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

it may take mohamed fadel fahmy who is canadian, a while to get to toronto. it's the start of the holiday eid, and that could slow his progress down. there are other al jazeera staff convicted in absentia at the original trial. one of those, former correspondent sue turton, is yet to be pardoned. >> we are not going to stop the free aj staff campaign until we are all cleared at least of this conviction in the eyes of the law. we need to fly in and out of countries that have extradition treaties with egypt, or agreements, without the fear that we may be arrested. put on a plane and sent to egypt. >> in a statement the company said they may not be behind bars, but the families and careers are affected: for now, everyone at al jazeera is happy to see closure. >> mohamed fadel fahmy has been pardoned. >> of one chapter at least in the saga. [ cheering and applause ] >>> the president of brazil has won a rare battle in congress in a fight to reboot the economy and stay in office. a currency crisis for dilma rousseff saw her popularity collapse. daniel schweimler r

but it may take fahmy a while to get home to canada. it is the start of the muslim hol did i daholiday of eade. >> we need to fly in and out of countries that have extradition treaties with egypt. without fearing we'll be put on a plane and flown back to egypt. >>> a statement, they may not be behind bars but their families and careers have been affected immeasurably. let them too get on with their lives. for now everyone at al jazeera is just happy to see the closure. >> mohamed fahmy has been pardoned! >> of one chapter of this long running saga. it is wonderful isn't it, peter is on his way to new york for united nations general assembly next week, and mohammed, whe isg al jazeera for alleged negligence however, antonio, that is another day down the road. we're delighted. >> thank you john. yogi berra was one of the best baseball players, and certainly the most quoted. his with it and legacy next. and one of the world's most active volcanoes comes to life again. sure, tv has evolved over the years. it's gotten squarer. brighter. bigg

mohammed and fahmy were released on bail later that month. they were unable to leave egypt, and th said with their lives on hold they were still serving a kind of sentence. last month the court returned mohamed fahmy, baher mohammed back to prison. the retrial was supposed to give them a second opportunity to clear their names. instead justice was denied yet again. the arrest and detention of mohamed fahmy, baher mohammed and peter greste damaged egypt's image ray broad. there are, though, other al jazeera staff who were convicted in abstentia at the original trial. at the moment we're not hearing that there is a pardon for the reof us, but it is an egyptian holiday today. we're wondering whether the paperwork just has not been released. if that's not the case, and we're not actually going to be getting a pardon, then we'll be lobbying at the u.n. general assembly to anyone who will listen, to shout out we were just journalists doing our jobs in cairo and this pardon is long overdue. for now though the happy closure of a happy chapter al jaze

baher mohamed and mohamed fahmy spent over a year in and egyptian jail. we will speak with the third al jazeera journalist, peter greste , who was imprisoned with them for more than 400 days and reported to australia. he has yet to receive a pardon. >> the fact is, we did nothing wrong. there was no evidence of wrongdoing. ande guys are innocent men innocent men are in prison. that is what it is about. one day in prison would be unjust. amy: peter greste has traveled to new york to lobby for a pardon from egyptian president el-sisi who's here for the general assembly. all of that and more coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. pope francis has left the united states after a historic six-day visit. during his trip, pope francis addressed congress and the united nations general assembly, fed homeless people in washington, d.c. and met with , immigrant families and people who survived child sex abuse by clergy. the pope said "god weeps" over the sexual abuse of children, although critics and some su

. >> jailed journalists mohamed fahmy and baher mohamed are pardoned in egypt. and the volkswagen boss quits as the cheating scandal garts steam. gathers gathers steam. >> talks on the longest running latin american conflict. lucia newman reports. >> an image speaks larger than a thousand words. juan manuel santos shaking hands with the leader of the farc rebels is one that colombians could not have dreamed of. >> on the 26th of march of 2016, at the very latest, exactly six months from now, we'll say good-bye for good to the longest war in colombia. >> colombian government and rebel negotiates reached a deal to guarantee punishment of perpetrators of gross violations and war crimes, including members of the farc. >> translator: those who refuse to recognize responsibility will be sentenced to a maximum of 20 years in prison. >> it is up to us now to multiply efforts to reach consensus on a bilateral ceasefire and to turn into a legal political movement. >> reporter: removing the last stumbling block to end 40 years of war but displaced more than 6 million colom

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

mohamed fadel fahmy and mohammed badr were released later that month. they were unable to leave egypt. they said with lives on hold they were serving a kind of sentence. their plight inspiring a global campaign of support from grassroots to heads of government. >> the issue of the al jazeera journalists in egypt, we have been clear publicly and privately that they should be released. >> reporter: last month a court returned mohamed fadel fahmy and mohammed badr to prison. a retrial supposed to give them and greste a second opportunity to clear their names. justice was denied. >> the arrest and detention damaged egypt's reputation abroad. president abdul fatah al-sisi's pardon allowed him to close the case without threatening the independence. of egypt's independence. there was former staff convicted. one of those, former correspondent sue turton, is yet to be pardoned. >> we are not going to stop the free aj staff campaign until we are all cleared at least of this conviction in the eyes of the law. we need to fly in and out of countries that have extrad

it may take fahmy a while to get back to toronto.starred of the muslim -- start of the muslim holiday eid and that will slow him down. there are others journalists sentenced one of those sue has yet to be partonned. >> we are not going to stop free a.j. campaign until we are all cleared at least of the conviction in the eyes of the law. we need to be able to fly in and out of country that his have extradition treaties with egypt or just agreements without the fear that we may be arrested and sent back to egypt. >> reporter: in a statement the company said: >> reporter: for now, everyone at ray is just happy to see the closure. >> mohamed fahmy has been pardoned 67 of one chapter at least in this long-running saga. john terrett, al jazeera, toronto. >>> peter greste, seen celebrating at the end of that report was one of the al jazeera journalists convicted in absentia, now he was deported from egypt earlier this year. after spending 400 days in prison and he's now in australia. well, peter doesn't yet know if he, too, will be pardoned

the truth is mohamed fadel fahmy and mohammed badr is out. their space in prison will not remain empty for long. >> what do you mean little the reset button, resetting to wha.. >> resetting to how it was under wakasi mubarak. >> where gross human right violations - we are afraid with the high profile activists and journalists released, that the international community will see it as an excuse to go back to how things were. that can't happen. we are calling on the u.s., states in the european union to be clear to europe that this should be the start, not the end. >> you say that abdul fatah al-sisi is headed to the u.n., do you envisage the international community speak out, and what would you like to hear them say in. >> we'd like to hear tough messages from the state, states calling abdul fatah al-sisi and his administration to account for the gross violations, hundreds of protesters killed in demonstrations of political violence, thousands of detainees and torture of ill-treatment haunting police stations. these people are free, but the egy

the arrest of mohammed, fahmy and greste, sisi was able to pardon them. just before egypt's president sisi is due to address the united nations general assembly next week. it may take a bit of time to get mohammed back to his home of canada. the muslim holiday of eade. >> sue turton. >> we need to be able to fly in and out of countries that have extradition treaties without the fear that we will be arrested and put into a plane and sent back the egypt. >> a statement, they may not be behind bars but their families and careers have better than affected immeasurably. we urge the egyptian courts to quash their cases too. right now everyone at al jazeera. >> mohamed fahmy has been pardoned. >> reporter: one chapter of this has been concluded. baher is which with his family in egypt, mohamed fahmy will come here when he finally gets out of egypt, news conference. not likely to be very complimentary to al jazeera, he is suing the company for negligence. >> john thank you. in fort worth texas tonight. sahar, welcome. is this a policy change on the part of egypt,

mohamed fadel fahmy and mohammed badr were arrested in december, along with peter greste, on charges including aiding the muslim brotherhood, which egypt calls a terrorist organization. the three spent 400 days in prison. and were freed temporarily. peter greste was deported back to native australia before a retrial last month saw mohamed fadel fahmy and mohammed badr sentenced to three years in gaol. al jazeera welcomed the pardon, as did peter greste, who learnt of the news on the set of a game show in sydney. peter greste is not on the pardon list, and metres are the names of 6 other al jazeera employees, 18 other egyptian prisoners are in custody including: it comes on the eve of the president's departure, and may be part of a charm offensive. abdul fatah al-sisi is to speak at the general assembly. the news for secular bloggers is not getting better. a hit list has been published. targetting not only those writing in the country, but those outside of it. a group has been linked to the murders of four conservative bloggers. they are calling to strip the writers of citizenship. th

mohamed fadel fahmy and mohammed badr are back in toura prison where they have spent more than 400 daysthe story unfolded in the context of a geopolitical struggle. the case is about more than al jazeera. many consider is to be a trial with a target audience including other journalists and the international news reader and bloggers, critics and activists. telling the egypt story, too many of whom are behind bars, accused of being enemies of the state, even terrorists, for failing to toe the abdul fatah al-sisi government line. nor is the story limited to egypt. turkey in the past week gaoled two journalists and an iraqi translator. and terror related charges dropped against the journalists could have come out of the egyptian government playbook. before getting to the starting point cairo, we'll go to sydney to hear from the one that got away. >> once you are sentenced in the cage, you are taken out. put into handcuffs, droged town the back to the paddy wagons, and herded into the back and driven off to prison. they'll be taken to the tour aprison complex, a collection of a number of pri

the same case that saw mohamed fahmy, baher mohammed walk free last week. three of the group are egyptian and have been unable to return to their home country for fear of arrest. they deny all allegations against them. >> we're grateful of presidencicy for pardoning mohamed fahmy, baher mohammed. this is a team that has been worrying us all up until this point. it has been fantastic to see them as free men. this was in pardoning these guys, president sisi acknowledged that there was a mistake made here, and he has moved towards redressing that. this is just a step. what he has to do from here on is to pardon the rest of us as he has promised. and what i wanted to say to you today is that i have now formerly gun that application process by writing to president sisi, but submitting our application and lodging our application in to the court. >> hundreds of people have been brought to the sicilian border after being rescued by the italian coast guard near libya. the cost guard said that they were found in rubber dinghies, which had largely deflated. in libya c

greste was deported to his native australia but mohammed and fahmy were held in egypt. are. >> the issue of the al jazeera journalists in egypt we were clear publicly and privately that they should be released. >> last year the court returned mohammed and fahmy to prison. the retrial was supposed to grant them release but yet, that was denied. president sisi's pardon has allowed him to close this case without threatening the independence of egypt's judiciary. there are, though, other al jazeera staff who were convicted in absent ya at the original trial. >> at the moment we're not hearing that there is a pardon for the rest of us but it is a egyptian hold today. we're wondering whether the paperwork just has not been released. if that is not the case and we are not actually going to be getting a pardon we will be lobbying at the u.n. general assembly to anyone who will thraifn we werlisten that this g we were doing our jobs and this should not be happening. >> victoria gatenby, al jazeera. >>> a strong denunciation from iran and a warning from the palestinian president.

in his case o saturday fahmi along with two others were given a three year jail term. human rights lawyer says she's had support from canadians on the ground, but believes the government can do more to help. >>> two british journalists and a producer have been charged by a turkish judge for being members of isil. they were arrested on august 29. they have been filming fighting between security forces and youth members of the pro curdish pkk. all will be kept in jail. >>> there's been an explosion at a chemical plant. one person is believed to have died. local media says the single blast was heard shortly before midnight. >> the incident at the industrial site occurred at 11:25 local time on monday evening, about 1530 gmt. one reported death, that of the factory manager and the few photographs that were available on the internet were soon removed by the authorities. they reported the blast b you that report was also withdrawn so little coming out of the area. the location is 460 kilometers southeast of the capital beijing. and it comes weeks after that huge blast which

. >>> baher mohamed and mohamed fahmy are back in jail today. the egyptian court found them guilty of spreading false news. amal clooney is representing fa meez. fahmy about. >> maybe we won't know the content of a call or meeting but i think that level of communication should be taking place. >> the issue last gone on since december 13 when he was first detained. their colleague peter greste was also sentenced to three years. al jazeera rejects the charges against all the journalists and demands the release of fahmy and mohammed. >>> in drug producing nations including peru the battle begins at the source. are mariana sanchez takes us into the jungles of that country. >> after a tip, special police marched across rivers and marshes. commander carlos sanchez led the team as they set out to find a coca lab. the shots are fired to warn the producers. most people are involved in the drug trade. just as we were arriving the traffickers fled. they left behind their bread, they left behind boots. these sacks of coca leaves the police say were about to

. >>> the lawyer for jailed al jazeera journalist, mohammed fahmy has called for canada's prime ministertervene in his case. on saturday fahmy along with baher mohamed, and peter greste were given a three-year jail term for quote spreading false news. human rights lawyer says she has had support from canadians on the ground, but she believes the government can do more to help. >>> well human rights including the freedom of expression are under attack in gambia. amnesty international saying the situation is getting worst after the government refused to address recommendations put forward by the u.n. back in march. our correspondent has the story from senegal. >> reporter: it's a song gambian radios won't put on air. ♪ >> reporter: and yet it's going viral, spreading online throughout the country. it denounces gambia's freedom of speech, arbitrary detention and rampant corruption. >> after being fed up and seeing my people not being able to speak out against police brutality, against corruption, against people going missing for no reason, not being able to speak out against the level of ha

only a partial step. >> reporter: despite his reservations greste added he is thrilled mohamed and fahmynd their families are together and will be together again soon. now back to our continuing coverage of pope francis' visit to the u.s. and this angle the roman catholic church paid a steep cost for the presex scandal to the coffers and credibility and praised and criticized of the handling of the church sex scandal and acknowledged the severity saying this, sins of clerical sexual abuse against minors have a toxic effect on faith and hope in god. back in 2014 he did meet with a group of abused victims and also created a vatican commission to investigate claims of sex abuse. erica pitsy reports on the pope's actions. >> reporter: eight months after being elected to lead a catholic church racked by scandal pope francis took his first big action on the issue of sexual abuse by the clergy, setting up a commission to advise him on how to tackle it. >> some of the members of that commission are in fact victims of abuse. so they are going to have very strong views and they are going to not be

the arrest and detention of mohamed, fahmy and greste damned egypt's reputation a proud.dent sisi's pardon has allowed him to close the case without threatening the independence of egypt's judiciary. it may not be a coincidence that they were pardoned before president sisi is due to address the united nations general assembly in new york next week but it may make mohamed familiar me who is canadian a while to get back here to toronto. it's the start of the major muslim holiday of eid and that alone could clowe his progress down. there are other al jazeera staff who were cop victory ed in absentia at the original trial one of those former core are correspondent sue has yet to be pardoned. >> we are not going to stop the free a.j. staff campaign until we are all cleared at least of this conviction in the eyes of the law. we need to be able to fly in and out of countries that have extra ditches treaties with egypt or just agreements without the fear that we may be arrested and put on a plane and send back to egypt. >> reporter: in a statement the company said they may not be

could be closer to getting a complete partnered, greste's colleagues, boa baher mohamed and mohamed fahmy were pardoned last week. >> i have met with prime minister sisi and spoken with peter greste, and passed on the news that egypt is considering a formal pardon. >> it's very encouraging to me. we have been fighting to have our names cleared for the past two years almost now. and it is great to know, or to get that kind of reassurance. >> now the story of traditionally fabrics used to clothe people for decades. disappearing from the shelves of one popular merchant. stefanie dekker explains why. >> in the area of old jerusalem city, selling fabric for generations. >> and also, the christians which is the people's shops and sometimes we do a gift for pope. >> he shows us fabric provided for the prevention pope, benedict xvi. >> you find a friend, they make friends in my store. >> reporter: we see that when we meet ronnie. >> i've been here for more than 18 years. all of us are coming here, jews muslims christians, this is jerusalem for me. and he is the prettiest face of the whole city fo

mohamed fadel fahmy, peter greste and mohammed badr were sentenced to three years in prison after a retrial found them guilty of reporting false news. >> the u.s. pat president obama visited a melting glacier to highlight the impact of global warming. obama noted how much the glacier shrunk in the past century. the u.s. national park said exit glacier has been receding by 30 meters a year. it is his most high profile campaign on climate change yet. >> now, in parts of alaska, coastal erosion is claiming homes and distrubilitying livelihoods within the community. this is a village of 400 people that is falling into the sea. libby casey visited the small hunting region. >> make sure they don't suffer. >> eskimo larry relies on the see and hand for food and his way of life. hunting most of what he eats. it's unpredictable because of the ice. and it's not safe no more. it's scary. it's real scary. >> alaska may be the last front tear, the arctic coast is the front line of climate change. it's harder for hunters, but the village is in danger. >> there's no safe place to go in western alaska. tho

mohammed badr and mohamed fadel fahmy are in gaol. peter greste was sentenced in absentia after being deported in february. >> i'm not critical of egypt. this is an egyptian ring and i wear it to remind myself that it's not egypt that put me in prison, it's a couple of judges. i'm trying to use the rings it remind egypt of why the issues matter. journalistics freedom is written into the constitution >>> after more than a year, the trial of venezuela opposition leader leopold could be drawing to a close. he is charged with inciting a movement. and could face 10 years in prison. this report from caracas. >> reporter: the controversial and delayed trial of a leading opposition figure could be coming to an end. there is no proof that the leading critic of nicolas maduro's government was the prime mover behind violence that rocked venezuela, and left 43 people dead. >> translation: this trial is how to violate due process, and the evidence shows lopez's sentence. >> reporter: accused of instigating violence, and destruction, the evidence h

a presidential pardon for al jazeera journalists mohamed fahmy and baher mohamed. the canadian and injection reporters -- and egyptian reporters, along with australian peter greste, were sent since -- month.entenced last they were convicted in june, 201 4. the case attracted global criticism and a campaign to free the journalists. human rights are groups have accused the egyptian authorities of widespread violations. despite technology the damage the trial has done to egypt's reputation, president sisi insisted on letting the judiciary do its work. the release of the two and the others comes one day before the president plans ahead to the annual u.n. summit and on the eve of eid al-adha. joins: turkey's president the russian president to open a new mosque in moscow. 'the building is the citys biggest -- the building is the mosque of its -- the biggest of its kind. reporter: a capacity of 10,000 -- moscow's newest and largest mosque, a building that cost about 150 million euros. russian president led the grand opening with -- the russian president led the grand open

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mohamed fahmy, baher mohammed has been ordered to serve three years behind bars. peter greste was sunsed after being we torted in february. >> i'm notville of all oi'm not blaming all the egypt for this. this ring reminds me that egypt didn't do. it's the judges that did it, the institution did it. i do these forums to remind egypt why it matters. >> the japanese comic books known as manga have become part of the pulling industry. now their popularity is spreading to some of the most unlikely places. we have reports from a library in dakar, senegal. >> the 11-year-old girl is hooked on this japanese manga series. it depicts the adventures of a japanese girl living in hiroshima in the 1930s befor before atomic bomb was dropped. >> i really like this book because of the adventure and the drawing, and sometimes i see myself in the character. it's just fun. >> finding manga in africa let alone senegal is near impossible. >> i put a message up on facebook saying that people could come and borrow books. there was a sudden wave of inquiry and the interest in reading cont

mohamed fahmy, baher mohammed has been sentenced to serve three years behind bars.ey're now back in jail. but peter greste was deported in february. >> i'm not critical of all of egypt. this is an egyptian ring. i wear it to remind myself that it's not egypt that put me in prison. it's a couple of judges who did it. it's their institutional flaws that did it. i'm trying to use these forums to remind egypt why these things matter. >> the indian government said it will implement an yell pension scheme for its armed forces. nearly three million ex-service men will get the same pension as south africa men of the same rank who are retiring now. veterans have been protesting for 80 days, many have been on hunger strike demanding that narendra modi fulfill a key promise of his election campai campaign. >>> a passion for japanese comics continue to grow. their popularity are spreading across the world to some of the most unlikely places. we go to a comics store in senegal. >> the series features the fictional adventures of a young japanese girl living in hiroshima in the 19

mohamed fadel fahmy, mohammed badr and peter greste from given three years. peter greste was tried to absentia after being deported. al jazeera says they were doing there were jobs as journalists. their conviction for operating without a licence is inconsistent with international human rights law. >> members of australia national press club in canberra held up crimes to express solidarity with al jazeera journalist. the club president said there was a message for the egyptian government, free aj staff. al jazeera is demanding their relief >>> investigators in the state of texas examine videos appearing to show police shooting and killing a man with his hands up. a series of fatal shootings sparked protest and scrutiny of police tactics. >> u.s. law enforcement had a very bad year. and this latest video could be inflammatory. gilbert puts his hand up, and is shot. we won't show the moment of his death, which was filmed by a passerby in a car. what we don't see is everything else that happened before that moment. >> two deputies attempted to arrest the individu

the 3-year prison sentence handed down to mohamed fadel fahmy, peter greste and mohammed badr, and another six al jazeera journalists convicted in absentia. it was another twist. repeated postponements, charges

. >> jailed journalists mohamed fahmy and baher mohamed are pardoned in egypt.

peter greste, mohamed fadel fahmy and mohammed badr from given three years in prison. peter greste, an australian, was deported in february and tried if absentia. mohammed received an ya six months for having a used bullet casing. al jazeera says they were doing their jobs as journalists. 12,000 troops are preparing to march through beijing on thursd thursday. while it is an event of the past china's maybes are likely to see it as a look at the future. the government can still rely on the military to do as it is told. most of the soldiers are there for pomp and ceremony. pressed into service for the first military parade since xi jinping came to power. soldiers selected for us to interview were on message. careful to play down the tensions today with the country many chinese still regard as the enemy. >> to remember, it is not to keep passing on the hate red. it's to learn the lessons to create a better future. troops from 12 countries, including russia will participate. and have been rehearsing that the capital. this parade is about more than the pasts. it will show c

. >> reporter: lawyer called for the prime minister to intervene in his case and fahmy with mohamed andreste were given a prison sentence a charge they and al jazeera rejects and human rights lawyer says she has had support from canadians on the ground but says the government can do more to help. two british journalists and their iraqi producer working for vice news charged by a turkish judge with being members of i.s.i.l. and they were arrested on the 29th and have been filming fighting between security forces and east member of the pro-kurdish pkk and all three will stand trial and kept in jail until then. the united nations has confirmed i.s.i.l. has destroyed another significant ruin in the ancient city of palmyra. now this is what the temple of bell looked like earlier in the week but the u.n. has now released these satellite images taken on monday showing what is left. earlier in august i.s.i.l. bombed this temple on the site. a second ukrainian policeman died from injuries he suffered during fighting outside parliament on monday. the pictures show a suspect hurling a grenade that

a lawyer for the jailed al jazeera journalists mohamed fahmy called for canada's prime minister to inveinse and on saturday with mohamed and greste was given a three-year jail term and he says he has had support from canadians on the ground but believes the government can do more to help. >> this is the time when it's no longer in the hands of the courts. it is in the hands of the executive branch and the government has previously said we will pardon and we will deport into the canadian ambassador and i are attending meetings to say please follow through, now is the time to act. >> reporter: after two major air disasters in 2014 malaysia is restructuring to the reformation of a new company will help turn the airline around and wayne hay reports from kuala lumpur. >> reporter: this was a very low key affair and a corporate change of name to malaysia airlines private, the old company, malaysia airline system was technically bankrupt. so a brand-new company under a new chief executive but to the consumer at the moment the carrier remains malaysia airlines even though a rebranding exercise is

bahar mohamed and mohamed fahmy were given three years in prison after a retrial.alian peter greste was deport ed in february and was ride in absentia. al jazerra says they were simply doing their jobs as journalists of the u.n. david kay describe their conviction for trait prating without a license is inconsistent with international human rights law. >>> members of australia's national press club have held a rally to express solidary with the al jazerra journalists. the club's president says there is one simple message, free aj staff. al jazerra is demanding their immediate release. >>> investigators in the u.s. state of texas are examining videos that appear to show police shooting and killing a man with his hands up. a series of fatal police shootings in the last year sparked protests and increased scrutiny of police tactics. >> reporter: u.s. law enforcement has had a very bad year. and this latest video could be inning flam torre. gilbert flores puts his happen up and is shot. we won't show the moment of his death which was filmed by a passerby in a car. but w

the 3-year prison sentence facili pa handed down to mohamed fadel fahmy, peter greste and mohammed badrand another six al jazeera journalists convicted in absentia. it was another twist. repeated postponements, charges that defy ef

has made a formal request to president sisi to grant amnesty, a part of the case that mohamed and fahmy last week and two more work for al jazeera arabic and peter greste and dominick cane work for al jazeera english at the time of their convictions and three are egyptian and cannot return for fear of arrest to their country and they and al jazeera deny all allegations against them. >> we are very grateful to president sisi in pardon ending our colleagues. this is the thing that has been really worrying us all up until this point and fantastic to see them as free men. this was in pardon ending these guys, president sisi and his i think acknowledged there was an error, there was a mistake that was made here and that he has moved towards readdressing that but this is just a step. what he has to do from here on is to pardon the rest of us as he has promised and what i wanted to say to you today is i have formally began that application process by writing to president sisi by submitting our application and lodging our application in through the court. >> reporter: the head of a u.s. family

fahmy and mohamed were jailed on saturday while greste was sentenced in absentia. >>> ukraine's presidentibute to soldiers killed in a grenade explosion outside parliament as two more servicemen died from their injuries. president poroshenko has defended the constitutional reforms and condemned the violence, abdel hamid reports from kiev. >> reporter: a day after details went wrong at the protests in front of the parliament building are still emerging. a grenade and several petrol bombs were lobbed at police by demonstrators. mainly from far right groups. three died and more than 100 injured. the ward in this hospital at kiev is filled with anger. >> translator: we were surprised. we thought the most that would happen is some pushing around and shouting. it's shock this is happens in a peaceful city. it was organized for sure. >> reporter: it happened as ukraine's parliament was voting on measures giving greater autonomy to the east. the focus of a separatist movement. for president petro poroshenko, they were preplanned. >> unfortunately, we provide the constitutional changes in the elec

they are part of the same case that saw mohamed fadel fahmy and mohammed badr walk free. two work for al jazeera arabic, and al jazeera english at the time of convictions. >> we are grateful for abdul fatah al-sisi taking an important step in pardoning our colleagues. this is a theme that worried us all. it's fantastic to see them free men. this was, in pardoning these guys, president abdul fatah al-sisi has, i think, acknowledged that there was an error, a mistake that was made here. and he has moved towards redressing that. this is it just a step. what he has to do from here on is to pardon the rest of us as he has promised. what i wanted to say to you is i have formally began that process by writing to president abdul fatah al-sisi, by submitting the application, lodging it into the court. >> three of the group are egyptian, and have been able to return to their home country for here of arrest. they all deny allegations against them >>> volkswagen plans to refit up to 11 million vehicles following the emissions scandal. fixing the vehicles with illegal software, and it

. >> al jazeera america >> jailed al jazeera journalists mohamed fahmy, baher mohammed are pardoned in egypt. >> this whole nightmare is over. the whole nightmare is over. we can live like normal people and go back home, enjoy my life and that's it. that's it. ♪ >> hello there, i'm barbara serra. you're watching al jazeera live from london. e.u. leaders pledge an extra billion dollars for the refugee crisis as refugees

. >> members of the press sof for al jazeera mohamed fahmy, baher mohammed and peter greste were givenhree years sentence. al jazeera is demanding for their immediate release. >>> already, still to come on the program. >> how hollywood may have softened the blow when it comes to concussion. one of the biggest issues in american theater. >> hello again. let's go to sport now with rob robin. >> felicity. good to see you. thank you very much. we'll go to flushing meadows where serena williams to reach the third round of the u.s. open. it was a tougher than expected assignment for the 33-year-old. a dutch opponent making her work for her first set win. five more victories and she'll achieve a calendar year grand slam. >>> the south africa's rugby club spring springboks has given permission to pack its bag. it was claimed that it was not fulfilling its obligation under the government transsignificance policies. >> there may have been the feeling among white people that rugby is the last institution in our society where they can express themselves it is definitely a jealous guarding of rugby

the case saw mohamed fahmy, baher mohammed walk free last week. three of the group are egyptian and have been unable to return to their home country in fear of arrest. they deny all allegations against them. >> this was an president el-sisi has acknowledged that there was a mistake made here, and he has moved towards redressing that. but this is just a step. what he has to do from here on is to pardon the rest of us as he has promised. what i wanted to say to you today is what i've formerly began that application process by writing to president el-sisi by submitting the application through the court. >> germany is imposing tougher conditions for migrants for countries in the balkans. there was a record search in numbers of refugees. albania, kosovo and montenegro are now on the list of safe origin countries. people from those countries can be deported more quickly. >>> the government suspects a third of all asylum seekers pretending to be from syria to increase their chances of staying. >> this is the end of a long and hostile journey, and health

egypt has pardoned dozens of prisoners, including al jazeera journalist baher mohammed and mohamed fahmy. that is according to egypt's presidential spokesman, quoted in the official news site. dozens of other act visits have been released as a pardon marking the holiday. none of the seven al jazeera journalists sentenced in absentia have been pardoned. greste has been reds. they were given sentences ranging from three years to 10 years. the al jazeera network continues to demand all charges and sentences against its journalists of dropped. i wanted to fit in that breaking news. we will have more on developments on that story out of egypt as we get them. pardon me. >> wonderful news. >> it is good news for those journalists that have been in jail in egypt. let's get back to our top story here. we are looking at a view of the white house and the south portico door where the president will exit to meet the pope. i think we're less than a minute away from the motorcade arriving. you can see a huge crowd gathered on the south lawn. what can you tell me about the welcoming committee and who wi

and fahmy, he is suing the network for negligence, but that's for another day: we're happy that they're free. >> thank you, and up next on aljazeera america, doing business with china. what that country's president had to say to american business leaders. ♪ and the happy birthday copyright. why the song is no longer protected >> one that included a $38 billion deal from best thing for 3800 aircraft. and president xi jinping sat down with business leaders. allen schauffler is joining us from seattle. and good evening to you. >> good evening, and interesting developments here. and really, the first big business deal to be announced in conjunction with the chinese lead or the west coast. he started out this morning, addressing a roundtable of very prominent american and chinese tech leaders, and then he jumped into his enormous motorcade that seemed to stretch for miles, and made a 20-mile trip from seattle to everett to a boeing manufacturing plant. and as he was on the way there, the information broke via the chinese news agency and was confirmed by boeing officials about this enormous d