treated at egyptian hospitals. there has not been an official flame of responsibility by any group, but morgan, as you know, we have seen a lot of groups operating in the sinai, especially in the last months after mohamed morsy was overthrown by the egyptian military. but all of the soldiers and the police, this is a real game changer, carding to some soldiers, and as you said, the first that can that we have seen since morsy was overthrown, so a lot of the officials are worried not only about the impact on terrorism, but certainly the impact on these armed groups, and what they're doing going forward. and it's the beginning of more attacks on tourists in sinai. >> you mentioned the attacks on tourists, but the question is, nick, how is the egyptian military responding if this is in fact a game changer? >> i think that the egyptian military is waging a campaign against the armed groups, and you talk to the officials and the israeli officials and they have been relatively pleased at how the egyptian military has gon

organization on the case against the government; the journalist columnist with an egyptian newspapert says the government has a case against the media; and the academic tracking the coverage from from london, including the video that emerged this past week of the arrest and interrogation of al jazeera journalists at the marriott hotel in cairo. al jazeera has chosen not to show the video, only stills from it. but you will get the idea. >> that video was very strange. the music and the production techniques was like almost a thriller, you know, almost like one of those television programs about capturing some criminals and the computers and the microphones and so on were all shown as though these are important pieces of evidence. >> first of all, it was leaked to a pro-army station. the way it was framed shows those journalists as spies creating mistrust by adding suspension music. ♪ >> talking about a plot and framing of the egyptian people and while they are not allowing any rights for the defendants to have their lawyer present when they are investigated. >> it's quite problematic.

names were important to the egyptians. a name symbolized one's personality and even one's very existence. to remember the dead was to make them live again. and soutankhamun must, for the whole world has known his name ever since that day in november of 1922, when archeologist howard carter anhis patron, lord carnarvon, tued a forgotten pharaoh into a legend. the story of tutankhamun's treasures begins here in the secret valley of the kings in egypt, across the river from the ancient capital of thebes. the valley of the kings is hot and very dry. in the summer, the temperature can go up to 120 degrees. it would be a terrible place to live, but what a marvelous place to keep things for eternity. pharaohs' tombs, equipped with all the necessities for a voyage into eternity, were hidden here. this is hundreds of miles from the great pyramids. the problem with the pyramids was that they were too conspicuous to robbers. in this valley, the idea was that no one would know. this fascination with the afterlife, and the state of min

. >> an egyptian bus was bombed. it was traveling to sinai. right now, nick schifrin is in the news room live, and what are you hearing so far? >> i think, morgan, the fear is that the egyptian officials are saying this seems to be a shift in strategy for all of the groups operating in the sinai, and they fear this is the beginning of more attacks on tourists visiting from egypt. the bus was full of 34 people, south korea tourists, an egyptian bus driver. a huge bomb gutted that bus as it was approaching the border crossing. i spoke to the tour company based in cairo that organized this trip. and he told me that the bomb was placed in fact the driver's seat inside of the bus. he said that the bomb was likely placed inside of the bus last night. last night, the bus was parked outside of st. katherine's monastery. it's a very popular tourist destination in central sinai and he spent the night. and he said the reason it was placed there is that the bus didn't stop there between the monastery and the israeli border crossing this afternoon. when th

another long question and defense of one party it is in our interest as egyptians to bring old together we are remote. preventing any group including the muslim brotherhood from getting under the aegis of the constitution the of course of those who perpetrate violence could be. from their rank and file of the muslim brotherhood or any other group but the violence is a crime against the society whoever is the perpetrator the government has to be firm against those perpetrators of violence but to see that no there is still of course the country is in a deep stress and in a state of revolution and a lot of confrontations we are in a transitional period i agree that a certain things that have to be done would have been done and have been done but this is a situation in the country. a country and out of a state of evolution a country in a state of change a country in a state of transition so all of those things could happen mr morsi you just mentioned some of the challenges that face us right now tumbling economy. clashes violent clashes rising unemployment do you think that would you agree

that violence in and of itself has become a default option for many political forces within the egyptian society to rely on and how if it's indeed has become such an entrenched pattern of using violence how can you how can you really move forward beyond wait another long question and defense of one it is you know it is as egyptians. we are remote. preventing any group including the muslim brotherhood from getting under the aegis of the constitution the good of course of those who perpetrate violence could be. from their rank and file of the muslim brotherhood or any other group but violence is a crime against the society whoever is the perpetrator the government has to be firm against those perpetrators of violence but to see that no there is still violations of course the country is in a deep stress and in a state of revolution and a lot of confrontations we are in a transitional period i agree that the certain things that have to be done would have been done shouldn't have been done but this is the situation in the country. a country and out of a state of evolution a country in a state

on june 30 of last summer, the egyptian people emerged into the streets and out of 83 million egyptians, 30 million to 33 million came to the strees to put st to remove morsi and in a government of the people. and june 30, july, 1, 2 and 3, they pleaded for the military to step in and take over and at that point, the general stepped in to take over the government of egypt and they provided that stability and it was bloody in the streets of cairo. ou saw radical islamists raiding christian weddings. when we are there in september, they burned out as many as 100 christian churches. how are they caught in and flict and being attacked. the muslim brotherhood wanted to create more chay whose because they pleeved they could take power. and less than 9%, christians, they said, we are going to pray for these people who are destroying our churches and we are going to forgive them and pray for peace and that was a component that brought about the demonstration administrations in the streets from june 30 until july 3. and out of that came from that the stability from the tour mill. the interim pre

they should bring on board all egyptians.st learn the skill and art so that we all enjoy happiness instead of working one party against the other. >> thank you for joining us this evening. it's a pleasure to have you on this broadcast and i hope we can do it again. >> it is my hope to see you, sir, in tunisia. if you come and visit tunisia, it is nice but it is nicer without a dictator, without ben ali. it is nicer with democracy. >> rachid ghannouchi talking about the shining example of democracy. thank you again. >> thank you, sir. i am pleased to have had this interview with you. >> my jacket moved up and i had my firearm in on my right side hip. i feel like you saw it. he looked at it and he said, you're going to die tonight." i felt his arm going down my side and i grabbed it and i just grabbed my arm around and i held on. >> two years have passed since trey von martin, an unarmed black teenager killed in a gated florida community. the criminal trial of george zimmerman and his acquittal riveted the nation. even presiden

they must bring on board all egyptians. and we must learn the skill and art of how we coexist, so that we all enjoy happiness instead of working one party against the other. >> rose: thank you for joining us this evening. it's a pleasure to have you on this broadcast. and i hope that we can do it again. >> ( translated ): it is my hope to see you, sir, in tunis tunisia. if you visit tunisia, tunisia is nice, but it's nicer without dictator. tunisia is nice with democracy. >> rose: rashid al-ghannouchi from washington, d.c. talking about what many people look on as the shining example of islam and democracy. i thank you again. >> ( translated ): thank you, sir. i am pleased to have had this interview with you. >> rose: thank you very much. >> my jacket moved up and i had my firearm on my right side hit. my jacket moved up, and he saw it. i feel like he saw it-- he looked at it. and he said, "you're going to die tonight ( bleep ). and he reached for it, but he reached-- like i felt his arm going down to my side, and i grabbed

this was a day to send a message in one voice to egyptian officials. you can put these journalists in a cage. you can put them on trial. but they will not stand alone. the world is watching. patty culhane, al jazeera, washington. >> congressman johnson joins us from capitol hill. thank you for your support and thank you for joining us this evening. can you tell us why you decided to speak out? >> well, i read the letter that was smuggled out of the egyptian prison. it was published in one of the news papers and after reading it something touched my heart about it and i thought that there was something that i needed to do. so, i immediately drafted a letter, circulated that letter to my colleagues. that signed on. and we sent that letter to the state department asking that the state department take some action to free these al jazeera journalists who have been wrongfully imprisoned. i just talked to 60 minutes correspondent bob simon and he told me that what needs to happen is that president obama needs to make a call to the egyptian government and push

i think that once again, we've seen that egyptians are, you know especially theun egyptians are goingtake things into their own hands, and people are, it's been all over, pirated in different ways, and it's been fantastic, because i think it's create add lot of debate, a lot of confidences, the overwhelming support, amount of comments on the film are positive, there are people who claim it's more to one -- some people say it's more on the brotherhood, others say it's more on the army. i think that it's creating debate is healthy. in egypt, we've been living moment to moment to moment and haven't had a chance to reflect on how we got here and where we're going. where we're extremely excited and optimistic that the film will be shown, the young people will continue to shape the count are. >> you were operated for a film called the control room, the trial of three journalists charged in this case, accused of having links to a terrorist organization and spreading false news, it's been 44 days since our crew was detained and aljazeera rejects all the charges and continues to demand the unc

egyptian security forces raided 11 news outlets during last year. after the up rising we've seen successive authorities had been repressive of civil society in general and clearly of journalists in particular. we've seen dozens of arrests, killings as well. we've seen the lawlessness by the authorities which is deeply, deeply troubling. >> and journalists and politicians across the world have condemned their continued incarceration. a fourth journalist with al jazeera arabic has been detained since august. highways been on a hunger strike for a month to protest his imprisonment. >> the team being held in egypt, let's go to mariam for more on that. >> reporter: that's right, jane. the protests took place outside of the egyptian embassy and organized by the national union of journalists. they weren't only demanding al jazeera staff but the treatment of the press in egypt. lauren lelawrence lee reports. >> reporter: egypt hastaff of ar of british and international networks have come together to say that because they're journalists does not mean that th

the egyptians come to moscow. well informed sources talk about a $2 billion arms deal between russia and egypt. its significance because it shows shifting alliances. egypt has been closely tied to the us. they have suspendedate, but we see egypt move closer to russia. egypt says it's seeking to diversify. commentators are drawing the line. russia are filling a gap that america has created. >> as we mentioned there, abdul fatah al-sisi is part of a delegation that includes foreign ministers from both of those countries as well. >> it's a nice format. 2 plus 2 it's described as. we have the foreign ministers, fatimah and sergei lavrov in one room, and in a separate room the defense minister. they are due to have a news conference in the next half hour. i understand that abdul fatah al-sisi will not be at the conference. he may not be there. the language has been warm in the opening statements. defence secretary of russia said, "we support your efforts", this is abdul fatah al-sisi's effort, "to fight terrorism. we b

they're not entitled to be egyptian citizens.hey've been held in a foreign country for 12 years, and the government unfortunately has done nothing about it. >> reporter: michael shannon turned to an egyptian court for help hiring an egyptian attorney to help him enforce his u.s. custody rights. the case was filed in 2002. it was postponed two years, until december 30th of 2004. then another two-year postponement, until february of 2006. then, nothing. it has lingered in this court ever since. american orders to bring american citizens back to the united states ignored. >> the bottom line is when we talk the american orders to egypt and asked for them to be, in the lingo of this specialty, domesticated, we were just laughed at. >> this was a pure and simple kidnapping with a lot of elements involved, a lot of planning involved. i keep going back to this family that you married into and knew. are you -- >> never thought they'd -- >> are you stunned still -- >> stunned of course. never thought they would go this far. >> but just who

the egyptian authorities are due to begin putting journalists on trial on thursday.hem one man from al jazeera english. when she was reporting from egypt the group wasn't even banned. >> i feel quite optimistic. i know it's huge worry for the guys in prison, but we are really putting all of our faith in the egyptian justice system. we are trusting that it is free and fair and not influenced by the state. >> reporter: a letter was delivered to the embassy condemning the crackdown, in the meantime, al jazeera's staff who the network maintains are entirely innocent, remain behind bars. >>> earlier we spoke to terry wait who was held hostage in lebanon. he says it is in egypt's best interest to release the journalists immediately. >> the fact that so many journalists have been detained and imprisoned for doing that job is a [ inaudible ] step. and that means that egypt is rapidly losing that international support. it is vital in any situation, no matter how polarized, difficult, extreme, that journalists be allowed to do their job, to report impartially all sides of the

the egyptian public have clung on to sisi. the world has changed. it's not the cold war, it's not playing russia against the u.s. anymore. i think this candidate, mr. sisi, who of course will be a candidate is showing his independence from the united states, from the western powers, because he hasn't received much support. he hasn't really received much support from western powers so far. >> if this is reshaping russias releases with the rest of the arab world, how do you think those in the u.s. will be viewing this? >> i'm sure they'll be alarmed because of course of russia's role in syria, but also you have to recognize that perhaps the united states understands russia isn't that adventurous like the soviet union. this is not the cold war. by the way, as long as egypt adheres to the camp david agreement, i think united states will be quiet and will accept it. >> all right, good to get your views on this. >> the trial of three aljazeera english journalists detained in egypt is due to begin february 20. they are part of a group of 20 people charged

court for help hiring an egyptian attorney to help him enforce his u.s.rights. the case was filed in 2002. it was postponed two years until december 30th of 2004. then another two-year postponement, until february of 2006. then, nothing. >> it has lingered in this court ever since. american orders to bring american citizens back to the united states, ignored. >> the bottom shrine whline is took the odor orders were were laughed at. >> a pure and simple kidnapping with a lot of elements, planning involved. i keep going back to this family that you married in to and new-of-knew. are you still stunned? >> stunned of course. never thought they would go this far. >> reporter: but just who is this man and who is telling the truth about what nearly wept on nearly 12 years ago? it is why cnn came to this upscale neighborhood in cairo, to find the mother who kidnapped her own children and ask her, why? >> hello? >> hi. this is drew griffin with cnn. it is a story very different than the tale being told in the united states. he basically -- and according to the cou

and the egyptian police and the tree of allowance traffickers to cross the heavily policed suez canal between the main part of egypt and its sinai peninsula. and it's this type of confusion that help us in the us to stop. stuart simpson from human rights watch. now for years europeans have rejected gm food products and the ball successfully courts and parliaments. make sure the genetically modified food stays off the family there but now after and in conclusion vote among member states the european commission is poised to pave the way for gm corn to be planted throughout the eu for human consumption. to say this is only the beginning that in the future to be much easier to approve other gm crops they say threatens fetuses in nineteen twenty eight eu member states voted against approving genetically modified maize. under the eu has weighed into the system the minority of countries was enough to endorse the match in germany and stand infuriating some of its eu in all my kids. we are all sufficient size so i am appalled that the european parliament's vote was ignored because we were stro

journalists from around the world are asking the egyptian government to release all our staff. maria innes ferre is here. , maria, hello. >> this is a map of a hashtag that's been trending all over the world from asia, north america, south america, europe, and these are the images of hundreds and hundreds of journalists, activists, organizations, that have been send ugh out these posts, many of them with duct tape on their mouths. some of them our own nick shifrin in kiev, you also have soledad o'brien from "america tonight," and you also have other media such as huffington post media, they put this out on their web page, you had christianne amanpour. >> our former colleague. >> yes our former colleague. this is the kabul press corps that came out in solidarity. the doha newsroom, in solidarity as well and take a look at this also. >> how about this, this is our colleague and our friend, dina alshenawi, i have known dina for several years. there she is can you believe it, with the sign, with the hashtag, #freeaj staff. there she is in the most important city in the world, one o

two of the egyptian nation. i've gone through which his words will be guarded and clear all the other hand however and there were some of it as the news that the reported yesterday not hearing a car of some of them criticizing since the army for ten hours to get in a foreign newspaper did not make sense of too many people but he would do such a step which then of course as this that has been on the night. but on the other hand. it seems that on the news paper itself had some fun pics in the defence ministry for which it published a q and a half times what its first question was clearly saying according to the newspaper itself. um shall we and announce it to the world insists he won't run for presidency and the answer was yes so there it seems that there is some confusion or miscommunication between both the defence ministry added. of the newspaper itself because the statement did not deny any other communication happening between the between them and that the new speaker than itself. i'm so it is calming down no

this is the second time this egyptian judge on has shut down cement collins thirty five thousand cocoa have been shut down by the end of march the city will have shut down most of its cement production facilities except a fourth feel major ones in telco this will cut cement production by nearly twenty million pounds to local authorities have offered to compensate each fact rate based on the form of capacity. they will receive one hundred and seventy thousand yuan for every ten thousand tons of outfits they produced china has led to japan to return its tall potted let the ten yen it received from united states the weapons greats of the tiny an end to come to iraq and iraqi defector amounts to more than three hundred kilograms the material is when and by the united states for research purposes during the cold war. in monday's routine news conference foreign ministry specs us in the five train express to china's downs of this issue a full century has been paying high attention to new clip promote the nation's safety of nuclear materials as well as its potential threats to regional securit

they were not good at ruling, the egyptian people spoke out against that. but the military coup in many ways has not been necessarily the wishes of the egyptian people. it is such a confusing complex terrain. there is an important note here not to conflate things but to be precise about egypt's history. they may be gaining ground because of this. the hardest part about this is muslim brotherhood's governance failed. they were not good at ruling, they spoke out about that. but the military coup in many ways has not been necessarily the wishes of the egyptian people. it's i think an important note here which is not to conflate things and to try to be precise about the history. >> egypt's tourism industry had already been suffering since the end of mubarak's regime. the red sea resorts in the sinai had been a bright spot but now this latest attack against tourists might be a back on that. given this kind of turmoil, do you see the security forces getting the situation under control any time soon >> well, i think there's a clock ticking right now. general alsis

the egyptian government wouldn't grant action. there are reports of human rights abuses and terrorism. where does egypt stand, many think it's better under mohamed morsi. to look at egypt in the moment is to fail to understand what is happening. i think as we have seen time and time again the revolution comes in waves. when the incident where army tanks ran over a protestor, a peaceful protest, the protest movement was crushed that there was not an immediate rehabilitation with millions to the street. we felt we had almost lost everything. a few months later we saw the resurgence of another waive of the revolution. it's an ongoing struggle that will continue to happen. we have to realise that what is happening in egypt is part of a global struggle. when we see, you know, showed the film to the square in kiev, it was unbelievable. unbelievable to see the reactions. it spread virally, had an incredible response. the government came out and said they were against the film, knowing that it was a plot. tried to stop the film. it made p

>> the head of the egyptian military confirms he will stand for president. >> hello, i'm sue turton, you are watching al jazeera live from doha. also, securing the games. a plea for peace amid concerns for the 2014 winter olympics. >> tightening their grip on, approving a law coming in for criticism from the west. >> not much to tweet about - twitter announces hundreds of millions in losses and the slow down from new users. voting is expected to be held within the next six month, and if he win, abdul fatah al-sisi will be the sixth military man to rule egypt. >> al jazeera media network has been saddled with a list of 20 people pursued by the interim government. >> the lift is several formal charges. myself and other staff are on the list, including three of the four journalists in detention. most are not employees of al jazeera. al jazeera rejects the charges against his staff. the allegations are, and actions of the egyptian authority are extraordinary, unjust and unacceptable. all the videos are available to view online. they can stee that it is accurate, comprehensive and underpi

they were not good at ruling, the egyptian people spoke out against that. but the military coup in many ways has not been necessarily the wishes of the egyptian people. it is such a confusing complex terrain. there is an important note here not to conflate things but to be presize about egypt's history. >> egypt's tourism industry had already been suffering since the end of mubarak's regime. there have been a series of other coordinated attacks and bombings in cairo and elsewhere. given this kind of temperature memo, do you see the security forces getting the situation under control any time soon,. >> well, i think there's a clock ticking right now. general alsisi who is technically in charge, who will run for president and will win the presidency, i'm not a betting man, but that's looking like a very, very real possibility that he will be the next president of egypt. but the clock ticks on him to fulfill the goals of the revolution. the expression in the street in tahrir, was to come to the side of the military which th the military did do. the military is

but the point is, in this case, that i don't understand what the egyptians are doing. it doesn't make any sense. abdul fatah al-sisi to have gotten where he is has some intelligence, but what he's doing, forget about morals, ethics, what is right or wrong. what he's doing does not make sense. if he wants to be in mine with the west - aside from the fact that he has a lot of egyptians in gaol, a lot of protests, demonstrators, and a lot of members of the muslim brotherhood, this is the regime he's running. there's not much we can do about it. but the fact he's keeping western journalists in gaol - i don't get it. if you live in venezuela, you see c.n.n. about to be thrown out. is there a trend in the country. are journalists under attack? >> i've been kicked out of more countries than i can remember. you don't like it when they come to the hotel and say, "get to the airport", it's not pleasant, but it's the game. to be lock up, the way i was in iraq, the way these guys in egypt are. when you think of it in terms of the revolution, it's tragic what has become of that rev

three years later, the egyptian revolution. the producer from "the square" will join me. >> are western governments taking the right steps to fight the emergens of terrorists. tens of thousands of troops are deployed. drone strikes rain fire, and the international community imposes sanctions on countries that sponsor terrorism. our next guest takes a different approach to ending terrorism, setting his sites on a different fox - poverty. >> there are bad people in the world. there always will be. we need our armed forces to protect us from those people. the terrorists rely on an endless supply of desperate people living in poverty with no other options in life. the only chance we have to see the end of terrorism is to end extreme poverty. >> and we are joined in new york by jake harriman, founder and c.e.o. of neuro international. he is fighting poverty, and has returned from ethiopia where they are setting up a second program. >> seeing a farmer killed in iraq inspired you to set up your program. >> yes, i was with the marines.

not egyptian money. the gulf states are buying these weapons for egypt. and foreign ministry spokespeople have made it very clear that they are not trying to replace american aid, they are not trying to replace american military aid. one foreign ministry official said they are just interested in diverse if iing their partnerships. i think they want more options. and perhaps knowing that the u.s. congress is very leery about the current state of affairs in egypt, they just don't want this big debate every year when it comes time for the military aid. so it is quite possibly a signal to washington that they're not the only game in town, but at the same time they're they want to make it clear they're not replacing the u.s. with russia. >> thank you for that. now to venezuela where three protesters have been killed and dozens hurt in ca rack cass. protests by right wing groups occurred three weeks ago over the new president and the economic crisis. the president is seen as the spiritual successor to the former leader chaufezz. the majority of demonstrators we

there was a demonstration outside of the egyptian embassy. journalists and friends of the media marched in nairobi, kenya, where our reporter was based. and there was a show of support from sydney, australia. in beirut protesters held up banners saying journalism is not a crime. you can follow developments on our story on website and across social media. the hashtag is free aj staff. this brings you to the end of this edition of "inside story." thank you for being with us. in washington, i'm ray suarez. >>> welcome to al jazeera america. i'm del walters and here are the stories we are following for you. >> i indenned to continue fighting for the future of ukraine. >> viktor yanukovich is speaking as the armed forces are occupying. >> attempted assz nation of ran old reagan and the gun control that

they are all united in the call for the egyptian authorities to release the al jazeera staff. i have the president of the union of the journalists, who is tell us why this rally is necessary. >> well, i think we are organized this rally for the kol colleagues who are detained and the continuing detention is abuse of the freedom of the media and therefore calling on the egyptian authorities to immediately release our colleagues without condition. we felt this is part of punty on port of the authority and journalism and journalist should be given the opportunity and the right to decide and the responsibility as respected by the people. >> if you want to help our al jazeera colleagues, join in on the conversation on twitter to voice your opinion. we have a map now and showing how the people around the world is supporting our staff that is being detained. twitter is at ajam. >> later in the day the president is setting out an initiative. we met with a group that has already had success. >> for 19-year-old, after school boxing helped to relieve the tension and aggression. >> i had

it wasn't israelis or egyptians. and for an elderly couple, how their vacation ended in a deadly nightmare. >> the pollution is serious and bad for our health. >> 800 million mobile phones, 500 million tvs, a heap of toxic junk. why booming business in chip ha may be an environmental disaster for the rest of the world. >> good morning and welcome to al jazeera america. i'm thomas drayton. good to have you with us. we begin with breaking news out of switzerland, a man accused of the hijacking ethiopia plane is now in custody. it was heading to ethiopia to rome when it was diverted to geneva. the plane had a military escort and the hijacker asked for asylum seekers. the passengers and crew are safe. the airline is making arrangements to fly passengers to their intended destination. >> the u.n. says it has evidence that the north korean regime is committing unspeakable crimes. the human rights council released a report detailing crimes. they want three generations of the kim family dealt with for the coims. >> it's a pl

that said get lost in sinai at least three south korean tourists and egyptians driver killed when a bomb attack on the last place in its report and ending a two month occupation protest has walked free from city old ukrainian capital. falling in the studio door for tickets welcome back to full slate of news or months for motorsports. boasts a rescue operation has come to an end in south africa suffered a number of men like trapped on the ground whilst working illegally and abandoned coal mine it just comes back. o emergency officials say the mind is all accounted for now. rescuers had to remove large bowls with a crane which floated on the mind shuffles my cats ice and snow is falling and it's precisely this. she has not come to a halt to all men. the scene what happened to me today and the grand scheme. local blogging is cool with chalk on the ground which was then we'll be knocking in battle he abandoned mine shaft huge old and i need all the entrants are the mind. it is written and at the time that i am attending the trial and returning to enter into the heck is my mission brandon got

they urged the pakistani government to write to the egyptian government to release the al jazeera staff. >> reporter: it's a representative body of thousands of pakistani journalists and has promised to continue protests until the egyptian government releases the al jazeera staff. >> in switzerland the police are questioning an ethiopian pilot who hijacked his own flight to seek asylum. he took control when his co-pilot went to the bathroom. the would be hijacker climbed down from the cockpit window and asked for asylum. passengers were not injured. >>> 23 pakistani soldiers the taliban said soldiers were killed in revenge to the killing of their fighters. and in south africa 21 miners who were skewed from a mine shaft now face charges of illegal mining. emergency workers pulled out ten men from an illegal mine near johannesburg earlier today. the miners were trapped when a boulder blocked an entrance. many miners stayed behind in fear of criminal charges. illegal mines are common in south africa because of rich gold and platinum resources. >>> in europe weeks of severe flooding effects

sol dare tear across borders journalists send a message to the egyptian government. you silence one you silence us all. britain acknowledges it's roam in a massacre. >> you have heard of the jamaican bobsled team, now meet these guys with their own olympic dream. one of the most important criminal trials in years is underway. former ruin dan intelligence chief is in court, charged with crimes against humanity. 800,000 people were killed in a again side in france itself has been accused of accomplicety, over support for the regime. let's get the very latest from aljazeera who joins us from paris. you are outside the courthouse, tell us about what has been happening today? >> well, the first day of this trial is drawing 20 an end here, after around nine hours of court proceedings. appearing in his wheelchair this morning. they argued that the case should be dropped but that was rejected and for many people this trial has been a long time coming. before many this has been a long time coming. where once the cameras had stop rolling suspect pass call sat behind a glass sc

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at last, some clarity on the legal status of al jazeera journalists held in egyptian jails. the news is not good for them or their colleagues. five al jazeera journalists have been behind bars awaiting trial and now the authorities say arrest warrants have been issued for another 12 unnamed employees who they say either currently work for al jazeera or have done in the past. the prosecutors have said the al jazeera staff had undermined national unit why i by broadcasting false information. most of the accused are said to be egyptian nationals charged with membership in a terrorist organization. the muslim brotherhood. al jazeera said it had no journalist reporting from egypt since the day that al jazeera mohammed facny as well as correspondent peter were all arrested. two more employees from the network's arabic language channels, have been in detention for more than five months already. al jazeera calls the charges absurd and continues to demand the prisoner's unconditional release. the network has been backed on that in a petition signed by nearly 50 journalists from inter

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