. >> ham di is seen as a rival to former chief abdel fattah al sisi. sunday is the last day for the submission of nominations for presidential candidates. >> egypt's famous satirist has been taken off air. his popular show has been shut down to avoid influencing voters. >> al jazeera is continuing to demand the immediate release of its journalists imprisoned in egypt. >> mohamed fadel fahmy, baher mohamed, and peter greste are falsely accused of providing a platform for the outlawed muslim brotherhood. they've been in bars for 113 days. their case has been adjourned until tuesday. al jazeera rejects all applications against its staff. a forthjournalist, abdullah al-shami, has been held since august. he's been on hunger strike for the last 90 days. abdullah al-shami sent a letter from prison describing his feels as he enters his 250th day in gaol. he writes: >> russia says it's out raged at reports on russian state television, claiming five are dead after an attack on a pro-russian at a pro-moscow checkpoint in eastern ukraine. allegedly near slovyansk.

sunday is the last day for submission, which is expected to be won by a former army chief abdel fattah al sisi. >> let's take you to the vatican city where pope francis is leading easter mass. let's have a little listen. . >> it's a windy day at the vatican in st peter's square. the 77-year-old pope will hold the mass after a few hours rest. saturday night he held a vigil for some 10,000 people. later he'll deliver a twice yearly message. at the city of rome and the world. today is easter, when christians around the world believe jesus rose from the dead. >> well the united nations peace envoy to the middle east accused israeli police of preventing him from reaching an easter ritual there. the delay was unacceptable and demanded parties expected the right of religious freedom. >> this man was stopped at barricades as thousands conventioned for the ritual. worshippers say the flame appears from jesus's tomb to show he's not forgotten his followers. the palestine christians have been blocked from taking part. we have this report. >> christian pilgrims marking easter in the holy city. the calenda

he has poked fun at the government and abdel fattah al sisi. >> al jazeera demands the release of his journal lites. baher mohamed, mohamed fadel fahmy, and peter greste are falsely accused of providing a platform for the muslim brotherhood. they have been behind bars for 113 days. their case has been adjourned until tuesday. al jazeera rejects all allegations. a fourth, abdullah al-shami, has been held without trial since august and has been on hunger trike for 90 -- sfrik for 90 days. abdullah al-shami sent a left describing his 250th day in gaol. >> let's get the weather now with steph. i gather a lot of thunder and lightening across china. >> that's right. normally i bring you depressive scenes. this time i have cool ones. looking at the satellite we can see the area of cloud making its way across the northern parts. it brought heavy rains, and impressive scenes as well. i can show you the pictures of thunder and light thing that we saw, and show you how cool it looked. i bring you slightly depressing images, but these i have shape you because they are impressive. a lot of people

opposition to enter president adly mansour are president favorite and former military chief abdel fattah al-sisi. our battle is against an oppressive state will stop all he cares about is suppressing opinions.g --jailing all he cares about his corruption and its role is to suppress and kill the revolution. it is only concern is its interest. >> around the world on monday, people took to social media to show support for four al jazeera journalist attained in egypt for months. the global day of action marked 100 days since the arrest of peter greste, mohamed fahmy and baher mohamed and a fourth journalist has been held for more than seven months and is on hunger strike since january 23. for wanda has begun a week of mourning to mark the 20th anniversary of the rwandan genocide i'm a when 800,000 people were killed over the course of 100 days. u.n. secretary-general ban ki-moon spoke at monday's commemoration in kigali. >> when i first visited, i heard and felt the silence of death. the silence of all of those lost in the silence of the international community in your hours of greatest need. reveri