and of course, exactly the same can be said for his team fahmy and mohamed. by mid january much of the media was demanding the the release of the three. and in the u.s., the u.k., and elsewhere respected journalists all came out to say that the treatment of al jazeera employees was a threat to the entire journalistic community trying to report from egypt the trial failed to come up with anything against the three men which could even vaguely have been said to incriminate them. a video of sheep herding some of greste's work in kenya, footage from a different channel entirely were found on their laptops. >> today the session presented video evidence, and we found that the videos have no criminal indictment whatsoever to all detainees. they eventually adjourned adjourned. >> the families -- depurate here. desperate here. >> it still remains. it is just an awful awful nightmare. >> it was a farce no witnesses appear many the trial. in the first place, there isn't a single piece of evidence against them. >> while the recruiting president denounced support. >> the

in cairo accepted an appeal from their lawyers, but it's unclear when peter greste, mohamed fadel fahmy and baher mohamed will be back in court. al jazeera says the original trial was flawed and continues to demand their immediate release. >>> now, here is a reminder of the case - the three were arrested in cairo on december 29th, 2013. after a trial they were sentenced in june. peter and mohammed to 7 years in gaol. badr given 10 years. the trial was condemned around the world. in october the authorities in cairo announced a judicial review, the hearing on jan the 1st. earlier this week vigils were held to mark one year since their arrest. we have more. >> reporter: they never saw a minute of freedom in 2014. with the start of a new year they remain imprisoned. despite an appeals court in cairo granting a retrial, peter greste, mohamed fadel fahmy and baher mohamed are still behind bars. the judge in thursday's session said it was not in his power to grant bail. >> translation: we welcome the court's decision to accept the appeal of our journalists. at the same time we demand that they

former bbc correspondent peter greste mohamed fahmy, and baher mohamed. they all deny collaborating with the banned muslim brotherhood and say they were simply reporting the news. the brother of mohamed fahmy says that this latest move by the court doesn't go far enough. >> i'm disappointed because i was expecting something better today. yes, a retrial, but i was expecting with that a release today. we were really hoping for that. we want them to come home with us today. >> the three journalists were sentenced to between seven and ten years in prison. they've now spent a year in jail. with no bail granted, it means they will stay in custody until their new trial, which defense lawyers say could take place within the month. this high-profile case has led to an international campaign driven by fellow journalists, colleagues, and friends of the three on social media and elsewhere calling for their release. our correspondent is outside court in cairo. >> reporter: in a very short session, a retrial has been ordered for the three journalists. no dates have bee

two of our colleagues, mohamed fadel fahmy, and peter greste are petitioning shap egyptian authorities based on a degrease to allow prisoners to deported. >> it acknowledges that the first trial was flawed. >> reporter: from australia, the brother of gaoled al jazeera journalist peter greste reacting to news of a retrial. in egypt the family says it's not good enough. >> i was expecting every trial. with that i expect a release. >> it's hard to see a loved one in prison behind bars for doing their job. >> the journalist, peter greste, egyptian mohamed fadel fahmy, and baher mohamed have been behind bars for 370 days. an egyptian court convicted them of spreading news and supporting the outlawed muslim brotherhood. al jazeera called it absurd and demanded their release. the greste family is hoping the egypt president will use powers to set people free. >> the president caught numerous comments that he wished they'd been deported if he was in power. action. >> pressure is mounting against the egyptian government of the the u.s. and u.k. is calling for the journalists to be freed. press f

bahar mohamed, peter get earth mohamed fahmy. in washington i am ray suarez.eals court orders a retrial in the case of three jailed al jazerra journalists. ♪ ♪ >>> hello i am martin dennis with the world news from al jazerra. also do come. a stampede at a new year's celebration in shaming high. 35 people are reported dead. north korea's leader kim jong un says he's open to talks with south so*ugt korea. celebrations around the world as 2015

fahmy and mr.and so on are acquitted that that may have not entirely be because of judicial independence, but it may be because the government has reached an accommodation with the government of qatar which of course, from where al jazerra broadcasts. and another broadcasting station, which has no connection with al jazerra but which is pro islamic has been closed down. >> all right. we need to leave it there. jeffrey robertson -- >> there will be suggestions -- >> we need to leave it there for now. >> it's now polight comply palatable. >> but we'll wait and see. >> indeed we will and we'll keep you, of course across all the developments coming out of could i ho today here at al jazerra. but jeffrey robertson thank you very much indeed. >>> now, we'll move onto some other news and it's been a tragic start to 2015 in china where at least 35 people died in a stampede. >> reporter: a night of revel are you quickly turned chaotic this is the scene of what started out as a new year's celebration, instea

that was encouraging for greste and fahmy who hold egypt and canadian citizenship and wants the situationt as soon as possible but so far those words have not been followed up with action. >> the 25th of january there was a lot of talk around the possibility of the guys being pardoned as yet there has been no news of that and egypt is going to a seven-day period of mourning for the saudi king and that announcement is put on hold. >> reporter: parents returned from cairo where they visited him several times. >> the last time we saw him wasn't the best day but becausen his worst and you know he has had a few grim days but everybody does and of course perhaps a few more in prison. but he is holding up okay. and, you know he does everything he possibly can to maintain his i was going to say synergy. >> reporter: another media conference where the family of peter greste were unable to deliver any good news and once again they hope the next one will be different. wayne with al jazeera, brisbon. >>> the government in the central african republic rejected a ceasefire deal signed by rebel fighters

that was encouraging for greste and mohammed fahmy.resident says he wants the situation sorted out as soon as possible. >> the 25th of january there was quite a lot of talk around the possibility of the guys being pardoned. as yet there's been no news of that, and -- and the -- you know the -- egypt is going to a seven-day period of mourning for the saudi king so that sort of -- that announcement we understand is being put on hold. >> reporter: peter greste's parents just returned from cairo where they visited him several times. >> the last time we saw him, wasn't his best day, but it wasn't his worse. he has had a few grim days but everybody does and -- and of course that would happen if you are in prison but he is holding up okay. and, you know, he's -- he's -- does everything he possibly can to maintain his -- i was going to say sanity. >> reporter: this was yet another media conference where the family of peter greste were unable to deliver any good news. and once again they hope the next one will be different. >>> just a reminder

called into question when the evidence they produced was: in june, greste and baher mohamed -- mohammed fahmye sentenced to seven years in prison, and baher mohamed was sentenced to an additional three years for having a spent bull it will casing in his procession. human rights and press freedom advocates say the move is mart of a wider crackdown on free speech. and part of a major effort by the egyptian authorities to silence decent. this year egypt has been named among the worst for its crack down on professionals. joining us from doha is a correspondent who was held without charge in an egyptian prison for ten months. he was released in june of 2014. also with us a non-resident fellow for the brookings institution center for middle east policy, and an associate fellow at the royal united states institute in london. thank you two for being here. abdullah, you spent more than 10 months in an egyptian prison. here in america we expect detainees to have basic human rights. describe for us the circumstances you experienced in the egyptian prison. >> i think egyptian prisons are an experience th

that is how long peter greste and his colleagues mohamed fadel fahmy and baher mohamed have been behind bars in egypt. their only crime is to report. on january 1st egypt announced a retrial but no date has been sediment andrew greste says the egypt government should deport his brother. >> immediately after the announcement into a retrial was ordered peter submitted an application to the - to have - to get him deported. under the guise of the a presidential decree announced in november. we see it as an opportunity for the president to exercise his powers upped the decree and deport peter. now that he's an accused person going from being an convicted to an accused person. we are hopeful that egyptian authorities will consider this in a timely manner and come to a decision that sees peter deported and will benefit all parties. >>> mohamed fadel fahmy's brother recently said deportation documents have been signed and lawyers and government officials are figuring out what will happen when he arrives in canada. an expert on egypt's legal affairs says it's not just legal issues keeping the th

and the same could be said of his team mohammed fahmy, and baher mohamed.y january much of the international media was demanding the release of the three, as well the hashtag free aj staff went viral, and journalists protests saying the treatment of the al jazeera employees was a threat to the entire journalistic community trying to report from egypt. >>> the trial failed to come up with anything against the three men, which could even vaguely have been said to have incriminate them. a video of sheep herding, some of greste's work in kenya, footage from a different channel entirely were found on that laptops. eventually in june the men were convicted and jailed. >>> all right. we're jumping into that report to go to a press conference being given now in brisbane australia, by peter greste's brothers mike and andrew. let's listen to what they are saying. >> yesterday peter and his colleagues had their appeal heard in the court of casation we view this as a positive. the decision is also an acknowledgment that the first court trial was flawed. following instr

this was the message which appeared on mohamed fahmy's site. says, a retrial is a milestone toward victory in our free press battle. our spirits are bulletproof. we'll keep across that story, of course, here on "bbc world news" and on the website, bbc.com/news. >>> let's catch up on other stories. people in shanghai have been placing flowers at the site where new year celebrations turned to tragedy. as 36 people were killed in a stampede, another 40 or so were injured. the crush happened in shanghai's historic river front area known as the bund. this report from the bbc's john sudworth in shanghai. >> reporter: because of safety concerns, this year, shanghai's celebrations were meant to be smaller in scale, but photos show a major public order disaster unfolding. the stampede reportedly caused by someone throwing paper money from a window. the injured were taken to a number of hospitals where relatives faced a distressing wait for news. >> translator: i just want to know what's going on inside the hospital. many relatives had asked to go inside

. -- for australian peter greste, mohamed fadel fahmy and baher mohamed. it denied them bail. outside the courthouse the supporters expressed disappointment. >> it's hard to see your loved one in prison behind bars for doing his job. i hope that - i believe there is a misunderstanding and it needs to be corrected. >> i was expecting yes, every trial, but i expected with that a release today. >> the free peter peter greste page posted a message by australia: peter greste was a correspondent in cairo for two weeks when arrested. the first trial was most unfair and unjust. there's nothing that can be guaranteed, even for a retrial. the three journalists were sentenced 7 to 10 years in prison. they are accused of supporting the now banned muslim brotherhood. an attorney for mohamed fadel fahmy said on thursday there's no connection. they assume if you work for al jazeera, you are a member it is not true. >> reporter: the journalists imprisonment sparked an outcry and on social media where the # free aj staff has gone wild. they said: press rights groups are re

peter greste and mohamed fahmy have requested they be deported from egypt. >>> myanmar has celebrated its 67th anniversary of independence from burma. first such event since the military coup of 1962. >>> pakistani city of peshawar, many people there are hoping for a better future. as mohammad adow reports. >> it hasn't rained this winter in most of pakistan. and the sting of a harsh season is already felt here in the north. especially amongst the poor of peshawar. >> i really hope 2015 will be a peaceful year and my business will prosper as you everything is linked with peace. there will be no economic activity and no business which will affect our livelihood. >> reporter: product is in high demand, he makes ghour a cake made from raise sugar. for years peshawar suffered from lack of natural gas. >> definitely in 2015 we will achieve all of our targets because if we go the last one decade we are facing the problems of the security and the second is the electro-city and then with gas. if we make all this main sector good for the atmosphere of this industrial and business community, th

butn't to, peter greste, mohamed fahmy, and baher mohamed remain behind bars. the families of greste and fahmy asked them to deport them into their home countries. the new trial could get underway within a month. andrew greste, brother of peter greste joins us now, i first want to get your reaction to the news, how did the family react obviously we were a little bit surprised at the state of yesterday's desis. but overall, we're -- we think it is a step in the right direction to seek justice. >> it's a move that acknowledges that the first trial was flawed, and we see it as an opportunity now for the president to step in, and will be making application to -- to have peter deported under the president as decree that was announced in november. >> there's been a lot of talk about that presidential decree that the president said he wish they had been deported is that something you are hoping will happen? do you think there is a lot of hope, that the journalists may be released soon? >> well, that's right we think now is an opportunity for that to happen. the presid

peter greste, mohammed fahmy and baher mohammed have marked one year since the arrests. there were sentenced to seven-10 years in prison back in june. follow the shutdown of -- this follows the shutdown of al jazeera's egyptian operation last week. >> with al jazeera going to be shut down in egypt, it is also a significant milestone in the case. it has removed the political aspect of why peter was arrested. >> the jailing of the three journalists sparked international outrage and raised concerns over human rights violations. the defendants have consistently maintained innocence and denied it links to the muslim brotherhood. >> earlier i spoke to our correspondent in cairo. he gave us the latest reaction to the news of the retrial. >> the canadian-egyptian dual nationals were pleased that the retrial was accepted but disappointed that there was not granted. -- bail was not granted. they must wait until the judge was signed for the retrial. canadian and australian embassy officials were also present at the hearing. the canadian ambassador told me that they had serious conc

and of course exactly the same could be said for his team team -- mohammed fahmy and baher mohamed. hashtag freeajstaff went viral, and in the u.s. and elsewhere journalists came out to state was a threat to the entire journalistic community trying to report from egypt. the trial failed to come up with anything against the three men which could even vaguely been said to incriminate them. video of video sheep herding. >> translator: today the session presented individual individualindividual -- video evidence. >> reporter: eventually in june and to the fury of much of the world, the men were convicted and jailed. for the men's families it was the lowest point of a desperate year. >> it still reminds in my memory as just an awful, awful nightmare. >> it was a farce. no witnesses appeared in the trial. i wonder how they were indicted and then sentenced in the first place. there isn't a single piece of evidence against them. >> reporter: world leaders including president obama denounced the ruling. >> we have been clear both publicly and privately that they should be released. >> report

lawyers for mohamed fadel fahmy and peter greste filed a request for them to be deported from egypt >>> tradeunions shut down 75% of coal mines, calling a five day nationwide strike in protest of what they believe is the government opening up the market to private companies. we have this report. >> it's the biggest industrial action india has seen in 40 years. leading trade unions calling a strike against coal india, a state-owned country producing 80% of the country's coal. workers protesting against companies. >> translation: we are protesting the privatisation of the selling of coal. the government wants to wash away the existence of the workers. >> reporter: coal could be hit after workers walked out, and it may affect power plants which are already seeing fuel shortages. >> cole india sent extra supplies. if it drags on some parts of the country could face power cuts. they are warning that the strike could cost $50,000 a day. the company and transport and thermal power will come to a halt. the common man faces a shortage of electricity and there'll be more problems. >> reporter:

mohamed fahmy and peter greste were arrested on the 29th of desks 2013.hey were falsely accused of aiding the outlawed muslim brotherhood and damaging egypt's reputation abroad. they were convicted in june. they were sentenced to seven years in jail, bahar to ten years because he had a spent bull that he picked up. their detention and convictions sparked protests and condemn face around the world. they never saw a minute of freedom the 2014, and with the start of a new year they remain imprisoned. despite an appeals court granted a retrial peter greste, and fahmy are still behind bars. we luck the court's decision to accept the appeal. but at the same time, we demand that they are immediately released. they are unjustify imprisoned, everything is politicized, their arrests and the verdict against them were also politicized. >> the arrests of the three staff in december 29th 2013, were initially assumed to be a short term then. a mix up. but as time passed it became more and more apparent, that the authorities under the new government had other intentions.

to demand the immediate release of journalists in prison in egypt for more than a year greste and fahmy mohamed were wrongly convicted of broadcasting false news and helping the out lawed muslim brotherhood which is denied and on thursday they ordered a retrial that could begin within a month and lawyers for greste and fahmy have fired requests for them to be deported from egypt. much more still to come here on al jazeera including anger in response to a school attack that left 148 dead and said to decide to try suspects in military courts plus exhibition of everyday objects transformed for tools for protest and social change. ♪ ♪ let's take a look at the top stories on al jazeera, to saudi personnel have been killed on the country's border with iraq and happened in a border patrol area near irar and police say one of the two attackers detonated a suicide vest. syrian government forces have launched more air strikes and shelling east of the capitol damascus. people in rebel held areas trying to establish a homemade air defense system to protect themselves. and syrians hoping to enter le

. >> reporter: jailed for doing their jobs still behind bars but for mohamed fahmy, peter greste, and baher mohamed, at least some hope. these pictures are from an earlier hearing. the three al jazeera journalists weren't in court yesterday. but with their original trial now ruled invalid, a retrial is expected to start in a month's time. that's the earliest they could be granted bail. but peter greste's family are hoping new laws in an egyptian presidential decree could see him home in australia sooner. >> we view this decision as a positive step in the legal process, one step closer to justice being served. following instruction from peter and the family peter's egyptian lawyer lodged an application with the egyptian attorney general's office to have peter deported. pursuant to a presidential decree that was issued in november. now that peter is an accused person, we will be making an attempt to this application seeking his deportation. >> reporter: producer mohamed fahmy tweeted from hospital where he's being treated for an old injury that this was a milestone towards victory. outs

peter greste mohamed fahmy, and baher mohamed were all arrested in december of 2013. they were then convicted in june of aiding the banned muslim brotherhood. that's a charge which they have all denied. with me the president was talking only a month or two ago about a pardon. does there need to be a retrial? >> well let's start with what is a retrial in the egyptian judicial system? actually, a retrial means that the judiciary saw a kind of procedural glitch from the prosecution to the trial or during the trial itself and this is why they ordered a retrial. in case of bail these people would have been convicted, it would go down in the records as a crime that was pardoned by the president, by whichever procedure. but a retrial might lead to acquittal or at least saying that they shouldn't have been tried in the first place. this is exactly what happened in mubarak's case. there was a conviction a retrial, and he shouldn't have been tried in the first place. so this is something very unique to the egyptian judicial system but it might lead to a total and complete clean

. >>> canada's foreign minister has pressed for the release of al jazeera journalist mohammed fahmy atng with his egyptian counterpart in cairo. the nationalist spent more than a year in prison in egypt. imran khan reports. >> reporter: political pressure builds on the egyptian government as canada's foreign minister visits cairo. canada has come under criticism for not doing enough to pursue mohammed fahmy's case who holds canadian citizenship. >> by meeting directly with the minister, and engaging in constructive dialogue we will successfully resolve this issue. >> reporter: so far the ordeal has lasted more than a year. the strain it has placed on his families is clear. the wife of baher mohamed says the lack of clarity and information is a big worry. >> translator: yes, indeed we are frustrated. the court said nothing about when the coming hearing will take place. no practical steps have been taken to release my husband and the other journalists, nothing has been settled. they only have accepted his appeal and that was it. >> reporter: on january 1st, egypt's appeals court ordered

mohamed fadel fahmy spent more than a year behind bars. last week an egyptian court ordered a retrial. in the "new york times", mohamed fadel fahmy said the journalists are caught in a political dispute between egypt and qatar - which funds the network. mohamed fadel fahmy, a canadian citizen wrote: canada's foreign minister says he's working to secure his release. >> we were pleased he was granted an appeal. we have been working closely at senior levels within the egyptian government. when we have further news to announce we will. obviously this you know protecting canadians protecting freedom of expression for journalists speaks well to the issue we are speaking about today. >> the men spent 374 days in gaol. aiding the muslim brotherhood, allegations which they and al jazeera deny. >> the price of u.s. crude oil falls below 48 a barrel. collapsing crude prices made it a rough day on wall street. the do you was down 130 points. american workers started to feel the pinch. u.s. steel said it will lay off 800 workers due to lower demand for

. >> al jazeera continues to demand release of our colleagues, peter greste, mohamed fahmy and baher mohamed. in prison for over 370 days. l this remain in jail in cairo. >>> over the past few days, malcolm webb met the family of one man who died in the capital cin shas ah. kinshahasa. >> thousands have been demonstrating here in congo's capital kinshasa. watching police arresting protesters from this upstairs window. >> translator: we heard boom. we both went down. and i got up but he didn't. i tried to wake him. then i saw he was injured in the neck poop lot of blood was coming out of the wound. >> reporter: he died here on the floor. luke thinks the shot must be aimed at mumba. here at the high court the government says police arrested more than 300 mostly young men who will be tried here in the coming days and says prosecutors will seek the harshest possible punishment. this man says he's innocent, didn't do anything. then lawyers arrive and the first trial begins. the first suspects are charged with looting. the political opposition who called for the protest call for arrests an

he was wrongly accused along with other two al jazeera journalists, mohammed fahmy, and baher mohamedking with the outlawed muslim brotherhood. wayne haye reports from brisbane. >> reporter: by now they thought they wouldn't have to be doing this. the family of peter greste spoke to media in brisbane australia, to talk about their son and bother still locked up in cairo egypt. >> it has been a long time of anxiety and stress largely because we feel very sad that in fact we have come home empty handed. >> reporter: peter greste mohammed fahmy, and baher mohamed were arrested in cairo, on december 29th, 2013. in a trial widely dismissed as a farce, they were sentenced to between seven and ten years in prison for aiding the outlawed muslim brotherhood. at the start of this month, a court in cairo ordered a retrial in the case of the al jazeera three. the convictions were set aside, providing some hope that the president of egypt can now intervene. last year he issued a presidential decree that would allow for foreigners to be deported to face trial or serve time in their home countries.

egypt's top court doered a retrial for peter greste baher mohamed, and mohammed fahmy.t also denied them bail. outside the courthouse their supporters expressed disappointment. >> it's hard to -- to see your loved one in prison behind bars for just doing his job. i hope that -- i believe that it is a misunderstanding and it needs to be corrected. >> i was expecting, yes, a retrial, but i was expecting with that a release today. >> figures from 2011 show -- >> reporter: greta was a veteran correspondent. >> the first trial was most unfair and -- and unjust and there is nothing that can be guaranteed about even for a retrial. >> reporter: the three journalists were sentenced to seven to ten years in prison. they are accused of supporting the now banned muslim brotherhood. but an attorney for mohammed fahmy said there is no connection. >> if you work for al jazeera although matticly you are a member of the muslim brotherhood. that is not true and it is illegal. >> reporter: the imprisonment has sparked an international out outcry. on thursday the united kingdom's said: >>

from egypt where peter has been in prison 398 days and wrongly accused with two other journalists fahmy mohamed of colluding with the out lawed muslim brotherhood. >> by now they thought they would not have to do this and spoke in australia to talk about the son and brother still locked up in cairo, egypt. >> it has been a long time of anxiety largely because we feel very sad that, in fact, we come home empty handed. >> reporter: greste and fahmy and mohamed arrested in cairo on december 29 2013. in a trial widely dismissed as an farse sentenced between 7-10 years in prison for aiding the outlawed muslim brotherhood. at the start of this month a court in cairo ordered retrail in the case of the al jazeera three and convictions were set aside providing some hope that the president of egypt, sisi can now intervene. last year he issued a presidential decree that would allow for foreigners to be deported to either face trial or serve time in their home countries, that was encouraging for greste and mohamed fahmy who holds egypt and canadian citizenship and he wants the situation sorted out

mohamed fahmy, bader mohammed, and peter greste were wrongly convicted of broadcasting false news and hoping the outlawed muslim brotherhood. allegations which they and al jazeera deny. on thursday an appeals court in cairo ordered a retrial that could begin within a month. lawyers for peter greste and mohammed fahmy have filed deportment from egypt. >>> rescue teams have pulled 38 people from the rubble, recovery operations are ongoing. police suspect criminal negligence in the construction of the building. >>> 62 indonesian airlines were placed on an aviation blacklist just two weeks before the airasia crash. in search of the wreckage and black box the country's search and rescue agency said it is battling strong under-water currents. 37 bodies have been recovered so far. >>> the country's search and rescue agency chief said talking to the media--was talking to the media in in a news conference. >> the problem we have now is locating the black box. we have deployed five vessels to find the ping signal of the black box but up until now we haven't found it. >> gunmen shot and wounded

peter greste, mohamed fahmy and baher mohamed were wrongly accused of helping the muslim brotherhood. alpeter greste and mohamed fahmy have filed requests for them to be deported. >>> pristine waters and sandy beaches but now overrun by environmental pollution. >> this beach was famous for its beauty. villagers called it the copa cabana of senegal. some of the neighborhood are trying the clean the shoreline but they can't stop this. which started off as a slow trickle of domestic sewage has turned into a steady stream of industrial waste. slaughterhouses canneries and chemical companies use this beach as their dumping ground. when she realized that it was making the children in her neighborhood sick. >> they constantly suffer from diarrhea and respiratory problems. we constantly have to take them to the doctor. >> the tests ar stownding. tests astounding. it contains high levels of mercury and cadmium. this water is not just polluted, it's poisonous. billions of liters of it continue to be discharged into the ocean. this level of pollution is illegal yet none of the factory owners hav

lawyers for peter greste, mohamed fahmy have filed requests for them to be deported from egypt . the world health organization says the death toll from the ebola virus has now risen to 8153 people but in plieb the worstliberia, theworst infected region has sloan in reengtd recent weeks. schools will open in february after being shuttered for eight months because of the virus. >>> rescue teams have pulled 38 people from the rubble and recovery operations are ongoing. police suspect criminal negligence in the construction of the building. >>> meanwhile a nationwide teacher strike in kenya can affect millions of students. teachers say they want more money but negotiations with the government have been unsuccessful. haru matassasa reports. >> gabrielle and her sister spent the first day at home. an inconvenience for the 7-year-olds who wants to learn. >> i'll tell the teacher teach them, i want to go back to school and you teach us very well. and don't strike again. >> reporter: but a nationwide teacher strike means many classrooms are empty. some parents brought their children to th

peter greste, mohamed fadel fahmy and baher mohamed were wrongly convicted of broadcasting false news and helping the muslim brotherhood, which they and al jazeera deny. on thursday an appeals court ordered a retrial ta could begin within a month. lawyers for peter greste and mohamed fadel fahmy filed requests for them to be deported from egypt >>> the crew of a cement ship missing after it capsized off the north coast - four life boats at the scene. no distress call was heard from the ship. seven of the crew are polish the other missing man is from the philippines. >>> cooler weather conditions in south australia are helping firefighters to contain massive bushfires. 12 homes in the adelaide hills have been destroyed by fire and another 20 lost. hot and windy conditions fanning the flames since friday eased. in neighbouring victoria rain held firefighters bring a bushfire under control. north korea reacted angrily to new sanctions in the united states. president obama authorised expansions over the hacking of the film company. the decision is hostile and oppressive. pyongyang denied

lawyers from mohamed fadel fahmy and peter greste hope applied for them to be extradited. they are hopeful it will happen this week. >> can't give it a date on this side, but we are engaged with the egyptian government at the highest lels. >> ahead on al jazeera, technology makers reveal gadgets could put more of your personal data online >>> and in sport. a team that claimed victory in the n ba at the last second. >>> welcome back growing up in rural guatemala, means a lifetime of violence. but in one up to anything is possible. al jazeera's david mercer has more. [ ♪♪ ] >> reporter: though her hand are small and her feet do not reach the pedals. she plays the piano like a virtue oweso. every saturday morning she practices. when you hands are on the piece she travels to a different place. place. >> translation: i listen to music. a tune will come to me and ask why am iling to music. i -- i risening to music -- listening to music, is i said "i lo music. >> a year ago she started pionno. dozens of young people from the communities opt for free classes. this year her potenti

peter greste, boax baher mohamed and mohamed fahmy were convicted.egal procedures were followed during that trial the three journalists have spent more than a year in prison. al jazeera denies the charges and continues to demand their release. >>> here in new york hundreds of thousands of people are outside braving the cold just a few blocks from our studios. right now they are crammed into times square where the new year's ball will drop in less than four hours and our lucky john terret is out there with them. >> good evening paul from times square and hello from me and a million of new best friends. i'm going to stand aside immediately and frank our cameraman will show you a band that is entertaining the crowd here. including also florida-georgia lined very popular country band and taylor swift the country crossover artist, she's here, those who have been waiting 14 hours just to see her. frank if you can pan down to the revelers, you can see them packing in here tightly. many have been here since 8:00 this morning. the remarkable thing is they can

lawyers for peter greste and mohamed fahmy have requested that they be deported from egypt. >>> 15 newleaders of the roman catholic church. pope francis has chosen cardinals eligible to vote for the pope's successor. >>> former greek prime minister george papandreiou who was prime minister when the euro crisis began wants to reform the old corrupt political system that cause ed the crisis. >>> one of the most notorious greek criminals has been captured. >>> now from the crash of virgin galactic's test craft to the first landing of a spacecraft on a comet 2014 was a huge year and 2015 promises to be the same. tarek bazeley has the story. >> within 10,000 kilometers of its surface giving us an unparalleled view of the world we know little about. >> pluto whether or not we call i.t. a planet, will be visited by a spacecraft. mind boggling, furthest solar body from ours. that's mind boggling. >> lying between orbits of mars and jupiter let's hope both will learned evidence to the creation of the solar system. larger than the coffee cup are currently in orbit around the earth. the european

peter greste, mohamed fahmy and baher mohamed were wrongly accused of helping the muslim brotherhood, charges they deny. an appeals court has ordered a retrial will could begin in less than a month. >>> police trying to disperse protesters after friday prayers in geza and cairo. calling for the deposing of mohamed morsi. >>> fighting of armed groups in the north and south of benghazi. one is based in tripoli and the other in the east in tow to toab tobruk. the return journey to earth will be most monitored. rob reynolds explains. >> one, engine ignited. >> reporter: the plan requires pinpoint precision meticulous planning and unbelievable precision. its first stage will break away and begin falling to earth. thruster engines are supposed to direct it, to a landing platform that measures just 30 by 90 meters. controllers will try to bring the vehicle in to a safe landing. reusable rockets. elon musk explained last year. >> if we had rockets that were fully usable and get to a decent flight rate, the intention is to low the cost of space transport. >> since the beginning every launch ha

peter greste, mohamed fadel fahmy and baher mohamed wrongly were convicted of broadcasting false news which they and al jazeera deny. thursday an appeals court in cairo ordered a recount. lawyers filed requests for them to be deported from egypt. cooler weather conditions in south australia are helping fire fighters contain massive bushfires, 12 homes in the adelaide hills have been buoyed by fire. wind conditions that fanned the flames have eased. firefighters bring another huge fire under control. >> 67 years for the day since britain granted independence to what was known as burma. myanmar has been celebrating with a military parade. last month's school attack in the pakistani city was followed by economicics. we have this report from peshmerga. many are hopeful of a better future. >> it has not rained this winter in pakistan. especially among the poor. as the new year arrives, they hold concerns. >> i hope 2015 will be a peaceful year and my business will prosper. if the bomb blast doesn't kill there'll be a bomb blast that will affect the livelihood. r this man sells gore a home-

today marks 371 days since al jazeera journalist peter greste mohamed fadel fahmy, and baher mohamed has been imprisoned. two days ago a retrial was ordered. al jazeera maintained their sentence >>> an epicentre of a 4.9 earth wake today was in chalize, idaho mountains, it was felt as far ace way as boysie. the quake knocked out power >>> it's not shaking, it's freezing. rebecca stevenson joins us with the forecast. >> wait until you feel tomorrow. >> great. >> no. >> better? >> in the '60s. tonight into the early morning hours, a better part of the day in main new hampshire, vermont. your transportation dollars have been working hard - putting out gravel and preparing roads for snow and ice that is coming in. you can see on the satellite that it is rain for the southern new york state. it goes into an an icy sleek wintry mix. boy is it icy out there. it's tough to do any travelling as you get into parts of the ummer north east. torl there'll be a warning for areas getting 4-8 inches of snow. piling up. passing through. mild mid '60s wait until you fell the temperatures on monday. wo

peter greste, mohamed fadel fahmy and baher mohamed were convicted of helping the outlawed muslim brotherhood. they spent more than a year in prison. the group human rights watch called the trial a sham. in hours a cairo court will hear the first appeal and consider whether proper legal procedures were followed. al jazeera denied the charges since the beginning, and demands their release. we are joined by a legal analyst and attorney areva martin in los angeles. hello. >> hi. >> thanks for being with us. how likely is it that our generalists will be released in the days ahead. >> we are getting mixed messages. we are hearing on one hand that the newly elected president is going to issue a pardon then we are hag that he has to -- hearing that he has to allow the legal process to stay out. the judges will not look at the facts or evidence, they'll look at the procedure. the arrest the conviction, and the prison terms given to the journalists. there's concern about what the panel of judges will do with respect to the journalists. >> given what we know about the trial, the evidence presented - i

peter greste, mohamed fadel fahmy and baher mohamed were wrongly convicted of broadcasting false news and helping the muslim brotherhood which they and al jazeera deny. an appeals court in cairo ordered a retrial. lawyers for peter greste and mohamed fadel fahmy filed requests for them to be deported from egypt. >> the french human rights ombudsman launched an investigation into reports that a mayor refused to allow a roma baby to be buried in a cemetery. local taxpayers should have priority it was said because of a shortage of burial flats in the town. >> reporter: monday a baby girl will be buried in this parish suburb. she died of s i.d. s at the age of 2.5 months. the family wanted to lay her to rest in a nearby town where she was born and lived with parents and two siblings that go school in the town. the local mayor refused prime ministers because he said there were few spots available and told a paris newspaper that priority in the cemetery is given to those that pay local taxes - the implication being that the dead baby's family do not, because they are roma. campaigners for t

. >> al jazeera is continuing to dhanddemand the release of our journalists peter greste, mohamed fahmy and baher mohamed. who have been imprisoned for over one year. >>> consumers in thailand are playing less for their fuel. but rather wad if news for neighboring malaysia. cordscott heidler now reports. >> run their light their homes. big savings for thai governmental. and that will trickle down to the people here who are living in a stagnant economy. analysts say with less dollars going abroad to pay for oil imports more will be staying in thailand. >> it will be a big boost to consumer confidence. people can go shopping, spend money on items that are produced here. spend more money on food on clothes and so forth rather than spending moing on filling money on filling their tank. >> focus on cheap oil should be on savoring the untapped oil thailand still has. >> if you don't use the indigenous resource. then it will prolong its use. >> reporter: with extra cash in their pockets thais will spend more. lower oil prices will prompt malasians to spend less and weaken their currency lower

peter greste, mohamed fahmy and baher mohamed. egyptian president be abdel fatah al-sisi has said he would like to see them released. >>> andrew thomas reports from sydney. >> in sydney warehouse actors are rehearsing rehearsing a very important me. life is so bleak three fantasize about imaginative near near imaginary lives. for heroin smuggling they have been given live appeals. indonesia has executed two other others last week, they could be next. >> we -- i'm an actor that's all i can do. so i'm trying to do the best because i care about my friends you know? >> their play aims to add awareness. this play was first performed back in 2008, there was still hope for the real life counterparts. that hope is still all but dashed families have gone on television to plea. >> they're good kids. everybody make mistakes, they did something stupid. they don't deserve to die they don't. >> if the gain of prison has been to reform, i think both the boys have done that. >> similar calls from the brazillian and dutch governments were ignored

peter greste, mohamed fadel fahmy and baher mohamed. al jazeera demonstrates the release of the three journalists for more than a year. the three have been wrongfully gaoled in egypt, accused of broadcasting false news and helping the outlawed muslim brotherhood. >> peter greste's brother spoke with us from new south wales, and said lawyers for mohamed fadel fahmy and peter greste have filed a request for them to be deported. they are hoping it happened this week. >> after the announcement from the court that a retrial as ordered peter submitted an application to the - to get him deported under the guys of the decree announced in november. this is an opportunity for the president to exercise his powers and deport peter. particularly now he's gone from being a convicted person to an accused perp. egyptian authorities will consider this in a timely matter. and come to a digs where he is deported and benefit all parties. >> let catch up with the sport. >> we start with football. atletico madrid takes the advantage with cross-town rivals re

peter greste and mohamed fadel fahmy were sentenced to 7 years, baher mohamed a 10 year sentence. al jazeera rejects their charges and demands their release. >> we want to turn to the blizzard that is going on in the north-east. and the toll that it is taking on the region. high winds, flooding concerns about power outages, and this storm a pounding in an area hit a few years ago by hurricane sandy. nicole mitchell was on long beach on the south shore of new york's island where they are expecting to get hit hard. what is the latest? >> well as you mentioned, this is a multi-faceted snow historic snow that we were talking about, could be thunder snow. the wind cold temperatures and the water rise that we are expecting. some are here like long beach, were basically at surface level with the o. if you get a little interior j.f.k. not far away. 10 feet elevation. i was looking at a buoy off the coastline, closer to the storm already waves at 10.5 feet enough to wash up the shore line if that water gets this close. that's a concern. we are talking to residents who have been moving thei