gets about 40% of its wheat from russia. and there was talk of a warship donated to egypt by russia. >>> chinese stock markets have closed lower despite a central bank cut in interest rates, but other asian markets did make some small gains. volatility in china has shattered investor confidence. >> reporter: it was a day of ups and downs for markets across asia pacific, but many of them were up. japan, south korea, taiwan, singapore, but the main focus was still the shanghai composite. it ended the day just down at 1.27%, and that will certainly gain heart for those who do invest in the market. but over the four days of trading that we have seen since last friday, the market has actually lost 20%. even though the central bank cut interest rates, it did make it easier for banks to loan money to businesses that have a shortfall in their finances. giving them the ability to get loans. it is the fifth interest rate cut in the last five months, since november, and perhaps this migh

they'd been raised in egypt. but they left egypt for a new life.enience store, and that's where he met patricia owens. he was 30, and she was 15. ♪ we had went out to eat, and we come home, and yaser told my mom, i want to marry your daughter. and my mom was, like, you've only known her for a couple week, and he said, yeah, i know. i want to marry her. >> he convinced my mom and dad that his family had money. so i think there was a sense of my mom and dad feeling like, well, you know, she'll be taken care of. >> she was very naive and very trusting and did not really understand how radically her life was going to change. >> he convinced this family that if you give me your 15-year-old daughter she'll be in a better place. and this guy preyed upon that naivete. >> it was three or four times a week that he would hit me or kick me or -- i knew, like, the things that would set him off. and i'd have to not do those things. like if he was at home i wasn't allowed to talk to my family on the phone unless he was up there and it was on speakerphone. and as

and there was talk of the gift of a warship which was donated to egypt by russia, egypt said thank you very, very much for that. >> al jazeera's rory challands in moscow. >> a peace deal is signed in south sudan, the president signed only under international pressure as the fighting continues. >>> the mastermind behind the chodar towers. towers. this is a great place to work. not because they have yoga meetings and a juice bar. because they're getting comcast business internet. comcast business offers convenient installation appointments that work around your schedule. and it takes- done. - about an hour. get reliable internet that's up to five times faster than dsl from the phone company. call 800-501-6000 to switch today. perks are nice. but the best thing you can give your business is comcast business. comcast business. built for business. towers. >> south sudan's president has signed a peace deal after threats t by the u.s. to impose sanctions on his government. salva kiir says he has questions whether the deal will bring about lasting peace. the fighting has not stopped and kiir i

tom ackerman reports. >> reporter: egypt used tobd onto beone of america's closest. this meeting to discuss that relationship was the first in more than five years. egypt's foreign minister highlighted the common is strategic aims of the two countries but the secretary of state said the u.s. could not overlook concerns over human rights under abdel fatah al-sisi. >> egypt needs to ensure that the fundamental rights of its citizens are protected, freedom of press association are cherished and that women are empowered. >> shukri told journalists that the jailing of american journalists were subject to proper court rulings. >> not on the base of any expressions or in relation to their professions as journalists. >> accused of egyptian golf of quote, unlawful torture, societal and government restrictions on freedom of association and the press, and limitations on due process in trials. while such abuses have been legal grounds in the past for suspending u.s. military aid, the obama administration with support from the u.s. congress, has resumed those programs. just days

egypt's suez canal just reopened after an 8 billion expansio. the government has gone all out to mark the occasion, calling it a public holiday. some critics asked whether in this case bigger is really better. reporter: egyptian president at dell five. cc -- add dell five to all cc -- al-sisi presented the suez canal. guests celebrated with fireworks and military parades. cairo is trying to promote it as the mideast trailed new maritime super hub. they are hoping it it will become -- the 8 million project was constructed in months. >> the great people of egypt have prevailed on this effort with great physical effort and personal savings. reporter: the construction has been primarily financed their government bonds sold to egyptian citizens. egypt began the project last year to handle bigger ships and enlarge its capacity. more than 100,000 tons of g oods are shipped through the canal each year. the latest mega container vessels could not squeeze through. nearly a third of the can now has been expanded. two stretches were deepened and widened and

aura: egypt has always had strong army. how rattled are the security forces by the rise of is in their backyard? >> there is a sense of arrogance, to be honest. sometimes an incapacity to face the true extent of the problem. in the sinai, the level of the loss of control over some areas, temporarily, that is unprecedented. in the mainland, we cannot compare egypt to libya, syria, or iraq. it is more strong. we should not take this thank you of is growing in egypt. laura: thank you for joining us. you are watching "bbc world news america." hillary clinton is handing over her personal e-mail server. his poleump is padding position. we will break that down in presidential politics. the australian government has blocked plans to legalize gay marriage. after six hours of debate. that heott has said will have a referendum on the issue. in june, the u.s. supreme court made same-sex legal nationwide in america. we have a correspondent in sydni reporting on the issue. australia has a thriving gay community. disappointed. the prime m